Ségolène Royal, France’s Minister of Environment, Energy and the Sea, has announced the launch of a new call for tenders for offshore wind projects off the island of Oléron in the Atlantic as part of the country’s Round 3 offshore wind tender. The new zone, added to the one off Dunkirk announced bac
Triton, a private equity investment company, will become the largest shareholder of DeepOcean, after the funds advised by Triton signed an agreement to acquire a majority interest in the subsea services provider. The transaction is expected to close around 1 January 2017, subject to regulatory appro
Renewable energy accounts for 18% of primary energy consumption in the heating and cooling sector, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson told the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Joint Undertaking. Dickson addressed delegates of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Stakeholder Forum in Brussels. He highlighted that the transpo
Customized rope and cable specialist, headquartered in the US, Cortland Company, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with KWINT Offshore, under which the Dutch hoisting and lifting company will be the European distributor of Cortland synthetic ropes and slings. KWINT will provide a breadth
With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide (IBG) 2017, the Business Focus articles will update you on the companies listed in our IBG that appeared in the news over the past few weeks. Bladt Industries The last jacket foundations manufactured by Bladt Industrie
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind plans to hold a Jobs Fair in Newport this weekend to promote 70 new job openings at the company’s blade factory on the Isle of Wight. MHI Vestas will hold the Jobs Fair at West Medina Mills, Stag Lane, Newport on Saturday, 26 November, from 10 am to 3 pm local time. [&hellip
Swiss electricity and energy services provider Alpiq has won a contract to provide building technology for Siemens’ new offshore wind turbine production facility in Cuxhaven, Germany. The Heitkamp GmbH and Ballast Nedam construction consortium has awarded Alpiq with the CHF 44 million (EUR 41 millio
EDF EN wants to boost its presence in the offshore wind sector as part of plans to increase its renewable energy capacity to more than 50GW by 2030. The French-based energy company is looking into China as one the international markets where it could expand. “We’ve started discussions with some Chin
As of 28 November 2016, IHC IQIP will relocate to its new head office in Sliedrecht and transfer all its Kinderdijk- and Delfgauw-based activities to the new location. The company said the new yard in Sliedrecht offers ample space for further expansion and the capacity to handle multiple activities,
Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first and only offshore wind farm in US waters, has announced plans to construct a 120MW offshore wind farm, the Skipjack wind farm, some 17 nautical miles northeast of Ocean City, Maryland. Deepwater Wind has secured the rights to acquire the site’s federal leas
Joan Bondareff has been elected the new chair of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority (VOWDA). Bondareff, who previously served as the authority’s Vice-Chair, will replace Robert Matthias as VOWDA’s Chair. Deborah Miller, who has so far served as a member of Virginia’s Offshore Wind Advi
The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore. “He thinks Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world,”
The Board of Directors of the New Development Bank (NDB) has approved a CNY 2 billion (EUR 273.3 million) loan for the Putian Pinghai Bay offshore wind power project in China. Under the framework of Putian Pinghai Bay project agreement, the NDB will provide the Chinese government with the sovereign
It has been projected that global offshore wind expenditure will reach GBP 210 billion (approx. EUR 247 billion) by 2025. Investments in the offshore wind sector depend on the certainty within the market, and this is subject to favourable governmental policies and the industry’s ability to cut down
