Gamesa has secured type certification for its first offshore wind turbine, the G128-5.0 MW Offshore, from DNV-GL, an accredited independent body. This milestone completes the process of certifying the company’s first offshore product – in less than seven months – and constitutes an endorsement for t
Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply water jets for three wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) to be built by South Boats IOW for the offshore wind transfer vessel operator Seacat Services. In one of the biggest orders made for wind farm workboats, one 24-metre and two 26-metre aluminium catama
The Global Tech I announced that the first two rotor stars have been successfully installed. The jack-up vessel VIDAR starting from the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven is deployed for installation of the rotor stars. Weighing over 100 tonnes, each rotor star is first lifted horizontally and during it
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, is presenting at the EWEA trade fair for the twelfth year running. This year it is showcasing how its product portfolio has developed and evolved with the aim of offering competitive technology solutions that lower its end customers’ Cost of Energy
During construction of wind turbines the staff depends on having power for the aviation obstruction lights until the wind turbine is grid connected. Using a generator is not an eco-friendly solution, it also needs to be refueled several times during construction period. With EFOY Pro fuel cells, win
ABB has launched a low voltage wind turbine converter, targeting onshore and offshore utility-scale wind turbines. The ACS880 wind turbine converter is rated from 0.8 to 8 megawatt (MW), with the highest powers being assembled using parallel-connected sub-converters. The liquid-cooled full power con
The Planning Inspectorate has today (6 March 2014) accepted for consideration the application by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay plc (TLSB) for consent to build the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Acceptance means that the application has reached the required standards to proceed to public examination before bei
Frazer-Nash is working with Marine Current Turbines to provide engineering and related technical services to help minimise fatigue loads on its next generation SeaGen tidal turbine, and reduce the costs and risks associated with this renewable technology. Marine Current Turbines appointed Frazer-Nas
Tidal energy developer, Oceanflow Energy Limited, has attracted a £300,000 package of support to further develop and commercialise its second generation tidal energy device, Evopod. The company, which has been supported by Scottish Enterprise through its WATERS scheme, has developed and patented a t
A comparative patent analysis between the leading offshore wind nations: Denmark, England and Germany, has set the German offshore wind industry as a clear frontrunner in the field of innovation. The subsidiary of Wind Energy Agency WAB e.V., germanwind GmbH, came to this conclusion after examining
Hyosung Corporation installed the aeroMaster 5.0 offshore wind turbine, developed by aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH in Germany, on Jeju Island, South Korea, on February 24. The wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 139 m and 5 MW power has a high-speed drive train with a medium voltage generator. The t
A Sealite Nautilus ocean buoy with 3-5NM+ marine lantern was recently installed at the Scroby Sands Wind Farm, 2.5km off the coast of Great Yarmouth in eastern England. The North Sea has some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, and with on-going development of energy resources in the area,
GE Power Conversion has announced the successful trials of PassiveBoost™, the technology which will allow remote power networks to go DC. This is an important step in lowering the cost of power delivered from offshore installations and increasing the electrical output delivered from renewable energy
Experts from Bachmann electronic GmbH and Bachmann Monitoring GmbH will be presenting innovative hardware and software solutions for the international wind energy industry at this year’s annual conference of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) from 10 to 13 March 2014. At Bachmann electronic
