The next phase of offshore wind farms in the UK will drive increased use of helicopters offshore, according to Douglas-Westwood (DW). The research and consultancy company expects helicopters to become an integral part of the offshore wind industry’s O&M mix and forecasts steady growth in helicopter
UK’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Developers Reveal New Projects The Crown Estate has announced agreements with offshore wind developers ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall and DONG Energy, which have reconfigured or identified new projects within their respective Round 3 offshore wind development zones i
As of March 2016, C-bed’s flotel Wind Solution is off to the German North Sea and the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm on a maintenance assignment. During the coming months, she will be offering storage and workshop facilities, as well as providing accommodation for up to 100 offshore service techni
DONG Energy has placed contracts with three different UK companies for the array cables at its 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, marking the first time this Denmark-based energy company is using UK suppliers for the entire provision, installation and protection of array cables at one of its offsho
Siemens has reported that its service centre in Leeds has a record numbers of wind turbines now being serviced at the site. In the Stourton factory, several wind turbines, weighing around 64 tonnes in total and capable of powering 2,000 households, are currently being serviced. With increasing UK de
Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH and Corrosion, a manufacturer and provider of impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems, have signed a framework agreement to collaborate on the maintenance of foundation structures at four offshore wind farms in the German part of the Nor
TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator with activities in the Netherlands and Germany, invested EUR 1,46 billion in grid connections for offshore wind farms in 2015, and announced further EUR 22 billion of investments in onshore and offshore electricity infrastructure in the next ten ye
The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire offshore activities from compatriot VolkerWessels. Under the intended transaction, Boskalis will acquire maritime and offshore wind energy related activities of VolkerWessels, which include VBMS, Stemat an
Guangdong Jingyin Machinery Co. Ltd. and China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind services through a joint-stock company – Zhejiang Huayun Hai Yang Engineering and Technology Services. The two companies agreed to collaborate o
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden have successfully tested in-house developed sensor rings designed to monitor the condition of wind turbine foundations at offshore wind farms. Working together with staff from Baltic Taucher in Rostock, the
GE, which launched a Digital Wind Farm ecosystem within its Onshore Wind Business in May 2015, said the system’s capabilities have the potential to be rolled out all across its onshore and offshore wind operations. “In our Renewable Energy business, the capacity to collect, store and share large amo
Pharos Offshore’s hydraulic cable grab and offshore personnel have successfully supported and completed the recovery of a faulty cable section at the 367.2 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The cable grab had been built to client specification for this project and was delivered to Liver
Dalby Offshore Services will move its headquarters to Endeavor Wharf at Whitby Port and start to develop the site as Yorkshire’s renewables and offshore services centre following last week’s decision of Scarborough Borough Council Cabinet to lease the site to the company. Including offices, a marine
The construction of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands has reached an important milestone after the farm’s first wind turbines started producing electricity and feeding it into the grid. Following the construction of the electric infrastructure last year and the ins
