With increasing competitiveness of renewable energy compared to traditional forms of power production, Power Purchase Agreements are becoming attractive for both off-takers as well as power producers. However, PPAs bring along a new risk dimension requiring profound expertise in the wind energy business. Theresia Langosz-Römbell, Organisation Development, CSR & Communications Manager at Luxcara, provides PES… Read more »
The UK’s offshore wind sector is racing ahead. With the offshore wind market rapidly expanding, the demand for equipment and services to support its growth is sure to rise with it. The UK is the leader in offshore wind production as well as having an established track record in exporting physical manufactured products. Is there… Read more »
The Jan De Nul Group has installed two gravity-based foundations in the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea. Built in Ostend, the foundations were designed entirely by Jan De Nul, based on their client’s basic design. PES wanted to learn more about this ground breaking wind farm. By 2021, the 600MW Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind… Read more »
Rick van der Lelij, Operations Manager at Height Specialists, dropped in to PES to talk about the importance of safety and training beyond the legal requirements. It makes for interesting reading and it’s reassuring to know companies are more and more determined to keep their employees safe by doing more than the necessary minimum. PES:… Read more »
The Global Wind Energy Council released its annual market statistics on 14 February from Brussels. The 2017 market remained above 50 GW, with Europe, India and the offshore sector having record years. Chinese installations were down slightly – ‘only’ 19.5 GW – but the rest of the world made up for most of that. Total… Read more »
Since the beginning of this year, US states together have committed to approximately 8,200 MW of offshore wind by 2030. This is a substantial amount of work and provides a visible pipeline of work justifying investments in dedicated and efficient installation solutions. Are these the right conditions to invest in a new build installation jack-up?… Read more »
The state of flux in the UK’s onshore wind sector has never been more apparent than at present. On the one hand, wind energy and other renewable energy sources are currently generating over a quarter of power consumption across the UK annually, at a price cheaper than gas and nuclear, all while enjoying the highest… Read more »
Digitisation and Industry 4.0 are causing the wind industry to rethink how it does business. Sustainable growth is a constant entrepreneurial challenge. The market is characterised by continuous evolution that never takes a break. However, unlike biological evolution, companies can decide for themselves to a large extent how they want to develop. The automation and… Read more »
After many years of renewables being somewhat the ‘Cinderella’ of the energy industry, it is fascinating to see that it is now offshore wind power driving innovation and its smart solutions are being taken up by the well-established oil and gas sector. A good example was highlighted recently when Damen’s first Service Operations Vessel (SOV),… Read more »
Buss Offshore Solutions GmbH & Co. KG is a member of the Buss Group in Hamburg. It was founded in 1920 as a stevedoring company. Today, it is made up of several units, which are active in different areas of maritime logistics. One of them is the Buss Offshore Solutions GmbH. Right from the start… Read more »
Is there anything that can be done to prevent or protect against corrosion? This is a question which preoccupies many in our industry. There are many types of corrosion, which in fact is a natural process, so it seems it’s like trying to hold back the tide. Is there anything that we mere humans can… Read more »
WINDPOWER is being held in Chicago this year. Wind energy is gathering more and more momentum in the US. Every year AWEA strives attract new and diverse groups to the conference, with the aim of sparking new conversations, new connections and new ideas and 2018 is no exception. PES brings you the show preview of… Read more »
The first Hornsea Project One substation topside, Z12, has been installed at the site 120km off the Yorkshire coast. Hornsea Project One will be the biggest wind farm in the world when it is operational in 2020, taking the record from Orsted’s Walney Extension wind farm whose final turbine was installed this week. 174 turbines… Read more »
Tekmar Energy (Tekmar), the global leader in Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for offshore wind farms has been awarded multiple contracts by Van Oord to supply their systems for both the Deutsche Bucht and BorWin3 projects. Deutsche Bucht is a 252 MW offshore wind farm owned by Northland Power which will consist of 31 8 MW… Read more »
French floating offshore wind leader Ideol and Acacia Renewables, a wholly owned Japanese renewable energy development platform of Macquarie Capital, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in March aiming at developing Japan’s first utility scale commercial floating offshore wind farm. Both companies are working together, in the development of the project off the coast of… Read more »
Ideol is pleased to announce the signing of a €15 million capital funding round, led by private equity firm Kerogen Capital (“Kerogen”), a leading energy specialist investor based in Hong Kong and London. This latest investment further establishes Ideol as one of the clear global front-runners in floating offshore wind. Created in 2010, Ideol has… Read more »
Hamburg, 26 April 2018. The Nordex Group is extending its Delta4000 product series introduced in autumn 2017 to include a turbine especially designed for strong-wind sites: the N133/4.8. The rotor blade from the proven N131 turbine has been integrated into the Delta4000 series for the N133/4.8. By combining this rotor blade with the hub and… Read more »
• It is also the company’s first order for the SG 2.1-122 turbine • Siemens Gamesa will install 143 turbines and maintain the complex for 10 years Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s positioning in India has received an important boost with this order, its largest ever in this market. Under the terms of the EPC contract… Read more »
• Siemens Gamesa increases its multi-brand presence in the U.S. with the repower of 362 Vestas wind turbines for a capacity of 240 MW at two Texas wind farms, increasing their power rating up to 7.5% • The company will also repower 210 units of legacy Bonus turbines at the 268 MW King Mountain Wind… Read more »
Tim Börner has been appointed as Business Development Manager Offshore Wind Germany Delft, 25 April 2018 Ampelmann, the global leader in offshore access solutions, has opened its first office in Germany, in response to growing business in the offshore wind sector. The new base, located in Hamburg, will be led by Tim Börner, who has… Read more »
The independent full-scope multi-brand specialist Deutsche Windtechnik is entering the US market – The high quality of service and flexible contract options provided by the company enable new optimization potential for US operators Houston, Texas, USA / Bremen, Germany, April 24, 2018 Deutsche Windtechnik Inc. was established at the end of 2017 and is now… Read more »
• Siemens Gamesa to supply 98 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines • Blades and nacelles and hubs to come from Fort Madison, Iowa, and Hutchinson, Kansas, facilities, respectively Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) announced today that the company will supply 98 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines for an undisclosed project located in Kansas. The wind farm will span across… Read more »
The final turbines at the world’s largest offshore wind farm, off the coast of Cumbria, have now been installed. All 87 turbines are now installed at the Walney Extension wind farm, which is a shared-ownership project between Ørsted (50%) and two leading Danish pension funds PFA (25%) and PKA (25%). The 659MW wind farm has… Read more »
Hamburg, 24 April 2018. With the signing of the power purchase agreement by public-sector utility Eskom, the contract for the installation of the South African wind farm “Roggeveld” has now also come into effect. This order for the Nordex Group entails 47 AW125/3150 and AW125/3000 turbines with a combined capacity of around 147 megawatts and… Read more »
Vibro Lifting Tool drives 6.5m monopile CAPE Holland has recently achieved another milestone with its Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) on the Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam. A large 6.5m diameter monopile was successfully upended and driven to target penetration. Free hanging from the Matador 3 of Bonn and Mees the VLT only needed a net driving… Read more »
UK subsea companies will learn how the world’s largest offshore operator plans to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) develop new technologies in a bid to become the world’s most carbon-efficient oil and gas producer at an event in Aberdeen tomorrow (24th April). Those attending the lunch and learn at The Chester Hotel, will hear… Read more »
• The wind farm will be equipped with 29 of the company’s SG 3.4-132 turbines Siemens Gamesa has secured a new order in Mexico for the supply of 100 MW as part of the last wind power auction held in the country in November 2017. This order marks a new milestone in Siemens Gamesa’s positioning… Read more »
Even though oil and gas prices increased during the year, the majority of 2017 was characterised by continued low activity and tough competition in the oil and gas industry. Towards the end of the year, demand from customers increased in this business area, which remains important to Semco Maritime. The hesitant market and continued price… Read more »
Tideway BV have successfully laid the first offshore export cable section at Hornsea Project One, Ørsted’s massive 1.2GW offshore wind farm. The wind farm will be located 120km off the Yorkshire Coast, and three high voltage subsea power cables will carry electricity from three offshore substations to shore. Tideway BV is carrying out the cable… Read more »
Most of these projects have been mandated by industrial customers, such as textile, auto ancillaries and pharmaceutical companies, who are looking to increase their renewable energy supply The orders entail the EPC construction of 140 MW of wind power facilities on several sites across India Siemens Gamesa to install 41 units of its G97-2.0 MW… Read more »
This week Jumbo announced the winner of the competition to name our new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020. Last month we launched an internal naming competition so that all Jumbo employees from around the world could submit up to three vessel name entries. Having received… Read more »
Scope includes port logistics services for 88 wind turbines needed for windfarm Hohe See and Albatros / components will be transported by barges to Orange Blue Terminal / Buss Offshore Solutions supports as project manager Hamburg, 18th of April 2018. The Orange Blue Terminal, part of the Hamburg-based Buss Group, has signed a contract with… Read more »
For an international project ELA Container Offshore GmbH received a rather exceptional order: We were asked to build a number of bespoke accommodation containers to travel across the globe. Normally speaking the containers which are built by ELA Container Offshore GmbH are intended for the offshore market, but in this case the containers will remain… Read more »
• The company will supply 25 SWT-2.625-120 and 5 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines for a 77 MW wind farm that will be part of MidAmerican Energy’s Wind XI Project, with the option to add up to 5 additional SWT-2.625-120 wind turbines for a total capacity of 90 MW • The blades and nacelles and hubs will… Read more »
Match-funding sought from industry to extend schools outreach programme The National Marine Aquarium (NMA) in Plymouth is to receive a substantial legacy from its late chairman. David Pridden, who sadly died in November last year, has bequeathed a major sum to support the organisation’s educational work, with the only stipulation being that funds must be… Read more »
Flintstone Technology Ltd is diversifying its market-leading mooring operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry. Flintstone has developed a set of mooring system solutions to match specific project requirements in oil and gas and marine renewable energy. With decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, this knowledge combined… Read more »