The Emsland-based company ELA Container Offshore GmbH is currently working on a temporary accommodation project to house some 60 offshore employees on a converter platform in the North Sea. A total of 26 turnkey containers will soon be assembled and handed over fitted with full electrical installations, potable water supply and sanitation. ELA Offshore has… Read more »
Welcome Matthias! We’re delighted to announce Matthias Haag as Project Director of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) project, owned by EDF Renewables. The offshore wind farm will produce up to 450 MW of power and commissioning is planned for 2023. Matthias has a wealth of experience in renewables and has worked on major offshore wind… Read more »
Three of the marine sector’s major technology companies, WinGD, Wärtsilä and GTT, have agreed to collaborate in making the use of LNG fuel a truly viable option for ship owners and operators. By combining their expertise and experience, the three companies deliver an effective, streamlined approach for achieving compliance with environmental legislation. LNG fuel is… Read more »
The Spanish company is searching profiles for its projects in Spain, Mexico and Chile 23 august 2018. GES is searching to hire more than 100 renewable energy professionals in the coming months. The company, in full growth, is working to recruit technical profiles for all its operation areas. GES is working in several projects in… Read more »
The Norwegian engineering company Techano AS, part of the Dutch Van Aalst Group of Companies, has secured a substantial contract to design and produce highly specialized offshore and marine equipment for the world’s largest floating aquaculture construction “Havfarmen”. Havfarmen is designed for exposed waters, and aims to make use of new areas for aquaculture. “I… Read more »
iSURVEY, a leading provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has successfully completed a pioneering project for A/S Norske Shell. The project, which took place last month as part of the operator’s Scarabeo 8 drilling campaign, utilised iSURVEY’s survey support remotely from its Oslo headquarter…. Read more »
MMT has during the past two months received 10 new subsea survey and inspection projects within the offshore wind, renewable energy and oil and gas industry. MMT is proud to present a wide profolio of old and new clients such as Siccar Point Energy, Equinor, Perenco, SSE, Örsted, Vattenfall, GreenLink Interconnector, National Grid, Wintershall and… Read more »
Hamburg, 22 August 2018. On 21 August 2018, the first of two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines with a nominal output of 4.5 megawatt was installed at the Wennerstorf II wind farm located roughly 30 kilometres south of Hamburg. “We are pleased to have completed this beacon project in time for the commencement of WindEnergy Hamburg 2018. In… Read more »
Chelmsford, Wednesday 22 August 2018 – Global Marine, a market leader in subsea fibre optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecoms and oil & gas sectors, and part of the Global Marine Group, announced today the successful completion of two fibre optic cable installations, bringing vital high speed connectivity to four UK North… Read more »
Up to 30% of the life-cycle cost of wind farms is due to wind turbine component failures and maintenance. Predict, Greenbyte Energy Cloud’s new innovative feature is now on commercial release and available for new and potential users. Greenbyte is launching an all-informative campaign to showcase to the renewable energy industry how the accessible feature… Read more »
SeaRoc Group has deployed its third SeaHub Communications System on the world’s first offshore Reactive Compensation Station (RCS), at Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. When operational in 2020, Hornsea Project One will overtake Walney Extension to become the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. The SeaHub system is supplied as an 8ft… Read more »
SeaRenergy has been appointed by Petrofac to deliver integrated Offshore Support Services under a framework agreement for the BorWin3 HVDC platform once installed in German waters. SeaRenergy will be supporting Petrofac in the facility management during the hook-up and commissioning phases and will deliver support services covering platform management, on and offshore logistics including helicopter… Read more »
Sulzer shares its latest solutions at Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia 2018 Sulzer, a worldwide leading provider of turnkey pumping solutions and maintenance services for rotating equipment, is inviting visitors to this year’s event to view and discuss the innovations that are shaping the sector. By attending the technical sessions and visiting stand 1719 at Turbomachinery… Read more »
Houston, TX, 21 August 2018: JDR Cable Systems, the leading supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry owned by the TFKable Group, has launched a global intervention, workover and control systems (IWOCS) rental service. JDR’s IWOCS rentals offer offshore oil and gas operators the ability to increase production from subsea… Read more »
The global wind turbine foundations market registered a market value of $5.7bn in 2017 and is expected to reach $7.2bn in 2022, largely driven by renewable energy auctions, supportive government policies, decreasing operations and maintenance costs, and feed-in tariffs, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report: ‘Wind Turbine Foundations,… Read more »
20 August 2018: The Carbon Trust and Fistuca, in conjunction with industry partners (E.ON, EDPR, EnBW, Equinor, Ørsted, Shell, Sif, SSE, Van Oord, and Vattenfall) are pleased to announce the successful completion of the offshore test of the Fistuca BLUE 25M hammer as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator BLUE PILOT project. The offshore test… Read more »
Hückeswagen, August 17th, 2018. The global leading supplier for rotor blade access systems, Gebr. Käufer GmbH Befahrtechnik are ambitious to introduce their new K-BP-4 BAS particularly aiming for the large and powerful wind turbine classes at the WindEnergy Hamburg for the first time. With the new TÜV approved system, rotor blade specialists will be enabled… Read more »
Luxcara, one of Europe’s leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, and MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re and ERGO, have initiated and structured a project bond to finance a wind farm in Norway. A lower three-digit million euro amount of projects bonds has been privately placed with investors of the Munich Re group…. Read more »
Sales reaches EUR 957 million in the first half 2018 EBITDA margin of 4.0 percent Order intake rises to 2.1 GW Delta4000 series ready to launch Guidance for 2018 confirmed Hamburg, 14 August 2018. The Nordex Group (ISIN:DE000A0D6554) has announced today that it has generated sales of EUR 957.1 million in the first six months… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply the Tonstad Wind Farm in Norway with 51 of its SWT-DD-142 Onshore wind turbines. After commissioning, the wind farm will be one of the largest in Norway. The project is developed by ENGIE and will have a total capacity of 208 MW. The wind farm is located in… Read more »
SeaRoc Group continues to support the expansion of offshore wind in South East Asia with the delivery of four Offshore Wind Seminars in 3 countries next month. The seminars will aim to inform attendees of Risk Management and Project Management issues related to Offshore Wind Farms and mitigation measures available to manage and minimise their… Read more »
Brave Tern, the 132-metre jack-up operated by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, has completed a major crane refit at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam. The main operation was the insertion of a 20- metre section into the main boom of the 800-tonne crane, allowing it to reach a height of 120 metres. This upgrade now allows it to… Read more »
Intelligent Fingerprinting, developer of the world’s first fingerprint-based drug test, is simplifying workplace drug testing across the Utilities sector with the availability of a simple-to-use, portable drug testing solution that’s based on revolutionary fingerprint sweat analysis technology. Unlike traditional urine or saliva-based drug tests that can be invasive, time-consuming and undignified for testers and employees, the… Read more »
China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) has welcomed the rapid growth of its exclusive marine equipment service platform, CSSC Marine Service Co.,Ltd, (CMS), during its first twelve months of trading. Increasing demand for services offered by CMS has necessitated plans for service expansion, the details of which CMS will be communicating during the upcoming SMM exhibition in… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) signed 10 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with a range of suppliers today in Taipei, Taiwan. The MoUs come as a complement to previous agreements signed with Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group (YGG) and Swancor Holding Co. (Swancor). They further demonstrate the commitment of SGRE to the development of the offshore… Read more »
Everywhere we look – geographically, politically, technologically and financially – wind energy is breaking new ground. Wind energy continues to expand all over the world. It’s at the heart of government thinking on the energy transition. The technology continues to evolve and the costs continue to fall. And crucially it’s now moving beyond the power… Read more »
Sulzer’s Houston Service Center has passed a major milestone in its exemplary safety record, operating for over three years without a lost time injury. For the facility in La Porte, Texas, this equates to over six million manhours in an industry that has some challenging working environments. We all manage personal safety as part of… Read more »
Sparrows Group has created a director-level role to drive its growing diversification efforts forward. In the newly appointed position, John Grover will be responsible for expanding the business globally. Based at Sparrows’ headquarters in Aberdeen, Mr Grover will spearhead the delivery of the company’s long-term growth plan worldwide as it looks to build on its… Read more »
Hamburg, 1 August 2018 – The urgency to drive down turbine product lifecycle costs and in parallel combine wind with other smart energy solutions has become key wind industry topic. From 25 to 28 September the Global Wind Summit will highlight the future of wind energy production, its integration and storage as well as sector… Read more »
1 August, Brussels-Aarhus – MHI Vestas, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of offshore wind turbines, has joined the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the trade body which represents the global wind industry. The company will join GWEC’s board of directors and play an active role in GWEC’s work to open up markets for offshore wind around… Read more »
Subsea UK has issued a call to action, urging supply chain companies to step forward with ideas and solutions that could support the decommissioning of the largest nuclear site in Europe. The industry body has teamed up with Sellafield Ltd to run a ‘Game Changers’ workshop, inviting businesses across the UK to submit their ideas… Read more »
A new-build Service Operation Vessel (SOV) of WINDEA’s shareholder Bernhard Schulte will support the turbine maintenance of GE Renewable Energy for the next years. Having two SOVs built by Ulstein yard already in operation, Bernhard Schulte has now ordered another, larger, vessel in Norway. WINDEA’s shareholder Bernhard Schulte Offshore has signed a contract with GE… Read more »
• Strong commercial activity: the backlog boosted by €3,292 million in firm orders • Financial performance is in line with the guidance issued to the market for fiscal year 2018 • The L3AD2020 program is fully operational and gaining traction Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy released its results for the first nine months (October-June) and the… Read more »
innogy SE has appointed David Few as Project Director for the largest project in its current development portfolio, the 1.2 gigawatt (GW) Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, sited on Dogger Bank in the North Sea. As Project Director David Few will be responsible for delivering a winning bid for Sofia in a Contracts for Difference (CfD)… Read more »
A national consortium of universities has been awarded £5million to bring together a network of academic, industrial and policy stakeholders to champion and maintain the UK’s world-leading expertise in offshore renewable energy (ORE). ORE Supergen is part of a programme of initiatives being funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and brings… Read more »
1,626 MW or 497 turbines newly constructed in the first semester of 2018 – significant decline in onshore wind energy expansion Potential of onshore wind energy to reach the 65 percent target is not being fully exploited due to a stagnation in permits Political stability determines industrial development and the role of the German… Read more »