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  • UPC Develops Low-Cost Floating Turbine

    9 November 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Researchers at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have designed and patented a floating platform for offshore wind turbines that can reduce energy costs to 12 euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) through a more efficient design and cheaper building materials. Researchers Climent Molins and Alexis Campos, […]

  • Adwen to Build Facilities for 8MW Turbine Components

    28 October 2015

    Adwen has appointed the consortium made up of Egis, Auxitec and Enia Architectes for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two factories it plans to build in Le Havre (France). These facilities will produce the nacelles and blades for the 8 MW turbines to be installed in Baie de Saint-Brieuc (2020), Dieppe […]

  • A2SEA Nets Arkona Turbine Installation Contract

    25 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA has won the contract to install sixty six-megawatt Siemens wind turbines at the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. A2SEA will start turbine installation works in the summer of 2018. The company will use the offshore installation vessel Sea Challenger for the job. ”We are very proud to be […]

  • Port of Ostend to House Rentel’s Turbine Assembly

    22 April 2016
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Port of Ostend has signed a one-year contract to serve as an assembly base for wind turbines during the construction of Belgian Rentel offshore wind farm, according to national media.  Yesterday, Rentel signed an agreement with Siemens for the supply of 42 7MW offshore wind turbines and 17 years of service and maintenance. The EUR 1.25 billion […]

  • Samso Turbine Breaks Off and Crashes into Sea

    3 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Samso offshore wind farm, also known as Paludans Flak, is out of action after one of the turbines collapsed and crashed into the sea early Saturday morning, Søren Hermansen, Director of the Samso Energy Academy, confirmed to Offshore WIND. The break happened on a steel tower of the turbine Number 7, after which the turbine’s […]

  • Siemens Rolls Out 8MW Wind Turbine

    5 July 2016
    Technology

    Siemens has expanded its portfolio with an 8MW offshore wind turbine.  The first SWT-8.0-154 will be installed in early 2017 and will allow for up to 10% higher annual energy production (AEP) under offshore wind conditions as compared to the 7MW model, the company said. Type certification for the 8MW turbine is expected to be obtained at the beginning of 2018. […]

  • A2SEA Installs All Race Bank Turbines

    18 December 2017
    R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the last turbine at Ørsted’s 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm located off the North Norfolk coast in the UK.

  • First Nissum Bredning Turbine Stands Complete

    5 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Nissum Brednings Vindmøllelaug has completed the installation of the first Siemens 7MW direct drive wind turbine at the Nissum Bredning demonstration site in Denmark.

  • Arkona Turbine Team Enters Fourth Quarter

    1 October 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    45 out of 60 Siemens Gamesa 6MW wind turbines have been installed on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, a spokesperson for E.ON told Offshore WIND.

  • Koreans Back Swedish Multi-Turbine Floater

    25 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Swedish floating turbine platform designer Hexicon AB has agreed to join forces with South Korean integrated service provider COENS Co Ltd and form a joint venture company in Korea to be named CoensHexicon Co. Ltd.

  • SeaTwirl Investigates Vertical Axis Turbine Designs

    23 May 2018
    R&D

    Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has begun a research project with Chalmers and RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) aiming to investigate how to best design vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) to be as robust as possible.

  • TowerPower Is ‘Onshoring’ Offshore Wind Turbine Inspections

    17 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The EU-funded TowerPower project is developing a system which will allow maintenance and inspection teams to continuously monitor the structural condition of offshore wind turbines on land via real-time wireless links. The project, which is entering its final year, is currently integrating this pioneering inspection technique and preparing for final testing on offshore wind turbines,  European Commission’s Community […]

  • Nordsee One Turbines Taking Shape (Gallery)

    8 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    innogy SE has shared several photos showing the installation of the first and the second Senvion 6.2M126 turbine at the 332ME Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • RTN Unveils Turbine Blade Maintenance Courses

    3 September 2014
    Training & Education

    The Renewables Training Network (RTN) has unveiled its latest initiative to meet the growing demand for skilled workers in the wind energy sector with the announcement of new training courses in turbine blade inspection and maintenance. To harness the wind effectively, blades must be kept in tip-top condition. This means owners have to put a […]

  • New Report on Wind Turbines and Foundations Available

    25 August 2014
    R&D

    MarketResearchReports.Biz include new market research report “Offshore Wind Turbines And Foundations Global Market Size, Market Share, Regulations And Key Country Analysis To 2020” to its huge collection of research reports.  The report analyzes offshore installed capacity, power generation, average wind turbine sizes, average installation prices and annual investment by turbine and foundations, both globally and […]

  • GMS: National Turbine Repair Standard Required

    15 August 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Composites are complex. Working with them requires knowledge, skills and experience. However, composites are also extremely strong, robust materials used widely in industry and society. It is time for a national turbine blade repair standard to open up the wind market to new, highly-competent competition and drive down offshore costs, argues UK composites expert, Chris […]

  • PGCIL to Connect Offshore Wind Turbines to Grid

    6 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    An Indian state-owned electric utilities company, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), announced plans to install a system which would connect offshore wind turbines to the grid, according to DNA India news site. “Integration of electricity generated from renewable energy resources with the grid is our focus area. As part of this initiative, we […]

  • Horizontal or Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, That Is the Question

    15 January 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Maurizio Collu from Cranfield University, UK, and Michael Borg from Technical University of Denmark have published a paper on horizontal and vertical axis offshore wind turbines, advocating the latter as more cost effective option.  The authors state that it is time to look at alternatives in wind turbine design, considering that more and more offshore wind projects are […]

  • South Korea to Install Tocardo’s Tidal Turbines

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Tocardo Tidal Turbines, producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has reached an agreement with Ekornergy, the South Korean energy company, to install tidal turbines with a total capacity of 28MW. The units will be installed in the coastal waters of the Mokpo Jeonnam region. Manufacturing of the first 15 T2 kW Tocardo turbines is […]

  • Trianel Installs 25 Turbines at Borkum West

    20 March 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Just nine months after the start of construction, Trianel, a German utility company, has installed 25 of 40 turbines at the Borkum West offshore wind farm. In spite of the strong winds from hurricanes “Christian” and “Xavier”, considerable progress has been made on this 200MW wind farm with 75 percent of array cables also completed. […]

  • Climb on Top of Siemens’ Offshore Wind Turbine!

    4 April 2014
    Technology

    Siemens has created an interactive tool on its website, which allows users to get a 360° view of an offshore wind farm along with an additional insight into technological solutions and offshore wind jobs. Once placed on top of an offshore wind turbine, users can start exploring by clicking on certain spots within the 3D […]

  • VIDEO: AR1500 Tidal Power Turbine System

    26 February 2014

    The AR1500 is the latest tidal power turbine system under development at Atlantis. The AR1500 will have a rated capacity of 1.5MW at 3.0 m/s and will be designed to withstand the extreme environmental conditions expected to be encountered in the Pentland Firth in Scotland and the Bay of Fundy in Canada. The detailed design […]

  • VIDEO: SAL Offshore Deploys Tidal Turbine

    14 February 2014

    SAL Offshore’s main vessel, the DP Class II MV Lone, equipped with Work Class ROV, successfully installed the VOITH Hytide 1000-13 tidal turbine. Coming directly from her previous employment on the Parbuckling Project (Costa Concordia), the MV Lone proceeded to Stavanger in Norway to mobilize an ROV spread and project equipment. The mobilization was completed […]

  • Managing Weather Window During Turbine Installation

    29 October 2013

    This autumn marked the start up of the three year project “Decision Support for Installation of Offshore Wind Turbines”, which was presented at the conference Offshore Wind Operations/Science Meets Industry in Bergen in September. The project involves NORCOWE partners CMR, Uni Research, University of Bergen, University of Stavanger, University of Agder, Aalborg University and Statoil […]

  • UK: Andritz Redeploys Tidal Turbine at EMEC

    2 September 2013

    EMEC has reported that a lot of progress has been made since the beginning of the August on the unprecedented number of tidal energy devices using the newly extended Hatston pier. The combination of good neaps and good weather windows has enabled a flurry of activity at the Fall of Warness tidal test site, with […]

  • Turbine Business Park in Birkenhead under Construction

    28 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Redsun Developments started building its Turbine Business Park in Birkenhead, the company confirmed to Offshore WIND this afternoon.  Turbine Business Park involves redevelopment of a 5 acre site on the A41 in Birkenhead, which has been derelict for many years. Redsun is delivering over 90,000sqft of energy efficient workspace units in two phases. The first of two phases […]