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  • London Array Reaches 5TWh Mark

    2 June 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    London Array’s second full year of generation has seen output from the offshore wind farm pass the 5TWh mark. The wind farm became fully operational in April 2013, having first started exporting power in October 2012. Output to date now amounts to electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of some 1.2m UK households. Over the […]

  • Prysmian and Asso.subsea Secure Floating Wind Contract in France

    7 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Prysmian Group and Asso.subsea has signed a contract with RTE, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité, for the development of an export submarine power cable system for the Gruissan floating offshore wind farm located in Southern France. Under the contract worth some EUR 30 million, Prysmian will be responsible for the design, supply, termination, […]

  • Alstom Wind Names Senior Vice-President

    10 January 2014

    Alstom announced that Yves Rannou will serve as Senior Vice-President for Alstom Wind, effective April 1, 2014. Rannou, who will serve as a member of the Executive Committee of Alstom Renewable Power, will be based in Barcelona and will be in charge of all activities related to onshore and offshore wind for Alstom. He succeeds […]

  • Photo of the Day: Maintenance at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    6 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Wind turbine technicians carrying out maintenance work at Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm.  Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm comprises 88 Siemens 3.6MW turbines, which are 132m high. The turbines are located between 17 and 28 km off the Norfolk coast in England. The wind farm became fully operational in the summer […]

  • Highlights of the Month: July 2016

    1 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy Winner of Dutch Borssele I & II Tender DONG Energy will build Dutch offshore wind farms Borssele I and II. Borssele 1&2 World’s Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm The cost of building and operating the 700MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm is expected to be EUR 2.7 billion cheaper than previously estimated. […]

  • NASA’s Image of the Day: London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    NASA Earth Observatory has released an image of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, taken from space by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite. The image was captured on April 28, 2013; twenty days after the wind farm became fully operational. In April last year, the London Array […]

  • CWind Wins Greater Gabbard Crew Transfer Contract

    24 June 2015

    CWind has won a six months contract to provide crew transfer services to Greater Gabbard Offshore wind farm. Its 19m catamaran, one of more than 20 crew transfer vessels in the fleet operated by CWind, will assist with O&M activities at the project, which became operational in August 2013. Under the contract, Greater Gabbard may […]

  • All Moray East Wind Turbines Installed

    15 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 100th and final wind turbine has been installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site, located some some 22 kilometres off Aberdeenshire in Scotland, according to an update from Ocean Winds. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern installed the wind farm’s first Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbine in January. The work hit the halfway […]

  • Top News of the Week, 16 – 22 January 2017

    22 January 2017

    3sun Recruiting 100+ Technicians, Former O&G Workers Welcome to Apply 3sun Group has launched a recruitment campaign looking for more than 100 new technicians to service GBP 6 million worth of new and extended offshore and onshore wind farm contracts. Boskalis’ Revamped Vessel Coming Up in 2018 (VIDEO) As of 2018, Boskalis will add a […]

  • EWEA Rebrands to WindEurope

    7 April 2016

    On 5 April, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) became WindEurope.  The organisation explained that its brand needed to evolve as the wind energy, which moved from a niche sector to a mainstream industry, is evolving. “This is a pivotal moment and we look forward to continue to work with you in order to ensure the growth and prosperity […]

  • Big Day for London Array (UK)

    4 July 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, will be inaugurated today, July 4. The UK Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, Edward Davey, announced his participation in the official opening of the offshore wind farm. The London Array, jointly owned by Dong Energy, Masdar and EON, comprises 175 Siemens’ 3.6 MW […]

  • China Longyuan Completes Country’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    26 November 2012

    China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited officially announced that with completion of the 50MW Phase II construction of Longyuan Jiangsu Rudong 150MW Offshore (Intertidal Zone) Demonstration Wind Farm, this 150MW Intertidal Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm was commercially put into operation. In Rudong County, Longyuan Power, with its 32MW (intertidal zone) pilot wind farm locally situated […]

  • Ocean Winds Increases Stake in Floating Offshore Wind Specialist

    26 May 2023
    Business & Finance

    EDP has transferred its 25.4 per cent stake in floating offshore wind platform company Principle Power to Ocean Winds, a 50:50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie. With this transaction and adding to its previous ownership, Ocean Winds now holds a total of 36.25 per cent of Principle Power. The transfer of EDP’s stake […]

  • WPD Picks Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW Wind Turbines for German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and wpd have signed a Master Supply Agreement, including a 20-year service agreement, for the 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The wind turbines will have a nominal power of 8.6 MW and can reach up to 9 MW with the Power Boost option engaged. Located 15 kilometres off the […]

  • Japanese Company Takes Stake in 1.2 GW Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm

    14 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure, a strategic investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group, has acquired a minority stake in the 1.2 GW Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure announced the transaction on 10 March, saying that it is constructed on the company’s partnership with Equitix, which has been cultivated […]

  • London Array: World’s Largest Operational Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    8 March 2013

    At 17.49 on Thursday 7th March 2013 London Array officially became the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm. 141 of the 175 3.6MW Siemens wind turbines are now able to generate 507MW of energy for UK homes and businesses. This is a significant achievement for everyone involved in the project which generated first power in […]

  • Primo Marine Completes Cable Emergency Response Manual for Luchterduinen OWF

    18 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Rotterdam-headquartered Primo Marine has finalized the Cable Emergency Response Manual for the subsea power cables of the 129MW Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Primo Marine was commissioned to compile an operational Cable Emergency Response Manual, covering prevention, and preparedness & response in regard to cable emergencies and planned solutions. The main objective was to develop a handbook for […]

  • SER: France to Decide on Six Offshore Wind Projects Within Days

    12 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will decide on the fate of the six already approved offshore wind projects in the next few days, according to Le Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (SER), a French renewables lobby.

  • Vattenfall Officially Opens Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm

    6 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark, together with Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Simon Kollerup, has inaugurated Vattenfall’s 604 MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. With 72 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines and a capacity corresponding to the annual energy consumption of approximately 600,000 Danish households, Kriegers Flak is Denmark’s […]

  • Akrocean’s WINDSEA FLiDAR Gets Stage 2 Okay

    29 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    France-based Akrocean has received stage 2 validation for its WINDSEA floating LiDAR (FLD) under the OWA Carbon Trust Roadmap. According to Akrocean, the validation was granted by DNV GL and marks commercial acceptance for the floating LiDAR. Offshore trials that began earlier in 2018 were performed in the English Channel and have been independently reviewed by DNV […]

  • E.ON Gives Scroby Sands Visitor Centre a Makeover

    7 June 2018

    E.ON has revamped the Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm Visitor Centre in Great Yarmouth, the UK.

  • Floating Wind Farm Offshore Portugal Overdelivers

    24 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 25 MW Windfloat Atlantic floating wind farm offshore Portugal produced 75 GWh of electricity in its first year of operation, EDP Renewables said. Located 20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castelo, the project is the world’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm which became operational in July 2020. The wind farm was developed […]

  • CGN’s 300MW Pingtan OWF Greenlighted

    29 November 2016
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Fujian Province Development and Reform Commission has approved a 300MW offshore wind farm developed by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) north-east of Pingtan Island in the Fujian Province.  In December 2014, the project was listed in the National Offshore Wind Power Project Development and Construction Program (2014-2016) and, as such, received the authorisation from […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Turbines to Replace GE Units Offshore France

    16 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Eolien Maritime France (EMF) have signed a framework agreement with the objective of supplying and servicing offshore wind turbines with a capacity of approximately 1,000MW for two of EMF’s three French offshore wind projects currently under development. Both projects are expected to use SWT-7.0-154 DD offshore wind turbines and are […]

  • NSW Secures Northwester 2 Array Cable Order

    7 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Northwester NV has awarded Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) with a contract to deliver a submarine inter-array power cable system for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

  • TÜV SÜD, Tractebel DOC Join Forces in Offshore Wind

    16 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    The international provider of testing, inspection, and certification services, TÜV SÜD, has signed an agreement with the German-based company Tractebel DOC, under which the two companies will collaborate on offshore wind focusing on joint project implementation and the development of new services. Both partners will bring their special strengths to the venture to win new projects […]