· Concluding chapter of World Energy Resources 2016 report cites pivotal role of storage · Lead author Paul Gardner from DNV GL presents conclusions at World Energy Council Congress 2016 in Istanbul October 10, 2016 · World’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body analyses industry drivers including technology advancements, regulatory trends and… Read more »
• Nordex is commissioning the largest wind farm in Uruguay (142 MW) to date The manufacturer also supplied and commissioned the first turbine installed in Uruguay, back in 1999 Hamburg, 11 October 2016. The Nordex Group, a wind turbine manufacturer with more than 20,000 MW installed capacity globally, has made wind history in Uruguay. The… Read more »
Vila Acre (27 MW): start of construction works Vila Para (99 MW): 32 turbines out of 33 completed Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international renewable energies company, takes another step forward on its Brazilian roadmap with the start of construction of the Vila Acre wind farm, while 97% of the Vila Para wind farm is… Read more »
Moventas Gears UK is pleased to announce the achievement of a significant milestone with the completion of the 3.6MW Load Test Bench and MW Final Assembly centre during August 2016. The gearbox specialist has made a capital investment in the 3.6MW Load Test Bench, flexibly designed to accommodate Moventas’ multi-brand service approach. Supported by the… Read more »
• 13 direct drive wind turbines of the type SWT-3.4-108 • 14-year service agreement Siemens has been awarded a contract for the turbine supply of the Zadar VI Extension onshore wind project in Croatia. The project scope includes delivery and installation of 13 wind turbines of the type SWT-3.4-108 with a rating of 3.4 megawatts… Read more »
LM Group Holding A/S announces today that Doughty Hanson, the European private equity firm, has agreed to sell its stakes in LM Wind Power Holding A/S to GE for an enterprise value of EUR 1.5 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2017, subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition is… Read more »
Aquaterra Energy and Proeon Systems have developed a cost-saving, integrated structural monitoring system to improve the integrity of offshore wind structures. With global offshore wind expenditure forecast to reach £210 billion over the next ten years, the offshore wind energy monitoring system will improve inspection and repair planning, and lower the frequency of offshore failures…. Read more »
SeaRenergy – Fichtner have been awarded with the revision and development of all risk assessments for TenneT ́s offshore and onshore converter stations, the converter stations being essential elements of the North Sea grid connections. The contract has been signed for a minimum of two years. The purpose is to identify potential hazards for people,… Read more »
A new Best Practice will be developed to improve the design of modern wind turbines and wind farms that will lead to cost reductions. Copenhagen, Denmark –10 October 2016, Together with global partners, DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and renewables certification body, has launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to… Read more »
Companies developing innovations for offshore renewables can find out how to access a £6m grant fund at a free event at Lowestoft next week. Grants of up to £50,000 are available from the SCORE programme for the development of technologies, inventions, processes and systems that bring down the cost of offshore wind, wave and tidal… Read more »
SeaRenergy and SMC want to thank all visitors to our stand on WindEnergy Hamburg for the participation in our charity game which enabled us to donate 3,500 EUR the DGzRS (German Maritime Search and Rescue Association)! All our clients, suppliers, partners and friends were invited to put a magnet on our charity wall. For each… Read more »
Roermond, the Netherlands, 7 october 2016. Sif Holding N.V. (“Sif or “the Company”), a leading manufacturer of large steel tubulars which are used as foundation components for the offshore wind and offshore oil & gas markets, announces today that it has been awarded the production of all 42 monopiles and, in joint venture with Smulders,… Read more »
Meriaura has received the first one of the two VG EcoCoaster newbuildings ordered from Royal Bodewes. M/s ‘Eeva VG’ arrived yesterday for the first time in Finland, and was baptised today in the port of Rauma, where the vessel loaded her first cargo, 4000 tons of oats, for Rotterdam. M/S Eeva VG is 103 meters… Read more »
Munich, 5 October 2016: BayWa r.e. has sold its 29.7 MW Fraisthorpe wind farm, situated near Bridlington. The site has been acquired by funds managed by the UK investment fund manager Octopus Investments, one of the UK’s largest investors in renewable energy. This is the fifth successful wind farm sale from the BayWa r.e. portfolio to… Read more »
Specialist engineering company Pharos Marine Sims Systems has stepped in to employ two apprentices made redundant in the final year of their training because of the oil and gas industry slump. Engineering apprentices Tom Woodruff and Cory Newland were desperate after losing their jobs with Great Yarmouth companies with only months to go to before… Read more »
Type SWT-3.6-130 for medium wind conditions proven to conform to IEC 61400-22 standard Hamburg, Germany – 6th October 2016, DNV GL and Siemens Wind Power (Siemens) today announced that the Siemens SWT-3.6-130 Onshore Direct Drive Platform wind turbine has been successfully type certified by DNV GL. This certification confirms that the new turbine complies with… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Dutch subsea technology company Seatools the contract for the design and delivery of a piling template instrumentation and control system. The system will be used for the offshore pile installation operations that are part of the construction of the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The contract includes the complete mechanical, electric,… Read more »
ALE’s UK branch has jointly won the ‘Best Energy Project’ award for its collaboration when undertaking jack-up and roll-up operations in Suffolk, UK, by the East of England Energy Group (EEEG) Awards 2016. As part of the Dudgeon offshore wind farm project, ALE were given the scope of lifting components, performing multiple site moves, rolling-up… Read more »
What’s in a name? Thorsten Jalk, CEO at Ziton, dropped in to tell us about the name change from DBB Jack-up. It’s an exciting time for the company; they offer more than a jack-up service, in fact they provide the whole operations and maintenance package. Owning the vessels contributes to fulfilling their aim of reducing… Read more »
A global increase of electricity consumption along with the expected exhaustion of fossil fuel sources are ushering in a new era of environmental awareness that is opening up opportunities for the use of renewable energy sources such as wind power. With expertise in both automotive and industrial technology, PES discovers why ZF supports gear-driven wind… Read more »
Paolo Brianzoni, CEO of Visual Working SA, talks to PES about the exciting developments in drone inspection. The company is pushing the boundaries to bring the ultimate in image quality and data richness. This means there is the occasional crash, but they just pick themselves up and improve… PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks… Read more »
Universal Transport is driving energy transition forward. The transport of components for wind turbine plants requires a vast amount of intensive preparation; the 70m long rotor blades, especially, create a real challenge. This kind of job is all in a days’ work at Universal Transport, one of the leading contractors in the area of large… Read more »
Drones are starting to change many industry sectors, especially in maintenance and services. SPECTAIR GROUP is one of Germany’s biggest players in the drone industry. Besides surveying, monitoring and industry inspections the SPECTAIR GROUP serves the wind industry. PES met up with Marius Schroeder, Head of Marketing at SPECTAIR GROUP GmbH in Germany, to find… Read more »
PES caught up with Danny Ellis, CEO and co-Founder of Skyspecs, to hear about the latest drone inspection technology. It’s an exciting time for Skyspecs as they look towards expanding their services in Europe. PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about… Read more »
In 2010 researchers of the acoustics & vibrations department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) started working on the topic of FSHM (Foundation Structural Health Monitoring), back when this abbreviation was not very well known in the wind power industry. Going back six years ago, the main research in the field of sensors and monitoring… Read more »
Jan Willem van der Graaf, CEO at Seaway Heavy Lifting, talks to PES about the decrease in oil & gas projects, due to the slump in oil prices and the increase in interest in contracts for renewables. PES: Welcome to PES, thanks for talking to us. You are active in several industries, is wind energy… Read more »
Words: Dipl.-Chem. Joachim Rother, Technical Director, novatic COATINGS Group The novatic® COATINGS Group has an extensive portfolio of high quality coating materials, for industrial corrosion protection, for use in various industries. There is a wide range of corrosion protection systems and applications available ranging from easy to use, for the protection of interior steel constructions,… Read more »
When we last spoke to Henning Weisz, the CEO of Global Tarps (Group MPASIA), it was following a 12 month growth period that had also seen the company maintain its reputation for quality and service. We caught up with Henning once again to find out how the business has been performing recently. “We control the… Read more »
Words: Petri Aho, Senior Vice President, Service Sales EMEA & APAC. This year Moventas launched a new suite of services called Extra Life. Extra Life suites incorporate gearbox services for the most popular, aging fleets, namely GE, Siemens and kilowatt class turbines. By removing known failure modes and replacing them with core Moventas technologies, gearbox… Read more »
Words: Wolfgang Beez, Sr. Marketing and Business Development Manager – Wind Systems, Maxwell Technologies Wolfgang Beez is senior business portfolio manager wind for the group and works closely with wind operators to integrate ultracapacitor wind pitch control retrofit systems in wind farms across the globe. Ultracapacitors – the fast-responding, power-packed energy storage devices that have… Read more »
PES discovers the Limpet height safety system, with its Intelligent Climb Assist feature, which includes rescue, evacuation and fall arrest. It provides assisted climbs, no matter your weight, saves maintenance time, down times and in the case of an accident – critical time. “At the top of a wind turbine in France, Gregory, a senior… Read more »
Words: Thomas Arnold, Team Leader Measurements and Technical Testing for Wind Energy Turbines, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH Treading a path to and from the filing cabinet is all part of the daily routine of many wind farm owners and operators. Many details of the condition of their wind farm can only be found there…. Read more »
PES brings you the latest on JAN DE NUL’S INSTALLATION SHIP, THE VOLE AU VENT. A jack-up vessel specifically built for work on wind farms. Read on to find out more. On Tuesday September 15th 2016, JAN DE NUL and NOBELWIND will sign the first offshore wind contract for JAN DE NUL’s installation ship, VOLE… Read more »
PES caught up with Michael Halberg Sørensen, CEO of HeliPPE, to find out how the company started. He talks about the benefits, in terms of cost savings and safety, of hiring personal protective equipment (PPE) for helicopter transport. PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by… Read more »
Words: Kim Mørk, Executive Vice President of Renewables Certification, DNV GL Energy The wind power industry has changed massively over the last 10-15 years. New concepts, technologies and devices have arisen and certification has played an essential role in bringing these developments to market. But today the wind industry is much more mature, and the… Read more »
DONG Energy awarded DEME’s subsidiary Tideway cable installation contract for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. PES investigates to find out why and introduces readers to the ‘Living Stone’. Early June this year, Tideway BV, Breda, the Netherlands, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, was awarded a cable… Read more »