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  • Floatgen Floating Turbine Arrives Home

    30 April 2018
    R&D, Technology

    The 2MW Floatgen floating wind turbine has been towed to the École Centrale de Nantes SEM-REV demonstration site off the Croisic, France. The Floatgen turbine left the Port of Saint-Nazaire on Sunday, 29 April and arrived at the site some 20 kilometres off the Croisic on Monday, 30 April, Centrale Nantes said. In the next […]

  • Beatrice Turbines One Third Done

    18 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A third of wind turbines has now been installed on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) said.

  • First Turbine Stands at Nordsee One

    7 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Enterprise has installed the first Senvion 6.2M-126 turbine at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Senvion Installs 6.2MW Wind Turbine

    5 December 2014
    Technology

    Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, has erected the prototype of its new 6.2M152. Located onshore near Langen-Neuenwalde, the wind turbine, owned by EWE Erneuerbare Energien subsidiary EWE AG, is scheduled to be fully commissioned by the end of the year. With the rotor star 152 meters in diameter, energy yield will be […]

  • Seals Fancy Offshore Wind Turbines

    22 July 2014
    Environment

    Offshore wind turbines can provide valuable feeding opportunities for the wildlife population in the area, according to new research carried out by the University of St Andrews. The study, published on Monday, 21 July, in the journal Current Biology, found that some seals appeared to deliberately seek out and forage around the structures. The research […]

  • Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Installed

    29 December 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the in total 48 wind turbines was successfully installed over Christmas around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland. “We worked on the completion of the 48 wind turbines with two installation vessels at the same time and, besides the conventional rotor star installation, the rotor blades of the […]

  • Tocardo Installs Three Turbines in Afsluitdijk

    20 February 2015
    Technology

    Tocardo Tidal Turbines has installed three of its T1 tidal turbines in the Dutch ‘Afsluitdijk’, a 32 km long primary sea defence. Managed by Dutch Tidal Testing Centre, the three turbines are the first to be installed closely together in an array. “The turbines will give us vital data and experience in turbine arrays. We […]

  • IWES to Test Adwen’s 8MW Turbine

    7 October 2015
    Technology

    Adwen and Fraunhofer IWES have signed an agreement to test the drivetrain for Adwen’s next generation turbine of 8MW rated power, the largest offshore turbine on the market. Under the terms of the agreement, the 8MW drive train will be tested in IWES´s new Dynalab (Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory) site, a unique test stand located […]

  • First Wikinger Turbine All Done

    20 February 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 70 Adwen 5MW turbines has been successfully installed at the Wikinger offshore wind farm, Iberdrola’s 350MW project in the German Baltic Sea.

  • ORE Catapult Cloning Levenmouth Turbine

    29 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is creating a digital ‘Clone of the Levenmouth Turbine’ (CLOWT) which will use sensor instrumentation to determine how large megawatt turbines behave and identify cost reduction opportunities through design optimisation. The GBP 450,000 project, with GBP 215,000 funding support from the Scottish Government, will enable ORE Catapult to instrument its Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration […]

  • Iberdrola Connects First Turbine at WoDS

    25 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Via its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola is making progress on its first major offshore wind power project, the West of Duddon Sands wind farm (WoDS), in the United Kingdom. The company is carrying out this initiative in a joint venture with Danish firm Dong Energy. The first turbines at this offshore wind farm have […]

  • Japanese to Triple Output of Wind Turbines

    6 December 2011

    In light of recent events, Japan has been urged to pay more attention to renewable energy sources. Coincidently, in the same month as one… By Carin Hall (energydigital) [mappress] Source: energydigital, December 06, 2011; Image: kyushu-u

  • Japan to Develop Floating Wind Turbines

    14 September 2011
    Authorities

    Japan will join the race to develop floating wind turbines to use in deepwater off its tsunami-stricken northern Pacific coast as it… By William Hardy (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 12, 2011

  • Competition to Produce Mega Turbine (UK)

    10 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    The competition to build a new generation of mega turbines is heating up. Last November, British-led efforts to build a radically designed … [mappress] Source: guardian, February 10, 2011

  • Wind Turbines Interfere With Radar (USA)

    19 April 2011
    Technology

    We’ve all seen those windmills out by Portland. They generate energy for much of the Coastal Bend.   By Janine Reyes (kristv) [mappress] Source: kristv, April 19, 2011

  • Wind turbine in lake Michigan (USA)

    24 May 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Chicago’s early planners weren’t talking about Lake Michigan when they devised the famous dictum: Forever open, clear and free.They were protecting an uncluttered city lakefront.

  • Quarter of Moray East Turbine Foundations In

    31 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla has installed 25 out of the 100 wind turbine jacket foundations at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Chartered by DEME Group, Seajacks Scylla installed the 25th jacket foundation at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 29th August, according to the project’s latest Notice […]

  • Seagreen Opts For MHI Vestas Turbines

    17 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas has entered into a preferred supplier agreement with Seagreen Wind Energy Limited to supply and service up to 114 wind turbines for the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSE Renewables, was awarded exclusive development rights by the Crown Estate for the Firth of Forth Zone […]

  • First Turbine Stands at Deutsche Bucht

    6 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord, MHI Vestas, and partners have installed the first V164-8.4MW wind turbine on the 269MW Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the German North Sea. The wind turbines are being transported from the Port of Esbjerg and installed at the site some 95km northwest of the Borkum Island by Van Oord’s jack-up Aeolus. “We are very […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Nears Turbine Installation

    20 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Northland Power team is gearing up for the beginning of the turbine installation campaign at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. According to the company, the team is working to quickly assemble the towers for the MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines, with the loadout expected to start shortly at the Port of Esbjerg. Global Wind […]

  • OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES: 1991 – 2015

    5 January 2016

    Giant technology and scaling steps The world’s first close to shore offshore wind farm, Vindeby, built in Denmark in 1991, features 11 semi-standard 450kW Bonus B35/450kW turbines (now Siemens) and is still in operation today. From today’s perspective the look of these tiny three-bladed turbines in shallow water is largely similar with today’s 6 to […]

  • Navacel Building Hywind Turbine Towers

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has awarded the Bilbao-based Navacel with a contract for the supply of five towers which will support the turbines at the world’s first floating wind farm, the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park. The turbine towers to be supplied by Navacel will have a height of 83 metres with a diameter of 7.5 metres at the base and […]

  • Block Island Readying for the Last Turbine

    17 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Montco lift boat Paul has loaded the last of the components for the fifth and final wind turbine to be installed at the 30MW Block Island wind farm. L/B Paul will depart the Port of Providence and deliver the components some three miles off Block Island, where Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessel Brave Tern will assemble the final GE […]

  • Turbine Installation Set to Start at Rampion

    9 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Discovery has arrived at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm and is getting ready to start installing first MHI Vestas turbines at the site.

  • First DanTysk Wind Turbine Erected

    2 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall launched the installation of the first wind turbine at the DanTysk offshore wind farm site in the North Sea yesterday. Eleven months after installing the first foundation, the DT 01 turbine is being installed on the very same location. At the moment, the nacelle is in place, and the blades are yet to come. […]

  • Fundy Tidal Consulting on Turbine Locations

    2 May 2014
    R&D

    Fundy Tidal is seeking public input on potential locations for tidal turbines in Grand Passage. Turbine locations will be selected based on many factors, including community input, flow speeds, depth, seabed, waves, marine life, fishing zones, and acceptable infringement on navigation. Fundy Tidal is currently assessing these factors working in collaboration with Dalhousie University, Acadia […]