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  • Van Oord Christens Mega Jack-Up | ‘Boreas Is World’s Largest, Most Sustainable Offshore Wind Installation Vessel’

    18 June 2025
    Vessels

    Van Oord christened the latest addition to its fleet, Boreas, on 18 June in Rotterdam. The company says its new jack-up, set to soon debut on the German Nordseecluster project, is the largest and most sustainable offshore wind installation vessel in the world. The Dutch marine contractor ordered the self-elevating vessel at the Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Team Set to Start Bringing Second Offshore Substation to Life

    14 February 2023

    The commissioning work on the second offshore substation (OSS) of the Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe will start on 15 February. The first of Neart na Gaoithe’s two offshore substations, South OSS, was installed in June 2022 by Heerema Marine Contractors, using the world’s largest crane vessel Sleipnir, followed by the installation of the jacket […]

  • Formosa 1 Phase 2 Launches

    12 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and project partners have held an inauguration ceremony for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Formosa 1 Phase 2 is an extension of the existing two-turbine Formosa 1 Phase 1 project, which was officially commissioned in April 2017. The 120MW project comprises 20 Siemens Gamesa 6MW turbines installed approximately 2 […]

  • VIDEO: The Story of Alstom’s Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine

    9 October 2015

    Alstom has published a video about its Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind turbine, its onshore and offshore installations and projects that will feature the turbine.  The first prototype of this turbine was tested at an onshore site at Carnet, near St Nazaire. In November 2013, Alstom installed the second prototype at the Belwind site 45km offshore Ostend harbor in Belgium. In April 2012, the […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 22-28, 2015

    28 June 2015

    Fukushima’s 7MW Floating Turbine almost There Assembly works of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine on the three-column semi-sub floater at Onahama port has been completed and delivery of the floater to testing area is going to start shortly as part of the second phase of the Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project. […]

  • Gamesa Certifies Its 5MW Wind Turbine

    10 March 2014
    Technology

    Gamesa has secured type certification for its first offshore wind turbine, the G128-5.0 MW Offshore, from DNV-GL, an accredited independent body. This milestone completes the process of certifying the company’s first offshore product – in less than seven months – and constitutes an endorsement for the platform’s technology that in turn bolsters the marketing and […]

  • USA: MassCEC Announces Studies to Help Facilitate Offshore Wind Projects

    24 December 2013
    R&D

    As part of the Patrick Administration’s efforts to support the development of an offshore wind industry hub in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has announced the preliminary results of a multi-year study of marine wildlife and launched an effort to study the logistics of interconnecting offshore wind to the New England power grid. […]

  • Ampelmann Nets Six US Offshore Wind Contracts

    29 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed six new contracts in the US offshore wind market for 2023, 2024, and 2025. In the coming year, Ampelmann’s motion-compensated gangway will assist in the hook-up, cabling, and commissioning of turbines on Vineyard Wind and South Fork Wind offshore wind farms, two of the first commercial-scale wind […]

  • Gazelle Wind Power and Tugdock to Develop Offshore Wind Modular Assembly System

    20 December 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Floating Wind, Foundations, Innovation, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Gazelle Wind Power, the developer of a next-generation floating wind platform, and Tugdock have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop a modular offshore wind assembly system that is expected to dramatically drive down costs and increase production of floating offshore wind farms. Tugdock is the developer of the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock […]

  • Construction Starts on America’s Largest Offshore Wind Manufacturing Hub

    20 April 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Ocean Wind and EEW have broken ground for the EEW monopile manufacturing facility at the Port of Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County, New Jersey, U.S. The start of construction marks a significant milestone in delivering the largest industrial offshore wind manufacturing facility in the U.S. to date, Ocean Wind said. Construction of the facility […]

  • Ørsted Submits Bid for 760 MW Wind Farm Offshore Maryland

    8 July 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has submitted a bid to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to build a 760 MW wind farm off the state’s coast. The company has filed its proposal for the Skipjack Wind 2 project in response to the Commission’s call for Round 2 offshore wind projects, through which the Commission can award at least […]

  • RVO Talks 6 GW for IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Zone

    26 October 2021
    Grid Connection

    The Dutch IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone, which is set to house TenneT’s next-generation offshore grid solution with a capacity of 2 GW per connection, is likely to incorporate three instead of two 2 GW grid connection systems and have 6 GW instead of 4 GW of total installed offshore wind capacity. This is according […]

  • AREVA Wind to Reveal Single Blade Installation Method in Husum, Germany

    14 September 2012
    Technology

    AREVA Wind will reveal single blade installation method for the first time at Husum trade fair at booth 2A07 . The production of climate friendly energy offshore will be increasingly important in the next years. This will create new challenges for the technology and logistics. The conditions offshore are significantly different to sites onshore. New […]

  • Scotland Could Cash in GBP 30 Billion from Renewable Energy

    16 February 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    First Minister Alex Salmond thinks that independent Scotland could cash in GBP 30 billion from green energy over 20 years. He said that unparalleled energy resources would give Scotland a huge competitive advantage over the rest of Europe, reports The Guardian. The country has 25% of Europe’s tidal and offshore wind potential and 10% of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Tripling Offshore Nacelle Plant in Taiwan

    21 September 2022
    Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has broken ground on what the wind turbine maker describes as ”a massive expansion of its successful offshore nacelle facility” in Taichung, Taiwan. Already the largest production facility of its kind in Taiwan, the Siemens Gamesa offshore nacelle plant will be expanded to more than triple the plot area up to 90,000 square […]

  • Borssele III & IV Tender Winner(s) to Be Revealed Today

    12 December 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    For the latest article on Dutch tender, see: Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms The Dutch government will announce the result of the second Borssele Zone tender at 6 p.m. (CET) today, 12 December. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) received 26 applications for Borssele III and IV offshore wind […]

  • East Anglia One Export Cable Halfway There

    4 December 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DeepOcean has installed the first of two HVAC export cables on the 714MW East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • All Turbines Up at Windpark Fryslân

    27 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The last wind turbine has been installed at the Dutch Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm, the world’s largest wind farm built in a body of fresh water. Now that the 89th and final Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW turbine is in place, the installation platforms Sarens Soccer Pitch and Tom-Wim will leave the IJsselmeer Lake in […]

  • Seacat’s Next-Gen CTVs to Feature Kongsberg Propulsion

    29 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Seacat Services to provide its steel-series waterjet propulsion systems for the UK company’s new wind farm support vessels. Seacat Services placed the order for two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs) with naval architects BAR Technologies in September 2020. The vessels, Seacat Columbia and Seacat Cambria, were designed […]

  • MingYang Hits 1 GW Milestone with CGN’s Nanpeng Island Offshore Wind Farm

    11 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MingYang Smart Energy now has 1,000 MW in installed offshore wind turbines, according to the company’s social media post from 11 August. The company reached the milestone with the Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm, owned by China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), which will feature 73 MySE5.5-155 wind turbines. MingYang also said its order backlog in […]

  • Orion En Route to Europe

    15 October 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion is on the way to Europe for the final construction phase before heading to its first offshore wind project. According to DEME, Orion will arrive in Rostock, Germany, in a few weeks, where it will be equipped with a Liebherr crane that has a lifting capacity of 5,000t. The […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Buckets Along

    29 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    All 31 MHI Vestas 8.4MW monopile foundation wind turbines have been installed on the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Northland Power said. The commissioning of the installed wind turbines is ongoing. The wind farm’s remaining two MHI Vestas wind turbines will be installed on mono bucket foundations, an industry’s […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Installs Final Monopile at Meerwind (Germany)

    22 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    At 22:00 on Sunday 21st April, Seajacks Zaratan completed hammering of the 80th and final monopile at the Meerwind Offshore Wind Park in Germany. Blair Ainslie, CEO for Seajacks said: “The installation of the final monopile yesterday at Meerwind is a significant achievement for all who have been involved in the project. We are proud […]

  • Race Bank Pushes Grimsby Over 1GW Offshore Wind Mark

    27 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the installation of 20 out of 91 Siemens 6MW wind turbines at the 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, Grimsby has surpassed 1GW of offshore wind capacity operated from the town, local media report.

  • Photo of the Day: DEME’s Duo Busy at Borssele 1 & 2

    15 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has shared a photo of its vessels Sea Installer and Sea Challenger working together at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm, where they have so far installed 55 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines. [The article continues below the image.] The vessels are working as a tandem within DEME’s duo-vessel solution to […]

  • Photo of the Day: Arkona’s Transition Pieces at Mukran Port

    29 September 2017

    The Mukran Port in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen has published a photo of the transition pieces for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm.