Siemens Wind Power has received the Provisional Type Certificate from GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) for its 6 megawatt offshore wind turbine. The Provisional Type Certificate is a milestone towards the final certification of the wind turbine. It attests the conformity of the wind turbine desig
Wind energy specialists from around the world will meet from November 19-21, 2013 at the Frankfurt/Main fair grounds for the EWEA OFFSHORE 2013. Lahmeyer International will present their wide range of services. These include technical and organisational concepts for yield maximisation and comprehens
Wind energy production is fast expanding in remote areas where wind turbines need to work under extreme climatic conditions. Such remote locations very often have profitable wind conditions and are not affected by the ‘not in my backyard syndrome’. On the other hand, the climatic conditions can be v
CTruk has utilised the wealth of performance statistics and operational feedback gained during its composite SWATH workboat CWind Astute’s first year at sea to fine tune the design for the next build. The Brightlingsea yard has recently started work on a 20m SWATH OWSV for Dungeness-based Technical
Fugro has announced that its newly launched InclinoCam® is featured on Fugro’s stand (30A100) at EWEA Offshore 2013. “The need to measure verticality of wind turbines starts with the foundation,” explains Dieuwertje Smallenburg, Positioning & Remote Services Manager at Fugro Survey BV. “Most offshor
Specialist overwater drilling and marine construction contractor Fugro Seacore is building a powerful pile top drill, the T120, for the offshore wind farm market to assist with monopile installations of up to 8 metres diameter. Their current big drill has 90 tonnes of rotational torque; the new one
The 2,000 tonnes heavy substation platform for Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm is now starting to take shape. The project is under a very tight schedule, and things are moving along exactly according to the plan. Last week the Bladt team started to assemble the first two decks. Fully equipped, tested
Red7Marine Offshore has recently secured a substantial new investment to fund a multi‐year programme of capital investment across the Red7Marine group. The programme will include investment in increasing the size of the Red7Marine vessel fleet, a major step forwards in the diving and sub‐sea capabil
Following five months of successful, high availability offshore operation of their first device, DONG Energy has just placed an order for the latest version of FLiDAR’s floating lidar wind measurement equipment. In recent weeks, the first FLiDAR device has measured wind speeds of over 25 m/s (10 min
Red7Marine Offshore Ltd has announced the successful completion of export cable installation for the Biscay Marine Energy Platform in Spain. The scope of work included route clearance, cable laying, burial, shore‐end landings and testing of 4 power export circuits for this wave energy test site. A t
At the EWEA OFFSHORE 2013, the Suzlon Group – the world’s fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer – will unveil its new offshore turbine, the REpower 6.2M152. The new turbine features a rotor diameter of 152 metres, with the rotors sweeping an area larger than three football pitches. The nacelle alo
Irish Minister for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock, T.D. officially launched the Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) SFI Research Centre on November 15 at University College Cork (UCC). The Centre will receive funding of €19million from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation thr
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has announced that it has completed a capital raise of $4 million by issuing convertible notes to provide early access to the expected R&D tax refund for the financial year ended 30 June 2014. The funds will be used to fast track the design of
Cable connectors for the Fukushima floating wind farm project, offshore Japan, are supplied by First Subsea to connect 66kV and 22kV cables to a 2MW wind turbine and floating substation. The facility’s floating 66kV power substation is the first of its kind for the offshore wind energy industry. Thr
