RES and South Korean company DOHWA Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, outlining the principle arrangements of future cooperation between the two businesses, including upcoming large scale South Korean offshore wind projects. Blue Wind Engineering Co., Limited, the RES representat
RenewableUK’s event dedicated to the offshore wind industry opened its door this morning. The Global Offshore Wind 2016 exhibition and conference is being held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Manchester. Offshore WIND, located at stand 169, is exhibiting alongside companies such as Siemens, MHI Vestas,
DONG Energy has awarded Reach Engineering and Diving Services (Reds) a 15-month contract to support the construction of Race Bank offshore wind farm. As of this month, Reds will be on call for diving services during the construction of the 580MW wind farm, situated 17 miles off the Lincolnshire coas
AgileTek, a UK engineering consultancy, has completed a multi-phase study on subsea power cables for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The study involved over 12 months of analysis and engineering work to quantify and eliminate risks to subsea power cables on the 660MW project, located in the
Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessel Kitty Petra and North Sea Logistics’ Excalibur responded to a mayday call yesterday, after a jet ski capsized and threw a man and two children into the sea off Colwyn Bay. Following an alert by people ashore, Holyhead Coastguard broadcast a Mayday Relay to the ve
The UK engineering consultancy, Ardmore Craig, has won a contract to design and build cable handling equipment and upgrade a previously supplied lay spread for on an offshore wind farm that the company left unnamed. This marks the 150th contract award for Ardmore Craig, which said that, despite the
Shell Joins Dutch OW Consortium Aiming for EUR 70/MWh by 2030 A consortium of 16 Dutch companies and research institutes will launch an innovation program for offshore wind – GROW – with an aim to bring the cost of offshore wind further down to seven eurocents per kWh by 2030. GE Enters Into Talks t
What is the possible impact of a wind farm project on wildlife? Offshore wind, as a renewable source of energy, has the potential to strongly reduce carbon emissions, which in turn will positively affect a great many species. Placement of offshore wind farms, building the foundations and even the so
The two day program for Offshore WIND Conference 2016 is set and a great speaker faculty is already confirmed! Leading experts from the industry like David Molenaar (Siemens), Andreas Wagner (German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation) and Alun Roberts (BVG Associates) will discuss and present global bu
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (SSE) has acquired a new survey vessel and added Pre & Post Cable Laying Survey, including depth of burial surveys, Multibeam, Meteorology, and Bathometry Survey to its current services. MV Line will be re-named MV Cerys Line after a refit, with the vessel’s current cr
Sif has been awarded a contract to deliver pin piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The total volume of the project will amount to approximately 19.5 tonnes of steel structures and will be produced in the fourth quarter of 2016 and first half of 2017. The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm comp
LDD, in collaboration with its sister companies from Acteon Group, UTEC and MENCK, has delivered a subsea Pre-Piling Template (PPT) to Offshore WindForce (OWF), which is installing 70 foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm. LDD’s PPT is being used by OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and
Scottish Renewables and WWF Scotland have responded to news that Global Energy Group and Siemens have signed a contract securing the use of Nigg Energy Park for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project. Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “The contract signed today wi
Siemens will present technologies and services that will help lowering the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) at the Global Offshore Wind 2016 (GOW) trade show, to be held on 21 and 22 June in Manchester. The company will showcase new technologies in wind turbines, grid connection, and operations
