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  • UK: Houlder to Demonstrate Its Turbine Access System at Seawork 2012

    21 May 2012

    Houlder, UK employee- owned business will showcase its Turbine Access System (TAS) at Seawork 2012, taking place from May 22-24. The system is a hydraulically controlled motion-compensated gangway that provides safe personnel transfer between workboats and offshore wind turbine platforms. It provides an improved operation and maintenance capability in higher sea states in comparison to […]

  • Norway: Oceanteam Shipping Orders 2000t Modular Carousel System

    31 January 2013

    Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced that it has taken up one of its options and ordered a new, OTS design, 2000t modular carousel system, which will be delivered in April 2013. The new patented OTS carousel series are designed for flexibility and quick mobilisation on standard modern PSV/CSV type vessels with limited deck load capacity for […]

  • VIDEO: Bosch Rexroth Continuous Jacking System

    5 February 2013
    Technology

    Bosch Rexroth’s innovative, continuous jacking system makes installing and maintaining offshore wind farms safe, reliable, and efficient. It prevents interruptions during lifting and lowering operations. It also attains a constant jacking speed of one m/min or higher while using synchronized position feedback to keep platforms level at all times. Check out this video of Rexroth […]

  • UK: Turbine Access System Wins Safety Innovations Award

    25 March 2013
    Technology

    Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee announced that their jointly developed Turbine Access System (TAS™) has won the Safety Innovations Award at the 27th Offshore Achievement Awards organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Aberdeen Section. The award was presented to Frederic Perderix, Houlder Chief Technical Officer by Walter Thain Vice President, Operations for Petrofac, […]

  • UK: Babcock Starts Construction of LiDAR System

    20 May 2013

    Babcock has commenced construction of its innovative floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system, designed to provide critical meteorological data for offshore wind farm developers safely, reliably and more cost-effectively than has previously been feasible. While met monitoring systems, including LiDAR, are commonly used on-shore by the renewable energy industry and by military and aviation […]

  • UK: OSBIT’s Offshore Access System to Get Deployed at Walney OWF

    25 June 2013
    Technology

    UK based, OSBIT Power (OP) announced that its latest MaXccess‐T18 offshore access system is to be deployed at DONG Energy and SSE’s Walney Offshore Wind Farm to provide safe high sea state access at the exposed west coast site. Exactly one year on from exhibiting its original MaXccess‐T12 system, at Seawork 2012, on board the […]

  • Belgium: Mobile Bird-Radar System Tested at OWI-Lab

    31 October 2013
    Technology

    Robin Radar Systems BV, a leading supplier of bird detection systems for bird impact prevention, ecological research and environmental impact assessments, tested a trailer based bird-radar system in OWI-Lab’s large climatic test chamber last month. More and more, bird radars are used for bird migration research and risk assessment for bird impacts as these systems […]

  • RES Offshore Wins Moray Wind Farm Contract

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RES Offshore has won a contract with Moray Offshore Renewables Limited – a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK – to provide management contractor services for the first project within the Moray Firth Round 3 zone, located off the north-east coast of Scotland. RES Offshore’s expertise will contribute to ongoing Front […]

  • Carillion Wins £30m Dudgeon Offshore Wind Contract

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Carillion has been awarded a £30m contract by Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Ltd to design, supply, install and test a twin circuit onshore 132kV cable system over a distance of 47km from landfall near Weybourne, Norfolk to Necton, Norfolk.  Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Ltd., a joint venture between Statoil, Statkraft and Masdar, will invest approximately £1.5bn in […]

  • SMC Wins Two Business Awards

    15 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has won two awards at the Chamber Bridlington and Yorkshire Coast Business Awards. The awards took place on Friday and are organised by Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce in association with Welcome to Yorkshire. The annual awards showcase the best of East and North Yorkshire’s businesses, and is now in […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 7 – 13, 2016

    12 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Developers Reveal New Projects The Crown Estate has announced agreements with offshore wind developers ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall and DONG Energy, which have reconfigured or identified new projects within their respective Round 3 offshore wind development zones in UK waters. Boskalis Buys VolkerWessels Out Of Offshore Wind The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 4 – 10, 2016

    10 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    World’s Largest OW Jack-Up Vessel Installs World’s Heaviest Monopile at Veja Mate OWF Offshore construction of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm has started with Seajacks Scylla having installed the heaviest monopile produced so far at the project site, according to DGI Doedijns, which provided hydraulic and software equipment for the pile-gripper used at the […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 11 – 17, 2016

    17 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Picks Hughes SSE for Subsea Inspections in Denmark and Germany DONG Energy has signed a contract with the UK-based Hughes Sub Sea Engineering for the undertaking of a subsea inspection campaign at offshore wind farms located in Denmark and Germany. DanTysk Accommodation Platform Taking Shape The accommodation platform for maintenance crews that are working […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 25 – May 1, 2016

    1 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and service them for an initial period of five years. […]

  • Top News of the Week, 24 – 30 October

    30 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Marks 1000th Turbine in Water DONG Energy has become the first company worldwide to have installed 1,000 offshore wind turbines, after recently installing the landmark turbine at the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in German North Sea. DONG Upgrades Tendering System DONG Energy has added a new category covering geotechnical investigation services in […]

  • Top News of the Week, 27 March – 2 April 2017

    2 April 2017

    Photo of the Day: Galloper Nacelles Start Clicking in Esbjerg The first complete nacelle built by Siemens for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm underwent its ‘first-click’ test in Esbjerg on Tuesday, 28 March. Beatrice Offshore Construction Kicks Off Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) will begin installing piles for jacket foundations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm […]

  • Top News of the Week, 15 – 21 May 2017

    21 May 2017

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders France’s […]

  • SeaRoc Welcomes Four New Experts (UK)

    28 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Marine and engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, has today announced the successful appointment of four new team members who bring with them a wealth of industry experience from the Renewables Industry, combined with wider knowledge from the oil & gas and other offshore sectors. The recruitment drive is a result […]

  • The Crown Estate Welcomes Vestas Plans for Port of Sheerness (UK)

    12 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Crown Estate welcomes today’s announcement that the wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is to establish a new manufacturing facility…   (thecrownestate) [mappress] Source: thecrownestate, May 12, 2011;

  • Carnegie Welcomes UK’s Increased Wave Energy Support

    21 October 2011

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited welcomes the UK Government’s proposal for increased support of wave energy across the UK which will see wave projects receive more than 5 times the tariff of onshore wind projects. The UK Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) consultation sets out the Government’s proposals for levels […]

  • REpower Welcomes DECC’s ROC Banding Announcement (UK)

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a new proposal on how to support large scale renewable electricity under the Renewable Obligation. In response to increasing market pressures, particularly the need to reduce costs and promote cost efficient projects, DECC has altered the amount of Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) that are […]

  • Renewables Industry Welcomes Government’s Vote of Confidence (UK)

    30 November 2011
    Authorities

    RenewableUK, the renewable energy trade association, has welcomed a series of Government announcements giving strong support to the renewables sector. At a business conference in London, the Prime Minister David Cameron declared: “I see offshore wind as a significant energy and industrial opportunity for the UK, and one that I am determined to seize”. He […]

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes GBP 103 Million Investment Fund

    23 March 2012

    Responding to the Energy Minster, Fergus Ewing’s, statement to the Scottish Parliament on 22 March 2012 about the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said:  “After the recent positive announcement on locating the UK Green Investment Bank Headquarters in Edinburgh, the Energy Minister’s statement on the Renewable Energy Investment Fund […]

  • Scottish Energy Minister Welcomes UK Energy Bill

    22 May 2012
    Authorities

      Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has welcomed the publication of the draft UK Energy Bill, which outlines plans for Energy Market Reform. Mr Ewing said that the Scottish Government supported the strengthening of market support for renewable electricity as well as carbon capture and storage, but warned that any reform must reflect Scotland’s devolved powers, […]

  • Energy Minister Fergus Welcomes Scotland’s Marine Energy Park Announcement

    30 July 2012
    Authorities

    Commenting on the Department for Energy and Climate Change announcement that the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters have been designated Scotland’s first Marine Energy Park, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said:  “The Marine Energy Park designation of the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters region will further enhance Scotland’s leading position in marine renewables. This award recognises […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes New Leasing Agreements for Tidal Power

    15 November 2012

    RenewableUK, the wind and marine energy association, welcomes the news that three new leasing agreements have been signed for tidal power across the UK. The three projects are spread across the UK with Minesto’s trial device at Stangford Lough in Northern Ireland, Scotrenewables Tidal Power array at Lashy Sound in the Orkney Islands joining the […]