Wagenborg, an expert regarding logistic support to the wind power industry, will be attending the Windforce 2014 exhibition. With 3,500 employees, 230 vessels – including offshore supply vessels, multipurpose vessels and tugs – heavy lifting work and transport solutions, 400 lorries, 1,800m of quay
Windcomm will host an offshore event OBMC (Offshore Business Meetings and Conference) on July 3, 2014 in Rendsburg, where effects of the EEG amendment on offshore industry will be one of the most important topics. “The implementation of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and the development of a
In just over 2 months Ballast Nedam Offshore has installed 47 out of 80 monopiles on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The installation works started at the 1st of April and on the 10th of June monopile no. 47 was installed. This demonstrates reliable approach based on one of the proven installation
Seaports of Niedersachsen GmbH and Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG will jointly attend the Windforce 2014 event, held from 17th until 19th of June in Bremen. Niedersachsen Ports, operator of public-sector seaports in Germany, will present the information about existing offshore berths and availabl
A network of more than 60 kilometers of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months.
Despite an overall slump in installations in 2013, the global cumulative wind power capacity will more than double from 319.6 Gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2013 to 678.5 GW by 2020, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest repor states that China, the largest single wind pow
“Wind Power in Germany, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles” is the latest report from GlobalData. The report provides in-depth analysis on global renewable power market and global wind power m
China Ming Yang Wind Power entered into a heads of agreement with Marin Energi Testcenter AS (“MetCentre”) to erect a 6.0MW Super Compact Drive (“SCD”) wind turbine generator in the Karmoy wind turbine demonstration area off the coast of Karmoy Island in Norway. MetCentre is a Norwegian test centre
Whitby Harbour Board has issued an early information about a tender for early planning of Endeavour Wharf reconstruction works in Whitby Harbour, which would be used to support Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development. This may include the construction of a berthing pontoon to be used as an embark
The fabrication of the Gode Wind foundations, which Bladt Industries are fabricating for Dong Energy, is well on the way. This week the TP mockup was upended at Bladt’s upending site. After this, the Bladt team installed the concrete platform on the TP mockup, which is the first of 97 TP’s for the G
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has received a quarterly grant payment of $143,436 as part of a $1.27m AusIndustry grant that supports the design, construction and operation of a CETO wave powered desalination pilot plant, part of the Perth Wave Energy Project. This is the fifth quarterly payment recei
The Wind Farm Support Vessel (WFSV) Directory is a new publication from the Offshore WIND group of products. It provides the industry a compact and handy overview of operating wind farm support vessels in the European offshore wind industry. Each vessel is displayed with a photo, a selection of main
The installation vessel BOLD TERN from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is now also installing rotor stars at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm. In accordance with planning, the project company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH is flexibly deploying its three installation vessels VIDAR, BOLD TERN and BRAVE
The UK Shadow Energy Minister Tom Greatrex has expressed his party’s support for onshore wind, saying a future Labour government would not curtail its deployment if elected next year. He said a “significant contribution” from onshore wind is needed to meet the UK’s decarbonisation objectives. His co
