Spain’s GRI Renewable Industries and the Polish Industrial Development Agency (IDA JSC or ARP) have created a joint venture for the construction of a new offshore wind tower factory in the city of Gdansk, Poland. The estimated value of this investment is more than EUR 200 million, and production is
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced plans to build out a wind energy supply chain in South Korea, adding that the plans are dependent on a growing market for offshore wind in the country. The plans were formalised at a signing ceremony with Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen, and South Kor
UK infrastructure vessel support operator, North Star, has launched a recruitment drive for crew ahead of its first hybrid-powered offshore wind fleet arriving in UK waters early next year. The company, which has facilities in Aberdeen, Lowestoft, and Newcastle, is aiming to hire 42 qualified seafar
Ocean Winds has selected the UK-based engineering consultancy, Wood Thilsted, as the wind turbine foundation and offshore substation foundation concept designer for the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. BC-Wind offshore wind farm is being developed by Ocean Winds, the internationa
Companies from the French region of Brittany (Bretagne) will be present at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on 29 and 30 November to highlight their expertise and the region’s ports’ strategic position close to several fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects. Bretagn
Polenergia, Equinor, Rumia Municipality, and Rumia Invest Park have signed a Letter of Intent on the plan to cooperate as part of the Pomerania Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre, with an aim to reinforce the labour market necessary for offshore wind development in Polish Baltic Sea. The agreeme
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa plans to terminate around 2,900 positions by Fiscal Year 2025, out of which 1,900 will be in Europe. The company said it is working with employee representatives to mitigate the impact of this adjustment as much as possible through natural attrition, internal
Global energy major bp plans to open an office in Hamburg, Germany dedicated to the development of offshore wind projects and is in the process of seeking employees for the new office. Offshore wind turbines are essential for a successful energy transition, and in Germany, the topic of wind power is
Offshore wind could create over 7,000 new jobs in Spain until 2030, with more than 17,000 people working in the sector by 2050, according to estimates in a white paper released by the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE). The white paper states that, if Spain reached its 2050 targets for installed
Maersk Training has signed a collaboration agreement with GiraffeWork (subsidiary of parent company Daikyo Kenki) to establish a training centre for the offshore wind industry in Japan. The partners said the training centre will offer courses according to the Global Wind Organisation (GWO), will be
Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state government plan to fast-track Victorian Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) and offshore wind development in an effort to create new energy jobs across Victoria, unlock cleaner, cheaper and more secure energy, and put downward pressure on prices. The Co
Siemens Gamesa has broken ground on what the wind turbine maker describes as ”a massive expansion of its successful offshore nacelle facility” in Taichung, Taiwan. Already the largest production facility of its kind in Taiwan, the Siemens Gamesa offshore nacelle plant will be expanded to more than t
Japanese classification society ClassNK has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maersk Training regarding training for offshore wind farm operators and education for alternative fuel ship crews in Japan and the APAC region. With the signing of the MOU, the two parties said they will coop
In Scotland, majority of people think renewable energy has a significant social and economic value, and strongly approve of offshore wind farms, according to a public perception study commissioned by the Scottish Government. Looking at the renewable energy sector in general, 92 per cent of Scots thi
