Offshore Wind
Highlights of the Month: June 2014
Bard Offshore 1 Wind Farm Remains Out of Operation Bard Offshore 1, a 400 MW German offshore wind farm, will not be operational until further notice, informs the Spiegel. UK Signs FID Contracts for Five Offshore Wind Projects The UK Government has signed eight contracts awarded under the Final Inves
VSMC Lands Dudgeon Cable Deal
VSMC has been awarded a EUR 110 million contract by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, owned by Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft, for the export and inter-array cabling for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. VSMC will start in 2015 by performing two 1,100-metre horizontal directional drillings at
Third CORER Workshop Focuses on Marine Energy
Schools of Engineering (SoE), Electrical Engineering and Electronics (SoEEE) and the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, together with the National Oceanography Centre, will host the 3rd CORER workshop- The Obstacles to deployment of Tide and Wave Marine Renewable Energy. The workshop will be held o
Forteiland Ijmuiden Hosts Offshore Wind Meeting
AYOP, IRO, TKI Offshore Wind, Velzen Municipality and the Chamber of Commerce are jointly organizing a meeting today dedicated to offshore wind. The purpose of the meeting being which is held in Forteiland Ijmuiden is: provision information on funding opportunities and the tender process; linking in
Forteiland Ijmuiden Hosts Offshore Wind Meeting
AYOP, IRO, TKI Offshore Wind, Velzen Municipality and the Chamber of Commerce are jointly organizing a meeting today dedicated to offshore wind. The purpose of the meeting being which is held in Forteiland Ijmuiden is: provision information on funding opportunities and the tender process; linking in
MHI Vestas to Supply Four 8MW Turbines for Danish Wind Energy Project
MHI Vestas has received an order for four V164 8MW offshore wind turbines, which will be installed at Velling Mærsk onshore wind project in Denmark. The company said that the onshore project will allow testing of installation methods and operations and maintenance procedures prior to the commencemen
Maryland to Auction 1.45GW Site Next Month
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank announced that nearly 80,000 acres offshore Maryland will be offered for commercial wind energy development in an August 19, 2014 competitive leas
Yaskawa Electric Corporation Acquires The Switch
Yaskawa Electric Corporation has reached an agreement to enter into a contract with the owner of The Switch Engineering Oy, a Finnish Supplier of Components for Wind Turbines, to acquire all shares of The Switch, except The Switch’s own shares. Yaskawa and The Switch have developed a strong synerget
Innovative No-Flog Could Improve Health and Safety Standards
Hire Torque (HTL) has recently unveiled the No-Flog, an innovative product that could improve health and safety standards across industries, including the power generation and subsea sectors. The No-Flog eliminates the need for flogging hammers and spanners, giving workers hands-free control to erad
OWS Orders Another Damen FCS 2008
Dutch company Offshore Wind Services (OWS) ordered a Damen FCS 2008. This is the company’s second vessel ordered from Damen this year. Damen Shipyard Den Helder in the Netherlands will outfit the vessel with a second generator set and offshore crane. She will also be painted in the company’s colours
Severn Subsea Supplies Oceanus 2 with Telemetry & Control System
Severn Subsea Technologies, part of the Severn Glocon Group, has developed an integrated telemetry and control system for wave power company Seatricity’s Oceanus 2 wave device, now moored at the Cornish Wave Hub. The SST system will enable researchers to correlate wave movement with power generated,
Wave Energy Converter SIMulator Released
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open source wave energy converter simulation tool being developed as a joint effort between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind and Water Power Te
Demowfloat to Hold Workshop in Ostend, Belgium
Demowfloat will have its second workshop (English spoken) in Ostend, Belgium today (July 2), in the frame of the event Clustering the Future – a new opportunity for business development: current practices & strategies (Flemish spoken) organized by Greenbridge and Power-Link Universiteit Gent. The De
Jumbo to Equip Its Heavy-Lift Vessels with Huisman’s DDS System
Jumbo Shipping has recently decided to award Huisman a contract for the design and construction of the 2nd Deepwater Deployment System (DDS). This system will be integrated on Jumbo’s DP2 heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Javelin, which is now carrying out the installation of wind turbine transition pieces at