SeaZone, the market leader for marine geographic information, software and services, announces the appointment of Simon James as SeaZone’s newly appointed Sales Manager. Simon, a successful sales professional brings extensive experience in UK and international business development and sales in the o
This week REpower UK, a subsidiary of REpower Systems AG, a leading manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines, reached an historic milestone of 500 megawatts of power installed across UK wind farms. REpower UK is currently the fourth wind turbine manufacturer in the UK to achieve the 500 me
Turbine Transfers Ltd, one of the leading providers of support vessels to the offshore windfarm industry, based in Holyhead, has chosen BMT Nigel Gee Ltd as the designers of its new series of multi-purpose Wind Farm Support Vessels. BMT Nigel Gee Ltd is a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading int
The replacement of the six AREVA wind nacelles has been completed at Germany’s first offshore windfarm, alpha ventus. All twelve wind power turbines can be put back into full operation. Work on the nacelle exchange began in September and was completed successfully today. An increase in the temperatu
MOTORISTS face a road closure in Cleveleys as work continues on an offshore windfarm. Leslie Avenue will be closed this week as teams at… (blackpoolgazette) [mappress] Source: blackpoolgazette,October 07, 2010;
The ETL Listing of wind turbine brake systems helps to differentiate the product to customers and prospects & provides assurance that the… (windfair) [mappress] Source: windfair, September 30, 2010;
The wpd group has acquired 100% of the shares of Butendiek Offshore Windpark Holding GmbH, Hamburg, from SSE Renewables Germany Holdings GmbH, Hamburg. The offshore wind farm Butendiek is located 34 km west of the Sylt Island in the North Sea and is one of the most advanced offshore wind farms in Ge
Kirkcudbright port boss Peter Roberts condemned the proposals, for as many as 90 massive turbines in Wigtown Bay, as “dangerous”.Mr Roberts… By Doug Archibald (icdumfries) [mappress] Source: icdumfries, September 17, 2010;
On 26 August 2010, Fugro took delivery of the seismic survey vessel M/V Geo Coral. The vessel which is owned by Fugro is the final C-class… (dynamicpositioningnews) [mappress] Source: dynamicpositioningnews, September 13, 2010;
Under the name BOW Terminal (Breakbulk and Offshore Wind Terminal), a new terminal has been developed in the seaport of Vlissingen, part of Zeeland Seaports, to support the construction of wind farms at sea. The terminal in Westhofhaven has an ideal location to serve as operating base for the prepar
New Bedford hopes to be the staging port for Cape Wind’s 130 wind turbines, Mayor Scott W. Lang told Providence Business News on Tuesday. By Kimberley Donoghue (pbn) [mappress] Source: pbn, September 08, 2010;
Located approximately 15 km off Walney Island, off the west coast of the United Kingdom, the Walney project will be constructed in two phases in 2010 and 2011. Each phase consists of 51 turbines with a total capacity of 367MW. Once completed, the Walney windfarm will provide approximately 320,000 ho
The world’s first purpose-built vessel for installing offshore wind turbines, foundations and transition pieces, the MPI Resolution weighs… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, September 01, 2010;
Greater Gabbard, one of the largest offshore wind farms under construction in the world, has moved a step closer to generating 500MW of renewable electricity. The installation of all the 140 turbine foundations is now complete and thirty wind turbines are now in place. Located approximately 25km off
