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Offshore wind farms have moderate cost overruns
With average cost overruns of 20 %, German offshore wind farms are better than other major projects. In general, large-scale projects in Germany end up costing 73 % more on average than planned.
The Netherlands hustle things on offshore wind
The Netherlands will launch two 350 MW offshore wind tenders in December 2015. Subsidy and licences will be made available to the lowest bidder for sites 1 and 2 of the Borssele wind farm zone.
Troubled times
Trouble is brewing in the German offshore scene. The German Federal Network Agency intends to stop grid connection planning in some of the zones. This would essentially be an expropriation of sorts...
James Fisher acquired Mojo Maritime
James Fisher has completed the acquisition of Mojo Maritime Ltd. The acquisition enhances James Fisher’s specialist marine project delivery capability and enables Mojo to undertake larger and more...Jan De Nul orders two new vessels
Jan De Nul Group keeps on investing. The company has ordered two 6,000 ton subsea rock installation vessels at Chinese AVIC Weihai Shipyard . The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to...
Europe’s powerhouse
The expansion of offshore wind energy can no longer remain dependent on individual countries, and must in future be planned and realised as a European project.
New record for wind power in 2014
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) published its "Global Wind Report" for the year 2014. To give you a short overview, we created an infographic with some of the key figures from the 80 page report.
Dong Energy enters US offshore wind market
Danish Dong Energy is entering the US offshore wind market. The company will take over RES’s more than 1,000 MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts.Windreich finds an investor for MEG 1
The insolvent German project developer Windreich will be receiving some support with the development of the offshore wind farm MEG 1. DEME Concessions is getting in on the project.
GROW receives £ 1 million extension
The hugely successful GROW:OffshoreWind programme has been granted a six-month extension as part of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy to help more manufacturers take advantage of investment in...
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