Category: Wind

Beaufort, NC; Caudan, France; Satellite Beach, FL — In a collaboration among NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), AUV manufacturer RTsys and subsea imaging technology manufacturer Arctic Rays, the NemoSens SwordFish is designed to revolutionize ocean exploration and research by enhancing NOAA’s efforts to study and understand the seabed. NCCOS will use these… Read more »

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3t, the leading provider of the highest-impact training and learning solutions for safety-critical industries, is celebrating the opening of its new state-of-the-art Teesside training facility.   As the UK’s largest energy sector training provider, 3t’s Training Services division (previously AIS Survivex) is set to welcome tens of thousands of delegates per year to the new facility… Read more »

Advanced Program’s first suite of in-house scientific tools and services focuses on technical and economical optimisations within the development and operations of onshore & offshore wind farms, enabling a data-backed approach to real-world decision-making.   Developed through the application of scientific methodologies, combined with engineering expertise, computational frameworks, and data analytics, Advanced Programs’ scientific tools have… Read more »

Osbit, the offshore wind equipment specialist and a Venterra Group company, has been awarded a contract by Netherlands based subsea solutions and cable specialist N-Sea, to deliver a suite of equipment to enable the repair and lay of offshore cables. The system is designed with flexibility in mind, to support multiple cable specifications. Given the… Read more »

Hamburg, 28 November, 2023 — In the aftermath of a challenging period for the European renewables sectors, the introduction of the European Wind Power Package marks a pivotal moment, steering the industry back on course. However, substantial work lies ahead. Cristina Fernández, Country Director, MD (Germany) and Director for Sales (Continental Europe) at K2 Management,… Read more »

POTTSTOWN, Pa., November 28, 2023 – VideoRay has long been recognized as a trailblazer in the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) industry, delivering cutting-edge underwater robotics technology to a global customer base. The new Mission Specialist systems take inspection-class robots to a new level, delivering the power and functionality expected from larger, more expensive systems in… Read more »

KenzFigee, a well-established lifting and service specialist of high-end equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy industry, is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Aker Solutions for the supply of an offshore pedestal crane destined for the Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm developed by Vattenfall. The delivery involves an electric… Read more »

Last week, the Egyptian government, represented by the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), signed a milestone agreement with Jan De Nul Group to start the study for the construction of an undersea export cable between Egypt and Europe. In late September, the Egyptian government reaffirmed its plans to build an undersea electricity cable connecting Egypt… Read more »

Oslo, Norway, 21 November 2023 – GLX Holding AS, the holding company of Glamox AS, a leading lighting company, today announced continued growth in revenue and adjusted EBITDA for its third quarter of 2023. Total revenues in the period were up 12.7% to NOK 1,040 million, driven by demand for Glamox’s lighting for professional buildings… Read more »

ZX Measurement Services deploys ZX 300 wind Lidar at Bettyhill Wind Farm in north Scotland. Eden Renewables has selected ZX 300 wind Lidar as their wind measurement tool of choice to support the company’s onshore wind development plans at Bettyhill Wind Farm Phase 2. An international developer of renewable energy and battery storage projects, with… Read more »

Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, is proud to announce that it has reached the milestone of 10 million personnel transfers across its worldwide operations. The 10 millionth transfer took place on an E1000 operating on the Cade Candies, an offshore supply vessel owned by marine transportation and towing company Otto Candies that is facilitating… Read more »

21 Nov 2023: JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the global subsea cable supplier and service provider, a part of the TFK Group, has achieved several significant milestones in the construction of its new £130 million state-of-the-art subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland. The facility will expand the product offerings of both JDR and… Read more »

At its third Capital Market Day in Hamburg, Germany, Siemens Energy presented a strategic outlook to analysts and investors. The Executive Board outlined a clear path to create shareholder value along three priorities: Deliver on profitable growth, fix the wind business and maintain a solid financial foundation. “We are achieving consistent and impressive results in… Read more »

Hamburg, 21 November 2023. The Nordex Group has received an order for 56 MW in Croatia. The largest wind farm developer and operator in the country, ENCRO d.o.o, and Adris Grupa, a leading independent investment company in Croatia, have ordered eight N163/6.X turbines for the “Visoka” wind farm. The order also includes a Premium Service… Read more »

Hamburg, 23 November 2023. bioconstruct GmbH has placed an order with the Nordex Group for the supply and installation of six N163/6.X turbines for the “Bösel-West” wind farm in Lower Saxony. The order also includes Premium Service for maintenance of the 40.8 MW wind farm for a period of 20 years. The Nordex Group will… Read more »

Vancouver, 22 November 2023: Clir Renewables, the intelligence platform for wind and solar assets, has released new technology to model the variability of hourly energy production. Powered by machine learning and over 200 GW of data, the software greatly improves upon the accuracy of industry standard approaches to modelling production shape and volume. The result… Read more »

The leading start-up nvisionist will be nominee in the upcoming “Future Unicorn Award” competition of the European Digital Technology Industry Association DIGITALEUROPE, which represents digitally transforming industries in Europe and annually awards the prize to European companies that provide innovative technology solutions and have significant growth potential. The Future Unicorn Award aims to highlight start-ups from across Europe that have the potential… Read more »

Hamburg, 14 November 2023. The Nordex Group (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) achieved sales in the third quarter of EUR 1.7 billion. Based on the past nine months of fiscal 2023, sales increased by 16 percent to EUR 4.5 billion (9M/2022: EUR 3.9 billion). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) improved in the third quarter to… Read more »

ONYX Insight has unveiled a new upgrade to its fleetMONITOR technology which will enable wind operators to monitor the health of their turbines using data from Bently Nevada System 1. For more than 10 years, fleetMONITOR, the wind turbine condition monitoring application by ONYX Insight, has led the way with integrating data from multiple condition… Read more »

Specialist engineering and design consultancy, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), a Venterra Group company, is delighted to announce the appointment of leading industry expert, Jean-Phillipe Touzanne, to lead its floating offshore wind activities.  Jean-Phillipe has more than 15 years of experience working in offshore structures, with the last 11 years dedicated to offshore wind. Prior… Read more »

Graz, November 3rd, 2023 The eologix:align system, which is used for the early detection of imbalance caused in various wind turbines, has now proven its capability in a comparison with independent validation measurements. Thus, eologix-Ping takes another important step in comprehensive rotor blade monitoring. Aerodynamic imbalances arising from blade angle deviations pose critical stress factors… Read more »

An award-winning technology acceleration programme from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult opens for new applications from ambitious companies today (Monday). The national Launch Academy supports early-stage companies as they progress into the UK’s offshore wind supply chain and is now an industry recognised programme. To date, Launch Academy has supported 47 companies, raised £22.6m… Read more »

NSK is announcing its selection as part of a major research project funded by the Japanese Government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The project will pursue research that enables the rapid large-scale deployment of floating offshore wind turbines in Japan.The ambition of the project is to research and develop technology that evaluates… Read more »

Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind rotor blade inspection, announces the introduction of its latest 3DX™ AutoPilot upgraded with a brand-new image capturing system, to ensure crystal clear inspection results. Mounted on DJI’s latest Matrice M350 Enterprise drone, the new 3DX™ AutoPilot payload provides up to 61MP resolution images and introduces… Read more »

Eemshaven/Hamburg, November 7th, 2023 – Buss Energy Group (Buss) has been awarded the project contract for the EnBW offshore wind farm “He Dreiht” by Heerema Marine Contractors, regarding the entire port logistics. The contract is scheduled to start end of 2023 and will be operated by Buss Terminal Eemshaven (BTE). The works include the unloading… Read more »

The 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub, a collaborative initiative led by the Port of Tyne and partners including Connected Places Catapult, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), Nissan, and the Department for Transport, announces the launch of the Venture Connect Green Investment Programme. A green enterprise development scheme and the first of its kind in the region,… Read more »

Corio Generation and Globalsat Group have signed a partnership agreement to explore opportunities for offshore wind development in Greece, combining Corio’s expertise in auction preparation and project development with Globalsat’s deep knowledge of the country’s regulatory and economic framework. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Corio and Globalsat will work together to assess potential areas… Read more »

Seoul, South Korea, 2 November 2023 – Offshore wind experts in the Korea offices of DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, have secured a wind measurement project which paves the way for the next step in planning the development of a portfolio of offshore wind farms in South Korea. DNV is providing technical… Read more »

In the twelfth edition of the mood barometer WEtix, the positive assessments given six months ago for Asia remain largely unchanged while values for North America have changed only slightly and Germany and Europe are clearly trending downwards. Australia, South America and Africa, summarily referred to as “rest of world”, improve somewhat, no longer taking… Read more »

The joint venture consortium utilizes maritime expertise to drive the offshore wind energy transition forward. Windward Offshore, a forward-thinking joint venture consortium which is currently established led by SeaRenergy Group in collaboration with Blue Star Group, Diana Shipping Inc., and SeraVerse GmbH, takes a crucial step in strengthening the offshore wind energy sector. The consortium… Read more »

A new report by ONYX Insight, the leading global predictive analytics solution provider, reveals that supply chain issues, OEM pressures and turbine reliability are the greatest challenges facing the wind industry, with digital adoption key to making meaningful improvements.   ONYX’s new Ever-Changing Winds report includes a global survey of wind turbine owner/operators summarising the current challenges, trends and opportunities facing senior leaders in the wind industry… Read more »