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Denmark starts tender for 350 MW near-shore wind
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has started its tender for the construction and operation of a total capacity of up to 350 MW wind energy off the Danish coast.New crane ship for Scaldis
The shareholders of the Antwerp-based specialist in marine heavy lift operations, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV, have ordered an extremely powerful, self-propelled DP2 crane ship from...MHI Vestas will hire 200 employees for blade manufacture
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has started recruiting skilled workers for over 200 full time jobs at the blade production facility on the Isle of Wight, UK. The new positions are at the serial production...
Catapult appoints new Finance Director
Andrew Walls joins the technology innovation and research centre ORE Catapult. He will be responsible for Finance, HR and Procurement and Legal.
Offshore wind installations stabilise in 2014
In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system – 84 MW less than in 2013. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045 MW in 74...
Oldenburg gets its own training institute for offshore wind energy
Oldenburg has a new training institute for offshore wind energy: the Convent College. Depending on a person's previous qualifications, four training paths are possible: installation technician,...BZEE and OffTEC are joining forces
The OffTEC training and development cluster, which is based in Enge-Sande, and the Bildungszentrum für Erneuerbare Energien (BZEE) in Husum are teaming up to offer a jointly co-ordinated range of...
More than 1 GW of offshore wind energy in Germany in 2014
In December 2014, German offshore wind turbines fed more than 1 GW power into the grid for the first time. This is the conclusion reached by the study "Status of Offshore Wind Energy Development in...
X-BOW cracks the 100 vessels mark
With the latest contract for two offshore wind service vessels for Bernhard Schulte/Windea Offshore, shipbuilder Ulstein has achieved 100 sales of the X-BOW hull line design. The milestone was...
Iberdrola awards Areva € 620 million for Wikinger offshore park
Iberdrola and Areva signed their largest renewables contract so far with a volume of € 620 million for the supply of wind turbines to the 350 MW offshore wind park Wikinger. In cooperation with its...
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