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  • Cadeler Orders Two X-Class Offshore Wind Installation Vessels from COSCO

    30 June 2021
    Vessels

    Cadeler has signed a contract with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two new X-class wind turbine installation vessels, with the total order amounting to USD 651 million (around EUR 548 million). According to the vessel owner, who announced the decision to build the new X-class vessels this April, the vessels will be […]

  • 14 MW GE Haliade-X for Third Phase of World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    18 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has secured a preferred turbine supplier contract to provide its 14 MW Haliade-X turbine for the third phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. The 14 MW Haliade-X is an upscaled version of the 13 MW unit which will be installed at Dogger Bank A & B, and Dogger Bank C […]

  • Sif-Smulders Team Bags Trianel Windpark Borkum II Contract

    13 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Sif Holding, in a joint venture with Smulders, a contract for production of all monopiles and transition pieces for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm.

  • Amrumbank, Humber Gateway Drive E.ON’s Renewables Business

    10 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Amrumbank West and Humber Gateway offshore wind farms left a positive mark on financial results of E.ON’s renewables business in the first half of 2016 and the company expects this trend to continue. E.ON’s renewables business saw an adjusted EBIT increase of EUR 53 million in the first six months of this year. Although the company’s unit operating in […]

  • Top News of the Week, 5 – 11 December 2016

    11 December 2016

    First Galloper Monopiles Ready to Go First monopiles for the Galloper offshore wind farm have been loaded onto a barge and will soon be transported to the main installation vessel, according to Innogy’s social media pages. Block Island Wind Farm to Go Online with 4 Turbines Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm, […]

  • Wood on Hywind Scotland LiDAR Duty

    2 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Wood has deployed the first scanning LiDAR (light detection and ranging) devices on two floating wind turbines at the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park located 25 kilometres off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  • NjordIC to Provide UXO Services for He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

    3 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch UXO consultancy NjordIC has been contracted by EnBW to provide UXO services for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. Under the contract, which will start in the first quarter of 2022 and run until the third quarter of the year, NjordIC will provide a UXO desk study consisting of historical research […]

  • Goldwind Launches 12 MW Offshore Wind Turbine, Targets Chinese Market for Now

    2 November 2021
    Technology

    Goldwind has launched a 12 MW offshore wind turbine, along with several new onshore models of as part of the company’s launch of a new generation of medium-speed permanent magnet smart wind turbines. The first units of the GWH 242-12MW offshore wind turbine series are expected to be rolled out in 2023. For now, Goldwind […]

  • Irish Investor Buys Stake in German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Irish investment company Greencoat Renewables PLC has announced an agreement to acquire 22.5 per cent of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany from Marguerite Pantheon. The 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens SWT 3.6-120 turbines located some 32 kilometres west of the island of Sylt. The wind farm has been operating at full capacity since […]

  • Monopile Damaged by Rogue Ship to Be Removed, Contractor Wanted

    2 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2, a joint venture between Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz, has issued an invitation to tender for the removal of the wind turbine monopile foundation damaged in an allision with a ship at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm earlier this year. As reported, the rogue cargo vessel Julietta D. allided with […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Gets Order for Vietnam’s Nearshore Wind Farm

    22 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received an order to supply turbines for the No. 5 Thanh Hai 1 nearshore wind project in Vietnam. Siemens Gamesa will provide seven of its SG 4.5-145 turbines for the 32MW project located some 2-5km off the coast, as well as O&M services for a period of 10 years. According to the company, onshore […]

  • TFKable Puts Moray East Cable to the Test

    1 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFKable) has conducted the first Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of a 220kV onshore high-voltage cable for the UK’s Moray East offshore wind farm at its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland. The cable supplier informed via social media that it had successfully FAT-tested 1,600mm² and 2,000mm² sizes to industry international standards. At the beginning of […]

  • FairWind Joins Siemens Gamesa on Formosa 1 Phase 2

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    FairWind has signed a Letter of Intent with Siemens Gamesa to collaborate on turbine pre-assembly for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, FairWind will hire and train Taiwanese technicians to prepare them for the pre-assembly operations, which are scheduled to begin in the spring this year. The training […]

  • Germany Sets Out Offshore Wind Tender Rules

    30 January 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced the terms of the second competitive tender for grid connection and offshore wind farm compensation.

  • Top News of the Week, 18 – 24 July, 2016

    24 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Rough Sea Ahead for German Offshore Wind, Industry Says The new German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) means troubled waters for the German offshore wind industry, according to a press release jointly issued by AGOW (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offshore-Windenergie), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, BWE (Bundesverband WindEnergie) and WAB. Brave Tern Ready for First Transatlantic Voyage Brave […]

  • Top News of the Week, 24 – 30 April 2017

    30 April 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Belgium Considers Hitting Offshore Wind Reset Button Belgium’s Secretary for the North Sea Philippe De Backer has suggested that the government should revoke concessions granted to three offshore wind projects and instead carry out a tendering procedure similar to those in Germany, Denmark or the Netherlands, according to local media. Bourbon to Install First French […]

  • Floatgen Output More Than Doubles in H2 2019

    14 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Floatgen, the first wind turbine installed offshore France, more than doubled its power production in the second half of 2019 compared to the first semester, reaching an annual total of 6GWh. According to Ideol, the number was achieved because of a time availability exceeding 94.6% in the second semester and an above-average capacity factor. During the […]

  • Google Buys Norther Offshore Wind Power

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Engie has signed an agreement with Google to sell 92MW of energy produced by the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. Google will use the energy from the 370MW project to power its data center in Saint-Ghislain in what represents the first time the technology giant buys power from an offshore wind farm. The deal is part […]

  • EUROS Wins ‘Top Rotor Blade 2014’ Award

    8 January 2015
    Technology

    Windpower Monthly has selected EUROS’s M-EU167 blade as the “Top Rotor Blade 2014”. Being the first blade beyond 80m receiving a design assessment certificate and passing a full static and dynamic test programme, has put the M-EU167 ahead of the competition. EUROS’s owner and Managing Director Dr. Michael Wolf said: “It is an honour to be […]

  • Siemens SOV Fleet Growing

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Over the summer, several hands contributed to put Siemens’ service operation vessels (SOVs) into shape. The first SOV hull has been built at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey. It arrived at the Havyard shipyard in Norway in August – its final building site. Soon, the first SOV will be ready for docking out and first sea trials. […]

  • UK Wind Power Production Up Nearly 50 pct

    5 June 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional association for the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change showing a significant increase in the amount of electricity generated by wind in the first quarter of this year. Figures for the first three months of 2012 show a 46.8% […]

  • Ørsted Ups Full-Year Guidance on Operating Profit, Gross Investments

    11 August 2022
    Business & Finance

    The world’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has increased its full-year operating profit (EBITDA) guidance and gross investment guidance following the release of the results for the second quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022. The company’s EBITDA for the first half of the year amounted to DKK 13.044 billion (EUR 1.75 billion), in line with […]

  • Global Wind Service on Rampion Duty

    18 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    A team of Global Wind Service UK LTD (GWS) technicians is currently working off Sussex on the installation phase of Rampion offshore wind farm, the first wind farm off the south coast of England.

  • Kentish Flats Extension: Turbine Works on Schedule

    1 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Work on a tower, nacelles and blade sections for the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm are on schedule and the parts are due to be installed end of June/July, Vattenfall reported. The first inspection of the nacelles has been conducted at their manufacturing site in Ringköbing, Denmark. The first tower has been transported to Esbjerg […]

  • SK Oceanplant Starts Manufacturing Foundations for CIP’s Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    23 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    SK oceanplant has started the production of jacket foundations that will be installed on the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. SK oceanplant announced today (23 April) that it held a ceremony for the offshore wind project at its yard in Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The jacket foundations will […]

  • Lower Saxony Calls For More Offshore Wind

    18 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection

    Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Olaf Lies, has called for an increase in Germany’s offshore wind targets following historically low bids in the first auction round in Germany.