The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday issued a call for information and nominations for two areas off Hawaiian coast, identified for wind energy development. BOEM will gauge the offshore wind industry’s interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in the two areas, spanning app
Energy Union Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will attend the Energy Infrastructure Forum tomorrow in Copenhagen, where they will also meet with the Danish Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt. The forum, hosted by the European Commissi
DONG Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, Merseyside, to serve the existing 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and the new 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, currently under construction. The facility will consist of a new office and
Austria-based lifting solutions provider Palfinger AG intends to make a takeover bid for all of the shares in Norwegian Bergen-headquartered TTS Group ASA via its subsidiary Palfinger Marine GmbH. For every share traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange, a cash amount of NOK 5.60 would be offered, Palfinge
The Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association (NOGEPA), the Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), the Dutch Foundation for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection, TenneT and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) have signed a Declarat
Morgan Stanley & Co International plc. has, in its capacity as stabilising manager in the initial public offering (IPO) and listing of DONG Energy A/S, exercised the overallotment option on behalf of the managers to purchase all of the additional shares at the offer price of DKK 235 (EUR 31.6) per s
The Scottish Government has awarded GBP 1.5 million (approx. EUR 2 million) of funding to the Carbon Trust to support its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) research and design programme. The Carbon Trust will fund projects in regard to floating offshore wind technology in Scotland, international colla
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of VolkerWessels Offshore by Boskalis. The EC concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, because it would not significantly change the market structure. The operation was examined un
Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has supported Quadran – Énergies Libres in the planned floating offshore pilot wind farm off the coast of the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by defining the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) concept for the tendering phase. As the step from fixed offsho
General Electric (GE) has entered into talks with Areva, Gamesa, Siemens and the French state to discuss the potential acquisition of Adwen, a 50 – 50 offshore wind joint venture between Areva and Gamesa, Jeff Immelt, GE’s CEO, told French daily Le Figaro. GE took over Alstom’s power and grid busine
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding public meetings and an auction seminar on New York’s offshore wind energy this month. BOEM released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for commercial wind lease issuance, site characterization activities, and site assessment activities on the
Wind turbine makers are set to benefit from the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21) as the call for increased investments to meet a targeted reduction in CO2 emissions is expected to positively impact their sales figures, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The increased investment, particularly in
DONG Energy’s admittance to trading and official listing of its shares on Nasdaq Copenhagen has today become unconditional after the selling shareholders and underwriters invoked no termination or withdrawal rights pertaining to the Initial Public Offering launched on 9 June. Accordingly, the IPO ha
This year’s WindEurope Summit held in Hamburg from 27 to 29 September will be opened by high-level politicians and business leaders who will discuss the opportunities and obstacles the wind energy industry will face in times of changing policy frameworks. At a time of changing policy frameworks, the
