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  • Narec Hosts Industry Seminar at RenewableUK

    26 October 2011

    Narec is hosting a lunchtime industry seminar at this year’s RenewableUK Conference and Exhibition, from 13:15 – 14.30 (Exchange 8, First Floor) on Turbine drive train testing: Risk reduction and technology acceleration for offshore renewables. Stephen Robertson, Commercial Manager, will update on the development of two new test facilities at Narec – 3MW and 15MW […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Ailes Marines Make Saint-Brieuc Order Official

    29 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola’s Ailes Marines and Siemens Gamesa have signed a contract for the supply of 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project. The contract marks the final investment decision on the EUR 2.4 billion project, Ailes Marines said. The Saint-Brieuc wind turbines will be built in France, at Siemens Gamesa’s […]

  • Vattenfall Reaches Final Investment Decision to Build Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    26 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has made the final investment decision on the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea, with the construction scheduled to begin in 2026. In addition, the Swedish utility has decided to repurchase the shares in the Nordlicht cluster that BASF acquired in 2024. The final investment decision for Nordlicht […]

  • 50 Monopiles In at Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Site

    13 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 50th monopile foundation has been installed at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project site off Virginia Beach in the US, according to Dominion Energy. The developer said on 12 August the 176-turbine project was on schedule to reach the goal of having 70-100 monopiles installed during the first installation season that runs through […]

  • Top News of the Week, 9 – 15 October 2017

    15 October 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 9 to 15 October 2017.

  • Samsung Heavy Chooses Fife for its First European Offshore Wind Project (Scotland)

    31 January 2012

    First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the news that Korean giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 new jobs in Scotland. The announcement came at the Scottish Offshore Wind and […]

  • Huisman Moves Forward with Its Jack-Up Installation System

    1 November 2022
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Huisman has completed a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for its first Jacking Gearbox, which will be part of the Jacking System that is specifically designed for wind turbine installation jack-up vessels. The Jacking System is available in two gear versions – L and XL versions – suitable for vessel designs of various independent design companies. […]

  • PGE, Ørsted Granted Offshore Building Permits for 1.5 GW Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    16 February 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    PGE and Ørsted have received permits from the Pomeranian Voivodeship for the construction of the offshore part of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. The permits concern the construction of wind turbines and four offshore substations. According to PGE, these are the last permits necessary to start construction. The first permit […]

  • New Deck Crane for Cadeler’s Wind Osprey

    22 June 2023
    Vessels

    Cadeler has purchased the latest-generation Liebherr Ram Luffing Offshore Crane for its O-class wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Wind Osprey. The acquisition is part of the company’s upgrade initiatives through which by early 2024, its O-class vessels will be ready to support the next generation of wind turbines. According to Liebherr, its RL 2600 deck […]

  • Prysmian Cracks Floating Wind Market with Kincardine Cable Contract

    24 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has won a new contract with Cobra Wind International Ltd to provide the cable system to connect the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm to mainland UK.

  • UK Adds 2GW of Offshore Wind in 2018

    17 December 2018

    The UK is marking a record this year as it added more than 2GW of offshore wind capacity to the grid, which can produce enough clean electricity to power over 2,300,000 households per year. 

  • MHI Vestas Opening US Headquarters

    14 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is opening an office in Boston, Massachusetts, which will act as the company’s U.S. headquarters. The news follows MHI Vestas’ recent contract as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project. The U.S. headquarters, which will officially open in the coming weeks, will initially focus on sales and strategy as the […]

  • Kersten Middle East Cracks Offshore Wind Market with East Anglia ONE J-Tubes

    3 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Kersten Middle East, part of the Kersten Group, has won a contract to produce a total of 330 J-tubes for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • Adwen’s Giant Blade Put to Test at ORE Catapult

    17 March 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The 88m blade designed and produced for Adwen’s 8MW offshore wind turbine has arrived to ORE Catapult’s blade test facilities at Blyth, where it will undergo a series of static and fatigue tests as part of a European-funded project.

  • Alstom to Pioneer U.S. Offshore Wind with Dominion Virginia Power

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Alstom is part of a team to receive a $47M grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for phase II of the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP) led by Dominion Virginia Power. This next phase includes the completion of Front End Engineering Design (FEED), installation and testing of two Alstom Haliade 150-6MW (megawatt) offshore wind turbines […]

  • Denmark: Poseidon Commences Test Phase 3

    14 September 2012
    R&D, Technology

    On the early morning on September 5th 2012, Poseidon P37 was craned out back into sea to commence test phase 3. Poseidon will, once towed into position at the test site of Onsevig Harbor, at the north coast of Lolland, represent nothing less than a world premiere. For the first time ever, a hybrid energy […]

  • Eager.one supports the future of offshore floating installation

    18 January 2021

    Offshore heavy lifting: Why use power, if you have balance? The offshore wind industry is growing significantly and is moving towards larger wind turbine sizes and deeper water. This causes a rising demand for alternative installation methods besides the well-known and most commonly used jack-up vessels. One of the alternatives is installation by means of […]

  • Hammer Time on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has installed the first of 66 monopiles on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • UK: LDD to Begin Work on Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm

    2 April 2012

    LDD, an Acteon company providing near and offshore drilling and foundation services, announced that its custom-built LD5000 pile top reverse circulation drilling rig has been delivered to Birkenhead, UK, where LDD will use it to provide critical pile relief drilling for the installation of up to 160 wind turbine foundations. The wind turbines will form […]

  • Stackable Floating Wind Platform Gets DNV Approval

    9 June 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    DNV has awarded Bassoe Technology an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a 17 MW D-Floater floating wind foundation, designed to withstand extreme 50-year typhoon conditions in the South China Sea. The AiP verifies that the design is feasible for the intended application, and, in principle, complies with the applicable requirements in accordance with DNV rules […]

  • Bold Tern Gets New Crane

    26 April 2022
    Vessels

    The new crane for Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern has been fitted onto the jack-up vessel, which now has double the lifting capacity it had before it was equipped with the 1,600-tonne leg encircling crane. The crane, manufactured by Huisman, was placed aboard the vessel a few days ago through a tandem lift by Asian Hercules […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Highlights Incoming Green Hydrogen Opportunities for Wind Industry

    4 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has highlighted strong opportunities for the wind industry in green hydrogen production, which is reinforcing the growing global wind energy capacity expected to be installed over the next decade. The growth in global wind energy capacity, including a sharp increase in offshore wind installations from 2024, will be reinforced by the enormous potential of […]

  • Fred. Olsen 1848 Emerges, Sets Sights on Floating Offshore Wind and Floating Solar

    23 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Norway’s Bounheur ASA has established a new company, Fred. Olsen 1848, dedicated to developing and commercialising new technologies related to renewable energy such as floating offshore wind and floating solar. Fred. Olsen 1848 will focus on the development and commercialization of existing, but also new ideas and innovations from in-house engineers and technicians, Bounheur said. […]

  • VTT: Artificial Intelligence Road to Erosion-Free Blades

    22 January 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Artificial intelligence and 3D printing can help in solving the problem of erosion on wind turbine blades, according to a project conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The antiAGE project saw VTT develop an optimized solution to the material problem through a design process using virtual testing and machine learning in less than a […]

  • Rotor Blade Market to Grow at CAGR of 14.5 Pct by 2018

    23 July 2014

    Companies worldwide are keen on developing innovative products in the Wind Energy industry to optimize the level of output. Vendors in the market are investing in R&D to reduce the weight of the rotor blades. For instance, Siemens has manufactured a blade from glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin and balsa wood using a patented integral blade […]

  • Sweden: E.ON Opens Kårehamn OWF

    1 October 2013

    E.ON has reached a new milestone in the development of renewables. In the presence of Swedish energy minister Anna-Karin Hatt it officially opened the Kårehamn offshore wind farm near the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm had already been connected to the grid a few weeks ago after only 19 […]