IJmuiden 3-10-2017: Zbridge BV announced today that the Zbridge W2W system has been contracted by Østensjø Rederi onboard of the of the Construction Support Vessel Sun Enabler. The Zbridge system was mobilized mid-august in IJmuiden and is currently working successfully at the Race bank windfarm of DONG Energy. The Zbridge W2W System is developed by… Read more »
After having been awarded the project last December 2016 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (HHI), Jan De Nul Group’s preparations for the subsea cable laying work for ADMA-OPCO’s NASR Full Field Development Package 2 Project off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the Arabian Gulf are in full swing. The preparations are lead from… Read more »
Following the profound strategic transformation from black to green energy and the recent divestment of the upstream oil and gas production, the DONG Energy name is no longer suitable for the company. Therefore, DONG Energy has today called for an Extraordinary General Meeting to ask the shareholders of the company to approve a change of… Read more »
Hamburg, 2 October 2017. The Nordex Group has added a further chapter to its success story in Argentina with an order for 26 N131/3900 turbines for the “Pomona” wind farm. The contract will be executed on a full EPC basis, including civil and electrical engineering, procurement, construction and manufacturing, delivery and installation of the wind… Read more »
Hamburg, 02 October 2017 – SAL brings together complex heavy lift shipping and installation support into one specialist team. SAL is pleased to announce its next steps as a leading heavy lift project carrier and marine installation provider. Today SAL is launching its Marine Projects department, a team dedicated to complex heavy lift shipping and… Read more »
Arnhem, The Netherlands – 2nd October 2017 – DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, today published an update of its GRIDSTOR Recommended Practice (DNVGL-RP-0043) for grid-connected energy storage. The updated version incorporates the latest storage technologies and market developments and provides the most up to date recommendations on… Read more »
• 23 units of SWT-DD-130 Onshore Direct Drive OptimaFlex wind turbines to be supplied to Sørfjord Vindpark project • Installation in Tysfjord, Norway planned for summer 2019; completion planned for autumn 2019 • Five year service and maintenance contract included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply the Sørfjord Vindpark onshore wind power plant in Northern Norway with 23… Read more »
• The company will install 25 G114-2.0 MW wind turbine generators for Zephyr Power (Pvt.) Limited (“Zephyr Power”). The project is located in Gharo, Thatta District. Siemens Gamesa has achieved a new milestone in its Asian strategy with its maiden order in Pakistan. The company, in consortium with Sumec Hardware and Tools, has… Read more »
• It also is the country’s first large commercial hybrid project • The scope includes connecting a 28.8-MW solar facility to an existing 50-MW wind farm Siemens Gamesa has been mandated to develop India’s first large commercial hybrid wind-solar project, where a 28.8-MW solar facility will be connected to an existing 50-MW wind farm. This is the… Read more »
• Chief Information Officer Alan Feeley takes over additional role • Strong focus on the merged company’s operational framework for cyber security Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has appointed Alan Feeley as its new Chief Cyber Security Officer. In addition to his current responsibilities as Chief Information Officer, he will expand and manage the company’s operational… Read more »
Leading renewable energy underwriter teams up with emerging market specialist to provide services for 75MW Sidrap Wind Farm, including work at specially-constructed jetty Indonesia, 20th September 2017 – Modern Energy Management (MEM), a specialist in delivering project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors, is to carry out marine warranty surveying (MWS) services… Read more »
CHC Group has signed a contract with DONG Energy to provide aviation services for the first phase of DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project One will be the biggest windfarm in the world, capable of supplying clean electricity to well over one million homes. It will be built 120km off the… Read more »
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 20 September 2017 at 10.15 am EEST The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply two more power plants to Bangladesh. Orion Group, one of the country’s leading industrial conglomerates, is developing two 110 MW power plants, each of which will operate on six Wärtsilä 50 engines running on heavy… Read more »
• The company will install 28 of its G132-3.465 MW wind turbines at a complex being developed in the province of La Rioja, in western Argentina. • This project marks a milestone for the company as Argentina is a key market with tremendous potential in wind power. • This is the first South American order… Read more »
• The company is discontinuing the manufacturing of Adwen AD8 to focus its sales efforts on just one 8 MW model. • The French State has authorized the switch of technology for both wind farms. • This decision does not modify Adwen’s plans to build two factories in Le Havre and to create 750 jobs. Siemens Gamesa Renewable… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group wins the annual IADC Safety Award, presented during the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) in Marseille, France. Jan De Nul Group is being honoured for its ‘transport of pipeline optimization’ initiative on its logistic hubs in Zelzate (Belgium) and worldwide. The award was presented by… Read more »
Peikko Group’s Norwegian subsidiary Peikko Norge AS has received an order to deliver rock foundation technology to Tindafjellet wind park in Rogaland area in Southern Norway. Peikko delivers all steel components to the three foundations of the wind park. The deliveries comprise FATBAR Rock Anchors, tower adapter plates, drilling templates and foundation reinforcement. Peikko is… Read more »
• The company has secured an order for the supply of 150 of its G114-2.0 MW turbines at the Xilinhot complex, in Inner Mongolia • The wind farm is expected to be commissioned towards the end of 2018 • The agreement also includes a long-term servicing arrangement Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured an agreement for the supply… Read more »
Sparrows Group has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Matt Corbin as its regional operations director for the UK and Europe to support the company’s continued growth in the oil and gas, renewables and industrial sectors. Mr Corbin, who has more than 20 years’ experience working in the oil and gas industry, has… Read more »
The independent service provider Deutsche Windtechnik and the Danish project developer and operator European Energy A/S are expanding their cooperation in the area of onshore maintenance. The companies already have a number of existing agreements, and representatives of both companies signed an additional full maintenance contract for the Briesensee and Gaurettersheim wind farms on Wednesday… Read more »
The world’s biggest wind industry meeting reflects wind energy success story WindEnergy Hamburg and WindEurope Conference to be held in parallel at the Hamburg Messe site in 2018 GWS1 / Hamburg, 15 September 2017 / Wind energy has made its breakthrough – in the energy market, in technology development and cost reduction and in its… Read more »
HUSUM | 15 September 2017 – HUSUM Wind was once again the home of the wind industry for a week. Visitors and exhibitors discussed technical innovations and political conditions, made new contacts and filled their order books. They made a positive assessment of the exhibition week, which once again underscored the diversity and dynamics of… Read more »
HUSUM | 14 September 2017 – After the forced break at HUSUM Wind yesterday afternoon, this morning the exhibitioners were able to present their innovations as usual and enter into discourse with colleagues and visitors. “We are pleased we were able to open all the exhibition halls again today. Our team having fixed all the… Read more »
Hamburg, Didsbury, 14 September 2017. After installing and commissioning a total of 862 turbines in the UK and Ireland, the Nordex Group has now reached the 2 GW milestone of installed capacity in these two countries. Just under 1.5 GW of this is in the UK as well as what is fast approaching 600MW installed… Read more »
The independent service provider Deutsche Windtechnik and the energy supplier Vattenfall are expanding their cooperation in offshore maintenance: On the one hand, Vattenfall has extended the duration of its cooperation agreement with Deutsche Windtechnik in the area of maintenance for all steel structures at the offshore wind farm (OWF) DanTysk. On the other, the service… Read more »
New 3.7M144 and 3.6M118 machines offer higher yields and increased performance Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, today launches its new products, the 3.7M144 EBC and 3.6M118 NES turbines, at the HUSUM Wind fair in Germany. The turbines are especially well suited for low and high wind sites respectively and are available… Read more »
Peter Morton of Wight Shipyard Co Ltd has bought a stake in Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) and takes his place on the board, securing the IOW boat build business well into the future. Commercial Director Mr Rob Stewart said: “We are looking forward to working together having been neighbours for some time. With a healthy… Read more »
In addition to its focus on increasing internationalisation, the leading independent service provider Deutsche Windtechnik will also be presenting its new brand identity at the trade fair Husum Wind 2017. The brand relaunch prominently features large-format photographs of Deutsche Windtechnik employees in their highly specialised working environments as well as the company’s refreshed design, which… Read more »
DONG Energy has been awarded a contract to build its Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, at the lowest-ever price for offshore wind in the UK. At 57.50 £/MWh, the strike price for the Contract for Difference (CfD) is 50% lower than the previous round of CfD allocations just two years ago, demonstrating the rapid… Read more »
Two DONG Energy offshore wind farms set to benefit from CWind expertise Chelmsford, Friday, 8th September. CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy, to install new and retrofit existing gates on the transition pieces (TPs) at the Gode Wind… Read more »
London, UK; September 8 2017: Global Maritime, a leading provider of offshore marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a number of leading Taiwanese organisations to develop closer cooperation on offshore wind technologies including marine warranty surveys, inspections and testing services. The signatories to the MOU with Global Maritime… Read more »
Vattenfall to invest £150,000 a year in local causes for 20-year lifetime of EOWDC A community fund scheme aimed at generating lasting legacies for North-east communities is being created by the developer behind the region’s pioneering European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Swedish energy group Vattenfall is to establish a community investment scheme by investing… Read more »
Leading international marine and engineering consultancy aims to enhance offshore wind farm construction, quality and safety in fledgling Taiwan market London, 7 September 2017 – LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, the premier international marine and engineering consultancy, together with four other parties, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their intention to… Read more »
In June of this year, ROV manufacturer Seatools completed the upgrade of the fall pipe ROV installed on Van Oord’s flexible fall pipe vessel “Stornes.” The upgrade entailed a depth upgrade that enables Van Oord to perform precision rock installation in water depths of up to 2100 meters. Seatools, manufacturer of custom-made ROVs, initially delivered… Read more »
Innovative sensor technologies, advanced modelling and new business models are all corner stones in how ZF Wind Power is digitalizing the manufacturing business. For ZF Wind Power digitalization and the Internet of Things (IoT) is an integrated part of this transformation. For a long time, the wind power industry has been among the front-runners when… Read more »
Does a bottlenose dolphin change its ranging movement because of a wind turbine? Or a razorbill change its migration route? How do human beings change behaviours with an offshore wind farm nearby? PES brings you a pioneering scientific research programme from Vattenfall, which aims to answer these questions and more. Four projects have initially been… Read more »