Spain-based euskalforging has manufactured and delivered seamless rolled rings for the BLUE 25M hammer from Fistuca which, once built, will be able to drive the largest offshore wind monopiles in the industry.
Alewijnse Marine provided GeoSea with two QA Bolt Tension Logging systems during the recently completed installation of 56 foundations on the 336MW Galloper wind farm off Suffolk, UK.
German offshore wind industry created 1,800 new jobs in 2015, bringing the total to 20,500 jobs or 10 per cent more compared to 2014, data presented by the German Wind Energy Association (BWE), VDMA Power Systems and the Offshore Wind Industry Alliance (OWIA) shows.
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) informed that the company had completed 1 million safe transfers in March 2017, with the number increasing daily.
4D Ocean, a new company providing autonomous survey services to the offshore renewable energy sector was launched on the 3 April.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is installing a new test rig, designed to simulate the erosion caused by the impact of water droplets on a wind turbine blade during operation, at its National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth.
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has completed a series of wet tests to verify the capabilities and functionality of its NjordGuard cable protection system for installation and removal on J-tube and monopile interfaces for offshore wind farms.
Adwen has entered the final stages of the installation of its AD 8-180 offshore wind turbine prototype in Bremerhaven, Germany.
BAM Nutall has completed the roof panel installation on the five self-installing gravity base foundations being constructed for EDF Energy Renewables’ 41.5MW Blyth Offshore Demonstrator (BOD) wind farm.
A consortium of MARIN, Deltares, Witteveen + Bos, Vuyk Engineering and ECN has set up a Joint Industry Project to investigate the critical aspects in the transportation, installation and project logistics of gravity-based support structures for offshore wind turbines.
The first complete nacelle built by Siemens for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm underwent its ‘first-click’ test in Esbjerg on Tuesday, 28 March, innogy SE said.
Offshore wind could potentially be fully integrated into the market on a competitive basis in some European countries within the next decade, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy Technology Deployment programme (IEA-RETD).
The Switch, a specialist in drive train technology, has reported a net sales increase of 80% from EUR 40 million to more than EUR 72 million over the last year, with the Chinese wind power market and European offshore wind projects driving the company’s growth.
DNV GL has launched Twisties, a new joint industry project (JIP) aimed at standardising and improving offshore wind logistics.
