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  • Siemens Gamesa Awards First Local Supply Contracts in Taiwan

    3 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has awarded the first local supply contracts for Ørsted’s Formosa 1 Phase 2 and wpd’s Yunlin offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Brittany Sets Aside EUR 85 Million for Groix Floater

    9 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The regional government of Brittany, France, has allocated EUR 85 million for the 24MW pilot floating wind project off the Ile de Groix proposed by Eolfi Offshore France, a joint venture between Eolfi and CGN European Energy Company. The financing package includes a grant of EUR 34 million and a EUR 51 million repayable advance. The French Environment and […]

  • Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 December 2014

    Pontoon loaded with offshore wind turbine parts sinks off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea. The 35×11 meters large transporting pontoon sprung a leak while being towed from Stralsund towards Kiel by Bösch tug, and sank almost four kilometers northwest of […]

  • ABB Wins $125 Million Offshore Wind Connection Order in Belgium

    26 November 2010
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $125 million from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid. The transmission link is part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm. In the first phase […]

  • Areva to Grab Share of UK Offshore Wind Industry

    27 April 2012

    Areva SA plans to take a share of the UK’s offshore wind market, reported Bloomberg. The company is talking with customers across Europe and has more projects in addition to those announced in Germany and France. “Our competitiveness is as we move into deeper waters where the later Round 2 and Round 3 projects come into play,” said […]

  • UK: Vattenfall to Increase Wind Power Investments

    15 June 2012

    The wind power sector is growing and Vattenfall is continually expanding its presence in the booming industry. Wind power is one of the areas where the company intends to increase its investments in the years ahead. 15 June is Global Wind Day, a good opportunity to look at the importance of wind power throughout the […]

  • Certex UK Teams Up with Mennens for Hollandse Kust Noord Contract

    15 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Certex UK has partnered with its Amsterdam-based sister company Mennens to secure a construction project contract on the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the contract, which is likely to run until September 2023, Certex UK will assist in the provision of turbine compliance services to Siemens Gamesa, including statutory […]

  • Kongsberg Joins Hywind Tampen Crew

    21 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Wood to supply positioning and monitoring equipment for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm. Kongsberg will supply its DPS position reference system and Motion Reference Unit (MRU) for what will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm. The DPS exploits all available GNSS infrastructure to deliver […]

  • Brave Tern Starts Prepping for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Odyssey

    30 March 2020
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s wind farm installation vessel Brave Tern has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to start mobilising for the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Brave Tern arrived in Esbjerg after completing a charter with Prysmian Group, the company said. In March 2019, Siemens Gamesa awarded Fred. Olsen Windcarrier with […]

  • All Moray East OTMs In Position

    14 September 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has been installed at the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind farm’s first OTM was installed on 10 August, and the second unit followed shortly. Siemens Energy secured the contract to connect the wind farm to the grid in 2018. The company is also in charge […]

  • CTGNE Yangjiang Shapa Phase 1 Delivers First Power

    29 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 300MW CTGNE Yangjiang Shapa Phase 1 wind farm has started delivering electricity after the first wind turbines were connected to the Chinese grid, China Three Gorges said. CTGNE Yangjiang Shapa Phase 1 comprises 55 5.5MW wind turbines and is the Three Gorges Group’s first wind project off the Guangdong Province. The wind farm is […]

  • ASM Industries Floats Out First WindFloat Atlantic Foundation

    23 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Portugal’s ASM Industries has tested and floated out the first of the two floating foundations being built for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic wind farm. “The tests were very successful and totally safe, and were the culmination of several months of hard and continuous work,” Adelino Costa Matos, CEO of ASM Industries, said. ”This is a project […]

  • Granada Delivers 1000th Offshore Wind Farm Crane

    28 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Granada Material Handling recently delivered its 1000th wind farm davit crane as part of its contract to supply cranes to Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Baltic Eagle Swoops on MHI Vestas Giants

    11 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. According to MHI Vestas, the contract includes the supply of up to 52 V174-9.5 MW turbines for the 476MW project, which will be the first offshore wind farm to feature this model. […]

  • Aussie-Dutch Partnership Targets Time-Saving Blade Installation

    21 June 2019
    Technology

    Van Oord and Mammoet are joining forces with Australian technology company Verton to develop a new lifting method for installing wind turbine blades. The partnership is aiming to develop a way to shorten the installation cycle times and make installation safer for operators by sharing knowledge and expertise, Van Oord said. Verton has developed a remote […]

  • CS Wind UK Starts Building First Offshore Wind Towers

    30 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has started producing first offshore wind towers at its facilities in Machrihanish, Scotland.

  • Global Wind Service Ready for Block Island OWF Work

    14 July 2016

    Global Wind Service (GWS) is starting up the Block Island Wind Farm project after making the preparations to deliver manpower, tools and safety equipment. “We are very proud to be a part of bringing offshore wind to the U.S. and we see great future opportunities for their growing offshore wind industry,” said Chief Commercial Officer […]

  • EnBW Reveals Albatros Team

    9 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the announcement that EnBW reached the final investment decision for the 112MW Albatros offshore wind farm, the German energy company said that the supply contracts for all main infrastructure work for the project are now concluded.

  • Germany: Construction of Trianel’s Borkum Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Next Stage

    16 April 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The installation work for the internal transformer platform for Trianel’s Borkum wind farm was successfully completed yesterday. During a two-day mission at the construction site, 45 kilometers off the Borkum’s coast, the heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov lifted the 2,400-ton deck onto the substructure (jacket).  Then the transformer platform and jacket were welded together. “With […]

  • Donald Trump Plans to Terminate Golf Resort Expansion if Wind Farm Offshore Aberdeen Gets Approved (UK)

    18 January 2012

      Donald Trump said that he will scrape hotel and housing plans for a golf resort if the government approves an offshore wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire, reports Bloomberg. He will not go ahead with the plans if the „ugly industrial park“ will have ruined his golf course. On 1st August 2011, Vattenfall, […]

  • VIDEO: Wind Economy at ABB

    12 April 2013
    Business & Finance

     Wind turbine OEMs and wind park operators are always looking to lower the cost of wind power production. An optimized turbine electrical drivetrain is one way to help lower these costs. At ABB, extensive experience in wind power generation combined with the company’s electrical drivetrain laboratories provide its customers with modeling, simulation and testing capabilities […]

  • GE to Spin Off Renewable Energy Business

    10 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE’s Renewable Energy business segment will become part of a standalone GE Renewable Energy and Power company as GE plans to form three separate public companies focused on aviation, healthcare, and energy. GE Renewable Energy and Power will be established by combining GE Renewable Energy, GE Power, and GE Digital into one business, after which […]

  • Bold Tern Completes Irish Sea O&M Stint, Next Stop Hornsea One

    24 December 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The jack-up vessel Bold Tern has returned to the Port of Esbjerg after completing an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) campaign in the Irish Sea, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier said.

  • Vattenfall Submits Thanet Extension DCO Application

    29 June 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has submitted an application for the development consent order (DCO) for the Thanet Extension offshore wind farm to the UK Planning Inspectorate.

  • Denmark: SubC Signs Long-Term Agreement with Dong Energy

    20 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As a part of its growth strategy, SubC Partner has signed a long-term agreement with Dong Energy. This partnership brings the company even closer in the development of tools and procedures for offshore IRM work, with the common goal to achieve a cost effective way to  inspect and repair offshore turbine foundations. SubC is an […]

  • Estonia Could Get One of the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farms

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Estonia could get an offshore wind farm that would be one of the largest ones in the world, with the capacity of 2.7 GW. On March 26, Baltic Blue Energy OÜ, a company owned by energy businessman Endel Siff, submitted an application to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for the construction of offshore wind turbines […]