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
Vattenfall has contracted Swire Blue Ocean for the installation of the Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. Using the wind farm installation vessel Pacific Osprey, Swire Blue Ocean will transport the various turbine components from the pre-assemb
The Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), Atlas Professionals and DOB-Academy have launched an initiative to increase the pool of qualified personnel in the offshore wind sector. The Renewables Roadshow has an aim to promote working in the wind industry among adolescents and create the foundat
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
NKT has secured a cable service contract with Irish power grid operator EirGrid for the East West Interconnector between Ireland and Great Britain. Under the five-year service agreement, NKT will carry out repair works for the 200kV HVDC power cable with a capacity of 500MW. The deal includes inspec
Floatgen, the first wind turbine installed offshore France, more than doubled its power production in the second half of 2019 compared to the first semester, reaching an annual total of 6GWh. According to Ideol, the number was achieved because of a time availability exceeding 94.6% in the second sem
Van Oord has installed the first inter-array cable on the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The cable, provided by Prysmian Group, was installed by the cable-laying vessel Nexus. Located 22 kilometres off the coast of the Province of Zeeland, Borssele III & IV will
The first MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbine at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project has delivered its first power. According to Parkwind, the turbine began supplying electricity to the Belgian grid over the weekend. Northwester 2 will comprise 23 MHI Vestas 164-9.5 MW turbines, the most powerful turbines
Polish energy company PKN ORLEN has begun the selection process for a designer of an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. As part of the procedure, a technical advisor will be selected to prepare a preliminary offshore wind farm project, construction design, productivity analysis, and ancillary ana
STS Belgium is carrying out the cabling of the transition pieces for the Triton Knoll offshore wind project. STS is conducting the work at Smulders’ yard in Hoboken and at the Sif Maasvlakte terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Seaway 7’s installation vessel Seaway Strashnov arrived at
Wind farms operating offshore Germany generated 24.16 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2019, an increase of 26.5% compared to 19.1TWh of electricity generated offshore in 2018. Wind farms in the North Sea generated 20.21TWh of electricity in 2019, a 20.7% increase compared to 2018 when 16.75TW
Star of the South Wind Farm Pty Ltd. has appointed Erin Coldham as the Chief Development Officer for what is to be Australia’s first offshore wind farm. “This is a huge turning point for Australia – new jobs, industry development and a reliable source of power to secure our electricity grid. I’m pro
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
DEME Group has installed the first foundations at Ørsted’s Borssele 1&2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation loaded the first set of monopiles at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 earlier this month and transported them to the wind farm. “The first monopile install
