News
-
All 31 monopile foundation turbines are installed at our offshorewind farm Deutsche Bucht. The remaining 2 turbines will be erected on Mono Bucket foundations. Last month, the first turbine began delivering power to the German grid. Commissioning of the 8.4 MW turbines is ongoing. Read more
-
Renewable energy is gaining traction across the world, which is expected to encourage growth in the global Offshore Wind Power Market. This information was shared by Fortune Business Insights in a report, titled “Offshore Wind Power Market Size, Share and Global Trend by Installation, Capacity, Application and Geography Forecast till 2025.” Read more
-
Dutch offshore contractor Heerema has been assigned to help build the first and largest commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. The prestigious 'Vineyard Wind LLC' project is the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project. Situated 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, this project will generate clean, renewable, cost-competitive energy for over 400,000 homes and businesses, while reducing carbon emissions by over 1.6 million tons per year. Read more
The latest photo galleries
-
332 MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm, located approximately 40 km north of the island of Juist, achieved full completion. The project was fully commissioned on schedule and below its total budget of €1.2 billion. Read more
-
The offshore wind farm "Vikings" has for the first time fed electricity into the grid. After installation and interim commissioning of the last of 70 Adewen turbines, this is the next important milestone achieved. The wind farm "Vikings" is Iberdrola’s first offshore wind farm in Germany. The company has invested 1.4 billion euros in the project. Read more
-
The last of a total of 18 turbines of the 111 MW wind farm Nordergründe was connected to the grid under the project management of the Bremen developer wpd. Read more
-
The FOWIND consortium launched its new report today: "From Zero To Five GW: Offshore Wind Outlook for Gujarat And Tamil Nadu (2018-2032)". This study is a significant step forward in preparing a roadmap for the offshore wind sector in India by the GWEC led Facilitating Offshore Wind In India (FOWIND) consortium. Read more
-
The newly developed corrosion protection at offshore wind project Arkona in the German Baltic Sea received the German Renewables Award in Hamburg. Read more
-
This year the WindEurope invitation to the annual sector gathering was to Amsterdam. Exhibitor and visitor numbers have been better in the past, though, and the mood too. Read more
-
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed last week confirms the intention of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to collaborate with Taiwan International Ports Corporation for developing Taichung harbor in Taiwan for the Offshore wind business. Read more
-
A recent study by German research institution Fraunhofer IWES concludes that the availability of offshore wind turbines has increased compared to the results of a previous study from 2013. Read more
-
The Carbon Trust has launched a new multimillion euro project as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme to investigate best use of Wind Farm Controls to maximise energy production from offshore wind farms whilst reducing turbine loads. Read more
-
The challenges faced by the offshore industry are typified by extreme working locations subject to low temperatures and enormous mechanical and dynamic loads. The demands made on the design and materials selected for drilling rigs and wind turbines are also correspondingly high. Read more
Pages
News