Weighing nearly 570 tonnes, the first monopile for the offshore wind park project Meerwind Süd / Ost has left the AMBAU plant in Cuxhaven. AMBAU is producing 80 foundation sets for the wind park, comprising monopiles and transition pieces, on behalf of Bremerhaven-based WindMW GmbH. The monopiles fo
Seagreen Wind Energy, a joint venture partnership between SSE and Fluor, has held public consultation exhibitions in May on the Phase 1 of the Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Farm Zone, the Courier informed. The consultations where held in Montrose, Arbroath, Carnoustie, Dundee and Tealing. The main co
CWind has won a major contract with DONG Energy, one of the key energy groups in Northern Europe, to provide vessel charters around the UK. The framework contract has been awarded for three years, with a possible extension for another two years. CWind was well placed to win the contract with a solid
BLRT Marketex, a subsidiary of BLRT Grupp AS, and BMT Nigel Gee Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, have signed an agreement whereby BMT will provide vessel designs to BLRT Marketex. The relationship has provided immediate success with an outline agreement announced for BLRT Marketex to constr
Houlder is further strengthening its position in the Energy marketplace by exhibiting at Aberdeen’s All Energy exhibition May 23 to 24 2012 and speaking at the conference and theatre programme on key developments in offshore wind infrastructure. All Energy is the UK’s largest Renewable Energy show a
From 28 May 2012, Scira Offshore Energy, the company developing the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm [88 turbines between 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk,] is to charter Eden Rose, one of Tidal Transit’s innovative wind farm personnel and equipment transfer boats, to service the site de
Houlder, UK employee- owned business will showcase its Turbine Access System (TAS) at Seawork 2012, taking place from May 22-24. The system is a hydraulically controlled motion-compensated gangway that provides safe personnel transfer between workboats and offshore wind turbine platforms. It provide
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland will once again have the largest regional presence at the All Energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen this week (Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th May). Seventy six companies are to come together under the banner of HI-Energy to showcase the region’s world-l
Accidents do happen of course but for wind farm service vessels one critical performance is minimising ‘down time’. This can be measured by: – the speed of response; – the speed of repair; – the repair integrity; – the facilities required. The damage seen in the first photo resulted from a collision
During a festive ceremony in Bremerhaven today, RWE Innogy is naming one of its two offshore installation vessels. The vessel “Victoria Mathias” will build the wind farm “Nordsee Ost” around 30 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland from its base port Bremerhaven. The wind power station with a
Ipswich based Consense, the UK’s leading provider of online community and stakeholder engagement services, has been invited to present at next week’s prestigious All Energy Exhibition and Conference. The event, which takes place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre from 23rd – 24th May,
HiDef will be exhibiting at the first Global Offshore Wind Show to be held in London’s Excel Centre on 13th and 14th June. Stand 233. HiDef Managing Director John Martin commented: “There are so many nations now contemplating offshore wind that it makes sense to have a global show. HiDef have invest
The Marine Designs team will be at the Seawork Commercial Marine Exhibition and Forum from the 22nd – 24th May 2012 at stand no. A275. Marine Designs designs, builds and installs customized pontoons access systems for the operators of offshore wind support vessels. So far it has completed 9 operatio
KPM Marine, manufacturer of specialist safety products for the marine industry, entered the renewable energy industry by developing a shock mitigation seat for offshore wind farm service boats. As the Birmingham Post informs, the company has increased its annual revenue from GBP 50,000 to GBP 750,00
