UK: First Two Siemens 6-MW Wind Turbines Successfully Installed at Gunfleet Sands Together with its partner DONG Energy, Siemens has at the same time pulled off a double pioneering feat: with the very first deployment of the new installation vessel, two Siemens wind turbines of the six-megawatt clas
The port services provider Cuxport has issued an upbeat assessment of its business operations in 2012. The company handled about 1.6 million tonnes of goods that entered or left the port. Cuxport particularly enjoyed high growth rates in its automobile logistics operations. But it was also able to e
PensionDanmark, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds with 629,000 members employed in 26,000 private and public companies, is one of the first, if not the first pension fund to take offshore wind very seriously. It has already invested in 2 offshore wind farms and it is eyeing more. The organisati
Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH has invited tender for offshore wind farm works. The whole project consists of 96 wind turbine generators, foundations, inter-array cables and an offshore substation. The wind farm is located in the German Bight offshore area, 90kms west of the island of Sylt, in the Germ
The University of Maryland Student Government Association (SGA) members are giving their support for Governor O’Malley’s wind energy bill, and they hope it will make it out of the General Assembly, writes The Diamondback Online. If the bill passes, Maryland would see a 200MW wind farm off its Easter
The Port of Dundee is experiencing high levels of investment demand from manufacturers in the offshore wind sector. Scottish Enterprise, together with Forth Ports, are considering options for the development of the Port of Dundee to maximise these opportunities. One component of this is the potentia
CLS Offshore has joined the UK Vessel Co-Operative (established by Offshore Marine Support Ltd and Energy Marine Services) and will be attending the UK and Ireland Vessel Co-Operative Conference on 26th February 2013, at the Furzedown Hotel in Great Yarmouth. Offshore Marine Support Ltd (OMS) and En
On January 23rd 2013, the MV “EIT PALMINA” commenced the West of Duddon Sands project for WindForceOffshore/Dong. Combi Lift was awarded the project in August of 2012 as the flexibility of the fleet ensured the client guaranteed delivery of the heavy lift vessel with a very narrow window. In 22 cons
Bladt has been announced the leading supplier of offshore substructures in EWEA’s annual report on key offshore trend statistics for 2012 – and with good reason. In 2012, it successfully completed some of the world’s largest offshore wind foundation projects with the London Array and Anholt offshore
The foundations for the Walney phase 2 offshore wind turbines at sea are placed by Ballast Nedam Offshore B.V. from the Netherlands. The monopiles are transported floating towards Ballast Nedam’s heavy lift vessel Svanen, which subsequently upends and installs the monopiles with the use of an S-2000
Jørgen Jorde is appointed as Managing Director of Anchor Contracting AS. Jørgen Jorde has served as project manager and technical director of Anchor Contracting since he entered Inocean as responsible for SURF & Renewable in beginning of 2012, a position he will continue holding. Jorde has more than
The Bremen Prosecutor’s Office announced that it has filed charges against former Beluga CEO Niels Stolberg for alleged credit fraud in 16 cases, the FinanzNachrichten reports. The Beluga Shipping’s founder is accused of lying to banks that were issuing loans for financing newbuildings during 2006-2
Videos of 3D flythroughs have been released for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm, the project that recently gathered its proponents in pro-wind demonstration. Starting today, and until April 5, public consultation on the latest plans of the wind farm are open. Here are the Navitus Bay videos that show
A new research report published at EWEA 2013 by consultancy Totaro & Associates has catalogued over 27,500 global patent filings related to horizontal-axis, utility-scale wind turbine technology. The report indicates that GE, Vestas, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Enercon and Gamesa together control almost 50
