HBB Hanseatic Break Bulk is a marine logistics company acting as an independent shipbroker and Heavy Lift Agency based in Hamburg, Germany. An integrated part of HBB’s business is to develop coastal concept studies for transportation of Offshore Wind foundations and components. Foundation installati
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) will subsidize portions of project costs related to the development of two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 270MW. The first project NEDO will back is a 170MW offshore wind farm near the Port of Noshiro, Akit
Red Marine has reported that it delivered a new series of subsea clamps for installation at an offshore wind farm in the UK last month. The project required the turnkey development of a bespoke clamp unit, from initial concept development, through to prototype testing and manufacturing of 4 x produc
Defining “industrial personnel”, such as workers transported on offshore service vessels, is among the topics on the agenda of the currently ongoing International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC). People travelling on these vessels are likely to have
Windcat Workboats’ Windgrip system has been selected as one of the eight finalists for RenewableUK’s 2016 Health & Safety Award. The patent pending system was developed in 2014 to improve the safety of the operation transferring personnel to wind farms, and has the added benefits of reducing stress
HiDef Aerial Surveying has been delivering extreme high resolution video marine mammal and bird surveys to Hexicon AB since January 2015, in support of Hexicon’s application for consent for the Dounreay Tri Demonstrator project. Hexicon is a Swedish company with a background within shipbuilding and
Germany connected 546 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 2,282.4 megawatts to the grid in 2015, a record unlikely to be beaten any time soon as it was based on ”the catch-up effects of grid connections,” the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) said in a release. Further 41 wind turbine
The fifth edition of the Offshore WIND International Business Guide (IBG) has today been published by Navingo B.V., and is ready for distribution to people and companies working in the offshore wind industry. Subscribers to the magazine will receive a free copy with the next edition of Offshore WIND
Senvion has appointed Christoph Seyfarth as its new chief operating officer (COO), effective from February 2016. Seyfarth will manage the Supply Chain, Global Blades, Global Nacelles, Operational Excellence and Order Fulfillment divisions and report directly to CEO Jürgen Geißinger. Geißinger said:
Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm produced more than 170 GWh in December last year, which represents a monthly generation record for the wind farm. Sheringham Shoal’s December 2015 production of 170.6 GWh was well above the budget of 122.2 GWh. Cumulative production amounted to 1,164.9 GWh for the
Fugro has deployed a floating LiDAR at ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE wind farm zone, as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, managed by the Carbon Trust. Fugro has supplied all the equipment being used in the test project, while a local vessel, The Suffolk Spirit, assis
Dramatically scaling up renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase global gross domestic product (GDP), social welfare and employment worldwide, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics
Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, generated 242.176 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2015, surpassing the forecast yield in its fifth year of operation by 3.1 percent. The power generated by the 60 MW Alpha Ventus is equivalent to the annual power consumption of 69,000 average househ
Bibby Marine Services Ltd, part of the Bibby Line Group’s portfolio of companies, has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Damen for a purpose-built Service Operations Vessel (SOV) to serve the offshore wind market. The new vessel, called Bibby WaveMaster 1, represents the first collaboration of
