Offshore Wind
Jumbo to Add New Heavy Lift Crane Vessel to Its Fleet
On 8 December, Jumbo signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIH) for the provision of detailed engineering and construction of a new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV). The new vessel – capable of installing wind turbine foundations and floating structures in deeper
EnBW Picks Emden as North Sea Wind Farm Base
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has decided to build an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base on an airfield in Emden, Germany, for the company’s offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
BVGA, InnoEnergy Update Report on Future Offshore Wind Costs
BVG Associates (BVGA) has published an updated report on future costs of energy for offshore wind for InnoEnergy, examining how technology innovation is anticipated to reduce the cost of energy from European offshore wind farms up to 2030.
Offshore Wind Innovators Unveils 2017 Award Winners
Offshore Wind Innovators announced the Offshore Wind Innovators Award 2017 winners at the Netherlands Offshore Wind Q-meeting organized by Siemens and Van Oord on 6 December.
Esvagt Starts Fitting Out SOV Safe Transfer Boats Itself
Esvagt announced that it will fit out the Safe Transfer Boats (STBs) onboard its Service Operations Vessels (SOVs) itself from now on, and has started with the two STBs onboard Esvagt Mercator, a newly-built SOV chartered by MHI Vestas for the Belwind 1 and Nobelwind offshore wind farms in Belgium.
Ørsted Names Seacat Safety Champion
Ørsted has given Seacat Services a Safety Champion award for safety standards set by its crews and operations personnel working at the 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm located off the North Norfolk coast, UK.
The Carbon Trust Chooses Windar LiDARs for New Project
The Carbon Trust has selected Windar Photonics to supply LiDARs for a new project launched as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.
The Carbon Trust Chooses Windar LiDARs for New Project
The Carbon Trust has selected Windar Photonics to supply LiDARs for a new project launched as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.
Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Reports on OWF Environmental Impact
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) has published a report on the environmental impact of offshore wind farms in Belgium, which has 870MW in operational wind turbines in its part of the North Sea as of 2016 and plans to reach 2.2GW by 2020.
Fred. Olsen’s CTV to Operate on Vattenfall’s Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has selected Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to supply a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the 110MW Lillgrund offshore wind farm in Sweden.
Fred. Olsen’s CTV to Operate on Vattenfall’s Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has selected Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to supply a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the 110MW Lillgrund offshore wind farm in Sweden.
M2 Subsea Appoints Renewables and Decommissioning Business Development Manager
M2 Subsea has appointed David Sinclair, former Bibby Offshore Engineering and Innovation Manager, as Business Development Manager for renewables and decommissioning to its European business development team.
M2 Subsea Appoints Renewables and Decommissioning Business Development Manager
M2 Subsea has appointed David Sinclair, former Bibby Offshore Engineering and Innovation Manager, as Business Development Manager for renewables and decommissioning to its European business development team.
Vattenfall Gives Reasons for Choosing Siemens Gamesa 8MW Turbine
Vattenfall has chosen the new 8MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine for its Danish offshore wind farms because it “was simply the cheapest choice in the market measured by cost per generated megawatt-hour electricity,” Michael Simmelsgaard, Head of Offshore Wind and Country Manager for Vattenfall in Denma