10000 results found for 'turbine'

10000 results found for 'turbine'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    23 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 300 MW Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind farm has entered the trial operation stage after the first MySE5.5MW wind turbines came online, MingYang Smart Energy said. In total, MingYang will deliver 55 MySE5.5MW units for the project, with the delivery now ”well on track”, the turbine maker said. The first wind turbine was installed at […]

  • Jan De Nul Adds Private 5G to Northwester 2

    31 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    nCentric has won a contract by Jan De Nul to deliver a wireless communication system for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium. nCentric will provide a solution with its Mesh technology in combination with private 5G on four of Jan De Nul’s installation vessels during the offshore installation works at the 219MW wind farm. Under […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Starts Rolling Out Rentel Nacelles

    16 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has rolled out the first D7 nacelle for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm from its new production facility in Cuxhaven, Germany.

  • Photo of the Day: Maintenance at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    6 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Wind turbine technicians carrying out maintenance work at Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm.  Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm comprises 88 Siemens 3.6MW turbines, which are 132m high. The turbines are located between 17 and 28 km off the Norfolk coast in England. The wind farm became fully operational in the summer […]

  • Germany: Seajacks Nearing Completion of Meerwind OWF

    12 November 2013

    Seajacks is getting closer to the finish line with the Meerwind offshore wind park turbine installation. Wind turbine installation at the wind farm started this year in July by installation vessels Zaratan and Leviathan, and it is expected to be completed by February 2014. The 288MW Meerwind offshore wind farm is located in the Exclusive […]

  • Denmark: Siemens Builds World’s Largest Rotor Blade

    5 August 2012
    Technology

    With a length of 75 meters, Siemens has built the world’s largest rotor blades for wind turbines. The giant components made of fiber glass will be used by Siemens’ new offshore wind turbine generation with a capacity of 6 megawatts (MW). They will be installed on the first prototype of Siemens’ 6-MW offshore wind turbine […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Given Go Ahead by GWO

    15 August 2012

    The stage is set for North East England to become a global leader in wind turbine training after Maersk Training Newcastle becomes the UK’s first – and one of only a handful around the world – to be given the go ahead to run courses approved by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). Maersk Training Newcastle […]

  • European Developer Seeks Installation Vessels for Offshore Wind Projects

    23 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Energy company Vattenfall has issued contract notices seeking vessels to transport and install wind turbine foundations and wind turbines at two offshore wind farms. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:

  • UK Consortium Wins GBP 1.5 Million Funding for Offshore Charging Station

    16 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    A collaboration of UK green technology pioneers has been awarded GBP 1.5 million in funding to install what they say is “the world’s first offshore charging station within a UK wind farm”. The funding was awarded as part of the Department for Transport and Innovate UK’s GBP 60 million Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC). Project […]

  • Siemens Bags Six Offshore Wind Contracts for 1.4GW in 2011 (Germany)

    16 December 2011

    This calendar year, Siemens won six contracts for offshore wind farms with a total capacity of about 1.4 gigawatts (GW) – enough to supply clean electricity to more than 1.4 million homes. The latest success was the award of the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, for Amrumbank West GmbH, a subsidiary of E.ON […]

  • Spain: IREC Organizes Wind Energy Master with URV

    25 May 2012
    Training & Education

    The IREC and the University Rovira i Virgili (URV) organize the Master in onshore and offshore wind energy with the aim to enable students to design, plan, implement and operate wind farms. The recent Renewable Energy Plan 2011-2020 made by Spanish government forecasts onshore wind power growth of 20,000 to 35,000 MW and up to […]

  • Maersk Training: Job Seekers Welcome on Careers Day in Manchester

    23 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Maersk Training will be welcoming job seekers at the RenewableUK 2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition’s careers day in Manchester, providing advice and information to those looking to take their first steps into the rapidly growing renewables sector. Focus will be on searching for the next generation of offshore technicians and helping unemployed get into the offshore […]

  • First Power Flows from World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    14 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    First power has been produced from the first turbine at Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The power from the first turbine, which was installed in June, was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea on 13 November. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore […]

  • Mammoet Reveals Jib Option for Its SK6,000 Heavy Lift Crane

    28 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Netherlands-headquartered Mammoet has announced a fixed jib configuration for the SK6,000 crane that could allow offshore wind developers to reach deeper waters. With the launch of the SK6,000, Mammoet’s goal is to provide a next-generation crane needed to install next-generation turbines. As the industry moves towards 20 MW wind turbines, floating wind components continue to […]

  • Mega Jack-Up Voltaire to Mobilise for Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm at Port Esbjerg

    12 May 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s new offshore wind installation vessel Voltaire has called Port Esbjerg after arriving from the UAE and before heading to the UK for its first assignment. Voltaire is so far the largest installation vessel to call the Danish port, where it will mobilise for work on Dogger Bank Wind Farm. The jack-up was […]

  • Spaniards Make Offshore Wind Power Play

    11 June 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have designed a new control system for offshore wind farms which is said to allow power transmission to the coast in a simpler, more flexible and cheaper way than current solutions.

  • ROMO Wind Makes a French Connection

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimizer ROMO Wind is extending its business activities to France, offering local contact and support for the company’s spinner anemometer technology iSpin which is now available to French wind farm operators. Guillaume Steinmetz has been appointed to the position of a business manager for France and will lead ROMO Wind’s activites from Paris. […]

  • USA: Modular Wind Energy Appoints Gregor Gnädig as New CEO

    1 June 2012

    Modular Wind Energy, a manufacturer of innovative rotor blades for large-size wind turbines, announced Gregor Gnädig as their new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gnädig joins the company from his previous post as Chief Operating Officer of REpower Systems SE, a Suzlon Group Company, recognized as one of the leading international manufacturers of onshore and offshore […]

  • Buss Offshore Closes Book on Merkur

    18 September 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Buss Offshore Solutions has completed its involvement in the Merkur offshore wind project following the last load-out of the components for the wind farm’s 66 GE Haliade 6MW wind turbines. In October last year, the offshore logistics provider started the project planning and management of logistics hub services for the offshore wind farm. The operational […]

  • UK: Steel Engineering Clasps SHI’s Offshore Wind Contract

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Steel fabricator Steel Engineering, headquartered in the west of Scotland, has clasped a deal from Korean group Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to produce offshore jackets and ensure steelwork for a wind turbine generator system under development at the Energy Park at Methil, Fife, the Scotsman informs. In addition, the deal purports provision of post-delivery on-site […]

  • Global Energy Starts Fabricating Moray West J-Tube Frames

    10 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Global Energy Group’s (GEG) North Fabrication division has started production of the J-tube frames for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm, with the first steel being cut at the Port of Nigg in Scotland. Once the two J-tube frames are finished, they will be attached to the offshore substation platforms (OSPs). The frames […]

  • Ninfea Rinnovabili Reveals Another Floating Wind Project Offshore Sicily

    7 March 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Milan-based developer Ninfea Rinnovabili has submitted another maritime concession application, this time for a 795 MW floating offshore wind project off the coast of Sicily. The Mazarra del Vallo 2 wind farm will feature 53 wind turbines with an individual capacity of 15 MW and a rotor diameter of 236 metres installed at least 52 […]

  • Orion Ready to Install XXL Monopiles at Arcadis Ost 1

    30 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of 28 XXL monopiles for 27 wind turbines and one substation of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm is about to begin as DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion has arrived at the Port of Roenne, the project’s storage and marshaling port. According to available AIS data, Orion arrived at the port this […]

  • US Offshore Wind R&D Consortium Awards USD 2.6 Million in Grants

    29 January 2021
    R&D

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has revealed the round one awards of the Offshore Wind Solicitation 1.0 for technology research and development projects. The competitive solicitation sought new solutions that remove barriers and address issues essential for cost reduction, deployment, and offshore wind industry growth in the U.S. The USD 2.6 […]

  • All SeaMade Foundations In Place

    7 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has completed the installation of 58 turbine foundations and two substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation installed the last monopile foundation at the project site some 50km off the coast from Ostend on 2 January. According to the company, a new monopile gripper was deployed onboard […]

  • Eneco Buys Power from GE Haliade-X 12MW Prototype

    17 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dutch energy company Eneco is set to purchase all the electricity generated by GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine prototype. This was announced during the inauguration ceremony for the prototype held today, 17 December, at the port of Maasvlakte-Rotterdam. According to GE, the Haliade-X 12MW prototype set a new world record the past weekend by […]