Offshore Wind
Highlights of the Month: June 2017
MHI Vestas Launches 9.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched the V164-9.5 MW wind turbine to re-affirm the company’s drive to lower the cost of energy for offshore wind. Mating of Hywind Scotland Floating Turbines (Video) Statoil has shared a great video showing the mating
Highlights of the Month: June 2017
MHI Vestas Launches 9.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched the V164-9.5 MW wind turbine to re-affirm the company’s drive to lower the cost of energy for offshore wind. Mating of Hywind Scotland Floating Turbines (Video) Statoil has shared a great video showing the mating
Ramboll Prepares Detailed OSY Design for Tenders
A detailed design of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid project being developed by Belgian transmission system operator Elia will soon be open for construction tendering, Ramboll informed.
Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Components at Sif’s Maasvlakte Site
Sif Group has published a photo of its new site at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam accommodating, among others, piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm foundations and monopiles for the Rentel offshore wind farm.
Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Components at Sif’s Maasvlakte Site
Sif Group has published a photo of its new site at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam accommodating, among others, piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm foundations and monopiles for the Rentel offshore wind farm.
A2SEA Names New CEO as Jens Frederik Hansen Resigns
A2SEA’s Board of Directors has decided to appoint Michael Glavind, who currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Glavind will take up his new role as CEO with immediate effect.
DHI Holds Live Demo of TetraSpar Floating Foundation Tests
DHI, together with DTU Wind Energy and Stiesdal Offshore Technology, recently opened doors to the offshore wave basin at its headquarters in Denmark for all those interested to witness the tests of Henrik Stiesdal’s TetraSpar floating foundation concept.
Siport21 Studies Safety Conditions in Foundations Transport and Installation
Siport21, a Madrid-based port-maritime consultancy company, has presented the “Methodology of the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis of fixed and floating structures for the offshore wind industry”, which allows studying the safety conditions during transport and installation of the support struc
Siport21 Studies Safety Conditions in Foundations Transport and Installation
Siport21, a Madrid-based port-maritime consultancy company, has presented the “Methodology of the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis of fixed and floating structures for the offshore wind industry”, which allows studying the safety conditions during transport and installation of the support struc
Boskalis Starts Prepping Finesse for Offshore Wind Work
Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract from Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V for the conversion of a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, Finesse, to a crane vessel.
Photo of the Day: Stemat Spirit and Ndurance in Action at Galloper OWF
VBMS has published a photo of its cable laying vessels Stemat Spirit and Ndurance working at the Galloper offshore wind farm, while Seajacks Hydra is accommodating the personnel at the wind farm site.
James Fisher Marine Services Upgrades Dart Fisher OSV
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the completed refurbishment and upgrade of its offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.
Celtic Interconnector Gets EUR 4 Million Financial Boost
A project to build an interconnector linking for the first time the French and Irish electricity systems will today be awarded a EUR 4 million grant from the European Commission.
Scottish Renewables Appoints New Chief Exec
Scottish Renewables has appointed Claire Mack, currently Director of Policy and Place at SCDI, as the organisation’s new Chief Executive.