Installation of the first foundation structures marks the start of works to extend the Thornton Bank wind farm, located off the Belgian coast. In recent weeks, the underwater area has been prepared. Now works are starting to drive the first steel piles into the sea bed. Each pile is about 40 metres
Today, Aarsleff and German Bilfinger Berger GmbH entered into a contract for the execution of the offshore wind farm DanTysk. (aarsleff) [mappress] Source: aarsleff, April 14, 2011
Ten turbines at Tunoe Knob in Denmark mark the very beginning of the offshore era in Vestas. Built in 1995, they are the oldest Vestas turbines located offshore. Looking ahead properly sometimes also requires looking back. On the brink of a new era of offshore wind power plants and giant turbines, t
Seaway Heavy Lifting announces that it’s being awarded by Scira Offshore Energy Ltd the Foundation installation contract, including installation of two offshore Substation Topsides for the Sheringham Shoal project. Sheringham Shoal is a wind farm of 88 turbines and 2 substations over an area of 35 k
As people begin arriving in Brussels on Sunday for the EWEA 2011 Annual Event, it’s a safe bet that many of them will be talking about what is expected to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The three developers of the London Array announced on Tuesday that the first of 177 foundations ha
DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar today (8th March) announced that the first of 177 foundations has been installed at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm, in the Thames Estuary. The monopile, weighing 268 tonnes – the equivalent of around 35 double decker buses – was supplied and installed by joint ventu
The location for a proposed offshore wind park off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts and to the west of the Isle of Wight, which will provide enough renewable power for between 615,000 and 820,000 homes, has been announced by Eneco, developers of the project. In January 2010, The Crown Estate awarded
* Gamesa aims to install two anchored and two floating turbines at the experimental offshore wind laboratory off the coast of Tarragona, Spain * The project marks further progress in the company’s offshore strategy, as Gamesa designs and develops two families of 5 MW and 6 MW-7 MW turbines Gamesa, a
THANET businesses are to get a welcome boost worth thousands of pounds as work begins on a new project to build the world’s biggest wind… By saul leese (thisiskent) [mappress] Source: thisiskent, January 28, 2011
The first deliveries of wind turbines and towers have started for Vattenfall’s 150 MW Osmonde Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, January 20, 2011
On 30 September 2010, Stadtwerke Lübeck and DONG Energy announced their intention to swap Stadtwerke Lübeck’s 25.1 % share in the jointly-owned German subsidiary DONG Energy Sales for an indirect 7.25 % share of the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm. The completion of the transaction was subject to approval
The project is being developed by IBERDROLA RENOVABLES’ UK subsidiary, ScottishPower Renewables, in conjunction with Sweden’s Vattenfall Agreement has just been reached to connect the East Anglia Array, with a projected capacity of up to 7,200 MW, to National Grid’s land-based transmission network E
The Antwerp Port Authority and the Left Bank Corporation have announced they are looking for a financial partner in a project to build a… (portworld) [mappress] Source: portworld, November 29, 2010;
LM Wind Power Blades will deliver its 61.5 meter blades for the 48 REpower 6M type wind turbines which will be installed as part of phase II and III of the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm. The 144 LM 61.5P2 blades will be supplied from LM Wind Power’s facility in Lunderskov, Denmark. LM Wind Power’
