8549 results found for 'Lincs'

8549 results found for 'Lincs'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • UK Shadow Energy Secretary Visits North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm

    11 February 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Caroline Flint MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change visited North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm last week. During the visit to the wind power plant, the Shadow Energy Minister presented three MHI Vestas Offshore Wind employees with 10 year service awards. The three technicians Chris Keeting, Bryn Hughes and Peter Brown have […]

  • MMO Gives Go-Ahead to UK-Norway Interconnector

    3 December 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Works associated with the laying of the undersea electricity cable between the UK and Norway have been approved by the MMO. The Norwegian government gave consent for the development in its waters in October 2014 with the Secretary of State for Climate Change, Ed Davey, commenting on its significance. The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable […]

  • Senergy to Share Its Experience at Offshore Cables Forum

    12 February 2014
    Grid Connection

    Richard Orren, Senergy’s Global Technical Head of Survey & GeoEngineering, is to take part in the Offshore Cables Forum taking place in London this week. Orren will give a presentation on how to ensure that the important and distinct needs of cables are taken into account when designing and managing survey and site investigation workscopes for […]

  • UK: Redcar OWF on Course

    11 December 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Even though not all wind turbines are spinning, EDF Energy Renewables, company behind Redcar offshore wind farm, claims that everything is developing according to their plan. Spokesman from the company noted that these are still early days for the wind turbines and that service work in this stage is fairly standard, UK’s Gazette Live writes. […]

  • Gamesa Commissions Spain’s First Offshore Wind Turbine

    25 July 2013

    The first offshore wind turbine installed in Spain has been commissioned this morning. It is also Gamesa’s first offshore prototype, with 5 MW of nominal power and installed at the Arinaga Quay in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). This turbine, with a rotor diameter of 128 meters and a total height of 154 meters, will generate […]

  • The Netherlands: Kenz Cranes Builds 400t Boom Hoist Crane for Seajacks Hydra

    24 July 2013

    Following the successful delivery of the replacement crane for the Seajacks Leviathan in 2012, Kenz Cranes received a repeat order for another 400t crane to be used for the installation of offshore wind turbines. Following its successful extensive FAT test at the Kenz facility in Zaandam, the Netherlands, 10 months after contract award, the crane […]

  • ‘Oleg Strashnov’ Prepares for TP Installation at Meerwind Süd/Ost, Germany

    15 March 2013

    One of the world’s largest installation vessels, Oleg Strashnov, is in Cuxhaven since Tuesday, waiting to load components for a wind farm northwest of Helgoland. A total of six transition pieces (TPs) will be loaded onto the vessel, after which they will be installed at the Meerwind Süd/Ost offshore wind farm. The HWG members, Ambau […]

  • Germany Could Lower Limit on Damages Caused by Grid Connection Delays

    28 November 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Parties of the German ruling coalition agreed yesterday to lower the limit on damages that grid operators must pay for delays when connecting offshore wind farms to the grid, Joachim Pfeiffer from the Christian Democratic Union told Bloomberg. The limit on damages when grid companies are found negligent was reduced to EUR 17.5 million from […]

  • Government’s Uncertainty Worries Hull Council Leader (UK)

    9 October 2012
    Authorities

    Steve Brady, Leader of the Hull City Council, expressed his concerns over the Government’s uncertain support for the renewables. Since Siemens is one of the signatories of the letter sent to the British Government regarding energy policies, Mr. Brady is worried about the company’s plan to build a GBP 60 million offshore wind turbine assembly […]

  • Offshore Wind Installation Vessel Designer sets up new Office in Florida (USA)

    23 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    Leading Design Consultancy Knud E. Hansen A/S of Denmark announces the establishment of a subsidiary company, Knud E. Hansen USA L.L.C. located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA. Knud E. Hansen A/S has been a leading design consultancy, specializing in the Cruise & Ferry market since 1937. Over the past decade, Knud E. Hansen A/S has […]

  • New floating turbines could be 3x more efficient (Japan)

    3 August 2010
    R&D

    Could you magnify the wind, to make it generate more power? Solar magnification is already one secret to super-efficient green power. And now, Yuji Ohya, an engineering professor from Japan’s Kyushu University, thinks that a similar trick could be pulled off with wind power. Ohya’s idea, which he just presented at the 2010 Yokohama Renewable […]

  • ProCon Officially Sets Up US Offshore Wind Subsidiary

    24 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    ProCon Wind Energy has officially established a subsidiary in the U.S. dedicated to the local offshore wind sector. Last week, the company’s CEO Claus Søgaard Poulsen signed the final documents regarding ProCon Wind Energy USA Inc. The next step includes finalizing the establishment of the first U.S. office, which will be located in the Port of […]

  • Taiwan Reaffirms 20%-by-2025 Renewable Energy Target

    15 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Taiwan’s government plans to phase out nuclear power plants and have an energy mix containing 50% natural gas, 30% coal and 20% renewable energy by 2025. The country’s energy plan, announced by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, also involves improvement of the power distribution system.

  • BRI Releases Study on Wildlife along Eastern Seaboard

    27 October 2015
    Environment

    Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and collaborators announce the results of a three-year, multi-state project about birds, marine mammals, and sea turtle distributions and movements. The goal of this project was to improve the understanding of species composition and use of the mid-Atlantic marine environment in order to inform sustainable offshore development in the mid-Atlantic United States, […]

  • A closer look into offshore wind decommissioning

    4 July 2016

    The view at Kalmar Sound in Sweden has changed considerably since November of last year. The five NEG Micon 2MW turbines have been dismantled. It had been operational since 2001 and Vattenfall has had ownership since 2006 when DONG Energy handed over to them. Why was the Yttre Stengrund wind farm dismantled? Offshore WIND magazine delves deeper into this […]

  • DNV Launches Software for Wind Turbine Structure Analyses (Norway)

    30 November 2011

    Since its launch in 1969, Sesam software has been a leading tool for engineering offshore structures. The new tailor-made module, GeniE Wind, can be used for design and fatigue analyses of wind turbine substructures. Its analysis functionality complies with the DNV offshore standard DNV-OS-J101 Design of Offshore Wind Turbines. Fatigue and ultimate strength calculations can […]

  • Iberdrola Awards Wikinger Blade Inspection Contract

    7 June 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has awarded a contract to Ingeteam to carry out the blade inspection work at the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Ingeteam will be in charge of the blade inspection at the offshore wind farm which features 70 Adwen 5 MW wind turbines. The work to be carried out […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Adds Global Wind Service to Saint-Nazaire Roster

    23 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy (GE) has selected Global Wind Service (GWS) as a partner for the load-out and installation of the 80-turbine Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. Work is scheduled to start during the spring and run throughout the summer and fall, GWS said. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire wind farm, also known as Parc éolien en mer […]

  • Equinor Picks Certex UK for Inspection and Maintenance Work

    26 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has awarded Certex UK with a three-year contract for inspection and maintenance of over 150 turbine generators across two wind farms offshore the UK. The contract covers the Dudgeon and Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast. The full scope of work covers the statutory inspection and maintenance of all transmission and […]

  • Moray East Wind Turbine Installation Hits Quarter Mark

    20 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The Bold Tern jack-up vessel has installed 24 wind turbines at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. The 100-turbine project is now one installation away from reaching a quarter of its wind turbines in place. The 24th Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW unit was installed on 17 April, according to Moray East’s latest Notice of Operations, […]

  • First Floating Foundation for Kincardine 9.6 MW Turbines Arrives in Rotterdam

    15 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    First foundation for the Kincardine project, the world’s largest floating wind farm, has arrived in Rotterdam, from where the floating wind turbines will be installed off Scotland. The foundation was transported from the fabrication yard in Spain to Rotterdam on board Boskalis’ semi-submersible barge Fjord, towed by the oceangoing tug Seraya. Boskalis, which has been […]

  • Busy Summer Ahead for Boskalis and NKT at Triton Knoll

    19 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Boskalis and NKT is set to work through the summer to install the offshore export cables at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. As reported, an initial 25km stretch of export cable has already been installed from the landfall north of Anderby Creek in Lincolnshire, establishing a connection between […]

  • Mott MacDonald Backs Japan’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    13 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Mott MacDonald is acting as the lender’s technical advisor on the Akita project, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.

  • Sif Removes Vineyard Wind from 2020 Order Book

    17 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Sif has removed the Vineyard Wind project from its 2020 order book since the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has not yet issued a permit. Sif stated that the 800MW offshore wind project is still in its order book, but no longer for 2020 as manufacturing of the 84 monopiles next year “has […]

  • Ørsted Awards 100th Burbo Bank Extension Fund Grant

    2 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded thirteen local organizations around Liverpool Bay, the UK, with grants from the latest round of its Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund. This latest round of the fund saw the 100th project being awarded a grant and taking the total number of groups to have benefitted to 105. “Having almost granted £1 million worth of […]

  • First Borssele Alpha Cable Makes Landfall

    15 April 2019
    Grid Connection

    The first cable that will connect the Borssele Alpha offshore high voltage substation in the Dutch North Sea to the transformer station at Borssele has made landfall, TenneT said. On Friday, 12 April, Boskalis started to pull in the sea cable on land and early Saturday morning the cable reached the newly built transformer station. […]