The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has won a Scottish Green Energy Award for its work in enabling the fishing fleet to diversify into the offshore wind sector. The SFF and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) were jointly nominated by Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd for the ‘Contribution to Skills
First Galloper Monopiles Ready to Go First monopiles for the Galloper offshore wind farm have been loaded onto a barge and will soon be transported to the main installation vessel, according to Innogy’s social media pages. Block Island Wind Farm to Go Online with 4 Turbines Block Island Wind Farm, A
National Grid reported that UK onshore and offshore turbines have set a new record by generating 10,104MW of electricity for the first time between 2 and 2.30pm yesterday. The wind farms were thus providing 23% of Britain’s total electricity demand at that time. RenewableUK’s Executive Director Emma
CAPE Holland extracted a wind turbine foundation monopile at the Maasvlakte area in Rotterdam last week, as part of a demonstration project for its CAPE Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT). The 4m diameter pile was installed in May 2016 for the purpose of demonstration, which resulted in loosening and extracti
A2SEA has contracted Aqualis Offshore to perform engineering consultancy services for wind turbine installation works at the Horns Rev 3 wind farm offshore Denmark. Aqualis Offshore’s London-office will provide structural site assessments at the locations where A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER jack-up vessel w
Kinewell Energy’s KLOC software has been Highly Commended at the Institute of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) annual international innovation awards, in two categories; Power Engineering and Model-Based Engineering. The Kinewell Layout Optimisation of Cable (KLOC) software designs and optimises t
In October, EDF Energy Renewables established a new project office in Blyth to manage the construction of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm, located around 6km off the coast of Blyth, connecting to a new substation being built on the site of the former Blyth Power Station. The scheme’s 25‐st
With the offshore wind industry still in process of reaching its full technological and economical potential, innovation and cost reduction are inevitable subject whichever part of the industry one refers to. This might especially be true with design and engineering, where companies are trying to co
Van Oord has won TenneT’s Contractor Safety Award 2016, the transmission system operator’s first ever safety award given in recognition of the best safety performance by a contractor. Van Oord said it was selected from a total of 30 entries because of the verifiable measures taken with its ‘say YES
CCCC Third Harbour Engineering has won a tender for the construction of a wharf on Cormorant Island, located in the Xiuyu District of Putian City, which will serve the Putian Pinghai Bay Phase II offshore wind project. The work includes marina basin dredging, excavation, caisson production, installa
Atkins, which has been acting as Technical Advisor to EDF Energy Renewables for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm, is moving into a delivery role on the project as the wind farm is now under construction. Experts from Atkins joined the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator project team to review the d
CWind has completed inspections of monopiles, scour protection and cables at a number of locations at E.ON’s Amrumbank West offshore wind farm off the coast of Germany. To carry out the survey, CWind deployed a V8 Ocean Modules Inspection Class ROV from one of its vessels. The ROV was fitted with a
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) will provide technical due diligence services to assess vessel suitability for wind turbine installation in the Taiwan Strait, the company informed today, leaving the Taiwanese client and contract value undisclosed. The contract represents OWC’s first assignment in th
Vattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea with the lowest ever bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, 58% below the original cap of EUR 120 per [&helli
