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  • UK: Very Long Offshore Wind Turbine Blade to Be Tested

    17 December 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Blade Dynamics has announced that the design phase of their ‘Very Long Blade Project’ for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has successfully concluded and that the prototyping phase will now begin. Blade Dynamics will now assemble an approximately 80-metre long blade prototype, and will begin static and fatigue tests before the end of 2014. Siemens […]

  • Bulgarian Morphocode Releases New Concept for Offshore Wind Turbines

    23 July 2013

    Bulgarian firm Morphocode has proposed scenario which adopts the idea of domesticating a space originally made for industrial use: in that particular case a highly innovative branch of the energy industry. In the same time it evokes a spatial intention that resonates with Marcus Field’s statement on the essence of the loft-concept: “Lofts were once […]

  • Denmark: Sea Power Erects 111th Turbine at Anholt OWF

    19 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    On 19 May 2013, the installation vessel ‘Sea Power‘ erected turbine no. 111 at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Now all turbines are erected at the wind farm, and ahead awaits the job of having all of them delivering electricity to the Danish grid. The erection of the last turbine marks the end of eight and […]

  • UK: First Wind Turbine at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    17 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the flagship North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables. It marks a major milestone in the construction of the €2billion windfarm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the […]

  • LOON Aims to Put Wind Turbines in Lake Ontario (USA)

    15 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    More than 2,900 MW of offshore wind power is proposed in the Great Lakes over the next five years and a consortium… (dcnonl) [mappress] Source: dcnonl, December 15, 2011

  • Sway Locates Sank Wind Turbine Test Model (Norway)

    30 November 2011
    Technology

    The down-scaled 1:6 test model met full scale extreme weather and sank during the extreme storm “Berit”. The turbine was located at the test site, and inspected by ROV. Structural damages are minor, and the model will be recovered soon. The time needed to repair it will then be assessed. Even though the effect of […]

  • Shepherd Construction to Build Turbine Testing Facility for Narec (UK)

    30 November 2011

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has signed a £14.8m contract with Shepherd Construction to deliver a 3,000m² building that will become the world’s largest facility for testing entire offshore wind turbine nacelles of up to 15MW capacity.  Tony Quinn, Director of Major Assets and Projects at Narec, said: “This is the third new building […]

  • UK: GMS Endeavour Installs Her 22nd Wind Turbine

    7 March 2012

    GMS Endeavour has installed her 22nd wind turbine while contracted to Scira Offshore Energy Limited.  Last year in July, GMS has kicked off the installation at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Gulf Marine Services owns and operates Self Propelled Elevated Support Barges and AHTS vessels. These assets serve the oil, gas and renewables sectors worldwide in all […]

  • UK: CTruk to Build Two Vessels for Offshore Turbine Services

    5 March 2012

    CTruk Boats has signed a deal to build two 20-tonne payload MPCs for a new company, Offshore Turbine Services. Both vessels will be delivered in the spring of 2012. Offshore Turbine Services will be taking advantage of CTruk Boats’ flexible pod system (patent applied), which was designed specifically to meet the varied needs of wind […]

  • The Netherlands: Huisman Delivers 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane

    21 February 2012

    Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully delivered the 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane onboard GeoSea’s DP2 jack-up vessel “Neptune”. The crane was handed over to the builder of the vessel IHC Offshore and Marine BV, part of IHC Merwede, who subcontracted the crane to Huisman in 2010. The 600mt Pedestal Crane […]

  • Great Support for Future Wind Turbines Offshore Maryland (USA)

    16 February 2012

    Gov. Martin O’Malley is getting a lot of support for his incentive to erect wind turbines offshore Maryland’s coast. Former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver came on Tuesday to Annapolis to testify in support of O’Malley’s offshore wind bill. He said that wind turbines in Iowa have helped stabilize electricity costs and have created 4,300 jobs, […]

  • Gamesa Awards Prizes for Two Wind Turbine Patents (Spain)

    21 November 2011
    R&D

    For a second consecutive year, Gamesa’s Patents and Inventors Contest has honored the hard work and effort of its employees in the area of invention and patents, two cornerstones for developing and safeguarding the company’s technological innovations. The judges’ panel reviewed a total of 26 patents based on the following criteria: generation of value for […]

  • Vestas Wins Fund to Develop Wind Turbine Blades (UK)

    3 November 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

    VESTAS has been awarded funds to develop massive offshore wind turbine blades in the latest round of the government’s Regional Growth Fund… By Ross Findon (iwcp) [mappress] Source: iwcp, November 03, 2011

  • Marine Current Turbines CEO Wins CBE in 2012 (UK)

    6 January 2012

    Dr Andrew Tyler, the Chief Executive Officer of tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines, has been awarded a CBE in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List, for his services to Britain’s defence as Chief Operating Officer of MOD’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation. Dr Tyler held this role at the MOD before his appointment as […]

  • Offshore Wind Potential Attracts Wind Turbine Makers (China)

    20 June 2011

    The country’s leading wind turbine makers are vying with each other to push forward big-capacity wind turbines in a bid to win a slice of… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, June 20, 2011;

  • UD to Help Design Wind Turbine Factory in Salisbury (USA)

    4 October 2011

      University of Delaware researchers will help design a wind-turbine factory in Salisbury, Md., the developer has announced.   By Aaron Nathans (delawareonline) [mappress] Source: delawareonline, October 04, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Could Disturb Quiet Sea (France)

    12 September 2011
    Environment

    The planet’s great oceans – sometimes referred to as the “silent world” – are noisier than we thought. And they’re only getting louder.   By Martine Valo (worldcrunch) [mappress] Source: worldcrunch, September 12, 2011

  • Converteam to Develop Number of Wind Turbine Testing Facilities (UK)

    2 September 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected for the development of a number of testing facilities for the rapidly expanding global wind industry. The state of the art facilities are under development by customers worldwide. In the UK Converteam has been contracted as technical leader for a wind turbine testing […]

  • Various Wind Turbines with Same Goal, to Collect Energy (USA)

    29 July 2011
    R&D, Technology

    Wind turbines are getting really big — some with blades as long as a football field — and more powerful, often generating 50 times more electricity than the first generation of wind power machines built in the 1980s. But scientists are also studying how to harness the wind in different ways that could help allay […]

  • World’s first full scale floating wind turbine (Sweden)

    25 August 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Statoil’s innovative offshore floating Hywind wind turbine demonstrates how Trelleborg’s syntactic foam buoyancy technology is contributing to the future of offshore power. “It is subsea technology that has already been extensively proven,” commented Gary Howland, Renewables Sales Manager for Trelleborg Offshore. “Trelleborg Distributed Buoyancy Modules (DBMs) developed for deepwater support of umbilicals and risers in […]

  • Xzeres presents new wind turbines for Marine Environments (USA)

    22 August 2010
    R&D

    Xzeres Wind Corporation (OTCBB: XWND) announced today the introduction and availability of two additional distributed energy, small wind power systems for marine applications and environments, the XZERES 442M 10kW and XZERES 110M 2.5kW marine units. Xzeres Wind Corporation (OTCBB: XWND) announced today the introduction and availability of two additional distributed energy, small wind power systems […]

  • New floating turbines could be 3x more efficient (Japan)

    3 August 2010
    R&D

    Could you magnify the wind, to make it generate more power? Solar magnification is already one secret to super-efficient green power. And now, Yuji Ohya, an engineering professor from Japan’s Kyushu University, thinks that a similar trick could be pulled off with wind power. Ohya’s idea, which he just presented at the 2010 Yokohama Renewable […]

  • Block Island residents for and against offshore wind turbines (USA)

    23 July 2010
    Training & Education

    One thing was clear at a public hearing Thursday on a proposal to put up eight offshore wind turbines within view of Block Island: opinion… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, July 23, 2010;

  • Virginia asks for test site for offshore wind turbines (USA)

    19 July 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Virginia is making the case to the federal government that it’s a great place to put offshore wind turbines to the test with a $60 million…   [mappress] Source: businessweek, July 19, 2010;

  • USA Moves Closer to Building Offshore Wind Turbines in Atlantic

    8 December 2010

    The US Atlantic states are making progress toward building the country’s first offshore wind projects, but several barriers need to be… By Gloria Gonzalez (oilprice) [mappress] Source: oilprice, December 08, 2010

  • ABS Releases Guide for Offshore Wind Turbine Installations (USA)

    30 December 2010

    Classification society ABS announces the release of a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations, the first Guide to address design considerations for the bottom founded support structure of an offshore wind turbine situated in tropical storm prone areas on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) such as the Gulf of Mexico and […]