The Prime Minister is welcoming the decision by Siemens and Associated British Ports (ABP) today to invest £310 million in wind turbine production and installation facilities in Yorkshire. Providing a huge boost to the UK’s offshore wind industry and the local area, this investment will create up to
DONG Energy also commented on today’s big news from Siemens and ABP. Benj Sykes, UK Country Manager at DONG Energy Wind Power said: “This is great news for the UK and a huge boost for the offshore wind industry in this country. Today’s announcement is testament to the capabilities on offer in the UK
Associated British Ports (ABP) commented on today’s announcement by Siemens. Siemens is investing £160 million across the two locations and its port partner ABP is investing a further £150 million in the Green Port Hull development. The companies will be submitting planning applications to Hull City
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE), has announced a capital raising via a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) to raise up to $6 million for the CETO 6 project. The SPP will allow all eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between $1,500 and $15,000 worth of shares in Carnegie at 5.0
Siemens is investing more than EUR190 million (GBP160 million) in new offshore production facilities in Great Britain. Production of rotor blades for offshore wind turbines of the 6-megawatt class is planned, with a new logistics- and service centre slated for Hull. The British Prime Minister David
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has welcomed the decision by Marine Scotland to grant consent to the £3bn Beatrice offshore wind farm project, situated in the Outer Moray Firth. The project consent marks a positive step forward for BOWL, and it will now assess how to progress Beatrice over the
Incentives from the Budget will help steer the East of England ever closer to becoming the heart of the UK offshore wind industry. A three-year extension on business rate discounts for companies moving to the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone was among the Chancellor’s measures in what is
U.S. National Grid has submitted a proposal to the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) for construction of a transmission system to connect Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Offshore Wind Farm to the mainland via a subsea cable. In 2012, National Grid and Deepwater Wind were ne
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is set to launch an innovative program aimed at supporting state-of-the-art and pioneering business development in the state of Maryland. The Market Entry Assistance Grant Program is the first initiative to originate from the Offshore Wind Business Developmen
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (owned by Statoil ASA and Statkraft) has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of 67 foundations and 1 substation as part of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project. The contract will cover storage, transportation and installat
AXYS Technologies Inc. will soon supply Observator Instruments of the Netherlands with four TRIAXYS™ with Currents Directional Wave Buoys, each equipped with the new Next Wave II sensor and a Nortek ADCP current profiler. These buoys will be delivered to the end client Van Oord for deployment into s
An economic study into the cost profile of power from tidal lagoons has found that a portfolio of three UK tidal lagoons, in operation by 2021, would deliver large-scale low carbon power at a significantly cheaper price than offshore wind. The study, conducted by energy economists at Pӧyry, a manage
Commenting on the announcement that the Scottish Government has given the go-ahead to a major offshore wind farm development in the Outer Moray Firth, Bertie Armstrong, Chief Executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation said: “Obviously, we would much prefer it if there was no interference in th
DONG Energy has been publishing a series of articles on the different jobs and experts that it has in the UK. The following is an interview with Mads Skovgaard-Andersen, who is based in the London office and is the Asset Portfolio Director for a portfolio of UK wind farms and has just been voted one
