Ørsted has awarded the Aarhus-based Systematic A/S with a contract to provide a global offshore management system (OMS) dedicated to its offshore wind farms. The system will enable Ørsted to coordinate, monitor, and supervise offshore activities across multiple wind farms and make logistics data ava
SSE Renewables is set to conclude decommissioning of the Hunterston National Offshore Wind Turbine Testing Facility in Scotland with the controlled felling of the remaining turbine. The original intention was to dismantle the components of the Siemens 6MW turbine by crane. However, a suitable method
The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, the project lead, together with 14 offshore wind developers represented by the Floating Wind JIP,
Austrian-based Aero Enterprise has performed its first offshore wind turbine inspection using the in-house developed helicopter drone AERO-SensorCopter. Back in July, Aero Enterprise carried out inspection flights around the offshore wind turbines some 70 kilometers from the German/Dutch coastline o
The nacelle of the prototype GE Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine has been installed on its tower at Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam. As seen in this screenshot taken from a live webcam feed, the final tower section and the nacelle were installed by a heavy-lift crane tandem at Sif’s facilit
German research institutes Fraunhofer IFAM and DFKI Robotics Innovation Center have opened a test centre for maritime technologies on the Heligoland Island and in the sea area offshore. The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) and the German Research Instit
Dongfang Electric Machinery has developed China’s first 10MW direct drive permanent magnet generator for offshore wind turbines. The new generator has recently passed its acceptance tests and has secured a design certificate. It is by far the largest generator produced in China in terms of the capac
Makani has shared a video showing its airborne wind power system completing its first flight offshore in Norway. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The kite completed two flights at the Metcentre from a floating platform, with the first bei
Equinor and Autonomous Marine Systems Inc. (AMS) have launched the first-ever autonomous sailing platform for offshore wind surveys. The Datamaran is a 16-foot wind and solar-powered system which carries a LiDAR to collect data on wind and weather conditions at remote offshore wind lease areas. It u
Makani’s airborne wind power system has completed its first flight offshore from a floating platform in the North Sea. The kite completed two flights at the Metcentre in Norway, with the first being a quick one including a launch, hover away from the perch and an autonomous landing. The second, long
The first LM 107.0 P blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW turbine has arrived at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing site in Blyth, the UK. Over the coming months, the blade will undergo advanced testing procedures, with static and fatigue tests to demonstrate its ability to withstand peak w
Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has signed a new contract to deliver three equipment packages to Esvagt for offshore wind farm service vessels. NES will deliver an integrated automation system (IAS) and navigation and communication package with Concept Bridge for three vessels. The vessels are of t
GE Renewable Energy has sent off the nacelle of the Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine from its production site in Saint-Nazaire, France, to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Haliade-X 12MW components will be assembled in Rotterdam-Maasvlakte, after which the turbine will be installed onshore to fac
Wison Offshore & Marine has launched a novel solution for installing offshore wind turbines in deep waters. Wison has unveiled BT Wind, a technology that uses a truss buoyant tower for supporting a large offshore wind turbine. According to the company, by featuring a truss buoyant tower and a self-e
