The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) has organised a mission to China and Taiwan to promote British expertise in the offshore wind industry and assist in the development of the sector in these two countries.
France will start the first phase of the competitive dialogue procedure for the offshore wind area off Oléron in the Atlantic in the following months as part of the country’s Round 3 tender.
Japanese offshore wind-power resources have been largely overlooked but have tremendous potential, and can viably contribute to baseload power demand in the country’s post-nuclear era, according to a report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Offshore wind farm components accounting for 1,100MW of capacity were shipped from the Port of Esbjerg in 2016, more than double the amount in 2015, according to the port, which reported a record turnover of EUR 30.94 million and a record net profit of EUR 10.68 million for 2016.
After recently setting up a new business division dedicated to marine renewable energy, the DORIS Engineering group is looking at increasing its turnover from offshore renewables activities from the current 5-10% to 30% within five years.
Geoscience and engineering service provider Next Geosolutions has been awarded two survey contracts for the 1.4GW North Sea Link (NSL) project, the world’s longest subsea interconnector and the first electricity link between UK and Norway.
Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has initiated the fundraising process for its new fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure III K/S, which has already received commitment of DKK 8.8 billion (around 1.2bn EUR).
An arbitration tribunal has ruled in favour of Mainstream Renewable Power in relation to the dispute over the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) terminating the Contract for Difference (CfD) for Mainstream’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe wind farm off Scotland.
An independent panel has been established to review applications and determine which projects will receive funding in the first round of the GBP 3 million Beatrice Partnership Fund.
Danish subsea services provider JD-Contractor has signed a framework agreement with compatriot Energinet.dk for contingency repairs of the transmission system operator’s subsea cables.
Good Energy Group has signed an agreement with DONG Energy which will see the Chippenham-based renewable electricity supplier and generator source offshore wind power for its customers for the first time.
The European Commission has approved unconditionally the acquisition of LM Wind Power of Denmark, by General Electric Company (GE) of the US after concluding that the proposed acquisition would not result in a significant reduction in competition in the EU’s Single Market.
Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk is looking for a provider of manned crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the transportation of service crews between the harbors of Klintholm/Rødsand and the Kriegers Flak platforms KFA and KFB in the Baltic Sea.
Vryhof, together with its business unit Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), has launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s renewables, offshore oil & gas, and aquaculture operations.
