1214 results found for 'Revolution Wind'

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  • UK: Upper Clyde Dock GBP 1.3 Million Transformation to Boost Renewable Energy Sector

    24 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    A strategic dock, ten miles from Glasgow City Centre, is to undergo a £1.3 million transformation to create a key location for Scotland’s burgeoning renewable energy sector. The 53 hectare Westway industrial site and adjoining dock in Renfrewshire is to be one of the first beneficiaries of Scotland’s National Renewable Infrastructure Fund (NRIF) which aims […]

  • Buss Energy Acquires Stake in Austrian Drone Inspection Provider

    20 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Buss Energy Group has acquired a 24.9 per cent stake in Aero Enterprise, an Austria-based provider of drone inspections for offshore and onshore wind turbines. The German company said it had already expanded its portfolio last year by purchasing two companies and that adding drone inspection services was “the next logical step” to complete its […]

  • UK: Seacat Services Deepens European Offshore Wind Deployment

    5 August 2013

    Seacat Services, the class leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, has successfully completed workboat charters and crew transfer contracts while operating in three European flag states. The milestone marks the first time that a UK charter firm that solely operates DNV-class certified vessels, has under taken work in three different European nations. A feat that […]

  • Second CWind Vessel Attains BV Classification

    14 November 2013

    CWind Resolution, which is due to be named later today in Brightlingsea, is the second CWind’s vessel that has gained the new class notation ‘Wind Farm Service Ships’ introduced by Bureau Veritas earlier this year. The CWind Resolution is only the second ever vessel to be classed under this notation to date, joining its sister […]

  • Spectrum Offshore Wins Five-Year London Array Contract

    5 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Spectrum Offshore has secured a five-year contract to provide combined crew transfer and survey services for the London Array offshore wind farm.

  • Top News of the Week, August 26 – September 1, 2013

    1 September 2013

    VIDEO: DolWin Alpha Installation  The DolWin alpha converter platform has been installed in the North Sea. Siemens Successfully Installs HelWin1 Platform (Germany)   Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. UK: Samsung’s 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Reaches NAREC’s […]

  • Date Set for Dogger Bank A Export Cable Pre-Lay Survey

    1 March 2022
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Survey vessel Geo Ranger is set to begin a geophysical pre-lay survey along the export cable corridor at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in mid-March. The activities are planned to begin on 13 March and end on approximately 18 March. They will be carried out on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day. […]

  • New European Wind Atlas Unveiled

    10 July 2019
    R&D

    European researchers have launched the New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) which is expected to support the identification of optimal sites for new wind farm projects. Thirty partners from academia and industry from eight European countries worked on developing and validating new methods for the assessment of wind conditions as part of the NEWA R&D project. The main aim […]

  • Shell-Ocean Winds Joint Venture Partners with Trade Unions for 1.2 GW Offshore Wind Project

    3 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, known as the Building Trades, for the onshore and offshore construction of its 1,200 MW SouthCoast offshore wind project. The MoU includes commitments to create jobs for local and diverse workers and to […]

  • Fugro Ready With Hollandse Kust West Geotechnical Data

    20 October 2020
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed the geotechnical survey operations at the Hollandse Kust (West) offshore wind farm zone in the Netherlands. The activities included mapping the bathymetry, the shallow geology and identifying existing infrastructure. An extensive intrusive campaign followed with hundreds of CPTs, seismic CPTs and boreholes. Subsequently, a year’s worth of laboratory tests was executed, RVO.nl […]

  • AMEP Plan Goes before UK Parliament’s Committee

    15 May 2014
    Authorities

    The deadline for the UK House of Commons or the House of Lords to pass annulment resolutions against the Special Procedure Order (SPO) on Able’s Marine Energy Park (AMEP) elapsed on May 10. The petitions against the SPO now stand referred to a Joint Committee, and members of the Committee will be announced shortly.  The UK […]

  • UK: Humber Firms Urged to Join Floating Turbine Development

    25 April 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Renewables businesses in the Humber are being urged to get involved with a new development in wind technology. Ambitious plans have been unveiled for floating wind turbines to harness more offshore wind power at potentially lower cost.  The UK and US are set to work together to develop floating wind turbines to harness more offshore wind […]

  • Van Oord Wins Major O&M Contract with Vattenfall

    22 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has selected Van Oord for planned and unplanned maintenance work at its offshore wind farms in Europe that together comprise around 600 wind turbines. Under a four-year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract, which has a one-year extension option, Van Oord-owned MPI Offshore will provide jack-up and associated lifting services for main component exchanges across […]

  • Four Largest Wind Turbine Installation Vessels Meet at Port of Esbjerg, Denmark

    7 January 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    Four of the largest wind turbine installation vessels in the world are currently positioned in the Port of Esbjerg, where Blue Water Shipping is acting as agent and handling stevedore assignments. “Sea Installer” is the latest new-build vessel from A2SEA which recently arrived from China to Esbjerg, to be prepared for its first assignment in […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND to Take Part in HUSUM WindEnergy 2012

    13 September 2012

    At the world’s biggest wind energy trade fair, “Husum WindEnergy 2012”, the wind farm developer, PNE WIND AG, will present the current status of company’s onshore and offshore development only a few weeks after the biggest transaction in the company’s history was successfully concluded – the sale of the “Gode Wind” I to III wind […]

  • Van Oord to Build Hollandse Kust (Noord)

    30 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has selected Van Oord as the Balance of Plant contractor for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind project. As the Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord’s activities encompass the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the foundations, the inter-array cables, and transportation and installation of the wind turbines. […]

  • Fugro to Launch New Vessel for Offshore Wind Energy Market (UK)

    1 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    In Q1 2013 Fugro will take delivery of a new-built vessel, M/V Fugro Pioneer, the first of Fugro’s dedicated Offshore Survey Costal Vessel series. The new vessel will operate in North-West European waters. Designed to Fugro specifications and fitted with the latest survey equipment these new vessels are the most advanced of their type. The […]

  • Gardline, Sinotech Hold Offshore Wind Seminar in Taiwan

    24 April 2017

    Gardline and Sinotech held a knowledge-exchange seminar on 29 March in Taipei, where Sinotech shared their experience of the Taiwanese market, in particular the offshore renewables sector, and Gardline shared its experience and some of the lessons learned during the past 15 years working for the offshore wind industry in Europe and the United States.

  • UK: CWind Grows Charter Vessel Fleet

    1 March 2013

    CWind’s charter fleet is continuing to grow in response to continued high demand for its offshore wind farm vessels and services. The CWind Adventure, a CTruk 20T workboat, is the latest addition to the fleet. The vessel, an innovative evolution of the successful original design by CTruk, was named at an informal ceremony in Brightlingsea, […]

  • RSPB Scotland Welcomes Offshore Wind Plan for Scottish Water

    18 March 2011

    The Scottish Government’s Plan for Offshore Wind in Scottish Waters, published today, is key to delivering renewables in the right places, say RSPB Scotland. The plan considers the potential of Scotland’s offshore environment to accommodate wind energy developments from a national perspective, making proposals for the short and medium term development of offshore wind energy. […]

  • Beatrice Enters Final Quarter

    25 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    63 out of the 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines have been installed on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland, according to Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). 59 out of the 63 units installed have been commissioned, BOWL said. The turbine installation is expected to be completed in Spring 2019. Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up is loading […]

  • MPI Selects Teesport Commerce Park as UK Base

    18 February 2015
    Vessels

    MPI Offshore will use  Teesport Commerce Park in Middlesbrough to use as its UK base over the next six years. The lease agreement, signed with PD Ports, will see MPI Offshore establish a base for its fleet of installation vessels, which include the MPI Adventure, Resolution, Discovery and Enterprise. Peter Robinson, MPI’s Managing Director, commented: “Establishing a permanent […]

  • UK: Seacat Volunteer Hits the Water

    6 January 2014

    Class-leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator Seacat Services and South Boats Isle of Wight, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of state of the art Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV) today launched the latest of a string of vessels to benefit from a long-standing development relationship. Seacat Volunteer, a 24m South Catamaran designed and built at the […]

  • RenewableUK Higlights Growth in Renewable Energy Supply Chain

    16 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind, wave & tidal industry, is today highlighting the string of recent announcements of growth in the renewable energy supply chain in the run-up to the world’s first global offshore wind conference. These announcements include: The granting of planning permission for Green Port Hull, an enormous development […]

  • PORT OF BLYTH TO HOST MAJOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FESTIVAL (UK)

    3 August 2010
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Blyth will host a major renewable energy festival in mid August aimed at bringing the renewables agenda to the wider community on a mass scale and showcasing the growing cluster of sector organisations around the Blyth estuary. Organised in conjunction with Northumberland County Council, Blyth Renewables Festival 2010 has attracted one of […]

  • Fugro Deploys Two More Vessels for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Site Works

    9 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has mobilised two additional vessels for the site characterisation work currently under way at the Atlantic Shores offshore wind lease area off the coast of New Jersey. The company, which has been carrying out surveys at the site since May, now has three vessels on site, with a fourth to be deployed later this […]