Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been appointed preferred bidder for the transmission assets of the Thanet offshore wind farm project, located off the most eastern part of Kent, as part of the Offshore Transmission Owners (“OFTO”) regulatory regime.
Major government commissions for both onshore and offshore projects across Europe have given a clear indication that the wind industry can… (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, August 04, 2010;
America’s first-of-its-kind wind blade testing facility — capable of testing a blade as long as a football field — almost never was.Because… (energyempowers) [mappress] Source: energyempowers, July 26, 2010;
Denmark-based offshore wind turbine installation specialist A2Sea has contracted Chinese company COSCO Shipyard Group for the construction… [mappress] Source: khl, July 20, 2010;
Proserv Offshore, a global provider of subsea maintenance, abandonment and decommissioning solutions and services to the offshore energy… [mappress] Source: marinelink, July 16, 2010;
The final draft of a revised training standard for working at height and rescue within both onshore and offshore wind turbines has been published by RenewableUK, after closing for consultation.
THE first of 102 new wind turbines which will change the view from Walney as they tower 450ft above the waves has been installed.A second… [mappress] Source: nwemail, July 15, 2010;
Subsea service specialist Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has secured the former AEI Cables site in Kent from landowners South East… [mappress] Source: oilpubs, July 12, 2010;
Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, the developers of the East Anglia offshore windfarm zone, have appointed ERM as lead environmental consultant to assist in the development of the first project in the zone. The 7.2GW development will be built in several phases with, the proposed first site, c
The supply chain in the UK is struggling to gain access to the offshore wind market, one expert has suggested. [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, July 05, 2010;
Siemens will become shareholder (49 percent) in A2SEA A/S, a supplier of installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. The Danish energy company, DONG Energy, will continue to be the main shareholder of the company. A2SEA in Fredericia, Denmark, employs about 200 people. Siemens
Germany’s first offshore wind park was dealt a blow with the failure of two turbines due to inferior materials. [mappress] Source: spiegel, June 23, 2010;
Work on the new outer Harbour has been completed at Buxton’s Bight at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. The project undertaken by Walcon Marine… [mappress] Source: bymnews, June 22, 2010;
Quietly, the U.K. has emerged as one of the world’s more promising offshore wind markets in harnessing the strong, steady power of ocean… Peter Alpern (industryweek) [mappress] Source: industryweek, June 21, 2010;
