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  • Vattenfall Has It on Video: No Seabird Collided with Aberdeen Offshore Wind Turbines During Two-Year Monitoring Campaign

    28 February 2023
    Environment, R&D, Research & Development

    Updated on 1 March with a download link to the final report (full study). Vattenfall has been testing technology and conducting research at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm for several years now. On 28 February, the company reported the findings of a study into seabird behaviour, performed in collaboration with bird and nature protection organisations, […]

  • ZF Wind Power Sends Off First Vestas V236-15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Powertrain

    29 September 2023
    R&D, Technology

    ZF Wind Power has sent off the first powertrain for Vestas’s V236-15 MW offshore wind turbine, ahead of serial production starting next year. The Vesta’s powertrain is transported from Belgium to Denmark via inland waterways and seas. The Vestas V236-15 MW wind turbine features 115.5-long blades and, with a swept area of 43,742 m2, it […]

  • AMSC Receives Volume Wind Turbine Electrical Control System Order From Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries

    4 January 2011

    American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received an initial order worth more than $10 million for wind turbine electrical control systems from South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. (Doosan). The systems will be utilized in Doosan’s onshore and offshore 3 megawatt (MW) full […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Soon Install 21 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype at Danish Test Site — Reports

    10 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa is transporting a nacelle from its facility in Brande, Denmark, to the Østerild wind turbine test centre, a company spokesperson confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz. The spokesperson declined to reveal any specifics about the wind turbine but Danish media writes that it is the new prototype which Bloomberg reported earlier this year to have a […]

  • Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    4 June 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 488 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm has started supplying green electricity to the French grid, only a few weeks after the installation of the first turbine. Following a successful initial testing phase that began on 23 May, the wind farm’s first Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines are now connected to […]

  • Mammoet Launches ‘World’s Strongest’ Land-Based Crane That Can Handle Large Offshore Wind Turbine Components

    30 August 2024
    Technology

    Mammoet has launched the SK6000 ring crane, said to be the world’s strongest land-based crane, at its Westdorpe facility in the Netherlands. According to the company, the new crane supports the continued constructability of next-generation offshore wind turbines and foundations. The new crane has a maximum capacity of 6,000 tonnes and can lift components of […]

  • Insights into Wind Turbine Blades in North America: A Conversation with Ken Lee, Fleet Engineering Manager at EDF Renewables

    18 September 2023
    Business development, Industry, Market Outlooks, Research & Development, Wind Turbines

    The rapid growth of wind power in North America is driving requirements for longer blades, particularly with the rise of offshore installations. Developing a local supply chain to meet these demands is critical to support the booming industry. Ken Lee, is a Fleet Engineering Manager at EDF Renewables, with years of expertise in Europe and […]

  • Goldwind Installs 14.3 MW Offshore Wind Turbine with 252-Metre Rotor in ‘Just 30 Working Hours’

    4 September 2023
    Business development, Technology

    Goldwind’s GWH252-14.3MW wind turbine is now installed offshore and the installation operations took “just 30 working hours”, the company said via social media on 4 September. The fast installation was made possible by optimising several time-consuming processes, according to the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer. “Through strategies like rotor pre-assembly, modular designs, improved conditions for upending […]

  • Thialf Installs First V174-9.5 MW Turbine at Arcadis Ost 1 Using Floating Installation Method

    25 November 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the total of 27 Vestas’s V174-9.5 MW wind turbines to be installed at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea is now up. The offshore wind farm is developed and owned by Belgian developer Parkwind, for which this is its first project in Germany. The 257 MW Arcadis Ost […]

  • Senvion 10MW+ Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Ready By Late 2019, Early 2020 (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Senvion plans to launch a prototype of the 10MW+ offshore wind turbine by late 2019 or early 2020, Jörg Philp, Head of Sales Offshore at Senvion, said.

  • HULL University Hopes to Play a Key Role in UK’s First Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant (UK)

    30 January 2011
    Training & Education

    HULL University hopes to play a key role in supporting Britain’s first major offshore wind turbine manufacturing plant at Alexandra Dock in…   [mappress] Source:Yorkshire Post, January 31, 2011

  • MTS Technology Enables Innovation in Offshore Renewable Energy (UK)

    19 March 2013
    R&D, Technology

    MTS Systems Corporation, a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, has announced that the MTS Non-Torque Loading (NTL) System has been installed and accepted at the 3MW Drive Train Test Facility (3 megawatt) of the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), located in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. The MTS NTL system is used […]

  • Sea Installer En Route to Vineyard Wind 1 Site to Install First GE Haliade-X 13 MW Turbines

    10 August 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s jack-up installation vessel Sea Installer is on its way to the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm site, where the vessel will soon install what will be the first wind turbines offshore the US state of Massachusetts. The vessel, which first called the port of Halifax in Canada at the beginning of this month, […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at South Korea’s Admiral Lee Wind Farm Site

    18 June 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    A Floating Light Detection and Ranging (FLiDAR) system has been installed at the Admiral Lee offshore wind farm site in South Korea. The FLiDAR system, which is a critical component for the project’s wind resource and environmental data collection, was installed by Seatech on 12 June 2025. Positioned off the coast of Yeosu, the system […]

  • GE Readying for Dogger Bank A & B Offshore Wind Turbine Installation, Eastgate Engineering Joins Pre-Assembly Team

    28 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has contracted Teesside-based company Eastgate Engineering for mechanical and electrical work for the pre-assembly of the towers and nacelles for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore wind turbines, whose components started arriving at the marshalling port in January. Eastgate Engineering’s contract is expected to support approximately 90 local jobs including Electrical and […]

  • Simply Blue Joins Consortium to Develop First-Ever Commercial-Scale Seaweed Farm Located Between Wind Turbines

    15 March 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Ireland-headquartered Simply Blue Group has joined the North Sea Farm 1 (NSF1) project consortium to develop the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm located within an offshore wind farm. Located off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea, the 10-hectare farm is planned to become operational in autumn 2024 when it will be deployed […]

  • Gamesa Seeks to Reserve Four Spots for Its Turbines at IREC’s ZÈFIR Test Station Offshore Wind Farm (Spain)

    8 February 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    * Gamesa aims to install two anchored and two floating turbines at the experimental offshore wind laboratory off the coast of Tarragona, Spain * The project marks further progress in the company’s offshore strategy, as Gamesa designs and develops two families of 5 MW and 6 MW-7 MW turbines Gamesa, a global leader in wind […]

  • Ashtech ProFlex to help Bard Wind Lift I vessel position offshore wind turbines in German North Sea

    13 May 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Five Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers are helping guide the operations of the self-propelled jack-up vessel Bard Wind Lift I, the first… [mappress] Source: marinelink, May 12, 2010;

  • Scale Up Smarter, Not Harder – Why Offshore Wind Ambitions Can Be Met More Efficiently if Turbine Growth Is Paused

    28 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Manufacturing, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology, Vessels, Wind Turbines

    The following article is a guest post by Fred van Beers, CEO Sif Netherlands B.V., & Anne Vedel, SVP Product Solutions & Integration, Vestas. The looming climate crisis and an acute need for independence from Russian oil and gas have massively accelerated European appetite for offshore wind. Governments keep raising ambitions and underlining the importance […]

  • USA: Moog to Exhibit at Windpower 2012 Event

    1 June 2012

      Moog Industrial Group will bring its high performance technologies for controlling and monitoring wind turbine blades to the Windpower 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Atlanta, Ga., June 3 – 6, 2012, to help wind turbine makers and operators boost reliability, safety and efficiency. At the Georgia World Congress Center, Hall A, Booth 2511, Moog […]

  • All Pin Piles In at Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm, Next Up Hai Long 3 Jacket Foundations

    3 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), using its heavy lift vessel Green Jade, has completed the installation of pin piles on Taiwan’s Hai Long offshore wind project, with jacket foundations for the project’s third phase to be installed next. The 1,022 MW Hai Long comprises two offshore wind farms, split into three sites: Hai Long 2a (294 MW), […]

  • Gamesa Receives GL Certificate for Its G52-850 kW Class I 60 HZ Wind Turbine (Spain)

    14 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Gamesa, the world’s leading wind energy technology company, today received a certificate from GL Renewables Certification (GL) for its G52-850 kW Class I 60 HZ wind turbine. The certification ceremony, held this morning at Gamesa’s stand at the EWEA 2011 international trade fair in Brussels, featured Gamesa Chairman Jorge Calvet and GL Vice President Mike […]

  • Invenergy, energyRe Face Turbine Supplier Issues, Hit Pause on 2.4 GW Wind Project Offshore New Jersey

    5 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Invenergy Wind Offshore (Invenergy) has requested a delay from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) until late December for its proposed 2.4 GW offshore wind project near Long Beach Island. In a July filing with the board, the company, which is developing the wind farm together with energyRe, cited challenges in finding a […]

  • Will Trump Venture to Impose ‘No New (Offshore) Wind Turbines’ Policy and Bring US Industry Supporting 120,000 Jobs to Halt?

    8 January 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    During his presidential campaign in 2024, Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to stop offshore wind farms from being built in the US “on day one”. On 7 January, the US president-elect reiterated the plan which now seems to apply to wind energy on land too, saying he would look into implementing […]

  • European Company to Make All Wind Turbine Blades 100 Pct Recyclable, Plans to Build Six Recycling Factories

    12 January 2023
    Environment, Industry

    A Denmark-based company Continuum plans to make all wind turbine blades fully recyclable and stop landfilling and their emissions-intensive processing into cement with six industrial-scale recycling factories across Europe, backed by investment from the Danish venture capital firm Climentum Capital and a grant from the UK’s Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP). Continuum, which is already […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Installs First 115-Metre Blade on SG 14-236 DD Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

    16 February 2023

    Siemens Gamesa has installed the first of the three 115-metre blades on the SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine prototype at the Danish national test center for large wind turbines in Østerild. The SG 14-236 DD features a 236-metre diameter rotor, with a 43,500 m2 swept area, approximately the size of 6.1 standard football pitches. […]