Top News of the Week Dec 16 – 22, 2013

Top News of the Week Dec 16 – 22, 2013

Top News of the Week Dec 16 – 22, 2013

Seafox 5 Finishes DanTysk Foundation Installation (Germany)

As announced on December 13, all of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm are now installed.

TU Delft`s Researcher Develops Method for Offshore Wind Cost Reduction

The costs of generating electricity through wind farms at sea still need to be lower. Researcher Michiel Zaayer of TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) has developed a program that can help. On Monday December 16, he defended his doctoral dissertation on this topic at TU Delft.

Germany: Baltic 2 Monopiles Installed

In just over two months Ballast Nedam Offshore has transported and installed 39 monopiles for the offshore wind farm Baltic 2. This was achieved despite the occurrence of two of the worst storms in a decade in October and November.

UK: Very Long Offshore Wind Turbine Blade to Be Tested

Blade Dynamics has announced that the design phase of their ‘Very Long Blade Project’ for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has successfully concluded and that the prototyping phase will now begin.

GeoSea Secures EUR 200 Mln in New Offshore Wind Contracts

DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts.

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