Highlights of the Month: January, 2014

Highlights of the Month: January, 2014

VIDEO: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Construction

DONG Energy has constructed the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, which is one of the largest construction projects in Denmark.

Under-Manning and Fatigue Threaten WFSV Safety

As offshore wind farm developments move further out to sea and demands on the vessels and crews that service them increase, a rising number of wind farm crew transfer vessel incidents has become a growing cause of concern.

First Monopile Installed at Borkum Riffgrund 1

The first of 77 foundations has been installed at Borkum Riffgrund 1 in Germany representing 277 MW when complete.

NASA’s Image of the Day: London Array Offshore Wind Farm

NASA Earth Observatory has released an image of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, taken from space by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite.

E.ON Starts Building Amrumbank West OWF

E.ON has started the construction of Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea. The first foundation was installed today 37 kilometers northwest of the island of Helgoland.

DONG Gets GBP 6 Mln for Suction Bucket Jacket

Through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA ), the Carbon Trust has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jacket.

Statoil Awards Dudgeon OWF Contract to Siemens

Statoil has awarded two contracts to Siemens plc for the engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning and service of 67 wind turbine generators for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project.