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  • Danes Switch Nissum Bredning Demo Wind Farm On

    14 May 2018
    Authorities, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate Lars Christian Lilleholt has officially inaugurated the 28MW Nissum Bredning demonstration offshore wind farm.

  • Offshore Structures Britain Ships Out Final Walney Extension Transition Pieces

    4 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) has shipped out the last six transition pieces built for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • Eneco Seeks Gearbox Crew

    3 August 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Eneco Windmolens Offshore B.V. is looking for a provider of turbine gearbox supply and refurbishment services on the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark) in the Dutch North Sea. The anticipated scope of work comprises providing gearboxes, new or refurbished, for the purpose of exchange on the wind turbine generators at the wind farm. This […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs All Formosa 1 Phase 2 Foundations

    20 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all 20 turbine foundations at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Seaway Yudin began installing the foundations at the beginning of June at the project site some 6km off the west coast of the Miaoli district in the Taiwan Strait. Germany’s EEW SPC produced the monopiles and Thailand’s CUEL Limited manufactured […]

  • Manor Finishes Hohe See Job

    23 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has completed its operations at the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm in Germany. MRE was in charge of providing temporary power, personnel and a multi-purpose vessel during the project’s turbine commissioning under a contract secured with EnBW in April. Located approximately 98km from the German coast, Hohe See covers an area of roughly […]

  • Van Oord Adds Niels Winther Maritime to Deutsche Bucht Team

    21 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Van Oord has appointed the Esbjerg-based Niels Winther Maritime to serve as an agent for the wind farm installation vessel Aeolus over the summer. Aeolus will be working out of the Port of Esbjerg over the summer, loading turbine components for the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind project and then transporting and installing them in the German […]

  • Hornsea One Foundations All In Place

    26 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore installed the final of the 174 monopile foundations on the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm on Thursday, 25 April. The first monopile was installed at the site some 120 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast in the UK in January 2018. According to DEME, four of the company’s jack-ups has since worked at […]

  • Vestas Makes Major Progress in Wind Industry

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vestas has received a record number of wind turbine orders per month in December, which amount to 1,346 MW. The record was triggered by wind energy developers in the United States, who were under pressure to meet the deadline to qualify for a tax credit, Reuters informs. A year ago, the U.S. Congress extended the […]

  • Windy Weather Affects Progress on Walney 2 (UK)

    23 January 2012

    The progress on Walney 2 is still dramatically affected by the windy weather, which has lasted for several months. The commissioning of the turbines requires a number of technician visits to each turbine in order to secure all settings and that communication is in a proper order. For safety reasons, the visits are generally restricted […]

  • French Floating Wind Pilot Project Stands Complete

    12 October 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final wind turbine of the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project was installed 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France. Less than a month after the first departure from the Port of Marseille Fos, the other two wind turbines were in turn towed offshore and anchored at a depth of […]

  • New Project Proposed in Taranto Waters, Home of Italy’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    1 August 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    The Italian authorities are currently processing a concession application for a wind energy project in the waters off Taranto, where the country’s first offshore wind farm was built. While the wind turbines now spinning near the Port of Taranto stand on fixed-bottom foundations, the new application is for a project that would be built farther […]

  • First Steel Cut for Cadeler’s Second X-Class Newbuild

    22 February 2023
    Vessels

    The first steel has been cut for Cadeler’s second X-class wind turbine installation vessel at COSCO Shipping Offshore’s shipyard in Qidong, China. The Danish service provider Cadeler signed a contract with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two new X-class wind turbine installation vessels in June 2021. Each vessel, equipped with a crane […]

  • Ørsted, DSV to Test Drone Deliveries at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    29 June 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Ørsted and the transport and logistics company DSV have teamed up to carry out tests with the transport of spare parts and tools using long-distance freight drones at Anholt wind farm in the Kattegat offshore Denmark. The aim of the trials is to find out whether drones can be a realistic supplement to the logistics […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Offshore Substation Stands

    4 April 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov has installed the jacket foundation and the substation topside on the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. “With the installation of the offshore substation completed, we have once more accomplished another milestone on schedule,” said Jens Poulsen, Project Director at Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH. “In […]

  • MHI VESTAS OFFSHORE WIND: Off to a Flying Start

    27 April 2015

    As the first anniversary of the creation of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind approaches the company looks back on a pretty good year as it lands its first commercial order for the much heralded V164-8.0 MW® and is named the preferred supplier for the Walney Extension project. The company has already seen employee numbers grow and […]

  • Ocean DEMO Greenlights Three Floating Wind Projects

    1 April 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Ocean DEMO, a EUR 13 million Interreg-funded project, has recommended two floating wind technology developers for support packages under the second call.

  • Jan De Nul to Use Osbit’s Tower Lifting Tools for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

    9 August 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    UK-headquartered Osbit has delivered to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business its twin wind turbine tower lifting tools that will be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Osbit’s tools have full DNV approval and will be used to lift and rotate the turbine tower sections of GE’s […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and GE Trade Patent Infringement Complaints

    7 October 2020
    Authorities, Technology

    Wind turbine manufacturers Siemens Gamesa and GE Renewable Energy have filed patent infringement complaints against each other in the United States. Siemens Gamesa filed the patent infringement complaint against GE Renewable Energy in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on 29 September. In the complaint, Siemens Gamesa is alleging that GE’s […]

  • Alstom, Deepwater Wind Sign Export Contract for Haliade™ 150-6 MW

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Alstom yesterday signed its first export contract with Deepwater Wind, the U.S. offshore wind developer. Under the contract, Alstom will provide five Haliade™ 150-6 MW wind turbines for the Block Island offshore wind farm. The contract also includes 15 years of operation and maintenance support for the Block Island offshore wind farm. Alstom underlines the […]

  • Cobham Technical Services Supplies Electromagnetic Design Software to Siemens (UK)

    4 October 2011
    Technology

      Cobham Technical Services has been awarded a contract for its powerful Opera electromagnetic design tool by Siemens Wind Power, a leading supplier of wind turbines for onshore, offshore and coastal sites. Fast and accurate electromagnetic simulation helps wind turbine suppliers to make breakthroughs in wind turbine design. The Siemens design team employs the Opera […]

  • Borssele 1 & 2 to Mark One-Year Anniversary at Its Inauguration

    6 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted is set to officially open the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm today (6 September), after postponing the project’s inauguration a number of times due to COVID-19. The developer of the 752 MW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, which has been operational since the fourth quarter of 2020, will also celebrate the […]

  • Hexicon Inks Floating Wind Deal in South Korea

    20 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Swedish floating multi-turbine platform designer Hexicon AB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Busan Techno Park and Renewable Energy Center for the development of floating offshore wind in South Korea.

  • NorSea Signs Multi-Million Deal for Hywind Scotland Project

    18 February 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    NorSea Group AS (NSG) has signed a contract with Statoil for the utilisation of its Stord base in Norway to assemble the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park. The contract, valued at approximately NOK 50-70 million (approx. EUR 5.2-7.4 million), will enter into force as of 1 March. It covers the preparation and adaptation of […]

  • China: Goldwind Unveils Its Offshore Wind Strategy

    2 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Asia Pacific market is tipped to produce over 20GW of offshore generation by 2025 (Renewable Energy World 2011). China is where the most growth is expected. However, despite high expectations, Asia’s offshore market is in its very early stages. One of the largest Chinese wind turbine manufacturers, Goldwind, unveils its offshore strategy. The company […]

  • DONG Energy Picks Natural Power for Blade Inspections

    25 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy has selected Natural Power to deliver turbine blade inspection services at wind farms in the UK, Denmark and Germany.

  • Improved Technology, Policy to Boost Ming Yang’s Turnover

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, Ming Yang, has found a way to return its profit through investment in research and development and improvement of its technology. The company faced annual loss for the last two years, but Ming Yang is now convinced that its luck will change, especially with the Government’s decision to provide more support […]