China Three Gorges Corporation and China Guodian Corporation have placed bids to buy Blackstone Group LP’s share in the 288MW Meerwind Süd/Ost offshore wind farm situated in the German part of the North Sea, Bloomberg quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying. The wind farm is owned and oper
The Netherlands-based transmission system operator TenneT TSO has started the first phase of a tendering procedure to select candidates who could supply High Voltage Secondary Systems (HVSSs) for Wind op Zee (Offshore Grid NL) projects. Part of the scope of this selection phase, open for application
Development of major offshore wind farms off Norfolk and Suffolk is rapidly becoming a reality following a key announcement by the Crown Estate, said Johnathan Reynolds, Director of Nautilus Associates, who is also in charge of business development at OrbisEnergy. “These are very exciting times, and
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, has awarded Fugro Survey B.V. with a contract to carry out geophysical soil investigations for the proposed offshore wind farm sites at Hollandse Kust Zuid (South). Fugro Su
As of March 2016, C-bed’s flotel Wind Solution is off to the German North Sea and the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm on a maintenance assignment. During the coming months, she will be offering storage and workshop facilities, as well as providing accommodation for up to 100 offshore service techni
DONG Energy has placed contracts with three different UK companies for the array cables at its 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, marking the first time this Denmark-based energy company is using UK suppliers for the entire provision, installation and protection of array cables at one of its offsho
In its 2015 financial results published today, E.ON set out a 2016 investment plan worth EUR 4.5 billion, of which EUR 1.5 billion (34%) will be dedicated to renewables, with the main focus on offshore wind in Europe and onshore wind in the US. Offshore wind projects in Europe were also in the spotl
The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster plans to take advantage of the post-COP21 focus on renewables and pursue new projects in the growing offshore wind market, the company said in its financial report for the Fiscal Year 2015. The announcement is in line with Boskalis’ plans to acquire a
Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH and Corrosion, a manufacturer and provider of impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems, have signed a framework agreement to collaborate on the maintenance of foundation structures at four offshore wind farms in the German part of the Nor
The commissioning of new wind farms with a total generating capacity of some 1GW, including Nordsee Ost and Gwynt y Môr, had a considerably positive impact on 2015 financial results of RWE’s Renewables Division. The unit posted an operating result of EUR 493 million, more than double the amount it m
TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator with activities in the Netherlands and Germany, invested EUR 1,46 billion in grid connections for offshore wind farms in 2015, and announced further EUR 22 billion of investments in onshore and offshore electricity infrastructure in the next ten ye
The Crown Estate has announced agreements with offshore wind developers ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall and DONG Energy, which have reconfigured or identified new projects within their respective Round 3 offshore wind development zones in UK waters. Following ScottishPower Renewables and Vatten
Of the 96GW of installed renewables capacity subsidized under Germany’s Renewable Energy Law, 34% was connected to E.ON networks at the end of 2015, the company informed. E.ON said its networks in Germany are home to a total of 32GW of renewables capacity, about as much as 100 large offshore wind fa
UK-based renewable energy company RES has appointed Steven Hughes to the position of Global Asset Management Director, a post created to accelerate the company’s growth in this area of the business across a range of low carbon technologies. Hughes’ new role will encompass all of the company’s global
