In January 2012 Vestas decided to close its tower factory in Varde, Denmark. Now, after running a competitive divestment process, Vestas has entered an agreement with Chinese Titan Wind Energy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a long term partner and supplier to Vestas, to sell off the Danish facility and thereby
On 4 June 2012 Heerema Fabrication Group in the Netherlands secured a contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of an HVDC offshore platform for Siemens in Germany on behalf of grid operator TenneT. The contract consists of an offshore platform which will be equ
Intertek’s Energy and Water consultancy services (formerly Intertek METOC), has launched a cable optimisation service to support planning and operation of array, export and interconnector cables. The unique modelling service will enable developers and utilities to save time and cost during array cab
Vroon has taken delivery of MPI Cervantes on 6 June 2012. MPI Cervantes is a windfarm-service vessel, built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight. She is the eighth addition to the MPI Workboats fleet and will commence operations immediately for Statoil in the Sheringham Shoal Offs
Caterpillar announced it has been selected to supply generator power to Principle Power, a renewable energy technology developer, for its WindFloat Prototype project. The grid-connected floating structure supports a Vestas V80-2.0 MW turbine, with an Olympian™ GEP 88-4 generator set for standby powe
The divestiture of Germany’s offshore pioneer BARD has yet to be completed as planned. The reasons for this include a persistently difficult market environment, technological challenges and the high level of complexity involved in the pioneering project BARD Offshore 1. The full divestiture of the B
The German government’s plan to improve the storage capacity of the present grid by installing approximately 1,800 kilometres of new, high voltage power lines by 2012 resulted in only 214 kilometres of installed power lines until June 7, writes the cospp.com news portal. After renouncing nuclear pow
Centre for Economics and Business Research issued a report today, commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd., which says that UK offshore wind industry may employ up to 215,000 people and increase exports to approximately GBP 22.5 billion by 2030. As the Bloomberg informs, development of this s
Keith Anderson, Chief Corporate Officer at ScottishPower, gave evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Committee in Westminster, regarding the draft Energy Bill. Mr Anderson discussed the importance of investor confidence, and following the session he said: “An evidence based process has thus far
Fugro has chosen Global Offshore Wind 2012 for the launch of the Group’s new SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy, which represents the next generation of multi-purpose buoys tailored for the renewable energy industry. The new buoy is the result of a successful joint industry R&D project utilising offshore and
Fergus Ewing, Scottish Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism will be welcomed to FoundOcean and BASF’s exhibition stand #501 at Global Offshore Wind on Wednesday 13th June at 3:30pm. He will congratulate both companies on a recent offshore wind farm contract win, which FoundOcean will official
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry, has announced that its recently launched inspection division, 3sun Inspection Services, has secured over £1 million in contract wins. The Group is exhibiting at Renewable UK’s Global Offshore Wind show 13-14 June at s
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, is showcasing its capabilities and several innovative technologies for future grid integration of offshore wind power, at the Global Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition in London, from June 13-14, 2012. ABB is also the core sponsor of the e
Gardline will once again be exhibiting at Global Offshore Wind at the Excel Centre in London, on stand 297 towards the middle of the hall. Since 2001, the Gardline group has utilised its 40 years of offshore surveying experience in the oil and gas sector and adapted this to develop best practice for
