Yesterday, the grand opening of Windplanblauw, the large-scale wind energy project in the northwest corner of the Dutch province of Flevoland took place. The wind farm is mostly locally owned. This makes it the wind farm that produces the most...
On Tuesday 28 November, the construction of the final two of a total of 86 wind turbines for the large wind energy project Windplan Groen was completed. The installation of the last rotor blades took place at the Hanze and...
The nearshore part of the Windplanblauw wind energy project by Vattenfall and SwifterwinT is delivering power to the grid. At the moment, five out of the 24 wind turbines in the IJsselmeer lake have been completed and are now in...
Rotterdam-based Barge Master has contributed to the successful first feeder operation for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project in collaboration with FOSS Maritime, Seaqualize, GE and DEME Offshore US. Barge Master’s cutting-edge motion compensation platforms played a pivotal role...
Last Friday, one of the installed wind turbines in the onshore Hanze Wind Farm, located in the Dutch municipality of Dronten in northeastern Flevoland, produced its first electricity. The tests are now being analyzed after which the wind turbine can...
LiftWerx, a member of the Dutch Meemaken Group of companies, performed its first gearbox installation with their newest GenHook™ crane system, marking its market launch. The up-tower crane technology was used to install a gearbox for a General Electric wind turbine at...
Turbine installation for the onshore wind farm Hanze in the municipality of Dronten in north-eastern Flevoland recently kicked-off. Work is currently underway on the second turbine. The wind farm will house a total of 15 wind turbines in 2 lines,...
Installation of the tower sections for Windplanblauw’s nearshore wind turbines started this week. The IJsselmeer will host 24 GE Cypress 5.5 MW wind turbines. Contractor company Ballast Nedam has designed and built special foundations for these. Work on the foundations...
The GROW consortium has been awarded a 4 million euro grant from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for their FlexH2 project. The Shell-led research project, which stands for Flexible Offshore Wind Hydrogen Power Plant Module, intends to develop and demonstrate...
Windplan Groen, a large onshore wind repowering development in the province of Flevoland, has reached a new milestone: all 11 participating wind farms have completed the development phase and 9 have reached Financial Close. The last two wind farms are...
