908 results found for 'momentum wind'

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  • Edda Wind SOV Launches, Will Work Offshore France for Siemens Gamesa

    18 July 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Edda Wind’s Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Edda Goelo (C416) was launched at Astilleros Balenciaga in Spain. Edda Goelo will commence operations for Siemens Gamesa at Iberdrola’s Saint-Brieuc wind farm offshore France in the third quarter of 2023 under a five-year contract. The launching ceremony in Zumaia, Balenciaga Shipyard’s headquarters, was attended by representatives of the […]

  • Breaking: Polish Parliament Passes Offshore Wind Act

    13 January 2021
    Authorities

    Poland’s Senate has unanimously passed the Offshore Act regulating the development of offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The bill has now cleared both chambers of the Polish Parliament, the Sejm and the Senate, marking the end of the legislative process in this institution. The bill is expected to be signed into law […]

  • GBP 10 Million Fund Launched to Help Companies Bid for Work (UK)

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    A £10m fund, backed by the Government, has been launched by Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU) to help companies bid for work to further strengthen the local economy. The Tees Valley Catalyst Fund is the first of its kind anywhere in the UK and is uniquely available to Tees Valley companies and projects. It will enable […]

  • Gamesa Opens First Manufacturing Base in Brazil

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Gamesa, a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, inaugurated its first manufacturing base in Brazil, in the town of Camaçari in north-eastern Bahía. With this, the company has begun to make wind turbines in Brazil, just six months after it announced its decision to establish a manufacturing and sales presence […]

  • Block Island Wind Farm Fully Permitted

    8 September 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind has received the final federal approval needed to build the Block Island Wind Farm – a project that remains on-track to be the first U.S. offshore wind farm. The project’s lead federal permitting agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACORE), has granted its approval of the Block Island Wind Farm. With ACORE’s permit, the […]

  • Senvion Installs Nordsee Ost First Turbine

    1 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, installed the first offshore turbines for Nordsee Ost last week. The RWE offshore wind farm is located approximately 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland and is equipped with a total of 48 model 6.2M126 turbines. Each turbine has a rate power of 6.15 megawatts, enabling it […]

  • TenneT Books Connector Express

    16 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Transmission system operator TenneT has chartered the Connector Express to provide supply trips to offshore platforms as well as perform inspections and repair work on structures and submarine cables from the base port of Emden. Rhenus Offshore Logistics, working in conjunction with A1 Offshore Solutions, started operating the supply vessel on 1 January 2019. The Connector Express, which […]

  • Existing End-of-Life Blades Are Recycled into Cement. Next-Gen Ones Could Become Gummy Bears

    24 August 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Researchers at the Michigan State University have developed new composite material for wind turbine blades that can be recycled into, among other things, sweet treats such as gummy bears. This adds to the momentum within the industry which, along with the reuse of other wind turbine components, is recycling existing end-of-life blades into products such as […]

  • SSE: O&M in the Time of COVID-19

    17 April 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Scottish energy company SSE has engaged practiced emergency responses and has adapted working arrangements to ensure the safety of the staff working on the Beatrice offshore wind farm during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 584 MW Beatrice comprises 84 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines which have been in operation for almost a year. The wind […]

  • E.ON to Convert Wind Power into Gas (Germany)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Technology

    E.ON is developing a pilot plant in Falkenhagen in the north east of Germany to convert power from wind energy into hydrogen which can then be stored in the country’s gas grid. The company is investing over EUR5 million on the pilot plant and further research into this innovative technology. Using power from renewable energy […]

  • EU Bankrolls Portuguese Floating Wind Farm

    19 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Windplus S.A. will receive around EUR 96 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU’s NER300 programme and the Government of Portugal to build the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm.

  • Bladt Industries A/S

    26 June 2013

    With a history of serving the oil & gas industry dating back over 40 years, Danish steel manufacturer Bladt Industries A/S (Bladt) held all the essential knowledge and in house skills to take this experience into the offshore wind industry over ten years ago. It all started in 2002 when the company installed their very […]

  • Load-Out Marks First Stage of Development at Dogger Bank, UK

    22 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The innovative suction-installed foundations that represent the first stage of construction at the world’s largest offshore wind farm are now on their way to the site at Dogger Bank, 125 kilometres off the UK’s east coast. The structures, known as Bucket Foundations, will support two meteorological masts that will provide essential weather information. They were […]

  • Windfarm Update: Sandbank

    1 December 2014

    In August Vattenfall and Stadtwerke Miinchen (SWM) reached an investment agreement for the Sandbank offshore wind project, with an investment value of approximately €1,2bn, to be built 90km west of the island of Sylt. A special project company, Sandbank Offshore GmbH, is set up for this purpose whereby Vattenfall holds 51% and SWM 49% of […]

  • Gemini Deal Helps Boost Q2 Clean Energy Investments

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Global clean energy investment surged to $63.6bn in the second quarter of 2014, up 33% compared to the first quarter and 9% compared to Q2 2013, according to the latest authoritative figures from research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Q2 2014 was the strongest quarter for investment since Q2 2012 which reached $69.6bn, and was […]

  • The Netherlands: Construction of HelWin Beta Platform Advances

    15 December 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology

    At Heerema Zwijndrecht, one of the manufacturing yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), fabrication of the HelWin bèta topsides for Siemens, yesterday reached the phase during which the transformer equipment will be installed outside. In October 2012, Heerema Zwijndrecht started the construction of the 10,200 tons weighing HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) topsides, after contract […]

  • France: Damen Shiprepair Brest Gets New Managing Director

    29 June 2012

    As of mid July 2012, Mr Jos Goris will actively take up the post of managing director for Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSB). Mr Goris succeeds Mr André Hollander, who managed the yard (formerly known as Sobrena) from the moment Damen Shipyards Group took over its operations three months ago. He will remain at DSB as […]

  • Paul Schoenmakers, Business Developer at TWD in Navingo Career Podcast

    6 May 2022
    Operations & Maintenance

    Paul Schoenmakers, Business Developer at TWD was guest in the Navingo Career Podcast to share his journey at TWD so far, his experience working in the offshore energy sector, and how TWD cultivates their open workplace culture. TWD is a creative engineering company that specializes in designing customized mission equipment and temporary works. They develop […]

  • Californian County Partners with Floating Wind Lease Holders to Identify Economic and Workforce Benefits

    24 August 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    The County of Humboldt in California and the two developers that secured floating wind leases in the waters of the county’s coast, RWE and Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 22 August, under which they will jointly identify benefits of the floating wind industry to the economy and employment in […]

  • Nine North Seas Countries Set 260 GW by 2050 Offshore Wind Target

    12 September 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Industry

    Energy Ministers from the nine members of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) have agreed to reach at least 260 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050. This will represent more than 85 per cent of the EU-wide ambition of reaching 300 GW by 2050. At their ministerial meeting in Dublin, under the Irish Co-Presidency […]

  • USA: Interior Completes Second Lease Sale Offshore Virginia

    5 September 2013

    As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, the Interior Department completed the nation’s second competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters, garnering $1,600,000 in high bids for 112,799 acres on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. Virginia Electric and […]

  • Hollandia fabrication yard

    5 October 2012

    A joint venture between Strukton Systems and Hollandia is building transformer stations for the offshore wind industry at the Hollandia fabrication yard on the banks of the rivers IJssel and Lek where they meet in Krimpen aan den IJssel, just outside of Rotterdam. Strukton Systems is a specialist in the design, construction and maintenance of […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF Expects Brighter Future After Setbacks in 2011

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    HOCHTIEF went through many challenges in 2011: The Group’s strong operating business with a new record order backlog of almost EUR 49 billion was countered by severe setbacks in two projects and its Habtoor Leighton joint venture (Dubai). The Group was unable to offset them in full and incurred an overall consolidated net loss of […]

  • Ørsted Secures 900MW Offshore Wind Grid Capacity in Taiwan

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded Ørsted the right to connect 900MW offshore wind capacity to Taiwan’s power grid.

  • UK, French Mathematicians to Cut Offshore Wind Cost

    11 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Mathematicians in the UK and France have won €1.8 million funding to find ways of more efficiently transporting off-shore wind farms, which would make green energy more affordable. Experts in logistics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Le Havre and Plymouth are looking at reducing the cost of setting up and maintaining off-shore wind farms as […]

  • Germany: Haus der Technik Organises 4th International Conference on Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines

    2 April 2012

    Rotor blades are the core of wind turbines. They determine the maximum of energy that can be harvested from the wind. Their full functionality and security against fatigue and degradation has to be designed and assured for a service life of at least twenty years. Meanwhile, keeping pace with the rapidly developing market, rotor blade […]