DONG Energy has once again selected the Papenburg-based Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung as the general contractor on the project to expand the existing offshore wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M) centre in Norden-Norddeich, Germany.
Altitec, a company specialising in wind turbine rotor blade access and repair, has won a GBP 50,000 grant to develop a new reporting system, designed to provide real-time data.
Integrated shipping services provider Clarksons Platou has consolidated its renewables experts into a dedicated global division to provide ship broking, market intelligence and commercial services specifically to the offshore renewables market.
Xodus Group and Green Marine have teamed up to launch a new integrated service for the maintenance of offshore renewable assets, utilising Xodus’ integrity management software tool XAMIN to capture and monitor live data from offshore assets with Green Marine providing the physical offshore inspectio
Westnetz technicians from the Regional Center Münster will be on call in case of a cable fault at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm, ensuring emergency service of the cables on the high seas.
Bibby HydroMap has completed the depth of burial operations over the newly installed export cable of DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.
Fraunhofer IWES has released an Offshore Wind Energy Index, the first wind index for offshore wind farms, or more specifically, for wind farms in the German Bight in the North Sea.
Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have been awarded the U.S. Department of Energy funding to work with Sentient Science Corporation on the development of a prognostic solution to predict and extend wind turbine blade life.
Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have developed a simple method for monitoring wind turbines using the symmetry created by the wind turbine when the blades rotate.
Taiwan has issued its first ever commercial operating licence for an offshore wind farm – the 8MW Formosa I Phase I wind farm off the Miaoli County.
Hamburg-headquartered Muehlhan Group has established a new business unit – Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS).
The Netherlands-based Acta Marine has contracted Norway’s Ulstein Power and Control AS to deliver complete power and control systems for Acta Marine’s Construction Support Vessel (CSV) currently under construction at Ulstein Verft.
Lifting, drilling and subsea specialist Huisman has developed a lightweight type crane for the maintenance of offshore wind turbines: the Foldable Offshore Crane.
Colchester-based offshore services provider CWind has reached the halfway point on a 15-month project to provide a wide range of secondary works at Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
