Jérôme Chauvet Development Manager at the Ports of Normandy (PNA,) talks to PES about current expansion plans and offshore wind in Cherbourg and Caen….. PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organization and how you currently serve… Read more »
With the capacity to supply 800,000 homes with electricity and the promise of creating 2,500 local jobs as well as millions of pounds’ worth of investment to the UK’s economy, the creation of a wind farm in Hornsea is good news for the UK. PES turns to DONG Energy to find out more… In 2010,… Read more »
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier prepares for the next generation of offshore wind farms. Since the earliest offshore wind farm was installed just over 20 years ago, the offshore wind industry has been characterised by continuous improvement and innovation as firms at all junctures along the supply chain have leapt at the challenge to contribute to reducing… Read more »
Brad Hirst, Sales & Marketing Manager, talks in more depth to PES about the value of temporary accommodation rentals… PES: Why are temporary living quarter rental companies critical to the offshore wind supply chain? Brad Hirst: At various stages of an offshore wind project’s life cycle there will be varying workforce needs: i.e. during the… Read more »
Bruno G. Geschier, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Ideol, talks to PES about the growing demand for floating offshore solutions… PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organization and how you currently serve the offshore wind… Read more »
PES speaks with Jesús Mayor, Ingeteam Wind Managing Director, for an insight in to the importance of the wind industry, synergy and their think globally act locally philosophy… PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organization and… Read more »
We look at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)’s view of the future energy landscape beyond 2020. Current targets set out for 2030 in Europe will see the wind energy sector and other renewable technologies transform the power sector and bring positive impacts to the European power system and the economy as we pivot towards… Read more »
Maarten Sickler Technical Director of CIG Maritime, talks to PES about the Acta Orion, with its innovative design and their high accuracy 3D metal skin plated moulds…. PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organization and how… Read more »
Bibby Marine Services Ltd’s Bibby Wavemaster 1 to serve the needs of the offshore renewables market. Great care has been taken to design a ship which will meet the ever increasingly high demands of the offshore wind market. This brand new vessel is being built by Dutch ship builder Damen. PES talks to Stephen Blaikie,… Read more »
It’s March 2016 and Virtual Reality is becoming more and more visible. Facebook buying Oculus Rift for 2 billion dollars made everyone realize this could be the next big thing. And not only Facebook is investing. Big companies – like Google and Samsung – are developing both hard- and software for Virtual Reality. Even small… Read more »
Fredrik Larsson, CMO, Breeze explains to PES… Major failures in wind turbines are often expensive to repair and cause loss of revenue due to long down times. With a downward spiral in electricity prices wind turbine owners and operators have started to focus more on methods to predict failures in order to reduce long downtimes… Read more »
SR’s Offshore Wind Conference in January tackled some big issues at a great new venue, as well as bringing together more than 250 renewables professionals in Glasgow, Scotland’s green energy capital. Here, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, Lindsay Roberts shares with PES what she took from the event… Time really does fly when you’re… Read more »
Michael Schulz, Head of Marketing and Communications at Corporate Energies company group, talks to PES about momentum of wind industry developers in emerging markets, the positive ripple effect of the wind industry on the local economy and an aim for close cooperation… Berlin based Corporate Energies company group has recently accompanied the purchase process of… Read more »
According to statistics published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in February this year, China has now overtaken the EU for total installed wind energy capacity. In fact, China installed almost three times as much wind than the EU and now has 145GW total capacity to the EU’s 142GW. PES takes a closer look…… Read more »
Klaus Georg Hansen, Principal Engineer at DNV GL Renewables Certification – Energy explains how it is possible to save costs and maximize return by extending the life of wind turbine and wind farms… Extension of the operating life can be highly interesting for operators, investors and manufacturers in order to maximize the profitability of their… Read more »
The global renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, is gearing up its Irish operations in response to market requirements. As the business moves to a new larger office in Dublin to accommodate the growing staff role, new start Roger Macnaughton has been appointed as a senior ecologist. This key hire will be pivotal to the continued… Read more »
GCUBE EXCEEDS 1GW OF INSURED IRISH WIND Leading renewable energy underwriter supports growth of Irish wind industry both domestically and overseas Dublin, 22nd March 2016 – Specialist renewable energy insurer, GCube Underwriting Ltd. (GCube), has significantly expanded its portfolio of underwritten Irish wind energy assets, now surpassing 1GW of operational wind farms and construction sites… Read more »
First team set to commence operation and maintenance (O&M) services at Meerwind OWF CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has today announced that it has won a contract to provide a team of technicians to support Siemens’ operations and maintenance services at offshore wind farms in Germany. CWind has been… Read more »
Sidney, BC Canada – AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced that three TRIAXYS Wave & Current Buoys were selected by Partrac Ltd as part of their recent metocean support services contract for the Rampion Offshore Wind farm. Partrac has been contracted to manage the supply, deployment, maintenance and delivery of metocean monitoring buoys throughout the wind… Read more »
Powys County Council voted to grant full planning permission for the Carno Wind Farm Extension Phase III (Carno 3) at a meeting of the Planning, Taxi Licensing & Rights of Way Committee held at County Hall, Llandrindod Wells on Thursday 10th March 2016, following a site visit earlier in the day. The application benefitted from… Read more »
Oldenburg/Hamburg. European wind-capital, wind-terminal or even most relevant hub for the whole international wind branch. The range of respective notations for the city of Hamburg related to wind-aspects is enormously long. Even Convent Energy focuses on the direct locational advantages with the opening (15th of March) of its new office in the hanseatic city.As from… Read more »
Siemens begins charter of WIND SERVER; DBB Jack-up’s purpose-built service vessel DBB Jack-Up Services A/S announced today that Siemens is beginning a three-year charter agreement for DBB Jack-up’s new purpose-built jack-up vessel, WIND SERVER. Delivered to Siemens today, the vessel will be part of an important initiative to service the rising number of large-scaled offshore… Read more »
On March 17 and 18, 2016 the “Offshoredays” organized by Spreewind will take place in Berlin. During these days, speakers from renowned companies will share their experiences. Hans Gatzemeier, Managing Director of the ELA Container Offshore Gmbh will be one of these experts. With his many years of expertise in the field of accommodation containers,… Read more »
Wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy has chosen Jan De Nul NV, member of Jan De Nul Group, as the main contractor of marine construction for the new offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland. The cable manufacturer Prysmian Finland will supply the undersea cable. Construction of the wind farm will begin in April with the… Read more »
Tekmar Energy Ltd, a leading supplier of subsea cable protection, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Barry Cooper as Operations Manager. Bringing more than 15 years of experience in the offshore sector, Barry has served in several senior management and leadership roles in businesses including Technip Umbilicals, GE Wellstream and more… Read more »
Long-term contract affords Australian electricity supplier Meridian Energy protection against production and earnings volatility March 14th, 2016 – Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, is providing the long-term wind measurement data required by Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:ENH), a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, to complete a multi-year wind… Read more »
The location of unexploded mines and bombs around the UK coastline is revealed in a revolutionary online map designed to aid the developers of offshore energy projects like wind farms and cable laying. The interactive risk map shares vital data about areas mined by the British and Germans during the wars, plus unexploded ordnance (UXO)… Read more »
Hartlepool, UK, 10 March 2016: David Currie, CEO of JDR – the leading UK based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry – has joined the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). OWIC is a senior Government and industry forum established in 2013 to drive the development of the UK’s offshore… Read more »
• Up to 700 jobs to be created in Tangier• Total investment of more than EUR 100 million• Factory will serve the African, Middle Eastern and European wind markets Siemens and the Moroccan government have reached an important agreement. Siemens will build a factory in Morocco to manufacture rotor blades for onshore wind turbines, creating… Read more »
The independent service provider Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH and the world’s leading manufacturer and provider of impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems Corrosion (formerly Corrosion & Water Control BV) will be working hand in hand from now on: an extensive framework agreement will regulate collaboration for the maintenance of foundation structures at four… Read more »
SeaRoc Group, experts in offshore renewable energy since 2002, has been awarded a contract to deliver training on effective HSE management in offshore wind, to Taiwan based CSBC Corporation, in partnership with ClassNK. The training, taking place on 16/17 March 2016 will assist CSBC in being able to plan and manage activities safely as EPCI… Read more »
High Wind announces the release of an exclusive report by BVG Associates analysing the effects of increasing the wind speed limit for turbine component lifts. The report, “Impact of the Boom Lock tool on offshore wind cost of energy”, quantifies the impact on levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of reduced vessel use and earlier power… Read more »
Subsea cable protection specialist, Tekmar Energy, has bolstered its industry track record after being awarded a major contract with DONG Energy to supply 189 cable protection systems (CPS) on its Race Bank offshore windfarm in North Norfolk. Tekmar will provide its seventh generation TekLink mechanical latch system, which includes a specially-developed quick connect design that… Read more »
The European wind industry will descend on Warsaw today to make the economic arguments for wind power in a market that faces increasing uncertainty. The Wind Power Poland 2016 event is organised by the Polish Wind Energy Association and is supported by EWEA. GE and Vestas are headlining as the two event ambassadors. Poland’s wind… Read more »
Offshore works have started off Aberdeen Bay in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), reaffirming the project partners’ commitment to seeing the much-needed industry scheme come to fruition. The geotechnical site investigation will take place at each of the EOWDC’s 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the… Read more »
Deutsche Windtechnik AG has finalised an asset deal with the listed construction company Ballast Nedam N.V.; with immediate effect, the foundations and cables for the offshore wind farms Westermeerwind in the IJsselmeer and Butendiek, Luchterduinen and Prinses Amalia Wind Farm in the North Sea will be maintained by Deutsche Windtechnik. The company is also taking… Read more »