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  • 16 Turbines Left to Go at Borssele 1&2

    12 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    78 out of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines have been installed at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are in charge of installing the turbines at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. According to Ørsted, the […]

  • BlueSATH Floating Turbine Prototype Sets Off for Installation

    10 August 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has departed for installation offshore Santander in Spain, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. Once installed, the 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) turbine will operate for a period of 12 months after which it will be completely decommissioned. The scaled-down version has a hub height of 17.45m […]

  • Windar Sends Off Last SeaMade Turbine Towers

    13 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Windar has sent off the last wind turbine tower sections for the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. Special purpose vessel Rotra Ventre set sail with the last six tower sections from Windar’s facilities in the port of Avilés, Spain, to the Port of Ostend, where the REBO sites are serving as storage and pre-assembly […]

  • MHI Vestas to Build Wind Turbine Blades in Taiwan

    24 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology (TLC) has finalised a sub-supplier contract with MHI Vestas to manufacture blades for turbines to be delivered in upcoming Taiwanese projects. Building upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed in March 2018, MHI Vestas has signed a conditional contract with TLC for blade manufacturing in Taiwan. This is the first […]

  • Germans Developing Grid Simulator for 20MW Wind Turbines

    17 February 2020
    R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES is developing a mobile grid simulator that will allow the testing and optimization of the grid compatibility of very large wind turbines with an output of up to 20MW. As a mobile test facility, the “Mobil-Grid-CoP” grid simulator will serve to verify current and future grid system services as well […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 11MW Turbine Stands Tall in Østerild

    7 February 2020
    R&D

    The installation of the Siemens Gamesa prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex turbine has been completed at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark.

  • 21 Turbines Up at Trianel Windpark Borkum II

    4 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Twenty-one of the 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines have been installed on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind project in Germany.

  • Final Turbine Up at Wailuo Offshore Wind Farm

    24 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of 36 Ming Yang turbines has been completed at the Wailuo offshore wind project in China. The wind farm features 36 MySE5.5-155 turbines, the last of which was installed on 18 December offshore the Guangdong Province. According to Ming Yang, the 198MW project is the first in the province to be equipped by […]

  • Turbines Wanted for 900MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    23 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW He Dreiht GmbH is seeking a turbine supplier for the 900MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender covers planning, production, delivery, installation, commissioning, trial operation and documentation of the wind turbines including wind farm SCADA and service contract. The wind turbine type used should have the capacity of […]

  • MHI Vestas Secures Conditional Turbine Supply Deal

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement for the supply of turbines to an undisclosed offshore wind project.

  • MHI Vestas Unveils Extreme Climate 4.2MW Turbine

    28 February 2019
    Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Vestas have announced a V136-4.2 MW Extreme Climate wind turbine designed to handle extreme weather conditions. The V136-4.2 MW Extreme Climate is being introduced at the 2019 Japan Wind Expo to highlight the turbine’s specific suitability for many project sites exposed to a severe climate in Japan and Asia, Vestas said. The […]

  • SG Applies for French Turbine Plant Construction Permit

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has submitted a building permit application for a wind turbine production plant in Le Havre, France. Siemens Gamesa submitted the application to the mayor of Le Havre on 25 February, a spokesperson from the company told Offshore WIND. According to the company, the turbine production facility will be focused on supplying the Dieppe-Le […]

  • First Northern China Offshore Wind Turbine Spinning

    31 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has put into operation the first 6.45MW turbine of the Dalian Zhuanghe offshore wind project. The 6.45MW unit is the country’s first low-temperature turbine and its launch marks the first commercial operation of an offshore wind project in northern China, CCCC said. The 300MW project is located in the Zhuanghe waters offshore Dalian in the […]

  • Haliade-X 12 MW Turbine Tower Rising

    3 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    GE Renewable Energy has installed three out of four tower sections which will support the prototype Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine at Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The final tower section will be installed once the nacelle arrives at Maasvlakte during the summer, GE Renewable Energy said. The Haliade-X 12 MW nacelle […]

  • Senvion Remains In Charge Of Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines

    21 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Innogy has awarded Senvion a four-year service agreement for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany that consists of 48 Senvion 6.2M126 turbines.

  • China’s Goldwind Unveils 8MW Offshore Turbine Model

    16 November 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has launched three newly-developed smart offshore wind turbines including a model with a capacity of 8MW, and a model with the largest rotor diameter in the world.

  • DOE to Fund Push for 10MW+ Offshore Wind Turbines

    15 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) will fund the development of a lightweight, more efficient wind turbine drivetrain system that can help boost offshore wind turbine outputs to beyond 10MW. 

  • First Horns Rev 3 Turbines Head Home

    18 July 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern has left the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark loaded with the first four wind turbines to be installed on Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea.

  • Borkum Riffgrund II Turbines Reach Halfway Mark

    2 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has installed the 28th MHI Vestas 8MW turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund II offshore wind farm, marking the halfway milestone.

  • Doosan to Develop Korea’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    29 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has been chosen as the main contractor to develop an 8MW offshore wind turbine within a 48-month long Large-Capacity Offshore Wind Power System Development project in South Korea, worth KRW 55 billion (approx. EUR 42 million).

  • Mingyang Lands 1.4GW Offshore Wind Turbine Order

    30 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has received an order from China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) to manufacture and deliver offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of around 1,403MW. The value of the contract is CNY 8.587 billion (EUR 1.12 billion), the turbine manufacturer said. In total, Mingyang will manufacture and deliver 255 MySE5.5MW wind turbines to […]

  • MPI Offshore to Install Senvion Turbines at Nordsee One

    20 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore has been awarded a contract to install wind turbines on the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was signed by representatives from Senvion and MPI in a short ceremony held earlier this week in Hamburg, MPI’s wind turbine installation vessel, MPI Enterprise, will […]

  • Turbine Transfers Continues Its Robin Rigg Gig

    18 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    E.ON has awarded Turbine Transfers with a contract for three vessels to be deployed at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The UK wind farm service and support vessel operator has been working at the site for the previous few years, and was now chosen to continue the work for a further extension. The […]

  • Siemens Freezing New UK Investments and Turbine Exports

    30 June 2016

    Uncertainty triggered by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has made Siemens, one of the biggest offshore wind players, rethink its strategy and put all new wind energy investments in the country on ice, according to The Guardian. The wind turbine maker is also halting long-term export plans at its UK-based blade factory in Hull, Bloomberg reports. The […]

  • UK Wind Turbines Break Record by Generating 10GW

    8 December 2016

    National Grid reported that UK onshore and offshore turbines have set a new record by generating 10,104MW of electricity for the first time between 2 and 2.30pm yesterday. The wind farms were thus providing 23% of Britain’s total electricity demand at that time. RenewableUK’s Executive Director Emma Pinchbeck said: “It’s terrific to see wind power smashing […]

  • Bachmann Monitoring 22% of German Turbines Installed in 2015

    30 March 2016
    Technology

    Bachmann Monitoring’s condition monitoring system (CMS) is covering 22 percent of German offshore wind turbines installed in 2015. The company is planning to equip further projects in 2016, said Ulrich Oertel, head of the Monitoring Technologies Development department at Bachmann. “This includes, for example, the extension of the conventional power train CMS and structure monitoring.” All 80 turbines at the Global Tech I […]