Vaisala annual performance study illustrates effects of anomalous weather on Texas and other emerging U.S. solar markets Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has today released solar performance analysis revealing that solar irradiance levels were 5% below long-term averages across the southern U.S. in 2015. The corresponding impact on project performance was… Read more »
Oldenburg (Oldenburg). In recent years the wind industry has grown steadily Even the reliable specialist for the personnel supply of qualified professionals and executives s for all requirements related to offshore wind farms is continuing its own growth. Under the legal roof of the newly founded Convent Energy GmbH the personnel service supplier supplements his… Read more »
• Kinik wind farm located on Turkey’s west coast near city of Izmir• 17 direct drive wind turbines each with 3.2 megawatt (MW) capacity• 10-year service agreement included Siemens has been awarded an order for the Kinik onshore wind power plant in the Turkish province of Kinik, located 80 kilometers north of the city of… Read more »
Lowestoft will feel the imminent impact of real jobs for the area from more than £4 billion being invested in the development of two offshore wind farms through its port, an industry leader said today. Activity in the port will start “very soon” with long and short-term jobs creation for hundreds of local people, Johnathan… Read more »
Industry veteran joins offshore renewables specialist CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Henrik Hansen to the new role of Strategy & Sales Director with immediate effect. In this new role, Henrik will be working with the executive team to lead business growth and… Read more »
On 26 February 2016, CT Offshore installed the last inter-array cable on DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 2+1 Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the North Sea. “The cable installation was successfully completed through good team work with the entire project team, including our clients DONG Energy. Gode Wind is the largest pro- ject… Read more »
Earlier this month the CV-320 upending Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT-U) with was used for installation of 13 piles at the Kanaaldok B3 in Antwerpen. These piles will be used to build a jetty to serve as a temporary mooring place. The piles, 35 meters long and 2.9 meters in diameter, were picked up, lifted upright… Read more »
Design, engineering, procurement, fabrication & installation of 71 foundations ZWIJNDRECHT (BE) – BREMEN (DE) | DEME Group’s offshore marine engineering devision GeoSea and Siemens have concluded an EPCI foundation contract for the Hohe See offshore wind farm. The new contract confirms Germany as a key market for the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group… Read more »
SMARTCymru program shows support for Dulas’s Solar Direct Drive Refrigerators with £57,400 investment Machynlleth, 25th February 2016 – Dulas, leading designer and manufacturer of renewable energy systems, has been awarded £57,400 of funding from the Welsh government’s SMARTCymru program, to support the development of its Solar Direct Drive Refrigerators. Dulas pioneered solar vaccine refrigerators in… Read more »
The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is an exciting £1.5 billion project being developed to harness offshore wind to power more than 410,000 UK homes. This 402MW offshore wind farm will be located some 20 miles off the coast of the seaside town of Cromer in North Norfolk. The planned operational lifetime of the wind farm… Read more »
Bremen/Ostenfeld/Zaragoza, 24th February 2016. On 1st March 2016, Deutsche Windtechnik, the leading wind turbine service provider, is rebranding the company name of its Spanish subsidiary GPS (General Power Services S.L.) to Deutsche Windtechnik S.L. The name change reflects and emphasises our strategic approach to offer European services from a single source. The company has been… Read more »
With DigitalClone®, Adwen has world’s most tested Drivetrain BUFFALO, NY – February 22, 2016, – Sentient Science has announced that it has signed an agreement with Adwen to validate the drivetrain for its next generation turbine of 8MW-rated power, which has the largest annual energy production (AEP) on the market with the highest nominal torque… Read more »
Today the Brave Tern, a vessel used for the installation of wind turbines at sea, dominated the Rotterdam skyline. The 132 meter long ship was jacked up to a height of about seventy meters to test its extended legs. The Brave Tern is owned by Norwegian Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The vessel has four so called… Read more »
Vaisala’s study illustrates widespread departures from normal wind speeds, underlining the importance of proper resource assessment and due diligence for ongoing investment Many regions of Mexico experienced wind speeds up to 20% below average throughout 2015, according to performance maps released today by Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. Meanwhile, the Oaxacan… Read more »
C-bed Floating Hotel’s advanced Service Operation Vessel (SOV), MS Wind Innovation, has now successfully completed all offshore testing. Thereby, she is delivered on time to the client and ready to engage in the commissioning phase of one of the world’s largest offshore wind installations – the Dutch Gemini Wind Park. Wind Innovation is the result… Read more »
Hamburg/New Delhi: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, is starting operations in India as of 22nd February. Amit Kansal, former Commercial Country Manager at Vestas India, will lead the Senvion office in Delhi as CEO and Managing Director of Senvion India Ltd. In addition to the Senvion R&D Center in Bengaluru that supports… Read more »
Blade bearings might not exactly be the most expensive components in a wind turbine, but damage to this fundamental part of the system can result in considerable downtimes and costs. By designing and testing blade bearings under realistic conditions reliable operation of future turbines shall be impro- ved. In the HAPT research project (short for… Read more »
With over 90% of turbine blades being damaged to some degree in transit, GEV Wind Power has identified a gap in the market and developed an innovative ‘factory to site’ Quality Assurance Programme to offer clients peace of mind during the transit of wind turbine blades and generators. The new scheme assists in maintaining the… Read more »
Rheine, 16/02/2016. Availon, the leading service provider for all brands of wind turbines, has announced today that it has received full HSEQ certification for its wind farm servicing operations in Italy and Spain, according to international quality, environmental and work safety standards. “HSEQ Certifications are of rising economic importance for ISPs. We service wind turbines… Read more »
• Siemens’ new large direct drive wind turbine type certified• Field tests with two prototypes in Østerild, Denmark The development of Siemens’ offshore flagship wind turbine has reached its final stage: the 7-megawatt (MW) offshore turbine has successfully passed final type certification. Field testing of the SWT-7.0-154 was recently extended with a second prototype. Grid… Read more »
16 February 2016, London: The Met Office today announces new forecast service contracts with two significant wind farm developments in Germany. The Met Office will be providing services to help with the safe construction and successful commissioning of these offshore wind farms in the south west of the German Bight area of the North Sea…. Read more »
Some would shy away from the challenge of transporting three 145m wind turbines featuring 58.7m blades, Collett & Sons say bring it on! With approval granted for the phase three of Muirhall Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire Collett were called upon to facilitate the import and delivery of eighteen components from the Port of Grangemouth,… Read more »
New position paper from DNV GL’s Materials Research Programme looks at the latest developments in materials and shows the need for establishing long term reliability of novel materials deployed in renewable energy systems. Attention has focused to a large extent on cost and efficiency and to a lesser extent on the key parameters of durability… Read more »
Sormec was awarded by Bladt Industries to supply three cranes on two different platforms in Nord Sea. Bladt Industries has been awarded the contract for the design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of the offshore substation for NordSee One Gmbh. On the deck platform two Sormec offshore cranes will be installed: a stiff boom model M140/SA and… Read more »
CIRIA marine unexploded ordnance (UXO) assessment and management guidelines establish much-needed good practice rules for the marine construction industry London, 10th February 2016 – The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) has today published essential guidelines for the management of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the marine environment.CIRIA’s report, entitled Assessment and management of unexploded… Read more »
Europe risks losing its leadership in wind energy without a clear policy vision for renewables towards 2030. In 2015, China overtook the EU for total installed wind energy capacity, according to statistics released today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). China installed almost 3 times as much wind than the EU and now has… Read more »
MTS Vigilant provides crucial anchor testing support for next-generation cable-laying vessel Constanta, Romania, 9th February 2016 – Leading marine service provider, Marine and Towage Services Group Ltd. (MTS) has supported shipbuilder Damen during sea trials of its latest offshore cabling vessel, Maersk Connector. During the two-week testing period, MTS Vigilant, a Damen Shoalbuster, undertook essential… Read more »
Wind energy added more new capacity than any other form of power in Europe in 2015. Across the 28 EU member states, wind accounted for 44% of all new power installations, connecting a total of 12.8GW to the grid – 9.766MW in onshore and 3,034MW offshore. The volume of new installations was 6.3% up on… Read more »
Maersk Training is proud to announce the launch of a new ambitious offshore crane operator programme. It is designed to grant crane operators and their companies access to offshore lifting operations worldwide. Access to lifting operations worldwideThe comprehensive training programme targets crane operators at all levels and consists of three stages, each followed by strict… Read more »
ZWIJNDRECHT | The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is participating in a consortium of 14 leading European industry and research organisations, which will carry out the European BLUE NODULES project that has been launched today. This new four-year project is part of the ‘Horizon 2020′ programme, which is helping to accelerate innovations… Read more »
· UK Green Investment Bank Offshore Wind Fund and funds managed by BlackRock invest £423m in the acquisition of GLID from Centrica and EIG· Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm will now be 100% owned by non-utility investors – a first for the UK· Complete ownership of the Glens of Foudland onshore wind asset… Read more »
The iSpin technology of Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimiser ROMO Wind can be used to cost-effectively measure the power curve of every single turbine in a wind farm. This has now been confirmed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), which has published a new clarification sheet. The document describes the calibration procedure for norm-compliant use of… Read more »
Global Marine Systems Limited announced today the acquisition of a majority interest in CWind Limited, a leading offshore renewables specialist. The purchase of CWind demonstrates Global Marine’s continued commitment to the offshore renewable sector and adds a diverse range of construction and O&M services to its current capabilities. CWind has built an enviable track record… Read more »
ZWIJNDRECHT | With the order of the ‘Bonny River’ at Royal IHC, the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is investing in a new generation of trailing suction hopper dredgers which will be trendsetting in coastal protection and dredging hard soils. Thanks to the combination of unique characteristics such as an extremely long… Read more »
Offshore wind investments in Europe doubled in 2015 to 13.3 billion euros in a record year for financing and grid-connected installations. A total of 3,019 MW in new offshore wind capacity came online in European waters in 2015, more than double the capacity connected to the grid in 2014. Europe’s total offshore wind capacity is… Read more »
Dutch unmanned aerial system manufacturer unveils commercial grade UAS with collision avoidance capabilities WATCH VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVxdjTLoZXE Aerialtronics has developed a sense and avoid solution for the Altura Zenith unmanned aircraft which will fundamentally change how companies inspect telecommunication towers, energy pylons, bridges and buildings. This advanced sense and avoid solution is designed to help the… Read more »