Offshore Wind
Esvagt Takes Delivery of Second Windfarm Service Vessel
Esvagt has taken delivery of the second of three Havyard 832 SOV windfarm service vessels from Havyard Ship Technology AS. The first, newbuild 118 ‘Esvagt Froude’ was delivered in the middle of February. The German company Siemens Wind Power has hired both vessels on long-term contracts to service t
FB Suppliers Eyes Local Jobs
The Danish Energy Agency has just launched the bidding process for possible locations for new offshore wind farms close to the shore. One of these wind farms is Smaalandsfarvandets Offshore Wind Farm. If Smaalandsfarvandets Offshore Wind Farm is chosen, it will create many new possibilities for loca
East Anglia One to Drive Investment in East of England
Government consent for the world’s largest wind farm, East Anglia Array One, has put the East of England at the top of the industry’s agenda – and given the signal major international energy companies had been waiting for to move forward with plans to invest in the region, said James Gray, inward in
East Anglia One to Drive Investment in East of England
Government consent for the world’s largest wind farm, East Anglia Array One, has put the East of England at the top of the industry’s agenda – and given the signal major international energy companies had been waiting for to move forward with plans to invest in the region, said James Gray, inward in
Photo Gallery: ‘Cable Enterprise’ Revamped
As recently reported, Prysmian’s cable laying barge Cable Enterprise has been upgraded into a DP2 cable layer at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Croatia. The upgraded vessel will operate autonomously without the need of tugs during cable laying and will have a total of 9.2 MW of power supplying 6 thrus
Centa Launches New Testing Coupling
Mechanical power transmissions experts, Centa Transmissions, has launched a new flexible coupling specifically designed for testing within systems before they are installed or constructed. ‘CENTAWAVE’ is a torsionally stiff and homokinetic link coupling that facilitates for angular misalignments of
Osiris Projects Renamed to Bibby HydroMap
Osiris Projects is rebranding as Bibby HydroMap as of tomorrow, March 26. A specialist seabed survey company, the UK-based Osiris Projects was acquired by Bibby Line Group in May 2012 but has continued to operate under its own name since then. Since being acquired by Bibby Line Group, the company ha
Osiris Projects Renamed to Bibby HydroMap
Osiris Projects is rebranding as Bibby HydroMap as of tomorrow, March 26. A specialist seabed survey company, the UK-based Osiris Projects was acquired by Bibby Line Group in May 2012 but has continued to operate under its own name since then. Since being acquired by Bibby Line Group, the company ha
WERPO to Make Waves in Grenada
WERPO is in the process of arranging a visit to Grenada in order to begin negotiations in the private and public sectors to implement its sea wave energy system. With their partner in the Caribbean, Mr. Jarvis of SEEDSOWERS corporation, have been in communication with top ranking government personne
WIND SERVER Starts New Job
Last week, DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER commenced a new contract. The vessel has been chartered by Siemens AG to perform offshore installation support and function as accommodation vessel for Siemens’ commissioning teams on the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project
GROW Receives GBP 1 Mln
GROW:OffshoreWind programme has been granted a six-month extension as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy to help more manufacturers take advantage of investment in supply chain infrastructure. Over £1m of funding has been put aside to assist more firms to overcome barriers to entry by givi
Video: Pre-Piling Test for Wikinger OWF
SAL Heavy Lift has been subcontracted by Bilfinger to transport and install the Wikinger test piles and equipment with their DP Class 2 vessel MV Lone. In October 2014 the first phase of the pile testing campaign for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project was launched, after the site’s geotechnical
Video: Pre-Piling Test for Wikinger OWF
SAL Heavy Lift has been subcontracted by Bilfinger to transport and install the Wikinger test piles and equipment with their DP Class 2 vessel MV Lone. In October 2014 the first phase of the pile testing campaign for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project was launched, after the site’s geotechnical
ECN’s Specialists Win EWEA Offshore Award
ECN specialists Masoud Asgarpour and Ashish Dewan were awarded the prize at EWEA Offshore 2015 under the category “winner in supply chain, logistics and O&M”. The award was in the context of an analysis of three innovative scenarios for the installation of an offshore wind farm: Breakwaters: in orde