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  • 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 […]

  • Havfram Hired for ‘Major’ European Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Norway-based Havfram has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for the construction of an offshore wind project in Europe. Havfram said that the “major” project will be executed in 2029, utilising one of the company’s GustoMSC NG-20000X installation vessels, planned to be delivered in the second half of 2025. The installation work is anticipated […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Selects Moray West Installation Base

    25 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has conditionally selected Port of Nigg in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, as the planned location for the pre-assembly and installation of wind turbines for the Moray West offshore wind farm. Siemens Gamesa, as the preferred bidder for the supply of the offshore wind turbines, has signed a conditional agreement with Global Energy Group […]

  • Cadeler to Open Office in Vejle

    25 December 2020
    Vessels

    Cadeler A/S, formerly Swire Blue Ocean, will open an office in Vejle, Denmark, in order to be closer to key customers and suppliers in the offshore wind industry. Many of the largest and most influential companies within the offshore wind industry are headquartered along Jutland’s eastern coast – including original equipment manufacturers, wind farm developers, […]

  • Taiwan’s First Far Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Project Inaugurated

    25 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project was officially inaugurated at an event in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan, on 25 April 2024. With a total installed capacity of 900 MW, the project is in operation and fully connected to the grid, making it the largest in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region, said […]

  • Vattenfall, BASF Pick Vestas for 1.6 GW Nordlicht Offshore Wind Project

    18 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has revealed the client and project details for an agreement first announced on 13 June. This conditional agreement, signed with Vattenfall and BASF, involves supplying 112 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. Within the scope of the contract is furthermore a 5-year […]

  • Carbon Trust Forecasts 70 GW of Floating Wind by 2040

    15 July 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Carbon Trust sees 70 GW of floating wind installed capacity by 2040, according to a new summary report on the findings from the second phase of the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP). The report outlines technology challenges that need to be addressed so the commercialisation of floating wind could be sped up, as […]

  • Bird Groups Challenge Icebreaker Environmental Assessment

    3 November 2017
    Environment

    Ohio’s Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) have contested the environmental assessment (EA) of Lake Erie’s 20.7MW Icebreaker offshore wind farm which states that the proposed project would have little or no impact on birds and bats.

  • UK: Andrew Garrad Speaks at SUPERGEN Wind General Assembly

    3 June 2013

    Andrew Garrad, non executive chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, had a positive message for the future of renewable energy at his keynote address at the SUPERGEN Wind Annual Assembly in Bristol recently. He predicted that, while there may be a few bumpy years ahead, the long-term global outlook for renewables was bright. Mr Garrad looked […]

  • Wind Curtailment in China Tempers Growth, Masks Imminent Rebound

    8 November 2012

    All eyes are on China, as the world’s leading wind power market faces wind curtailment, offshore project delays and a tough financing environment. While these challenges are expected to cause a 9% reduction in new installed capacity in 2012 (16GW), MAKE expects these factors to reverse and drive installed MW growth of 19% in 2013 […]

  • HOCHTIEF and Beluga Shipping construct jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms (Germany)

    12 October 2010
    R&D

    A joint venture between HOCHTIEF Construction and the project and heavy-lift carrier provider BELUGA Shipping has commissioned the construction of a special jack-up vessel for the more rapid assembly of offshore wind turbines from the Polish shipyard Crist. The vessel should go into service in 2012, in order to meet the big demand for special […]

  • Two Firms Merge into ZF Wind Power Technology (Germany)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    On 25 July 2011, the boards of ZF Friedrichshafen AG (“ZF”) and Hansen Transmissions International NV (“Hansen”) announced the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Hansen to be made by ZF International BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of ZF. On 6 October 2011, ZF […]

  • 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 […]

  • EDS Wins Rampion Cable Termination and Testing Contract

    3 October 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based high voltage engineering specialist, EDS Group, has been chosen to complete cable termination and jointing work at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. The site which is based off the Sussex coast in the UK will feature 116 turbines, each 3.45MW in capacity. Commencing in the autumn of 2016, EDS will be responsible for […]

  • Prysmian Picks First Subsea CPS for Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

    20 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    First Subsea has won the contract to provide the cable protection systems (CPSs) for the inter-array cables at the 71-turbine Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. Prysmian Group will manufacture and deliver the inter-array cables for the project. The Italian cable maker selected First Subsea CPSs to protect the cables from burial to the entry […]

  • Moray East Jacket Installation in Home Stretch

    22 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks Scylla has installed 93 out of the 100 wind turbine jacket foundations at the Moray East wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast in Scotland, the project’s latest Notice of Operations shows. The jack-up vessel is transporting the jacket foundations to the project site from Global Energy Group’s site in Nigg. The Seajacks Scylla installed […]

  • EUR 1 Million Set Aside for Noordoostpolder Villages

    10 May 2016

    Today, five villages in Dutch municipality of Noordoostpolder received the first annual contribution of EUR 10,000 each, and will receive the sum from the of Noordoostpolder wind project over the next 20 years. The community fund will thus award EUR 200,000 per village over the 20 years, and EUR 1 million overall. The villages Creil, Espel, Nagele, Rutten […]

  • Gondan Launches Race Bank Service Operation Vessel

    28 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has launched the first of two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) ordered by Østensjø Rederi and chartered by DONG Energy.

  • Largest Ever 8MW Order Lands on MHI Vestas Desk

    13 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the approval from the German consenting authority ‘Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie’ (BSH), DONG Energy placed an order with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 project, marking the largest ever order for the wind turbine manufacturer.

  • Yaskawa Electric Corporation Acquires The Switch

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Yaskawa Electric Corporation has reached an agreement to enter into a contract with the owner of The Switch Engineering Oy, a Finnish Supplier of Components for Wind Turbines, to acquire all shares of The Switch, except The Switch’s own shares. Yaskawa and The Switch have developed a strong synergetic relationship after signing a collaboration agreement […]

  • OTS and Seazip Team Up on Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm

    10 July 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Turbine Services (OTS) are, in conjunction with Seazip Offshore Service BV, providing a crew transfer vessel (CTV) – Lieutenant P – for the construction of the 42MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland.

  • TWD: Floating Blade Exchange Tool Cuts Jack-Ups Out of Equation (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    5 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Replacing a jack-up with a barge equipped with a Blade Exchange Tool to remove and install blades and other turbine components offshore leads to significant cost reductions, Guido Vletter, Project Engineer at Temporary Works Design (TWD) said.

  • Spain: G11X Chief Engineer Named Wind Innovator 2012

    17 May 2012
    Technology

    Fermin Catalán, Chief Engineer for the Gamesa’s new G11X offshore turbine, a 5-MW platform, has been named the wind innovator 2012, Windpower Engineering news portal reports.  “My first experience with renewable energy came from my brothers who built a parabolic solar collector for fun,” says Mr Catalán. Mr Catalan explained that he spent most of […]

  • France: Bureau Veritas, Member of Technical Committee 88

    29 October 2012

    Recognized as a leading wind expert, Bureau Veritas is a member of the Technical Committee 88 (TC 88) for the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) responsible for preparing international standards for wind turbines. The TC 88 is composed of wind turbine industry stakeholders such as turbine designers, component manufacturers and certification bodies. The Committee was formed […]