Offshore Renewables – Page 81
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Newbuild order to meet windfarm demand
Charter demand for the latest generation of offshore wind farm Personnel Transport Vessels [PTVs] from Tidal Transit Limited has enabled the company to commission the construction of a fourth vessel with Spanish boat builder Mercurio Plastics.
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NewsSamson B gives strong support for windfarms
Windwave Workboats has signed an agreement with Siemens Wind Power Service until the end of 2013 to support the Major Projects team and have assigned its 17.5m MCA Cat 2 vessel Samson B to this project.
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NewsNetworked radar for windfarm jack-up
Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to deliver an Integrated Vessel Control System for a new build 80m wind turbine service jack-up vessel owned by Danish offshore services specialist, DBB Jack-Up.
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French yard launches first SeaFox
NAVALU shipyard has recently launched the offshore windfarm catamaran SeaFox, the first aluminium Offshore Wind Farm Service Vessel built in France with Bureau Veritas approval.
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NewsOffshore wind drives soil testing growth
Fugro has opened an expanded soils testing laboratory at the Group’s UK headquarters in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
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NewsRules hat trick for ‘CWind Challenger’
Essex UK based workboat builder CTruk scored a hat trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi-purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger.
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NewsDemand surge for Twin Axe windfarm boats
Marineco UK has placed another order for two more FCS 2610 Twin Axe vessels to serve its offshore wind activities.
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NewsCombined wind and current generator due
Under construction in Japan is a floating unit that will combine wind and current generators in a concept that is claimed to double the power output of conventional structures.
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NewsReducing Germany’s offshore wind costs
Reducing the cost of offshore wind is vital for development of the industry and a report for Germany’s offshore wind industry has produced findings mirroring the challenges facing other countries including the UK.
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NewsRealistic offshore windfarm rescue exercise
Hochtief Solutions has conducted the first comprehensive rescue exercise in the offshore windfarm sector at a construction site in the North Sea (Global Tech I).
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NewsLong term windfarm contract for Tia Elizabeth
Norfolk UK based Tidal Transit Limited has been awarded an 18 month contract by Scira Offshore Energy Limited for its latest personnel transfer vessel, Tia Elizabeth, to service the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.
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NewsFirst Twin Axe for Danish operator
Northern Offshore Services has taken delivery of its first Damen Twin Axe, just weeks after the order was placed in August. The 26m Fast Crew Supplier is already being deployed at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
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Scotland’s renewables meet 40% of demand
New figures from the UK Government have shown that more than 10m tonnes of CO2 emissions were displaced by renewable electricity generation in Scotland, up by almost a quarter from the previous year.
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NewsJob opportunities for windfarm trainees
Local unemployed people are benefiting from free places on a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle UK designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy sector.
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NewsWindfarm opportunity is fisherman’s friend
New business venture Knights Offshore Support (KOS) has taken delivery of its first CTruk 20T MPC offshore wind support vessel, Coastal Knight, which will soon join offshore wind industry service provider CWind’s growing charter fleet.
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NewsESS success on Baltic windfarm trenching
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a £4.7m boulder clearing and pre-lay trenching project which it claims has been one of the most successful ever conducted for the wind energy sector.
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NewsWindfarm SWATH boat christened in Denmark
Sea Storm, the third in the series of SWATH vessels from Danish Yachts was christened on Monday at the shipyard in Skagen Harbour in Denmark.
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NewsTidal power agreement
Alstom is teaming up with GDF Suez in response to the call for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms by the French President.
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NewsLondon Array’s transmission assets sold
London Array, the world’s largest offshore windfarm have announced the sale of their transmission assets as part of the UK’s Offshore Transmission Owner regime.
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NewsDeep water turbines - the next step
A report from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has looked at the subject of deepwater offshore windfarms, taking wind energy far beyond what the term deepwater means with current projects.
