Ten partners from six European countries gathered in Paris on June 19 to kick-off a research project on offshore wind energy, featuring a world premiere: The INFLOW (INdustrialization setup of a FLoating Offshore Wind turbine) demo project, directed by French engineering company Technip, will see th
Suzlon Group-subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, has signed a contract with RWE Innogy for the delivery of 54 REpower 6M offshore turbines, each with 6.15 MW of rated power, for the Innogy Nordsee 1 wind farm. The project, with a total capacity of 332 MW, is based in the German North Sea, around 40 km n
The Jiangsu Rudong offshore wind test farm expansion project started on July 2, 2012. Up to date,the site has already finished 14-unit wind turbine installation and 15310 meters of cable laying. Also, the Haizhuang 5.0 MW prototype piling work is successfully completed. The 5.0 MW prototype consists
The next phase of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm starts. Over the last months, Siemens has shipped turbine parts to the harbour in Grenaa where they have been stored and pre-assembled prior to the final installation in the assembly facility in the North Harbour. On Sunday 26 August, Siemens Wind Power ho
Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Repsol Nuevas Energias, yesterday submitted plans for a giant offshore wind farm in Moray Firth to Marine Scotland. The proposed wind farm is worth GBP 4.5 billion and will comprise 339 turbines, which makes it considerably la
In August, the construction works for the project Global Tech I have successfully started. Five test piles have already been placed at selected points close to the turbine location in the seabed. HGO InfraSea Solutions’ vessel INNOVATION has even surpassed the company’s expectations and is more powe
Last week, the UK based Fugro commenced the assembly of the red jack-up barge at the New Bedford Harbor, South Coast Today news site writes. After assembly, the company will use this vessel to take samples of the ocean floor where the Cape Wind’s planned 130 wind turbines will be located. Cape Wind
On September 5, DONG Energy will hold a community consultation event at the Villa Marina in Douglas regarding extension of the Walney offshore wind farm. The consultation will provide detailed explanation of the proposal to the public, Isle of Man Today news site reports. DONG plans to extend the ex
Hartlepool Mail reports that the construction on the Teesside Offshore Wind Farm stopped after one of the legs of a mobile platform got trapped in the seabed mud. EDF Energy Renewables, which confirmed this information, is working with the contractor Van Oord UK to free the leg in order to proceed w
A new milestone has been reached with the erection of London Array’s 100th wind turbine. The landmark was reached at 18.45 on Tuesday, 7 August when the turbine’s final blade was lifted into place. “With 100 wind turbines now assembled, more than three quarters of the foundations completed and the t
The Environmental Statement (ES) supporting the development marine license application for the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm was submitted to Marine Scotland last week and marked the start of the formal consultation period, which will continue for six weeks (until 10 September). Prepared
Deepwater Wind hailed yesterday’s determination by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of “no competitive interest” for the transmission line connecting an offshore wind farm off the coast of Block Island to mainland Rhode Island. “Today’s announcement further solidifies our plan to bring r
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a determination of no competitive interest for the construction of a transmission system between the Rhode Island coastline and Block Island, an important step in evaluating the transmission project proposed by Deepwater Wind that would deli
WindMW GmbH (“WindMW”), a joint-venture of Blackstone and Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH, today announces the start of offshore construction on its 288 MW Offshore Wind Farm, Meerwind Süd │Ost. Meerwind is an 80 turbine, 288 Megawatt (MW) wind farm that is being constructed approximately 50 km off
