The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire offshore activities from compatriot VolkerWessels. Under the intended transaction, Boskalis will acquire maritime and offshore wind energy related activities of VolkerWessels, which include VBMS, Stemat an
Guangdong Jingyin Machinery Co. Ltd. and China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind services through a joint-stock company – Zhejiang Huayun Hai Yang Engineering and Technology Services. The two companies agreed to collaborate o
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden have successfully tested in-house developed sensor rings designed to monitor the condition of wind turbine foundations at offshore wind farms. Working together with staff from Baltic Taucher in Rostock, the
GE, which launched a Digital Wind Farm ecosystem within its Onshore Wind Business in May 2015, said the system’s capabilities have the potential to be rolled out all across its onshore and offshore wind operations. “In our Renewable Energy business, the capacity to collect, store and share large amo
Pharos Offshore’s hydraulic cable grab and offshore personnel have successfully supported and completed the recovery of a faulty cable section at the 367.2 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The cable grab had been built to client specification for this project and was delivered to Liver
Dalby Offshore Services will move its headquarters to Endeavor Wharf at Whitby Port and start to develop the site as Yorkshire’s renewables and offshore services centre following last week’s decision of Scarborough Borough Council Cabinet to lease the site to the company. Including offices, a marine
The construction of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands has reached an important milestone after the farm’s first wind turbines started producing electricity and feeding it into the grid. Following the construction of the electric infrastructure last year and the ins
Hull-based marine consultants McAusland & Turner has formed a new venture, MCT Offshore, in response to the recent local investments by major global players in the renewables industry and the recent downturn in oil prices. The new venture will focus on both the offshore and renewables sectors provid
Ballast Nedam has sold its current portfolio of 4 offshore wind inspection and maintenance contracts to Deutsche Windtechnik BV, the Dutch subsidiary of Deutsche Windtechnik. The sale involves 5-year inspection and maintenance contracts for offshore wind farms Eneco Luchterduinen, Prinses Amaliawind
Statkraft has appointed Adam Blake as Power Plant Manager for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Blake joined the Sheringham Shoal project in June 2011 as HSE Manager. More recently, he has been the wind farm’s O&M Manager. Blake succeeds Jason Halsey, who moves within the organisation to a ro
British and Danish authorities have started an investigation to determine the root cause of the accident in which a worker on board the jack up vessel Wind Pioneer was injured on Saturday, 20 February, while the vessel was carrying out maintenance work at the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm.
Singapore-based liftboats and service rigs provider Ezion Holdings Limited has entered into a joint venture agreement with an unnamed Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) for the deployment of service rigs to support the offshore wind farm market in China. Ezion said that the SOE is one of the key s
One of the workers on board the Wind Pioneer jack up vessel at the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm was injured during the weekend. The unfortunate man had suffered a lacerated leg and was flown to Colchester Hospital by Air Sea Rescue helicopter, according to ITV. “A crew member on the DBB-owned j
Heinen & Hopman has secured a five-year contract from Eneco to supply 24/7 service and maintenance for the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system at the 129 MW Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The company also supplied the HVAC system for the wind farm. The HVAC is especially
