ESVAGT, Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted are looking into using drones for spare parts and tools transfer from service operation vessels (SOVs) to offshore wind turbines. The three companies will examine the potential in meeting offshore wind turbine technicians’ needs in an easier way within a project cal
The goal of the project, HYPORT® Oostende, is to build the green hydrogen facility in the Plassendale 1 port area and have it up and running in 2025.
The MHI Vestas V174-9.5MW prototype turbine has been installed at the Østerild National Test Centre in Denmark. According to MHI Vestas, the robust test program at the Danish test center will enable the thorough monitoring of the reliability and performance output of the flagship offshore wind turbi
This 1:6 version of the BlueSATH turbine is scheduled to go online during the first quarter of 2020 in the open sea waters offshore Santander for a period of 12 months, after which the prototype will be completely decommissioned.
Eager.one has, on behalf of Van Oord, designed and constructed a tool for the installation of anode cages from a floating vessel. The Anode Cage Installation Aid (ACIA) has now completed a factory acceptance test and will now be prepared for transport to the onshore harbour for commissioning and tra
UK company Energy Integrity Services has been developing new technology that is said to save the European wind industry GBP 250 million per year in maintenance costs.
Finland’s Pemamek has delivered two PEMA production automation lines designed for foundation pin-pile production to CSBC Corporation in Taiwan. The delivery included two extensive PEMA production automation lines that are designed to manufacture pin-piles for offshore jacket foundations. The lines h
Ørsted is opening a United States Innovation Hub in Providence, Rhode Island in early spring as part of its commitment to building an offshore wind industry supply chain in the US. The Innovation Hub will be located in the CIC Providence workspace. To facilitate its mission, the Hub team will levera
Shanghai Electric has installed the first 8MW wind turbine at its Shantou Intelligent Manufacturing Base in Guangdong Province, said to be the largest unit ever installed in China. Shanghai Electric holds a license to manufacture, sell, and install Siemens Gamesa’s 8MW Direct Drive turbines in China
The nacelle of Siemens Gamesa’s prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex turbine is being assembled at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark. The nacelle arrived in Østerild about a week ago, while the three blades were set to be transported from the Hanstholm harbor, craned and assembled shortly after. The nace
Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH has selected fos4X GmbH to provide a rotor blade condition monitoring system on the 402MW Veja Mate wind farm in the German North Sea. The fos4X “retroX” system, consisting of a sensor platform and intelligent software, was installed on strategically selected 10% of t
Subsea technology company Seatools has won a contract to design and deliver a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system to be used on an offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The order was placed by ”an undisclosed EPC player”, Seatools said. The system will be used for pile installation during t
China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) has awarded Prysmian Group with a contract to supply cables for DEC’s 10MW offshore wind turbine prototype. The prototype turbine will be installed on China Three Gorges Corporation’s Xinghuawan wind farm in the Fujian province, China. The nacelle of the p
China’s Ming Yang Smart Energy has marked the start of the mass production of the MySE8-10MW typhoon-resistant offshore wind turbine at its factory in Yangjiang, Guangdong. The start of the mass production was launched at the Mingyang Yangjiang Smart Manufacturing Centre with the roll-out of the fir
