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Gamesa’s shareholders ratify the merger with Siemens Wind Power
In an extraordinary general meeting in Zamudio (Vizcaya, Spain), 99.75 % of Gamesa’s shareholders ratified the resolutions needed to close the merger with Siemens Wind Power. The payment of a special...
Areva wants to sell its Adwen-shares to Gamesa
Areva’s Board of Directors has decided to authorize its Executive Management to sell the company’s shares in the offshore wind company Adwen to Gamesa. With this, Areva further advances its focus on...Updated Global Wind Power Market Forecast
Policy clarity in several global key markets will influence worldwide growth of the wind power market positively and negatively. But overall, the effects balance out over a ten year span with a net...
The top 25 global wind asset owners in 2015
In 2015, the 25 biggest wind asset owners expanded their collective grid-connected wind capacity to 170 GW but lost market share. This was shown in a new market report by renewable energy consulting...
EnBW acquires Danish service provider Connected Wind Services
The Denmark-based independent service provider Connected Wind Services A/S (CWS) has been acquired by German utility company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. For EnBW this is a step to further...
Offshore Wind: “The current pipeline of projects is not enough”
The offshore wind industry hit a new record for investments of €14 billion during the first half of the year – exceeding the total full-year investments in 2015 – according to offshore statistics for...
Trelleborg wins contract for Borwin-3 wind farm floatover
The Siemens/Petrofac consortium awarded the contract for the floatover installation of the HVDC converter platform of BorWin3 wind farm to Trelleborg engineered products operation.
German offshore industry is struggling with weak expansion goals
Despite all of the cuts, the European offshore wind market is still large. Nevertheless, players on the German market are preparing for lean times. The 730 MW per year that policymakers have committed...
Siemens and Gamesa intend to merge
A major merger in wind turbine manufacturing is just around the corner: Siemens Wind Power and the Spanish company Gamesa have announced binding agreements for merging the Siemens wind power business...
Blackstone Group will sell majority interest in German WindMW to China Three Gorges
The US-American Blackstone Group has entered a definitive agreement to sell its majority interest in WindMW GmbH, the owner of one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms Meerwind. Buyer is China...
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