World first ‘modular design’ blade set to increase output, reduce weight and lower costs One of the most innovative offshore wind turbine rotor blades in the world has arrived today at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s test, demonstration and research centre in Blyth, Northumberland, ahead of a planned six month testing programme. UK based Blade… Read more »
Atlantic Wind Transfers, Blount Boats and Deepwater Wind welcome key US offshore wind supply chain players to official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony August 12th 2015, Warren, Rhode Island – Atlantic Wind Transfers, the commercial wind support services arm of Rhode Island Fast Ferry, today joins local boat builder Blount Boats and offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of integrated services to the wind industry, has today announced that it is has been awarded a contract for the supply of two crew transfer vessels to the London Array offshore wind farm (OWF) supporting operation and maintenance (O&M) activities. London Array OWF is located 20 km off the Kent coast… Read more »
Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) celebrated its acquisition of ISO 9001 quality management certification in June by placing four High Speed Support Vessels (HSSV) under build simultaneously in its new Isle of Wight UK building hall. By mid-June, the hull of the first 21m vessel for wind farm industry service provider Cwind was up to the… Read more »
Versatile workboat is a windfarm winner Delta Marine’s vessel Whalsa Lass has demonstrated its versatility during recently completed works on the large windfarm off the coast of Grimsby UK for one of the ‘Big 6′ energy contractors. The windfarm consists of 73 Vesta V112 3MW turbines located in water depths of some 15m and is… Read more »
Solutions to one of the biggest challenges facing the offshore wind industry lie in technology using recycled car tyres developed in the East of England. Corrosion and scour has been highlighted as one of the main problems of offshore wind operations and maintenance in a survey of industry executives. An award-winning invention by an East… Read more »
Market-leading cable protection specialist, Tekmar Energy, has marked a major milestone after its cutting-edge TekTube system was installed for the first time on an offshore project. TekTube was successfully installed on Westermeerwind near-shore wind farm in the Netherlands. Tekmar supplied cable installation contractor, VBMS, with 92 of its systems to protect the cables into the… Read more »
Romax Technology Ltd, has announced that it is to provide condition monitoring services for Kruger Energy, a business unit of Kruger Inc., specialising in the development and management of green and renewable energy power plants. For over 25 years, Romax has been a global leader in providing solutions to design, develop, deploy and monitor wind… Read more »
On Sunday 2nd August at 09.30 am our crane vessel Oleg Strashnov successfully installed the Process nit (PU) topside for operator GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd (part of the ENGIE Group), and partners Centrica Energy and Bayerngas. The Oleg Strashnov set a new lift record for Seaway Heavy Lifting with the safe installation of the PU… Read more »
Full power at Butendiek offshore wind farm Bringing the 80th wind turbine into operation seals the “success story Butendiek” – the 288 MW North Sea windfarm that supplies approximately 370,000 households with renewable energy Bringing the 80th and thus final wind turbine into operation, the construction of the offshore wind farm Butendiek is now complete…. Read more »
• Manufacturing of nacelles for offshore wind turbines• €200 million investment and up to 1,000 new jobs• Most significant new Siemens production facility in Germany in recent years• Beginning of manufacturing planned for 2017• Signing ceremony at Cuxhaven Harbor on August 13, 2015 Siemens is investing around €200 million to build its first production facility… Read more »
Crew transfer services form an integral part of CWind’s offering to the offshore wind industry. We are therefore delighted to announce that we are now members of the National Workboat Association (NWA) of the UK. As the offshore wind industry matures and demands on workboat performance increase with larger and further offshore wind farms, a… Read more »
ZWIJNDRECHT – SUEZ CANAL | On Thursday 6 August 2015, the consortium Dredging International (75%) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (25%) will participate in the opening festivities of the modernised Suez Canal in Egypt. Thanks to the widening and deepening of the canal, the waiting time on the navigation route has been halved…. Read more »
More than ever before, energy companies are heading out to the open sea for the utilization of wind, oil and gas. Far away from the coast, usually over a period of several years, engineers and professional forces work together on the construction, commissioning and maintenance of wind turbine power plants, drilling rigs or parts of… Read more »
In the first six months of 2015, the European offshore wind industry installed more new capacity than in any other year on record as several projects reached completion and deployment of larger turbines increased. Installations in the first half of 2015 touched 2,342.9MW – tripling the grid-connected capacity for the same period last year. As… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion, one of the leading wind turbine manufacturers worldwide, installed wind turbines with a total capacity of over 285 megawatts (MW) in the first six months of the calendar year 2015 in Germany. With the installation of exactly 100 turbines in the period from January 2015 to June 2015, Senvion is the second largest… Read more »
On 1 August 2015, EIVA opens a Singapore office as a result of increasing activities in the Asia-Pacific region, thereby offering customers and partners a local point of contact. During recent years, EIVA has increased its international activities, including the expansion of the worldwide network of EIVA representatives, and now also offices. Especially in the… Read more »
The lead partner behind Levenmouth Community Energy Project has awarded its first contract, just months after securing £4million of Scottish Government funding to kick start the innovative hydrogen scheme. Bright Green Hydrogen has appointed Logan Energy to deliver three key components of the project which will place Levenmouth at the global forefront of the clean… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of integrated services to the wind industry, has today announced that it is providing corrosion protection services to Ballast Nedam at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). The service, which extends to all WTG foundations, commenced in May and is expected to complete in August. Butendiek OWF, located 35 nautical miles west… Read more »
Designed for vibration analysts and technicians alike, updates include improved fleet views, reporting, and alarm features HINESBURG, Vt., U.S. – July 28, 2015 – Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, has completely redesigned its software interface for the TurbinePhD wind turbine condition monitoring… Read more »
• 52 direct drive wind turbines for three projects in Ireland and Scotland• Long-term service contracts for continued reliability• Clean renewable energy for almost 100,000 households Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division has been awarded orders from three different customers to construct, install and commission 52 units of its D3 direct drive wind turbines at… Read more »
Husum, 23 July 2015 – Under the motto See your Future, the Windcareer job fair will be held on 18 September 2015, the dedicated fair for everything to do with jobs, training and advanced training in the wind sector. Industry leaders like Enercon, Nordex, UKA, Ferchau and Deutsche Windtechnik AG will be there to meet… Read more »
UK offshore wind installed capacity to increase more than fivefold from 4.5 Gigawatts (GW) in 2014 to 23.2 GW by 2025 Government continues to support offshore wind with contracts for difference, to help lower generation costs in the long term, says analyst UK to Remain Top Offshore Wind Power Market by 2025, with Capacity Exceeding… Read more »
London, 20 July 2015 – Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, welcomes the latest report by BVG Associates, which outlines how advances in technology, the supply chain and policy have combined to put UK offshore wind power generation on track to become sustainable without financial support from consumers. BVG’s report highlights that the costs… Read more »
Adwen has concluded the commissioning of the forty 5MW offshore turbines at Trianel wind farm Borkum, in the German North Sea. The forty AD 5-116 turbines (formerly known as M5000-116), are now operational, ready to feed an average of 800 GWh electricity yearly into the grid, meeting the electrical consumption of up to 200,000 German… Read more »
GRS has been commissioned to ship a new-build vessel again. The Hamburg-based specialist shipbroker was able to successfully provide the appropriate tonnage for the transportation as well as support for the project. The shipowner Njord Offshore from the UK was pleased to take delivery of the 26-metre long CTV from the Strategic Marine shipyard in… Read more »
Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk CEO Andy White. Andy told the audience at a Royal Institute of Naval Architects conference entitled Warships 2015: Future Surface Vessels that developments in vessel design, construction and operation as a result of the demanding… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, recently completed technical support for the two wind farms of Tod Hill (11.4 MW) and Harthill (5.7 MW) located in Scotland. Tod Hill wind farm is situated near Larbert, Falkirk, and Harthill can be found at in North Lanarkshire. The projects add to SgurrEnergy’s rapidly growing… Read more »
Capacity mechanisms should not be a tool to keep unprofitable and unnecessary power plants online as the European Union continues to grapple with overcapacity, according to a paper released by the European Wind Energy Association. Capacity mechanisms – instruments whereby governments pay some generators to keep power plants online in order to meet peak demand… Read more »
Wind Minds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean company Doarm Engineering to develop offshore wind farms in South Korea, according to Hans Rijntalder, a renewable energy consultant and founder of Pondera Consult, one of four companies that form Wind Minds. Rijntalder told Offshore WIND that the MoU arose from the Dutch trade… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion is scaling up its Research & Development (R&D) capacities and will open its new R&D Centre in Bangalore, India, in September 2015. The team in India will strengthen the global TechCenter in Osterrönfeld, Germany, in further developing wind turbines in order to continue its international growth path. Senvion will both increase the staff… Read more »
Technology provider partners with Siem Offshore Contractors on submarine composite power cable subcontract for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm 06 July 2015, Littleport, UK: JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the offshore energy industry, has been awarded a subcontract by Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (“SOC”) to supply submarine composite power cables and related… Read more »
• Largest wind service order ever for Siemens in Germany• Installation of 400 megawatts of wind capacity starts in March 2017• Commissioning expected in late 2017• Project financing for wind power plant successfully closed• Siemens Financial Services provides a significant proportion of the equity Siemens will supply, install and commission 67 of its 6-megawatts direct… Read more »
Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively Alstom and DEME a binding Turbine Supply Agreement and Balance of Plant Contract for the construction of the Merkur Offshore wind farm, including supply and installation of 66 Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines. Additionally, Alstom has signed a long term service and maintenance contract. The turbines will be… Read more »
• Siemens to supply 91 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6 megawatts• Order is part of the frame agreement with DONG Energy concluded in 2012• Race Bank wind power plant to have a total capacity of up to 580 megawatts• Service to be provided by Siemens and DONG Energy over a period of… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has delivered full technical lenders’ due diligence to KfW IPEX and the European Investment Bank, in support of the achievement of financial close on the 110MW Nordergrunde offshore wind farm. Located within the German 12nm zone of the North Sea, 16km north of the German North Sea coast Nordergrunde is… Read more »