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Vestas and Maersk to Build Offshore Wind Logistics Base in South Korea

Apr 22, 2024

Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with A.P. Moller-Maersk, Jeonnam Province, and Mokpo City to build an offshore wind hub in Mokpo City in the Jeonnam Province, South Korea.Under the MoU, the parties will work together with…

Vestas to Install 15MW Offshore Wind Turbine Near Danish Port

Mar 08, 2024

Vestas has received a firm order from Thyborøn-Harboøre Vindmøllelaug I/S af 2002 for a V236-15.0 MW wind turbine to be installed directly on the waterfront in the Port of Thyborøn in the northwestern part of Denmark.The order consists of one V236-15…

Esvagt to Build New SOV to Service Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 17, 2024

Danish vessel owner Esvagt has secured a service contract with Vestas for Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust (west) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, and started the process of designing and building the new service operation vessel (SOV).The newbuild will be the sixth purpose-built SOV for Vestas…

Vestas Outlines Plans for Second Offshore Wind Factory in Poland

Jan 11, 2024

Danish offshore wind turbine maker Vestas has announced plans to establish a new offshore wind blade factory in Poland.The factory, to be located at Szczecin, is planned to produce blades for Vestas’ flagship offshore wind turbine, the V236-15…

Vestas Selected as Preferred Supplier for South Korea’s 390MW Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 29, 2023

Danish company Vestas has signed has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Hanwha Corporation for the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project in South Korea.The project is developed by Shinan Ui Offshore Wind, a special purpose company established by Hanwha Corporation E&C Division…

Vestas and Vattenfall Cement Offshore Wind Partnership in UK

Dec 21, 2023

Danish company Vestas and Swedish utility Vattenfall have signed a 1.4 GW preferred supplier agreement for UK offshore wind project, with exclusivity agreements for two additional 2.8 GW projects in the country.The agreements for the three projects…

Ørsted, Vestas Team Up to Deploy Low-Carbon Steel Towers and Recycled Blades for Offshore Wind Projects

Jun 08, 2023

Denmark-based offshore wind farm developer Ørsted and its compatriot wind turbine maker Vestas on Wednesday announced a commercial sustainability partnership, whereby Ørsted will procure low-carbon steel wind turbine towers and blades made from…

Vestas to Supply 25 Offshore Wind Turbines for Wind Farm in Japan

Apr 25, 2023

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said Tuesday it had won an order from Hibiki Wind Energy to supply offshore wind turbines for the Kitakyushu-Hibikinada offshore wind farm project in Japan.The offshore wind project is located offshore Kitakyushu city…

Vestas' 15MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Reaches Full Power Rating

Apr 03, 2023

Danish offshore wind turbine maker Vestas said Monday that its most powerful wind turbine, the V236-15.0 MW prototype, stretching 280 meters into the air, had reached 15 MW nominal power rating.'The prototype was installed in December 2022 and produced its first kWh of power shortly after…

Vestas to Supply 15MW Turbines for Floating Offshore Wind Project in South Korea

Mar 31, 2023

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said Friday it had signed a preferred supplier agreement to supply its giant 15MW offshore wind turbines for a floating wind project in South Korea.Vestas did not say who the client was. It did say that the floating…

Vestas, N-O-S to Deploy World's First Methanol-powered Crew Transfer Vessel at German Wind Farm

Dec 21, 2022

Offshore wind turbine maker Vestas and offshore vessel owner Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) have partnered up to deploy the world’s first methanol-powered offshore crew transfer vessel to drive down emissions from offshore wind service operations…

Shell, Hexicon JV Selects Vestas' 15MW Turbines for S. Korea Floating Wind Project

Nov 29, 2022

MunmuBaram, a joint venture between Shell and Swedish floating wind technology developer Hexicon, has named the wind turbine maker Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier for the 1.3 GW MunmuBaram floating offshore wind project in South Korea…

Atlantic Shores Picks Vestas as Preferred Turbine Supplier for U.S. Offshore Wind Project

Oct 06, 2022

U.S offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has selected wind turbine maker Vestas as the preferred supplier for its 1.5 GW offshore wind project in New Jersey, USA. Atlantic Shores is a 50:50 partnership between Shell New Energies and EDF Renewables…

Vestas to Deliver 15MW Wind Turbines for 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

Sep 28, 2022

Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and ESB, has appointed Vestas as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland. The project, located 15 km off the Angus Coast on the East of Scotland…

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