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  • Mainstream Renewable Power uses Intel processors in offshore wind turbines (USA)

    16 July 2010
    Technology

    While the move from fossil fuels to clean and renewable sources of energy has been slow, but companies such as Intel are leading the way… [mappress] Source: neoseeker, July 16, 2010;

  • USA: $300,000 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute for deep-ocean wind turbines research

    29 April 2010
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    With a three-year, $300,000 award from the National Science Foundation, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is studying the… [mappress] Source: physorg, April 28, 2010;

  • Blue Water Enters 5-Year Deal to Handle Vestas Wind Turbine Components

    13 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Vestas has signed a five-year agreement with Blue Water for handling wind turbine components at Blue Water’s terminals in Denmark and Germany. The agreement covers terminal handling of the heavy wind turbine components, stevedoring, storage and service for five years on all Vestas’ components which are shipped to and from all over the world via […]

  • West of Orkney Windfarm First ScotWind Project to Gain Full Consent

    30 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The West of Orkney Windfarm, a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewables Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish government. The decision makes the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm the first ScotWind project to secure both offshore and onshore planning permissions. The wind farm will be built […]

  • Aker Solutions Introduces Three Floating Foundation Designs for 15+ MW Wind Turbines

    10 April 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Aker Solutions has presented three floating wind foundation designs that can support wind turbines with a capacity of 15 MW and beyond. The floaters, named YFloat, CONFloat-Omega, and CONFloat-7C, all have passive ballast systems, with two being concrete foundations and one steel design. YFloat is the steel floating foundation which, according to Aker Solutions, is […]

  • Denmark: Fyns Kran Udstyr Develops Hydraulic Yoke for Wind Turbine Nacelles Lifting

    12 June 2012

    Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has developed a hydraulic yoke that makes lifting, maneuvering and mounting wind turbine nacelles quicker and safer. Wind turbines present a viable source of energy, but lifting and handling the large wind turbine nacelles requires finesse. Assembling the wind turbines can be a difficult venture without the proper equipment which […]

  • First Vestas 15 MW Turbine Up at EnBW’s 960 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first of 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines has been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht project site offshore Germany. Completed on 24 April, the project milestone also marks the first time Vestas’s flagship wind turbine has been installed at an offshore wind farm. “With the installation of the first V236-15.0 MW, we have reached […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Make 14 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Nacelles in South Korea

    12 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Doosan Enerbility will build a factory for the production of Siemens Gamesa’s 14 MW offshore wind turbines in South Korea. On 11 March, Doosan Enerbility signed an Early Works Agreement with Siemens Gamesa that will see the company design and build a production factory in Changwon, South Korea. Siemens Gamesa will promote technology transfer and […]

  • Two Injured as OSV Glomar Venture Hits Offshore Wind Turbine in Dutch North Sea

    22 April 2025
    Vessels

    The offshore supply vessel (OSV) Glomar Venture has hit the base of an offshore wind turbine in the Dutch North Sea, leaving two crewmen injured in the accident. The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) revealed that it received a call for a medical evacuation from Glomar Venture at around 7 am local time on […]

  • Sany Gets First Turbine Order for 200 MW Chinese Offshore Wind Farm

    21 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Sany has received an order to supply its turbines to Guangdong Energy Group’s 200 MW Jieyang Shibeishan offshore wind farm in China. This is Sany’s first offshore wind turbine order. The company will deploy 14 offshore units of 13.6 MW and one 10 MW unit. “This milestone project represents SANY’s first batch-commercialization order for offshore […]

  • Studies Say – no Causal Link Between Wind Turbines and Human Health; National Working Group Concludes Sounds or Vibrations Emitted From Wind Turbines Have no Adverse Effect on Human Health

    11 February 2011

    A growing body of scientific evidence clearly indicates there is no causal link between wind turbines and health effects in humans. This has been supported by a large number of studies and panels of international experts, including a study by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) (National Public Health Institute of Québec). […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Loads First Gwynt Y Mor Turbine on Seatruck Pace

    4 February 2013

    In January, Blue Water Shipping loaded the ro/ro vessel “Seatruck Pace” at the Port of Esbjerg with the first turbines for the Offshore Wind Farm Gwynt Y Mor in Great Britain where a total of 160 turbines are to be installed. Blue Water has been awarded the transport contract of 130 turbines from Esbjerg to […]

  • Vertical Axis Turbines ‘Dramatically’ Increase Power Density at Offshore Wind Farms – White Paper

    20 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Sweden-headquartered SeaTwirl has published a white paper that outlines the possibility of ‘dramatically’ increasing the power density on offshore wind farms by placing the company’s vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) closer together. The white paper, which was commissioned by SeaTwirl from Dr. Pablo Ouro, a researcher at the University of Manchester, investigated different spacing configurations […]

  • Vertical Turbines More Efficient in Large Scale Wind Farms – Oxford Brookes University

    30 April 2021
    R&D

    New research from Oxford Brookes University has found that Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are far more efficient in large scale (offshore) wind farms than the traditional Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs). Spinning around an axis vertical to the ground, VAWTs exhibit the opposite behaviour of the traditional horizontal propeller design and increase each other’s […]

  • Vestas Scores First 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Deal in Asia-Pacific

    30 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Denmark’s Vestas has received an order to supply its 15 MW turbines for the 315 MW Oga Katagami Akita Offshore Wind Project in Akita Prefecture, Japan. The order includes 21 V236-15.0 MW turbines as well as a long-term service agreement designed to ensure optimised performance of the assets. This marks Vestas’ first firm order for […]

  • First Commercial-Scale Seaweed Farm Between Wind Turbines Fully Operational in Netherlands

    19 November 2024
    Environment, R&D

    The world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm within the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Netherlands is fully operational. According to the non-profit organisation North Sea Farmers (NSF), the final deployment step was completed one week ago by deploying the seeded substrate. North Sea Farm 1, initiated by NSF with funding from Amazon’s Right […]

  • Vattenfall Sets Immediate Landfill Ban, Recycling Plan for More Wind Turbine Components

    31 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Environment, Wind Turbines

    Swedish multinational offshore wind developer, Vattenfall, which committed to a landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades from the wind farms it owns back in 2021, has expanded the ban and set a recycling plan to include not only turbine blades but also permanent magnets, nacelle canopies and nose cones. “As of now, landfills will […]

  • Hengtong’s Mega Jack-Up Begins Wind Turbine Installation Work Offshore China

    23 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Hengtong Group’s large-capacity wind installation jack-up has commenced its wind turbine installation works for the very first time in China. The Hengtong Haiyue jack-up is responsible for installing a total of twelve turbines at the Hainan Danzhou CZ3 offshore wind project in Hainan, China. Once fully commissioned, the offshore wind farm, owned by China Datang […]

  • Spain’s Haizea Gets EUR 35 Million Green Loan for Wind Turbine Manufacturing

    2 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Spain’s Haizea Wind Group has secured a EUR 35 million green loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to enhance manufacturing technologies and research and development (R&D) for wind turbine components. Announced on 2 August, the loan will enable the Spanish company to implement advanced manufacturing technologies, automate and digitalise processes, and move forward with […]

  • Vestas and Tien Li Roll Out First Offshore Wind Turbine Blade in Taiwan

    25 April 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has, together with its partner Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology, produced the first V174- 9.5MW™ blade at its facilities in Taiwan. The blade will be installed in 2022 at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Changfang offshore wind project and is the result of close collaboration with local suppliers and investments in local capabilities, […]

  • Van Oord Orders Mega Jack-Up for 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    1 October 2021
    Vessels

    Van Oord has ordered a new self-elevating offshore installation vessel that will be able to operate on methanol and install wind turbines with a capacity of up to 20 MW. The vessel is being built by the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. The design is by Knud E Hansen. The jack-up is expected to […]

  • MingYang Rolls Out First 12 MW Typhoon-Resistant Offshore Wind Turbine

    8 June 2022
    Contribution, Industry, Technology

    MingYang Smart Energy has produced its first MySE 12 MW hybrid drive offshore wind turbine at the Guangdong Shanwei manufacturing facility in China. The model has been designed to withstand super typhoons of 78.82 m/s. MySE 12 MW, which is certified by the China General Certification Center (CGC) is an upgrade from the 11 MW […]

  • Moray East Offshore Wind Farm Seven Turbines Away from Full Array

    6 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has seven more Vestas 9.5 MW units to install at the 100-turbine Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. The first wind turbines were installed at the project site some 22 kilometres off Aberdeenshire in January by the installation vessel Bold Tern, which left the site in May […]

  • Jan De Nul to Install 14 MW Wind Turbines at Dogger Bank C

    12 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    After winning contracts to install GE Haliade-X 13 MW offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A & B last year, Jan De Nul has now signed an agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the transport and installation of 87 GE Haliade-X 14 MW units at the final phase of the project, Dogger Bank C. […]

  • 200-Turbine Floating Wind Plan Proposed to Offset UK Oil & Gas Footprint

    1 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A plan to decarbonise offshore oil and gas assets in the UK through an integrated 200-turbine floating wind and green hydrogen development was revealed today (1 June). The GBP 10 billion (approx. EUR 11.62 billion) project involves installing 200 of the largest floating wind turbines at sites West of Shetland and in the Central North […]

  • SG 11.0-200 DD Turbine Model Secures Full Type Certificate Early

    31 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has secured a Full Type Certificate for the SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbine model from TÜV NORD one year ahead of time, the turbine manufacturer said. “This is really a demonstration of how great technology and a true collaboration spirit within our development team can bring amazing results,” said Rasmus Haugaard, Senior Product […]