Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted said Wednesday that Hornsea 2, the world’s largest installed offshore wind farm, is now fully operational off the UK coast. The 1.3GW offshore wind farm comprises 165 wind turbines, located 89km off the Yorkshire Coast. I can power over 1.4 million UK households. The wind farm is located alongside the Hornsea 1 wind farm, and the two wind farms can power 2.5 million households…
GustoMSC and NOV Lifting & Handling said Tuesday they had developed a solution to improve offshore wind turbine blade installation efficiency.'Blades are highly susceptible to wind loads, so they currently take the most time to install,' the companies said…
Energy services provider Swire Energy Services has appointed Claus Rødsgaard as Head of Operations, in a newly created role for the Wind Division.Rødsgaard will support and oversee operational activity within the Swire Energy Services (SES) Wind Division and will be based in Lystrup…
Some equations just don’t add up. For example, storing 500 offshore wind turbine blades at a site with only space for 400 (and that’s only if you don’t store the other key elements required to build a full turbine). Elaine Maslin visited Siemens Gamesa’s blade manufacturing facility in Hull…
FastBlade, dubbed the world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, was officially opened in Fife, Scotland, on Friday as part of a partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Babcock.The facility will stress test blades…
RTS Wind reports it has secured a contract to provide offshore blade maintenance at Ørsted's Burbo Bank wind farm, off Liverpool in the UK.RTS Wind UK Operations Director, John Galliford, said, “We are delighted to be awarded this contract with…
Whether we realize it or not, robotics and robotics systems are starting to impact our daily lives. From warehouse picking systems through to high-end medical devices through to your mowbot lawnmower. Each tends to be specialized to its own…
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has together with its partner Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology (Tien Li) produced the first V174-9.5MW blade at its facilities in Taiwan.The blades, part of Vestas' V174-9.5MW offshore turbine, will be installed…
An offshore wind turbine rotor with three blades detached from its nacelle and fell into the sea earlier this week at Ørsted's Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark, spurring an investigation by the wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa and wind farm developer Ørsted…
Offshore services firm Swire Energy Services (SES) said it has been awarded a contract from wind farm operator Ørsted for a routine maintenance campaign off the U.K. coast for Summer 2022.The new contract will see SES provide services including…
LM Wind Power, a subsidiary of wind turbine maker GE Renewable Energy, has made what is said to be the world’s largest, fully recyclable, thermoplastic wind turbine blade. The 62-meter blade was made at LM Wind Power plant in Ponferrada, Spain…
Offshore wind installation services company Seajacks UK, as of recently a subsidiary of Eneti, has established an operational base in the City of Virginia Beach, Va.Seajacks has been providing Blue Ocean Energy Marine, a Dominion Energy-owned company…
UK-based Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) said Monday that drone technology combined with active thermography has recently been tested at its Blythe site, and that it offers faster, cheaper, and more in-depth inspection of wind turbine blades and aeroplane wings…
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP), an organization that describes itself as the go-to enabler to develop the UK offshore wind supply chain, has released its latest Development Grant funding call, with £3.5 million (around $4,6 million)…
GE Renewable Energy's LM Wind Power said this week it planned to produce zero waste wind turbine blades by 2030.'LM Wind Power will play a central role in supporting its customers to develop fully circular wind turbines that generate less waste during their production…
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