Offshore Wind
VIDEO: Bosch Rexroth Continuous Jacking System
Bosch Rexroth’s innovative, continuous jacking system makes installing and maintaining offshore wind farms safe, reliable, and efficient. It prevents interruptions during lifting and lowering operations. It also attains a constant jacking speed of one m/min or higher while using synchronized positio
UK: Alnmaritec Launches WFSV for North Sea Logistics
Boat builder Alnmaritec launched the latest of its windfarm support vessels (WFSV) recently for long time client North Sea Logistics. The 19m Wave Captain class boat is powered by 2 x 880bhp Doosan engines and reaches over 25 knots. She has demonstrated exceptional sea keeping characteristics and su
UK: Alnmaritec Launches WFSV for North Sea Logistics
Boat builder Alnmaritec launched the latest of its windfarm support vessels (WFSV) recently for long time client North Sea Logistics. The 19m Wave Captain class boat is powered by 2 x 880bhp Doosan engines and reaches over 25 knots. She has demonstrated exceptional sea keeping characteristics and su
VIDEO: ETI’s Offshore Wind Project Manager on World’s Largest Turbine Blades
Recently, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Blade Dynamics announced their cooperation on the development of the world’s largest wind turbine blades. The blades will be between 80 to 100 metres in length, incorporating carbon fibre rather than conventional fibre glass. This compares with b
Germany: GL Systems Certification Joins WindMade
GL Systems Certification has joined WindMade as one of its accredited verifying partners. The certification body of classification society Germanischer Lloyd thereby commits itself to supporting the WindMade label by aiding in the development of the label. The WindMade label, which is backed by the
4C Offshore Maps Development of European Wind Farm Service Vessel Fleet
Offshore shore wind market consultancy 4C Offshore has researched and mapped the development of the European Wind Farm Service Vessel fleet. The sector has grown rapidly over the last five years providing more sophisticated vessels in response to client requests and the needs of personnel being tran
Moog Launches New Modular Pitch System at EWEA 2013 (Austria)
Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, presents its latest AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System at EWEA 2013, Europe’s premier wind energy event, being held in Vienna on 4 -7 February. Innovative modular systems and produc
Moog Launches New Modular Pitch System at EWEA 2013 (Austria)
Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, presents its latest AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System at EWEA 2013, Europe’s premier wind energy event, being held in Vienna on 4 -7 February. Innovative modular systems and produc
UK’s Wind Energy Exceeds 5 GW Threshold
A record amount of electricity has been generated by wind energy in Great Britain, according to National Grid. The new high was reached on Sunday morning, when wind generated more than 5 gigawatts for the first time – more than 12% of the nation’s electricity needs for industry, businesses and house
UK: Oceanflow to Deploy Its Evopod™ Floating Tidal Stream Turbine
Oceanflow Development Limited has secured a 7 year lease from The Crown Estate on an area of seabed in Sanda Sound, South Kintyre. The lease will allow Oceanflow to deploy and test its Evopod™ floating tethered tidal stream turbine at the site from 2013. Graeme Mackie, Oceanflow’s Managing Director,
Germany: AREVA Wind to Install M5000-135 Prototype
AREVA Wind installs a prototype, the evolution of its proven M5000 offshore technology in Bremerhaven. Close to the motorway A27 the offshore wind turbine manufacturer will install its more powerful wind turbine M5000-135. The evolution of the successfully operating M5000-116 five megawatt (MW) turb
ABS Relocates Northern European Marine Operations to Hamburg, Germany
ABS, a leading provider of global classification services, has announced it will relocate its Northern European regional marine operations office from London to Hamburg, Germany. “This relocation is part of ABS’ ongoing effort to place our frontline decision makers closer to our clients and be more
ABS Relocates Northern European Marine Operations to Hamburg, Germany
ABS, a leading provider of global classification services, has announced it will relocate its Northern European regional marine operations office from London to Hamburg, Germany. “This relocation is part of ABS’ ongoing effort to place our frontline decision makers closer to our clients and be more
The Netherlands: Trianel Project Advances with AREVA’s Wind Turbines
A further project step for the Trianel wind farm Borkum has been successfully finished. The 40 wind energy turbines which were produced by AREVA Wind have been shipped from Bremerhaven to the Dutch town Eemshaven. In September last year the transport of the 40 nacelles, hubs and (S3) tower sections