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Deutsche Bank lays out offshore finance options

EUROPE: Private equity will have to play an increasingly central role in financing the UK offshore w...

Uncertainty drives Italian firms abroad

ITALY: Uncertainty about financial incentives has accelerated a push abroad by the country's wind-en...

Iberdrola and Gamesa sign multi-GW supply and maintence deal

SPAIN: Iberdrola and Gamesa have signed a substantial supply and operations and maintenance agreemen...

Poland set for 175MW wind energy boost

POLAND: Konin Wind Energy (KWE) has announced a PLZ 1 billion (€227 million) plan to build four wind...

ECN signs MOU with Posco for South Korean initiative

SOUTH KOREA: The Dutch Energy Research Centre (ECN) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ko...

Close up - LM's 73.5-metre blade

Eize de Vries meets LM Wind Power's chief technology officer Frank Nielsen to examine the 73.5-metre...

E.on approves 219MW UK offshore project

UK: E.on has announced it is going ahead with the 219MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm off the No...

Siemens wins 288MW offshore contract

GERMANY: Siemens has received a 288MW order from E.on for an offshore wind farm in the North Sea....

EWEA slams 'astounding' EC assumptions about wind

EUROPE: The EC's 2050 energy roadmap has been criticised by the European Wind Energy Association (EW...

Renewables not responsible for rising prices

UK: Support for wind and other renewables have been ruled out as the main cause of rising consumer e...

Crown Estate launches 800MW NI offshore tender

UK: The Crown Estate has announced an 800MW offshore tender for a project around the coast of Northe...

RWE takes Spanish wind assets to 447MW

SPAIN: RWE Innogy has increased its Spanish wind capacity to 447MW with the acquisition of a 47.5% s...

Siemens signs up to £210m UK port facility

UK: Siemens and ports operator Associated British Ports (ABP) today gave the green light to a £210 m...

Repower wins 35MW UK onshore deal

UK: Repower has secured two orders with a combined capacity of 35MW for onshore wind farms in Englan...

Offshore foundation contract awarded to Crist

POLAND:The Crist shipyard located in Gdansk, Poland, has been awarded a contract with several foreig...

Buckie Shipyards signs catamaran deal

UK: A Scottish boatbuilder has formed an alliance with a South African yard and New Zealand designer...

APEM adds aircraft to offshore fleet

UK: A fourth environmental survey aircraft has been added to UK consultancy APEM's fleet....

Scottish fishing port set for offshore wind investment

UK: A small harbour on the northern coast of Scotland better known for fishing and as a berth for th...

EDF pulls out of 750MW Treport bid

FRANCE: The EDF-led consortium bidding in France's 3GW offshore tender has pulled out of one of the ...

Vestas wins 96MW order from Stena

SWEDEN: Vestas has been handed a 96MW deal with the renewables arm of Swedish industrial giant Stena...