The World Ocean Council (WOC) will hold the 3rd Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) from 9th till 11th November 2015 in Singapore. This is the first time this business event, dedicated to “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”, will be organized in Asia. It is being developed in collaboration with stakeholders
Denmark has set another world record by producing 39% of its electricity needs from wind in 2014. Last year saw the completion of Anholt offshore wind farm as well as record number of onshore wind turbines connected to the grid. “I am particularly pleased that the energy industry has again shown tha
Stormy and unpredictable weather in the past few weeks has brought German wind energy to a new record. With a total of 8.9 billion kWh of wind power, the record from 2011 (8.4 billion kWh) was exceeded in December 2014, the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) has announced.
HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) has been commissioned by DONG Energy to undertake high resolution digital video aerial surveys at the recently consented Burbo Bank Extension project. These surveys, which may continue into the operational phase of the Burbo Bank Extension, have been designed t
An important tool for reducing risks and costs in offshore wind is integrated, intelligent monitoring of the foundation structures. If well implemented an integrated monitoring approach will continuously track the ‘state of health’ of a foundation and identify in a very early stage the onset of stru
Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea… Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Installed The last of the in total 48 wind turbines was successfully installed over Christmas around 30 kilometers to the nort
Totaro & Associates (T+A), a market research and innovation strategy consultancy, has opened their European Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany as of 1 January, 2015. The company cites strong demand for competitive benchmarking as well as intellectual property (IP) risk mitigation services from existin
Having recovered the Vestas Wind in better-than-expected condition, Team Vestas Wind will repair the Volvo Ocean 65 at Persico Marine in Italy and plan to re-enter the race in Lisbon in late May. Vestas Wind ran aground in the Cargados Carajos Shoals in the Indian Ocean just over a month ago where a
Siemens erects 6 MW offshore turbine on land Siemens has installed two of its SWT-6.0-154 offshore wind turbines at an onshore site in Wehlens near Wilhelmshaven. Belgium to Decide on Wind Energy Storing Island in 2015 Belgium will have their say in early 2015 about a project that would see excess e
A2SEA sells Sea Energy wind turbine installation vessel A2SEA has sold its offshore wind installation vessel SEA ENERGY. In the future, the vessel will be engaged in maintenance of oil installations in the Gulf of Guinea, Africa for the company O. I. S. International Ltd. Suction bucket jacket found
Under-manning and fatigue threaten WFSV safety As offshore wind farm developments move further out to sea and demands on the vessels and crews that service them increase, a rising number of wind farm crew transfer vessel incidents has become a growing cause of concern. Marubeni and Technip to build
One of the wind turbines at Lely wind farm lost its head and blades last week. Nuon shut down the wind farm as it was planning launch an investigation and salvage operation. The cause of the breakdown is not yet known, as the operator claims the wind turbines are inspected twice a year while the [&h
Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing signed an agreement to supply wind turbines for 50MW wind farm located in Pinghai Bay in Fujian province. Its wholly-owned unit XEMC Windpower will deliver ten of its 5 MW wind turbines next year, Xiangtan said today in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange. Furt
While the industry is looking at ways to assemble a turbine onshore so it can be installed at sea in one operation, at the moment the common method still is to install it in several stages at sea. The foundations are installed first and followed by the tower and the WTG. Whether the foundations are
