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  • Bold Tern Heads to Borkum Riffgrund 2 with MHI Vestas Turbine Gear

    3 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has left the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark loaded with the first set of MHI Vestas 8MW turbine components for Ørsted’s 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Bucket Jacket Marries Its Turbine

    11 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed the first MHI Vestas 8MW turbine on a suction bucket jacket foundation at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Photo of the Day: Sea Challenger Installs First Four Siemens Turbines at Dudgeon

    26 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first four Siemens 6MW turbines at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm located some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk,UK.  Sea Challenger has already picked up the second four-turbine batch from the load out port in Hull and is en route to the installation site, A2SEA told […]

  • Scotrenewables Uses MSC’s Software to Design, Analyze Tidal Turbine Rotor Blades

    28 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd (SRTP) has used MSC Software Corporation’s Nastran and Patran with Laminate Modeler to design and analyze the rotor blade of the largest tidal turbine in the world today. With their latest innovation, the SR250 converter, Scotrenewables Tidal Power created an award-winning patented hydrokinetic energy converter designed to convert energy from tidal […]

  • Lynn and Inner Dowsing OWFs through Eyes of a Wind Turbine Service Technician

    19 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The Norstec Academy, launched on May 15, has published its first picture of the week – a view at Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms from the top of a wind turbine.   The picture was taken on Thursday by Phil Howe, Wind Turbine Service Technician at Siemens Wind Power, who is also Siemens’ Ambassador […]

  • South Koreans Develop Coordinated Offshore Energy Extraction and Floating Turbine Systems

    15 August 2013
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    A team of specialized experts, consultants and manufacturers based in Seoul, South Korea, have developed Coordinated Offshore Energy Extraction (COEE) and Floating Wind Turbine Foundations and Bridges. The COEE extracts offshore renewable energy; Wave, Tidal, Wind and Solar. The COEE construction unit is a building block for offshore wind farms and Floating Bridges. The Floating […]

  • Siemens Step Closer to Final GL Certificate for 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    19 November 2013
    Technology

    Siemens Wind Power has received the Provisional Type Certificate from GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) for its 6 megawatt offshore wind turbine. The Provisional Type Certificate is a milestone towards the final certification of the wind turbine. It attests the conformity of the wind turbine design, manufacturing and testing processes for all safety relevant items […]

  • Installation of First AREVA Turbines Starts at Trianel and Global Tech I (Germany)

    24 September 2013
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The installation phase of the first AREVA M5000 turbines has begun for the German offshore wind farm Global Tech I and Trianel Windpark Borkum in the North Sea. By 2014, these two parks will host 120 turbines (40 at Trianel Windpark Borkum, 80 at Global Tech I) for an installed capacity of 600 megawatts, providing […]

  • UK: AREVA Launches Pre-Apprenticeship Programme for Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians

    9 October 2013
    Training & Education

    The Scottish Minister for Energy, Tourism and Enterprise, Fergus Ewing MSP, officially launched the AREVA Wind sponsored Pre-Apprenticeship programme for wind turbine technician training in partnership with Fife College. This programme is specifically designed to provide the training and skills required for the offshore wind industry and serves as a precursor for further training opportunities […]

  • Bauer Receives Bauma Innovation Prize for Tidal Turbine Monopile Foundation (Germany)

    16 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    At Sunday’s official opening of Bauma in Munich, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH was presented with the Bauma Innovation Prize in the Construction Process category. Engineer Paul Scheller accepted the award on behalf of the successful team. The Bauma Innovation Prize is awarded at the start of the triennial event – the largest construction machinery trade fair […]

  • USA: Moog’s Software Improves Efficiency, Lowers Wind Turbine Service Costs

    11 September 2012
    Technology

    Moog Inc, a motion control solution provider and leading developer of pitch systems and products for wind turbines, introduced its new Wind Turbine Pitch Remote Terminal Software that allows operators and manufacturers greater control and a more in-depth understanding of the operation of the pitch systems, which are critical to the efficiency and safety of […]

  • Scottish First Minister Announces World’s First Community-Owned Tidal Turbine

    23 August 2012
    Authorities

    The world’s first community-owned tidal turbine will be made and deployed in Scotland, after a fabrication contract between Scottish firms Steel Engineering and Nova Innovation was announced today by First Minister Alex Salmond. During a visit that formed part of the Scottish Government’s Summer Cabinet programme in Renfrew, the First Minister confirmed that the two […]

  • USA: Hastest Solutions Completes Environmental Wind Turbine Test Chamber at UMaine

    19 July 2012

    Hastest Solutions, Inc., announces today a company milestone in the design, assembly, and installation of the three-storied Environmental Wind Turbine Test Chamber housed at the University of Maine’s some 37,000 square feet Offshore Wind Laboratory. Dr. Habib Dagher is the director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center who is constructing North […]

  • UK: Stable Government´s Support Could Build 3,600 Turbines by 2020

    17 July 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Bloomberg forecasts that out of the largest collection of offshore wind farms, planned by the European Union to be placed in the North and Baltic Seas, 3,400 wind turbines will be operational by 2015 and 3,600 more by 2020, subject to stability of the government´s support. The offshore wind industry is struggling how to expand […]

  • Belgium: REpower Installs 6 MW Wind Turbine Offshore Oostende Port

    21 March 2012

    REpower Systems SE and Belgian offshore project development company C-Power NV yesterday installed the world’s most powerful offshore turbine, 28 kilometres off the port of Oostende. The turbine with a rated power of 6.15 megawatts (MW) is the first of 48 REpower 6M to be constructed in the phases 2 and 3 of the Belgian […]

  • Germany: Areva Delivers 20 M5000 Turbines to Borkum Offshore Wind Park

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    AREVA announces the delivery of 20 M5000 turbines, out of a total of 40, to be installed in Trianel’s Borkum offshore wind park located in the German North Sea. The Borkum wind farm, situated 45 km away from the northern coast of the Borkum Island, is currently under construction close to “alpha ventus”, the first […]

  • TÜV Rheinland Receives Accreditation to Conduct Conformity Assessments of Wind Turbines (Germany)

    14 September 2012

    TÜV Rheinland has been accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) as a certification body for type and component certification of wind turbines in accordance with international standard IEC 61400-22. This authorizes the company to conduct conformity assessments of onshore and offshore turbines and their components and to issue certificates accordingly. “With this successful accreditation, […]

  • World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades on Their Way to Scottish Offshore Test Site

    17 July 2013
    R&D, Technology

    SSP Technology of Kirkeby, Denmark has completed three prototype wind turbine blades for Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The 83,5 meters blades are leaving SSP Technology’s factory on July 16-18 2013 and are on their way to Scotland for the installation on a 7 MW test offshore turbine. The blades are being transported on heavy load […]

  • Korea: Hyundai Heavy Develops 5.85 MW Generator for Offshore Wind Turbines

    11 December 2012
    Technology

    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading green energy company announced today that it has developed 5.85 MW Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) for offshore wind turbines. The PMSG is the main equipment of wind turbine for converting wind energy to electricity. With improved durability and minimized use of expendables, product […]

  • Siemens: Preventive Fire Protection for Wind Turbines Can Save Money (Germany)

    23 September 2012
    Technology

    It is extremely difficult to extinguish a fire in a wind turbine using conventional methods. The 130-meter high turbines are effectively outside the range of the fire department, and when it comes to turbines at sea, human intervention in the event of fire is virtually impossible. That’s why a comprehensive fire safety concept needs to […]

  • UK: Developers Downgrade Wind Turbines to Gain Profit, Energy Consultant Says

    22 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Dr Phillip Bratby, retired physicist and energy consultant, claims that wind energy developers are deliberately downgrading wind turbines with less powerful generators in order to gain profit. Turbines capable of carrying big generators are being installed, but only because they have already been built. What happens is that smaller generators are installed, which lower the […]

  • Prime Minister Hails Siemens’ Decision Wind Turbine Factory Decision (UK)

    14 December 2011
    Authorities

    DAVID Cameron has welcomed German engineering giant Siemens’ decision to press ahead with plans for a wind turbine factory in Hull as a… (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, December 14, 2011; Image: number10

  • The Netherlands: REpower Delivers Two 6MW Turbines to Wind Farm Near Eemshaven

    28 November 2011

    At the beginning of the EWEA Offshore exhibition in Amsterdam, REpower Systems SE and RWE Innogy have concluded a contract for the delivery of two REpower 6M wind turbines. The turbines, each with a rated power of 6.15 MW and a hub height of 114 metres, will be installed in the Westereems wind farm near […]

  • Vestas Shares up After Offshore Wind Turbine Order Announcement (Denmark)

    28 October 2011

      Shares in Denmark’s Vestas , the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines, on Friday rose by 3.7 percent after the company announced it had wo… by Mette Fraende (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, October 28, 2011

  • Germany and the Netherlands Argue Over Placing of Wind Turbines off Schiermonnikoog Island

    11 August 2011
    Authorities

    The Netherlands and Germany are embroiled in a dispute over the placing of wind turbines at sea off the coast of the Dutch island of…   (dutchnews) [mappress] Source: dutchnews, August 11, 2011

  • DNV Obtains Accreditations by A2LA for Power Quality Testing on Wind Turbines (USA)

    1 July 2011
    R&D, Technology

      A2LA’s accreditation for power quality testing of wind turbines is in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for power quality testing per the IEC 61400-21 power quality testing standard for wind turbines. Only a handful of organizations worldwide have achieved accreditation in this area; DNV is the only private company in the U.S. to have successfully […]