Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power has been granted planning consent by East Lothian Council for the onshore cable works to connect its 450MW “Neart na Gaoithe” offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Fife, to the National Grid. East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee ag
CTruk will exhibit on stand B63 at Seawork next week and will have a vessel on the pontoon for the first time ‒ CWind Alliance. CWind Alliance was recently recognised by Siemens for ‘outstanding vessel performance’ on the London Array offshore wind farm. Attendees can come at the stand B63 to meet t
Cost reduction is the number one priority for the offshore wind industry and operations and maintenance (O&M), representing about a quarter of overall costs, is a significant opportunity for delivering savings. As wind farms get bigger and are built further from shore, in harsher met ocean condition
Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has successfully completed a long-standing cable package engineering and support contract at London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Now in full operation, London Array is set to provide renewable energy to over
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The Embassy of Belarus in France reported that the first Belarusian-French offshore wind farm is up and running, writes BelTA news portal. The opening ceremony was held at the Grande Synthe on Saturday under the presence of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France Pavel Latu
“New energy concept. Safe. Hands on.” – is the keynote for the strategic reorientation of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. This strategic reorientation is how the company is responding to major changes in the energy sector, and with which it aims to tap long-term growth opportunities. “Our EnBW 20
Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, announced that it has signed binding commitment letters and detailed heads of terms for the arrangement of a new secured banking facil
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced that it has formally taken over control of the onshore development site at HMAS Stirling on Garden Island, following site handover from the Australian Department of Defence. On Friday 14 June 2013, the onshore site for the Perth Wave Energ
GL Garrad Hassan has produced a new paper detailing the offshore wind operations and maintenance sector. “A Guide to Offshore Wind Operations and Maintenance”, which was jointly funded by The Crown Estate and Scottish Enterprise, gives a clear account of the relevant concepts, trends and players in
Tidal Transit has just celebrated the completion of 10,000 safe passenger transfers from its two personnel transfer vessels to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. The Ginny Louise and Eden Rose sail to the wind farms on most days from either Wells-next-the Sea or Great Yarmouth to transfer wind
On Tuesday, 11th of June, Nelja Energia opened the Ciuteliai wind farm in Lithuania. It is Lithuania’s largest wind farm with a total capacity of 39.1 MW. Martin Kruus, the Chairman of the Board of Nelja Energia said the company invested approximately 57.4 million Euros in developing the new wind fa
A consulting and engineering company GICON and the Technical University of Freiberg are inviting media representatives at 11 am on Monday, 24th of June 2013, to Wageningen (the Netherlands) to attend a demonstration of a floating offshore foundation (Schwimmendes Offshore-Fundament; SOF) for wind tu
Students of the Department of Maritime Transport from the Jade University of Applied Sciences have developed a transport concept for maintenance of wind farms in the German Bight. Under the guidance of Professors Ralf Brauner and Christian Jauernig, they have created a fictitious company that offers
