On the 11th and 12th of September NORCOWE and NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) hosted a workshop on FAST. FAST is a wind turbine computer-aided engineering software tool developed by NREL. Through US Department of Energy support, NREL has sponsored the development, verification, and valid
The Crown Estate and the Energy Institute (EI) have collaborated on the development of the publication ‘Construction vessel guideline for the offshore renewables industry’ to support the safe and successful delivery of offshore renewable energy projects in the UK. This guideline follows on from the
LEGOLAND® will launch an event called ‘Wild about Wind’ on 4 October at the LEGOLAND® event area. Since 2008, it has been possible to follow the energy’s journey from the bottom of the sea to the consumer by means of fantastic LEGO® animated models in the Miniland area ‘The energy in Denmark’ at LEG
MPI Offshore and Vroon Offshore Services are taking part in this week’s WindEnergy Hamburg exhibition. This event, which covers 65,000 square metres, is open until Friday 26 September. More than 1,200 exhibitors from over 30 countries are present to share innovations from all areas of wind industry,
DONG Energy UK to Employ Offshore Wind Experts from Atlas Professionals DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd and Atlas Professionals today signed a framework agreement for the provision of temporary offshore wind specialists for DONG Energy’s UK offshore wind farms. Photo of the Day: Turtle Visiting Walney Of
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: In-ocean testing of the CETO Unit 1 Buoyant Actuator. Over the past few months, Carnegie has been working through a rigorous program of integration testing of the CETO units in advance of offshore installation and commissioning. This allows it to identify and remedy
The worldwide wind capacity reached 336,327 MW by the end of June 2014, out of which 17,613 MW were added in the first six months of 2014. This increase is a substantially higher than in the first half of 2013 and 2012, when 13,9 GW respectively 16,4 GW were added. All wind turbines installed worldw
Japanese students from the Kamaishi Super Science School on a visit to EMEC’s wave test site facilities at Billia Croo, Stromness. The students are pictured with Ian Johnstone and Yuka Johnston from Aquatera, along with Neil Kermode from EMEC. Aquatera recently hosted a visit from six Japanese stude
WindManShip has appointed Axel Juhnke as its new Head of Global Business Development. He started in his new position in Hamburg on 1. September 2014. “I am really looking forward to taking this role at WindManShip, a company whose top priotities are meeting customers needs and bringing added value t
A Scottish company is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the moment offshore generated wave power was first fed into the national grid. The electricity was produced by a prototype Pelamis machine at the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre. This was a major achievement for Pelamis Wave Power
Hyosung obtained the international certification for its 5MW offshore wind power generation system. After 16 days of testing, the Germany’s DEWI Offshore and Certification Centre issued B-type certification for the system. Since 2009 the company has been testing its 5MW wind power system installed a
Bureau Veritas Certification, part of the group Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has announced it has successfully been accredited to undertake Project Certification of offshore wind projects against the international standards IEC 61400. This most recent ac
AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and power grid industry leaders, issued several updates regarding its litigation with Sinovel Wind Group, Ltd (Sinovel). In the trade secret infringement case, the Beijing Higher People’s Court upheld AMSC’s position by rejecting Sinovel’s appeal to tra
ITW Polymers Europe and ITW WindGroup distribute turnkey grouting solutions for on- and offshore wind turbine foundation and the recent innovations in the design of grouting equipment, made by ITW Polymers Europe, have already proved that it will have a major effect on the future Wind Turbine founda
