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  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Giant Turbine Rises in Aberdeen Bay (Timelapse)

    16 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is currently installing eleven MHI Vestas wind turbines on the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay, including the two of the most powerful wind turbines in the world.

  • Denmark Okays Turbine Test Centers Expansion

    8 June 2018
    Authorities

    The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) has approved the expansion of the Østerild and Høvsøre wind turbine test centers.

  • Drones Lift SgurrEnergy’s Turbine Inspection Game

    7 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has introduced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to its existing inspection service offering after obtaining the Civil Aviation Authority‘s Permission for Aerial Work.

  • Ming Yang Installs SCD 6.5MW Turbine

    3 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Chinese company, Ming Yang Wind Power has installed super compact drive (SCD) 6.5WM wind turbine at Longyuan Rudong Intertidal Wind Farm in Jiangsu province. Zhenhua Heavy’s construction vessel carried out the installation in calm weather. Longyuan Rudong wind farm is used as a testing ground for 9 domestic manufacturers where they will test their turbines. […]

  • Lindø Test Centre for Wind Turbines Inaugurated

    11 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla and Henrik Sass Larsen are speaking at an inauguration of the world’s most realistic indoor testing facility for offshore wind turbines. LORC Nacelle testing centre was inaugurated with a two-day celebration on 10 and 11 September. On 10 September, nacelle testing specialists gathered at the LORC conference “Advanced Nacelle Testing”. LORC Nacelle testing center […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean to Install Beatrice’s Turbines

    8 June 2016
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean has signed a contract with Siemens to provide a wind farm installation vessel for the installation of 84 Siemens 7MW wind turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The company said the latest contract adds to the pipeline of projects that it has secured for its fleet of wind farm installation vessels, namely Pacific Osprey […]

  • Vattenfall Orders Turbines and Servicing from Siemens

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has awarded Siemens Energy an order for 72 Model SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines for its new Sandbank offshore wind farm. The project is being erected 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in water depths between 25 and 37 meters within the exclusive economic zone off the German North Sea coast. A pioneering service […]

  • UMaine Completes Gamesa’s Turbine Blade Testing

    30 December 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has completed static strength testing of a 56-meter (184-foot) wind turbine blade for Gamesa, based in Spain. The blade was manufactured in North America and delivered to the University of Maine in late August. In the testing, the blade was subjected to loads in four directions […]

  • Sabella Picks GreenLink to Connect Its Turbine

    11 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    Sabella S.A.S. has placed an order for a complete MacArtney connectivity solution for its new industrial scale ‘Sabella D10’ tidal stream turbine project. Pre-orientated in the direction of natural tidal currents and empowered by symmetrical rotor blades, the turbines effectively capture the energy generated by the shift between ebb and flow. The rotor is activated […]

  • Siemens Sells 300 of Its 6MW Turbines

    30 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Siemens reported today that it had received an order for 56 of its SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines, including a 15-year service contract, for the Galloper offshore wind farm, for which the final investment decision was reached today. So far, the company has sold about 300 of its SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines to UK and German projects. Siemens is […]

  • World’s Largest Floating Turbine Sails Out

    27 August 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    “Fukushima Shimpuu”, the largest floating offshore wind turbine in the world, left Onahama port on July 28th and arrived at the testing area the next morning. “Fukushima Shimpuu” has a 7MW output capacity, which is 3.5 times the capacity of the 2MW “Fukushima Mirai”, which started operation in the first phase. The height from the sea surface […]

  • Last Turbine Up at Kentish Flats Extension

    10 August 2015

    Vattenfall has completed the installation of the final turbine at the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. Turbine installation was completed on schedule by GeoSea’s jack up vessel ‘Neptune’ which is now leaving the construction site. “Although a relatively small offshore project, we have to work within a small window and do not have […]

  • 7 MW Fukushima Turbine Preparing for Installation

    22 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Fukushima Offshore Wind Consortium plans to tow the 7 MW wind turbine from Onahama Port to its offshore site on July 31-August 1 and moor it in the following 20 days.  Then, from August 20 to September 30, the developer plans to carry out the laying and burying of riser cable at the Fukushima Experimental Offshore […]

  • FORCE Uses Radar Imaging for Turbine Placement

    17 March 2015
    R&D, Technology

    New time lapse radar imaging at FORCE has shown flow features in western Minas Passage over two tide cycles (approximately 25 hours) in December 2014. While they appear to derive from a satellite, these images were created using FORCE’s marine radar system, perched atop its visitor centre. Typical marine radar filters out sea clutter, but this radar […]

  • Turbine Transfers Supports Robin Rigg, Gemini

    16 July 2015
    Vessels

    Turbine Transfers has supplied a further vessel to support E.On at the Robin Rigg Wind Farm in the Solway Firth. The company’s 19m CTV ABERDARON BAY is the fifth Turbine Transfer vessel now working at the site. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, Turbine Transfers has commenced work for Van Oord on project Gemini, one of the […]

  • Siemens Laying Groundwork for Cuxhaven Turbine Factory

    18 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The impact pile driving of around 1,800 concrete piles at Siemens’ EUR 200 million offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, has started earlier this month. After successfully completing the dynamic soil compaction, the contractors have started driving the 30-meter-long, regionally manufactured piles into the ground. These will support the weight of the factory once it […]

  • Veja Mate Enters Turbine Installation Phase

    4 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Veja Mate offshore wind farm project has entered the turbine installation phase with two of the wind farm installation vessels (WFIVs) contracted for the task currently loading the first batch of turbine components at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark, according to Siemens. The two WFIVs tasked with installing the 67 Siemens SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines at the […]

  • LEANWIND Floating Wind Turbine Showcased in Ireland

    8 December 2016
    Technology

    Performance of LEANWIND’s scaled version of a floating wind turbine has been demonstrated in the wave tank of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility.  With more than 50 experts in offshore wind energy from across Europe gathered in Cork at the end of the last month to discuss the findings of the €10 million LEANWIND project, […]

  • Vestas World-Leader in Installed Wind Turbines

    13 March 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) has regained its position as the world-leading turbine installer, reaching first place in the top five companies in terms of total capacity installed, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData’s unique wind turbine installation figures for 2013. The company’s latest research shows that Vestas has knocked GE […]

  • Japan to Get 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    26 November 2013
    Technology

    Hitachi has announced that it has decided to install a 5MW prototype of a offshore wind turbine off the coast of Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The company said that it will begin the installation of its HTW5.0-126 offshore wind turbine by the end of 2013. It is planned to start operating by the end […]

  • Denmark: Fish and Wind Turbines Can Mix

    5 April 2012
    Environment

    The first survey of how offshore wind farms affect the fish life is complete. It shows that wind turbines and fish co-exist in perfect harmony. The stock of some fish species has actually increased. While the preparations for erecting the first wind turbines at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are well under way, a new report […]

  • UK: Geese Avoid Wind Turbine Blades

    13 August 2012
    Environment, R&D

    As the BBC reports, a new research by Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) shows that the pink-footed geese are avoiding new offshore wind turbines. Namely, Pawel Plonczkier and Ian Simms from Fera monitored pink-footed geese’s migration patterns using radar. The monitoring started in 2007, and lasted 4 years. During the study, researchers monitored around […]

  • Last Turbine Installed at Sheringham Shoal, UK

    11 July 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    The final blade of the eighty-eighth and last wind turbine at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm was bolted into place marking one of the few remaining milestones in the construction of this 317MW project in the Greater Wash off the coast of North Norfolk.  The team on-board jack-up ‘Seajacks Leviathan’ completed the installation of […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes AREVA’s Wind Turbine Factory

    20 November 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed AREVA’s announcement that it plans to build a wind turbine factory in Scotland, creating 750 jobs. The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the company in Paris today, to find a site for the […]