Lloyd’s Register releases all-new Rules, Class Notation, and Guidance Notes for ‘Wind Turbine Installation and Maintenance Vessels and Liftboats’ to reflect industry best practice and new novel designs The new Rules form part of the wider Mobile Offshore Unit Rule set 2013 launched by Lloyd’s Register in June, and is for vessels engaged in installation
Cape Wind hires PMSS to provide EHS, quality, risk, and strategic project management services
June 13, 2013 : 0 Comments
Cape Wind, an offshore wind developer in the U.S. has signed a Consulting Services Agreement with the North America division of PMSS – one of Europe’s offshore wind consulting firms, and a part of the TUV SUD group. Under the agreement, PMSS will assist Cape Wind with a team of experts and know-how to supplement
FoundOcean to pile grout the world’s largest wind turbine
June 12, 2013 : 0 Comments
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wingspan of an Airbus A380, making them the
PPG supports first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in U.S.
June 11, 2013 : 0 Comments
PPG Industries’ fiber glass business is helping its customer Ershigs support the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in U.S. waters, deployed May 31 near Brewer, Maine, by the University of Maine as leader of the DeepCwind Consortium. The approximately 65-feet tall wind turbine prototype includes a tower Ershigs constructed using a fiber glass-reinforced composite material
Seajacks Intl & Samsung Heavy Industries to build world’s largest offshore wind installation vessel
June 10, 2013 : 0 Comments
Seajacks International has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm installation vessel. The vessel has been specifically designed to meet the demands associated with working UK Round 3, Scottish territorial waters and the other North West European markets. Named Seajacks Scylla, the new vessel is based
GL Garrad Hassan Project FORCE to accelerate cost reductions for offshore wind
June 6, 2013 : 0 Comments
GL Garrad Hassan has launched an ambitious project to bring fresh thinking to the design of offshore wind turbines. Project FORCE (turbine optimization FOr Reduced Cost of Energy) will build on GL Garrad Hassan’s expertise in turbine design, control system engineering, and structural modeling. The project will systematically consider new technologies that can be applied
Grouting continues at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm
June 5, 2013 : 0 Comments
The foundation installation at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is well underway, with half of the 160 monopiles installed at the 576MW offshore wind farm. FoundOcean has been securing the turbine transition pieces to the monopiles using BASF’s high strength Masterflow 9500 grout, the only grout which comes with a Statement of Compliance
Maine can claim it’s First to Float a U.S. turbine, and more
June 1, 2013 : 0 Comments
The U.S. offshore industry marked a couple milestones with the launch of its first offshore turbine. And not long before that, a barge on Lake Erie took core samples from the lake bottom in preparation of turbine foundations for a wind farm on the U.S. North Coast. On the East Coast, the University of Maine’s
Huge wind turbines will cut offshore costs 38% in 7 yrs, says developer
June 1, 2013 : 0 Comments
Massive wind turbines with almost 100m blades will cut the cost of offshore wind energy by at least 38% in seven years, according to a Danish company. Dong Energy, the world’s largest developer and operator of offshore wind farms, aims to cut the cost of wind energy in the North Sea to less than €100
SgurrEnergy supports growth in Scottish offshore wind industry
April 29, 2013 : 0 Comments
International renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, is providing expert advice and consultancy services to Scottish firms as part of its role in the Scottish Enterprise funded Offshore Wind Expert Support Program. In partnership with Innovation Centres (Scotland) and Caithness Renewables, the Glasgow-based consultancy is supporting businesses to diversify into the offshore wind
