Wind turbine technicians at Siemens Energy-Wind Service are working to help transform the wind energy industry. “Our technicians really believe in what they’re doing,” says Jennifer Dillon, Siemens manager of business improvement. “They’re on the front line, and they’re helping to change the way ene
As announced on December 13, all of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm are now installed. This was achieved by using the largest self-propelled installation jack-up vessel of the Workfox fleet, the Seafox 5. The vessel successfully completed the installation of 80 monopiles and tr
On 10th December 2013, Tidal Transit celebrated the completion of 20,000 safe passenger transfers from its three personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. Announcing this achievement, Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro said: “I suspect that very few peop
Red7Marine Group Limited has announced an investment in the Group by Perwyn Limited, a private equity investor. The acquisition of an interest in the Group by Perwyn is concomitant with a substantial injection of new capital to enable Red7Marine to acquire additional assets to service its clients in
Leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has delivered comprehensive energy yield, site assessment and wind turbine comparison studies on two proposed wind farms in Thailand for the purposes of future project financing. Natural Power worked collaboratively with OWL Energy (OWL), the Associ
Work will begin next year to build a new Grimsby operations and maintenance base for Dong Energy’s 210MW Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The Danish company has now completed its agreement with Associated British Ports for establishment of the Royal Dock operation and maintenance base, which wil
The Ormonde Wind Farm was shut down at the beginning of the month to facilitate work carried out at the Heysham onshore substation. The maintenance work at the Heysham onshore substation for the Ormonde Wind Farm is now completed and main power has been restored. All of the turbines are brought on l
Subsea works on the inter array and export cables at locations of four UK’s offshore wind farms are about to commence. Divers from the Dive Support Vessels ‘HBC SUPPORTER’ and ‘TERRAMARE 1’ will carry out construction works on subsea cables inside the perimeter of the West of Duddon Sands offshore w
The turn-key grouting solution was provided to Volker Staal en Funderingen by Densit. The complete grouting package included the supply of UHPC grouting material, grouting equipment, supervisor assistance, as well as the overall planning and coordination at all stages of the project. The installatio
At Arklow Bank offshore wind farm, located on a shallow water sandbank in the Irish Sea, Fugro carried out maintenance that required the removal of wind turbine rotors and access to the hub. It was not possible to remove the blades individually so the entire rotors, each weighing 90 tonnes and with
The maintenance work at the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm is ongoing, depending on weather conditions. This maintenance programme will involve the transfer of technicians out to selected turbines by Crew Transfer Vessels on a daily basis. The Kingfisher Information Service – Offshore Renewable & Cab
Leo Hambro, Commercial Director of Tidal Transit, has announced that the company had just been awarded its third 18-month vessel charter contract by Scira Offshore Energy Limited. This will see the Eden Rose working alongside its sister vessels Ginny Louise and Tia Elizabeth transporting turbine tec
Ofgem has granted offshore transmission licence for Greater Gabbard wind farm. The deal represents further evidence of the innovation introduced by Ofgem’s competitive tendering process which is helping to drive down the costs for consumers of connecting offshore windfarms to the grid. This is the f
Peter Madsen Rederi, a Danish company, has completed scour protection work at Amrumbank offshore wind farm. In six months of time, four Peter Madsen vessels placed two layers of bags on the seabed, around wind turbine foundations. This required 45,000 bags filled with 60,000 tons of dredged sand, in
