Last week, Danish wind turbines hit a new record by producing enough electricity to cover not only Danish needs but to supply three more countries with wind power. Thanks to strong winds blowing from Thursday night to Friday morning, wind farms in Denmark produced 140% of the country’s electricity d
Bluestream Offshore has been awarded the Dutch Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Certificate by TÜV Netherlands, the company announced via social media. “The development of numerous, mainly offshore, wind projects which are often planned on relatively near shore locations, see project developers f
On 7th July, the Horns Rev 2 meteorological mast, supported by a Mono Bucket foundation was successfully decommissioned, since Dong Energy no longer required the met mast at its Danish offshore wind farm. The Mono Bucket, which was one of the very first to be deployed and has been in situ for 6 year
Group Ginger has been appointed to design Dalby Offshore’s renewable centre, following a competitive tender. To be built on Endeavour Wharf, in the centre of Whitby, the new building(s) will house Dalby’s headquarters and also will act as a combined centre for operations and maintenance, marine cont
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has awarded the contract to build its onshore operations and maintenance (O&M) base to East Anglian construction company R G Carter. The company has been contracted to build the wind farm’s new O&M base at Berth 9 located next to the River Yare within the Great Yarmouth por
Nordsee One GmbH has chosen Norddeich (Lower-Saxony) as the base port for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, for which it signed a long-term rental agreement with Norddeicher Schiffswerft GmbH. The rental agreement will be valid for the next 26 years and covers more than 1,500 m² for offices and wo
Atmocean has successfully deployed its wave energy array in Ilo, Peru, where the company has a demonstration permit issued by the Peru Navy to conduct this operation. According to Chris White, Project Manager for Atmocean who helped supervise the deployment: “This deployment is the culmination of ou
Susie S has mobilised to Cuxhaven to start a new role providing 24hr support for Alstom. The vessel will be supporting a team of Alstom engineers who are working on the Meerwind Ost/Sud Substation. The offshore wind farms Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost are a 288 MW project located in the German Bight
Safety Technology Ltd, Offshore Turbine Services (OTS) and WTG Offshore have formed a strategic alliance to provide an integrated service for offshore inspection and maintenance. The three companies bring together expertise in safety systems, lifting equipment, rescue devices and fixed system inspec
GEV Wind Power is set to unveil its new cloud-based App, the GEV Intuitive Reporting and Inspection System (I-RIS), which is mounted on a technician’s iPad, enables near real-time reporting to be collected, and document a turbine’s maintenance activity. GEV Wind Power is showcasing its I-RIS App and
E.ON has selected the Port of Sassnitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as a logistics base for its Arkona Becken Südost, a wind farm it plans to build in the German Baltic Sea. The port would serve the wind farm during construction and then become its operations center. With Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Energ
Due to growing demand for wind energy optimisation projects in the UK, Uptime Engineering has established a new base in Bristol, led by Staffan Lindahl. Lindahl has been working in the wind industry for nearly 10 years in the field of performance analysis and asset optimisation. He will coordinate p
London Array’s second full year of generation has seen output from the offshore wind farm pass the 5TWh mark. The wind farm became fully operational in April 2013, having first started exporting power in October 2012. Output to date now amounts to electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of
CWind has won a deal to provide a three months corrosion protection campaign to the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea, owned jointly by DONG Energy, The UK Green Investment Bank and Marubeni Corporation. CWind will deliver the campaign as an integrated service package that include