Business & Finance
Dutch Businesses Unite Behind Climate Legislation Demand
Thirty-nine Dutch business community leaders, including initiators Siemens, Van Oord, Eneco, Shell, and Rotterdam Port Authority, have joined forces in a Transition Coalition to request the Dutch government to draw up climate legislation to implement the agreements reached at the Paris summit. The T
Offshore Energy 16 Open for Business
The annual Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) opened its doors to visitors for the ninth time on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam. This two-day event is focused on the complete offshore energy industry, from oil & gas to wind and marine energy, and will be held on
#OEECLive: ON AIR Talk-Show from Community Square at 15:00 CET
As previously announced, Offshore WIND will today be live streaming a talk-show from the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The talk-show, taking place at Community Square of the exhibition floor in the Amsterdam Rai Convention Center, is themed “We’ll always have Paris”. To remin
LEEDCo Appoints ODE as Engineering Representative for Icebreaker
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) in Cleveland, Ohio has appointed international engineering and operations support services contractor Offshore Design Engineering Limited (ODE) as the engineering representative for Icebreaker Wind, a 20.7MW offshore wind project in Lake Erie. Th
DONG Marks 1000th Turbine in Water
DONG Energy has become the first company worldwide to have installed 1,000 offshore wind turbines, after recently installing the landmark turbine at the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in German North Sea. Developments have been moving forward at a rapid pace since the first Danish offshore wind turb
Mitsubishi Wants a Piece of Norther Offshore Wind Farm
Diamond Offshore Wind Holdings, part of Mitsubishi Corporation, Eneco Wind Belgium and Elnu NV have notified the European Commission of their intent to acquire a joint control over Norther NV, the developer and operator of the 370MW Norther offshore wind farm in Belgian North Sea. Eneco Wind Belgium
Principle Power’s Alexia Aubault Wins Offshore Energy Young Engineer Award
Alexia Aubault, an Engineering Manager at Principle Power, has won the inaugural Offshore Energy Young Engineer Award for her work on the WindFloat 1 floating wind turbine platform prototype project offshore Portugal. Aubault was presented with the award during the first Offshore Energy Opening Gala
OEEC: We’ll Always Have Paris!
Almost a year ago, in December 2015, Paris hosted a historic event when world leaders gathered at COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, and commited to tackling the climate change. An agreement, some parts of it legally binding, was signed by 195 nations, who have pledged to try an
Offshore Energy 2016 Ready for Kick-Off (Video)
The ninth Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is starting on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam. OEEC is an annual event where companies from the oil & gas and renewable industries are provided with a chance to meet for networking, knowledge sharing and business. This
Ulstein and SeaOwls Target Offshore Wind with New Heavy Lift Jack-Up
Ulstein Design & Solutions, part of Ulstein Group, and SeaOwls are partnering up to jointly develop the next generation self-propelled heavy lift jack-up vessel. The joint effort will combine SeaOwls’ experience in jack-up technology and engineering and Ulstein’s track record in heavy lift vessel de
DONG Upgrades Tendering System
DONG Energy has added a new category covering geotechnical investigation services in Northern European waters to the DONG Energy’s Tendering System (DETS). DETS has been established as a scheme in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs of sourcing various services related to offshore wind farm
Enterprize Energy and Northland Power Start Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan
Singapore-based upstream energy company Enterprize Energy and Canada’s Northland Power Inc. have launched an inaugural offshore wind farm project in the Taiwan Strait, the Hai Long offshore wind farm project. Hai Long is a joint venture between Yushan Energy, the wholly owned operating subsidiary of
Offshore WIND Conference 2016 Gathers Industry Leaders in Amsterdam
The 7th annual Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) started on Monday, 24 October, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The theme of the two-day event, part of the annual Offshore Energy & Exhibition Conference (OEEC), is ‘Reaching Potential’, and the conference speakers and experts will focus on
Douglas-Westwood: Multi-Billion Offshore Wind Projects Now the Norm
Offshore wind construction activity has surged in recent years and the trend is likely to continue with the industry’s engineering projects set to reach a EUR 286 billion Capex from 2017 to 2025, Douglas-Westwood (DW) reports in its new Offshore Wind Market Briefing. Often running counter-cyclical t