Partrac has completed an offshore wind resource measurement campaign at the Oriel wind farm offshore Ireland using floating LiDAR technology. Partrac deployed EOLOS’s FLS200 Floating LiDAR in mid-October 2019 and has now completed a 12-month offshore measurement campaign. According to Partrac, the f
SMST has deployed its newest rental gangway onboard Rem Offshore’s construction subsea vessel (CSV) Rem Inspector for work at the DanTysk offshore wind farm in Germany. The Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series (TAB-L) gangway was mobilized on Rem Inspector last week at the port of Eemshaven, including
Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to deploy its offshore support vessel (OSV) Normand Jarstein on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract has been signed for a period of four months, starting in the third quarter of 2021, when the vessel will support operation
The first turbine blades to be installed on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm have arrived at Able Seaton Port, the project’s construction port in Teesside. This marks the first time that Able Seaton Port is receiving offshore wind turbine components in its history, after a combined multi-million
The Royal Netherlands Navy has disposed of unexploded ordnance (UXO) found at the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) I & II project site, where Vattenfall will build a 750 MW offshore wind farm. The UXO inspection and removal campaign at HKZ I & II, which started in July, has now been completed. UXOcontrol,
Aker Offshore Wind has secured a grant from Norway’s Enova for a pre-project that aims to reduce costs and increase maturity in important technical segments of floating offshore wind. The launched project study explores how the supplier industry can develop and support the realization of floating of
The scaled-down version of the Nezzy² floating wind turbine, a two-turbine floating wind platform, completed its two-month tests in the Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea and has now been dismantled. Over the coming weeks, the recorded data from the tests will be evaluated, with the findings to be
Denmark-headquartered consultancy NIRAS has revealed plans to enhance its presence in the Asia-Pacific offshore wind market. In line with this, NIRAS appointed its first company member in Japan, Seiko Toki, who took over the role of senior consultant to further expand the services. Toki will spearhe
Aarsleff BIZ has delivered the last 17 Concrete Work Platforms (CWPs) built in Poland for the Windpark Fryslân nearshore project in the Netherlands. In total, Aarsleff BIZ, a Per Aarsleff company, built and delivered 89 CWPs for the 382.7 MW wind farm at its factory in Swinoujscie. The CWPs, each we
Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has completed the wind turbine pre-assembly work for SeaMade, Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. Under the contract with Siemens Gamesa, MWS pre-assembled 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines in the Port of Oostende. From there, the wind turbines are transported and
Written by: Virginio Paratico, Area Sales Manager Faccin Group The hunger for alternative energy is constantly growing and will eventually overtake traditional methods of generating energy. From all the different ways of producing renewable energy, wind power is taking the lead because it demonstrat
The Japanese MODEC, Toyo Construction and Furukawa Electric have partnered up to develop a next-generation floating wind platform and mooring system. Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) selected the parties to develop the project as part of the public offerin
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Asia Petroleum Energy, and Novasia Energy, the joint developers of the 3.5 GW La Gan offshore wind farm in Vietnam, have signed two site investigation contracts. The contracts, worth approximately USD 5 million, cover the Floating LiDAR and the Environmental
OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the month of October 2020. Crane for Next-Gen Offshore Wind Turbines Coming to Market The Netherlands-based Tetrahedron has developed a new crane for next-generation offshore wind turbines, said to be designed to fit on both exis
