Top News of the Week Oct 12 – 18, 2015

DONG Gets Rid of WWII UXO off Norfolk (VIDEO)

Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm.

GeoSea Proves Jack-Up Vessels’ Workability under Extreme Tidal Conditions

GeoSea (DEME Group) has completed trials of a jack-up vessel in extreme current flows. The results of the trials confute industry reluctance to deploy jack-up vessels on tidal sites, GeoSea said.

VIDEO: The Story of Alstom’s Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine

Alstom has published a video about its Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind turbine, its onshore and offshore installations and projects that will feature the turbine.

New Foundation Project under Development

A cooperative of the Bremen based Maritime Offshore Group GmbH, the steel construction company Conferdo GmbH & Co. KG, the Technical University of Middle Hessen and the Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering at the Hanover University has begun with the development project for a new offshore foundation, the TEXBASE.

Bladt Completed First Wikinger Jacket Foundation

Last week, Bladt Industries assembled the first jacket foundation for Wikinger offshore wind farm.