CEO of the South African company Masiqhame Trading 792cc, Mr. Heston Botha, has visited the office of Ocean RusEnergy in Yekaterinburg to sign a dealership contract on the trade of wave generators in South Africa. Consequently, the first generator will be sent to East London in August. Also, two mor
Finland: Bugsier and Wärtsilä Develop New Wind Farm Installation Vessel Concept Reducing costs for offshore wind generated electricity is one of the major challenges in the European energy market. The novelty about the jointly developed concept for reducing costs during installation, from the Bugsie
Bond Air Services (Bond) will provide helicopter support to deliver maintenance technicians by hoist to the Greater Gabbard’s 140 turbines – the first helicopter operation of its kind in the UK. The wind farm has a generation capacity of around 500MW, enough to power approximately 530,000 homes. The
An experiment of huge dimensions has started at Smøla wind farm. Several wind turbines will be painted to make them more visible to birds, thus reducing the risk of collisions. Never before has a trial of this nature been carried out with such thorough scientific follow-up. The INTACT project, which
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are inviting members of the Bournemouth surfing and Isle of Wight waveriding community to join them to discuss the potential coastal and surfing impacts of the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm: The meetings will take place with the developers of the proposed offshore wind
AWJ Marine issued a notice on construction progress at Gwynt y Môr on August 5, according to which there are only 8 monopiles left to install at the offshore wind project. The following is a summary on construction progress issued by AWJ: Wind Farm Construction Status Progress with construction is i
SEA INSTALLER has finished installation of foundations at the West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm. She is now mobilising for installation of WTGs. The mobilisation takes place in Vlissingen, Holland. Afterwards, she will continue with the installation of 108 WTGs. The work is being carried out b
Modus Seabed Intervention, the leading subsea engineering and specialist Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) service provider, has taken delivery of its first Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) as the company expands its technology-led subsea capabilities. The acquisition is part of a planned investm
TenneT Offshore GmbH is seeking a contractor who will undertake maintenance of the stored parts and SLA for the repair of the high voltage cable systems alpha ventus (Lot 1) and BorWin1 (Lot2) maintenance. This involves regular inspection and maintenance of embedded parts for the high voltage cable
A new vessel, which is worth USD 1.2 million and is primarily purposed to carry out subsea surveying work for the future offshore wind projects in South Carolina, was recently introduced in North Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University (CCU) will take delivery of the new vessel named ‘Coastal Expl
Osiris Projects have successfully completed a full geophysical and geotechnical programme in the German Bight for regular clients TenneT Offshore GmbH. The original scope of the project involved 66 vibrocore and CPT stations and more than 700 survey line km. On completion of the work, ahead of sched
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has appointed Holger Trecksel as its new Head of Business Development and Sales. In his new position, he will be responsible for worldwide customer management in the area of certification services. Mr Trecksel will enhance global customer relationships, working cl
European wind energy professionals gathered in Dublin, Ireland, recently to discuss innovative ways to meet renewable-energy demands using the Esri ArcGIS platform. Members of the Esri European Wind User Group shared how they apply ArcGIS maps, apps, and tools to offshore and onshore wind-farm devel
Offshore wind farms are built in areas where it has been determined, by monitoring with met masts and floating met buoys, that there is enough of the turbine ‘fuel’ under normal circumstances. It is not just the remote location and water depth that determines that you will not find any offshore wind
