Category: Wind

Seven companies across Caithness and Orkney begin pioneering programme to parachute them into offshore renewable success

Seven businesses hailing from the north of Scotland and Orkney aiming to break into the multibillion-pound offshore renewables energy market have been selected for the first Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in the region. The industry leading F4OR supply chain growth programme is delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, will be supported… Read more »

Ports Sign Letter of Intent to Collaborate on Green Hydrogen Transport

Port of Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada and Hamburg Port Authority, Hamburg, Germany, signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) today to collaborate on the export and import of green hydrogen from Canada to Germany. CEO’s Scott Penney, Port of Argentia, and Jens Meier, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), signed the agreement while attending the Canada-Germany Hydrogen and Ammonia… Read more »

Scotland’s First Minister opens world’s first Floating Wind Innovation Centre in Aberdeen

Scotland’s First Minister, the Rt Hon. Humza Yousaf MSP, will today (Monday 18 March) officially open the world’s first dedicated innovation centre for floating offshore wind. Located in the heart of Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone, ORE Catapult’s £9 million National Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC), delivered in collaboration with ETZ Limited, is designed to help… Read more »

WindESCo continues its expansion in Europe at WindEurope 2024 together with ABB.

WindESCo, a leading analytics and optimization solution provider for improving the asset health, performance, and reliability of wind turbines, as a part of its expansion in Europe, not only hired several top team members and experts but is also gradually expanding its presence at key European wind industry events. WindESCo will take part in one… Read more »

More processing power needed to model larger, more complex European offshore wind projects – Youwind

– Developers are faced with the challenge of speeding up simulations for new projects, while simultaneously integrating more advanced data into early stage technical and financial modelling – Youwind launches a number of upgrades to its web-based tools, bringing the latest in yield assessment, GIS data and platform capabilities to the early development phases Barcelona,… Read more »

Glamox wins three contracts to light offshore wind farms in Asia

Oslo, Norway, 18 March 2024: Glamox, a world leader in lighting, is replicating its success in lighting European offshore windfarms with three separate orders for LED lighting for the turbine foundation transition pieces for three fixed offshore windfarms in Taiwan and South Korea. “The energy transition from offshore hydrocarbons to renewable power presents us with huge… Read more »

PRODUCTION WITH HEAVY TONNAGE AGVS INCREASES EFFICIENCY IN FACILITIES

FADA Engineering General Manager Ismail Hakkı Akyüz: “Our goal with our transfer vehicles is to become a global player. We want to develop products that not only transport within factories but also perform heavy-duty transportation in external operations.” FADA Engineering, heavy industry by designing and producing autonomous transfer vehicles and manual transfer vehicles, has achieved… Read more »

Odal wind farm commentary

Dr John Coultate, VP of Advanced Sensing at ONYX Insight said: “It is still unusual for blades to be instrumented with sensors for condition monitoring. In fact, the current situation is reminiscent of the way drivetrains were operated and maintained 10-20 years ago. At that time, condition monitoring systems (CMS) were relatively uncommon – mainly… Read more »

Government innovation expert to speak at renewables event

SPEAKERS at a new energy transition event next week will include innovation entrepreneur Alexander Holt, the Scottish Government’s Head of International Ecosystems. Alexander will deliver one of two spotlight talks at Scotland’s Energy Transition Showcase, being held in Glasgow on March 19. He’ll be joined by EDF Renewables’ Kerry MacPhee, who will focus on how renewable… Read more »

New managing director for WAB in Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven, March 15, 2024 – On March 1, 2024, Markus Nölke (54) took over the management of WAB e.V. in Bremerhaven. Born in Bremerhaven, he originally comes from the transport and logistics sector, where he focused on shipping and port issues. Before joining WAB, Nölke had spent the previous 14 years as Managing Director of… Read more »

SMD CELEBRATES THE SALE OF ITS FIRST ELECTRIC ROV

Global subsea engineering and technology company, SMD, today announced the sale of its first electric ROV to Luxembourg-based marine contractor, Jan De Nul Group. SMD’s Quantum EV will be integrated into Jan De Nul Group’s new cable laying vessel, Fleeming Jenkin, and deployed to offshore energy projects globally. The new fully-electric ROV offers superior levels… Read more »

HUMMINGBIRD THE NEW DRON TO INSPECT WIND TURBINES IN OPERATION IT BEGINS ITS TESTS IN SIERRA de DUEÑA

Iberdrola’s Sierra de Dueña wind farm hosts the first tests of the revolutionary Hummingbird program, the new drone for the inspection of wind turbine blades from Arbórea Intellbird, the veteran technology company based in the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. In the mills that crown the escarpments of this beautiful area of the… Read more »

Framo Unveils Groundbreaking Turbine, Revolutionizing Cost and Energy Efficiency

Framo, a leading innovator in pump technology, proudly introduces its latest breakthrough – an inline turbine designed to recover electrical power from diverse fluid flows. Successfully tested at the company’s state-of-the-art center on Flatøy, just outside Bergen, this cutting-edge technology offers substantial cost savings, energy efficiency, and a sustainable alternative to pressure reduction valves. The… Read more »

DEME AWARDS KENC WITH ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION SCOPE ON MULTIPLE OFFSHORE WIND INSTALLATION PROJECTS

KENC Engineering has secured multiple contracts with offshore energy contractor DEME. For KENC, the contracts involve a broad scope of work that will encompass engineering and fabrication of seafastening and auxiliary structures that DEME requires for its work on several international offshore wind farms. KENC will be carrying out the concept, basic and detailed designs… Read more »

RENEWABLE HYDROGEN PROJECT CONCLUDES WITH NEW UK CONSENTING REGIME 

·World-first development phase for offshore hydrogen production and transportation leads to new UK regulatory regime  ·HT1 Project catalyses rapid industry progress in offshore hydrogen transportation and storage A world-leading innovation project exploring the possibilities of hydrogen production on offshore wind farms and transportation to shore is to conclude, almost two years after it began.   The… Read more »

Kongsberg Discovery empowers remote operations with launch of breakthrough HiPOS – HiPAP positioning software

Kongsberg Discovery has responded to market demand with an innovative new software solution to enable remote operations of HiPAP and µPAP SSBL acoustic positioning systems, for both crewed and uncrewed survey vessels. Launched today at Oceanology International in London, HiPOS – HiPAP Positioning Software for Remote Operations bridges the gap between onshore teams and vessels,… Read more »

World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Gets a Lift with New Partnership

North East engineering and lifting expert, JK Lifting Equipment, is working with the world’s largest wind farm, Dogger Bank, to enable the safe movement of operation and maintenance equipment. As part of the lifting and product supply partnership, JK Lifting Equipment has developed a rigging loft specifically for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm. The specially… Read more »

Powering up Mörknässkogen wind project in Finland

Natural Power, the leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, has acted as owner’s engineer on behalf of global renewable energy company Low Carbon at Mörknässkogen onshore wind farm in the Ostrobothnia region of Finland which has entered operations. With a capacity of 30MW from five wind turbines, Mörknässkogen forms part of Low Carbon’s renewables… Read more »

BGB and ENA proudly announce the signing of a strategic partnership agreement

Global slip ring and rotary solutions manufacturer BGB (UK & USA) and Electronics specialists ENA (Canada & USA) have recently formed a new partnership that’s taking the Wind industry by storm. This partnership brings together the industry-leading expertise of BGB in Rotary transfer systems with the cutting-edge electronics solutions provided by ENA. By combining forces, both companies… Read more »

New report provides pathways to floating wind port investment

A new report published today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence has outlined potential future pathways to develop critical port infrastructure and manufacturing centres needed to support the deployment of floating wind in the UK. The report provides both an assessment of the current challenges facing port infrastructure in relation… Read more »

Novel technologies for transforming wind turbine and power grid stability control

March 13, 2024: Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., are working on novel ways of preventing threats to grid stability that can result in the loss of power to millions of people, equipment damage and limit power transfer capability. With increasing reliance on renewables global installations of wind farms has increased rapidly.  However two… Read more »

GEV Wind Power wins two major safety accolades

GEV Wind Power’s track record in safety has been recognised with two industry awards. The global-leading wind turbine blade repair and maintenance experts won the Innovation in Safety and the Safety Performance and Delivery accolades at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s (SGRE) Annual Contractors Safety Conference for the Northern Europe and Middle East (NEME) region. It… Read more »

OEG appoints Caroline Merson as new Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

OEG Energy Group Limited (“OEG”, the “Group”), a leading offshore solutions business, has appointed Caroline Merson as its new Chief Marketing & Communications Officer. In her role Caroline will sit on the Group executive committee and will lead the strategic direction of the OEG Energy Group brand, including its Offshore and Renewables divisions. She will… Read more »

Energy Transition Conference set to attract a global audience

Industry, policy and academic experts from the leading global energy cities of the UK, Norway, Canada and Australia will gather in Aberdeen in May to discuss the energy transition. Organised by the University of Aberdeen Business School, the free to attend half day event at King’s College Conference Centre on May 21 will focus on… Read more »

Vaisala and DNV introduce industry-first guidelines for Wind Resource Assessment campaigns with dual scanning lidar

In a forward-thinking collaboration, Vaisala and DNV unveiled extensive guidelines for using scanning lidars in a dual system configuration (DSL) for offshore Wind Resource Assessment (WRA). The release of these guidelines helps improve dual scanning lidar bankability and contributes to creating the International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 52 – recommended practice on using scanning lidar measurements offshore. Dual scanning lidar is increasingly replacing… Read more »

Power Electronics achieves record revenues exceeding 1.2 billion US dollars in 2023

• The company increased its revenue by 75% compared to the previous year. • Within the strategic plan for the next 4 years, the multinational plans to increase its production capacity by establishing new facilities in the US and Spain. Power Electronics, a leading manufacturer of solar inverters for photovoltaic plants in America, Europe, and… Read more »

Venterra Group launches new expanded Marine Acoustics services for offshore wind industry

5 March 2024, London: Venterra Group, the global offshore wind services company, has today announced the launch of its expanded marine acoustics offering, underpinned by the expert capabilities of its Engineering companies INSPIRE Environmental, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), and Partrac. Building on INSPIRE and GDG’s established foundation of providing marine acoustics measurement, modelling and… Read more »

Pier Appointed by Stromar Floating Offshore Wind Project in North-east Scotland

Specialist renewable energy consultancy Pier has been appointed by the Stromar Floating Offshore Wind project to deliver a programme of communications and community engagement activities in the north east of Scotland. Stromar is a joint venture comprising industry leaders Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy and Renantis which leverages Ørsted’s expertise in offshore wind development with BlueFloat Energy’s… Read more »

Ten UK tech innovators embark on award winning offshore wind accelerator programme

Ten UK companies poised to take the offshore wind industry by storm have joined the national Launch Academy, an award-winning technology acceleration programme, from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. Launch Academy kicked off its latest national nine-month programme in Newcastle today (Wednesday) with companies from across the UK developing technology solutions to address some… Read more »

Miros doubles as-a-service contracts for offshore operations in 2023

Miros, leading experts for real-time IoT wave and current monitoring solutions, is pleased to report further expansion of its Sea-State-as-a-Service offering. During 2023 the company doubled the number of as-a-Service (aaS) contracts, which cover a diverse range of requirements across the offshore vessel market, thanks to strong growth in the UK, Norway and Brazil. Beyond… Read more »

Corio deploys LiDARs for Philippines offshore wind projects

Corio Generation has deployed Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) for offshore wind projects in the Philippines. To support its development strategy, LiDARs have been installed in the vicinity of sites in Guimaras and Cavite. Designed to withstand the harsh coastal environment with a back-up power and monitoring system, the LiDARs will collect detailed information on… Read more »

ZX 300 wind Lidar accurately measuring the wind in the Ukrainian Carpathians

Following its deployment in the beginning of February, a ZX 300 wind Lidar is accurately measuring wind speeds 1300m above mean sea level in The Carpathian Mountain range, Ukraine. Supporting independent power generation projects, the ZX 300 wind Lidar will be carrying out a one-year wind resource campaign in the region, supporting the development of… Read more »

Independently confirmed for the first time: TÜV NORD declares that the drone system used by the Deutsche Windtechnik Inspection Body is a valid solution for inspecting rotor blades and lightning protection systems

The multi-stage drone system developed by the Deutsche Windtechnik Inspection Body for inspecting rotor blades and lightning protection systems has successfully passed validation. This is the conclusion reached by TÜV NORD during a conformity assessment that it carried out for the first time. The drone is able to determine the technical condition of the rotor… Read more »

Flagship fair WindEnergy Hamburg just keeps growing In September, Hamburg will be the meeting place of the international wind energy industry

From 24 to 27 September 2024 it will once again be time for the famous port city of Hamburg to become the world’s energy hub. For four days, it will be all about wind energy generation and distribution at WindEnergy Hamburg, held on the campus of Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC). Already the industry is… Read more »

GE Vernova Launches New Portfolio of Grid Automation Solutions to Enhance Grid Resilience

Paris, France, February 28th, 2024 – GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business (NYSE:GE), today announced the launch of GridBeats, a comprehensive portfolio of software-defined automation solutions aimed at streamlining grid digitalization and enhancing grid resilience. Amid growing climate concerns, grid operators worldwide are responding to regulatory, consumer, and societal demands to achieve net-zero emissions and deepen… Read more »

New Wind Turbine Tower Alignment Tool eases Supply Chain issues

Enerpac announces the Wind Turbine Tower Flange Alignment Tool (TFA) allowing wind farm installation contractors to eliminate costly project delays caused by non-conformity or ovalisation of wind turbine tower sections. The TFA solves bolt-hole misalignment problems by aligning the large internal pipe flanges between tower sections during assembly allowing them to be bolted together. Problems… Read more »