Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have announced they have been awarded a contract from The Carbon Trust as one of the selected participants in the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access (OWA-A) Competition. The competition, backed by the Trust and eight leading wind farm developers, challenged industry to think
Pharos Offshore Group has started construction of a newly designed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specifically for the offshore wind farm cable market. The new Inter Turbine Array Trencher, the ITAT 800™, is an 800 HP (600 kW) self-propelled trenching ROV that can be more easily manoeuvred by the o
Tideland Signal has supplied Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) of Fife with the first aids to navigation to warn shipping in the vicinity of the new Ormonde windfarm currently under construction 10Km off Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea. The Tideland equipment is supplied in kit form ready to insta
Almarin, based in Barcelona, Spain, and Ahlers Lindley, based in Estoril, Portugal, have joint forces to launch a new range of marine buoys and towers under the name Balizamar. The primary application of the Balizamar line of products is Aids to Navigation (AtoN), flotation and mooring buoys. Baliza
An advanced water/wastewater flow meter from NIVUS UK has been awarded MCERTS product certification by SIRA, the body which manages MCERTS on behalf of the Environment Agency of England and Wales (EA). The NIVUS OCM Pro CF (incorporating POA Sensor) Echo Profile Flowmeter is an area velocity flow me
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd has introduced a range of new training courses at its Training & Simulation Centre in Westhill, Aberdeen, aimed at the hydrographic survey market. Building on an already established portfolio of Dynamic Positioning, Automation and Acoustic Positioning courses, the new courses
Dredge Yard, the provider and manufacturer of dredging equipment, has introduced a very wide range of dredge ball joints engineered and … [mappress] Source: ameinfo, September 6, 2011;
Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has successfully completed offshore sea trials for the recently launched Gel Lift System (GLS). GLS, a potentially game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables in
Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has successfully completed offshore sea trials for the recently launched Gel Lift System (GLS). GLS, a potentially game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables in
OrbisEnergy is spearheading a bid to set up a technology innovation centre (TIC) for East Anglia. Orbis is answering an invitation from the Technology Strategy Board, which stimulates technological innovation in sectors boosting UK growth and productivity and is creating a network of TICs. The renew
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected for the development of a number of testing facilities for the rapidly expanding global wind industry. The state of the art facilities are under development by customers worldwide. In the UK Converteam has been contracted
With the wind industry moving toward larger wind turbine platforms in the future, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, today announced it has begun work on the first phase of a 2-year, $3 million project from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a n
With the wind industry moving toward larger wind turbine platforms in the future, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, today announced it has begun work on the first phase of a 2-year, $3 million project from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a n
DREDGE YARD’s components and equipment are designed using FEA in order to optimize the design and ensure low stress forces in the material. In this way the life time of the equipment is increased and the cost price is reduced. By the late 70’s, FEA – Finite Element Analysis was limited owned by the
