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  • UK: SAL to Install Two Weather Monitoring Stations for East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone

    24 October 2012

    Aberdeen based Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd has awarded a contract to Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd for the transportation and installation of two weather monitoring stations for the East Anglia Offshore Wind zone, located in the Southern North Sea, East Anglia Field, UK. The offshore weather monitoring stations comprise of conventional mono-piles (399t […]

  • UK: Two Met Masts Completed at East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone

    22 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Contractors working for Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables have completed the installation of two of the UK’s most advanced weather monitoring stations for the 7200MW East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The contracts for the £17 million weather monitoring project were overseen by Aberdeen based Wood Group, with Steel Engineering of […]

  • Managing Weather Window During Turbine Installation

    29 October 2013

    This autumn marked the start up of the three year project “Decision Support for Installation of Offshore Wind Turbines”, which was presented at the conference Offshore Wind Operations/Science Meets Industry in Bergen in September. The project involves NORCOWE partners CMR, Uni Research, University of Bergen, University of Stavanger, University of Agder, Aalborg University and Statoil […]

  • Alicat Gets Funds to Build New All Weather Facility

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Alicat Workboats Ltd has received £165,000 funding from the Coastal Communities Fund. This funding will help the constructing a new all weather facility at the company’s Great Yarmouth base. The project will complement the recent £1.6 million investment by Alicat Workboats in the provision of a new 200 tonne mobile vessel lift and associated works. […]

  • Master Fined after Accident at Sheringham Shoal

    3 September 2014

    The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations. Geoffrey Whinfrey was in charge of the Island Panther when it collided with a wind turbine in the Sheringham Shoal wind farm on 21 November 2012. Whinfrey had been requested by the […]

  • Samso Turbine Breaks Off and Crashes into Sea

    3 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Samso offshore wind farm, also known as Paludans Flak, is out of action after one of the turbines collapsed and crashed into the sea early Saturday morning, Søren Hermansen, Director of the Samso Energy Academy, confirmed to Offshore WIND. The break happened on a steel tower of the turbine Number 7, after which the turbine’s […]

  • Robin Rigg OWF: Bathymetric Survey Complete, Maintenance Underway

    20 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Bathymetric Survey at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm is now complete and the 12 meter Catamaran ‘Norfolk Swift’ has demobilised from this site. A general maintenance programme will continue with the transfer of technicians out to selected turbines by Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) on a daily basis as and when required. There are now […]

  • Kentish Flats Extension Foundation Construction Underway

    10 December 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the 15 foundation structures for the Kentish Flats Extension project is underway. The boat landing sections which will provide access to the turbine and external working platforms are being completed. One of the external working platforms has just received its third coating of corrosion protection and the first monopile awaits load out and […]

  • First Capacity Market Auction Underway

    16 December 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The first Capacity Market auction, which started at 09:00 today, is the next stage in the Government’s plan to ensure the lights stay on at the least cost – both now and in the future. The aim of the Capacity Market is to make sure that there is enough capacity available to meet peak electricity […]

  • Researchers Investigate Hearing of Marine Mammals

    1 April 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Researchers from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation (TiHo) are investigating the hearing of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) under the leadership of Professor Dr. Ursula Siebert and Dr. Andreas Ruser. They published the first results in the online specialist magazine Plos one. The investigations were […]

  • Dresden Researchers to Reduce Costs by Increasing Voltage for Offshore Wind Farms

    10 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    On the way from the generator to converter, a wind system generates substantial losses in the transmission of electrical energy. In order to reduce these losses, especially in offshore wind turbines, scientists at the Technical University Dresden want to increase the electricity voltage.  If the generator voltage is doubled, losses on the way from the generator […]

  • Life Size Visual Screen at OW Energy Conference ‘Windkracht 14’

    20 January 2014
    Technology

    Pondera Consult has recently developed a unique ‘life size visual screen’. This new screen creates the possibility to show photo and video visuals of new wind energy developments on a ‘what you see is what you get’ basis. Through its size and special curved screen, the viewer can experience what the actual visual impact of […]

  • OERA Funds Marine Life Observation Program

    19 May 2014
    Environment

    The Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) awarded funding to Fundy Tidal, the Canadian Whale Institute (CWI), and Conserve.iO for a marine life observation program including public participation. Free smart phone applications will be available to public (“citizen scientists”), whale tour operators, and other users (including trained dedicated observers) to participate in recording marine […]

  • Denmark: Changes in Nordic Offshore Marine’s Personnel Department

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Due to personal reasons Ulla Kiersgaard has decided to resign from her position as Head of Offshore Personnel  at Nordic Offshore Marine. After a handover period Ulla Kiersgaard will leave the company within the next weeks. Nordic Offshore Marine specialises in providing vessels and equipment for the offshore industry as well as qualified and experienced […]

  • Stormy Weather Boosts German Wind Power Generation

    6 January 2015

    Stormy and unpredictable weather in the past few weeks has brought German wind energy to a new record. With a total of 8.9 billion kWh of wind power, the record from 2011 (8.4 billion kWh) was exceeded in December 2014, the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) has announced. The values are based on an analysis of preliminary data on the […]

  • Wind of Change Begins Sea Trials

    7 March 2019
    Vessels

    Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change has commenced sea trials, according to the Turkish Cemre Shipyard. Once commissioned in May, Wind of Change will work in the German North Sea to service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. The SOV features diesel-electric propulsion and dynamic positioning […]

  • Renewables Save Ireland €245 Mln in Fossil Fuels

    5 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today released the results of a comprehensive study of Ireland’s electricity system throughout the whole of 2012. The study shows that renewable electricity resulted in greatly reduced use of gas, coal and peat, saving Ireland €245 million in fossil fuels and reducing CO2 emissions by 1.9 million tonnes. […]

  • Langlee E2 From Langlee Wave Power Doubles Output (Norway)

    28 January 2011
    Technology

    Langlee’s E2 wave power device has achieved peak efficiency improvements of 40% and a 100% increase in yearly production compared to a….   (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, January 28, 2011

  • ExxonMobil Lubrication Helps Maximize Wind Turbine Output (UK)

    29 December 2011

    Wind turbines today are running faster, longer and more efficiently than ever before, but to help meet the UK target… (pennenergy) [mappress] Source: pennenergy, December 29, 2011;

  • UK: Predicting Wave Power to Double Electricity Output

    23 August 2012

    A team of researchers from Israel and the United Kingdom has discovered that energy produced from the planet’s oceans can increase twofold when novel methods for predicting wave power are used. Presented in the journal Renewable Energy, the results could help scientists drive and make marine renewable energy research an optimal source of power. The […]

  • Germany: Clamping Technology Specialist Exhibits at Husum Wind Energy

    21 August 2012

    ROEMHELD, the largest supplier of products for the manufacturing, assembly, clamping and drive technology will be exhibiting at this year’s HusumWindEnergy. The company has already introduced hydraulic or electro-mechanical moving rotor locks with capacities of up to 5,500 kN. They lock reliably and safely rotors of onshore and offshore wind turbines with up to six […]

  • UK: ABPmer to Provide Specialist Advice for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

    11 December 2012

    ABPmer, a leading marine environmental consultancy, has recently been commissioned by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Ltd to support the preparation of the Environmental Statement for the planned Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The proposed land-attached lagoon is situated in Swansea Bay, with the aim of generating significant renewable energy from the predictable tidal cycle. The lagoon […]

  • Fugro, SMD Develop Modular Jet Trenching and Mechanical Cutting System, Q1400 (UK)

    29 November 2011

    Fugro and Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have developed a high performance, modular jet trenching and mechanical cutting system. The Q1400 system, featured on Stand 11121 at EWEA Offshore, will be available early 2012 for the marine renewable and offshore oil and gas and markets, and will complement the many other specialised services Fugro’s group of […]

  • Case Study: T1200 Sheringham Shoal Offshore Cable Trenching (VIDEO)

    7 February 2013
    Technology

    In August 2012, Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.’s robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore Limited (U.K.), was contracted to conduct trenching operations with the T1200 water-jet trenching system in the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm off the coast of the United Kingdom. The scope of work comprised of trenching of the inter-array cables with an approximate total […]

  • Council Produces Renewable Energy Draft Document to Protect its Natural Landscape (UK)

    31 August 2011
    Authorities

      North Lincolnshire Council has produced planning guidelines designed to ensure its natural landscape is protected.   By Julian Milnes (hvnplus) [mappress] Source: hvnplus, August 31, 2011

  • UK: Measures Taken to Protect Teesside Wildlife

    4 May 2012
    Environment

    As work progresses on the installation of the new Teesside Offshore Windfarm, special measures are being taken to ensure the protection of marine mammals and other wildlife. The wind farm being established by EDF Energy Renewables is located 1.5km off the north east coast at South Gare, Redcar. Work has been ongoing since early February […]