Six global energy companies have launched a joint initiative to tackle wind turbine blade erosion by sharing data on how various protection systems perform in different operating environments. EDF Energy, a project lead on the initiative, Duke Energy Renewables, ENGIE, E.ON, innogy, and Kruger Energ
The WP Group and the Green Wind Group have signed an agreement to cooperate in the area of wind farm maintenance management and services. The new business segment primarily offers operators of wind farms throughout Europe a full service with focus on maintenance and repair, carried out directly by W
The Dutch Z-bridge B.V. has completed the fabrication and assembly of the steelwork for its Bring-to-Work (B2W) offshore access system. This first phase of the B2W development, which is set to be used for maintenance work, was finalized at SEW Oil & Gas under the supervision of Bureau Veritas, Z-bri
UK wind turbine maintenance company Boston Energy will make Rhode Island the home of its US operations, the Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced. The Board of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has also approved Boston Energy to receive tax credits under the Qualified Jobs Tax Credit pro
Taiwan Offshore Wind Farm Services Corp. (TOWSC) and SeaZip have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on providing services within the offshore wind market in Taiwan. TOWSC, an offshore wind farm O&M service provider, and SeaZip, a Dutch crew transfer vessel specialist, will joint
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has issued a contract notice for technical inspection and testing services on four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender is divided into two lots and it covers the Baltic 1, Baltic 2, Hohe See, and Albatros offshore wind farms. L
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision of turbine monitoring, repair, and maintenance services on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Currently under construction, the wind farm will comprise 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines install
Green Marine has won a three-year contract to deliver operations and maintenance work for Equinor’s Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Green Marine will provide its Damen-built 2610 Twin Axe vessel Green Storm to assist in the O&M, as well as support from its onshore team. According to Equinor, G
KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company (KEPCO E&C) has appointed K2 Management to help it deliver the first floating offshore wind farm in Korea for the developer, Ulsan consortium. The project, in the pre-feasibility phase supported by the Korean government, is expected to be approximately 200MW
Global Wind Service (GWS) is carrying out the inspection of the MHI Vestas turbines at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The Danish company said it is inspecting and certifying ladders, davit cranes, nacelle cranes, hooking on points, lifts, fall arrests, first aid kits and stretchers a
Vattenfall has selected the Port of Hvide Sande as the operations and maintenance hub for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. Located on the Danish west coast, the port will be used as a base for O&M of the project’s 49 MHI Vestas V164-8.3MW turbines. Once Vattenfall establishes a facilit
Innogy has kicked off a recruitment drive for up to 22 roles at its new Triton Knoll operations & maintenance (O&M) base in Grimsby, UK. Adverts for the new roles go live from Wednesday, 31 July, as the developer seeks to identify local talent for a range of jobs. The open positions being advertised
Ørsted Wind Power A/S has selected Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to provide a service jack-up vessel or vessels to assist in major component replacements at offshore wind farms. The scope of services for the tender comprises a charter of a jack-up or jack-ups to carry out heavy lifting operations, and the
Swire Blue Ocean has completed the first operations under a recently signed offshore maintenance and service agreement with Siemens Gamesa. As previously reported, Siemens Gamesa and SBO signed a long-term charter agreement for the jack-up vessel Pacific Orca. The charter has been running since June
