Top News of the Week Mar 4 – 9, 2013

Germany: Crane Vessel Stanislav Yudin Transports Tripods to Trianel Wind Farm Borkum

The beginning of the month of March has seen the crane vessel, Stanislav Yudin, launch the transportation of tripods from the offshore terminal in Bremerhaven BLG to the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum.

Main Reasons Why U.S. Still Doesn’t See Offshore Wind Turbines

Even though offshore wind plans got moving more rapidly in the last few months, there are still no offshore wind turbines “blowing” energy into the United States’ homes.

VIDEO: Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm ‒ Phases 2 and 3

As the construction work starts on the third and final phase of the Thornton Bank project, we are bringing a video on the project’s last two phases, published on C-Power’s website.

Six Turbines Installed at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

EDF Energy Renewables reported on February 18 that six turbines have been completely installed ahead of commissioning and a seventh tower was awaiting the addition of its blades on the Teesside Offshore Windfarm.

Germany: Seafox Group Successfully Starts Operations in Offshore Wind Industry

After months of careful planning and detailed engineering, the Seafox 5 installed the first offshore wind monopile on February 28th.
Offshore WIND staff, March 9, 2013; Image: blg