Offshore Wind
The Netherlands: Future Tenders Not Guaranteed to Follow Subsidy-Free Suit
The outcome of the first subsidy-free offshore wind tender set up in the Netherlands gives confidence for future tenders in the country, however, there is no guarantee that these can also be realised without a subsidy, according to Eric Wiebes, the country’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate.
IHCantabria Testing East Anglia ONE Scour Protection Options
The Environmental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria (IHCantabria) is carrying out an experiment campaign to evaluate the performance of different scour protection solutions on jacket foundations at the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.
Aquila Capital Targets Offshore Wind with EUR 750 Million Fund
German investment company Aquila Capital has launched a EUR 750 million fund primarily seeking investments in onshore and offshore wind power, photovoltaics, hydropower, electricity grids and heat networks, as well as energy storage with an emphasis on greenfield projects.
Greener Future Makes Another Company Tweak Its Corporate Identity
Vattenfall has emerged as the latest energy market player who decided to make changes to its corporate identity, more specifically – visual identity, powered by mission and vision focused on clean energy future. The company announced on 26 March that it is rebranding and will start gradually employi
Greener Future Makes Another Company Tweak Its Corporate Identity
Vattenfall has emerged as the latest energy market player who decided to make changes to its corporate identity, more specifically – visual identity, powered by mission and vision focused on clean energy future. The company announced on 26 March that it is rebranding and will start gradually employi
Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 March 2018
Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 March 2018
EDS HV Wraps Up Cable Sentry Trials at Gwynt y Môr
High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group has successfully completed trials at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm as part of its EU Funded Horizon 2020 project.
Top Polish Oil and Gas Player Issues Offshore Wind Tender
Poland’s biggest oil and gas company, PKN ORLEN (Polski Koncern Noftowy), has announced a tender for the development of a preliminary technical concept to determine the options for preparing and implementing a project involving the construction of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.
Dogger Bank JV Seeks UK Content
Dogger Bank Joint Venture, developing three out of four 1.2GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farms, will hold a Meet the Buyer event on 23 May at the Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, North East England, to present business opportunities to UK companies. Besides presentations by the Dogger Bank JV team,
Quest Offshore Sets Up Floating Wind Platform
Texas-based Quest Offshore Resources today announced the launch of Quest Floating Wind Energy (Q FWE). Q FWE is a data and analytical practice focused on the resources driving the economics, technology and supply chain encompassing floating wind energy, according to the company.
CWind Bolsters Management Team
The Global Marine Group (GMG) has appointed Mark Preece as Managing Director of CWind, the group’s offshore renewable business.
Port of Esbjerg Handles 1.3GW of Offshore Wind in 2017
A capacity of 1,300MW of offshore wind in wind turbine components was shipped via Port of Esbjerg in 2017 – 200MW more than in the previous year – according to the port’s annual results, which show a 2.2% increase in turnover at EUR 31.61 million and a net profit of EUR 10.83 million.
Sweden Tackles Offshore Wind Grid Connection Costs
The Swedish Energy Agency has, on behalf of the government, examined two different models to remove the grid connection costs for offshore wind power.
K2 Management Opens Office in Poland
K2 Management has opened an office in Gdynia, Poland, in support of the growing wind and solar markets in Eastern and Central Europe.