Business & Finance
Future investments in offshore wind will pay dividend (USA)
Sen. Susan Collins recently secured approval from the Senate Appropriations Committee for $10 million for deepwater offshore wind research,… (journaltribune) [mappress] Source: journaltribune, August 12, 2010;
E.ON posts significant increases in first-half (Germany)
Adjusted EBIT up 11 percent year on year. 2,800MW of new, climate-friendly generating capacity enters service. 2010 forecast unchanged – adjusted EBIT expected up 0 to 3 percent and adjusted net income at prior-year level. Following a strong first quarter, Düsseldorf-based energy company, E.ON recor
AMBAU opens fifth plant in Dessau (Germany)
Components for the wind power industry will be produced on a site of 37,300 m² in the future. Gräfenhainichen/Dessau: the growth of AMBAU GmbH continues. Following the opening of its fourth plant in Cuxhaven at the end of 2008, the management board has decided to incorporate a fifth plant into the A
SeaEnergy and Ampelmann sign exclusivity agreement (UK)
SeaEnergy is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with Ampelmann, a high-tech offshore access solutions developer, to secure use of Ampelmann’s ship-based self stabilizing platforms. This agreement takes SeaEnergy an important step closer to the launch of a marine services
A successful 2010 first half for PNE WIND AG in its operational business (Germany)
Wind farm developer PNE WIND AG closed the first half year of 2010 very successfully. Operating profit (EBIT), the decisive indicator for a wind farm developer, amounted to € 8.2 million following € 8.0 million in the period of the previous year. PNE WIND AG thus generated earnings before taxes (EBT
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries aiming the overseas offshore wind power market (Japan)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is intensifying its efforts to expand its offshore wind power business to overseas. MHI recently reached… (shimbun) [mappress] Source: shimbun, August 10, 2010;
Vattenfall chooses 2Cs to create launch event for its Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (UK)
Renewable energy marketing specialist 2Cs in Ipswich, has been chosen by one of Europe’s leading energy companies, Vattenfall, to create the… By Katy Cowan (creativeboom) [mappress] Source: creativeboom, August 10, 2010;
Special Legislature’s committee to hold first meeting at Niagara County Center for Economic Development (USA)
The county Legislature’s special committee examining offshore wind farming’s effects on the local economy will have its first meeting… By Joyce M. Miles (tonawanda) [mappress] Source: tonawanda, August 10, 2010;
Wind blowing to Shanghai (China)
SHANGHAI’S first offshore wind farm started supplying power to the city in July, marking another step forward in the city’s development of… By Pan Xiaoyi (shanghaidaily) [mappress] Source: shanghaidaily, August 10, 2010;
Opposition point of view about proposed wind turbines in great lakes (USA)
In the dark of winter this year, two West Michigan counties suddenly faced a unique predicament. Out of nowhere, a developer from Norway… By Jeff Hoenle (freep) [mappress] Source: freep, August 06, 2010;
SGS to Showcase Its Wind Energy Services at the Husum Wind Energy Trade Fair 2010 in Husum, Germany
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is one of the exhibitors at the Husum Wind Energy 2010 Trade Fair in Husum, Germany. The services offered by SGS Global Competence Center Renewable Energy will be presented throughout the exhibition at stand no. 3A
The Netherlands: Fugro NV increasingly involves in geotechnical and survey market for offshore wind farms
Dutch oil and geoscience services company Fugro NV ( FUR.AE) is increasingly involved in the geotechnical and survey market for offshore… By Roberta B. Cowan (nasdaq) [mappress] Source: nasdaq, August 06, 2010;
Balfour Beatty appointed preferred bidder for £163 million Offshore Transmission Network Owners (“OFTO”) asset (UK)
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been appointed preferred bidder for the transmission assets of the Thanet offshore wind farm project, located off the most eastern part of Kent, as part of the Offshore Transmission Owners (“OFTO”) regulatory regime.
Gamesa to develop offshore wind market strategy with in-house resources (Spain)
Global wind turbine company Gamesa (GAM.MC) announced that it will rely on in-house resources to develop near- and mid-term strategy for the… (sustainablebusiness) [mappress] Source: sustainablebusiness, August 06, 2010;