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Vattenfall OWF Gets SGRE Turbines

Nov 27, 2019

Spanish-based engineering company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Swedish multinational power company Vattenfall have signed an agreement to extend the Hollandse Kust Zuid turbine supply agreement to cover the entire Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm zone…

SGRE Unveils 11MW Offshore Turbine

Nov 27, 2019

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has launched its new DD Flex concept and the SG 11.0-193 DD Flex offshore wind turbine, which can reach 11 MW capacity under specific site conditions.The SG 11.0-193 DD Flex, which is built on the current largest offshore wind turbine…

MHI Vestas Selected for 220 MW Japanese OWF

Nov 26, 2019

Japanese offshore wind power player Hibiki Wind Energy has selected the Danish manufacturer of offshore wind turbine MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as preferred wind turbine supplier for the 220 MW Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm (OWF).Hibikinada is the first awarded…

Japanese Trio Orders Wind Turbine Installer

Nov 21, 2019

Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines with a capacity of between 10MW and 12MW.The three…

Sapura Orders Osbit System for Yunlin OWP

Nov 21, 2019

UK offshore equipment supplier has been awarded a contract to design and build an offshore wind turbine pile gripper system, by Malaysian-based global energy services provider Sapura Energy.The pile gripper will initially be used to support the development of WPD’s Yunlin offshore wind farm…

SGRE Wins Hai Long 2 OWP

Nov 13, 2019

Spanish global renewable energy company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected as the preferred supplier of turbines for the 300MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan.The agreement is subject to contract and final investment decision from the consortium partners…

VOS Start Starts Northwester 2 OWF Gig

Nov 11, 2019

Vroon, a Dutch shipping company, said that its walk-to-work vessel VOS Start has begun work for developer Parkwind on the 219MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm (OWF) off the coast of Belgium.Located near the Belgian Coast, Northwester 2 is…

GE's Haliade-X Produces First Power

Nov 07, 2019

GE Renewable Energy has generated first power from its 12MW Haliade-X prototype - the world's largest and most powerful wind turbine - located at Maasvlakte, the Port of Rotterdam.According to GE, local teams will now proceed with the testing phase…

CDWE Wins Taiwanese OWF Gig

Nov 07, 2019

Taiwanese marine joint venture (JV) company CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has signed two contracts for the transport and installation of foundations and turbines at the 300MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm (OWF).The JV between Taiwanese outfit…

GE Haliade-X 12MW Blade Arrives in US

Nov 06, 2019

The blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at MassCEC’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) in Boston, U.S.The 107-meter blade will undergo a series of fatigue tests that involve moving it millions of times over the…

World’s Biggest Floating Wind Turbine Readies

Nov 05, 2019

The largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine, is about to be installed.ABS has classed the semi-submersible floating wind turbine is the first of three classed by ABS and designed by…

SGRE Lands World’s Largest Floating OWF

Nov 01, 2019

Spanish-based engineering company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) said that the world’s largest floating wind power plant will be installed in Norway, equipped with 11 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD turbines.Scheduled to be commissioned in late 2022…

SGRE Wins Taiwanese 376 MW OWP

Oct 30, 2019

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received a firm order from a consortium between Macquarie Capital Limited and Swancor Renewable Energy Co to install the 376-MW Formosa II offshore wind farm project (OWP) in Taiwanese waters.The project…

Blyth Port Readies Turbine Training Facility

Oct 28, 2019

UK's East coast port , Port of Blyth, said that it is installing a bespoke wind turbine training facility at its Bates terminal as part of a GBP1mln investment in training provision aimed at the offshore energy sector. This is a first for the UK wind industry…

W2POWER Floater Passes First Test

Oct 24, 2019

Testing of the W2Power multi-turbine floating offshore wind platform prototype has been completed at the Plocan test site at the Canary Islands in Spain.The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) said the test was developed between June 2019 and October 2019…

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