Employee owned marine engineering company, Houlder has announced its award winning Turbine Access System (TAS), fabricated at MKW Engineering, has been successfully Load Tested in the presence of Lloyds Register. The TAS, developed with BMT Nigel Gee, is designed to provide safe and reliable access
The down-scaled 1:6 test model met full scale extreme weather and sank during the extreme storm “Berit”. The turbine was located at the test site, and inspected by ROV. Structural damages are minor, and the model will be recovered soon. The time needed to repair it will then be assessed. Even though
AREVA Wind proudly unveiled the latest product extension of its M5000 product platform: the M5000-135. The M5000-135 enhances the M5000’s proven technology with a new 135m-rotor. The design of the M5000 turbine, which is exclusively designed for offshore conditions, is a unique hybrid drive solution
Hydraulic piling hammer specialist, IHC Hydrohammer, will perform live presentations two times per day at EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 event. Presentation 1: Inclination Measuring Tool IHC Hydrohammer answers the question: How to install a monopile foundation with a maximum deviation of 0.5 degrees. During th
Following Japan’s decision to reduce its reliance on nuclear power after the problems at Fukushima in March, wind power… (environmentalresearchweb) [mappress] Source: environmentalresearchweb, November 28, 2011
Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the ULSTEIN Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry. The vessel is a customized version of the Deepwater Enabler de
In June this year OOO Liebherr-Russland and OOO Lukoil–Kaliningradmorneft signed a contract for a new combined mobile harbour and offshore crane to be delivered by the end of 2012. The new crane is designed for two completely different types of application: on the one hand, the TCC 14000-400 D Litro
During the EWEA conference this week in Amsterdam, Mercon and ALE will introduce a new concept for installing offshore mestmasts named EMI, for Eco Metmast Installation. Mercon and ALE have decided to team up to introduce EMI. Willem Griffioen, Managing Director at Mercon feels the two companies are
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is to unveil the blueprint of their game changing offshore wind turbine, which could be the world’s largest when manufactured. The SeaAngel™ turbine – featuring unique hydraulic technology developed in Scotland – will have a minimum generating capacity of 7MW a
Scottish boatbuilder, Buckie Shipyard on the Moray Firth have entered an agreement with Veecraft Marine of Capetown SA to be the UK builder of the Teknicraft design of Wind Farm Service Vessels. The design is a foil assisted catamaran using the proven hull form by Nic de Waal of the New Zealand firm
Osiris Projects prides itself on high quality reporting, an aim which can only be achieved through continuous investment in the very latest in hardware and software. The first element in the all-new Coda Survey Engine range, Seismic+ provides Osiris Projects with an excellent solution to effective a
Mobimar Ltd. delivers its first trimaran crew transfer vessel to Meriaura Ltd. in March next year. The unique trimaran vessel Mobimar 18 Wind challenges current practices by making the offshore wind farms accessible for 96 more days per year, which greatly improves the profitability. When the signif
Two wind blades were recently delivered to the Offshore Wind Laboratory, an expansion of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at UMaine. Researchers will use these blades to test the functionality of new equipment and also to train new staff, undergraduate, and graduate students. [mappress]
Ocean energy is electricity that is generated when the power of tides, waves and currents moves turbines and windmills. By Bellamy Pailthorp (kplu) [mappress] Source: kplu, November 16, 2011
