New management solution based on the Kognifai digital platform and ecosystem will be available for more than 400 European wind energy assets. Independent wind asset operations management specialist OutSmart BV has selected Kongsberg Digital to provide an integrated management system on the innovative Kognifai digital platform. The sophisticated digital solution will be used to manage… Read more »
Fraunhofer IWES tested two large-scale suction buckets in a 1:5 scale in early 2018. The physical experiments at the Test Center for Support Structures in Hanover (TTH) are the first of their kind in Germany. The test results confirmed the enormous potential of this foundation concept for reliable and cost-effective deployment in offshore wind farms…. Read more »
– Sparrows invites Colin Clark MP to see East Anglia ONE project – Cranes currently being manufactured by Sparrows Group, which will be installed at ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE windfarm off the coast of Suffolk, were showcased today (Friday 13 April) to Colin Clark MP at the company’s headquarters in Aberdeen. The firm is… Read more »
First deployment of the 11 innovative turbines for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre marks treble project breakthrough for offshore wind industry A hat-trick of offshore wind industry firsts has been achieved within a fortnight in North-east Scotland after the world’s most powerful single turbine was successfully installed yesterday (Monday, April 9) for Vattenfall’s ground-breaking… Read more »
A press release issued today (10 April) by leading European energy company Vattenfall announces that the “world’s most powerful wind turbine” has successfully been installed in Scottish waters. Responding, Stephanie Conesa, Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Scotland is home to approximately 25% of Europe’s offshore wind resource and projects like Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind… Read more »
• The company has been awarded an EPC contract for the entire project, which will encompass a wind farm with 56 turbines and a 20 MW / 34 MWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been commissioned to build a pioneering wind complex in Australia, which will combine the installation of a wind… Read more »
DNV GL conducted independent technical analysis and Vendor’s Due Diligence of the entire 26.1MW Ventus portfolio, comprising 53 operational feed-in-tariff wind turbines. The Due Diligence included a technical assessment of energy production, capabilities of the wind turbines, asset condition and operational risk. DNV GL reached milestone of due diligence for over 30 GW of wind… Read more »
In accordance with the German Offshore Wind Energy Act (WindSeeG), preliminary assessment of soil conditions must be performed before contracts can be awarded for new offshore wind farm clusters in the North and Baltic Sea. Important information relating to the marine environment, the subsoil, and the wind and oceanographic conditions allow bidders to assess the… Read more »
Ampelmann’s A400 gangway system has set sail from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Vroon’s Subsea Support and Walk to Work VOS Stone vessel to undertake its first deployment to transfer crew and cargo in the Arkona offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea. To view footage of Vroon’s VOS Stone vessel and Ampelmann’s A400… Read more »
The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Business Network for Offshore Wind (the Network) in the United States. The agreement, which was signed at the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF) in Princeton on Wednesday (April 4), will see the organisations collaborate in pursuit of mutual commercial,… Read more »
Hamburg, 6 April 2018. The Nordex Group has opened a plant in the North Brazilian state of Brazil Piaui for the production of concrete towers. The plant is to produce the 65 towers required for the “Lagoa do Barro” wind farm, which Nordex will be installing in the near future. It marks one of the… Read more »
Hamburg, 5 April 2018. The Nordex Group closed the first quarter of 2018 with an increase in order intake. All told, firmly agreed new orders rose in volume to 1,007.5 megawatts in the first three months of the year (Q1/2017: 368.0 MW). This performance was underpinned by the recovery in demand in Europe with new… Read more »
• The Dam Nai wind farm will be equipped with 15 SG 2.6-114 turbines, with total capacity of 39 MW Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) continues to reinforce its presence in Vietnam where it will install and commission the Dam Nai wind farm with 39 MW for the independent operator, The Blue Circle, headquartered in… Read more »
Proven power plant management solution based on 10 year experience will be available for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farms. Taipei (Taiwan) / Emden (Germany), March 28th, 2018 Independent offshore wind specialist in the Taiwanese market, TOWSC (Taiwan Offshore Wind Farm Services Corp.) and wind power plant management specialist OutSmart join forces to provide an integrated power… Read more »
Ingeteam has reached the milestone of 50 GW in the supply of power converters for renewable energy plants. To obtain the same amount of power from coal, it would have been necessary to burn 36 million tons of coal that would have emitted 110 million tons of carbon dioxide. In terms of energy, the 50… Read more »
UK subsea services company, Rovco, has been awarded ISO 9001 accreditation from global industry certification body, DNV GL. Following an independent assessment of Rovco’s quality management systems, the Bristol-based company received the internationally recognised ISO certification to the latest 2015 standard. DNV GL provides classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services to the… Read more »
Sub-Component Test of Rotor Blade Trailing Edge – more realistic load scenario for design critical structures With the end of the EU project “IRPWind”, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Knowledge Centre WMC and Fraunhofer IWES are all in agreement that sub-component trailing edge testing has the potential to become established as an addition to the… Read more »
First of gigantic, game-changing suction bucket jacket foundations installed for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay North-east Scotland has marked a UK offshore wind first following the successful installation of the first pioneering suction bucket jacket foundation for Vattenfall’s 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in just 15 hours. The EOWDC… Read more »
Hamburg, 26 March 2018. The Nordex Group has received a new order from PNE Wind AG. The project entails the installation of six N131/3600 turbines at the “Gerdau” wind farm. The turbines will be installed close to the German town of Uelzen this autumn, after which Nordex will provide service for up to 20 years…. Read more »
Members of the local community are invited to learn more about proposals to optimise the generation capacity of a South Lanarkshire wind farm. The community exhibition event is taking place at Ballgreen Hall, 34 Glasgow Road, Strathaven, ML10 6LZ, between 2.30pm and 6.30pm on the 27th and 28th March 2018. Those who are unable to… Read more »
• First nacelles shipped from Cuxhaven to Ostend harbor in Belgium, installation port for Rentel wind power plant • Further step in industrialization of offshore wind technology • Heavy components to be moved in tailor-made “Roll-on/Roll-off” process Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has now fully implemented its cutting-edge offshore logistics concept announced in late 2015:… Read more »
Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Offshore wind is a UK- wide success story, with recent cost reductions a testament to the sector’s ability to rise to a challenge. “Scotland has a strong heritage of offshore expertise, as well as some of Europe’s best wind resources. This new deal is an opportunity… Read more »
Working on behalf of Element Power the projects’ developer, renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, has reached project close on the construction phase at Meenwaun Wind Farm in County Offaly, Ireland, where the team acted as owner’s engineer and provided construction project management and ecological services. The 1OMW MEC site consisting of four GE… Read more »
• Since 1st October, Siemens Gamesa has secured orders for the supply, transport and installation of 39 wind turbines with aggregate capacity of 104 MW in France • The orders include 22 SWT-3.2-113 turbines, nine G97-2.0 MW and eight SG 2.1-114 • All the contracts include servicing agreements for the next 15 to 20 years… Read more »
– CY 17 revenues at EUR 1,890 million, adjusted EBITDA of EUR 152 million, with a margin of 8.0 % in line with guidance – Order intake of EUR 1,776 million, 36 % year-on-year growth – 4th largest in EMEA region, market share gains in key geographies Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind… Read more »
UK and Netherlands-based subsea provider N-Sea is part-way through a multi-million-pound unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance campaign for ScottishPower Renewables. The contract for unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance works commenced in December 2017 and includes UXO inspection, identification and clearance on the array area and export cable route of the East Anglia ONE Offshore Windfarm, located in… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has received Notice to Proceed for the first stage of the 429 MW Murra Warra wind farm near Horsham in Western Victoria. All conditions precedent have been fulfilled and the contract is now firm and in force. This announcement follows the signing of a Delivery Partnership… Read more »
Natural Power provided technical due diligence reviews on behalf of Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC on two recent wind plant acquisitions, Georgia Mountain Wind Farm in Vermont, and Wagner Wind in California. The independent evaluations included turbine technology reviews, turbine, blade and BOP inspections as well as of key contracts including PPAs and turbine service… Read more »
SeaRenergy has successfully completed a two year construction site safety contract for the Veja Mate wind farm. The service agreement started in early 2016 and included provision, installation, maintenance, as well as the recovery of 5 cardinal marker buoys and 3 mooring buoys. The cardinal marker buoys were required to mark the outside boundaries of… Read more »
SW-Registry notation meets requirements of IACS revised Unified Requirement (UR E22) SYS-COM notation covers requirements for ship-shore data security Guidelines for Autonomous Shipping now available Paris – La Défense, France, March 13 2018 – Bureau Veritas has developed a comprehensive approach to support shipowners in addressing maritime cyber risks. A new series of classification notations,… Read more »
Japan: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has signed a contract to supply and service seven Senvion 3.4M104 turbines for the Wakami Wind Farm developed by Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd. (JWD) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES). The turbines have a hub height of 80 meters, and have been specially… Read more »
120 meters diameter – installation of the largest rotor in 2 MW class in India Hamburg / Mumbai / New Delhi: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has been awarded a 30 MW onshore wind project from Engie – one of the world renowned clean energy companies, to deliver the Tithwa Project (won… Read more »
Unexploded mine and bomb specialist Ordtek has secured its first offshore wind farm projects in the US and Taiwan with energy giant Ørsted. The Norfolk-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management expert will be supporting the company, formerly DONG, on two offshore wind farms to be developed off the US east coast, Bay State Wind and… Read more »
The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has appointed Tony Laing as its new director of research and market acceleration. Bringing more than 35 years’ experience, Mr Laing will be tasked with ensuring the UK’s subsea technology needs are understood and met within an increasingly diverse business environment and the associated complex innovation and funding landscape…. Read more »
The Mermaid and Seastar projects are amongst the last offshore wind projects to be built in the current designated offshore energy area in the Belgian EEZ. In a rapidly changing environment with a growing importance of offshore wind in the energy mix and decreasing cost levels, the Mermaid and Seastar projects adopted a combined approach… Read more »
ONYX InSight is a new predictive maintenance brand giving wind turbine owners and operators unparalleled control by combining data analytics and engineering expertise Nottingham, 8 March 2018 – Global lubricant manufacturer, Castrol, and Romax Technology (Romax), a leader in software, analysis and services for rotating machinery, have launched ONYX InSight, a new predictive maintenance brand… Read more »