CWind, part of the Global Marine Group (GMG), a provider of topside, splash zone and subsea engineering services to the offshore renewables and utilities market, has implemented CrewSmart’s advanced management support service across its fleet of 21 crew-transfer vessels (CTVs) and team of offshore wind technicians. In a rapidly expanding offshore wind market, the availability…
CWind to provide offshore cable care & repair services to TCP
CWind, a part of the Global Marine Group and provider of power cable and asset management services to the offshore renewables and utilities market, announced a five-year cable repair framework with Transmission Capital Partners (TCP). TCP is responsible for Barrow, Gunfleet Sands, Ormonde, Robin Rigg, Lincs and Westermost Rough Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs). This is…
CWind secures cable contract for Merkur Offshore Wind Farm
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced that it has been successfully awarded a contract to deliver all cable pull-in services for 66 offshore wind turbines and one offshore substation at Merkur Offshore Wind Farm. The 396-MW Merkur project is currently being constructed 45 km from the island of Borkum in…
DONG Energy grants CWind extension of its crew-transfer vessel contract for Duddon Sands Offshore
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced that DONG Energy has granted CWind a two-year extension to its existing three-year crew-transfer vessel contract at the West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The contract extension builds on CWind’s solid track record over the first three years of the…
Meet the Phantom: CWind’s largest offshore crew-transfer vessel
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced that it has invested in the company’s largest crew-transfer vessel to date. Newly named the CWind Phantom, the 27.4-m catamaran can hold 20,000 liters of fuel and has a 20-ton cargo capacity, making her suitable for longer stretches of work at wind farms located further…
CWind to expand offshore wind services
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced that it will incorporate the resources of its parent company, Global Marine Systems Limited Group, to expand the breadth of services it offers to wind-farm owners and developers. CWind currently provides the services of blade repair, corrosion protection, inspections and maintenance (topside and subsea),…
CWind and Rotos 360 deliver blade-repair services out of UK port
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, and Rotos 360, specialists in turbine O&M, are providing blade-repair and maritime logistics services working out of the port of Grimsby in the UK. Rotos 360 is using the Gurit Renuvo UV cured blade repair method for which they achieved DNV GL certification two years…
Friction drive may solve conventional drivetrain problems
One school of thought for wind-turbine design says getting rid of the potentially troublesome gearbox makes for more reliable machinery. Although true, the permanent magnet (PM) generators then required become heavier and more expensive. A direct-drive 1.8 MW Enercon, for example, weights 25% more than a gearbox equipped Vestas 1.8 MW. Toronto-based CWind says it…