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  • RenewableUK Hails Job Creation with Triton Knoll

    6 September 2016

    Following today’s decision by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, to grant consent for the electrical infrastructure for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, RenewableUK highlighted the potential for job creation throughout the UK. The Triton Knoll offshore wind farm was consented in 2013. This means that the project now has […]

  • Triton Knoll Electrical System Greenlighted

    6 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, granted consent for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm’s electrical infrastructure today.  Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, a project company comprising RWE and Statkraft, submitted an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Triton Knoll Electrical System in April 2015. As […]

  • Wind Brings In 130 New Jobs at Vattenfall

    6 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    In total, 130 jobs are to be filled within the next twelve months in Vattenfall’s Business Area Wind, as the company is investing EUR 5 billion in the expansion of wind and other renewable energy production. Offshore wind projects like Sandbank wind farm in Germany, Aberdeen wind farm in the UK or Horns Rev 3 in Denmark, […]

  • Vroon and Rhenus Keeping German Offshore Substations Supplied

    2 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf. According to the agreement, Vroon is in charge of delivering bulk, containerised and project cargo to wind farm offshore substations off Germany, the company announced via social media. The operations are performed […]

  • Vattenfall to Plan OWF Marine Operations with Mermaid

    31 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Vattenfall has ordered a full Mermaid system license for the strategic planning of its offshore wind farm operations from James Fisher Marine Services, part of James Fisher and Sons plc.  Mermaid provides increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule to companies involved in marine operations, JFMS said. By simulating marine […]

  • Dalby Ouse Testing New Motion and Impact Monitoring System

    26 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Dalby Offshore is currently trialling a new system for motion and impact monitoring of offshore vessels, Oceanic Dynamics, on the recently delivered crew transfer vessel Dalby Ouse. Oceanic Dynamics is created by UK Electronic Solutions, part of NSSLGlobal Group, and is designed to protect the longevity of offshore assets by monitoring and reporting vessel impact on structures, passenger comfort […]

  • CWind and Rotos 360 Combine Strengths in Grimsby

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    CWind and wind turbine O&M specialist Rotos 360 have joined forces to provide blade repair and maritime logistics services working out of the port of Grimsby in the UK. Rotos 360 is using the Gurit Renuvo UV cured blade repair method on the unnamed project, while CWind is providing two vessels. One of the two CWind vessels used, CWind […]

  • James Fisher Subsea Excavation Brings Out the Big Guns

    23 August 2016
    Technology

    James Fisher Subsea Excavation, part of James Fisher and Sons, has launched what the company describes as the world’s most powerful mass flow excavation tool, the SP12000. The hydraulically-driven SP12000 produces more than 6 tonnes of thrust at full power and a volume output of 12,000 litres of water per second,the company says, making it ideal for […]

  • TenneT Opts For LIOS Export Cable Monitoring Kit

    22 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Germany-based Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded LIOS Technology with a contract for the supply of a Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) unit for an export cable of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The LIOS EN.SURE DTS will allow a real time fibre optic temperature monitoring of a 50km 155kV export cable, […]

  • Innovate UK to Launch New GBP 15 Million Innovation Competition

    12 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Innovate UK will launch a new innovation competition that will also allow entries from offshore wind on 16 January. UK businesses can apply for a share of up to GBP 15 million to develop innovative solutions to challenges in infrastructure systems. There are 4 priority areas: ‘smart’ infrastructure energy systems (including nuclear fission and offshore […]

  • BVGA, UHI Launch Offshore Wind Economic Impact Assessment Tool

    12 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    BVG Associates (BVGA) and the Economic Intelligence Unit at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) have developed a benchmark standard in measuring local and national value added from offshore wind developments. Offshore wind is a maturing industry that is becoming truly global, BVGA said. For continued growth and to build local and government […]

  • Forewind Names New General Manager

    11 January 2017

    Forewind, an offshore wind consortium comprising innogy, SSE, Statoil and Statkraft, has appointed Trevor Baker as its new General Manager. Forewind has development consent orders for 4.8GW of offshore wind at Dogger Bank in the North Sea, comprising four individual 1.2GW projects. The general manager is responsible for the management and administration of activity related […]

  • Navantia-Windar to Build Four Nissum Bredning Jackets

    10 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has chosen the Navantia-Windar joint venture for the supply of three-legged jacket foundations and accompanying piles for four 7MW offshore wind turbines to be installed as part of the Nissum Bredning Vind demo project in Denmark. The Spanish companies will carry out the project in parallel to the construction of 42 jackets for East Anglia One at […]

  • Offshore Wind Brings Growth to Ecosse Subsea

    5 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) informed today that it had benefited as an ‘early adopter’ as it moved from its traditional focus in oil and gas into the renewables and interconnector markets. The company said its turnover in the current financial year will double to GBP 23-25 million, with profits jumping to around GBP 5 million and staff […]

  • ECN Releases Offshore Wind Access Report, Introduces O&M Access Tool

    5 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has released Offshore Wind Access 2017 report, which provides an overview of the existing and under-development access systems for offshore wind operation and maintenance (O&M). Besides the conventional method of access to the boat landing through crew transfer vessels, motion compensated gangways on the deck of service operation vessels […]

  • Navantia and Iberdrola Make East Anglia ONE Jackets Order Official

    3 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish companies Navantia and Windar have signed a definitive agreement with compatriot Iberdrola for the construction of 42 jacket foundations and piles for the 714MW East Anglia One wind farm off Suffolk, UK. The scope of the contract, in addition to the 42 jackets, includes the construction of 126 piles. The works will be carried out during 2017 […]

  • VIDEO: Offshore Blade Installation in Virtual World

    27 December 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Siemens has developed a simulation tool which allows its technicians to practice installing blades on offshore wind turbines prior to heading out on live projects. The company says that practising installing blades in virtual world reduces installation times and costs as the simulation tool eliminates the need for on-site training and allows technicians to experience all […]

  • Babcock Deploys FORECAST LiDAR off Aberdeen

    23 December 2016
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based engineering support services company Babcock has deployed its floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology to provide offshore wind data to the proposed Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Babcock’s floating LiDAR system, FORECAST, has been installed as part of a 12 month contract to collect […]

  • GreenSpur’s Vision Spurred with GBP 50K from SCORE Fund

    15 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    GreenSpur Renewables has been awarded GBP 50,000 from the GBP 6 million SCORE fund, to move towards putting its low cost direct drive permanent magnet generator (DD-PMG) to test at the 10MW+ level by the early 2020s. The company’s technology is using ferrites to create the magnetic field instead of rare earth sources currently used. Ferrites are […]

  • VBMS to Link Kriegers Flak and Baltic 2

    15 December 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Nkt cables has appointed VBMS for the installation of approximately 50km of 150 kV AC high-voltage submarine cables for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). The project, owned by Energinet.dk and 50Hertz, will connect the future Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak and the German offshore wind farm Baltic 2, both located in the […]

  • UK Wind Turbines Break Record by Generating 10GW

    8 December 2016

    National Grid reported that UK onshore and offshore turbines have set a new record by generating 10,104MW of electricity for the first time between 2 and 2.30pm yesterday. The wind farms were thus providing 23% of Britain’s total electricity demand at that time. RenewableUK’s Executive Director Emma Pinchbeck said: “It’s terrific to see wind power smashing […]

  • Aqualis Offshore to Back A2SEA’s Horns Rev 3 Work

    7 December 2016

    A2SEA has contracted Aqualis Offshore to perform engineering consultancy services for wind turbine installation works at the Horns Rev 3 wind farm offshore Denmark. Aqualis Offshore’s London-office will provide structural site assessments at the locations where A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER jack-up vessel will install 49 MHI Vestas 8.3MW wind turbines. “We have recently supported A2SEA and […]

  • 8.2 Performs Collision Analysis for Iemants’ German Projects

    2 December 2016

    8.2 Consulting has carried out BSH collision friendliness analyses of the support structures at three Iemants projects, including the offshore wind farms Veja Mate and EnBW Hohe See. 8.2AG outlined the necessary verifications and performed a hull-retaining verification assessment. This includes the preparation of a numerical crash-worthiness analysis to evaluate the consequences of vessel collision […]

  • DNV GL Certifies Ingeteam’s New Wind Frequency Converter

    1 December 2016
    Technology

    DNV GL has awarded a component certificate to Spanish technology company Ingeteam for its new wind frequency converter INGECON® WIND Full Converter MV Series 3000-10000. DNV GL examined the converter according to all aspects of design and manufacture to ensure safety, functioning and quality. The certificate confirms that the INGECON® WIND Full Converter MV Series […]

  • RES to Take Care of Walney 1 OFTO Assets

    28 November 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    RES has been awarded a five year contract to provide O&M services to offshore transmission assets owned by Blue Transmission Walney 1 Ltd. In addition to providing the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the equipment, the contract will provide services related to asset and site management, logistics, subsea surveys, and control centre services. RES won the […]

  • Van Wijngaarden Orders Damen All-Rounder, Eyes Offshore Wind Market

    23 November 2016
    Vessels

    Dutch marine services provider Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has ordered a Damen Shoalbuster 3512, bringing the total number of Shoalbusters in its fleet to five including the Noordstroom, also a Shoalbuster 3512, which was delivered in April 2016. The contract was signed between Van Wijngaarden and Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld for the construction and delivery of the vessel to be […]