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  • ST3 Offshore for Sale After Entering Bankruptcy

    25 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Polish manufacturer of steel foundations for offshore wind farms, ST3 Offshore – which declared bankruptcy in March 2020 – has been put up for sale by the Official Receiver of the company in insolvency. A tender has been issued for the sale of ST3 Offshore with a reserve price of the company amounting to PLN […]

  • Scientists Putting AI in Offshore Wind Maintenance

    23 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Starting in April 2017, five universities in the UK will launch a three-year project to combine drone technology for the robotic inspection of offshore wind turbines, artificial intelligence (AI) to discover the fault patterns, and intelligent physics modelling to reduce costs and improve performance levels in this rapidly growing industry. The GBP 3.8 million project, funded by […]

  • Narec Opens Doors to Local Communities to Showcase Regeneration of Dock-Side (UK)

    23 November 2012

    Last weekend, the National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, opened its doors in Blyth, Northumberland to the local community as part of a UK-wide Open Doors Weekend, organised by UK Contractors Group (UKCG). The initiative was supported by lead contractor, Shepherd Construction, which is working with Narec to construct three world-class facilities, worth a combined investment […]

  • Heerema Develops Floating to Floating Offshore Wind Installation Method – Video

    21 April 2022
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has developed a new method for offshore floating wind installations that is said to eliminate the need for wet-tows and marshalling yards. Using the Floating to Floating installation method, floaters can be constructed on land before being dry-towed on a transport vessel to the location, Heerema said. After arrival, they are installed […]

  • THMA, UKTI Organize Offshore Wind Mission to USA

    3 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA), in partnership with UK Trade & Investment, will lead a Northern Powerhouse offshore wind-focused mission to the USA next spring. Working in tandem with UKTI, Team Humber and regional businesses will head for the east coast of the US from March 6-12, building on increasingly close ties. Companies from the […]

  • Denmark: ABB Shows Portfolio for Wind Industry at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    As energy cost reduction has become a buzzword in the renewables industry and a hot topic during European’s major wind fair EWEA 2012 starting from April 16, ABB brings to this event its complete wind portfolio as well as latest technologies to address the issue. One of the highlights of ABB’s booth is its offering […]

  • Jan De Nul Adds Connector to Offshore Installation Fleet

    10 December 2020
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has agreed to acquire the offshore construction and cable-lay vessel Connector from Ocean Yield ASA. The vessel will be officially transferred during the fourth quarter of 2020. The acquisition is part of Jan De Nul’s strategic investment programme in the offshore installation fleet. It follows the last year’s orders of the new-build […]

  • CWind: Successful Work on London Array (UK)

    11 January 2013

     As the largest consented offshore windfarm to date, London Array is also the largest generator management project to date, and CWind has been working closely with Siemens and EP Tools since January 2012, offering a complete generator management service – installation, commissioning, servicing, maintain/repair and refuelling for all the EP Tools supplied generators on site, […]

  • Green Port Growth Names Head of Research & Development

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Green Port Growth (GPG), the programme created to establish East Yorkshire as a world-class centre for renewable energy, has appointed Dr Alan Lowdon as its Research & Development Director. Dr Lowdon will provide support and identify new opportunities for key businesses working in the offshore wind and wider renewables sectors to capitalise on the proposed […]

  • GE and LM Wind Power Join Project to Develop Recycling Solutions for Turbine Blades

    10 March 2023
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    LM Wind Power and GE Renewable Energy are joining twelve partners in the Blades2Build (B2B) project to develop new recycling solutions for manufacturing waste as well as end-of-life blades. By 2030, the European onshore and offshore wind energy market is expected to increase by approximately 40 per cent. With few commercially viable recycling options available […]

  • UK: Siemens Technology in Oceanflow’s Semi-Submersible Turbine Design

    31 July 2013

    Oceanflow Energy’s Evopod is a tidal turbine with a difference. A semi-submersible turbine design, it has shown excellent seakeeping performance in tests, and it incorporates Siemens gear and inverter units. As a floating, tethered device, it has lower deployment costs than seabed mounted devices, and it is claimed to impose less disturbance on sensitive seabed […]

  • Hempel Launches New Anti-Corrosive Products

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Global coatings supplier Hempel has launched HEMPADUR AvantGuard®, a portfolio of three new anti-corrosive zinc primers. Based on unique, patented AvantGuard® technology, HEMPADUR AvantGuard® coatings provide better anti-corrosion protection than zinc epoxies without AvantGuard®. AvantGuard OGAvantGuard OGZinc coatings are used to protect industrial structures and equipment in C4 and C5 corrosive conditions, where saltwater and high […]

  • BREAKING: Vestas Buys ST3 Offshore

    20 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has acquired ST3 Offshore in the sixth tendering round since the Polish offshore steel foundations manufacturer declared bankruptcy. ”On March 20, in the court Sąd Rejonowy Szczecin-Centrum XII Wydział Gospodarczy w Szczecinie an auction for the purchase of ST3 Offshore was held. The highest price offered was PLN 170,500,002, so […]

  • ACCOMMODATION AT SEA – Comfort at sea for optimal workforce efficiency Part 1: Temporary Living Quarters

    18 May 2015

    While crew transfer vessels have originally been the main source for transferring technicians and engineers and their work tools to and from the wind farms, the growing trend of wind farms being, and to be built, further at sea has proven to provide quite some challenges for this sector. A challenge not only to maintain or […]

  • UK: New Generation Jack-Up Vessel Arrives for Gwynt y Môr

    4 September 2012

    A new offshore wind farm installation vessel, the first of its kind in the UK, arrives into Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead today (Sat, 1 September) in preparation for its first operational activity at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The new generation jack-up vessel, named Friedrich Ernestine, has been built and designed by RWE […]

  • Statnett, KfW and TenneT Conclude Agreement for Norway-Germany Interconnector

    4 December 2012
    Grid Connection

    The Norwegian power grid operator Statnett, KfW IPEX-Bank on behalf of KfW and TenneT TSO GmbH, transmission system operator for the German North Sea region, have concluded a cooperation agreement to develop and construct a subsea cable between Germany and Norway. The high voltage direct current interconnector will enable energy to flow between Germany and […]

  • Jan De Nul Launches Next-Generation Offshore Installation Vessel

    6 January 2022
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched its next-generation floating offshore installation vessel Les Alizés at the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Les Alizés will be the largest heavy lift vessel in Jan De Nul’s fleet, able to install XXL offshore wind components in floating conditions and with ultra-low emissions, the company said. The launch started on […]

  • WATCH: New US Floating Wind Tech Developer Plans to Launch 2 MW Demo Project in 2024

    27 March 2023
    Business development, Innovation, Technology

    Following Principle Power and Ocergy, California – the US state poised to become one of the global floating wind hotspots – is now also home to its third floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, which aims to launch a demonstration project next year and plans on rolling its technology out internationally, once it is ready […]

  • Prysmian to Exhibit Full Range of Cable Systems for Power Transmission Infrastructures at MEE 2011

    3 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian, one of the leading worldwide players in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, is to showcase its latest technological innovations, specifically designed to support the development of smarter and greener power grids, at MEE 2011, the electrical industry’s largest tradeshow in the Middle East, taking place in Dubai from February 8th to 10th, 2011 […]

  • Germany: Silicon Sheets to Harvest Electricity from Ocean Waves

    5 August 2013

    Eco-friendly electricity from wave energy: in a Bosch laboratory, a first demonstrator model shows how wave energy can be converted into electricity. A research network made up of four companies and two universities aims to establish sustainable power generation along the world’s coastlines. Until January 2015, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is […]

  • Offshore Wind Sparks Belfast Harbour’s Trade Rise

    31 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Trade through Belfast Harbour rose by 16% during 2013 with record tonnages of almost 23 million passing through the Port. Over half the increase, 1.7m tonnes, was fueled by an increase of over 150% in coal imports. This reflects a new service through Belfast to supply AES Kilroot power station which generates c.30% of Northern […]

  • Global Energy Group Acquires Nigg Yard (UK)

    20 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      The purchase, completed in recent days, marks a major step forward for the group’s ambitious plans to develop the 238-acre site, on the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands, as a modern, multi-user facility serving a range of energy sectors, including oil and gas and renewables. Global, which has head offices in Inverness and […]

  • Germany: Elbehafen Brunsbüttel to be Extended

    29 March 2012

    The Elbehafen Brunsbüttel, a universal port in private ownership of Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH / SCHRAMM group, is going to be extended this year. Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH, port operator and owner of the infrastructure, invest a total of about 15 Million Euro to improve the middle berth in the multi-purpose port Elbehafen. Today a building contract […]

  • The Netherlands: First Offshore Wind Farm Has Positive Impact on Marine Life

    31 October 2012
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A five-year scientific study has revealed the first offshore wind farm near Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands has positively impacted life in and around the sea, and has had hardly any adverse effects. The wind farm was constructed in 2006 by NoordzeeWind – a joint venture between Shell and Nuon – and has been […]

  • J D Neuhaus Designs Hoists for Underwater Operations

    8 August 2014
    Technology

    Lifting and handling products manufactured by the J D Neuhaus company are engineered for performance, reliability and longevity when operating in extreme environments of dirt, dust, high humidity, and even potentially explosive atmospheres. Some of the toughest and more unusual conditions are currently experienced by today’s underwater aquanauts. Divers are very often working alone, in […]

  • Polish Offshore Wind Foundation Manufacturer Put Up for Sale One Last Time

    13 February 2023
    Business & Finance

    The Official Receiver of the insolvent Polish manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, ST3 Offshore, is putting the company up for sale once again. This is most likely the last time buyers are invited to take over ST3 Offshore as a complete entity, following several earlier attempts to sell the company over the past few years. The […]