K2 Management has been awarded with a contract from Sønderborg Forsyning, a local Danish utility covering the municipality of Sønderborg, which is planning to build a 100-120MW nearshore wind farm. The wind farm is a part of “Project Zero” making the local community CO2 neutral by 2029. K2 Managemen
The Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has released a document setting out its research priorities. PRIMaRE, together with the South West Marine Energy Park (SW MEP), has put together a consortium of marine experts from across higher education, research and industry, which
The global wind turbine O&M market stood at USD 9.3 billion in 2014 and is likely to reach USD 20.6 billion by 2023, expanding at a CAGR of 8.8% between 2015 and 2023, according to a new report. Transparency Market Research has released a new market report titled “Wind Turbine Operations and Mainten
Jan De Nul Group is now licenced for the use of Mojo Maritime’s Mermaid®, which will help the offshore construction company to better assess weather risk for offshore operations. Mermaid allows users to realistically simulate marine operations to uncover the risks and identify critical operations be
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a 10-year contract with the offshore operator Esvagt for a purpose built service operation vessel (SOV) to support technicians working on projects located up to 50 km from the Belgian coast. Due to the distance from shore, the technicians will work and live on the
Met masts for two new Taiwanese offshore wind projects have been grouted by ITW WindGroup’s UHPC material Ducorit®, the company informed. After a met mast for the TGC project was grouted with Ducorit S5 in July, in early November, the grouting work was carried out at the met mast for the TaiPower pr
Blue Water Shipping has handled the transport of four gigantic wind turbine towers on their way to Osterild, where the Danish test centre for wind turbines is located. The tower sections weigh up to 190 tons each and have a diameter of nearly seven metres. The fourth transport was completed in Octob
After the acquisition of Subserv Pro (SSP) in early September, Atlas Professionals has named the company its official ROV, Diving and Inspection (RDI) office. In September, Atlas acquired both Subserv Pro and ORCA Offshore Ltd, specialists in ROV, Diving, Inspection and Renewable Energy markets. The
Douglas-Westwood (DW) has reported that it recently provided consulting for new companies looking to take advantage of the UK’s growing offshore wind sector. In addition to oil & gas companies moving into the offshore wind supply chain, a number of start-ups are entering the offshore wind sector. Gi
Dutch wind energy consultancy Bosch & Van Rijn has launched the “Virtual Reality Wind Experience”. Geert Bosch, director of Bosch & Van Rijn, said: “Truthful communication with impact is getting more important for wind energy projects. VR provides an authentic experience that enhances all aspects of
Samso Turbine Breaks Off and Crashes into Sea 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. EU F
The Samsø offshore wind farm has been put back into operation after an incident in which one of the farm’s 10 turbines broke off and fell into the sea, Siemens confirmed to Offshore WIND. The incident in which the nacelle, hub and blades of the 2.3-MW wind turbine fell into the sea happened at aroun
China’s leading wind power developer Longyuan Power Group Corp has, along with its partners, started construction of the 400MW wind farm off Nanri Island in Fujian province, according to the country’s state media. The wind farm is expected to be completed in 2018, and have a capacity to produce 1.4
Minesto, together with eight partners, has received EUR 5.1 million to develop the Deep Green technology within a project named PowerKite, financed through EU Horizon 2020. The aim is to develop the next generation of the Deep Green power plant; to give it a better performance, a longer life expecta
