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  • EDF and WPD Join Forces for French Second Offshore Wind Round

    30 May 2013

    EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd offshore, two key players in European offshore wind energy, have announced the signing of a partnership agreement. The agreement formalizes both groups’ decision to combine their expertise in the French government’s second call for tenders, with a view to continuing the development of offshore wind energy in France and pursuing […]

  • Japanese Investors to Acquire Stake in Yunlin Offshore Wind Project

    5 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind developer wpd has signed a share purchase agreement with Starwind Offshore GmbH to sell a 27% stake in the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Starwind Offshore GmbH is a German holding company established jointly between the Japanese companies Sojitz; JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation; The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Chudenko […]

  • Wpd Awards Bird Survey Contract for Yunlin Offshore Wind Project

    9 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    Wpd Taiwan and WeatherRisk Explore Inc. have signed a turnkey bird survey contract for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This March, wpd appointed WeatherRisk Explore to be responsible for the long-term and continuous bird surveys to understand the relationship between the wind farm’s operations and the surrounding bird ecology. According to the companies, […]

  • Last Nordergründe Turbine Hooked to the Grid, OWF Goes Live

    18 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm is now officially in full operation, after the last of the total of 18 Senvion 6.2M126 wind turbines was connected to the grid yesterday, 17 December.

  • Yunlin’s First Locally-Produced TPs Ready for Load Out

    29 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has completed the first transition pieces ready to be loaded out for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first batch of transition pieces will be loaded out on a barge by wpd in early August from CTCI MAC’s Ta-Lin Shop in Kaohsiung to the offshore site for installation. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Firms Up Yunlin Order

    3 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order by wpd offshore to supply turbines to the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Located approximately six kilometers from shore in the Taiwan Strait, the Yunlin wind farm will feature 80 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines. This first firm order in Asia Pacific (APAC) for the […]

  • German State Clears Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

    5 June 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has granted a license to OWP Gennaker GmbH, a subsidiary of wpd, to build and operate the 865.2MW Gennaker offshore wind farm. The license covers the construction and operation of the wind farm consisting of 103 wind turbines, two offshore substations, and the inter-array cables. The wind farm will feature Siemens Gamesa […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 8MW Wind Turbines to Spin Offshore Taiwan

    31 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has signed a preferred supplier agreement with wpd offshore for the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan.

  • Top News of the Week Sep 9 – 15, 2013

    15 September 2013

    UK: Unmanned Barge Almost Hits Teesside OWF A 35 metre unmanned barge that was being taken from Stromness to Lowestoft has been reconnected to its towing vessel. UK: Vestas Produces First Blade for Its 8 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 meter blade for the V164-8.0 MW – the world’s […]

  • Butendiek Owners Seal EUR 950 Million Refinancing Deal

    10 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The joint owners of the 288MW Butendiek offshore wind farm have announced a successful conclusion of the refinancing for the project valued in excess of EUR 950 million.

  • Wpd to Hook 1GW of Offshore Wind to Taiwanese Grid

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded German-based wpd with 1GW of grid connection capacity for two of the developer’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan: a 708MW wind farm off Yunlin and a 350MW project off Taoyuan.

  • Siemens Gamesa and Formosa Plastics Ink MoU in Taiwan

    5 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Formosa Plastics Corporation for offshore wind in Taiwan. According to the company, the agreement adds up to a series of earlier agreements with local and international parties to promote a competitive supply chain. To remind, Siemens Gamesa inked the first local supply agreements in Taiwan last year by […]

  • Nordergründe OWF to Feature Senvion 6MW Turbines

    23 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German wind farm developer and operator wpd has signed a contract with Senvion for Nordergründe offshore wind farm, under which Senvion will provide 18 of its 6 megawatt turbines. The companies signed the contract for delivery, installation and commissioning of the 18 Senvion 6.2M126 on 20 February in Bremen. With the Senvion 6.2M126, wind turbines of […]

  • Environmental court Approves Offshore wind farm building in Storgrundet (Sweden)

    6 October 2010
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Environmental court has given wpd, a Stockholm-based wind power operator, the green light to begin construction of a large-scale…     (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus,October 06, 2010;

  • Top News of the Week Sep 7-13, 2015

    13 September 2015

    Navitus Bay Unlikely to Go Ahead UK Secretary of State is to issue a decision about up to 121-turbine wind farm in the English Channel near the Isle of Wight. Fugro to Install Rampion Array Cables Fugro has been awarded a contract for the installation and burial of array cables at the Rampion Offshore Wind […]

  • Total Buys Into Taiwanese Offshore Wind

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    French energy major Total has signed an agreement with wpd to acquire a 23 per cent interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH, the owner of the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project, currently under construction, represents production capacity of 640 MW and benefits from a 20-year guaranteed-price power purchase agreement (PPA) with […]

  • Taiwan Selects Eleven Offshore Wind Projects

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded grid capacity to eleven offshore wind projects under the first process of its kind in Taiwan.

  • Siemens Gamesa Launches Recyclable Offshore Blade

    7 September 2021
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has launched what the company describes as the world’s first wind turbine blade ready for commercial use offshore that can be recycled at the end of its lifecycle – the RecyclableBlade. The first six 81-metre long RecyclableBlades have already been produced at the Siemens Gamesa blade factory in Aalborg, Denmark. ”The time to […]

  • Germany: Energiekontor Sells Nordergründe Offshore Wind Farm to wpd

    6 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Energiekontor AG, based in Bremen, has agreed today with the Bremen project developer wpd on the sale of an offshore wind farm, the Nordergründe. The buyer is a subsidiary of wpd Offshore GmbH. The Nordergründe offshore wind farm will comprise 18 wind turbines of the REpower 6M type, and will be built at a […]

  • Tekmar Secures Yunlin CPS Order

    27 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 has awarded Tekmar Energy with a contract to provide cable protection systems (CPSs) for wpd’s 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, Tekmar will be supplying 150 of their patented CPSs which protect the subsea power cables as they transition from the offshore structures into burial. The Yunlin offshore wind […]

  • Germany: NWA Successfully Completes Insurance Programs for Butendiek OWF

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      Nordwest Assekuranzmakler Gmbh & Co. KG (NWA) has developed insurance programs for the Butendiek offshore wind project. An important component for the financing of the project was laid. Butendiek offshore wind project is located in the North Sea about 32 kilometers west of Sylt. The plan is to install 80 wind turbines with a […]

  • Pile Driving Nearing Completion at Butendiek

    17 July 2014
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Bremen-situated planner and operator wpd takes positive stock for the construction of the offshore windfarm Butendiek. “We are about to complete pile driving, we are well within our time schedule and we have fallen short of the predefined sound levels”, said Achim Berge Olsen, managing director of Butendiek and wpd offshore. Of the 80 foundation […]

  • Vattenfall, wpd and Caisse des Dépôts Form Dunkerque Offshore Wind Alliance

    6 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall, German wind power developer wpd and French financial institution Caisse des Dépôts have formed an alliance for the bid preparation in an offshore wind tender in Dunkerque, France.

  • SMC Bags Yunlin Marine Coordination Deal

    5 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine coordination services for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. SMC said it will be working with the SeaPlanner marine management system to ensure the delivery of services throughout the project. “Once again we are proud to be at the forefront of delivering Marine […]

  • Butendiek Offshore Substation on Its Way to OWF Site

    7 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Avantha Group Company CG has successfully performed the marine load-out of a high-voltage offshore substation for Western Power Distribution (WPD) offshore solutions GmbH.The substation is a part of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany. The Butendiek offshore substation was successfully loaded onto the sea barge in Hoboken, Antwerp. The next step is the substation’s installation and […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2015

    1 March 2015

    Anholt OWF Down, Error Found on Subsea Cable Anholt Offshore Wind Farm has been offline since Saturday, February 21, due to a fault on the subsea cable connecting the wind farm to the grid on land, Energinet.dk reported today. IHC to Build 4.000-Ton Crane Vessel for Scaldis Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered […]