With over 2,000 articles published on offshoreWIND.biz in 2022 and several million pageviews, there are some news that garnered more attention than others. Read the top ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in 2022.
Vestas’ V236-15.0 MW prototype wind turbine has produced its first kWh after being fully assembled at the Østerild National test centre for large wind turbines in Western Jutland, Denmark. The wind turbine prototype will now undergo an extensive test and verification programme to ensure reliability
Swedish energy company Vattenfall conducted large-scale seabed surveys with uncrewed surface vessels at several of its offshore wind farms in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK earlier this year. In the late summer and early autumn of 2022, uncrewed vessels were used for seabed surveys across Horns Rev 1,
Ramboll Finland has been selected to conduct Ilmatar Offshore’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on offshore wind projects north of the Åland Islands, Finland. Ilmatar Offshore chose Ramboll Finland as the lead consultant for its EIA report on the Stormskär and Väderskär offshore wind project a
“The reality is that the majority of downtime of turbine installation comes from wind speed limits for blade installation…So, we want to come to a solution that is less wind dependent and that’s difficult because blades are made to catch wind”, said Andries Hofman, Product Development Manager at Gus
The full blade set for the Vestas V236-15.0 MW™ prototype offshore wind turbine has arrived to Østerild National Test Centre in Denmark where they will be installed. The blade set arrived at the port of Hanstholm on Sunday, 18 December, and was then transported to Østerild National Test Centre. The
Ramboll has been selected to investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen offshore at a multi-gigawatt scale with NortH2 in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The NortH2 consortium, which comprises Eneco, RWE, Equinor, and Shell is, together with Gasunie, investigating how all aspects of the hydr
Vestas has signed a five-year charter with Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) to explore how the world’s first methanol-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV) can help reduce carbon emissions from its offshore service operations. The CTV, provided and developed by N-O-S, will be powered by a dual-fuel s
Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project. The Lithuanian Energy Agency selected Geobaltic and Garant Diving to carry out the geophysical
Three 115-metre blades to be installed on the SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine prototype have left Siemens Gamesa’s factory in Aalborg and are on their way to the test center in Østerild, Denmark. ”The SG 14-236 DD is the newest member of our offshore wind turbine family, with 115-meter blades whi
The Crown Estate has announced the awarding of the first contracts for its first major investment in surveys to help with the construction of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. The awarding of the first contracts marks an important step in what is anticipated to be a multi-million pound
Entrion Wind and EEW have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) through which EEW will join in on the ongoing demonstration studies in Kristiansand, Norway for the patent-pending fully restrained platform (FRP) offshore wind foundation technology. Under the MoU, the two companies will jointly c
The 115.5 m blade for Vestas’ V236-15.0 MW™ wind turbine is currently being tested at Blaest’s blade test facility in Aalborg, Denmark. Before going into commercial production, the new V236-15.0 MW™ wind turbine will undergo comprehensive test campaigns which are a mandatory part of the type certifi
RWE has signed a letter of intent with WindSpider, a Norwegian-based company that is developing a new modular self-erecting crane system for the offshore wind market. To improve operability and scalability for turbine installation as well as major component replacements, the WindSpider solution uses
