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  • Altitec Developing Turbine Repair Reporting System, Backed by GBP 50K Grant

    10 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Altitec, a company specialising in wind turbine rotor blade access and repair, has won a GBP 50,000 grant to develop a new reporting system, designed to provide real-time data.

  • France to See Its First Commercial Offshore Wind Turbines Installed in April

    31 March 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of wind turbines at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is set to start in April. ”All the teams, at sea and on land, are mobilized to load the towers, nacelles and blades which will allow the installation of the first wind turbines at sea from April. As a […]

  • Perpetuwave Power Wins UK Grant

    4 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Wave energy developer Perpetuwave Power PTY LTD announced its recently established subsidiary Perpetuwave Power UK Ltd has been awarded a grant of approximately $110,000 from the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme. The grant supports development of Perpetuwave Power’s world-leading ‘Wave Harvester’ technology. The “Wave Harvester” technology converts up to 40% of the oceans contained […]

  • AXYS Pre-Commissions WindSentinel for U.S. Navy Project

    29 May 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc has completed pre-commissioning of a WindSentinel platform for the United States Navy project to validate an offshore floating LiDAR wind resource assessment system. AXYS teamed up with Sound & Sea Technology (SST) as well as DNV GL to secure the US Navy contract and supply the system. The LiDAR underwent an initial […]

  • Vestas Ends Turbine Factory Plans at Port of Sheerness, UK

    22 June 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Port of Sheerness and Vestas have jointly announced that further development of a Vestas facility at the port will not proceed at this stage. Port of Sheerness and Vestas thank both the local council and community for their great co-operation to date.  Vestas comments on this announcement: ”Vestas’ strong commitment to the development of both […]

  • AREVA Signs MoU for Its Factory in Scotland

    19 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    On the occasion of Mr. Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister’s, visit to Paris, the AREVA group and Scottish Enterprise, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on industrial site development for the manufacture of wind turbines in East Scotland. The MoU is a step towards establishing an AREVA factory in Scotland that will manufacture its 5MW […]

  • France: AREVA to Develop Saint-Brieuc Wind Farm with Iberdrola and EOLE-RES

    6 April 2012

    As part of the call for tenders for offshore wind power in France, the French government has just awarded a contract to the consortium led by Iberdrola and EOLE-RES for the development of the Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor) wind farm, which was the most competitive field with three different technologies proposed. AREVA will build 100 turbines of […]

  • DeepCwind Consortium Announces Winners of Windstorm Challenge 2011 (USA)

    16 May 2011

    The University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center welcomed students from schools all across Maine to the first DeepCwind Consortium’s Windstorm Challenge on Friday, May 13. The events took place throughout the day in the University of Maine’s Memorial Gym, Wallace Pool, and Field House, and in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Maine […]

  • USA: Delaware Congressional Delegation Urges Support for Offshore Wind Project

    24 August 2012
    Authorities

    U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney (all D-Del.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu Tuesday evening urging him to review and support a joint proposal by the University of Delaware (UD) and National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to establish an offshore wind test site off of the Delaware coast. […]

  • Two Thirds of Kaskasi Offshore Wind Turbines Feeding Electricity into German Grid

    10 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Two thirds of the Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm are now feeding electricity into the German grid, with the installation of the remaining turbines underway. RWE plans to have all 38 units installed and ready for operation before the end of the year. Offshore construction at the project site, located […]

  • Watch: DemoSATH Fully Assembled and Ready for Installation

    29 June 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The DemoSATH floating wind turbine is now fully assembled and ready to soon be installed at the BiMEP test area offshore Spain. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The transition piece, tower, hub, rotor, nacelle, and blades were mounted on the SATH platform as part of the construction activities […]

  • France’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Turbine Stands

    11 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    France is currently one blade short of having its first commercial offshore wind turbine as the team on board the vessel Vole au vent is completing the installation of the first GE Haliade 150-6MW unit at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm site. Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel sailed out of the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port last […]

  • Briggs Marine Lands Neart na Gaoithe CTV Contract

    20 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    UK-based Briggs Marine has won a contract to deliver crew transfer vessel (CTV) services to the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. Under the contract, the company will utilise its Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 vessel Forth Engineer to provide transfer of technicians to turbines, substations, and construction vessels as […]

  • Port of Esbjerg Orders Another Liebherr Crane to Handle Next-Gen Turbines

    18 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Danish Port of Esbjerg has ordered a second Liebherr LHM 800 crane capable of lifting next-generation offshore wind turbines. The Port of Esbjerg received the first LHM 800 crane in 2019, while the second one is expected to be delivered in 2023. The LHM 800 crane, which has a lifting capacity of 308 tonnes, is […]

  • Humber LEP Chair Asks UK Government to Back Local Offshore Wind Industry

    12 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Lord Haskins, Chair of the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, has urged the UK government to show its commitment to development of offshore wind industry in the Humber estuary in response to DONG Energy’s decision not to build a GBP 450 million offshore wind hub at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP). Lord Haskins asked the government ”to significantly increase its commitment to offshore […]

  • SCHOTTEL HYDRO Introduces New Tidal Turbine

    17 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    SCHOTTEL HYDRO has launched a new turbine generation, SIT SCHOTTEL Instream Turbine, which allows the harvesting of hydrokinetic energy for commercial projects. SIT features passive-adaptive composite blades with no need for any active pitch mechanism. Its drive train is standardized with a two-stage planetary gearbox and an induction generator. The ambient water ensures a steady […]

  • Westermost Rough O&M Building Nominated for LABC Award

    16 September 2015

    ​The Westermost Rough offshore wind farm Operations & Maintenance (O&M) building, located on the Grimsby Royal Dock, has been nominated for a national building award. Having won best commercial building at the regional South Yorkshire & Humber awards, the Westermost Rough O&M building is now in contention for the national prize at The Local Authority […]

  • LM Wind Power Reports Strong Q3 and Year-to-Date Revenue Growth

    14 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    LM Wind Power reported a strong growth in revenue and profitability in the third quarter of 2016, with the revenue in the three months to September 30 2016 increasing by EUR 96.1 million (50.3%) to EUR 287.2 million, compared with EUR 191.1 million in the same quarter last year. Year-to-date 2016 revenue was at EUR 778.5 million, EUR […]

  • Report on Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 Available (Ireland)

    28 June 2013

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 – Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment” report to their offering. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the wind energy maintenance market in four global regions, namely Asia Pacific, Europe, North […]

  • Vestas Technology R&D Opens New Engineering Site in Louisville, Colorado (USA)

    8 July 2010
    R&D

    Vestas, the world’s leader in producing high-tech wind power systems, announced today that it will open an Engineering Site in Louisville, Colo., to support Vestas Global and enhance Vestas’ wind power production capabilities throughout North America. Vestas will move 46 employees into 47,675 square feet of space on Centennial Parkway, Louisville starting today, and will […]

  • RWE Backs Self-Erecting Crane Development

    16 December 2022
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    RWE has signed a letter of intent with WindSpider, a Norwegian-based company that is developing a new modular self-erecting crane system for the offshore wind market. To improve operability and scalability for turbine installation as well as major component replacements, the WindSpider solution uses the tower of the wind turbine as part of the crane. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Breaks 24-Hour Output Record

    10 October 2022
    Technology

    Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine prototype has produced 359 megawatt-hours (MWh) within a 24-hour time period which the turbine maker said was the most power one turbine has ever produced over this duration. According to Siemens Gamesa, this is enough energy to drive 1.8 million kilometres in a mid-sized electric car. The […]

  • New Energy Funding Bill Backs Maine Offshore Wind

    13 September 2019
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations has advanced the fiscal year 2020 energy and water funding bill, which includes support for the Aqua Ventus demonstration offshore wind project. The legislation, advanced by a vote of 31-0, includes provisions led by Senator Susan Collins to support several R&D projects at the University of Maine (UMaine), including the Aqua Ventus […]

  • Crawling Robot Bolts Into Action, Could Save Wind Industry Over GBP 250 Million Annually

    25 April 2022
    R&D, Technology

    GE Renewable Energy and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have successfully tested a six-legged robot that the companies say could bring the wind industry over GBP 250 million in savings annually. Funded by Innovative UK, the project also brought together UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) BladeBUG and EchoBolt. The testing showed how a robot […]

  • DNV & Co Developing Automated Verification of Offshore Wind Turbine Inspection Results

    13 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    DNV, in partnership with the University of Bristol and Perceptual Robotics, has launched a new research project to develop automated verification of offshore wind turbine inspection results. The project will develop an automated data processing procedure for verification of detected wind turbine blade defects. It will investigate the automated verification, validation and processing of inspection […]

  • TEPCO Ventures to Deliver SkySpecs Solutions to Japan’s Offshore Wind Market

    1 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    SkySpecs an TEPCO Ventures have signed a partnership agreement to deliver SkySpecs’ solutions to the Japanese offshore wind market. Under the agreement, TEPCO will deliver the robotics solutions provider’s autonomous drone inspections, blade asset management software, and predictive maintenance planning tool to the wind energy market in Japan. According to SkySpecs, which has offices in […]