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  • Trianel Looking for Foundations for 2nd OWF Phase

    5 February 2016

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG, the developer of the second phase of the already existing Trianel Windpark Borkum, Manufacturing, has invited tenders for the supply, on- and offshore logistics, and installation of monopiles, transition pieces and scour protection. The offshore wind project’s site is located 45 km north of the island of […]

  • VIDEO: Lowestoft College – Offshore Wind & Marine Safety Training

    8 March 2013
    Training & Education

    Lowestoft College is a leading provider of training and competence services to the maritime, offshore and energy industries. It has joined forces with the National Wind Farm Training Centre (NWFTC) to launch a one-stop training centre for workers in the wind farm industry. Under one roof, the College and NWFTC provide generic and bespoke courses to meet […]

  • The US Offshore Wind Power Technology Roadmap

    2 April 2019

    Executive summary The development of offshore wind represents an interesting technology opportunity for the US. On one hand, offshore wind is a European invention, and early technologies will have to be almost exclusively imported from Europe. On the other, though, the rapid pace of technology development in offshore wind offers significant potential for the US […]

  • Blade Failure at Dogger Bank A Tied to Commissioning Process, GE Vernova Says

    2 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The blade failure event at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm last month was not caused by an installation or manufacturing issue but happened during the commissioning process, according to an analysis conducted by GE Vernova. The blade failure occurred on the morning of 22 August and, according to an update from the Dogger […]

  • Faulty Towers Set World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Back

    13 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 11-turbine Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm under construction, will be completed in 2023 and not by the end of 2022 as initially planned, Equinor said. The first seven Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW wind turbines will come on stream this year as planned. The final four will be installed next spring, […]

  • MingYang Enters UK Offshore Wind Market with Major Investment Plans and MoU with Government

    17 December 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK Department for International Trade (DIT), under which the two parties will cooperate on bringing MingYang’s investment plans for the UK’s offshore wind sector to realisation. The agreement, signed by MingYang’s President and CTO Qiying Zhang and John Edwards, […]

  • Terma’s SCANTER 4002 Radar Demonstrates Exceptional Results

    5 December 2013

    Terma’s SCANTER 4002 radar demonstrated exceptional results during a test performed in late 2012 in Abilene, Texas, U.S. with more than 500 wind turbines within line of sight. The entire test area was covered by one single SCANTER 4002. The radar detected and tracked a variety of aircraft with an unsurpassed track probability of 98% […]

  • TÜV NORD Oversees Borkum Riffgrund 1 Commissioning

    6 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    TÜV NORD has received an order from Dong Energy to monitor commissioning of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. Experts will test the function of the wind turbines on site – in particular their safety systems. TÜV NORD will also issue the project certificate at the end of the commissioning process – which is […]

  • Cheaper Prices for Block Island Wind Farm Power

    16 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Head of Deepwater Wind, Jeff Grybowski, appeared before Rhode Island’s Public Utilities Commission to give an update about the wind project offshore Block Island, according to Providence Journal. The company is developing a USD 225 million project comprising five Alstom’s 6 MW turbines that will produce enough electricity to power 17,000 homes. Grybowski revealed the […]

  • Exponential growth in the Wind Manufacturing Industry: the challenge is on

    29 March 2021

    Written by Javier Lanfranchi – Senior Sales Area Manager The wind energy industry has grown rapidly in recent years, manufacturing capacity is increasing, and the component supply chain is pushed to its limits. The wind power industry, pushed by the targets of reduction in greenhouse emissions, has started an accelerated growth that is exciting and […]

  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Partners with Compatriot Company for Floating Offshore Wind

    14 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Vessels

    Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its compatriot Fukada Salvage & Marine Works have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration on the transportation and installation vessels for floating offshore wind turbines. Floating offshore wind turbines are normally assembled at a port and then towed to the installation site. After being towed to […]

  • Cadeler’s Wind Maker Arrives in Taiwan Ahead of Work at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Sites

    19 March 2025
    Vessels

    Cadeler’s recently delivered wind turbine installation vessel, Wind Maker, has arrived in Taichung, Taiwan, from where it will sail out to the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind project sites. Wind Maker set sail from Singapore and has arrived in Taichung, marking an important milestone for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind […]

  • Fyns Kran Udstyr Tests Hydraulic Lifting Yoke at London Array (UK)

    9 February 2012

    A newly developed hydraulic lifting yoke from Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has been tested in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine park, London Array. The new way of handling offshore wind turbine foundations is much faster, cheaper and more secure. It no longer needs to take an hour to get ready to lift the […]

  • World’s Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm Stands Complete

    13 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The last wind turbine has been installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands, the largest offshore wind farm in operation. Over the next couple of months, the turbines will be commissioned and tested, and Hollandse Kust Zuid is expected to be inaugurated later this year, Vattenfall, the developer of […]

  • Tethys and Aerones Win Blade Robotics Innovation Competition

    18 November 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Tethys Energy Services (Tethys) and Aerones have won a competition to demonstrate a novel remote blade maintenance technique for offshore wind farms to GE Renewable Energy. The two companies have won a blade robotics innovation competition launched by GE Renewable Energy, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, and KTN, which called for robotics solutions focussed […]

  • ORE Catapult and Scotland Bankroll Offshore Wind Research Project

    24 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced a GBP 920,000 programme to advance offshore wind research in Scotland, based around its Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine.

  • Avanti Wind Systems Opens New Factories (Germany)

    12 December 2011

    The world’s leading supplier of Service Lifts, Ladder Systems and other Safety Equipment for wind turbines, Avanti Wind Systems now offers even more sub supplies for the world’s wind turbine industry. Avanti Wind System establishes new factories in USA and China in order to produce Internals for wind turbines. You can say that Internals are […]

  • EWE places order for German offshore wind farm with Siemens

    7 April 2010

    Siemens Energy has been contracted by EWE AG and ENOVA GmbH & Co KG to supply 30 wind turbines for the Riffgat wind farm in the North Sea. With a total installed capacity of 108 megawatts (MW) the wind farm will supply approximately 100,000 German households with ecofriendly electricity starting in late 2012. Siemens has […]

  • Cleveland Could be the Center of Innovation for Clean, Alternative Energy (USA)

    10 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Once known for massive steel mills belching smoke into the sky, Cleveland could one day be known as the center of innovation for clean, alternative energy with wind turbines lining the edge of Lake Erie and spreading west across the northern portion of the state. Don’t hold your breath, you say? Consider this: LEEDCo, a […]

  • Oceana County wind farm meeting turns into scandal (USA)

    5 August 2010
    Training & Education

    In a hot, overflowing middle school auditorium Wednesday, the Lake Michigan offshore wind debate turned ugly.

  • Top News of the Week, 23 – 29 October 2017

    29 October 2017

    Former Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind CEO Joins CIP Michael Hannibal will join Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) as partner to take a lead role in the company’s investment activities within the offshore wind business starting from 21 December. MHI Vestas to Test 9.5MW Offshore Wind Turbine in US MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Clemson University in […]

  • ‘World’s First’ O&M Campaign Using Heavy-Lift Cargo Drones Underway at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    7 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has deployed heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCDs) for maintenance work at the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. This is the first time heavy-lift cargo drones are being used in an operational campaign, according to the company which tested the concept in 2023 at its Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. […]

  • All Moray West Transition Pieces Installed Offshore Scotland

    28 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All transition pieces (TPs) have been installed at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland, according to a Notice to Mariners issued on 27 May by Moray Offshore Windfarm (West). In addition, Cadeler’s Wind Orca has installed ten wind turbines so far at the offshore site in the Moray Firth. The final […]

  • ORE Catapult Sensing Potential in SMEs

    29 November 2016
    R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult will run a competition for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to gain access to its 7MW Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine to prove and commercialise new sensing technologies. In a programme co-funded with the Scottish Government, ORE Catapult is developing a digital Clone of the Levenmouth Offshore Wind Turbine […]

  • EIA for CIP’s 1.8 GW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm Gets Green Light

    8 June 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) new offshore wind project in Taiwan, called Taichung Fengmiao, has obtained the recommendation of approval by Taiwan’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) review committee. This is according to an update shared on social media by a Senior Director at Copenhagen Offshore Partners, a company that executes CIP’s offshore wind projects. As reported […]

  • TÜV Rheinland Wins Testing Contract from Vestas

    28 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    German testing service provider TÜV Rheinland has won a contract from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas to test 27 of the company’s offshore wind turbines at the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm. Under the contract, TÜV Rheinland will test lifts, cranes, pressure vessels, and safety-related components of the turbines. Numerous components will be […]