Zwijndrecht, 16 February 2015 – Recently, DEME secured a number of new contracts worldwide. The total value of these orders represents approximately 1.6 billion EUR. Foremost important is a Letter of Award received in Singapore. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has awarded Dredging International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd – Daelim Industrial Co Ltd… Read more »
The new year has just begun and with that comes figures over last year’s development in wind energy. A cooperation between The Global Wind Energy Council and renewable energy software company Breeze has resulted in The Evolution of Wind Power – an interactive map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country, continent and… Read more »
A special interest group for the marine industry in the east of England energy sector is to be launched next month. The group will examine how the industry uses the diverse range of vessels across the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors in the Southern North Sea – from catamarans to huge jack-ups used to… Read more »
Full offshore wind farm inter-array turnkey supply for the Group Milan, 11 February 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH – German subsidiary dedicated to offshore wind activities of the world-leading wind farm developer and operator Iberdrola –… Read more »
Companies hoping to build wind farms off the East Anglian coast under the government’s new funding regime will have a bigger pot to vie for. An extra £25m has been made available as the first projects under the new Contracts for Difference funding mechanism compete for £325m investment for low carbon technologies – £25m more… Read more »
Total project investment of £8.3m £1m grant through Round 6 of RGF 120+ new jobs including 15 apprenticeships Brightlingsea/Essex, 12 February 2015 – CTruk’s plans to build larger vessels for offshore wind and diversify for sustainable growth were given a boost today with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s announcement that the Essex-based SME has been… Read more »
Morgan Advanced Materials offers carbon brushes for wind turbine applications to lower maintenance costs and improve reliability Superior materials and design offer a long lifetime of performance, even in harsh conditions Morgan Advanced Materials Electrical Carbon business announces that its range of carbon brushes are ideal for wind turbine applications, with new designs and materials… Read more »
Medium-scale wind manufacturer counters FiT fall by boosting blade length and productivity of its innovative nED100 turbine 11th February 2014, London – Medium-scale wind turbine manufacturer Norvento has launched a new, extended 24-metre rotor for its nED100 turbine, capable of increasing the Annual Energy Production (AEP) of the 100kW machine by 8% on average. With… Read more »
The European wind energy industry installed more new capacity than gas and coal combined in 2014. Across the 28 Member States, the wind industry connected a total of 11,791 MW to the grid with coal and gas adding 3,305 MW and 2,338 MW respectively. Moreover, the coal and gas industries in Europe both retired more… Read more »
Due to the rapid growth of the offshore market, market participants are increasingly required then to react quickly and adapt to the new market conditions,” says GRS-Managing Partner, Matthias Mroß. Denitsa Tineva joined the GRS team in January. With her knowledge and support, GRS is now providing the additional service of analytical market research. GRS… Read more »
Company provides temporary power supply at Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Wind Farm CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced today that it has secured its third temporary power supply project in German waters. At Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Wind Farm, which is in the final stages of construction, CWind is providing an… Read more »
Annual market grows by 44%, passes 50 GW for the first time After a slowdown in 2013, the wind industry set a new record for annual installations in 2014. Globally, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014 according to the global wind market statistics released today by the Global Wind Energy… Read more »
• Logan’s Gap Wind is 12th Siemens-Pattern project to date• Siemens to supply and service 87 wind turbines for Logan’s Gap project• 200-MW onshore wind power plant located in Comanche County, Texas Siemens has been awarded another order from Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) to supply and install 87 wind turbines for the Logan’s… Read more »
On behalf of Centerbridge Partners LP / Implementation of the technical due diligence / Securing the transaction through technical evaluation London/Hamburg/Cologne, February 9, 2015. TÜV Rheinland provided American investor Centerbridge Partners LP important consultancy support and technical due diligence prior to its purchase of German wind-energy facilities manufacturer Senvion from the Indian Suzlon Group. TÜV… Read more »
• A further milestone in achieving the Federal German Government’s goals of expanding offshore wind power• Second direct-current grid connection now in commercial operation• Transmission capacity enough to supply more than 700,000 households with power Siemens has now handed over HelWin1, the second North Sea grid connection in quick succession, to its client TenneT. The… Read more »
Both contracts were awarded to Prysmian Group by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT BorWin2 is the first offshore grid connection in operation with HVDC technology Milan, 9 February 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection… Read more »
Den Helder/Netherlands, February 4 2015 – Acta Marine contracted CIG Shipbuilding for the design and construction of a large Wind Farm Support Vessel. The DP-2 fitted vessel measures 108 by 16 meters and offers comfortable accommodation and workspace for 75 persons onboard. The vessel will be equipped with two dedicated boat landings for Crew Transfer… Read more »
24 turbines completely installed in the North Sea The offshore wind farm Butendiek in the North Sea started operation of its first wind turbines. This is reported by wpd, the Bremen wind developer and operator. All foundations, cables and the substation were installed according to schedule during the last year. Today the first of the… Read more »
A team of European experts, led by Robert Gordon University (RGU), are to look at ways of accelerating and streamlining the environmental requirements associated with consents for offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded €1.4 million from the European Commission’s competitive Horizon… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has created a new role in the business to ensure that it continues to develop and maintain the highest levels of SHEQ as it expands its global footprint. Mr Kevin ‘Pat’ Paton has been appointed to the role of Global Head of SHEQ (Safety,… Read more »
Offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator places £6 million, two-boat order and prepares to launch second tank-tested 26m catamaran ahead of 2017 construction boom 2nd February 2015, Cowes – Class-leading offshore energy crew transfer vessel operator Seacat Services has placed an order worth £6 million with local boat builder South Boats IOW for two DNV-GL… Read more »
The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74… Read more »
High-tech, fuel-efficient and proven catamaran design New boat due for delivery later this year Vessel will replace long-serving survey vessel Yantlet The Port of London Authority (PLA) has sealed a deal to put a new purpose-built survey catamaran on the river Thames. The robust and fuel-efficient CTruk MPC19 is set to replace the PLA’s Yantlet… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ successfully installed the last three topsides in one week for client Protexa/Pemex. Out of a string of jackets and topsides in the Gulf of Mexico the last topside was installed on Wednesday 28th January at 07.15am local time. Project location: The Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of… Read more »
Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday 28th January 2015 – HANSA HEAVY LIFT has appointed Maximilian Harmstorf as Head of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, based in Hamburg/Germany. Maximilian has over a decade of experience in the maritime industry and spent eight years in Asia in senior management roles for a number of brokers and… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting is pleased to announce the signing of the contracts with DONG Energy for the transportation and installation of multiple offshore substations in the UK. The award consists of three contracts covering the transportation and installation of in total up to 5 platforms. The offshore substations will support the power transmission of Burbo… Read more »
Sales team to expand in UK and Germany CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has today announced the appointment of Ben Hooker as Sales Manager UK and Stefan Marschner as Sales Manager Germany. Both Ben and Stefan will play key roles in developing CWind’s customer relationships and will support the… Read more »
Meteodyn will attend the key event for wind industry decision‐makers in Mexico and Central America. Meteodyn develops CFD wind software. Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) technology allows modeling and visualizing the wind. Contrary to linear model, results can be obtained on the most complex terrain and results are confirmed to be more accurate and reliable. Briefly,… Read more »
• Siemens to supply and service 21 G2 platform onshore wind turbines• Project located near Siemens Hutchinson, Kansas nacelle assembly plant Siemens announces that it will supply 21 wind turbines to NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NJR), for the 48-megawatt Alexander wind project, located in Rush, Kansas. A service… Read more »
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has awarded a 5 year contract for the Service Operation Vessel to Esvagt AS. The contracted Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Dudgeon wind farm is of the Havyard-832 design with a length of 83.7 meters and a width of 17.6 meters. The vessel is a DP-2 Class operated vessel, accommodating 60… Read more »
DEME has ordered two new vessels serving the offshore energy market. Contracts have been signed with shipyards La Naval in Spain and Uljanik in Croatia to build respectively the multipurpose vessel “LIVING STONE” and the self-propelled jack-up vessel “APOLLO”. Both vessels will be delivered in 2017. The new jack-up vessel “APOLLO” will join GeoSea’s current… Read more »
HANSA HEAVY LIFT announces the completion of a long-term financial agreement with its core banking group for its fleet of Heavy Lift vessels. Hamburg, Germany, Friday 16th January 2015 – HANSA HEAVY LIFT CEO, Roger Iliffe has made the following statement: “We are very happy to announce that after four years of steadily growing our… Read more »
Berlin, 15 January 2015 – The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year. By 31 December 2014, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 megawatts fed into the grid. This figure was ascertained by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf… Read more »
Mid cap company therefore among the leading operators of wind farms in Germany and Europe By the end of 2014, wpd AG had increased its own range of wind farms to a total capacity of 1,061 megawatts. This makes the mid cap company with its head office in Bremen one of the leading wind farm… Read more »
Type certification for multi-megawatt wind turbine/IEC 61400-22 certification Cologne/Beijing/Guangdong/Shanghai, January 14, 2015. Chinese wind turbine maker Ming Yang grants TÜV Rheinland contract for certification. The project involves the type certification of a 2.0 megawatt wind turbine, which will be marketed particularly in India, but also worldwide. The turbine has a rotor diameter of 118m and… Read more »
In a bid to cut the time and considerable cost of offshore wind farm deployment, subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, is launching a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles, and top tension connector for floating wind turbines, on stand A-D8 at EWEA Offshore 2015. Reduction in Offshore Cable Installation Times The most labour… Read more »