Offshore looks like the next big expansion area for the wind industry. Conventional ideas extended to offshore tasks will mount turbines on… [mappress] Source: windpowerengineering, May 13, 2010;
Five Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers are helping guide the operations of the self-propelled jack-up vessel Bard Wind Lift I, the first… [mappress] Source: marinelink, May 12, 2010;
Two self-propelled jack-up vessels purpose-built for installing offshore wind turbines have made Great Yarmouth’s EastPort UK their home… [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, May 11, 2010;
Two self-propelled jack-up vessels purpose-built for installing offshore wind turbines have made Great Yarmouth’s EastPort UK their home… [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, May 11, 2010;
Two Dutch organisations – Deltares, an expertise centre for delta technology located in Delft and Rotterdam-based dredging company Van Oord – have together come up with an innovative concept to combat the oil spill threatening the US’s southern coast. Their proposals consist of a set of radical meas
Grouting seals for wind turbines are notoriously difficult to produce, with many failing during installation. With a recent Government announcement that 6,000 new wind turbines will be built around the coast of the UK in the next few years, this is a problem that needs a solution. That solution come
With the ability to produce 10 MW of power or more, the SeaTitan is expected to be the world’s most powerful wind turbine. This wind turbine [mappress] Source: nextbigfuture, May 05, 2010;
The standard for wind turbines being built by the ever-innovating wind industry in utility-scale installations has changed from 1.5… [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, May 04, 2010;
IHC Hydrohammer®, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede and market leader in the field of pile driving equipment, is continuing to make a major investment in sustainable and innovative solutions. IHC Hydrohammer® invested a total of € 37 million to expand its fleet of rental pile drivers as well as the furthe
Offshore windfarms will double as radar defence systems in a pioneering deal involving the Ministry of Defence, which previously opposed the [mappress] Source: The Guardian, May 04, 2010;
The development of a turbine manufacturing industry along Virginia’s coast is key to creating jobs and reducing the costs of offshore wind… [mappress] Source: newsleader, May 04, 2010;
The development of a turbine manufacturing industry along Virginia’s coast is key to creating jobs and reducing the costs of offshore wind… [mappress] Source: newsleader, May 04, 2010;
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted offshore wind energy projects being constructed in Europe: “By offering generous incentives, the U.K. already has built more offshore wind power than any other nation. Now it is planning a wave of vast new wind farms, in some of Europe’s stormiest wat
With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification [mappress] Source: motorship, May 03, 2010;
