Vestas has signed a 10-year extension of the service contract for Eneco’s wind power plant Prinses Amaliawindpark (PAWP) in the Netherlands. The contract has a total capacity of 120 MW comprising 60 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine. The contract is a 10-year service agreement extension with Vest
Wirral Council is proposing to buy a site on Campbeltown Road in Birkenhead, which has been assigned for a project to meet the offshore wind supply chain demand, Liverpool Echo informs. The four-acre site is situated next to the Cammell Laird site that currently has operations and maintenance sites
The lock gate extension at the entrance to Port of Grimsby East is now completed, making the former fish docks ready to meet the demands of the offshore wind energy industry, This is Grimsby news site informs. Essential improvements of the infrastructure raise the port’s capacity to accommodate larg
North East Lincolnshire Council has approved a Local Development Order (LDO) for a 3.6 hectare part of the Enterprise Zone on Grimsby Docks, which is set to attract companies involved in renewable energy development. The LDO will simplify the planning process, thus enabling easier acquirement of pla
Winter is for real, and in January, massive frost covered Denmark and the installation area at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI, is making weather forecasts and preparing satellite photos to follow the ice formation in the Danish waters. The prognosis for ice formation
When the three installation vessels are in simultaneous operation, approximately 300 people are working in the wind farm. Besides the people involved in the wind turbine installation, the wind turbines already installed are being commissioned and inspected, and the last interconnecting cables in the
More than 120 senior level wind industry executives – already comprised of over 45% operators – have begun to engage with one another in preparation for their arrival at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg for the 5th Annual Wind O&M Forum for Power Producers (February 18-20, 2013). Delegates are gear
Strukton Hollandia JointVenture is building an offshore transformer platform for its German client, RIFFGAT GmbH offshore wind park 1. Two transformers are installed on the platform which convert the voltage delivered by the thirty 3.6 MW wind turbines from 33 kV to 155kV. Under normal operating con
West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50-50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, has launched its campaign to recruit thirty skilled local workers for its operations and maintenance (O&M) team in Barrow-in-Furness. Work is now underway on a state-of-the-art Operations
Fassmer has presented three new specialized vessels in a wide range of products developed by its experienced naval architects and engineers in order to reach efficient solutions to the offshore challenges. Using its expertise in specialized vessels, Fassmer has developed a variety of assets to suit
Offshore wind farm support vessel CWind Alliance delivered an impressive 363 days of operation on the London Array during 2012. This impeccable service record, coupled with the composite workboat’s innate fuel efficiency and multi-tasking ability, is pushing Essex-based builder CTruk to the forefron
The 111 wind turbines in the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are covered by a five-year guarantee period. During the guarantee period, DONG Energy’s technicians will be working two by two with Siemens technicians, but once the guarantee period expires, DONG Energy’s operations organisation will take over
Since spring 2012, DONG Energy has systematically established the operations organisation which will take over operation and maintenance of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and the first nine wind turbines are now managed by the operation and maintenance organisation. The first wind turbine technicians st
Construction of Sheringham Shoal is complete, now the wind farm will need ongoing maintenance to ensure the blades keep turning and power keeps generating. As well as providing and installing the 3.6MW wind turbines, Siemens also has a five-year service contract with Scira to maintain and repair the
