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  • DEME Awards Dogger Bank A Cable Termination & Testing Contract

    2 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Correll Group, Cable Installation & Power Services Division has been contracted by DEME Offshore to complete the inter-array cable termination & testing on wind turbines and the offshore substation platform on the first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being built in […]

  • Ten Most Read News on offshoreWIND.biz in 2024

    1 January 2025
    Business development, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    New wind turbine models, vessels and equipment, and project updates were the most read topics on offshoreWIND.biz in 2024. In this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in 2024. In January 2024, Siemens Gamesa received a EUR 30 million grant from the EU for a project called Highly Innovative Prototype of the […]

  • SEANEX Connections for Seagreen 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables, together with Vestas, has selected the SEANEX inner cone system from Pfisterer for the connections on more than 100 wind turbines at the Seagreen 1 project, located 27 kilometres off Scotland’s Angus coastline. According to the supplier, the system offers significant benefits during installation and continuous operation of the 66 kV inter-array cabling. […]

  • UK: MacArtney Inline Termination for Andritz Hydro Hammerfest

    11 September 2013

    MacArtney has announced that leading tidal power array developer and supplier, Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, has recently taken delivery of a MacArtney Medium Voltage Inline Termination.  Connecting tidal power to the grid with Andritz Hydro Hammerfest Due to the link with the lunar cycle, tidal currents can be predicted in advance and with stable energy flow […]

  • Denmark: Lowering Cost of Energy, Key Focus for Technology Development

    8 January 2013

    The global wind energy market is in need of a technology revolution. Publicly traded wind energy firms have drawn the ire of investors around the world as stock prices continued their tumble over the past year, with losses from publicly traded companies between 50 and 70% year-on-year. Profit margins remain under pressure despite a record […]

  • Ecowende Picks Marshalling Port for 760 MW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    12 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Buss Ports will be the service provider at its wind turbine marshalling port, Buss Terminal Eemshaven, for the construction of the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Buss Ports, through its Eemshaven terminal and its subsidiary Buss Offshore Solutions, will provide support for the logistics and construction phases of the offshore […]

  • Big Offshore Wind News Come from LORC

    30 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Tomorrow, Torben Lorentzen will be joining LORC as its new CEO. He leaves the post as Head of Research and Development at FORCE Technology. At LORC, Torben Lorentzen will head the continuous build-up of the LORC test centres with a main focus on large components, foundations for offshore wind turbines and HALT testing of wind […]

  • CEPRI, GL Garrad Hassan Sign MoU to Boost Chinese Wind Industry

    13 July 2012
    R&D

    The Renewable Energy Department of the China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI RED) and GL Garrad Hassan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Wind Turbine Prototype Measurements, Wind Turbine Inspections and Technical Guideline Development. CEPRI, a subsidiary of the State Grid Corporation of China, is a multi disciplinary research institute focused […]

  • Horns Rev 3 Delivers First Power

    24 December 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s 406.7MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm has started delivering power to the Danish grid.

  • Photo of the Day: Brave Tern Lines Up Wikinger Kit

    16 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has shared a photo of its wind turbine installation vessel Brave Tern hard at work transporting and installing wind turbine components at Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea.

  • OWI-Lab Tests ZF Wind Power’s 80t Gearboxes

    1 October 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Wind power is the energy of the future, but wind turbines must be reliable even under extreme weather conditions. To that end, Sirris’s OWI-Lab tested ZF Wind Power’s 80-ton gearboxes in its large climatic test chamber based in the port of Antwerp. OWI Lab – Belgian’s RD&I center for wind power – is a spearhead […]

  • Hornsea 3 Offshore Converter Station Topside Arrives in Norway for Final Outfitting

    18 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two offshore converter station topsides for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm has arrived in Haugesund, Norway. The converter station topside began its journey from Thailand to Norway in April 2025, where it will undergo final outfitting and commissioning. The platform is scheduled for offshore installation next year. Aibel and Hitachi Energy […]

  • S-2000 Hydrohammer Hammers Formosa 1 Monopiles Into Seabed

    19 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    IHC IQIP today informed its S-2000 Hydrohammer was used to install two monopiles for the first two Formosa 1 offshore wind turbines in Taiwan.  The company delivered the S-2000 Hydroammer with a 5.5m pile sleeve to Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engineering Co. Ltd, which carried out the installation of foundations for the project, developed by Swancor/Formosa Wind Power […]

  • GE Expanding Factory in France to House Haliade-X Nacelle Assembly

    2 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy is expanding its wind turbine nacelle factory in Montoir-de-Bretagne in France to accommodate the assembly of nacelles for the Haliade-X offshore wind turbines. The wind turbine supplier has awarded a consortium of VINCI Construction France’s subsidiaries with a contract for the design and construction of the extension. Botte Fondations, one of the […]

  • Cenos Floating Wind Farm Wraps Up NorthConnect Deal

    16 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    NorthConnect has been acquired by the developers of the Cenos Offshore Windfarm, a 1.4 GW floating wind project in Scotland led by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. In a recent social media post, Vårgrønn said that the acquisition of NorthConnect marks a key milestone in the development of the floating wind project, as it already holds […]

  • Denmark: First Group of Technicians Starts in Grenaa this Month

    5 March 2012
    Training & Education

    As the construction of the wind farm proceeds, the construction of the operations organisation to be in charge of operation and maintenance of the wind farm for the next 25 years has been started. The first posts were advertised in autumn 2012, and the first team of 11 wind technicians has started in Grenaa on […]

  • PolyTech Tackles Blade Degradation

    20 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Danish company PolyTech A/S has, after three years of development work, launched a new Leading Edge Protection (LEP) technology that is said to address the wind turbine industry’s need to protect blades against rain and particle erosion. As wind turbine blades get bigger, they are increasingly being worn down by weather and by the airborne particles […]

  • LM Wind Power and ECN Develop Smart Blade Tips

    31 January 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Danish blade maker LM Wind Power and the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) have developed blade tips which are said to increase offshore wind farm yields.

  • Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy Kick-Start Green Hydrogen Co-Op

    13 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy are joining forces to develop a solution that fully integrates an electrolyzer into an offshore wind turbine as a single synchronized system to directly produce green hydrogen. Siemens Gamesa will adapt its development of SG 14-222 DD – the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine – to integrate an electrolysis […]

  • Vattenfall Adds New Gadgetry to Danish Nearshore Duo

    6 May 2020
    Environment, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has introduced several upgrades to the design of the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms in Denmark to reduce their visual and environmental impact. The two wind farms will, if approved, feature a radar system that will turn the light markings on the turbines at night only when there are aircraft nearby. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Prysmian Sign Global Cable Supply Deal

    21 October 2019
    Grid Connection

    Siemens Gamesa has awarded Prysmian Group with a contract to provide cable and assembly supplies for wind turbines worldwide. Prysmian will supply turbine tower and nacelle cables and assemblies for Siemens Gamesa turbines in 2020. The supply includes low voltage cables and assemblies for nacelle platforms, low voltage cables for towers and fully terminated medium […]

  • Jutlandia Handling MHI Vestas Giants in Esbjerg

    20 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a new agreement with Jutlandia Terminal covering loading of the V164-8.0 MW wind turbines onto installation vessels at the Port of Esbjerg.

  • Dutch Nearshore Wind Farm Completed

    20 March 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Almost one year after installation started, the 24th and final nearshore turbine of Windplanblauw wind farm in the Netherlands has been installed. With both onshore and nearshore turbines now completed, the project is counting down to its official inauguration in August. Windplanblauw is a wind farm repowering project of Vattenfall and SwifterwinT, a local initiative […]

  • Siemens Gamesa, Dominion Energy Solidify Massive Offshore Wind Deal in US

    21 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and Dominion Energy Virginia have reached an agreement for delivery of offshore wind turbines and ten years of service for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, for which Dominion is planning to use 176 units of the currently world’s largest offshore wind turbine in operation. According to Siemens Gamesa, […]

  • New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Completed

    22 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The twelfth and final wind turbine has been installed at South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm. A couple of days ago, South Fork Wind, the joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource Energy, said via social media that the final wind turbine set sail to the project site from the State Pier Terminal in New […]

  • Germany: Winergy to Exhibit HybridDrive at Husum WindEnergy

    3 August 2012
    Technology

    Winergy will exhibit its Fuhrlaender-3MW-HybridDrive at Husum WindEnergy 2012. Key characteristics include the very compact design as well as the high energy conversion efficiency of more than 96%. The concept study presented at Hanover Trade Fair in April 2011 generated a lot of interest and a very positive response. At Husum, Winergy will show a […]