DONG Energy completed the sale of its upstream oil and gas business to INEOS on Friday, 29 September, after receiving regulatory approvals necessary for the divestment of the business unit.
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri will take over STX France, after Italian and French governments agreed on a shared ownership agreement on Wednesday, 27 September.
The global high voltage power cable market was valued at USD 33.225 billion in 2016 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 7.17% over the forecast period to reach USD 50.345 billion by 2022, according to a report at Research and Markets.
WindEurope has selected Ivor Catto, CEO at RES Group, as its new chairman for an 18-month term.
Belgium’s DEME Group has attempted to take possession of the advanced cable layer Living Stone, currently under construction at the financially troubled LaNaval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain, and tow the vessel to another location where the delayed construction could be completed.
Sund & Bælt has launched the sales process for its 21MW Sprogø offshore wind farm in the Great Belt strait between the islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark.
The first offshore wind tower section has left the paint shop at CS Wind UK’s facilities in Machrihanish, Scotland.
TÜV SÜD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwanese research, testing and certification bodies as a continuation of collaboration on offshore wind projects.
A group of fishing organizations, businesses, and communities, led by the Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF), has moved forward with its lawsuit to halt the leasing of a planned wind farm off the coast of New York.
Advisian, the consulting arm of Worley Parsons, has announced plans to scale its business significantly within the next five years and has appointed Tony Frenchman as its Global Director for New Energy.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands plans to publish the tender for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) I and II offshore wind farm development sites in early October.
EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has appointed now former Senior Sales Manager for GE Renewable Energy division, Julian Harland as its Sales Director. EOLOS is strengthening its team with additional orders landing on its desk, following a secured project portfolio of more than EUR 2 million in 2016.
Rune Østergaard, current Head of Strategic Customer Management at Siemens Wind Power, will join Esvagt as the Head of Commercial Wind.
Siemens Gamesa will deliver its 8MW offshore wind turbine (D8) for two projects off the French coast: Dieppe-Le Tréport and Yeu-Noirmoutier, totalling almost 1GW, replacing Adwen’s AD8 model. The recently created company – and the owner of Adwen – also plans to do this for Ailes Marines’ Bay of Sain
