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  • Bolts Failure Cause Lifting Incident at Mostyn Port (UK)

    17 August 2011

    Vertical.net  have recently been provided with more information on what happened, some of which they have corroborated and can publish,… (vertikal) [mappress] Source: vertikal, August 17, 2011

  • New Platform Seeks Data to Reduce Subsea Cable Failures

    18 November 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has invited the offshore wind sector to sign up to a world-first data collection platform that aims to vastly reduce subsea cable failures. ELECTRODE will track cable failure trends and service downtime, as well as the effectiveness of current methods of monitoring, detection and response. Subsea cable failures account […]

  • ORE Catapult and Synaptec Battle Offshore Cable Failure Costs

    10 June 2019
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Synaptec have partnered in a project aimed at reducing the cost of subsea cable failures and accompanying monitoring systems. Synaptec’s Refase technology will be installed at ORE Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine for a year-long trial to establish cost savings and benefits of using distributed, passive sensors to monitor […]

  • New Export Cable for Gwynt y Môr After Year of Cable Issues

    14 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    On 14 May, Sumitomo Electric Industries reported that it was awarded an export cable supply contract for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The news comes a few months after Ofgem ruled in favour of Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc which had filed an Exceptional Event claim for the project’s export cable failure from […]

  • Norway: DNV’s Joint Industry Project to Reduce Jacking Failure

    11 April 2013

    Jacking gears are by definition the most characteristic systems of self-elevating units and jack-ups. However, this gear remains often neglected on board, with a high potential for dire consequences. In order to achieve higher availability, reduce the risk of gear failure and lower the life cycle cost, DNV is inviting the industry to participate in […]

  • Offshore Wind Farm Operators Could Face High O&M Costs (UK)

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Offshore wind farm operators could be facing O&M costs as high as €100,000 to €300,000 per year, per turbine, according to the latest Wind Energy Update Operations and Maintenance report. This figure could be spiked by an additional 20 percent over the short term, as innovative 5MW variable-speed and direct-drive designs enter the market. […]

  • Using AIS monitoring to reduce the risk of subsea cable failures caused by external factors

    9 September 2021

    By Siddharth Uppal, Product Manager Service & Installation at NKT Meeting our energy targets – the importance of subsea cables for offshore wind farms and interconnecting power grids Subsea power cables are critical infrastructure for the transmission of renewable energy globally. Growing demand for renewable power has led to an exponential increase in the number […]

  • ORE Catapult Adds Hardware to Tackle Cable Failures

    2 November 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has upgraded its lightning impulse (LI) test capabilities to help offshore wind operators reduce export cable failure rates.

  • Reasons Behind Vestas V112 Blade Failure (Denmark)

    10 November 2010
    Technology

    Vestas’ plans for its latest turbine the V112 3MW took a knock last month when it was revealed the prototype had suffered a blade failure. By Eize de Vries (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 10, 2010;

  • Hamburg Messe und Congress Regrets Failure of Talks with Husumer Wirtschaftsgesellschaft (Germany)

    19 September 2012

    Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC) regrets the failure of the talks with Husumer Wirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH (HWG) which sought to achieve agreement on procedure for organisation of a wind energy fair. “Right up to the last minute we had been hoping for an agreement,” said Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress […]

  • Ofgem Rules on Thanet OWF 2015 Cable Fault

    4 November 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has accepted Thanet OFTO Limited’s claim on a partial outage in electricity transfer in 2015 due to an export cable fault. As a result, Thanet OFTO Limited’s reported system incentive performance shall be adjusted to offset the full duration of the outage. The reported system incentive performance for incentive year […]

  • RGU Researchers Developing Software to Cut Offshore Wind O&M Costs

    9 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Researchers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) are developing a software tool which aims to cut maintenance costs for offshore wind turbines. The RGU team, including Head of the School of Engineering Professor John Steel and PhD student Yashwant Sinha, is focused on developing a tool which would enable companies to carry out turbine maintenance and spares-holding […]

  • Germany’s first offshore wind park experiencing turbine failure

    23 June 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Germany’s first offshore wind park was dealt a blow with the failure of two turbines due to inferior materials.   [mappress] Source: spiegel, June 23, 2010;

  • Proserv and Synaptec Ink Cable Monitoring Deal

    7 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Proserv and Synaptec have signed a strategic alliance agreement to develop an integrated cable monitoring system for offshore wind projects. Synaptec’s passive distributed electromechanical sensing (DES) technology will be incorporated within the monitoring solution. According to the companies, this is expected to enable faults and failures to be identified pre-emptively, through a non-intrusive approach, allowing […]

  • Component Failure Rates Sink Siemens Gamesa Deeper into Red

    20 January 2023
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has recorded EUR 760 million net loss in the first quarter of the financial year 2023, driven largely by charges due to a negative development of failure rates in specific components detected during the evaluation of the installed fleet. This has led to charges of EUR 472 million at EBIT […]

  • DTU on Mission to Cut North Sea Energy Hubs Failure

    28 October 2019

    The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is developing digital solutions for controlling long-distance power flows in order to avoid blackouts and failure at energy hubs in the North Sea. The multiDC project focuses on developing intelligent digital solutions for controlling long-distance power flows to avoid blackouts and severe failure and looks into how to design the power […]

  • Inter-Array Cable Issue to Leave EUR 403 Million Mark on Ørsted

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    An inter-array cable issue on several Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in the UK and Continental Europe could have a total financial impact around DKK 3 billion (around EUR 403 million) across 2021 to 2023, the company reported in its latest financial results. A cable failure was discovered during an inspection campaign at the Race Bank […]

  • Backers Still Support Md. Offshore Wind Bill (USA)

    11 April 2011
    Authorities

    Maryland is pressing ahead to spur development of an offshore wind energy industry even as the failure of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s marquee… By Nicholas Sohr (thedailyrecord) [mappress] Source: thedailyrecord, April 11, 2011

  • Dong Fang Offshore Orders Cable-Lay System at Huisman

    23 July 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Huisman has signed a contract with Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the delivery of a modular cable-lay system that will be fitted onto DFO’s vessels, including the construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) being built by Vard for the Taiwan-based offshore wind vessel provider. For Huisman, this marks the company’s first cable-lay system, built on its […]

  • The rigours of turbine operation have prompted a rethink on bearing design

    6 May 2010
    R&D, Technology

    High in the air and buffeted by gusts and gales, wind-turbine gearboxes present a range of opportunities for failure. The durability of…   [mappress] Source: theengineer, May 05, 2010;

  • Electrical Faults, Main Reason for Offshore Wind Turbine Downtime (UK)

    3 November 2011

    The latest research from Wind Energy Update reveals that despite the huge amount of attention given to gearbox failure, electrical faults ar… (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, November 03, 2011

  • UK In Hot Water over Harbour Porpoises

    3 October 2016
    Authorities, Environment

    The European Commission (EC) is taking the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the EU for ”its failure to propose sites for the protection of the harbour porpoise.” ”The continued failure to propose and designate sufficient sites leaves the areas where the species occurs in greatest densities without the protection required. This refers in […]

  • Jee Analyses Offshore Wind Subsea Cables at Centrica’s Site

    3 November 2014
    R&D

    Jee Ltd has completed a Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd contract, which saw the subsea engineering and training firm successfully perform a subsea power cable analysis that will potentially reduce future operation and maintenance costs on an offshore wind project. Centrica Renewable Energy commissioned Jee to identify scenarios that could lead to premature failure of the […]

  • Proserv Wins More Work on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Proserv has been awarded a contract by DEME Offshore to de-risk offshore wind operations at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project in the UK. According to Proserv, the company will utilise its Electro Cable Guard (ECG) system to identify signs of transmission cable failure far earlier, […]

  • Law School Releases Top 10 Environmental Concern List (USA)

    4 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Congress’ failure to adopt climate change legislation, the Gulf oil spill and the United States’ first greenhouse gas rules top an… By Lisa Rathke (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, January 04, 2011

  • IDTechEx Publishes Energy Harvesting in Action Report (USA)

    25 January 2012

    Energy harvesting is the use of ambient energy to provide electricity for small and or mobile equipment, whether electrical or electronic. It is concerned with providing relatively maintenance free, long life equipment, reducing the need for batteries. As is typical in relatively new technologies, there is much hype about energy harvesting and it is tough […]