Danish energy firm DONG Energy is to build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, northern England, to serve its two offshore wind farms in the area. The facility will consist of a new office and warehouse building on a disused site鈥
云顶赌场老虎机 wind is headed toward new highs with the North Sea region serving as the backbone of the global market, says Douglas-Westwood鈥檚 Celia Hayes. Image from iStock. The offshore鈥
Subsea construction firm Bibby 云顶赌场老虎机 has made a move into the offshore wind array cable installation market. The company has purchased a power cable lay carousel from Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), which will enable it to lay power cables for offshore wind projects from its vessels鈥
The offshore substation jacket for the Dudgeon 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind Farm, made in Lowestoft by Sembmarine SLP, has been successfully installed in the seabed on site. The four-legged jacket, designed and built by Sembmarine SLP, stands at a near-perfect verticality of 0鈥
While Europe has been leading the charge in offshore wind development, the US and other regions including India are starting to build activity. In India, there are two main regions, the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, on the west coast of India鈥
Subsea 7 and Dutch contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting are to work together on the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The wind farm, operated by SSE, was given the green light today, and has been described as one of the largest private investments made in Scottish infrastructure鈥
For the first time, two sister platforms in an offshore wind farm will be connected by means of a bridge system with the aid of a new, flexible high-voltage cable with a conductor cross section of 800sq mm. This increases the guaranteed energy feed-in for the wind farm operator鈥
Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime are been awarded a contract to build three substations for the Hornsea Project One, described by its developer as the world's largest offshore wind farm. It is the first time in Bladt Industries鈥 and鈥
Norway's DNV GL has been awarded a contract by China's COSCO Shipping Company for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform. The Dutch-German transmission system operator鈥
A jacket built for the for the Dudgeon 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind Farm offshore substation by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft, England, sailed away from the yard yesterday (11 May). The 1500-tonne structure that has dominated Lowestoft鈥檚 port skyline鈥
American offshore wind has for too long been overshadowed by the long-delayed Cape Wind project, but the winds of change might finally be blowing. Cape Wind, is a 130 turbine, 3.6MW offshore wind park planned for off Cape Cod, Massachusetts鈥
Siemens Wind Power has contracted offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis 云顶赌场老虎机 to provide a series of assessments for wind turbine service operations to be performed by a jackup vessel chartered by Siemens. The jackup鈥
DONG Energy has started consultation on its 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea. If built out to full capacity, Hornsea Project Three would be the world鈥檚 largest offshore wind farm, capable of powering over 2 million UK homes鈥
Wind powered water injection is a technically feasible project for suitable fields, according to the results of a joint industry project (JIP), revealed at the 云顶赌场老虎机 Technology Conference in Houston today. The DNV GL-led WIN WIN JIP would also be capable of meeting performance targets鈥
German multinational Siemens has received its largest order for its 7MW turbine to date. The company is to supply, install and commission 102, 7MW wind turbines, each with a rotor diameter of 154m, for the East Anglia ONE project, led by ScottishPower Renewables鈥
