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  • All Norther Turbines Stand Tall

    29 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed the installation of turbines at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. The Dutch company said it installed the last of the total of 44 turbines on 26 April at the project site some 23km offshore Zeebrugge. Van Oord is the project’s main contractor responsible for cable installation and burial, as well as […]

  • Dong Fang Targets Cable Lay Ops with Latest Vessel Buy

    21 December 2021
    Vessels

    Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore, a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has purchased the Construction and Flex Lay vessel Polar Onyx from GC Rieber Shipping, which will be converted into a cable laying vessel. Polar Onyx is the first flexible lay vessel owned by a Taiwanese owner, and will be the first vessel of its kind […]

  • Moray West Wind Turbine Components Arriving at Port of Nigg

    26 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blades and tower components for Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm have arrived at the Port of Nigg in Scotland. The 882 MW offshore wind farm, developed by Ocean Winds, will comprise 60 wind turbines and will be the first project to feature Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD model. The turbines […]

  • Global Wind Service Inspecting Horns Rev 3 Turbines

    20 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Global Wind Service (GWS) is carrying out the inspection of the MHI Vestas turbines at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The Danish company said it is inspecting and certifying ladders, davit cranes, nacelle cranes, hooking on points, lifts, fall arrests, first aid kits and stretchers at the 406.7MW wind farm. According to […]

  • VIDEO: ABB’s 7 MW Offshore Wind Generator

    4 February 2013
    Technology

    ABB has delivered over 30 000 wind power generators during the past 30 years, corresponding to about 30 GW of wind power. The company makes generators for all drivetrain concepts, gearless or geared, both doubly-fed and full converter type. ABB introduced doubly-fed generators in 1997. The first direct drive permanent magnet (PM) generator was manufactured […]

  • Three Is Not a Crowd off Block Island

    11 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessel Brave Tern has installed three of the five GE Renewable Energy Haliade 150-6MW turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm. This is the first offshore wind farm to be installed in US waters and the first project Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has worked on outside of Europe. “The first turbine on this landmark […]

  • Sea Installer Undergoing Crane Replacement, Next Stop USA

    22 February 2023
    Vessels

    DEME’s wind farm installation vessel, Sea Installer, is currently at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam being fitted with a new and upgraded main crane. Heavy lift vessel Gulliver has lifted the 1,600t Huisman crane onto Sea Installer at the Maasvlakte. ”Marking an important moment in DEME’s history, ‘Sea Installer’ will be one of the first vessels […]

  • VATTENFALL AND SCOTTISHPOWER RENEWABLES APPOINT ERM (UK)

    8 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, the developers of the East Anglia offshore windfarm zone, have appointed ERM as lead environmental consultant to assist in the development of the first project in the zone. The 7.2GW development will be built in several phases with, the proposed first site, consisting of approximately 240 turbines. The London based ERM […]

  • MPI CELEBRATES THE KEEL LAYING OF MPI DISCOVERY (UK)

    7 July 2010
    Technology

    On 15 May 2010 MPI Offshore Limited proudly participated in the keel-laying ceremony for “MPI Discovery”, the second of two state-of-the-art wind turbine installation vessels, currently under construction at the Cosco Nantong Shipyard in China. A tradition built up over centuries, the keel laying marks the ceremonial beginning of the ship’s construction. The keel laying […]

  • Arkona Offshore Wind Farm Sparks Into Life

    24 September 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea has supplied the first electricity to the German electricity grid.

  • Donald Trump Opens Golf Course in Scotland

    10 July 2012

    Donald Trump, the U.S. tycoon, opens the first stage of his golf resort today. The golf resort, built in two years and worth GBP 750 million ($1.16 billion), will be open when Mr. Trump plays the first round on the championship course. As written on Bloomberg, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has not been invited to the opening […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Fully Commissioned

    27 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The testing of the last MHI Vestas 8MW turbine on the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm was completed this month and the wind farm has been fully commissioned, DONG Energy said.

  • China’s Liuheng Offshore Wind Farm Goes Into Operation

    19 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Chinese GD Power Development has officially commissioned its Liuheng offshore wind farm in the Zhejiang province. According to the company, the project’s 63 4MW typhoon-proof offshore wind turbines were put into operation on 12 April, after two years of project construction. The 252MW project is GD Power Development’s first offshore wind farm, as well as the first […]

  • Fugro Returning to Rampion Next Week

    28 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s multi-purpose offshore vessel Fugro Symphony will return to the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm next week to install the remaining inter-array cables at the site located some 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast.

  • Germany: EWE Installs All Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Foundations

    7 September 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    All 30 foundations for the Riffgat offshore wind farm, planned in collaboration by EWE and Enova, are now installed in the North Sea. Work on the foundation structures came just in time scheduled for completion. The construction area off the coast of Borkum is thus prepared for the arrival of the actual wind turbines in […]

  • UK: ABPmer to Undertake Physical Process Assessment for 600MW OWF

    15 July 2013

    First Flight Wind Ltd, a consortium made up of B9 Energy, DONG Energy and RES, has appointed ABPmer to undertake physical process studies to support the Environmental Impact Assessment of the first offshore wind farm planned off the coast of County Down in Northern Ireland. The proposed 600MW wind farm will be located within the […]

  • VOS Start at Full Steam on Walney Extension

    22 September 2017
    Vessels

    VOS Start, Vroon’s walk-to-work vessel, performed 200 transfers facilitating more than 850 persons to transition pieces during its first six weeks of operations on DONG Energy’s Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea, Vroon reported.

  • Jacket for Second Moray East OTM In Place

    14 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the second of the three Moray East’s Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) was installed on 10 August, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. Siemens Energy shipped out the first OTM, ME OSP2, on 30 June. However, this was not the first OTM to have been installed. As reported a few days […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Up at Burbo Bank 2

    8 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines has been installed at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The turbines are the largest in the world and this is the first time they have ever been used in an offshore wind farm, DONG Energy said. Once completed, the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension will generate enough […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Foundation Installation to Begin End of March

    23 February 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first transition pieces for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France have arrived at the Port of La Rochelle. Smulders shipped off the first four transition pieces for the 480 MW project in mid-February from Belgium to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from where they were transported to France. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation is expected to […]

  • CSBC Lands Changhua OWF Transition Piece Deal

    16 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    China Shipbuilding Corporation Taiwan (CSBC) will manufacture 20 transition piece steel structures for Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project.

  • Denmark: DONG on Track to Double 2009 EBITDA by 2015

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the interim financial report for the first quarter of 2012 with the following outlook and financial highlights compared with the first quarter of 2011: — EBITDA was DKK 3.6 billion in the first quarter of 2012 compared with DKK 4.8 billion in the first quarter […]

  • Florida Shipyard Lays Keel for Vineyard Wind 1 Hybrid CTV

    22 July 2022
    Vessels

    St. Johns Ship Building has held a keel laying ceremony for the first Incat Crowther 30 crew transfer vessel (CTV) that the company is building for WINDEA CTV in compliance with Jones Act regulations in the US. In April, WINDEA CTV started construction of its first three 30-metre hybrid-ready CTVs for the emerging US offshore […]

  • Prysmian Takes a Hit from Western Link Project

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved the Group’s consolidated results for the first quarter of 2014 (which are not subject to audit). Group Sales amounted to €1,579 million compared with €1,669 million in the first quarter of 2013, posting organic growth of +3.2%, assuming the same group perimeter and excluding metal price […]

  • Taipower Phase II Offshore Substation Topside En Route to Taiwan

    1 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Phase II) has been completed in Vietnam and is now on its way to Taiwan. The topside weighs 3,900 tonnes and integrates all electrical systems, transformers, control systems, and operational utilities. On 26 June, the handover and the launching ceremony of the […]

  • DNV to Certify Ventyr’s Offshore Wind Farm in Norway

    10 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    DNV has been awarded a contract by Ventyr, a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, for the Design Certification of the Sørlige Nordsjø II wind turbines and offshore substation in Norway. “Certification plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, quality, and reliability of offshore wind infrastructure. Our certification helps confirm that critical components […]