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Turbine #31 installed in the North Sea as the company’s second German project nears completion
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
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politics & business
Offshore Wind Power Market to Exhibit Growth
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
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project update
Vineyard Wind: Heerema participates in largest US offshore wind project
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
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politics & business
Peterhead Port awarded major offshore wind contract
Game-changing turbine foundations and one of the world’s largest floating cranes to be marshalled at harbour for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre Read more
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project update
New ownership of Dogger Bank projects announced
The ownership arrangements for the four consented Dogger Bank offshore wind projects have been agreed and signed by the three Forewind shareholders, innogy, SSE and Statoil. Read more
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project update, logistics & operations
ABB wins order to support integration of offshore wind energy in the UK
ScottishPower Renewables has placed an order with ABB. Using ABBs technologies the company is hoping to integrate the East Anglia ONE project in the best possible way. Read more
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science & technology
First LiDAR wind buoys in China
Chinese system integrator Titan Technologies Corporation has ordered two Fraunhofer IWES LiDAR measuring buoys for the surveying of the Zhangpu and Changle offshore wind farms planned for off the coast of China's Fujian province. Read more
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project update
Converter platform DolWin gamma installed at sea
TenneT and GE have successfully installed the DolWin3 offshore converter station in the south-western German North Sea, approximately 80 kilometers from land. Read more
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project update, politics & business
First private offshore wind farm in the US moving forward
Domino Energy Virgina is planning the mid-Atlantic’s firstr offshore wind project. DONG Energy will help the electic utility company as part of an agreement and strategic partnership. Engineering and development will start immediately. Read more -
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DONG Energy inaugurates its Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms
DONG Energy has celebrated the inauguration of the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms at the Danish Embassy in Berlin. With 97 wind turbines and a total capacity of 582 megawatts, the two offshore wind farms generate enough power to supply approx 600,000 households in Germany annually. Read more
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politics & business
ROMEO project: reducing cost for offshore wind farm operators
The new flagship European project ROMEO is seeking to reduce offshore O&M costs through the development of advanced monitoring systems and strategies. It aims to move from corrective and calendar based maintenance to a condition based maintenance, through analysing the real behaviour of the main components of wind turbines. Read more
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project update
Fugro conducts UXO surveys at Borssele Wind Farm
Fugro, an independent provider of geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions, has been awarded a joint contract with Boskalis for survey and identification of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone. Read more
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politics & business
“Inn2POWER” project strengthens small and medium enterprises of the leading offshore wind energy regions
The four-year EU Interreg project “Inn2POWER - Innovation to Push Offshore Wind Energy Regions” was officially launched during the London Offshore Wind Energy 2017 event. Read more
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