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logistics & operations
Working platform for the repair of rotor blades demonstrated on offshore wind turbine
Windea Offshore, together with its partner WP Systems, has taken another step towards establishing the WINDEA Blade Service concept. Last week the operation of the working platform System terra was successfully demonstrated at a Siemens SWT-3.6 offshore test turbine in the German district of Nordfriesland. Read more
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politics & business
Siemens Gamesa’s strong commercial performance in Q1 FY2020 reaffirms long-term prospects
The change of model towards clean energy accelerated commercial activity, as strong order intake in Q1 FY 2020 (+82% YoY) boosted the order book to €28,089m. Sales stood at €2,001m and the balance sheet remains sound, with €175m in net cash. Despite good long-term prospects, the complex situation in the industry and extraordinary costs in executing five onshore projects located in Northern Europe had a negative impact on profitability. Read more -
project update
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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logistics & operations
Next Generation Gangway at work at Walney Extension
The “Next Generation Gangway” is in operation on the subsea-support walk-to-work vessel VOS Start. The ship is chartered by MHI Vestas Offshore for the installation of wind turbines at the Walney Extension Wind Farm at the Irish Sea. Read more
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logistics & operations
CWind secures cable pull-in contract at Merkur offshore wind farm
CWind announced that it has been successfully awarded a contract to deliver all cable pull-in services for 66 offshore wind turbines and one offshore substation at Merkur Offshore Wind Farm, which is currently being constructed 45 km from the island of Borkum in the German North Sea. 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 -
project update
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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