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Advanced rescue concepts gain in importance
When it comes to occupational safety, emergency rescue plans are a critical factor that should not be overlooked. Every company is obliged to create these as part of a risk assessment — including the wind energy industry, which employs tens of thousands of people. For example, if an accident occurs during maintenance or servicing of… Read more »
Ideally equipped for the heaviest loads
Offshore wind turbines are the giants of wind power and their construction is an impressive spectacle. Extremely heavy, massive components are moved on the water by even more powerful equipment. Over the past decade, the German company Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG has established itself as a logistics partner for the offshore industry. This company… Read more »
Flexible tool management: tailored to the wind industry
Readunit is a new, flexible, tool management software system, designed with the wind industry in mind. This is a time saver for companies and once set up, all stock movement, mandatory testing becomes automatic and with the option of RFID, via the telephone or tablet APP. PES had a lot of questions for Torben Kofoed… Read more »
The gateway to Denmark
Carsten Aa, chief executive officer of LINDØ port of ODENSE in Denmark, talks to PES about his vision for the site, and its expansion into a specialist cluster supporting the offshore wind industry. PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine, it’s great to talk with you. We would like you to begin by explaining a little… Read more »
The future of energy —reinvented
When you look ahead are you able to say with confidence that your business, organization, or community is truly prepared for a radically different future of energy? It’s the time of year when demand on the world’s energy systems peak. Summer in many parts of the world means that electrical grids are working overtime to… Read more »
An array of services and an all-round package
Vincent Nürnberg, managing director, O.S. Energy, took time out from his busy schedule to talk to PES about their all-in project management service and their customised deep-sea vessels and the advantages this brings to the customer… PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine, it’s great to talk with you. Would you like to begin by explaining… Read more »
Values, vision and customer care
Years of experience and a large fleet of vessels mean that Northern Offshore Services are well placed, as leading operators in crew transport vessels (CTV) primarily in the offshore wind industry. David Kristensson, the CEO, got together with PES to catch us up on the latest developments and give us his outlook on the future…. Read more »
A Danish view of offshore brokering
Anders Helsinghoff Fjord, CEO at North Sea Hagland Shipbrokers (NSHS) is a regular participant in PES Wind. Here he gives us his thoughts on the company, the industry and the future. He has experienced many changes over the years. His company offers a variety of services to the offshore wind industry, which are backed up… Read more »
Safe and reliable crew transfer
When CEO Mik Henriksen founded MHO-Co in 2015, he could not have known that in only three years, his vision of designing vessels of the best reliability and safety in the industry, and at a low cost, would be a reality. Today, boasting five vessels, having already reached the 2020 target, MHO-Co covers the demand… Read more »
A giant amongst turbine rotors
Since 2016 MegaWindForce has been working on a special type of wind turbine with remarkable characteristics. The team found a way of improving electricity production by leaving off 1/3 of the blade! Innovative carbon production methods make this attainable. A worldwide patent was granted on this invention. With the growth of the size of turbine… Read more »
