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  • VIDEO: Scotrenewables Redeploys Tidal Turbine

    31 October 2013

    Scotrenewables’ SR250 tidal turbine resumed operation in September following redeployment to a site with more powerful tidal currents in the Fall of Warness. The device is now consistently exporting electricity to the national grid at the new site at its rated capacity of 250kW. Check out this video of SR250 tidal turbine in action. [mappress] […]

  • Birdwatcher Changes Turbine Inspection Methods

    14 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Nuon employee Teus van Verseveld found out that a telescope works perfectly fine in inspection of wind turbines, saving the company both time and money. Operations & Maintenance manager at Nuon Teus van Verseveld is an active birdwatcher who usually keeps his telescope in the back of the car. “I found out that I could use […]

  • Alstom’s Tidal Turbine Generates 1GWh

    7 November 2014

    As part of their testing programmes at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, Alstom’s tidal devices have now generated over 1GWh of electricity, in actual operating conditions, to the Scottish grid. Alstom’s 1MW tidal turbine, deployed in 2013 as part of the ReDAPT project, at EMEC’s tidal test site, has demonstrated its […]

  • MCT Upkeeps SeaGen Tidal Turbine

    10 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Marine Current Turbines’ (MCT) SeaGen tidal turbine, installed in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland, will be undergoing scheduled inspection and maintenance from Monday, December 15. SeaGen comprises a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines at the extremities. The crossbeam is expected to be raised above the water for inspection and maintenance work for a period of 3 days. SeaGen works by […]

  • Nordsee Ost’s First Turbine Spinning

    19 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first electricity from the Nordsee Ost (North Sea East) offshore wind farm off the German coast is flowing shore-ward. The first of a total of 48 wind turbines has commenced trial operation in the past few days and is already feeding its green electricity into the grid. Grid operator TenneT had connected the wind farm […]

  • Digby Welcomes Tidal Turbines (Canada)

    18 April 2011

    The tidal turbines are coming and Digby wants to be at the centre of the action. The town has launched a campaign to position itself as a service centre for the tidal energy industry that is beginning to evolve in parts of the Bay of Fundy. “We are the largest port on the Nova Scotia […]

  • E.ON Eyes Chinese Wind Turbines

    18 September 2011

    E.ON is in talks with China’s wind turbine makers, the chief financial officer of its renewable operations said, adding the German utility… By Christoph Steitz (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 19, 2011

  • Japan Tests Floating Wind Turbines

    30 August 2012

    As the UPI reports, Japanese officials have announced that the country’s first floating wind farm is operational from Wednesday. The wind farm is located about a half mile off the coast of Kabashima island, one of the Goto Islands. Next summer, the 100-kilowatt turbine will be replaced by a larger 2-megawatt generator after collecting performance […]

  • All Turbines Up at Northwester 2

    15 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines at the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm.

  • First WindFloat Atlantic Turbine In Place

    22 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The first WindFloat Atlantic turbine has arrived at its final destination off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The fully-assembled platform and its 8.4MW MHI Vestas turbine set off from the Spanish Port of Ferrol towards its final destination 20km off the coast of Viana do Castelo yesterday, 21 October. “We’re breaking new […]

  • Last Turbine Added to Galloper Array

    22 December 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 56th and final Siemens Gamesa 6MW wind turbine was installed at the Galloper offshore wind farm today. The 353MW offshore wind farm is expected to be commissioned in Spring 2018.

  • Merkur Turbines One Third Done

    17 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    22 out of 66 GE HaliadeTM 150-6MW turbines have so far been installed on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Merkur Offshore GmbH reports.

  • Rentel Puts Turbine Kit on Display

    1 May 2018

    Rentel NV is holding an Open Yard Day for the Rentel offshore wind farm on 6 May in the Port of Ostend, Belgium.

  • GE Haliade Turbines Stand in China

    23 April 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    GE has installed all three HaliadeTM 150-6MW offshore wind turbines on the Xinghua Gulf demo project in China.

  • Norther Awaits Last Eight Turbines

    16 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus has completed the installation of 36 out of 44 turbines at the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. The vessel began installing the first MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines at the site some 23km offshore Zeebrugge at the beginning of February. The 370MW offshore wind farm delivered first power to the Belgian grid at the […]

  • First Hohe See Turbine Up

    8 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has installed the first turbine at the 497MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm in Germany. According to EnBW, the first Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbine was put in place on Friday, 5 April, at the offshore site some 95km north of Borkum and 100km northwest of Helgoland. The 132m long vessel […]

  • Final Five Turbines Embark for Beatrice

    8 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up vessel Pacific Orca has loaded the last five Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines destined for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Pacific Orca has been picking up the turbines in sets of five at the Nigg port, Siemens Gamesa’s pre-assembly base, and installing them at the site 13km off the Caithness coast in the UK. According […]

  • Two-Thirds of Beatrice Turbines In Place

    4 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up vessel Pacific Orca has installed two-thirds of a total of 84 turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The vessel installed 56 of the 7MW Siemens Gamesa turbines last week and has 28 to go, according to Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). https://twitter.com/beatricewind/status/1091359594323107840 Pacific Orca installed the first unit at the site in the […]

  • Norther Turbines Start Their Final Journey

    1 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up vessel Aeolus is at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s pre-assembly site in Vlissingen to load the first turbine components for the Norther wind farm and install them in the Belgian North Sea. The wind farm comprises 44 MHI Vestas V164-8.4 MW wind turbines to be installed on monopile foundations some 22 kilometres offshore Zeebrugge. The […]

  • Hohe See and Albatros Turbines Halfway There

    2 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has installed 44 of the 87 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines on the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessels Brave Tern and Blue Tern load the components for four wind turbines at a time at the port of Esbjerg in Denmark and attach them […]

  • Floating wind turbines: A promising start

    11 October 2012

    The bulk of the current plans for European offshore wind power are intended for construction in the relatively shallow North Sea. However, many European countries, including Portugal, do not border shallow seas. Their sea beds have steep descending slopes and much greater water depths not suited for current techniques. If a viable technique can be […]

  • Siemens and Rentel Seal the Turbine Deal

    21 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The Belgian consortium behind Rentel NV has officially signed a contract with Siemens for the supply and the 17-year servicing and maintenance of 42 7MW offshore wind turbines. The signing of the contract follows the announcement made in October 2015 that Rentel chose Siemens as the preferred turbine supplier for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in the Belgian North […]

  • Alstom Presents 1.4MW Tidal Turbine

    1 October 2014
    Technology

    Alstom has improved the design of its 1 MW tidal stream turbine and now offers the Oceade™ 18 – 1.4 MW: a turbine even more efficient, cost-effective and easy to maintain. With a rotor diameter of 18 metres, the Oceade tidal stream turbine has a nominal power of 1.4MW and three variable pitching blades. It is […]

  • WindGuard Accredited to Certify Wind Turbines

    16 September 2014

    WindGuard Certification is accredited by the German accreditation body, DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle), for the certification of wind turbines and components, thus opening up the market for wind turbine certification.  “Type and component certification of wind turbines requires a high level of very detailed and wide-ranging technical know-how on the part of the certifier,” says Dr. […]

  • E.ON Goes with 116 Turbines for Rampion

    24 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has announced the final design for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project, after receiving consent from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in July this year. Situated 13km off the Sussex coast at its nearest point, the 72km2 final wind farm would feature 116 turbines, each measuring around 140m high to […]

  • Turbine Installation Kicks Off at Westermeerwind

    20 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of offshore wind turbines has started at Dutch 144MW Westermeerwind site with the erection of turbine tower. The towers are transported from the port of Amsterdam to the construction site in Ijsselmeer in two parts, with a height of 50 and 40 metres, via ‘De Schelde’ pontoon. Equipped with the 11350 Liebherr crane, […]