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Andreas Wellbrock will be the new managing director of WAB
On 1 June 2016, Andreas Wellbrock will be joining WAB e.V. as its new managing director. He will be taking over from Urs Wahl, who was appointed as interim manager of the industry network in the...
ORE Catapult acquires Samsung’s 7 MW demonstration wind turbine
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has acquired the Levenmouth 7 MW demonstration offshore wind turbine, located off the East Fife coast, from Samsung Heavy Industries. SgurrEnergy has been...
Statkraft withdraws from offshore wind
Statkraft AS has adjusted its investment plan to the new financial terms. The most material change is that Statkraft no longer will invest in new offshore wind projects. Some international hydropower...
Turbine owners establish global peer-to-peer platform
With a new global peer-to-peer platform turbine owners want to solve O&M issues collaboratively. With current members of “o2o Wind” owning more than 60 % of all offshore turbines in the world, the...
It pays to be fast
Chinese companies are pushing onto the offshore wind power market. Sany, a Chinese mechanical engineering company and wind turbine manufacturer, has handed over a Green Energy Commitment to the Indian...Isleburn to build suction anchors for floating wind farm
Statoil have awarded Isleburn with a contract for the provision of the suction anchors to the world’s first floating wind farm: The Hywind pilot park offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. Isleburn Ltd...“Money does not flow into the company’s coffers”
Dong Energy intends to go public in one and a half years, at the latest. It will be the largest IPO in Danish history. OWI spoke with Samuel Leupold, CEO at Dong Energy Wind Power, about the company’s...
Rudd announces three offshore auctions
UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has set out her vision for an energy system that puts consumers first, delivers more competition, reduces the burden on bill-payers and ensures...GE expands wind portfolio with new renewable business unit
GE introduced its new renewable energy business unit at the EWEA annual event in Paris. The new unit expands GE’s wind portfolio in the wake of its recent acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid...
25 MW floating project planned in Portugal
EDP Renewables, Mitsubishi Corp., Chiyoda Corp., ENGIE and Repsol create a consortium to implement a floating offshore wind farm in Portugal using Principle Power’s WindFloat Technology. The project...
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