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“Inn2POWER” project strengthens small and medium enterprises of the leading offshore wind energy regions
The four-year EU Interreg project “Inn2POWER - Innovation to Push Offshore Wind Energy Regions” was officially launched during the London Offshore Wind Energy 2017 event.
Governments and businesses join forces for significant offshore wind volumes
The governments of leading offshore wind markets, Germany, Belgium and Denmark, together with industry captains signed a Joint Statement to further the deployment of offshore wind energy in Europe.
Fair competition in the WindSeeG tendering procedure
On April 13, Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced the results of a call for tenders for offshore wind farms. The tender was awarded to Dong Energy and EnBW for a total of four wind farms in the...
Almost unrecognisable – optimism prevails at Windforce
The number one discussion topic at this year's Windforce Conference was the results of the first German tender round. The zero-cent bids have revived the self-confidence of a whole industry.
MHI Vestas expands manufacturing facility at Port of Esbjerg
Construction of a 5,600 square meter facility at the Port of Esbjerg is underway to house manufacturing of power converter modules (PCM) exclusively for MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.
Wind energy hub planned for the North Sea
The transmission system operators TenneT and Energinet.dk have initiated a futuristic project to create an artificial island in the North Sea to inexpensively distribute electricity from offshore wind...
Germany: Offshore wind farms with extremely low subsidies
The eagerly awaited results of the first auction for offshore wind farms in Germany are in. The average subsidy was only 0.44 cents/kWh. But there were also successful bids for 0.0 cents as well as 6...
Offshore industry calls for higher installation targets
The offshore wind industry is warning of a break in the further development of technology if current expansion targets are not revised upwards significantly. At the 14th Hamburg Offshore Wind...
MHI Vestas creates more than 400 new jobs in Denmark
After recently recruiting over 100 manufacturing jobs in the UK, MHI Vestas is turning its attention to manufacturing sites at Lindø and Nakskov, and is now recruiting 414 additional employees at the...
nkt cables takes over ABB’s high-voltage cables business
nkt cables and ABB Group have closed the acquisition whereby nkt cables takes over ABB’s high-voltage cables business.
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