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  • First Turbine Going Up at Gemini

    16 February 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The first power from the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm being constructed off the coast of the Netherlands could be produced by the end of this month, a spokesperson for the Gemini Windpark told Offshore WIND. The Gemini’s first Siemens 4MW turbine is being installed today, Judith Achterberg, Gemini Windpark’s Communications Manager said, adding that the turbine will […]

  • Engineers Develop FloatingWind Turbines (USA)

    2 January 2012

    In the drive to develop more efficient renewable energy systems, engineers are overhauling the basic design of wind turbines… (knovel) [mappress] Source: knovel, January 02, 2012; Image: principlepowerinc

  • Benthic Survey Wraps Up for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    3 July 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy from the Ossian floating offshore wind farm off the east coast […]

  • Lamprell, Dong Fang Offshore Ink Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Deal

    19 May 2025

    UK-headquartered Lamprell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for a newbuild NG-9000X wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel. The newbuild vessel will support offshore wind activities in the Asia Pacific region and will be designed to accommodate the latest generation of turbines. “We are pleased to be collaborating […]

  • Jan De Nul Completes Thor Export Cable Pull-In

    30 June 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has pulled two export cables for the 1,080 MW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction in Denmark. The export cables will transport clean, renewable electricity from the offshore site 22 kilometres out in the North Sea to the Danish mainland. In 2023, Jan De Nul, together with Hellenic Cables, won a […]

  • 11 Turbines, 76 Foundations In Place at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    14 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Eleven wind turbines are now standing tall at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK, where the work started in March and will continue until the end of the year. Foundation installation is also underway at the UK project site, with 76 monopile foundations now in place. The 1.4 GW project, developed by […]

  • LM Wind Power to Develop the World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades for Offshore Wind Turbines (Denmark)

    9 February 2011
    Technology

    Record blade pushes the limits to bring down the Cost of Energy of offshore wind. LM Wind Power and Alstom have entered a strategic partnership to develop the longest wind turbine blade ever produced, designed to fit Alstom’s new 6 MW wind turbine for the growing European offshore wind market. This means that LM Wind […]

  • Siemens Picks REBO Terminal for Rentel Turbine Pre-Assembly

    5 January 2017

    REBO NV and Siemens Wind Power have signed a concession agreement for a one-year use of the Port of the Ostend facilities for the pre-assembly of 42 wind turbines that will be installed at Belgian Rentel offshore wind farm. Different parts of the wind turbines, including blades, nacelles and tower elements, will be pre-assembled and prepared […]

  • VIDEO: Narec 3MW Tidal Turbine Drive Train Testing

    11 March 2013
    Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland, completed its 3MW Drive Train Test Facility in spring last year. The Atlantis programme at Narec included full load-running testing on its AR1000 turbine; by doing this Atlantis has secured performance data equivalent to several months of operation in the sea. The following is a video […]

  • New Wind Turbine Training Center Opens in Middlesbrough (UK)

    5 May 2011

    A new training course for engineers working with wind turbines has been launched in Middlesbrough.   (edie) [mappress] Source: edie, May 05, 2011;

  • Port of Blyth Wind Training Turbine Stands Complete (Video)

    22 November 2019
    Training & Education

    The UK’s Port of Blyth has completed the installation of the Vestas V47 turbine at its Bates terminal which will be used for offshore energy training. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. At the end of October, the Port of Blyth announced that it will install the bespoke […]

  • AIS Training to Use ORE Catapult’s 27m Turbine Tower

    6 October 2015
    Training & Education

    AIS Training has secured use of Catapult’s 27-metre high wind turbine training tower, which is located at the world-renowned National Renewable Energy Centre test and research facility in Blyth (formerly known as Narec). At 27 metres of height, the Catapult’s onshore wind training tower is almost double the current height required for working at height […]

  • UK: Checkmate Acquires Specialist Wind Turbine Training Business

    15 February 2013
    Training & Education

    Kent based Checkmate Lifting and Safety, designers and manufacturers of height safety and textile lifting equipment, has acquired the specialist wind turbine trading business of Truman & Hall Safety Training Ltd. The acquisition means that HART, Checkmate’s dedicated height safety and rescue training business, will not only be able to provide its popular Fall Arrest […]

  • French Developer Inks CTV Deals for Two Offshore Wind Farms

    19 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Les Éoliennes en Mer Services, a consortium of Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Caisse des Dépôts, has signed contracts with TSM Windcat for the deployment of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) on two offshore wind farms. Two of TSM Windcat’s hydrogen-ready MK3.5 CTV models are going to be deployed at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier and Dieppe […]

  • China’s First Floating Wind Turbine Installed

    15 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Guangzhou Salvage has installed China’s first floating wind turbine off the coast of Yangjiang City in Guangdong Province, the company reported via social media on 14 July. The floating wind turbine, independently developed by MingYang Smart Energy, has been installed for demonstration purposes at the 400 MW Yangxi Shapa III offshore wind farm, developed by […]

  • Empire Wind to Probe Concrete Turbine Foundations

    17 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with Empire Offshore Wind LLC to study the design and delivery of concrete foundations for the wind turbines at the Empire Wind project in New York. Empire Wind is being developed by Equinor and BP through their 50/50 strategic partnership in the US. Aker […]

  • Moray East Turbine Installation Gathers Steam

    6 May 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    32 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbine installation is being carried out by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern. The first turbines were installed some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast during the second half of […]

  • BlueSATH Floating Turbine Prototype Hits the Water

    18 March 2020
    R&D, Technology

    After being fully assembled onshore, the scaled-down version of the BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has been lowered into water, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. The BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) prototype is now ready to be transported to the installation site off Santander, Spain. Following the installation, this 1:6 version of the BlueSATH turbine will […]

  • Apollo Heads to SeaMade with First Turbine Sets

    18 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Apollo has left the REBO terminal in Oostende loaded with the first set of turbine components to be installed on the 487 MW SeaMade wind farm offshore Belgium. Apollo arrived at the REBO heavy load terminal in the Port of Oostende on 14 June, after undergoing spudcan shoes extension at Damen Shiprepair […]

  • Half of Seagreen Offshore Wind Turbines Installed

    12 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Orca has hit the halfway mark on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland, where 57 out of the 114 Vestas 10 MW wind turbines have now been installed. The first wind turbine was installed in early December 2021 by the Wind Osprey vessel, which was replaced by its sister vessel […]

  • GE Nods to ExxonMobil Turbine Gear Oil

    27 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    GE has approved ExxonMobil’s Mobil SHCTM Gear 320 WT advanced turbine gear oil for use in all of its wind turbines worldwide. This approval applies to all of the more than 50,000 GE wind turbines in operation today, ExxonMobil said. GE’s lubricant approval process includes more than 300 itemized testing parameters built around ASTM, DIN and GE […]

  • First Turbine Up at Hornsea Project One

    11 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed the first turbine at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Bold Tern arrived at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm site last week carrying the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines. The vessel is in charge of transporting and installing half of the […]

  • Turbine Parts Transporter Gets ABS Nod

    15 January 2019
    Vessels

    Classification and technical advisory services provider ABS has granted an Approval in Principal (AIP) to Neptun Ship Design for its Wind Turbine Transport Vessel design, said to be the first to support transporting parts for turbines greater than 9MW. The 178m long Blue Azurit design allows wind turbine manufacturers to produce full length welded towers […]

  • Jumbo Secures Yunlin Turbine Foundation Work

    13 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Jumbo has secured a contract for the transportation and installation of turbine foundations at the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Preparation and planning works have already begun, with the first transportation commencing in the fourth quarter of the year and installation in mid-2020. Jumbo is responsible for transporting 40 monopiles and 120 monopile sections […]

  • Japanese Floating Wind Turbine Put Into Operation

    6 June 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has held an opening ceremony in Kitakyushu City to commemorate the start of demonstration operations for the Hibiki barge-type floating offshore wind power generation system. The system, the first of its kind in Japan, was installed at a sea depth of about 50 metres and is […]

  • All Borkum Riffgrund 2 Turbines Up

    3 September 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Bold Tern installed the final MHI Vestas 8MW turbine on Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm on Friday, 31 August, completing the project ahead of schedule.