On Saturday, 17 May 2014, A2SEA’s new purpose built installation vessel Sea Challenger arrived in the Port of Esbjerg. The vessel will now mobilise for its first project, DONG Energy’s Westermost Rough in the UK. Sea Challenger is a sister vessel to Sea Installer, which entered into A2SEA’s fleet in
Seal of Approval for Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Emergency Procedure A trapped seal has put Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s emergency procedure to the test on a wind farm construction project in the German North Sea. Worker Falls to Death at Walney OWF, Cause of Fall Unknown An inquest into death circumstan
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has confirmed that Natural Power’s International Director, Jeremy Sainsbury OBE will be the Keynote Speaker at their International Trade Reception, on Tuesday 20th May 2014, in Aberdeen. The event is scheduled to take place on the eve on All Energy, and is due
RenewableUK (RUK) says a new report which warns that UK’s reserves of oil, coal and gas will run out in just over five years shows the need for investment in wind, wave and tidal energy to fill the gap. Researchers at the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University found the UK has 5
The Offshore Wind China Conference & Exhibition, the Wind Farm O&M China Conference & Exhibition, and Distributed Generation China will take place concurrently at Shanghai Mart in Shanghai on 2-4 July 2014. As organizers, the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, the Chinese Renewable Ene
Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited, KOWL, has revealed plans for, what could be, the world’s first floating wind array. KOWL, a joint venture between Pilot Offshore Renewables and Atkins, wants to deploy eight wind turbine generators, with individual capacity no less than 6MW, on semi-submersible
Offshore wind, wave and tidal all play key roles in next week’s All-Energy 2014 (Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre – AECC, 21-22 May). Nearly 11 hours of conference time at the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is devoted to offshore wind –including 105 minutes to float
The Association for a Better Long Island (ABLI) has endorsed a proposal by Deepwater Wind to build a 200 megawatt wind farm some 30 miles off the east end of Long Island, calling it “a strategic response to the challenge of providing clean, affordable energy to Long Island.” “Faced with the burden o
Principle Power, Inc. (Principle Power) appointed João Metelo as the Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Metelo joins Principle Power with over 14 years of experience in the energy sector, having held several executive and leading roles with special focus in finance areas
Dillinger Hütte supplied around 16,000 tons of, essentially thermo-mechanically rolled, heavy plates in thicknesses up to 85 mm for the Teesside Offshore wind farm monopile foundations. EDF Energy Renewable officially opened the wind farm located in northeastern England on 16th April 2014. The 27 in
The ground-breaking ceremony for the onshore converter station took place at the Dörpen West site in Heede, Germany, yesterday. Representatives of Transmission System Operator TenneT, contractor Alstom and the mayors of the joint municipalities of Dörpen and Heede, together with local and regional p
An interdisciplinary group of doctoral students who study wind energy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, conducted a case study on the subject of Cape Wind, a project which could become America’s first offshore wind farm. They reviewed the development, as well as the current status of the
DongEnergy Wind Power A/S has contracted SPT Offshore for the installation and installation engineering of the suction buckets for Dong’sdemonstration tripod suction bucket jacket (SBJ) foundation as per of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm. The suction bucket jacket foundation will support a 3.6 MW
Preparations for the 7th Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference are well underway. On 28 & 29 October 2014 Amsterdam will again be the place to meet the international offshore community. With visitors from over 60 different countries and a proven track record of steady growth since its foundation i
