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Safety, service, sustainability and smartness
In a growing offshore wind market, there is a need to adapt to rapid change. As wind wheels and wind farms grow in size, increasing amounts of electricity will be produced, requiring even more powerful machines, as well as cranes. That’s not all though, as smart answers for complex work places and environments with diverse machines… Read more »
Tackling light pollution across borders: transponder-based ADLS goes international
Aircraft-detection lighting systems (ADLS) are among the most talked about innovations when it comes to increasing acceptance for wind energy. A transponder-based solution, which has already conquered the German market, is a promising tool across European borders as well as overseas. PES sat down with Henning von Barsewisch, CEO of Lanthan Safe Sky, to talk… Read more »
All afloat at greater depths
The offshore wind industry is projected to produce 228 GW by 2030, enough to power over 68 million homes. These projects will be at greater water depths and with larger wind turbine generators, so the demand for innovative solutions to deliver these projects has never been greater. Earlier this year, Heerema Marine Contractors introduced a… Read more »
Transforming standards
IEEE style pad-mounted transformers have been used in the Americas and other parts of the world for a long time. However, it can still be somewhat of an unknown transformer style in some markets. With the increased demand from the USA, mostly for pad-mounted transformers for onshore wind farm and solar applications, transformer manufacturers from… Read more »
Noise and tonality: crucial as onshore goes large
How can powertrain technologies help to unlock onshore areas and raise social acceptance of wind power? Originating in the field of combustion engines, Geislinger successfully entered the wind power market in 2016 with its COMPOWIND® coupling. The robust and durable low-speed shaft coupling (LSSC), made of advanced composites, absorbs virtually all bending moments, or parasitic… Read more »
Wind turbines: certification of grid characteristics
The certification of the grid characteristics of wind turbines has been mandatory for a long time, in order to maintain grid stability and voltage quality, as well as to obtain the grid connection permit. Ever faster product development cycles lead to time-intensive qualification and validation tests in the field. Voltage dip tests are particularly critical… Read more »
Offshore logistics handled in port
The supply of offshore wind farms is gaining more and more importance, especially in these times. From an initial niche and a lot of pioneering work, Emden and in particular Ems Ports Agency and Stevedoring, or epas, has established itself in the wind energy segment. A full-service partner for nearly 30 years, today it supplies… Read more »
Thinking outside the box
The demands of wind energy projects for efficient and safe turbine installation and maintenance have prompted new developments in tool portability and compactness. These, in turn, are enabling innovations in wind turbine deployment and installation, as well as reducing their impact on the marine environment. Wind energy turbines are deployed in places with access to… Read more »
Working on the next revolution
Last year, ematec AG, based in Memmingerberg in Bavaria, caused a sensation by developing the first rotor blade crossbeam with adaptive blade pick-up that can pick up rotor blades from all manufacturers, up to a blade weight of 50 tonnes. As the company celebrates its 25th anniversary, PES heard from CEO Manfred Eberhard and Head… Read more »
Growing with the wind of change
DHSS has 25 years’ experience delivering high-quality vessel agency services, port logistics, 3PL warehousing, customs services and helicopter logistics to the offshore energy sector. So how is it developing to suit a changing and demanding marketplace? Dutch company DHSS is experiencing a surge in business as the offshore wind industry grows steadily around the North… Read more »
