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  • Blue Water to Aid Offshore Wind Development in North Sea

    21 July 2014

    When the construction of the three large offshore wind parks in the Nort Sea, Borkum Riffgrund, Westermost Rough and Butendiek commences, Blue Water will provide a range of port agency services for all three projects. “In cooperation with the client, we will plan and handle the terminal and stevedore assignments for the three projects. At […]

  • Report: GE Makes an Offer Areva Can Refuse

    2 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    French nuclear and renewable energy company Areva has turned down a non-binding offer made by General Electric (GE) for the offshore wind turbine maker Adwen, a 50 -50 joint venture between Areva and Spain’s Gamesa, Reuters reports. GE is said to be interested in some of Adwen’s technology and its French order book, but the company […]

  • Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    4 June 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 488 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm has started supplying green electricity to the French grid, only a few weeks after the installation of the first turbine. Following a successful initial testing phase that began on 23 May, the wind farm’s first Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines are now connected to […]

  • Top News of the Year 2013

    1 January 2014

    Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany) DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. The Netherlands: Damen Unveils Walk to Work Vessel Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind […]

  • UK: Jennifer Blazes Trail in Offshore Wind

    15 March 2013
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training Newcastle is celebrating after welcoming its first female delegate through the doors – a trend the company hopes will start a new influx of women into the wind industry. Jennifer Menmuir, a Siemens graduate trainee, aged 25 from Falkirk in Central Scotland was the first woman to complete a two day specialist working […]

  • Ming Yang Q2 Profit Up

    26 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited, a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014.

  • Slip Joint Foundation Makes Debut Off the Netherlands

    28 April 2020
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed a Slip Joint foundation at the Borssele Wind Farm Site V offshore the Netherlands. It is the first time anywhere that a submerged Slip Joint was used on a full-sized offshore wind turbine on a fully commercial basis, Van Oord said. After years of developing the system in cooperation with its […]

  • EDF Led Consortium Submits Four Offshore Wind Projects (France)

    11 January 2012

    The consortium led by EDF Energies Nouvelles has today submitted four robust and realistic projects in response to the French offshore wind energy call for tenders. These projects go hand in hand with a highly ambitious and balanced industrial plan to manufacture the wind turbine designed by Alstom in France that will create around 7,500 […]

  • FairWind Joins Siemens Gamesa on Formosa 1 Phase 2

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    FairWind has signed a Letter of Intent with Siemens Gamesa to collaborate on turbine pre-assembly for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, FairWind will hire and train Taiwanese technicians to prepare them for the pre-assembly operations, which are scheduled to begin in the spring this year. The training […]

  • New Offshore Installation Vessel Boreas Handed Over to Van Oord

    8 January 2025
    Vessels

    The offshore installation vessel, Boreas, has been handed over to the Dutch company Van Oord during a ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard in China. Van Oord ordered a self-elevating offshore installation vessel at the Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in October 2021. The Boreas, launched in May 2024, is purpose-built for the transport and installation […]

  • Hywind Tampen Control Room Officially Opened in Bergen

    18 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore control room for the world’s largest floating wind farm, and the first to power oil & gas platforms, has been officially opened in Bergen, Norway. This is the first offshore wind control room in Norway, according to Ole Arild Larsen, Manager Operations Hywind Tampen at Equinor. The 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen, which produced first […]

  • Borssele 3 & 4 Ready to Officially Enter Operation

    16 February 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The 731.5 MW Borssele 3 & 4 wind farm off the Netherlands will be officially handed over to the Operations team on Thursday, 18 February, as all construction phase-related activities have been completed and the wind farm is now generating electricity in full capacity. The first of the project’s 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines was […]

  • Windar Wraps Up Fécamp Tower Sections Delivery

    14 November 2023
    Equipment, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Windar Renovables has completed the manufacturing and loading for the last shipment of tower sections for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. The tower sections were manufactured at Windar Renovables’ Avilés facilities in Spain and will be installed between 13 and 24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy. The towers, consisting of […]

  • Bluefort Puts New Boat Landing to Use

    12 September 2018
    Vessels

    Bridgemans Services Group’s floatel MV Bluefort has been fitted with a new boat landing facility that is said to be capable of transferring up to 150 turbine technicians into the field each day.

  • Vattenfall Wraps Up Public Sessions on Thanet Extension

    6 February 2017
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has completed the last of five local public events which invited people to find out more and share their views on the possibility of building an extension to the 300MW Thanet offshore wind farm off the Kent coast in south-east England. Alongside these sessions, the public also has the opportunity to take part in an […]

  • Merkur Offshore Signs Alstom and DEME

    3 July 2015

    Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively Alstom and DEME a binding turbine supply agreement and balance of plant contract for the construction of the Merkur Offshore wind farm, including supply and installation of 66 Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines. Additionally, Alstom has signed a long term service and maintenance contract. The turbines will be […]

  • Japan: Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project

    11 October 2013

    A consortium made up of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo (technical advisor), Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu, and Mizuho Information & Research have been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry […]

  • Denmark: Avanti Presents Two Lifts at EWEA 2012

    26 April 2012
    Technology

    Europe’s primary event for the wind industry, EWEA 2012, in Bella Center in Copenhagen was a great success. More than 500 exhibitors and over 10.000 visitors joined the exhibition and conference. Avanti Wind System was among the exhibitors. The exhibition visitors had the opportunity to take a closer look at two of Avanti’s brand new […]

  • Statoil Awards Dudgeon OWF Contract to Siemens

    14 January 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has awarded two contracts to Siemens plc for the engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning and service of 67 wind turbine generators for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project. The wind turbine generator (WTG) supply contract will cover engineering, procurement, assembly and offshore commissioning. Each turbine (6.0 MW) consists of a tower section, a nacelle and […]

  • Aikido, Odfjell Secure METCentre Slots to Test Floating Wind Projects Offshore Norway

    20 May 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    California-based Aikido Technologies and Norway’s Odfjell Oceanwind have secured slots at the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) to test their new floating offshore wind projects. Odfjell Oceanwind secured a slot with a 24 MW capacity grid connection at METCentre, with the ambition of installing one full-scale floating offshore wind turbine in 2028. The project, named […]

  • Three Dalby Offshore’s Vessels to Work on Greater Gabbard

    9 April 2015
    Vessels

    Dalby Offshore’s vessels Wharfe, Aire & Humber have won a contract to work on the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm for SSE, modifying the davits on 117 turbines. The contract is set to last until the end of 2015. The vessels have been mobilising for the job for the past few weeks and are now ready to start […]

  • VIDEO: Alstom Presents Tidal Stream Power

    17 April 2013
    Technology

    Following its recent acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited from Rolls-Royce, Alstom’s 1MW tidal turbine generated power for the first time at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) tidal test site in Orkney, Scotland, in March. It is the second Alstom tidal turbine generating power to the grid. This milestone positions Alstom at the forefront of […]

  • Muehlhan Bags Kriegers Flak Contract with Siemens Gamesa

    18 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has awarded Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) with a lump sum EPC contract for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark, under which Muehlhan will provide pre-assembly and ground logistics services. The company will be carrying out the complete mechanical and electrical pre-assembly work for 72 wind turbines, including all crane and lifting […]

  • 8.2 Consulting Completes Quality Assessment for Gemini

    27 September 2016
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German renewables specialists 8.2 Consulting AG was contracted to assess the performance of Siemens Wind Power during the assembly of the 150 Siemens 4MW turbines built for the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The assessment focused on timeliness for assembly of hubs, nacelles and blades in the different factories. Furthermore the […]

  • Infographic: European Offshore Wind in 2014

    5 February 2015

    Along with its annual report on offshore wind in Europe last year, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has also published an infographic that shows statistical details of the industry.  Here are some other fun facts about the European offshore wind from EWEA’s report: –  The average water depth of wind farms completed, or partially completed, in 2014 was 22.4 […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 13 – 19, 2015

    19 April 2015

    Neart na Gaoithe to Use Two Newly Developed Technologies Mainstream Renewable Power said today that its 448 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland will use two recently launched technologies. Eneco to Pay Multi-Million Bill for Princess Amalia Wind Farm Eneco will pay tens of millions of Euros in repair costs for its […]