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  • Innovative Yoke for Safe Wind Turbine Blade Lifting

    26 June 2014
    Technology

    Most mechanical constructions that are 14 meters long, 8 meters tall and weigh 78 metric tons are not described as fast or flexible. Especially when the thing it lifts is 75 meters long and weighs 25 metric tons. Then again, the new B75 lifting yoke from the Siemens Wind Power Division is no average construction. […]

  • Report on Global Wind Turbine Value Chain Available

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    ReportsnReports.com has added Global Wind Turbine Value Chain – Production, Market Share, Competitive Landscape and Market Size to 2020 industry research report to the energy and power section of its online business intelligence library. According to the wind power market and wind turbine industry report, more blades are being outsourced than are being produced in-house, […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Part of Danish Touristic Offer

    17 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Fear that tourists will opt out of Søndervig region on the Danish west coast due to the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms has got holiday home owners in the area to turn against the upcoming offshore wind projects, according to the Danish Wind Industry Association (DWIA). At the other end of the country, […]

  • First Turbine Up at Amrumbank Offshore Wind Farm

    11 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Adventure has installed the first of eighty Siemens 3.6MW turbines for E.On Renewables’ Amrumbank offshore wind farm, located 35 kilometers to the north of the island of Helgoland.  “We are confident that we will soon be able to feed electricity generated by the first turbines into the public grid as planned,” said Dominik Schwegmann, lead […]

  • DNV GL to Hold Wind Turbine Tech Course

    27 October 2015
    Training & Education

    DNV GL will hold a two-day wind turbine technology course in Bristol, UK, on 28 and 29 October.  The attendees will see the basics of wind energy conversion, the evolution of today’s giant wind turbines and many key decisions about the design concepts explained. During the course, rotor design, direct drive and the increasing diversity […]

  • Nigg Energy Park to Host Tidal Turbine Assembly

    5 May 2015

    Following last week’s news that Atlantis had acquired Marine Current Turbines Limited (MCT) from Siemens, Global Energy Group (GEG) has announced that Atlantis has chosen it as preferred supplier for the provision of certain fabrication, manufacture, assembly and logistical support services. Atlantis will enter into a lease at Nigg Energy Park for Shop 1 and use the […]

  • Deutsche WindGuard Re-Accredited for Wind Turbine Inspection

    23 April 2015

    The German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) has renewed the accreditation of Deutsche WindGuard for inspection of wind turbines. Every five years, an accreditation must be renewed based on a fundamental re-examination by the DAkkS. “We see ourselves confirmed in our work,” said Jan Wallasch, Deutsche WindGuard. “Our reports are accepted without problems by all licensing authorities and insurers.” As part of […]

  • First 8 Eneco Luchterduinen Turbines Onboard ‘Aeolus’

    6 April 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    With the first days of April, Van Oord’s Aeolus arrived in Esbjerg, Denmark, to pick up parts of the first turbines for Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm.  On Saturday, all components of the first turbines were loaded onto the vessel, the developer said on its social pages. Eneco Luchterduinen, located approximately 25 kilometres offshore from Noordwijk in the […]

  • Siemens Installs 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

    19 May 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The new Siemens offshore flagship wind turbine of the type SWT-7.0-154 has now been installed as a prototype. The planned field testing of the 7-megawatt (MW) offshore machine in Østerild, Denmark, mainly focusses on the upgraded generator and the enhanced electrical system. The majority of other components are equal to the proven technology of the […]

  • 39 Wind Turbines Up at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    17 March 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has reached halfway with the installation of 39 wind turbines. Due to good weather conditions during the last weeks the team was able to make good progress in installing the turbines about 54 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. At the same time, the cabling work for […]

  • Brave Tern Assembles First Wikinger Turbines (Photos)

    27 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has shared several photos showing the start of turbine installation works at the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The photos show Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern installing some of the wind farm’s 70 Adwen 5MW wind turbines at the site. Brave Tern was loaded with the […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik to Service Senvion’s Alpha Ventus Turbines

    27 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Starting in January 2017, Deutsche Windtechnik will be servicing six Senvion 5M turbines at the alpha ventus offshore wind farm.  Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur (DOTI), a consortium comprising EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, has signed a standard maintenance contract with Deutsche Windtechnik to provide service for six of the twelve wind turbines that are installed at the […]

  • Ventolines to Oversee Block Island Wind Turbine Installation

    23 March 2016

    Deepwater Wind has hired Dutch wind power consultancy company Ventolines to supervise the installation of five wind turbines at the construction site of America’s first offshore wind farm, with work starting right away. Anne de Groot, Director at Ventolines, said: “For this project Ventolines will bring in people that were involved in the first offshore wind farm in the […]

  • VIDEO: 360° View from an Offshore Wind Turbine

    26 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Very few people have had the chance to climb on top of an offshore wind turbine, but now everybody can do it with the help of this 360° video shared by DONG Energy. Take a ride on a crew transfer vessel and climb on one of the 111 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines at the 400MW Anholt offshore wind farm […]

  • MPI Enterprise Ups First Nordergründe Wind Turbine

    19 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first Senvion 6.2M126 turbine was installed at the Nordergründe offshore wind farm on Tuesday, 16 August. After the installation of all 18 foundations, the installation vessel MPI Enterprise erected the first wind turbine at the 110.7MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm, wpd reported today. Nordergründe is the first German offshore project for which all the major works are being provided […]

  • Senvion Turbines to Float off French Mediterranean Coast

    25 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion is to deliver up to four of its 6.2M152 wind turbines adapted to the floating offshore foundation developed by the EolMed consortium, led by Quadran, after the consortium won an approval to construct a 24MW pilot floating wind project in the French Mediterranean Sea. The French Environment and Energy Management Agency […]

  • VIDEO: Corrosion Develops System for Offshore Wind Turbines

    29 May 2014
    Technology

    Corrosion, a specialist in (corrosion) protection of steel structures, has presented a sophisticated environmental friendly ICCP system that can effectively protect steel wind turbines from corrosion problems for decades. The company’s ICCP Anode can give constant protection for wind turbines for more than their 25-year lifetime, without releasing any material that is bad to the environment. With the […]

  • A2SEA Installs 112 Gwynt y Môr Turbines

    27 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On 19 January 2014, turbine number 112 was installed on Gwynt y Môr in the Irish Sea. This is the largest number of turbines ever installed on one single project by A2SEA. Prior to this, A2SEA installed 111 turbines on Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in 2013. Work continues and SEA JACK and SEA WORKER are […]

  • All Blades Installed on Vestas’ 8MW Turbine Prototype

    15 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    All three wind turbine blades have been installed on the V164-8.0 MW prototype at the Danish national test centre in Østerild, Vestas announced. The company said that good weather conditions on the night of January 13 allowed the installation of all three 80m long blades of the offshore wind turbine. The turbine will be commissioned […]

  • Prototype Nacelle for Vestas’ 8MW Wind Turbine Completed

    4 December 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The prototype nacelle for the world’s most powerful wind turbine, Vestas’ V164-8.0 MW, has been completed at Lindø Industrial Park, Denmark. The nacelle is now en route to installation at the Danish national test centre at Østerild. “The complete nacelle and all of its components have now successfully passed the extensive testing regime according to […]

  • Japan to Deploy Floating Wind Turbine Offshore Fukushima

    20 June 2013
    Authorities

    Ever since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Japanese companies have been investing strenuous efforts to develop other forms of energy. Driven by that very goal, a group of 11 companies, headed by Marubeni, is looking to deploy a floating wind turbine off the Fukushima coast. Takahide Soeda, from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and […]

  • UK: EOWDC Could Host Pioneering Turbine Foundations

    8 May 2013

    A major programme of offshore works are due to start tomorrow (Thursday, May 9) for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and which could lead to pioneering turbine foundation designs being developed at the more than £230million test facility. The programme involves a series of geotechnical boreholes being performed between 2.5km and 4km off […]

  • Germany: Beckhoff to Present Automation Solutions for Wind Turbines

    6 August 2012

    Beckhoff will present its PC- and EtherCAT-based automation solutions for wind turbines from September 18 to 22, 2012 at Husum WindEnergy, Germany, the world’s largest wind energy trade show. Beckhoff has automated 7,000 wind turbines with a total output of 11.2 GW in 2011 alone. Worldwide, more than 20,000 wind turbines are equipped with Beckhoff […]

  • USA: Virginia Approves Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

    28 March 2012
    Authorities

    Governor McDonnell announced that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission has voted unanimously to approve proposed construction of a 479-foot-tall, five-megawatt wind turbine generator prototype in the lower Chesapeake Bay, three miles off the Eastern Shore town of Cape Charles. The construction of the prototype turbine is scheduled to be completed in late 2013, which would […]

  • ONCCEE to Monitor Tidal Turbines in Bay of Fundy, Canada

    14 September 2012

    Canada’s efforts to demonstrate world leadership in tidal energy research and technology are taking a significant step forward, as Ocean Networks Canada’s Centre of Enterprise and Engagement (ONCCEE) partners with researchers and industry to design and install the world’s first cabled underwater monitoring platform specifically for extreme, high-flow tide conditions. ONCCEE, based at the University […]

  • Spain: SUPRAPOWER Offshore Wind Turbine on Its Way

    20 January 2013
    R&D, Technology

    SUPRAPOWER (SUPerconducting, Reliable, lightweight, And more POWERful offshore wind turbine) is an EU FP7 founded research project focused on a major innovation in offshore wind turbine technology by developing a new compact superconductor-based generator. The project aims to provide an important breakthrough in offshore wind industrial solutions by designing an innovative, lightweight, robust and reliable […]