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  • Blanke Meier Evers Advises on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm Turbine Contracts

    16 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The law firm Blanke Meier Evers has advised the project company behind the Merkur offshore wind farm with respect to drafting, negotiation and conclusion of the turbine supply agreement and the service and maintenance agreement with GE Renewable Germany GmbH.  Last week, Merkur Offshore GmbH reached financial close for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm, […]

  • US Wind to Use 6MW Turbines on Jackets, Deepwater Wind 8MW on Monopiles

    26 May 2017

    US Wind, which plans to set up a 248MW wind farm off Maryland, stated in its application to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) that it intends to use Siemens 4MW turbines, but during the evidentiary hearings the company noted that it is also considering 6MW turbine class, according to PSC’s order published earlier this month.

  • Altitec Developing Turbine Repair Reporting System, Backed by GBP 50K Grant

    10 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Altitec, a company specialising in wind turbine rotor blade access and repair, has won a GBP 50,000 grant to develop a new reporting system, designed to provide real-time data.

  • Borssele III & IV to Feature MHI Vestas 9.5MW Turbines, Sif Monopiles

    20 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Sif has won a contract by Van Oord for the production of 77 monopiles for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind project in the Netherlands.

  • Siemens Gamesa 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine Gets DNV GL Certificate

    25 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    DNV GL has awarded Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy with the Type Certificate for its 8MW offshore wind turbine SWT-8.0-154.

  • Alpha Offshore Taking Care of Turbine Blades at Egmond aan Zee OWF

    9 July 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Alpha Offshore Service is carrying out repair works on some 80 blades of the 44-metre Vestas V90 3MW turbines at the Offshore Windfarm Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) in the Netherlands, after the company signed a contract with NoordzeeWind, a joint venture between Nuon (Vattenfall) and Shell.

  • Brave & Bold Tern to Get an Upgrade for ‘Multi MW’ Offshore Wind Turbines

    14 December 2015
    Vessels

    Jack-up vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern will undergo an upgrade which will enable them to handle the latest generation “multi MW” offshore wind turbines, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier informed today. The upgrade on the two vessels will be carried out within the next 12 months, with Brave Tern being the first to go through the modification, having already arrived at […]

  • ExxonMobil’s Mobilgear SHC™ XMP 320 Protects 300 Wind Turbines

    19 November 2013

    ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants announced that more than 300 new wind turbines are now protected by the high performance gear oil, Mobilgear SHC™ XMP 320. Four North Sea offshore wind farms have recently expanded their arsenal of wind turbines all of which are run using the Mobil-branded gear oil. This latest milestone is an example […]

  • MHI Vestas to Supply Four 8MW Turbines for Danish Wind Energy Project

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas has received an order for four V164 8MW offshore wind turbines, which will be installed at Velling Mærsk onshore wind project in Denmark. The company said that the onshore project will allow testing of installation methods and operations and maintenance procedures prior to the commencement of serial deliveries offshore. Contracting entities for the Veiling Maersk […]

  • Van der Vlist Invests in New Equipment for Wind Turbine Road Transport

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Van der Vlist has recently invested in new equipment and increased its fleet for the transportation of these large structures.  For wind turbine blades, Van der Vlist has purchased several Nooteboom trailers, which are able to extend in order to cope with blades that are up to 69m long on public roads. These trailers also have clamp attachments to fully […]

  • Spain: IREC, XaRmae to Organize Workshop on High Temperature Superconducting Wind Turbines

    27 November 2012
    Technology

    The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) and the XaRmae are organizing the workshop “Electrical Machines with High Temperature Superconducting Technology for Wind Power Applications “. The event will take place on Thursday 13 December. The workshop is an opportunity to analyze the types of superconducting materials that can be used in electrical machines, current […]

  • USA: Vestas to Continue Domination in Global Wind Turbine Industry, Report Says

    27 November 2012
    R&D

    European wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, from Denmark, dominated the global market in 2011, with a market share of 12.7% on the basis of installed capacity, which was 5,054 Megawatts (MW). Looking forward, Vestas will continue to dominate the global wind turbine industry despite stiff competition from emerging Chinese wind turbine manufacturers. Global Information Inc (GII) […]

  • Moventas Completing Full Wind Turbine Drivetrain Service Projects in Extreme Conditions

    29 April 2013

    Moventas, the leading wind and industrial gear manufacturer and service provider, has recently completed one and entered another full wind turbine drivetrain service project in extreme conditions. Successful execution of these challenging repairs goes to show that Moventas is able to carry out the most difficult drivetrain repairs in the wind industry, proactively creating solutions […]

  • UK: Wireless Headsets Aid Health and Safety for Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians

    2 January 2013

    Offshore wind energy is a young, rapidly growing industry in which hundreds of millions of pounds are being invested as the UK seeks to secure its source of renewable energy for future generations. As in all young industries, the challenges are immense, and many companies which have traditionally worked in marine engineering and technology are […]

  • Germany: MAKE Consulting to Chair, Present at Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference

    30 August 2012

    MAKE Consulting will be attending the 4th Annual Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference in Berlin where Steen Broust Nielsen, a partner at the company, will chair the conference and deliver a presentation on “The Global Supply Chain-Predictions for the Future”.   The Conference will be held from Tuesday, 4th September – Wednesday, 5th September. The […]

  • Denmark: Bladt Finishes Foundations for 6 MW Gunfleet Sands Wind Turbines

    29 August 2012

    On Friday afternoon, August 24, the employees at Bladt finished the two transition pieces that the company has fabricated for DONG Energy. The two 350 tonnes transition pieces and the monopiles, each 406 tonnes of weight, make up the foundations for two of Siemens’ new 6 MW wind turbines that will be tested at Gunfleet […]

  • UK: New Methods in Building Offshore Wind Turbines Can Double Efficiency

    20 August 2012
    R&D

    Cambridge University’s site informs that a preliminary study has been undertaken at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), which indicates that payback ratios for offshore wind farms could be increased twofold if manufacturers adopted new methods for building the structures that support the turbines. Jim Platts, Cambridge University’s engineer at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) says […]

  • The Netherlands: Siemens Presents 6MW Direct Drive Wind Turbine at EWEA Offshore

    29 November 2011

    Siemens Energy today launched its new 6-megawatt (MW) direct drive wind turbine at the European Offshore Wind Energy Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The new SWT-6.0 will be available with rotor diameters of 120 and 154 meters and is designed for the most challenging offshore sites. It features the Siemens direct drive design with 50 […]

  • UK: Energy Minister Supports Tees Valley’s Wind Turbine Factory Ambitions

    9 March 2012
    Authorities

    Energy Minister, Charles Hendry, believes the Tees Valley is a great deal ahead of its opponent site in Scotland in terms of securing a proposed £150m wind farm factory project. Hartlepool and Leith are directly competing to secure the investment from a Spanish firm Gamesa, with a promising potential for creating over 1,000 jobs. Stuart […]

  • Report Predicts 20MW Wind Turbines in Next 10-15 Years (UK)

    29 September 2011

      As the offshore wind sector grows so will the size of the turbines used to power its energy into electricity?   By Scott Macdonald (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, September 29, 2011

  • Bureau Veritas Obtains BSH Certification for Offshore Wind Turbines Testing (Germany)

    17 January 2012

    The Bureau Veritas Industry Services GmbH has obtained a Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) certification for offshore wind turbines testing in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the North and Baltic Seas. “This is an important extension of our product portfolio. The BSH recognition, as well as many years of expertise in marine and […]

  • DNV Initiates Joint Industry Project for Offshore Wind Turbine Blades (Singapore)

    13 January 2012

    The increasing length of offshore wind turbine blades has prompted the use of advanced composite materials, with positive operational experiences so far, but with a limited range of supporting analysis and testing methods that can be directly applied to large scale wind turbines. DNV initiated the innovation project to develop improved integrity assessment procedures for […]

  • Japan: Fuji Heavy Assigns Wind Turbine Generator System Business to Hitachi

    30 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hitachi Ltd. and Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. have reached a basic agreement on the assignment of FHI’s wind turbine generator system business to Hitachi. Towards the completion of assignment, which is planned for July 1, 2012, Hitachi and FHI will discuss the specific terms of the future agreement. In recent years, environmental awareness and the […]

  • Germany: REpower to Deliver Turbines for Gode Wind I Offshore Wind Farm

    27 March 2012

    REpower Systems SE has signed a contract with PNE WIND AG to deliver 54 offshore wind turbines. The 6M turbines, each with 6,150 kW of rated power, are intended for the Gode Wind I wind farm. The project is based in the German North Sea, around 35 km north of the East Frisian Islands in […]

  • USA: GL RC Examines Tropical Cyclones’ Influence on Wind Turbine Design

    7 June 2012
    R&D

    As wind energy production expands around the world, an increasing number of onshore and offshore wind farms are proposed which would lie in tropical cyclone-affected areas, mainly in the U.S., China, Korea and Japan. A properly designed wind farm should be able to withstand the severe storms that are likely to affect it within its […]

  • Balance Between Wind Farm Design and Offshore Wind Turbines is Key (UK)

    20 June 2011

    Unless an offshore wind farm is optimally designed, even the most powerful offshore wind turbine will under-perform. While there will always be a trade-off between turbine performance losses and wind farm lay-out cost savings, the trick is knowing how to strike the right balance, says the latest Wind Energy Update Offshore Wind Installation and Construction […]