Hull-based marine consultants McAusland & Turner has formed a new venture, MCT Offshore, in response to the recent local investments by major global players in the renewables industry and the recent downturn in oil prices. The new venture will focus on both the offshore and renewables sectors provid
Ballast Nedam has sold its current portfolio of 4 offshore wind inspection and maintenance contracts to Deutsche Windtechnik BV, the Dutch subsidiary of Deutsche Windtechnik. The sale involves 5-year inspection and maintenance contracts for offshore wind farms Eneco Luchterduinen, Prinses Amaliawind
Statkraft has appointed Adam Blake as Power Plant Manager for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Blake joined the Sheringham Shoal project in June 2011 as HSE Manager. More recently, he has been the wind farm’s O&M Manager. Blake succeeds Jason Halsey, who moves within the organisation to a ro
British and Danish authorities have started an investigation to determine the root cause of the accident in which a worker on board the jack up vessel Wind Pioneer was injured on Saturday, 20 February, while the vessel was carrying out maintenance work at the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm.
Singapore-based liftboats and service rigs provider Ezion Holdings Limited has entered into a joint venture agreement with an unnamed Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) for the deployment of service rigs to support the offshore wind farm market in China. Ezion said that the SOE is one of the key s
One of the workers on board the Wind Pioneer jack up vessel at the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm was injured during the weekend. The unfortunate man had suffered a lacerated leg and was flown to Colchester Hospital by Air Sea Rescue helicopter, according to ITV. “A crew member on the DBB-owned j
Heinen & Hopman has secured a five-year contract from Eneco to supply 24/7 service and maintenance for the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system at the 129 MW Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The company also supplied the HVAC system for the wind farm. The HVAC is especially
Siemens has chosen the UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) to provide offshore Marine Coordination for the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off The Nethelands. SMC started Marine Coordination for the 150 turbine site situated in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, the first of which was i
DNV GL has published a fully revised set of service specifications for project certification of wind power plants, the DNVGL-SE-0190, designed to ensure the safe and reliable operation of wind power plants, their assets and components throughout the project life cycle. DNV Gl says that this fully re
TC Westermost Rough OFTO Limited has appointed CWind to maintain offshore and onshore assets at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. Timed to coincide with the handover of the OFTO assets to TC Westermost Rough OFTO Limited, the company has signed up CWind to maintain the mechanical and electric
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has been awarded a contract to supply site technicians to DONG Energy for its 582 MW Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm. SMC and DONG Energy have been collaborating on UK offshore construction projects since 2010, but this is the first time for the UK-based
RES (Renewable Energy Systems Ltd) has delivered offshore consultancy services to KLEM, an independent South Korean operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider. The scope of work consisted of a gap analysis of KLEM’s existing resources and skill-sets to help expand their O&M services in the of
Following the completion of tests on the EOLOS FLS200 metocean buoy, RWE Innogy has ended its research series into four floating measuring platforms which have all fulfilled the availability and measuring accuracy requirements specified by the Carbon Trust as conditions for the stage of pre-commerci
EnBW has once again chosen EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) to provide a Maritime Coordination team for the construction phase of the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Last week, EnBW and Iberdrola, the developer of the Wikinger OWF, signed a contract under which EnBW will handle
