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  • Seatools Secures Piling System Contract for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    13 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Subsea technology company Seatools has won a contract to design and deliver a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system to be used on an offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The order was placed by ”an undisclosed EPC player”, Seatools said. The system will be used for pile installation during the construction of the offshore wind […]

  • North Sea Countries Talk Offshore Wind and Brexit

    20 June 2019
    Authorities

    Representatives from ten North Sea countries met on 20 June in Denmark to discuss plans on offshore wind, as well as the UK’s potential exit from the European Union. Energy ministers and other representatives gathered in Esbjerg as part of the North Seas Energy Cooperation to consider the potential of offshore wind and how cooperation can be continued […]

  • Floatgen Proves Its Mettle

    4 July 2019

    Floatgen, the first offshore wind turbine installed offshore France, produced a total of 2.2GWh during the first half of 2019, thus exceeding expectations, according to Ideol. Based on the first operational results, Ideol reported that the 2MW Floatgen met and exceeded all expectations and faced wave heights of up to 6.2m at the Sem-Rev test site. According to the […]

  • Butendiek OWF Up and Running

    5 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    By bringing the 80th and thus final wind turbine into operation, wpd has completed the construction of the 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm, which is now in full operation.  Wpd, the Bremen wind developer and operator is responsible for the construction and operation phases. The Butendiek offshore wind farm is jointly owned by wpd, Marguerite Fund, […]

  • TenneT Taps Into CLENS Wind Database

    28 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    German energy service provider Clean Energy Sourcing (CLENS) has won a contract to provide TenneT with data on current and forecasted generation on wind farms which will help optimise the transmission system operator’s net and curtailment management.

  • World’s Longest Blade Takes the Road to Aalborg (VIDEO+Gallery)

    5 July 2016
    Technology

    On the night of June 30, the world’s longest wind turbine blade made a 218-kilometer trip from LM Wind Power’s factory in Lunderskov to Aalborg, where it will undergo further testing. The 88.4-metre blade, specifically designed for Adwen’s AD 8-180 wind turbine model, will now commence testing as part of Adwen’s product validation plan. Koos van der Zee, Blade Transportation […]

  • RYA Concerned over Leisure Boaters’ Safety

    23 June 2014

    In line with the Planning Inspectorate’s pre-examination process the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has submitted its summary of views regarding the application for development consent for Navitus Bay Wind Park.   The RYA has responded at every stage to the developer’s pre-application consultation proposals and many of the points addressed have been resolved to our […]

  • France, Germany Join Forces to Push Offshore Wind Energy Forward

    20 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided yesterday in Paris to strengthen the German-French cooperation in the field of energy policy. “As the German-French exchange platform for the offshore industry, we support this decision,” said Mélanie Persem, Managing Director of the German-French renewables office (DFBEE). On the occasion of the second Franco-German […]

  • Hyundai Heavy Industries Installs Korea’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    18 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) today announced that it completed the installation of a 5.5 MW offshore wind turbine prototype on Kimnyeong Wind Farm on Jeju Island, South Korea. The offshore wind turbine, measuring 100 m hub height and 140 m rotor diameter, is the largest unit ever installed in South Korea. It can […]

  • MHI Vestas Turbines for 700MW Japanese Offshore Wind Project

    9 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Renova has selected MHI Vestas to supply turbines for the Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind project in Japan. The project is expected to have a power generating capacity of approximately 700MW, making it one of the largest offshore wind farms in Japan. “The Yurihonjo project will be a pioneer in the Japanese offshore wind market, and […]

  • Ørsted Picks G-tec for Geotechnical Work Offshore Germany

    1 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Belgium’s G-tec with contracts to provide geotechnical engineering services on two offshore wind farms in the German Bight. Under the two individual contracts, G-tec will in 2019 carry out geotechnical investigations and laboratory analysis of samples taken from the seabed in various depths within the Gode Wind offshore wind farm 03 and 04 and […]

  • Canada: Technology Slows Down Tidal Power Plans

    22 May 2012
    Technology

    Even though the tidal power technology gives hope, it is still unproven because of many challenges. In a recently released new marine renewable energy strategy, the NDP government states that the tidal power potential exists but that it requires ambitious and costly measures to make use of it. According to the strategy, the commercial-scale production […]

  • Liebherr Installs Custom-Made Offshore Crane on Giant 7

    2 May 2016
    Vessels

    Liebherr’s offshore crane division installed a board offshore crane, type BOS 35000, on the Giant 7 heavy lift barge, which installed the first foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm at the end of the last month.  The crane was specially developed for the use on Giant 7, and the entire project, from design through manufacturing to […]

  • Wind Technology Brings US Closer to Clean Energy Future

    20 July 2012
    Authorities, Technology

    There’s a simple truth in wind energy – the bigger the blade, the more watts generated. 

In the 1980s, blades were typically 65 feet long. Today, as the wind industry continues to grow, blades measure over 150 feet. Looking down the road, the next generation of wind turbine blades is expected to span beyond the […]

  • UK: OSIL Launches VMMS

    2 November 2012

    OSIL announced the launch of a Vessel Motion Monitoring System (VMMS), a system designed to monitor motion of a vessel in order to increase safety of transfers during offshore wind farm operations. With a second generation 6 DoF (Degrees of Freedom) motion sensor, the Vessel Motion Monitoring System monitors safety thresholds for heading, heave, pitch, […]

  • MPI Offshore Installs Final Rampion Wind Turbine

    20 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of 116 wind turbines at the Rampion offshore wind farm was installed today. 

  • Van Oord Installs Gemini Substations

    31 August 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed the two Offshore High Voltage Stations (OHVS) and first 77 transition pieces at the Dutch Gemini Wind Park. The realisation of the large offshore wind project construction is proceeding as planned. The OHVS installations were built in Hoboken, Belgium, and transported to Eemshaven. Deploying a heavy lift vessel, the 2,500-tonne platforms […]

  • USA: General Cable Corporation Announces Q1 Results

    1 May 2012

    General Cable Corporation, one of the most globally diversified industrial companies, reported today results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2012. Non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share for the first quarter were $0.48. Operating income of $53.4 million exceeded management’s expectation as metal cost headwinds subsided and volume was better than expected during the quarter. […]

  • China’s First 2,000-tonne Wind Farm Installation Vessel Nears Completion

    9 May 2022
    Vessels

    China’s first 2,000-tonne offshore wind farm installation vessel, named Baihetan, was launched in April in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province. Built by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), the 126-metre long, 50-metre wide vessel has a full load displacement with a total capacity of 37,000 tonnes and integrates functions such as transport, self-elevating, self-propulsion, lifting, and […]

  • Turbine Parts Fall Into Sea at Danish Offshore Wind Farm

    7 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    A wind turbine rotor including three blades has separated from the nacelle of one of the offshore wind turbines and fallen into the sea at the Anholt wind farm offshore Denmark, Ørsted, the owner and operator of the wind farm, said. There have been no injuries in the incident and the relevant authorities have been […]

  • First Borssele III & IV Wind Turbine Installed

    28 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines is now standing tall at its designated location at the Borssele III & IV offshore wind site in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The load-out of the first batch of wind turbine components onto Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus started on 24 May. The […]

  • Watch: Samkang Sends Off TPC Jackets

    29 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Following the first load-out of the jacket foundations built by Samkang M&T for the TPC Phase 1 wind farm in Taiwan, the South Korean manufacturer has now shared a video showing the process. Back in May, Jan De Nul completed the load-out of the first four of the 21 jacket foundations built for the 109.2 […]

  • Marlinks Wins Northwester 2 Cable Monitoring Gig

    19 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    The Belgium-based Marlinks has secured a contract for monitoring the cable burial depth of the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm. Marlinks will monitor the burial depth of six inter-array cables and one export cable, which will be equipped by the company’s distributed temperature sensing (DTS) measurement system. According to Parkwind, the majority owner of the 219MW project, the system uses the […]

  • GeoSea Uses Alewijnse Kit on Galloper

    7 April 2017
    Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Alewijnse Marine provided GeoSea with two QA Bolt Tension Logging systems during the recently completed installation of 56 foundations on the 336MW Galloper wind farm off Suffolk, UK.

  • The Carbon Trust Opens Three OWA Tenders

    13 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The Carbon Trust has launched three tenders as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.

  • All Clear for Windpark Fryslân Construction

    11 July 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Council of State dismissed eight objections filed against the final permits for Windpark Fryslân and thus cleared the way for the construction of the project in the Frisian part of the IJsselmeer near Breezanddijk in the Netherlands.