1239 results found for 'Revolution Wind'

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  • Wind of Change (USA)

    14 January 2011

    Winds of change have swept through South Carolina, and they carry the seeds of a revolution. A decade into the 21st Century, the United… (thesunnews) [mappress] Source: thesunnews, January 14, 2011

  • Germany: Schleswig-Holstein Government Goes Offshore

    28 September 2012

    The state government of Schleswig-Holstein is interested in its ports particularly with regard to the energy revolution and its emphasis for offshore energy development. Demand for port areas in the German North Sea coast to supply the offshore wind turbines is expected to grow strongly. With this in mind, government of Schleswig-Holstein is requesting Expressions […]

  • MPI Resolution Heads to Amrumbank West

    16 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, has been contracted by E.ON Climate & Renewables for the first gearbox exchange on the 302MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm located some 35 kilometers north of the Heligoland in the North Sea. The scope of work includes the exchange of a single gearbox, accommodation and supporting […]

  • RNLI Helps Disabled Wind Farm Guard Vessel

    6 February 2017
    Authorities, Vessels

    The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Cromer station received a report from the Coastguard of a wind farm support vessel in distress off the Dudgeon offshore wind farm on Saturday, February 4, at around 5 am local time.

  • MPI Resolution to Remove RWE’s IJmuiden Met Mast

    15 January 2016
    Vessels

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) MPI Resolution has been contracted by RWE for the removal of the IJmuiden Met Mast. In 2011, RWE installed the 100m high met mast in waters up to about 26m, approximately 85 km off the Dutch coast. The mast was built on a monopile foundation consisting of a […]

  • APEM to Survey Potential Offshore Wind Areas off the Carolinas

    6 November 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    APEM will carry out ultra-high resolution aerial digital surveys of offshore wildlife off the coast of North and South Carolina on behalf of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

  • Photo of the Day: MPI Resolution Ready for Deeper Waters

    11 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, is ready to operate in deeper waters after works to extend the vessel’s six legs have been completed. The leg extensions are now class approved and fully operational, Vroon said. The upgrade work took place over a 60-day conversion programme carried out at MPI Offshore’s Tees offshore base […]

  • HiDef Super HD Imagery to Address Perennial Problems (UK)

    6 February 2012

    In an attempt to address the perennial problems of land access and intensive labour requirements for infrastructure surveys, HiDef has developed a video inspection survey service which has been employed by Forewind, the developer of the UK’s largest windfarm Dogger Bank. HiDef deployed its super HD camera technology from fixed wing aircraft in a similar […]

  • Mediterranean Offshore Wind Pioneer Presses Ahead

    15 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has installed the fourth wind turbine at the Beleolico offshore wind farm in Italy. Last month, the jack-up finished the installation of the first wind turbine to be fitted on a commercial offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean sea. The 30 MW Beleolico offshore wind farm, also known as Taranto, […]

  • Foundations Stand at First Mediterranean Offshore Wind Farm

    13 January 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has installed the ten monopile foundations at the first wind farm to be built in the Mediterranean Sea – the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm. The Taranto offshore wind farm, also known as Beleolico, is located in Italy’s Apulia Region near the Taranto harbour. The wind farm will comprise […]

  • First Mediterranean Sea Wind Turbine Rises – Gallery

    1 February 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has started installing wind turbines at the 30 MW Taranto wind farm offshore Italy, the first wind farm to be built in the Mediterranean Sea. In the photos provided by Renexia SpA, the developer of the wind farm, MPI Resolution is seen installing the first of the ten MySE 3.0-135 […]

  • Germany: MMT Conducting Survey for Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Park

    26 March 2013
    Environment

    MMT (Sweden) has been appointed by Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH to conduct a pre lay survey and ROV inspection of the IAG at the Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Park. This project is now ongoing and MMT uses the survey & ROV vessel IceBeam, equipped with a Kongsberg EM2040 Dual Head Multibeam and a Sub-Atlantic Mohican […]

  • Ireland Gets Wind and Wave Atlas

    11 November 2014
    R&D

    Researchers in the UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with Met Éireann, have created a new wind and wave atlas for Ireland for the period 2000-2012. The study was supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) through the Renewable Energy Research Development & Demonstration Programme. Ireland is uniquely placed in terms of […]

  • Offshore Wind Advancement Requires Bigger, Improved Vessels (UK)

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    As developers and utilities construct, develop and deploy offshore wind turbines in increasingly isolated locations, vessel operators must challenge established industry thinking and rapidly respond to charter feedback, if they are to win future work.   This will require a commitment to invest in equipment and personnel, as well as a sustained expansion and build […]

  • CWind Taiwan Expands CTV Fleet for Yunlin Work

    4 June 2020
    Vessels

    CWind Taiwan has acquired two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from Seacat Services to support the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Seacat Resolute and Seacat Vigilant will be chartered to support Siemens Gamesa during the development and construction of the 640 MW wind farm. The two 24m CTVs are both class-certified South Catamarans that have […]

  • German Federal Council Calls for 30 GW of Offshore Wind by 2035, Rapid EEG Reform

    6 July 2020
    Authorities

    German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has called for the country’s offshore wind ambitions to be raised, with a target for 2035 to be set at 30 GW, in a resolution from its last meeting before the summer break. In the resolution from 3 July, the Council primarily called for a rapid reform of the country’s Renewable […]

  • MPI Resolution to load replacement blade for one turbine at Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 September 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    The world’s first purpose-built vessel for installing offshore wind turbines, foundations and transition pieces, the MPI Resolution weighs… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, September 01, 2010;

  • EGS Wraps Up Offshore Survey at Skipjack Wind

    23 December 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EGS has completed an offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey for Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula, USA. EGS was contracted by Ørsted to conduct, process, and interpret high-resolution geophysical and hydrographic survey data of the nearshore sections of the export cable routes for Skipjack Wind, currently in development. […]

  • PGS Wins First Offshore Wind Contract

    25 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Norwegian marine geophysical company PGS has been awarded its first ultra-high resolution wind farm site characterization project, marking its entry into what the company described as ”a strategically important new energy market.” The survey will cover two European wind farm sites, both of which are in the development phase. PGS will mobilize a 3D vessel […]

  • Empire Wind Offshore Wildlife Surveys Pass Halfway Point

    19 October 2018
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Monthly surveys of offshore wildlife in the proposed Empire Wind offshore wind farm area off the coast of New York state have passed the half-way point.

  • Lithuanian Government Sets Stage for Klaipeda Port Offshore Wind Upgrade

    3 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    On 2 December, Lithuanian government approved a draft resolution that would lead to the Port of Klaipeda being upgraded to accommodate facilities supporting offshore wind projects. The resolution will create the necessary conditions for Klaipeda State Seaport Authority to invest in port infrastructure, which would be used for the production, assembly and storage of wind […]

  • DHI Backs APAC Offshore Wind with New Metocean Dataset

    1 April 2020
    Technology

    DHI has expanded its Metocean Data Portal with a new dataset to be used for offshore wind development in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere in the APAC region.

  • MPI Resolution on Princess Amalia Blade Repair Duty

    23 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution has started a blade repair and upgrade campaign at the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. MPI Offshore, a subsidiary of Van Oord, has won a contract to repair and upgrade all the blades for 29 out of the 60 turbines at the 120MW wind farm. According […]

  • Breeze, GWEC Show Evolution of Wind Power on Interactive Map

    13 February 2015

    A Swedish renewable energy software company, Breeze, in cooperation with Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), has created The Evolution of Wind Power – an interactive map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country, continent and the world as a whole between 1981-2014. China accounted for the largest growth in terms of number of MW last year […]

  • DNV GL to Hold Wind Turbine Tech Course

    27 October 2015
    Training & Education

    DNV GL will hold a two-day wind turbine technology course in Bristol, UK, on 28 and 29 October.  The attendees will see the basics of wind energy conversion, the evolution of today’s giant wind turbines and many key decisions about the design concepts explained. During the course, rotor design, direct drive and the increasing diversity […]

  • USA: Charleston, SC, Embraces Offshore Wind

    20 June 2013
    Authorities

    On June 18, Charleston, South Carolina’s City Council passed a resolution in support of wind energy as an economic driver for the region. The resolution acknowledged that wind energy manufacturing currently employs nearly 3,000 South Carolinians and that there is a great opportunity for market growth. South Carolina Clean Energy Business Alliance (SCCEBA) applauds Charleston […]