The upgrade of A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Power is complete. The most substantial upgrade was the installation of a more powerful crane to handle the heavy wind turbine components for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The work was carried out in the period from November 2011 to March 2012
SSB Wind Systems is presenting its new UniFlex Pitch at the EWEA 2012 in Copenhagen. The UniFlex Pitch is the world’s first modular electric pitch system capable of being integrated into a wide variety of wind turbines (WTGs). Until now pitch systems have had to be individually adjusted to meet the
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, announces the introduction of an industry leading integrated trenching spread. This month, CTC will mobilise the DeepOcean Group owned Northern Wave vessel for trenching support operations. The vessel will be equipped with CTC’s
According to Whats on Xiamen, the south-eastern Chinese province, Fujian got the first 5MW direct-drive permanent magnetic offshore prototype. The prototype has been installed by XEMC, in a land surrounded by the sea in three sides in Dongsha village, Sanshan town of Fuqing city, Fujian province. Th
OSBIT Power (OP), Siemens Wind Power and Statoil announced that they have successfully completed offshore trials of OP’s innovative offshore wind turbine access system, MaXccess. The trials were conducted with the backing of Siemens Wind Power and Statoil, at the Hywind Demo floating offshore wind t
FORAN has been the CAD/CAM used by Drydocks World – Dubai in the development of the engineering of the new jack-up barge crane, called SEP – SAMRAT. Drydocks World – Dubai, the flagship company from the Dubai World Corporation, is about to complete the production documentation and construction of th
In February 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with GustoMSC to provide the Basic Design Package for two purpose built wind farm installation vessels. In June 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with Lamprell shipyard to build these new vessels and Seajacks will take delivery of the first new-b
TOCARDO International, the leading tidal energy supplier from the Netherlands, has made a significant step in commercialising its TOCARDO Tidal Turbine Technology by signing a dealership contract for Japan with Spectol Power Design Co., Ltd. (SPD). TOCARDO is targeting Japan as a highly promising ma
Floating foundations for the offshore wind industry are increasingly gaining attention and interest within the industry as well as among government and permitting institutions and also investors. This interest is driven by the conditions found in the US and Japan where the vast majority of offshore
Applanix introduced today POSPac™ MMS V6, its latest version of office software for mobile mapping. Featuring full support for GPS and GLONASS satellite observables with its industry-leading IN-FusionTM technology and SmartBaseTM Virtual Reference Station processing engines, POSPac MMS V6 is designe
Siemens AG (SIE) has revealed its intention to introduce technology in 2015 that will enable conversion of wind-turbine electricity into gas, providing wind farms with an alternative revenue stream when the grid is fully charged. Michael Weinhold, Chief Technology Officer of Siemens’ Energy Business
Harnessing the reliable and predictable energy of tidal streams, Tidal Generation Limited has surpassed the 200 megawatt hours (MWh) mark of electrical power generated and fed into the national grid with its 500 kilowatt (kW) tidal turbine prototype, which operates subsea off the Orkney Islands, Sco
Second Wind, a leading provider of wind measurement technology, software and services, today announced the introduction of a suite of wind farm operations services based on the company’s Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler and SkyServe® Wind Data Service. Triton, a remote sensing system using sodar technolo
The long anticipated, in-home developed, Waverider that integrates wave and current measurements, will be launched at Oceanology International 2012. The DWR4 with ACM is a Directional Waverider extended with an Acoustic Current Meter for measuring surface current velocity. Within the familiar 90 cm
