Two new vessels will join the growing fleet working on the site of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm today as the installation and commissioning of the 88 turbines progresses. The 91m ‘SEA JACK ‘, a self-elevating platform vessel will combine forces with the already operational 76m ‘GMS Endeav
Deepwater Wind announced that it has named Robert Billington as Construction Project Director for the Block Island Wind Farm project, and named Bryan Wilson as Manager of the project. Billington, a civil engineer, has more than three decades of experience in the oil and gas industries in the United
This week, Deepwater Wind began a series of intensive marine surveys as part of the company’s ongoing, comprehensive environmental assessment to support development of the 30-megawatt Block Island Wind Farm – a project that remains on track to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm – and the assoc
Dillinger Hütte is investing 135 million € in a supplier plant for offshore wind power plants. A plant that will manufacture offshore monopile foundations from thick-walled structural tubulars will be built for the future Steelwind Nordenham company. In its meeting today, the Dillinger Hütte Supervi
Scottish & Southern Energy Plc (SSE) may drop out of an alliance with GDF Suez SA and Iberdrola SA to build nuclear reactors in northern… By Kari Lundgren (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 22, 2011
From October 4–6, 2011, SGS will attend the third annual Offshore Wind Construction, Installation and Commissioning Conference in London, UK. On the pre-conference day, October 4, SGS will hold two workshops on technical risks and Risk Management in offshore wind farm projects. SGS, the world’s lead
Bristol’s international profile as a global hub for high tech engineering and environmental technology services has been further… By Sam (freeofficesearch) [mappress] Source: freeofficesearch, September 22, 2011
On the basis of a wide-ranging industry survey of offshore wind turbine manufacturer OEMs, the new report finds that of the new component… By Scott MacDonald (renewableenergyworld) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyworld, September 22, 2011
PLANS for wind farms in East Yorkshire have been criticised by an MP whose has branded them “costly and largely useless”. Greg Knight, who represents the region in Westminster, said energy companies should be focusing their efforts on offshore facilities rather than trying to install turbines in the
On July 24, the second wind turbine installation vessel was successfully undocked in COSCO Nantong Shipyard. Whilst the vessel was in dock, the yard completed the installation of six pile legs and the lifting cylinder, the installation and commissioning of hydraulic piping systems andthe load testin
The world’s first commercial wave energy plant went online this summer and is supplying electricity to a town in northern Spain. Despite its high investment costs, it could serve as a model for other coastal regions. The small Spanish coastal town of Mutriku doesn’t look like it would be home to a h
Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA said it aims for a 10 to 15 percent market share in offshore wind by 2020. Its U.K.-based global offshore… By Emma Ross-Thomas (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 21, 2011
On September 10, 2011, Dr. Habib Dagher, Director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the Principal Investigator of the DeepCwind Consortium spoke at the TEDxDirigo conference hosted at the Portland Stage Company. The TEDxDirigo conference (and Dr. Dagher) was featured in an article
The offshore wind farm Walney 1 was completed earlier this year and Walney 2 is on track to complete construction by the end of the year. Each phase comprises 51 turbines and the total output will be 367MW. The extension that we are consulting on would see an estimated 750MW added to that, making [&
