A2SEA’s Board of Directors has decided to appoint Michael Glavind, who currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Glavind will take up his new role as CEO with immediate effect.
As of 1 October, the Siemens Mechanical Drives unit will be operating in the market as Flender GmbH. The mechanical drives division comprises Flender and Winergy, which worked on the gearbox for Adwen’s AD 8-180 offshore wind turbine. The business with gears for wind turbines will also be part of Fl
The total number of direct full time jobs in the UK offshore wind sector could be in the region of 21,000 by 2032, according to Cambridge Econometrics.
The Netherlands will allow companies interested in developing the 700MW Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II offshore wind farm zones without government subsidies to submit their bids prior to the subsidy and permit tender planned for this autumn.
French floating wind developer DCNS Energies has changed its name to Naval Energies.
Scottish Renewables has appointed Claire Mack, currently Director of Policy and Place at SCDI, as the organisation’s new Chief Executive.
The Port of Esbjerg, a Danish offshore wind hub, expects increased activity towards 2030, both within existing and new business areas and is looking into the possibilities of further expansion to meet the demand.
Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind energy developer vying to build the first utility-scale project off the coast of Massachusetts, will host a ribbon cutting and office warming reception at its facility on 700 Pleasant Street in New Bedford.
Kite Power Systems (KPS), the company developing kite power technology in Scotland, has secured GBP 2million equity investment from the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly USD 32 million in funding for small business-led projects to further develop clean energy technologies that have a strong potential for commercialisation and job creation.
The global wind operations and maintenance (O&M) market is set to grow from just over USD 13.7 billion in 2016 to around USD 27.4 billion by 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0%, according to GlobalData.
Siemens Gamesa has held its first shareholders general meeting since creation of the new company deriving from the merger between Gamesa and Siemens Wind Power which closed last April.
SPT Offshore has made its first entry into the Korean offshore wind industry by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Wind Energy on 15 June 2017.
The Trade Council of Denmark’s Offshore Wind Alliance has kicked off a week-long roadshow in the USA.
