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  • Haliade X- 12MW Prototype Stands Complete

    17 October 2019
    Technology

    The third and final 107m blade has been installed on the prototype GE Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine in Maasvlakte, the Port of Rotterdam. The first blade was installed on the Haliade-X 12MW turbine located at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 terminal on 14 October, with the second piece following the day later. LM Wind Power manufactured the 107m blades, the world’s largest, at its […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Cranks It Up to 15 MW with Offshore Behemoth

    19 May 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has launched a new SG 14-222 DD offshore Direct Drive wind turbine. The new turbine model has a 14 MW capacity, reaching up to 15 MW using the company’s Power Boost function, a 222-metre diameter rotor, 108-metre long blades, and a 39,000 m2 swept area. The turbine prototype is expected to be ready […]

  • UK: E.ON Successfully Runs MaXccess System Trials

    14 June 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Safely transferring personnel from a vessel onto a turbine is a well known concern and challenge in offshore wind. E.ON has now successfully trialed the novel access system MaXccess, developed by the innovative UK based company OSBIT Power. The trials took place at the E.ON offshore wind farm Scroby Sands on the east coast of […]

  • EDS HV Provides Formosa 1 High-Voltage Network Consultancy

    17 January 2020
    Grid Connection

    EDS HV has completed electrical safety commissioning and consultancy work at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. EDS HV stated it had provided skills to the local people enabling them to safely and efficiently run their high-voltage network. The safety rules were adapted and translated from English to Mandarin, before being […]

  • All Foundations Up at Zhuhai Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm

    26 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    All turbine foundations have been installed at the Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind project in China. To remind, the first of the project’s 55 MySE5.5MW turbines was installed on 6 May at the site located in the southern part of Sanzao Island, Zhuhai City. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is being developed by Guangdong Yudean […]

  • Germany: New Wind Energy Project for Cuxhaven

    2 October 2012

    The Bremerhaven company Wind MW has awarded a contract to Seajacks to install 80 wind turbines for the “Sea Wind” wind farm off Helgoland. Since August 29 the wind turbine components have been handled at the Cuxhaven. The wind farms “Meerwind Süd“ and “Meerwind Ost“, which are operated as combined offshore wind farm ”Meerwind Süd/Ost“, […]

  • OW Industry to Average €15 Billion Per Year over the Next Ten Years

    7 January 2014

    Douglas-Westwood forecast offshore wind installations averaging 3.2 GW per year over the next ten years with capital expenditure hitting a peak of 18bn in 2016. This report presents a new longer-term forecast and examines the key commercial developments since the last publication to provide detailed insight to established players and new entrant alike. The increase […]

  • IREC Starts Award Process for ZÈFIR Test Station (Spain)

    20 December 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has started the award process for Phase 1 of the ZÈFIR Test Station, the first offshore wind turbine platform of its kind in Spain for conducting technological and environmental research. The Zèfir Test Station is to become an international research platform for testing deep water wind turbines that […]

  • LM Wind Power Starts Building Cherbourg Factory

    22 March 2017

    LM Wind Power has started the construction works on its new offshore wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France, the company’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND.

  • Spanish Company Develops Self-Diagnosing Bearings

    10 November 2015
    Technology

    Spanish company Laulagun Bearings, in collaboration with IK4-IKERLAN, has developed bearings for offshore wind turbines that are capable of self-diagnosis and of making their condition known to the wind turbine’s control system. This will help minimise damage and coincide maintenance work with times when it is possible to access the wind turbine, according to a press release […]

  • Seajacks Wraps Up Meerwind OWF

    3 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks reached a major milestone on the Meerwind offshore wind farm project yesterday. Namely, Seajacks Zaratan jack-up vessel installed the final blade on the 80th wind turbine. The 288MW Meerwind offshore wind farm is located in the Exclusive Economic Zone region of the German North Sea, and consists of 80 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines. When […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2015

    5 April 2015

    DEME Joins MEG I Crew DEME Concessions has entered into a partnership with Nordsee Offshore MEG I GmbH to co-develop the MEG I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea last Thursday. Last 6MW Turbine Up at Westermost Rough The last of the 35 turbines was lifted into position by A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel […]

  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Partners with Another Dutch Floating Wind Tech Developer

    16 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Dutch floating wind technology developer TouchWind and Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have joined forces on the development of TouchWind’s floating wind technology. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will collaborate on developing TouchWind’s floating wind turbine with a tilting angled one-piece rotor which, according to the […]

  • MHI Vestas Starts UK Recruitment Drive

    15 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas is looking to hire hundreds of additional people at its blade factory on the Isle of Wight in the coming weeks. On Monday, 15 October, MHI Vestas kicked off a major recruiting campaign driven by a growing demand for its V164 wind turbine platform. “Today marks the start of an ambitious […]

  • 8.2 Consulting to Oversee Hollandse Kust Zuid Commissioning

    25 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has selected German-based 8.2 Consulting AG for commissioning and quality surveillance work on the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. From May 2022, the installation and commissioning of the 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines will start 18 to 36 kilometres off the Dutch coast, where 8.2 Consulting AG will […]

  • DEME Selects Port of Roenne as Arcadis Ost 1 Base

    27 January 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has selected the Port of Roenne on Denmark’s Bornholm Island as the storage and marshaling hub for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. DEME is the EPCI contractor for the project’s 27 wind turbine foundations and one offshore substation foundation. ”We have chosen Port of […]

  • Vattenfall Pushes Danish Nearshore Wind Farms Farther Offshore

    30 January 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has placed the wind turbines on the Vesterhav Syd and Nord nearshore wind farms as far from the Danish North Sea coast as possible within the two areas designated by the state, the latest design drafts show. In the new drafts, the wind turbines are placed in rows approximately nine kilometres from the coast, […]

  • Seaway Strashnov Locked and Loaded at Triton Knoll

    9 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7’s installation vessel Seaway Strashnov has arrived at the Triton Knoll offshore wind project site with the first turbine foundations. According to innogy, the vessel will begin installing the foundations as soon as weather conditions are favorable. Triton Knoll will comprise 90 MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbines mounted on monopile foundations some 32km off the Lincolnshire […]

  • Sea Installer Gearing Up for Race Bank

    14 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ahead of the turbine installation at the Race Bank offshore wind farm, due to start at the end of April, A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has been fitted with four massive adapter rings for wind turbine tower sea fastening.

  • Damaged Part Cause of MHI Vestas Prototype Catching Fire

    6 November 2017
    Technology

    A component damaged during installation within the converter module of MHI Vestas V164 prototype in Østerild had led to the turbine catching fire on 4 August, the company informed, adding that this was a standard industry component with a solid track record.

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    13 July 2015

    Race Bank DONG Energy signed a contract with Belgian contractor Jan de Nul during the EWA OFFSHORE event in March for the installation of the export cables for the 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm. The full scope includes around 148km of cables to interconnect the 2 offshore substations and to connect each of them […]

  • TÜV SÜD Helps to Speed Up Taiwan’s OW Development

    4 March 2015

    In the field of energy politics, Taiwan pursues a long-term strategy in order to reduce CO2 emissions. One part of this strategy is the development and expansion of power generation in offshore wind farms. It is planned to have 600 offshore wind turbines with an output of 3.000 MW to go into operation by 2030 in […]

  • Dong to Provide Hands-On Experience for Maersk Trainees

    15 January 2015
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has teamed up with Dong Energy to provide a course for people interested in entering the offshore wind sector. A Borrow-based 12-week course will cover working in confined spaces, electrical awareness, working at height, manual handling, sea survival, first aid and fire awareness. The course will also include several weeks of hands-on experience […]

  • Muehlhan Wind Service Wins Arkona Towers Contract

    13 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has won a contract by Siemens Gamesa to build/pre-assemble the wind turbine towers ahead of the installation on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Largest Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Nears Full Commissioning

    23 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 752 MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm is nearly fully commissioned with the last of the turbines currently undergoing tests before they start feeding the electricity to the Dutch grid. Once fully commissioned, the 94-turbine wind farm will surpass the 600 MW Gemini to become the largest operating offshore wind farm in […]

  • Haizea Wind Delivers First of Its Share of Borssele 1+2 Towers

    18 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Haizea Wind Group has delivered the first batch of wind turbine towers produced at its facility in Spain for the Dutch Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm. The company dispatched the tower sections from Bilbao around 13 May. The first shipment contained three bottom sections, three middle sections and two top sections, loaded onto the Rotra […]