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Low wind yields hit EnBW earnings
GERMANY: Low offshore wind and hydropower yields reduced utility-developer EnBW's earnings from renewables in the first nine months of the year, it stated.
New York launches 800MW tender
UNITED STATES: New York state has launched a request for proposals (RfP) for at least 800MW of offshore wind capacity.
Updated: Japanese offshore bill reintroduced
JAPAN: The cabinet has again approved a bill for the promotion of offshore wind after it was not passed before the end of this summer's parliamentary session.
Illness and supply delays hit Sif's profits
NETHERLANDS: Sif Group made an operating loss in the third quarter due to a delayed start to the production of foundations for Borssele III and IV and a "relatively high absence rate due to illness", it stated.
Updated: MHI Vestas to supply Northwester 2
BELGIUM: MHI Vestas will provide 23 of its 9.5MW turbines for Parkwind's 224MW Northwester 2 project in the Belgian North Sea.
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Netherlands Tennet unveils new Dutch connection
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Netherlands Update: Van Oord launches marine conservation pilot
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Taiwan Deutsche Windtechnik to launch Taiwanese unit
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United States Approval for Virginia's first offshore project
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South Korea South Korea plans 4GW wind-solar complex
Policy
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Ireland Ireland 'missing out' on offshore wind benefits
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United States US firm designing Jones Act-compliant vessel
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Wind 'could hit 900GW by 2023'
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United States New Jersey seeks help starting offshore wind sector
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United States Virginia plans 5GW wind and solar by 2028
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OPINION: Ørsted US shopping spree not just about capacity
Ørsted has spent more than $1 billion in the past two months, buying up more than just US wind capacity.
Move over, London
UK: London Array has more than twice the number of turbines, but Ørsted's Walney Extension project in the Irish Sea is now, officially, offshore wind's largest operating project at 659MW.
Floating design brings the x-factor to 10MW-plus market
FRANCE: French engineering firm Ceteal claims its x-shaped concrete floating foundation offers significant manufacturing and operational advantages over other designs currently under development for the floating offshore wind sector.
MHI Vestas' Kavafyan on staying on top
DENMARK: When Philippe Kavafyan took over from Jens Tommerup as MHI Vestas CEO earlier this year, his predecessor told him to 'learn to say no'. Windpower Monthly spoke to the former Adwen chairman about how he is picking his battles and where he plans to take the firm over the next four years.
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.
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