Technology
Top News of the Week Jan 25 – 31, 2016
Sea Worker Runs Aground off Denmark, Crew Evacuated Offshore installation vessel Sea Worker ran aground south of Denmark’s Hvide Sande on the night between 26 and 27 January while under tow to Esbjerg, A2SEA said in a statement. Interview: Adwen’s 8 MW Turbine an Arrow to Hit 100€/MWh by 2020 Target
Top News of the Week Jan 25 – 31, 2016
Sea Worker Runs Aground off Denmark, Crew Evacuated Offshore installation vessel Sea Worker ran aground south of Denmark’s Hvide Sande on the night between 26 and 27 January while under tow to Esbjerg, A2SEA said in a statement. Interview: Adwen’s 8 MW Turbine an Arrow to Hit 100€/MWh by 2020 Target
Veja Mate’s Substation Equipped with Off-Line Fuel Treatment System
DBR has delivered its off-line fuel treatment system for the topside of Veja Mate offshore wind farm’s substation, which is currently under construction in Belgium. The containerized system is located between two storage tanks of 75m³ each and the day tanks of three grid diesel generator sets and th
Sas van Vreeswijk Consortium Signs Beatrixsluis Contract
The Sas van Vreeswijk consortium has won a contract for the construction of the 3rd chamber Beatrix lock and the widening of the Lekkanaal. The consortium includes BESIX, Heijmans, Jan De Nul and investors RebelValley and TDP, supported by Martens en Van Oord, specialized in earthmoving, and Agidens
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean Orders Saab Seaeye Leopard Duo
French subsea installation company Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has ordered two Saab Seaeye Leopard remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for touchdown monitoring and support. The Leopard work vehicle comes equipped with eleven thrusters and iCON intelligent control system, expected to provide TravOcean with
Krasnoye Sormovo Launches TSHD Sommers
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation, held today the launching ceremony for the 1000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Sommers’. The dredger comes as the first in a series of three TSHD 1000 vessels that the shipyard is building for FSUE Rosmorport. The TSHD 1000 was
WindGrip Wins Renewable Energy Health & Safety Award 2016
Windcat Workboats has won the Renewable Energy Health & Safety Award 2016 with its WindGrip system. The award winner was announced on 27 January in Birmingham, on the eve of the 12th annual RenewableUK Health & Safety Conference. This award scheme, devised by RenewableUK and the Crown Estate, aims t
Danes Develop Non-Electric Defective Blade Detector
The Lyngby-based start-up CEKO Sensors Asp is launching an optical accelerometer which could detect early signs of malfunctions in blades and potentially lead to reduced O&M costs, according to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The sensor can withstand extreme environments, and it contains
Kinewell Energy: KLOC Cuts Cable Costs and Electrical Losses
Kinewell Energy has re-designed an existing offshore wind farm in a case study which demonstrated that its new software, KLOC, could have saved the developers 3% of the installed cable cost had the technology been available when the wind farm was designed. The North East of England based company use
DCNS hires MMT for OTEC job
MMT, a Sweden-based marine survey services provider, has won a contract from DCNS for the ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) NEMO project. The project is jointly developed by DCNS and its partners with purpose to characterize the geophysical and geotechnical context of the area of an offshore po
A&P Falmouth to refit Wello’s Penguin
A&P Falmouth has won the contract to refit Wello Oy’s Penguin wave energy device ahead of its Wave Hub deployment later this year. A&P Falmouth is to conduct maintenance operations on Finnish wave energy developer’s Penguin wave energy device, before the scheduled summer deployment at Wave Hub test
PLOCAN welcomes MIKE
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has implemented DHI’s MIKE 21 and MIKE 3 marine modelling software. PLOCAN is a research facility co-funded by the Economy and Competitiveness Ministry of the Spanish government and the Canary Islands government, with the aim of supporting the rese
Atlantis to decommission SeaGen
Atlantis Resources, an Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer, plans to decommission the SeaGen S tidal device installed at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Following the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, together with its seabed rights, existing projects, and intellectual property, which i
Dragflow Remote Controlled Dredge for Marina Sveva
Dragflow has recently delivered a remote controlled dredge for the Marina Sveva harbor dredging project in Italy. Due to the sea currents caused by a dam, too much sedimentation occurred inside the harbor. Also, the seabed was frequently raised, causing navigational problems for the boaters accessin