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  • Germany: Schaeffler Introduces High-Performance Bearing Concepts for Rotor Shafts

    21 September 2012
    Technology

    The rolling bearings for rotor shaft bearing arrangements are subjected to highly dynamic loads and operating conditions. Schaeffler develops solutions for rotor bearing arrangements for all modern wind turbine variants from 220 kW up to the current multi-megawatt class. The different concepts range from the classic 3-point shaft bearing arrangement and hub bearing arrangement up […]

  • Kaskasi Offshore Substation Topside Touches Down

    28 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 1,400-tonne offshore substation topside has been installed on its monopile foundation at the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, RWE, the owner and developer of the project, said. The topside was installed by the heavy lift, DP 2 installation vessel Gulliver, operated by DEME’s subsidiary Scaldis Salvage & Marine […]

  • GMS: National Turbine Repair Standard Required

    15 August 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Composites are complex. Working with them requires knowledge, skills and experience. However, composites are also extremely strong, robust materials used widely in industry and society. It is time for a national turbine blade repair standard to open up the wind market to new, highly-competent competition and drive down offshore costs, argues UK composites expert, Chris […]

  • Global Tech I Construction Wrapped Up

    29 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is complete: 100 kilometres from the German coast and occupying an area half the size of Bremerhaven the offshore wind power station now stands with 80 turbines of the 5 megawatt class (AREVA Wind M5000-116) and the farm’s own transformer station. At present, only the […]

  • Seacat Services Scores String of Charters off UK and German Coasts

    30 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Seacat Services, a leading offshore wind farm vessel transfer operator, has won several significant charter contracts for work taking place off the UK and German coasts. The contracts incorporate five separate offshore wind farm projects. During 2013 this will include; the 288MW Meerwind project, located 50 kilometres off the German coast, the 389MW West of […]

  • HUMBERSIDE DEVELOPMENT: Renewable energy revitalises the Humber

    22 June 2015

    To quote the British Government: “Enterprise Zones create jobs and boost businesses…. They are great places to do business for both new and expanding firms, benefiting from government backing.” The largest Enterprise Zone in the UK is on the Humber Estuary – both sides, North and South of the River Humber. The zone includes the […]

  • TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Starts Operating

    1 December 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been commissioned and is now operating some 10 miles off Norway’s coast in water depths of 200 metres. The fully assembled floating wind turbine, comprising the TetraSpar floating foundation and a 3.6 MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive wind turbine, was towed from Denmark and installed at the METCentre test […]

  • Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf Waves Goodbye to VOS Start

    25 July 2017
    Vessels

    VOS Start has left Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf  and is set to commence its first project next month, providing logistics support, accommodation and walk-to-work  (W2W) capability for MHI Vestas at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • The Netherlands: Robin Launches Bird Strike Prevention Radar System

    20 December 2012

    Leading European avian radar manufacturer Robin Radar Systems is aiming for rapid expansion following an announcement that significant funding has been secured from two key investors, Inkef Capital and Mainport Innovation Fund (comprising KLM and Schiphol Airport amongst others). Standard radar systems are used to detect large objects such as planes or ships. Birds disappear […]

  • Highlights of the Month: May 2016

    2 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Shell Setting Up ‘New Energies’ Unit. Oil & Gas Companies to Cause Clash of Giants in Offshore Wind? Shell has created a new division called New Energies, through which the oil and gas giant will invest in wind energy, along with its hydrogen, biofuels and electrical activities, according to The Guardian. Even though Shell has […]

  • Seazip Launches First Tender Service for German Bight Area

    9 April 2013
    Contracts & Tenders

    Seazip Offshore Service recently launched the first ad hoc tender service for the German Bight area. Only after a few hours’ notice the fast crew boat Seazip Hurricane carried out a successful crew change 90 miles offshore at the North sea for a major cable laying company with crew, equipment and provisions. This call was […]

  • Germany: Bourbon Enterprise Uses Cuxport Terminal

    4 June 2012

    The cooperation between Cuxport and Offshore Marine Management GmbH (OMM) is gathering pace: the “Bourbon Enterprise”, the first vessel equipped for the maritime cable business at a quay at Cuxport, left Cuxhaven on Wednesday for the last time bound for the North Sea. On its seven trips, the 76-metre long multi-purpose ship has been preparing […]

  • Dalby Cleared to Turn Endeavor Wharf into O&M Centre

    29 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Dalby Offshore Services will move its headquarters to Endeavor Wharf at Whitby Port and start to develop the site as Yorkshire’s renewables and offshore services centre following last week’s decision of Scarborough Borough Council Cabinet to lease the site to the company. Including offices, a marine control centre and a public exhibition space, Dalby hopes […]

  • USA: AWC Selects New Jersey for 1st Phase of Its Offshore Wind Transmission Project

    16 January 2013
    Grid Connection

    Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) has announced that New Jersey has been selected as the first phase for its multi-year offshore wind transmission project. This phase of the project is called the New Jersey (NJ) Energy Link. The selection was based on New Jersey’s commitment to developing an offshore wind industry and the large potential for […]

  • RenewableUK Concerned about DECC’s Plan for 2030

    17 July 2013

    RenewableUK welcomed the publication of the Consultation on the draft Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan as another step in the EMR process, but expressed concern about the 2030 scenarios outlined in it; most of which see only a very limited role for development of wind during the 2020s. Based on predicted capacity by 2020 – […]

  • Iceni Marine Services Takes Delivery of WFSV ‘Iceni Defiant’ from South Boats (UK)

    20 February 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 53rd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Iceni Defiant’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 17m designed to operate from the locks at Grimsby Fish Dock. This vessel is the third built for Iceni Marine Services Ltd. with a further three in build […]

  • Canada to Get Offshore Wind Marshalling Hub

    28 March 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Esbjerg-headquartered Blue Water Shipping has signed a concession agreement with Novaporte, a transportation, logistics, and green energy development in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both parties aim to work together, along with equity partner Membertou First Nation, to develop a major marshalling hub in Sydney, Nova Scotia for offshore wind energy servicing the Northeast Atlantic […]

  • French Ports to Support Offshore Wind Projects

    15 September 2011
    Ports & Logistics

      Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA), the port authority of Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham, has just finalised its comprehensive proposal to assist in the development of offshore wind energy in the Channel. PNA has published information concerning the capacity and characteristics of the ports it owns, with a view to supporting a European-level wind-energy sector that […]

  • ACCURATE LEVELLING OF WIND TURBINES: Accurate levelling using hydraulic tools

    29 December 2014

    While the industry is looking at ways to assemble a turbine onshore so it can be installed at sea in one operation, at the moment the common method still is to install it in several stages at sea. The foundations are installed first and followed by the tower and the WTG. Whether the foundations are […]

  • UN Issues Dire Warnings as Paris Agreement Enters Into Force

    4 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The international Paris Agreement to limit global warming to under 2oC this century compared to pre-industrial levels has come into force on 4 November, but UN has warned that even if the Paris pledges are fully implemented, the world is on track for a temperature rise of 2.9 to 3.4 degrees this century. The world must urgently and […]

  • UK: GCube Underwrites 5GW of Offshore Wind

    13 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    GCube, the specialist renewable energy underwriter, has said that whilst clear growth within offshore wind persists, the industry needs to take some extra steps to ensure that wind energy assets are ‘investment grade’ in the long term. With limited opportunities for debt within the offshore wind capital structure, unknown risks from the power price, regulatory […]

  • TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Answer Call to Build Wind Farms Offshore Oregon

    30 June 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Deep Blue Pacific Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, has nominated three areas off the Southern Oregon coast to build the US Pacific Northwest’s first floating offshore wind project. Deep Blue Pacific Wind’s nomination was submitted in response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) official Call for Information and […]

  • USA: Global Wind Power Reached New Record in 2011

    14 March 2012

    Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, there is enough installed wind power capacity worldwide to meet the residential electricity needs of 380 million people at the European level of consumption. China led […]

  • UK: Centrica Releases Interim Management Statement

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Centrica expects to deliver year on year earnings growth in 2012 in line with market expectations, subject to the usual variables of weather and commodity prices, in a continuing weak economic environment. Average UK residential gas consumption for the first ten months of 2012 was 9% higher than for the same period of 2011, while […]

  • UK: A&P Tyne Ship Repair Yard Marks Better Start of 2012

    21 March 2012

    A&P Tyne ship repair yard has made a good start to 2012 with a multi-million pound order book for the first quarter of the year. The Hebburn yard, which suffered a disappointing end to 2011 with the unexpected loss of an aircraft carrier contract, has bounced back and is now bustling with activity as work […]

  • Peel Ports Pledges Big Effort in Replacing Vestas at Sheerness, UK

    4 July 2012

    Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Sheerness in Kent, has moved quickly to pledge a major effort in securing a replacement for Vestas, following a decision not to take up the option to locate a major wind turbine manufacturing facility at the port. Peel Ports and Vestas jointly announced last week that the […]