Wind

Engie, EDPR, Sumitomo Corporation and the Bank of the Territories receive green light for wind turbines at Dieppe

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 Robin Whitlock A project awarded in June 2014 for the construction of two offshore wind farms off the coast of Dieppe – Le Treport is now taking shape with receipt of the necessary prefectoral authorisations today ...

Ørsted, Total and Elicio Join Forces to Bid for offshore wind farm

Monday, 18 February 2019 Dan McCue French energy company, Total, Denmark’s Ørsted, and Elicio, a renewable energy producer preselected by the French Energy Regulatory Commission, have formed an industrial consortium to submit a joint ...

South Korea

KNOC and Equinor sign MOU to work jointly developing commercial floating wind

Monday, 18 February 2019 Robin Whitlock

Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and Equinor ASA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore the opportunities to develop commercial floating offshore wind in South Korea.

Taiwan and Turkey provide a warning for emerging offshore wind investors

Tuesday, 12 February 2019 Robin Whitlock Short-lived political guarantees show that stable regulatory backing is essential to sustain investment and supply chain growth in new offshore wind markets, a report from wind industry intelligence service, ...

Germany

Siemens, Gamesa launches 10 MW offshore wind turbine

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 Robin Whitlock

Siemens Renewable Energy Gamesa (SGRE) has launched its first 10+ MW offshore wind turbine, the SG 10.0-193 DD, building on the experience of its previous generations of turbine.

Norway

The World’s First Floating Wind Turbine Gets New Lease on Life

Tuesday, 08 January 2019 REM UNITECH Offshore and Equinor have entered into an agreement that UNITECH will take over the Hywind Demo floating wind turbine outside Karmøy, Norway. The turbine will be renamed and used as an infrastructure ...

Ørsted Selected as Preferred Bidder for offshore wind farm in Connecticut

Monday, 31 December 2018 REM Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has selected Ørsted’s Revolution Wind project to move forward to negotiate a fixed-price power purchase agreement with the state’s ...

Alpha Offshore Provides Boost to Sparrows Group

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 REM Sparrows Group, headquartered in Aberdeen, UK, has seen its position in the renewables market strengthened one year after the acquisition of Alpha Offshore Service. The company confirmed that Danish-based ...

Poland

PGE Group seeking strategic partner for offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea

Thursday, 13 December 2018 Robin Whitlock Polish clean energy group PGE is launching a search for a strategic partner to prepare, build and operate wind farms in the Baltic Sea with total capacity of up to 2545 MW as the first stage of PGE Group’s ...

Belgium

SeaMade offshore wind farm selects DEME for foundations, turbines, offshore substations, inter-array and export cables

Tuesday, 04 December 2018 Robin Whitlock DEME’s subsidiaries Dredging International, GeoSea and Tideway have secured major contract awards for the 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium which reached financial close yesterday (3rd December). ...