Osnabrück, 28.04.2015. seebaWIND Service GmbH is the first enterprise to implement the requirements set by the new international RDS-PP® Standard Reference Designation System for Power Plants for the wind power sector using REGAS application software. This manufacturer-independent service provider initially uses the software, which works based on the standard, for its own technical operations management…. Read more »
In a call for bids for the renewal and extension of ultrasonic wind sensors in the maritime monitoring network of the German Weather Service, the ultrasonic wind sensor Ventus from the Fellbach-based manufacturer of environmental measuring equipment won the day against all competitive products. In meteorology, the DWD – Germany’s largest weather service – is… Read more »
DONG Energy recently decided to construct the offshore wind farm, located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay. It is the world’s first offshore wind project to be built using energy yield calculations based on wind resource data collected from a floating lidar (FLiDAR). A FLiDAR buoy was the only device measuring… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of wind turbines, has signed a contract for the supply of six Senvion 3.0M122 turbines with PLC System’s Burgentia Energia. The turbines with a rated output of 3 Megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 122 metres will… Read more »
Osnabrück, 22.04.2015. The manufacturer-independent service provider seebaWIND Service GmbH replaced a gearbox using a tried and tested special construction in only three days. seebaWIND specialists replaced the gearbox of a Senvion MM92 wind turbine for the first time at the Waldhausen wind farm near Würzburg. It was the first gearbox change on this turbine type… Read more »
ELA Container Offshore GmbH delivered 7 Living Quarters and 2 Stairway Containers to Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser in Oldenburg. Each ELA Living Quarter generates living space for two people with a shared sanitary unit and is additionally equipped with high quality LCD televisions. The containers will be used for the windpark project “Gemini OWF” located 55… Read more »
MARKOS (Polish composite manufacturer) has been EN 1090 certified by TÜV SÜD. The main production activity of MARKOS company is glass reinforced plastic production of wind turbine nacelles, hub covers, lifeboats, rescue boats, tenders, RIBs, leisure boats, technical boats and other products. However MARKOS also manufactures steel elements designed for wind turbine nacelles and steel… Read more »
Colchester, 20 April 2015 – CTruk has won an order for two more of its 22m multi-purpose catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSVs). Both will be delivered to leading offshore wind service supplier CWind this summer as the first-of-class CWind Sword continues to impress on the EnBW Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. Peter… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has today announced that it has placed an order for four new crew transfer vessels from Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC), a shipbuilding and consulting company based on the Isle of Wight. The order consists of two 23m aluminium catamarans and two 26m aluminium catamarans…. Read more »
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, has signed four new contracts totaling 45 megawatts (MW) with leading renewable energy developer Blue Energy. These represent the first contracts Senvion has signed with the UK developer and will involve the supply of turbines… Read more »
• Supply and maintenance of 40 direct drive wind turbines• 100-megawatt project to supply 30,000 Canadian households with clean electricity Siemens has received an order for the supply, installation and commissioning of 40 SWT-3.2-113 direct drive wind turbines. Customer is Grand Bend Wind Limited Partnership, a partnership between Northland Power Inc., a Canadian independent power… Read more »
ECOWindS (European Clusters for Offshore Wind Servicing) project has published the first iteration of its Joint Action Plan outlining key research and innovation activities for the cost effective progression of the offshore wind servicing industry. ECOWindS is a collaborative project involving partners from Denmark, Germany, Norway and the UK that will contribute to cost reduction… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, launches a new wind turbine on the market in spring 2015. The turbine type Senvion 3.2M122 is particularly suitable for low-wind sites and offers higher yields compared with its predecessors thanks to its capacity… Read more »
ELA Container Nederland and ELA Container Offshore GmbH are jointly participating at Maintenance NEXT from April 21st – 23rd, 2015. The exhibition will again take place at Ahoy Rotterdam and will be dealing with the maintenance industry of today and tomorrow, with focus on employment increase, innovation and value creation. At booth 213 in hall… Read more »
wpd windmanager Scandinavia Oy is taking over the technical and commercial management of a portfolio of wind farms in Finland owned by a renewable energy fund managed by the British fund manager, Impax Asset Management (AIFM) Limited. The first project is the 27MW Joukhaisselkä wind farm near Sodankylä in Lapland. The first turbines of type… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting has entered into a contract with Cardon IV in Venezuela for transportation and installation of the Perla project gas production platforms complete with tie-in of the subsea infrastructure. The Perla development consists of 3 gas production platforms connected to the shore landing near Punto Fijo, through a 30″pipeline. The water depth in… Read more »
After 2 years of construction works, the extension of the “Quai de Flamands” was finally completed this March. The port of Cherbourg now boasts a 680m linear wharf, accessible to vessels up to 14m draught. This extension was accomplished within the framework of the renewable marine energies project and is also designed to handle heavy… Read more »
Uptime International has entered into contract with Ulstein Verft AS for delivery of two active motion compensated gangways. The walk to work systems will be mounted during first half of 2016 on two new built wind turbine service operation vessels (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte and their affiliate Windea Offshore. This is the first dedicated… Read more »
Activation Of Option Within Contract Signed In May 2014 With 50Hertz Milan, 1 April 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has secured a new award by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH – a subsidiary of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, transmission grid operator in Germany – worth approximately € 230 million to… Read more »
• Siemens to supply and service 130 wind turbines for Kay Wind project• Onshore wind power plant to be located in Kay County, Oklahoma• Clean energy for approximately 100,000 U.S. homes Siemens has been awarded an order from Apex Clean Energy to supply, support installation and provide long-term service for 130 wind turbines for the… Read more »
On 28 March, SeaZip Offshore Service named two new Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610 at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem. The two vessels, named SeaZip 3 and SeaZip 4, will expand their owner’s offshore wind farm support capacity in the North Sea region. SeaZip 3 and SeaZip 4 can be described as the Mark II version… Read more »
UNITED HEAVY LIFT, a newly-established heavy lift shipping and project transportation company, founded in February 2015 by Lars Rolner, who previously held various executive positions in the heavy lift industry for over 30 years. On April 1st 2015, United Heavy Lift moved into its new Hamburg Headquarters „Am Kaiserkai 69″ – in the heart of… Read more »
1 April, Istanbul. The Global Wind Energy Council launched its flagship publication the Global Wind Report: Annual Market update today in Istanbul. The report details wind power’s remarkable growth in 2014, as well as updating GWEC’s rolling 5 year market projections, which show continued growth for the rest of the decade. Led by China and… Read more »
Ecotricity has announced a £70 million refinancing deal for its green energy portfolio from leading British institutional investor Aviva Investors. The innovative refinancing deal included 60MW of operational wind and solar parks across 19 sites, including Ecotricity’s earliest project dating back to 1996. Ecotricity founder Dale Vince said the £70 million deal would not only… Read more »
Zwijndrecht, Belgium, 31 March 2015 – Last Thursday, 26 March 2015, DEME Concessions has entered into a partnership with Nordsee Offshore MEG I GmbH to co-develop the MEG I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. MEG I will be one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms and is located in the GermanBight, circa 45… Read more »
With DBB Jack-Up’s track record of more than 370 offshore heavy lift operations, DBB Jack-Up’s vessel crew and project teams have the required skills and experience within safe and efficient execution of offshore operations to help expand DBB Jack-Up’s business into offshore decommissioning and installation support services. For offshore wind decommissioning operations, DBB Jack-Up offers… Read more »
The all-new 2015 model of Tuco Marines ProZero series, the ProZero 10.5m WBW Archipelago workboat is sea trialled in Faaborg these days. The vessel is a fast and light multipurpose workboat that features a hydraulic bow gate and a deck crane for handling cargo over the vessels side. Constructed from the flexible and unique ProZero… Read more »
SAL Heavy Lift successfully completed the second phase of the Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign with DP II Class vessel MV Lone. Once again MV Lone served as perfect project platform, providing ut-most flexibility and a high degree of efficiency to our customer Bilfinger. The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed… Read more »
• First 15-year post-warranty service agreement extension for Siemens offshore wind service Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Ltd., 50.1% owned by RWE AG, to continue providing service and maintenance at the Rhyl Flats wind farm off the coast of North Wales for the next 15 years. Siemens has been… Read more »
Last week, DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER commenced a new important contract to help bring green electricity to 320,000 German households. The vessel has been chartered by Siemens AG to perform offshore installation support and function as accommodation vessel for Siemens’ commissioning teams on the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project… Read more »
Damen Shipyards Group, a global shipbuilder headquartered in the Netherlands, has become the latest member of the World Ocean Council (WOC). Damen is the first European shipbuilder to join the WOC, the international business leadership alliance on ocean sustainability, science and stewardship. By focusing on optimising ship design and working on product innovations, Damen works… Read more »
Vantaa, Finland, March 24, 2015 – The Switch, a supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet (PM) generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, received another order to deliver two PM shaft generators to WE Tech Solutions of Finland. At the end of February 2015, WE Tech Solutions placed another order… Read more »
Osnabruck. seebaWIND Service GmbH is offering operators of wind power plants a new service for obtaining the ancillary-services bonus until April 10. Together with its partner Mita-Teknik and with the support of GE Wind Energy GmbH, the manufacturer-independent service provider has developed a complete business solution for retrofitting wind power plants built in the years… Read more »
Danish manufacturer Multi-Wing uses Ultramid® Structure LFX as a substitute for metal in axial fans New long glass fiber-reinforced polyamide with high weld strength and creep resistance One of the leading manufacturers and developers of axial impellers, Denmark-based Multi-Wing International A/S, uses BASF’s new long glass fiber-reinforced polyamide Ultramid® Structure B3WG10 LFX in the production… Read more »
Osnabruck, 23 March 2015. seebaWIND Service GmbH has increased its sales in the fiscal year 2014 from 10 to more than 12 million euros. In addition, the manufacturer-independent service provider for wind power plants now employs 75 people. Thus, seebaWIND was able to surpass its forecasts from the beginning of 2014. They included a growth… Read more »
European Wind Energy Association Chief Executive Officer Thomas Becker is stepping down as the head of the association for personal reasons after two years of service. Following his appointment in December 2012, Mr. Becker outlined his vision for an industry group that placed renewed emphasis on how the wind energy sector could contribute to jobs,… Read more »