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At around noon on 2 October, a turbine blade was damaged at the Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. At the time of the incident, no personnel were working on the turbine and there were no vessels in the area. Ørsted confirmed that no one was injured and that a safety exclusion zone has been established.
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The Victorian Government has identified a preferred transmission route to connect the state’s first offshore wind projects off the Gippsland coast to the electricity grid. The approximately 60-kilometre route will run between the Loy Yang Power Station switchyard and a proposed new terminal station at Giffard. The corridor, around 200 metres wide, will provide space for shared transmission infrastructure.
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Subsea Micropiles has entered into an agreement with Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) covering site investigation, anchor design and offshore installation. The collaboration will include cyclic loading analysis for anchor design and aims to address technical and cost considerations associated with floating offshore wind.
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The European Commission has approved three new cross-border renewable energy projects under the fifth call for Cross-Border Renewable Energy (CB RES) status: Wind, Deploy and Zega-Linnk. Wind: This project between Ukraine and Romania plans to deploy 650 MW of onshore wind capacity near Poltavska, Ukraine. It is expected to generate around 2 TWh of electricity annually.
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Rezolv Energy has energised Phase 1 of the Vifor wind farm in Buzău County, Romania. The project is backed by Actis and Mubadala. Phase 1 has an installed capacity of 192 MW and comprises 30 Vestas V162 EnVentus turbines, each with a capacity of 6.4 MW. The turbines have a tower height of 166 metres and a rotor diameter of 162 metres. Vestas was also the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner for Phase 1.
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EWE, RWE and Vattenfall are selling their shares in the alpha ventus offshore wind farm to Ocean Breeze Energy. Located around 45 kilometres north of Borkum, the wind farm was commissioned in 2010 with 12 turbines and a total capacity of 60 MW. As a demonstration and testing platform, the project provided experience with offshore wind technologies and operation and maintenance concepts.
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- Vestas reports new wind turbine orders across several markets
- deugro transports time-critical wind turbine components from China to Germany
- CGN commissions 2 GW Yangjiang offshore wind project
- Vestas secures 614 MW of orders in Australia
- Barrow offshore wind farm marks 20 years of operation
- Nordex secures 175 MW of orders in France, Portugal and Spain
- Nordex Group receives 42 MW order from Navaris in Germany
- Vestas announces orders in Denmark and Italy totalling 65 MW
- Montrose Port selected for Berwick Bank B offshore wind operations base
- Spie Wind Connect and Wirescan agree cable diagnostics cooperation
- Purus Horizon secures long-term charter with Siemens Gamesa
- Pacifico Energy secures sea survey licence for 1.3 GW Vietnam offshore wind project
- Nexra and Vattenfall explore offshore wind maintenance solutions
- Mammoet completes electric monopile transport pilot at Baltica 2
- Golden South wind project sold to Concord Green Energy
- European Energy completes first wind park in Greece
- BGB Group awarded scaffolding and construction framework for Baltica 2
- Inch Cape completes second offshore export cable
- Goldwind to supply turbines for 408 MW Gawara Baya wind project
- PNE and Enercon develop Beerfelde energy park
- SeaTwirl signs MoU for 20 MW floating wind project in Australia
- Vestas announces orders in Germany, Sweden and North America
- Navaris secures 304.5 MW in latest onshore wind auction
- Huisman to deliver cranes for Cadeler’s T-class vessels
- European Energy wins support for 89.6 MW in German wind tender
- Eiffage joint venture wins second 2 GW offshore converter platform contract
- Ørsted tenders for bird and bat monitoring in Polish Baltic Sea
