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  • TPC Changhua Phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm Enters Trial Operation

    6 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan Power Company (TPC; Taipower) has started trial operation of its 109.2 MW Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind farm, after the project’s 21 wind turbines were cable-connected. The developer is currently conducting tests to make any necessary adjustments, following which the company will apply for a post-completion inspection and subsequently for a power generation licence, […]

  • Baltic 2 OWF Feeds First kWh into Grid

    29 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW’s offshore wind farm Baltic 2 generated the first kilowatt hour of electricity and fed it into the grid last weekend.  EnBW Baltic 2 is currently being built 32 kilometres north of the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. At this point, 60 of a total of 80 wind energy turbines have been installed. Now that […]

  • CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Awarded Guishan OWF Work

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for Lot 2 of wind turbine installation and foundation construction of Guishan offshore wind farm demonstration project in Zhuhai, with a contract value of some 220 million yuan (35,696,980.00 US dollars). Located in the waters of the Lingding Sea at […]

  • Wobben Properties Takes Siemens to Court

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Wobben Properties is taking to court Siemens, companies that have purchased wind turbines from Siemens, companies that install the wind turbines for Siemens and some of Siemens’ customers, for patent infringement. The patented invention on Enercon’s Storm Control technology relates to a method of operating a pitch-controlled wind turbine. Wobben Properties, who owns Enercon’s patents, […]

  • Bladt Loads Out Last Baltic 2 Jacket Foundation

    21 January 2015

    Bladt Industries loaded out the last of 41 jacket foundations for EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm yesterday. After receiving the order, Bladt established a production site at Lindø Industrial Park where they created dedicated production line for serial production of jacket foundations. The first jacket was manufactured in May last year, after which it […]

  • Photo of the Day: DEME’s Duo Busy at Borssele 1 & 2

    15 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has shared a photo of its vessels Sea Installer and Sea Challenger working together at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm, where they have so far installed 55 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines. [The article continues below the image.] The vessels are working as a tandem within DEME’s duo-vessel solution to […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tidal Energy to Benefit from Oil and Gas Turbulence

    6 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Despite the lower prices of hydrocarbons, lower drilling activity in the North Sea could benefit marine renewables. The drop in the drilling activities in UK’s North Sea caused the reduction in day rates for the offshore contractors, as well as under-employment in the sector, Proactiveinvestors reports. As the same vessels are used for offshore drilling and […]

  • UK: Proposal for London Array Phase 2 Submitted

    26 October 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A proposal for Phase 2 of the London Array offshore wind farm has been submitted to the Department of Energy Climate Change (DECC) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The developers have reduced the initially proposed extension from 370MW to 240MW, after the surveys had been conducted by Natural England and the RSPB on offshore […]

  • Uptime Develops Digital Ecosystem for Offshore Wind Operations

    28 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Norwegian Uptime International has announced its support to deep water offshore wind projects by developing an ecosystem comprising a set of digital solutions whose purpose is to ensure remote or autonomous operation of gangways connecting two floating units. According to the company, the ecosystem benefits include safer logistical operations, faster execution of operations, reduced fuel […]

  • Vestas Adds 795 MW OranjeWind to Firm Orders

    30 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a firm order for the OranjeWind offshore wind project, previously named Hollandse Kust West VII, situated off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea. Vestas will provide 53 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines and is responsible for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of the units. Wind turbine installation at the project […]

  • Steelwind Ships Out First XXL Monopiles for Arcadis Ost 1

    2 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The first three XXL monopiles for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm have set sail from Steelwind Nordenham’s fabrication plant to the Port of Roenne, the marshalling harbor for the project. Located northeast of the island of Rügen in German Baltic Sea, Arcadis Ost 1 comprises 27 wind turbines and one offshore […]

  • Project to Develop Offshore Lifting Equipment Gets Financial Push

    14 December 2023
    R&D, Technology

    A project consortium led by Nekkar has conditionally been awarded a NOK 75.2 million (EUR 6.5 million) grant to develop remote-controlled, self-hoisting lifting equipment for the offshore wind industry. The Nekkar-led consortium also includes Kongsberg Maritime, DOF, an undisclosed global wind farm developer, GCE Node, NORCE, Sustainable Energy Catapult Center, Sintef Ocean, and the University […]

  • Gamesa Awards Prizes to Two Patents for Improving Electricity Output/recouping Energy Losses and Blade Inserts, Which Allowed it to Develop a Segmented Blade for its G10X-4,5 MW Turbine (Spain)

    16 November 2010
    R&D

    First annual 2010 Patents and Inventors Contest The company is a driver of technological development: it will open five technology centres around the world and invest 150 million euros in R&D (2011-2013) Madrid/Bilbao, 15 November 2010. Gamesa, one of the world’s leaders in the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines and a top wind farm […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Attracts Investment in Cromarty Firth Port

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cromarty Firth Port Authority is expected to announce securing approximately GBP 9 million in bank funding for its GBP 20 million project, which will turn the port into a place for handling offshore wind turbines and employ up to 400 people, the Scotsman writes. The project involves expansion on nine acres of land and building […]

  • Denmark: DBB Jack-Up Services Acquires Two New Vessels

    28 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    With the purchase of a brand new vessel and a contract for an additional new jack-up ship, the Aarhus-based company DBB Jack-Up Services is cornering the market of specialised service for the offshore wind turbine industry. Both new vessels are considerably more technically advanced than other vessels in the market and moreover, the two new […]

  • Vattenfall Seeks Vesterhav Nord & Syd Onshore Grid Contractors

    26 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has invited companies to pre-qualify for the tender call for the supply and installation of the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd onshore grid. Following the selection phase, the developer is expected to invite tenders in December 2017.

  • GMS Comments on Current Offshore Wind Events

    25 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The welcome news that Siemens plans a £160 million expansion to manufacture turbines in East Yorkshire, plus the UK Green Investment Bank’s (GIB) investment in the Westermost Rough project off the Yorkshire coast, must be balanced against high costs and risks but low confidence levels that could still affect future UK offshore wind developments, Green […]

  • Tidal Energy Industry Gets Turbulence Guidance

    23 November 2015
    R&D

    The Guidance for the tidal energy industry on turbulence in marine environment, formulated from the TiME (Turbulence in Marine Environments) project, has been released.  The project, funded by the Scottish Government and managed by the Carbon Trust through the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) Array Technology Innovation Programme, was developed to improve the understanding of […]

  • NWFTC Wins Prestigious Trade Association Accreditation (UK)

    2 November 2011
    Business & Finance

      National Wind Farm Training Centre, which provides training to the wind energy industry, has been awarded RenewablesUK’s renowned Training Standards and Accreditation for promoting and delivering best practice health and safety training and competence standards. The RenewableUK training standards are only intended to address the most significant health and safety training issues as they […]

  • Brave Tern Gets Another Offshore Wind Job in Taiwan

    26 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is planning to use its jack-up vessel Brave Tern for the transport and installation of turbines at the Guanyin offshore wind project in Taiwan. As reported earlier, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier secured a conditional contract with Liwei Wind Power, owned by wpd, for the transport and installation of 36 MHI Vestas V164-9,722MW turbines […]

  • Hitachi and Eco Power Unveil Offshore Wind Venture in Japan

    12 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hitachi Zosen Corporation and the Tokyo-based Eco Power Co. Ltd. have established a joint venture company to develop an offshore wind project off the Aomori Prefecture in Japan. The Nishikita offshore wind farm will comprise up to 125 wind turbines and have a capacity of 500MW. The turbines will have an individual capacity of between 4MW […]