Offshore Wind
Hughes SSE Buys New Vessel, Adds Pre & Post Cable Laying Survey
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (SSE) has acquired a new survey vessel and added Pre & Post Cable Laying Survey, including depth of burial surveys, Multibeam, Meteorology, and Bathometry Survey to its current services. MV Line will be re-named MV Cerys Line after a refit, with the vessel’s current cr
Liberty House Buys Steel Plants to Produce Wind Turbine Parts
Liberty House Group has bought Mabey Bridge Renewables, which shut down its business in 2015, and will use its equipment in a new British manufacturing centre to supply the country’s offshore wind market and tidal lagoon power industry. The new manufacturing centre, which will supply tubular steel s
GE Enters Into Talks to Buy Adwen
General Electric (GE) has entered into talks with Areva, Gamesa, Siemens and the French state to discuss the potential acquisition of Adwen, a 50 – 50 offshore wind joint venture between Areva and Gamesa, Jeff Immelt, GE’s CEO, told French daily Le Figaro. GE took over Alstom’s power and grid busine
GE Enters Into Talks to Buy Adwen
General Electric (GE) has entered into talks with Areva, Gamesa, Siemens and the French state to discuss the potential acquisition of Adwen, a 50 – 50 offshore wind joint venture between Areva and Gamesa, Jeff Immelt, GE’s CEO, told French daily Le Figaro. GE took over Alstom’s power and grid busine
Monitor JIP Consortium Creating Structural Health Monitoring System for Offshore Wind Farms
Monitor JIP, a consortium consisting of Gemini Windfarm, Van Oord, Keppel Verolme, Mecal, ECN and TNO, is working on developing a solution which would allow monitoring the health of offshore wind support structures. Many offshore wind stakeholders acknowledge the relevance of monitoring offshore win
Sif to Supply Beatrice OWF with Pin Piles
Sif has been awarded a contract to deliver pin piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The total volume of the project will amount to approximately 19.5 tonnes of steel structures and will be produced in the fourth quarter of 2016 and first half of 2017. The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm comp
Offshore WindForce Using LDD’s Pre-Piling Template at Wikinger
LDD, in collaboration with its sister companies from Acteon Group, UTEC and MENCK, has delivered a subsea Pre-Piling Template (PPT) to Offshore WindForce (OWF), which is installing 70 foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm. LDD’s PPT is being used by OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and
Scottish Renewables, WWF Welcome Nigg Energy Park Deal
Scottish Renewables and WWF Scotland have responded to news that Global Energy Group and Siemens have signed a contract securing the use of Nigg Energy Park for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project. Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “The contract signed today wi
Siemens to Showcase Its LCOE-Lowering Portfolio at Global Offshore Wind 2016
Siemens will present technologies and services that will help lowering the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) at the Global Offshore Wind 2016 (GOW) trade show, to be held on 21 and 22 June in Manchester. The company will showcase new technologies in wind turbines, grid connection, and operations
Siemens to Showcase Its LCOE-Lowering Portfolio at Global Offshore Wind 2016
Siemens will present technologies and services that will help lowering the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) at the Global Offshore Wind 2016 (GOW) trade show, to be held on 21 and 22 June in Manchester. The company will showcase new technologies in wind turbines, grid connection, and operations
Photo of the Day: Pacific Orca Gearing Up for Rampion at Teesport
Pacific Orca has arrived at PD Ports’ newly redeveloped £35 million quay at Teesport, where it will be berthed at Number One Quay for several weeks while being fitted with a pile gripper that has been constructed on site. The vessel, owned by Swire Blue Ocean, will then sail away to the Rampion offs
Proeon Introduces New Communication Tech for Offshore Industry
Proeon Systems has presented an integrated solution to complement changes in offshore working practices providing multi-level lines of communications to the shore. The company yesterday held an open event at their facilities in Norfolk, to showcase a technology collaboration with Danish company SAAB
Proeon Introduces New Communication Tech for Offshore Industry
Proeon Systems has presented an integrated solution to complement changes in offshore working practices providing multi-level lines of communications to the shore. The company yesterday held an open event at their facilities in Norfolk, to showcase a technology collaboration with Danish company SAAB
GCube: Most Financial Losses Are Down to the Subsea Wire
Incidents relating to the installation and operation of high voltage subsea cables are the most costly cause of financial losses in the global offshore wind industry and led to insurance claims totalling more than EUR 60 million in 2015, according to a report by GCube Underwriting Ltd. As the Europe