WE9 / Hamburg, August 5, 2016 The 7 – 8MW class rapidly becomes state-of-the-art for offshore wind, and for large-scale onshore a new 3.6 – 5MW ‘superclass’ is emerging. For these installations as well as smaller-size volume turbines matching component solutions are required. Reliable components are essential during all stages of a turbine’s manufacture, installation… Read more »
Category: Wind
SeaRoc Group Awarded Framework Contract to Provide HSEQ Management Support to East Anglia One
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded SeaRoc Group with a 5 year framework contract to provide Health, Safety and Quality management support to their East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. Scope of work includes provision of specialist personnel to provide advice and support to the project during construction, development of management systems and to deliver comprehensive training to… Read more »
Record amount of data managed by SeaPlanner for Gemini Wind Park
SeaPlanner, industry leading marine management and monitoring system and part of the SeaRoc Group, has announcement the management of a record quantity of project data as the construction phase of the Gemini Offshore Wind Park draws to a close. The Netherlands based offshore wind farm is one of the largest in the world and has… Read more »
Ideol’s floating technology at the core of the Mediterranean’s first offshore wind farm
The French Government announced last Friday that it has selected Eolmed, the consortium assembled around Ideol’s floating technology, for the development and construction of a 25MW Mediterranean offshore wind farm 15 km off the coastal town of Gruissan. The consortium will be led by the French renewable energy developer Quadran and will include Ideol, the… Read more »
First ever UK built offshore wind turbine blades arrive at Belfast
Blades designed, tested and manufactured on the Isle of Wight have arrived at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Belfast ready for installation at DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension project. The first six 80 metre long blades for the 258 MW Burbo Bank Extension project have arrived at the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind pre-assembly facility in… Read more »
Aberdeen offshore wind farm investment confirmed
Responding to news that Vattenfall has decided to invest more than £300 million to build Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility off Aberdeen; Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “This announcement is great news for Scotland’s offshore wind industry, and together with developments at Levenmouth, Hunterston and Statoil’s Hywind project… Read more »
DNV GL launches new Joint Industry Project for standardisation of floating wind turbines
· Fourteen companies from the wind, oil & gas and maritime sector have launched the Joint Industry Project “Coupled Analysis of Floating Wind Turbines” led by DNV GL · Goal of the project is the development of a Recommended Practice for the coupled analysis for the design of floating offshore wind turbines · Standardisation aims… Read more »
ELA Offshore announces DNV 2.7-2 certification for offshore accommodation units
ELA Container Offshore GmbH announces that they gained the DNV 2.7-2 certification for their ELA Offshore Accommodation Containers. With this, ELA Offshore is continuing its commitment to deliver high quality products for the offshore oil and gas and wind industry, which are manufactured in Germany to international standards and requirements. The latest modules are now… Read more »
Seacat Services Sends Freedom To Race Bank
Class-leading crew transfer operator dispatches newly launched vessel to support DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind project July 19th 2016, UK – Seacat Freedom, the latest addition to Seacat Services’ 12-strong fleet, has been dispatched to DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind project following the boat’s official naming ceremony at Seawork 2016. The deployment comes… Read more »
Siemens signs energy cooperation agreement with Cuban utility UNE
• Focus on power generation and transmission infrastructure upgrades Siemens has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Unión Eléctrica (UNE) the Cuban state-owned utility with the intention to modernize the energy infrastructure of the country. In presence of Rubén Cid, Vice-Minister of Energy and Mining of Cuba, Livan Arronte Cruz, General Director of UNE,… Read more »
Senvion installs its first 3 megawatt machine in North America
Hamburg/Montreal: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, installed its first 3 megawatt (MW) machine in North America, the Senvion 3.2M114. The turbine has a rated output of 3.2 MW, hub height of 100 metres, and a rotor diameter of 114 metres. It is the first of 46 turbines to be installed at the… Read more »
Hailo Wind Systems: Safety And Rescue Academy’s GWO certification renewed
Safety through guaranteed quality Safety And Rescue Academy’s GWO certification renewed Audit shows 98% participant satisfactionHailo Wind Systems’ Safety And Rescue Academy (SARA) continues to satisfy the demanding training requirements of the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). In the GWO’s annual audit, Hailo was confirmed as meeting the international standard for First Aid, Fire Awareness, Working at Height… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg 2016: WindEnergy Hamburg to Highlight Future Energy Solutions Utilising Smart Networks and Energy Storage Technology
Today´s energy transition can only come along with an innovation of our power supply infrastructure. Future energy supply systems must be capable to balance demand for power and supply continuously and to guarantee network stability, efficiency and reliability. The rapid development of these technologies will be showcased at WindEnergy Hamburg. The world’s leading expo for… Read more »
LM Wind Power breaks ground for new wind turbine blade plant in Turkey
14 July, 2016 – LM Wind Power, the world’s largest independent designer and manufacturer of wind turbine blades, announced today that it has broken ground for a 17 hectares piece of land in Bergama, Turkey, from the Bergama Organized Industrial Zone (BOSBI). The site will become home to a world class, high technology factory for… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group to transport and install 36 foundations for offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund
Friday 8 July, Jan De Nul Group signed a contract with Dong Energy from Denmark for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2 in German territorial waters. Additionally, the Group was also awarded the supply, transport and installation of scour protection for all foundations…. Read more »
United Energies MTOI signs license agreement for wind industry establishment in Kazakhstan
• United Energies MTOI enters energy market in Kazakhstan• Technology transfer of UE DirectDrive wind turbine production • Inauguration of rst production hall before Expo 2017 05 July 2016. In June 2016 United Energies MTOI signed a license agree- ment for the establishment of a national wind industry in Kazakhstan. Wind industry development encompasses technology… Read more »
51 MW Kalmykia wind farm project in Russia on positive course to realisation
• FWT to supply 20 x FWT 2500 wind turbines to Kalmykia wind energy project with a nominal capacity of 2.55 MW• Delivery scheduled to start by end of 2016, start of commercial operation scheduled for 2017• Corporate Energies company, Energy Competence Centre (ECC), assigned as owner’s engineer Berlin, 05 July 2016. Recently ALTEN Ltd…. Read more »
ATLANTIC SEA, ACL’s Third of Five New G4 Vessels, is delivered
July 8, 2016, WESTFIELD, NJ – ACL is proud to announce that it officially took delivery of the third new vessel in the G4 fleet, ATLANTIC SEA on June 30, 2016. The ATLANTIC SEA sailed from China on July 4th and will take its place in the Company’s transatlantic schedule in early August. The remaining… Read more »
Global Maritime Provides Marine Warranty Services To Uss First Offshore Wind Farm
Houston, US; July 11 2016: Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has signed a contract with leading offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind to provide marine warranty services for the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm. Services that will be… Read more »
Hitachi Zosen And Ideol Officialize The Start Of Their Floaters Construction In Japan
Less than a month after the official launch of Ideol’s first demonstrator (Floatgen), Hitachi Zosen and Ideol have signed a contract launching the construction phase of their 2 floating offshore wind turbines. This second contract follows the achievement of the design & engineering phase which started a year ago. These 2 floaters will be each… Read more »
DEME’s subsidiary Tideway is Best Performing Employer in marine engineering sector
BREDA (NL) | The National Business Success Award Institute has selected Tideway BV (a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group, DEME) as Best Performing Employer 2016 in the marine engineering sector. Thanks to Tideway’s strong positioning, this DEME subsidiary remains a leader in its market. The Nominations Committee was impressed by… Read more »
First in the world with new maintenance training for the wind industry
Maersk Training is the first Global Wind Organisation certified training centre in the world to deliver the new Basic Maintenance Training (BMT) Following the release of the Basic Maintenance Training Standard by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) on 4 July 2016, DNV-GL has certified Maersk Training in Esbjerg as the first organisation to conduct all… Read more »
Germany EEG reform a mixed bag for wind energy
Germany’s parliament approved a plan to reform the country’s renewable energy law by ending feed-in tariffs in favour of competitive auctions and putting clear volumes on wind energy deployment. Lawmakers have agreed to cap the annual auctions for onshore wind at 2.8GW and offer fluctuating tenders for offshore wind in order to control renewables installations… Read more »
CS Wind Breaks Ground on £ 27 M renewables Investment
Work starts on first UK offshore wind tower factoryArgyll, Scotland, gets £27m South Korean investment Work on the UK’s first offshore wind tower factory will officially start in Argyll today (July 7) at a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Scotland’s Energy Minister.CS Wind UK’s base in Campbeltown, which employs 175 people, is set for a £27… Read more »
Trelleborg Wins Contract For Borwin3 Wind Farm Floatover
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation announces it has been awarded a contract by the Siemens/Petrofac consortium for its first floatover installation of an offshore converter platform – BorWin3 wind farm project. The high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station will sit nearly 130 kilometers off the German coast in the North Sea. Siemens will supply the… Read more »
Safe, high quality and environmentally friendly: Deutsche Windtechnik achieves triple certification from DNV GL
Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd. passed the certification audit performed by independent international auditor DNV GL in June. For a whole week the auditors examined quality, industrial safety and environmental management at company headquarters in Edinburgh and two complete wind farms. The certificates attest that the British subsidiary of Deutsche Windtechnik AG fulfils all the quality, health,… Read more »
Valorem chooses RNRG to support wind resource assessment activities in Africa
Hinesburg USA, July 5th 2016: Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, announced today that it has supplied complete resource assessment packages to French developer VALOREM to support their renewable energy project development activities in Africa. VALOREM is currently building a pipeline of five… Read more »
Siemens expands portfolio with 8 MW offshore wind turbine
• New offshore SWT-8.0-154 turbine with up to 10% higher AEP based on existing offshore direct drive platform• Direct drive SWT-3.3-130 onshore wind turbine passes type certificate from DNV GL Siemens’ direct drive wind turbine technology for offshore and onshore wind turbines reaches the next development milestone: The latest addition to the offshore direct drive… Read more »
18 national pavilions at WindEnergy Hamburg
Trade visitors and delegations expected from all parts of the world WindEnergy Hamburg – at the Hamburg Fair site from 27 to 30 September 2016 WE7/ Hamburg, 4 July 2016WindEnergy Hamburg, the world’s leading wind industry fair, will be held from 27 to 30 September. Once again it will be the global business platform for… Read more »
Siemens to supply wind turbines for onshore project in Norway
• 50 wind turbines for one of the largest onshore wind power plants in Norway• Power sold to Google data centers across Europe Siemens has received an order to supply, install and commission 50 onshore wind turbines in Norway. Project developers are Zephyr AS and Norsk Vind Energi AS. Funds managed by BlackRock are providing… Read more »
Service Operation Vessel For Dutch Gemini Project Christened In Hamburg Third Tailor Made Service Operation Vessel For Siemens
The wind service operation vessel (SOV) for the Dutch Gemini project has been christened “Windea la cour” today in Hamburg. The vessel is to set sail to start operations at the Gemini offshore wind power plant this summer. Siemens has supplied 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 megawatts each and will service the… Read more »
New Milestone Reached for Transferring Personnel Offshore
A new guidance document has been published by the Marine Transfer Forum. “Offshore Personnel Transfer by Crane – Best Practice Guidelines for Routine and Emergency Operations” aims to support an international market which performs over 5 million passenger transfers every year. Developed by EnerMech, DNV GL, Reflex Marine and Seacor Marine the guideline benefits from… Read more »
Service operation vessel for Dutch Gemini project christened in Hamburg – third tailor-made service operation vessel for Siemens
The wind service operation vessel (SOV) for the Dutch Gemini project has been christened “Windea la cour” today in Hamburg. The vessel is to set sail to start operations at the Gemini offshore wind power plant this summer. Siemens has supplied 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 megawatts each and will service the… Read more »
Siemens signs long-term wind service agreement in UK
• Siemens to provide service and maintenance for an additional 15 years at the Clyde wind farm in Scotland, one of Europe’s largest wind projects• Sixth service agreement with majority shareholder SSE since July 2015 Siemens has been awarded a long-term contract extension for service and maintenance at the 350-megawatt (MW) Clyde wind farm in… Read more »
Norvento Turns on Ten Turbines in 2016
Healthy H1 construction pipeline sees medium wind manufacturer complete ten turbine installations by June, with a further nine turbines consented and under construction 28th June 2016 – Medium-scale wind turbine manufacturer Norvento has announced the successful completion of ten new turbine installations throughout the UK in the first half of 2016. A healthy order pipeline… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group to supply installation vessel to install turbines for Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project
Near to the port of Blyth in Northumberland in the UK, an offshore wind farm will be developed by EDF Energy Renewables. MHI Vestas have been asked to deliver five of the largest wind turbines ever manufactured in the world (V164-8.0 MW) turbines, and these will be installed using the by Jan De Nul Group… Read more »