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MHI Vestas trademarks V174
DENMARK/JAPAN: MHI Vestas has had trademarks approved for the words 'V174-9.0MW' and 'V174-9.1MW' in the European Union.
Updated: Seagreen partners seek approval for fewer, bigger turbines
UK: Partners SSE and Fluor have requested permission to use 120 turbines at their Seagreen Alpha and Bravo sites in the Outer Firth of Forth, having originally planned to use 150.
US firms unveil new jacket design
UNITED STATES: US construction firms Chet Morrison and iSIMS have unveiled a new jacket foundation design that uses less steel than the traditional substructure.
K2 Management enters floating offshore wind
PORTUGAL: K2 Management has acquired Cruz Atcheson, a Lisbon-based engineering consultancy that specialises in floating offshore wind, wave and tidal power.
MHI Vestas prepares for Isle of Wight expansion
UK: Vestas is relocating its testing related activities on the Isle of Wight to make room for potential future expansion being considered by its offshore wind joint venture (JV) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
PROJECT UPDATES
Policy
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Germany DNV GL launches floating wind guidelines
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United States New Jersey sets course for 3.5GW target
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Taiwan Vietnam raises wind tariffs
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United States ITC enables Vineyard Wind's 'stunningly low' cost
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Norway Norway set to create new test zones
Business and finance
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United Kingdom Ørsted sells 50% of Hornsea One
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Japan J-Power, Engie sign collaboration deal
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United Kingdom MHI Vestas appoints Brown as first UK manager
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Belgium Sumitomo buys Northwester 2 stake
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Netherlands Boskalis remains confident as earnings fall
In Depth
Ten of the biggest offshore turbines
WORLDWIDE: We have focused on turbines in production or for which orders are being taken, omitting the discontinued, the test-bed prototypes for those that never made it, and the designs still on the drawing boards to examine the credentials of ten of the highest-rated capacity turbines on the market today.
Back to the future
UK: In bringing the UK's generation fleet into the 21st century with its latest offshore wind farm, sometimes you have to go back 4,000 years. This is what ScottishPower Renewables has done at the East Anglia One project, uncovering a rare neolithic trackway and animal skulls in the process.
Floating pioneers undaunted by challenges
UK: Realism over the challenges that floating offshore faces was balanced by optimism that they will be overcome as experts gathered at the Windpower Monthly forum.
New agreement keeps France's offshore wind hopes alive
FRANCE: The offshore wind sector breathed a sigh of relief when president Emmanuel Macron announced late last month the government has reached agreement on new, lower tariffs for the six offshore projects awarded in 2012 and 2014, thus saving them from cancellation.
OPINION: Making the most of the offshore wind boom
With the pace of offshore deployment increasing, the supply chain needs to keep pace. Here, vessel supplier Seajack's crewing manager, Ian Robertson, sets out the three major challenges facing the sector.
Opinion
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