UK-based recruitment company Advanced Global Energy (AGE) has become a member of the Green Port Project, a GBP 1 billion investment programme in Hull. The project aims to re-purpose over 500 hectares of land, designate enterprise incentive zones and will likely become the single biggest influence on
Ziton’s jack up vessel Wind Server is due to be carrying out maintenance work close to two wind turbines within the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm area starting this week. The vessel is expected to start working in the vicinity of the turbines C10D and K1M on Thursday, 26 January, a notice to marine
Starting in April 2017, five universities in the UK will launch a three-year project to combine drone technology for the robotic inspection of offshore wind turbines, artificial intelligence (AI) to discover the fault patterns, and intelligent physics modelling to reduce costs and improve performanc
Danish company PolyTech A/S has, after three years of development work, launched a new Leading Edge Protection (LEP) technology that is said to address the wind turbine industry’s need to protect blades against rain and particle erosion. As wind turbine blades get bigger, they are increasingly being
Ingeteam has developed a new computer tool that will allow calculation of optimal O&M strategies. According to the company, the tool, developed under the POSEIDOM project, will reduce uncertainty related to costs during the operation of offshore wind farms.
Bristol-based subsea specialist Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has added two new members to its team this January. Perry Symons has joined OMM as chief operating officer. Overseeing OMM international offshore projects, he will also co-ordinate service development at a strategic level. Symons is sa
Vattenfall Buys 584MW Offshore Wind Project in German North Sea Swedish utility Vattenfall has bought the 584MW Atlantis I offshore wind project in the German North Sea from PNE Wind AG. Sea Mine Found at Gode Wind 2 Goes Kaboom The sea mine which was found floating near the Gode Wind 2 wind farm si
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded another contract with Siemens Wind Power for the service operation vessel Acergy Viking. The Acergy Viking will commence a new six-month contract plus options for Siemens Wind Power in the German offshore wind sector in June 2017. The two companies signed
DONG Energy has agreed to enter into a long-term contract to provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services to the Lincs offshore wind farm located off the coast of North East Lincolnshire, UK. The new O&M contract for the wind farm follows the news that Centrica and Siemens Project Ventures agree
Our latest photo of the day shows four vessels at berth in Beatrixhaven, one of Eemshaven Port’s docking basins, getting ready for or returning from their respective offshore wind projects. Erik Bertholet, Business Manager Offshore Wind at Groningen Seaports, said the photo was taken on Thursday, 12
EnBW has taken over the technical operations of the residential and transformer platform at the 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. To this end EnBW Offshore Service GmbH (EOS) has signed a three-year service agreement with the operator and owner of Bard Offshore 1, Ocean Breeze
The 916MW DolWin2 offshore grid connection has been re-energized much sooner than expected following cable repairs undertaken by ABB, TenneT TSO’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND. DolWin2 has been back in operation since Saturday, 7 January, the spokesperson said. ABB was initially expected
Siemens’ direct drive offshore wind turbines have generated 2.5 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity since the prototype 6MW direct drive turbine was installed at Høvsøre, Denmark in May 2011. To put the amount of electricity produced by its direct drive offshore wind turbines into perspective, Sieme
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has been granted consent to renovate two historic buildings at Wick Harbour which will form the new GBP 10 million Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The construction works on the O&M base is expected to start in F
