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  • Norwegian Renewables Delegation to Visit Taiwan

    23 September 2013

    INTPOW partners and friends are cordially invited to take part in a business delegation organised by the Taipei Representative Office in Norway to Taiwan between the 26th of October and the 1st of November. Both solar, wind and thermal energy recovery companies will be able to explore business opportunities in Taiwan and capitalise on Taiwan’s […]

  • UK: Wello Releases Further Test Results of Penguin Wave Energy Converter

    12 September 2012
    R&D

    Finnish wave energy developer, Wello Ltd, has on September the 11th released further test results of the Penguin wave energy converter installed in Orkney, Scotland. The Penguin wave energy converter survived first heavy storms in Orkney when the device was battered with over 12 meters waves. Even the mooring system appeared to work as designed. Additional […]

  • Using AIS monitoring to reduce the risk of subsea cable failures caused by external factors

    9 September 2021

    By Siddharth Uppal, Product Manager Service & Installation at NKT Meeting our energy targets – the importance of subsea cables for offshore wind farms and interconnecting power grids Subsea power cables are critical infrastructure for the transmission of renewable energy globally. Growing demand for renewable power has led to an exponential increase in the number […]

  • Autonomous Inspection and Repair Project Reports Several Breakthroughs

    24 June 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The two-year, Innovate UK-funded MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) project has revealed breakthroughs achieved during its first year. The MIMRee project has made concrete steps toward reaching its ultimate goal of having an autonomous system capable of planning its own operational missions to offshore wind farms and deploying the system for demonstration. […]

  • Project to Develop 20+ MW Floating Offshore Wind Technology Kicks Off

    30 November 2022
    Industry, R&D, Technology

    A consortium of thirteen partners has launched the NextFloat project in Paris aimed at accelerating the rollout of the next generation of floating wind technology for a competitive, more scalable, and industrial deployment. The initiative is being led by partners from eight countries including Technip Energies as project coordinator, X1Wind, Naturgy, 2B Energy, Hellenic Cables, […]

  • Installation Vessels: Reaching the Limit and Beyond

    27 March 2017

    Fourteen years ago in 2002 the Sif Group made 80 monopiles for the Horns Rev wind farm off the Danish coast near Esbjerg. These piles were four metres in diameter, the thickness of the steel was five centimetres, and they weighed between 180-230 tonnes depending on their length. In 2016, Offshore WIND was invited to visit the new Sif Group production, storage and load-out terminal built on Maasvlakte 2, the new area of reclaimed land extending the Port of Rotterdam even further out into the Southern part of the North Sea.

  • Gamesa Launches New Website Exclusively for its Operation and Maintenance Services Customers (Spain)

    7 February 2011
    R&D

    Gamesa has further enhanced its customer-focused strategy with the launch of a new website exclusively reserved for all of the company’s operation and maintenance services customers, who total more than 130 clients and over 12,000 MW of wind assets worldwide. Using Gamesa’s new services web portal, clients can access customised, quick and easy-to-use information and […]

  • WTIVS

    2 October 2012

    In the past 12 months we have seen orders for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessels placed, new builds started and others completed and delivered. These vessels have got bigger and stronger’wlth larger cranes, and higher jacking possibilities. The specifications of almost every dimension have increased. Offshore WIND has spoken to some of the new owners […]

  • Wind Orca

    3 October 2014

    Year of build: 2012 Design: Knud E. Hansen LOA: 160.90m Gross tonnage: 24,586t Deck area: 4,300m² Variable Load: Payload available to Charterers: 6,600 T Max water depth: 60 M (Maximum Leg Protrusion 80 M below the hull) Crane type: Amclyde ATL-60, wrap around the starboard aft leg Max lifting capacity: 1,200 T @ 31 M […]