Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract for the delivery of a 1,500mt @ 32m Leg Encircling Crane, the largest of its kind, for Seajacks new offshore wind farm installation vessel “Scylla”. The contract for the 1,500mt crane was awarded
Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. HelWin1 will link the two offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost and Meerwind to the mainland. Using the Siemens technology installed on the pla
Wind turbines are growing up. Environmental conditions for new locations are becoming more and more extreme, colder, and more salt-ridden due to offshore placement. At the same time, the turbines are getting bigger and bigger. This means that they need better reliability over longer periods of use.
Rick Arthur from GE wrote an article on the company’s website about a research that GE is conducting to solve the issue of ice accumulation on wind turbines and other offshore infrastructure operating in extremely cold environments: I’m excited to highlight some progress GE Research has made in mode
Samsung’s prototype 7MW offshore wind turbine was this week delivered to the National Renewable Energy Centre’s (Narec) new test facilities in Blyth, Northumberland, signalling the next step in the evolution of the mega-sized technology that will be used in the Round 3 offshore wind zones. Initially
Wind energy consultant Deutsche WindGuard now offers the full range of type testing required in the frame of type certification of wind turbines. The accreditation of the newly established service load measurement on wind turbines completes the accreditation scope. Type Testing Measurements are a ma
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) yesterday announced the deployment off New Jersey of its innovative autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the roll-out of the Company’s Autonomous PowerBuoy® (“APB”) product line. This latest deployment, 35 miles off the coast and in 43
Barrier Group has secured its first offshore wind project following investment in new specialist technology. The Wallsend-based company recently expanded its Coatings Division, enabling it to deliver neoprene coatings and rubber clamps for offshore wind towers. The move has since led to a project fo
The wind power market currently provides almost 3 percent of global electricity production. As the wind power industry matures, wind forecasting technologies are becoming critical in order to integrate greater amounts of variable wind energy into the grid. Meteorological towers, or met towers, the p
India could soon see its first prototype of a solar power station floating on water, Hindustan Times informs. The project’s initiator, and the leader of an expert team which is working on the prototype, is SP Gon Choudhury, Director at Development Consultants Private Limited (DCL Group) and Vice Cha
Vattenfall, the European energy company, and Infratil, the owners of Manston Airport in Kent believe they have successfully tackled concerns about a wind farm’s potential effect on the airport’s radar system. Vattenfall, which is developing the Kentish Flats Extension (KFE), and Infratil have been w
The largest and most powerful test bench in the industry has started operation at Vestas’ global testing centre in Aarhus, Denmark. The 20 MW test bench is capable of testing the full nacelle of the V164-8.0 MW, validating the performance, robustness and reliability of the turbine over a simulated 2
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Merkel (Freudenberg) had a goal: less noise pollution for harbor porpoises affected in the installation of offshore wind turbine systems. Through the development of a special sealing system, Freudenberg was able to reduce the underwater noise generated during foundat
A model of a floating gyro stabilized Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) for offshore and near-shore applications, which is called Gwind, will be tested in the harbor of Stavanger this autumn, according to the Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE). The project is managed by TTO office P
