Offshore Wind
Vattenfall Starts B2B Green Energy Drive in UK
Swedish energy company Vattenfall plans to start selling renewable power for the first time to British consumers from its UK green energy business.
Vattenfall Starts B2B Green Energy Drive in UK
Swedish energy company Vattenfall plans to start selling renewable power for the first time to British consumers from its UK green energy business.
SgurrEnergy Rebrands as Wood Group
Renewable energy and grid integration consultancy SgurrEnergy will formally rebrand as Wood Group from early May 2017.
Van Wijngaarden Takes Delivery of Lingestroom
Dutch marine services provider Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has taken delivery of Lingestroom, a Damen Shoalbuster 3512, bringing the total number of Shoalbusters in its fleet to five.
NIRAS Makes Taiwan Stay Permanent
Denmark-headquartered consultancy Niras has opened a permanent office in Taiwan in an effort to facilitate access to this country’s developing offshore wind market.
Iberdrola Ups Investments as Profit Dips in Q1 2017
Iberdrola posted net profit of EUR 827.6 million in the first quarter of 2017, 4.7% down on the same period last year.
Top News of the Week, 24 – 30 April 2017
Belgium Considers Hitting Offshore Wind Reset Button Belgium’s Secretary for the North Sea Philippe De Backer has suggested that the government should revoke concessions granted to three offshore wind projects and instead carry out a tendering procedure similar to those in Germany, Denmark or the Ne
Sandbank Starts Making an Impact on Vattenfall’s Numbers
Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area recorded an uptick in wind generation in the first quarter of 2017 on the back of more than 500MW of added capacity, including the recently commissioned 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm.
TenneT Taps Into CLENS Wind Database
German energy service provider Clean Energy Sourcing (CLENS) has won a contract to provide TenneT with data on current and forecasted generation on wind farms which will help optimise the transmission system operator’s net and curtailment management.
Offshore Wind Lifts Subsea 7
Subsea 7 reported revenue of USD 897 million for the first quarter of 2017, a 20% jump compared to the same period a year earlier mainly due to a good performance of the company’s newly formed Renewables and Heavy Lifting division.
German Offshore Wind Farms Shine in Q1 2017
German offshore wind farms generated 4.8 billion kWh of electricity in the first quarter of 2017, a 36.7 percent jump compared to 3.5 billion kWh of electricity generated offshore Germany in the first quarter of 2016.
German Offshore Wind Farms Shine in Q1 2017
German offshore wind farms generated 4.8 billion kWh of electricity in the first quarter of 2017, a 36.7 percent jump compared to 3.5 billion kWh of electricity generated offshore Germany in the first quarter of 2016.
WindEYE LiDARs for Chinese Offshore Wind Farm
Danish technology group Windar Photonics plc has received a new order for 15 of its WindEYE LiDAR units from a newly appointed regional distributor focused on potential specific IPP customers in China.
First UK HVDC Test Centre Open for Business
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has opened a new technology centre in Cumbernauld that will allow the energy industry to simulate real life conditions to test and de-risk the use of high voltage direct current (HVDC) on the electricity network in Great Britain.