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  • 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 […]

  • EWEA Presents Health and Safety Video

    13 March 2014

    EWEA has produced an industry-leading health and safety video, which was premièred at the EWEA Annual Event in Barcelona. “This video is intended to complement national health and safety guidelines and act as an induction for wind energy workers,” said Angeliki Koulouri, environment and planning analyst at EWEA. “We hope it will be used alongside […]

  • REAL-TIME FEEDBACK ENABLES LEARNING ON THE JOB: How vessel display makes maintenance safer, faster and cost effective

    27 April 2015

    Maintenance of offshore wind turbines is important and necessary. The faster a defect turbine is running again, the faster it produces electricity. Time is money. How do you make sure that the valuable time turbine technicians have, is actually spent on offshore wind turbine maintenance? In practice a lot of valuable time is lost; often […]

  • Construction of World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Stays On Track

    11 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Around 20 per cent of foundations has been installed at the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two, which is soon to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted said. The export cable installation works are on schedule and turbine installation is set to commence in the second half of this year, the project’s owner and developer […]

  • Muehlhan Wind Service Wraps Up SeaMade Pre-Assembly Work

    2 November 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has completed the wind turbine pre-assembly work for SeaMade, Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. Under the contract with Siemens Gamesa, MWS pre-assembled 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines in the Port of Oostende. From there, the wind turbines are transported and installed at the site located 38-50 kilometres off the […]

  • Ramboll to Assist TU Braunschweig with Marine Life Research

    28 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D

    The Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany has awarded Ramboll with a contract to assist in developing a research device that will study marine growth on offshore wind turbines. The university’s Leichtweiß Institute for Hydraulic Engineering is planning to build a large-scale saltwater flow channel for the experimental investigation of marine growth on offshore wind […]

  • Marine Coordination Services Scores Norther Contract

    23 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Van Oord has contracted Marine Coordination Services to provide a team to support the construction of the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. Under the contract, Marine Coordination Services is currently deploying a team of four professionals to support the marine coordination center. According to the Dutch company, the team, which can be deployed 24/7, will operate […]

  • Spain’s First Floater Comes Online

    21 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    W2Power, Spain’s first floating offshore wind platform, has officially been commissioned at the PLOCAN test site off Gran Canaria. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The 1:6 scale multi-turbine platform started generating first kilowatts of electricity at the end of May at the Astican Shipyard before going to PLOCAN. W2Power is […]

  • ST3 Offshore Hands Over Final Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets

    14 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s ST3 Offshore has sent off the last shipment of suction bucket jacket foundations built for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • CCCC Wins Two Offshore Wind Contracts in China

    4 July 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    CCCC Third Harbour Engineering has won contracts for two offshore wind projects in China, valued at some RMB 1.6 billion (approx. EUR 204 million) in total. 

  • Wind Server Heading to Gwynt y Môr for Maintenance Work

    23 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ziton’s jack up vessel Wind Server is due to be carrying out maintenance work close to two wind turbines within the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm area starting this week. The vessel is expected to start working in the vicinity of the turbines C10D and K1M on Thursday, 26 January, a notice to mariners said. The […]

  • China’s Liuheng Offshore Wind Farm Goes Into Operation

    19 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Chinese GD Power Development has officially commissioned its Liuheng offshore wind farm in the Zhejiang province. According to the company, the project’s 63 4MW typhoon-proof offshore wind turbines were put into operation on 12 April, after two years of project construction. The 252MW project is GD Power Development’s first offshore wind farm, as well as the first […]

  • Germany: Thumbs Up for Kaikas Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2013
    Authorities

    The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) of Germany has approved the offshore wind farm “Kaikas” in the North Sea. The wind farm will cover an area of around 65 km2 where 83 wind turbines will be installed in a water depth of 39-41 meters. The new wind farm will be built northwest of the […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Picks Port for East Anglia Two Pre-Assembly

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK arm, has selected Peel Ports Great Yarmouth as the staging ground for pre-assembly works for its 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind project. The companies have signed a reservation agreement that will see the Siemens Gamesa turbine components and sections come together for assembly at the Norfolk site before installation […]

  • Swire, Tien Li Forge O&M Services Alliance in Taiwan

    25 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    Denmark-based Swire Renewable Energy (SRE) and Taiwan’s Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver operations and maintenance services in the Taiwanese offshore wind turbine industry and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. SRE said that the signing marks a key step for both companies to establish a joint […]

  • All Moray East Jacket Foundations Installed

    28 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 103rd and final jacket foundation has been installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel installed the first three-legged jacket in July. The wind farm’s three offshore transformer modules (OTMs), together with their three jacket foundations, have been in place since mid-September. DEME’s installation vessel Orion, initially scheduled to be […]

  • MeyGen Enters Construction Phase

    25 November 2014

    After more than seven years of planning and design, the MeyGen tidal energy project is now entering the construction phase for the first 6MW tranche of capacity in what is believed to be the world’s largest planned tidal stream project. Now that the financing package has been agreed for the first four turbines, Atlantis Resources has entered into all the major construction contracts. […]

  • MHI Vestas 9MW Platform to Be Typhoon Ready in 2020

    15 May 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has confirmed that its 9MW turbine platform will be typhoon ready in 2020, in time for all offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Two New Vessels to Join Sheringham Shoal Fleet (UK)

    23 September 2011

      Two new vessels will join the growing fleet working on the site of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm today as the installation and commissioning of the 88 turbines progresses. The 91m ‘SEA JACK ‘, a self-elevating platform vessel will combine forces with the already operational 76m ‘GMS Endeavour’ over the coming months and […]

  • Damen to Unveil Walk to Work Vessel at EWEA’s Event

    4 November 2013

    Damen’s focus at EWEA Offshore 2013 will be on the introduction of their new offshore wind vessel providing in field accommodation and work space for engineers working on all phaes of wind farm projects. Strong coastal winds make offshore turbines the natural choice for wind-powered energy production. Their distance from land, however, can push up […]

  • Baltic Wind Power 2013 Event to Be Held in Stockholm, Sweden

    15 August 2013

    Baltic Wind Power 2013 conference and exhibition will take place on 09-10 September 2013 in Stockholm. The conference will focus on further wind energy market development (both onshore and offshore) in Sweden and the Baltic Sea basin and will offer a crucial update on cutting-edge technologies, new projects and finance. Located in the networking area […]