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  • Peter Madsen Rederi Wraps Up Boulder Clearance on Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    30 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Danish marine contractor Peter Madsen Rederi A/S (PMR) has completed the removal of boulders at the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic.

  • Floating Offshore Wind Project INFLOW Kicks-Off in France

    6 September 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Ten partners from six European countries gathered in Paris on June 19 to kick-off a research project on offshore wind energy, featuring a world premiere: The INFLOW (INdustrialization setup of a FLoating Offshore Wind turbine) demo project, directed by French engineering company Technip, will see the deployment of a novel design commercial size floating vertical […]

  • Health and Safety Risk in Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    2 June 2011

      Leading turbine manufacturers GE and Siemens have come out in full support of a family approach to offshore health and safety today in London. With an estimated 40GW of offshore wind set to be installed by the end of the decade in Europe alone, the potential for employ Wind Energy Update’s research director, Carlos […]

  • South Korea: UL Selected as Sole Foreign Testing Center for Large Scale WTG Systems

    20 August 2013
    R&D

    UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, was recently selected as the only foreign testing center for wind turbine generation (WTG) systems over 750kW by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a division within the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MTIE). This designation by the Korean MTIE will allow global […]

  • Jan De Nul Hires Correll for 1 GW Thor Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

    15 October 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Correll, part of SPIE Group, has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul to complete the 66 kV inter-array cable (IAC) termination and testing on wind turbines for RWE’s 1 GW Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. The works are planned to commence in July 2025 with the mock-up scheduled for November 2024. RWE […]

  • Catapult Makes Offshore Wind Data Available

    18 June 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new open-access service offering a series of data sets from the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine in Fife, as well as the turbine’s met mast and electrical substation.

  • Highlights of the Month: December 2017

    3 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall Gives Reasons for Choosing Siemens Gamesa 8MW Turbine Vattenfall has chosen the new 8MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine for its Danish offshore wind farms because it “was simply the cheapest choice in the market measured by cost per generated megawatt-hour electricity,” Michael Simmelsgaard, Head of Offshore Wind and Country Manager for Vattenfall in Denmark, said. Spain: […]

  • Brittany Backs DCNS Floating Offshore Wind Development

    17 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At Sea Tech Week in Brest yesterday, an agreement between the Brittany Region and DCNS was signed by the Brittany Regional Council President Pierrick Massiot and DCNS Director for Marine Energy Frédéric Le Lidec. The purpose of this agreement is to speed up development of the floating offshore wind turbine plant in Brittany and to […]

  • USA: UW to Host International Wind Energy Conference

    26 September 2013

    Even though the generation of electricity through wind power has increased nationally and worldwide, many challenges — including reliability, overall wind farm performance and offshore wind — still exist. The International Conference on Future Technologies for Wind Energy — Oct. 7-9 in the University of Wyoming (UW) Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn — […]

  • China Ming Yang updates about China wind industry development

    14 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) (“Ming Yang”, or the “Company”), a leading and fast-growing wind turbine manufacturer in China, provided an update through a conference call with investors today on certain developments in the China wind power industry since Ming Yang’s ADSs began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on […]

  • Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Power Is Only Days Away

    26 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation works are well underway at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid – the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm – to ensure that electricity starts flowing to the Dutch grid in early May. As reported, the first of the wind farm’s 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines was installed at the site some […]

  • Floatgen Ready to Power France

    4 July 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine is now ready to supply clean energy to the French electrical grid, after Mojo Maritime replaced a defective connection box at the SEM-REV test site, which was preventing an electrical connection to marine energy converters.

  • AREVA Appoints New Head of Offshore Wind Activity in UK

    28 November 2011

    AREVA Wind announced the appointment of Julian Brown as Director to head the AREVA offshore wind activity in the UK. Julian Brown has over ten years experience in the wind industry. He led the development of the wind turbine blades business on the Isle of Wight as well as co-founding leading UK based wind consultancy […]

  • All Block Island Cables In Place

    29 July 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Big Max cable lay vessel has completed installation of all cables for the 30MW Block Island wind farm project, including the four inter-array cables connecting the five wind turbine foundations and the export cable connecting the wind farm to a new substation on Block Island, according to Deepwater Wind. National Grid completed the installation […]

  • Blue Water Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany

    10 August 2012

    During recent years, Blue Water Shipping has increased its activities within transport and logistics to the wind industry. With a view to continue the growth and follow the development in this industry, Blue Water has decided to establish a sales and representative office in Hamburg, Germany.  “Hamburg is becoming the wind capital. An increasing number […]

  • Study: Aerospace Tech Potential Blade Erosion Solution

    23 January 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Aerospace technology could help develop a new protection system for offshore wind turbine blades that could eliminate the need for intervention related to rain erosion, a new research suggests. Conducted by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, Doncasters Bramah and Performance Engineered Solutions (PES), the Leading Edge for Turbines (LEFT) project suggests that the by stopping the […]

  • Ireland: DCNS Takes Control of OpenHydro

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    DCNS is now the majority shareholder in the Irish start-up OpenHydro, specialised in marine turbines, with a 59.7% holding. Thus DCNS confirms its ambition in the field of renewable marine energy. DCNS expansion in the field of marine turbine energy is part of the group’s growth strategy. With OpenHydro, DCNS hopes to achieve a turnover […]

  • ZITON Completes Three Maintenance Projects at UK Offshore Wind Farms

    17 August 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Denmark-based offshore wind O&M service provider ZITON completed three maintenance projects at UK offshore wind farms this month. The company’s team on board its jack-up vessel Wind Enterprise has exchanged gearboxes on two out of the 30 Senvion (REpower) 5 MW wind turbines at the Ormonde offshore wind farm. The work was carried out in […]

  • SeaPlanner to Back Formosa 1 O&M

    29 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    SeaPlanner, SeaRoc Group’s marine management system, has been selected to support the operations and maintenance phase of the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the 10-year contract, SeaPlanner will be deployed by the O&M team to coordinate all personnel and marine logistics for the 128MW wind farm. SeaPlanner also supported the construction of […]

  • OWA Launches Tender for Nissum Bredning Cable-In-Pipe Study

    14 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a tender for the investigation of the inter-array cable in pipe concept installed at the Nissum Bredning offshore wind project in Denmark.

  • Navantia Starts Building Moray East Jackets

    1 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Navantia has started construction work on the 20 upper jackets for the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The upper jackets, weighing approximately 460 tons each, will be built at the Navantia shipyard in Puerto Real. The first units are scheduled to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2019, and the last batch […]

  • First Horns Rev 3 Monopiles Ready to Leave Esbjerg

    2 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile foundations have been scheduled for shipping from the Port of Esbjerg to the site of Vattenfall’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm on 9 October.

  • Global Wind Service Benelux Joins Gemini Team

    19 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa contracted Global Wind Service Benelux (GWS) to support with the first service campaign on Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Marseilles to Host Floating Offshore Wind Players in March

    5 February 2016

    Third international conference dedicated to floating offshore wind turbines will be held in Marseilles from 10 to 11 March this year.  Representatives from a large number of French and international companies and organisations involved in the sector will discuss their activities, present recent research and analysis and exchange information on the principal challenges in this domain. French Environment and Energy Management […]

  • Moventas to Provide Gearboxes for Alstom’s French Tidal Project

    12 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Moventas will work with Alstom to equip the Raz Blanchard pilot tidal farm in Northern France. In December 2014, Alstom has been chosen to supply for a pilot tidal energy farm in Raz Blanchard, and now Alstom has selected Moventas to develop the tidal turbines’ gearboxes. The Alstom Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW turbine has already been tested […]

  • Polar Queen Makes First Offshore Wind Connection

    24 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GC Rieber Shipping’s construction support vessel Polar Queen has started operations with its new charterer Senvion, supporting turbine commissioning at the 332MW Nordsee One wind farm in the German North Sea.