EDF Energy Renewables has awarded EDS Group, a high voltage engineering specialist, with a contract for operations and maintenance (O&M) management of the High Voltage Network at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm. The three-year contract, with a one year optional extension, will see Teesside come under th
Investing in a package containing offshore wind, sun and bioheat is almost EUR 1 billion cheaper for Dutch consumers than biomass co-firing, according to a report commissioned by Nature & Environment (Natuur & Milieu) and Eneco, which called on the Dutch government for an additional 700MW of offshor
DONG Energy has awarded Kolektor Etra, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a contract for the supply of two power transformers for the offshore substation that will be installed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany. The company has won the contract based on the most economically advanta
BMO Offshore has introduced engine monitoring for Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), which brings vessel motion, behavior and fuel figures together. Additionally, the data can be used for fleet management and maintenance planning, the company said. CTV motion monitoring systems enable recording of inform
A WindSentinel buoy that has been gathering offshore wind data off Virginia Beach, Virginia, has ended its 19-month deployment and collected a wealth of information, which forms the first publicly accessible database to help improve offshore wind development. The AXYS’ WindSentinel buoy, one of the
Seacat Services has dispatched the latest addition to its fleet – Seacat Freedom – to DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind project. The vessel has been deployed on the offshore wind project as part of a two-year, 4-workboat crew transfer deal secured by Seacat Services in April to support DONG Ener
MMT has signed a framework agreement with TenneT to carry out offshore and nearshore geophysical and geotechnical investigations from 2016 to 2020. The area to be surveyed is the electrical grid connection of offshore wind farms within German territorial waters in the Northern Sea to the German onsh
A new joint industry project (JIP) between fourteen global partners has been launched to develop a Recommended Practice for the coupled analysis of floating offshore wind turbines. Standardisation is a key milestone to guide the industry towards the development of reliable floating wind turbines, sa
The next edition of Offshore WIND magazine will be published with more than just a focus on the German sector of this vibrant industry. With at least 2,000 copies of the magazine destined for distribution at WindEnergy Hamburg in September, we are targeting the heart of the German sector. Included i
Principle Power and KIC InnoEnergy have entered a partnership which includes a EUR 4 million investment from KIC InnoEnergy in bringing Principle Power’s WindFloat to the market. The partnership encompasses advanced technology development and commercialisation, including engineering, third party ana
EDF Energy is inviting businesses to apply for up to GBP 10,000 to develop new inspection methods for nuclear reactors and offshore wind farms. Businesses and consortia can apply for the EDF Energy Innovation Challenge competition, run together by Innovate UK and EDF to stimulate new inspection and
With global offshore wind expenditure expected to reach GBP 210 billion over the next ten years, Subsea UK is encouraging companies to expand into the renewables sector to sustain long-term growth. Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK, said: “While oil and gas remains the dominant energy indust
On 15 July, EU Member States agreed on the European Commission’s proposal to invest EUR 263 million in key trans-European energy infrastructure projects, including EUR 14.8 million for Viking Link, an interconnector between Denmark and the UK. The EU will support study work on the Final Project Deve
LM Wind Power, which recently presented an 88.4-metre blade for Adwen’s offshore wind turbine, has broken ground at a 17-hectare piece of land in Bergama, Turkey, where it will set up a factory for the manufacture and distribution of wind turbine blades. “The Bergama plant will manufacture blades up
