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politics & business
Offshore Dialogue: The Value Of Wind And Water
Sustainable use of the oceans is one of the focal topics at SMM Digital. At the Offshore Dialogue online conference on 2 February, international experts will discuss current trends in the offshore wind farms segment, technical challenges facing tidal and wave energy conversion, and innovative ocean monitoring technologies. Read more
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project update
RWE chooses Van Oord for foundations and array cables at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
RWE, the world’s number two in offshore wind, has advanced the development of Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. The company has selected the international marine contractor Van Oord as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables, for one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects. Read more
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project update
He Dreiht offshore wind farm: EnBW awards contract for project certification
EnBW has awarded the contract in the EU-wide tender for project certification of the EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm to Bureau Veritas Industry Services GmbH. Read more
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MHIV and Total, new partners of Ideol on Eolmed project
MHIV and Total formally announced their involvement in the Eolmed project this week. These internationally recognized leaders and the project developer QAIR have agreed to combine their respective know-how’s and efforts to successfully develop and execute this 30MW pilot project. Read more
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logistics & operations
Offshore leaders partner up to improve safety at the Port of Esbjerg
As a testament of the constant focus on safety in the offshore wind industry, neighbors at the Port of Esbjerg have teamed up to create a new safety initiative. Read more
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science & technology
Bluesath, Saitec’s first floating wind installation in continental Spain
Bluesath floating wind platform has been installed and commissioned in its final deployment site in El Abra del Sardinero (Santander, Spain). Read more
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project update
Monopiles for new wind farm in the Baltic Sea
Liebherr heavy-duty crane TCC 78000 loads 72 monopiles for the largest Danish offshore wind farm "Kriegers Flak. Read more
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project update, science & technology
EnBW and aerodyn test model for floating wind turbines for first time in Germany
Two wind turbines on a precast concrete floating platform: that, basically, is Nezzy2. This 18 metre tall, 1:10-scale prototype is being tested by EnBW and aerodyn engineering, a north German engineering company, in a flooded gravel pit near Bremerhaven. Next, this summer, Nezzy2 is to prove itself in wind and wave conditions in the Baltic Sea. Read more
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project update
DuPont Sustainable Solutions supports Risk Awareness Training for Siemens Gamesa offshore employees
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has begun working with Siemens Gamesa's Offshore business unit on training the organization of approximately 6,000 employees in developing greater risk awareness to improve safety. Read more
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politics & business
Edda Wind secures long term contracts for two offshore wind vessels
Edda Wind, the offshore wind segment of the Østensjø Group, has signed long term time charter agreements with MHI Vestas and Ocean Breeze Energy respectively for two of the four offshore wind vessels ordered from Spanish yards. Read more
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project update
Service for EnBW Baltic 2 to be provided from Danish port of Klintholm
One of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, EnBW Baltic 2, is to be serviced from August 2020 from the Danish port of Klintholm on the island of Møn. Until now, the company’s service team – up to 25 in number – have travelled from Rostock to a hotel vessel close to the wind farm. Read more
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logistics & operations
EEW SPC delivers foundations for first monopile offshore wind project in the USA
EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH, a member of the EEW Group, has announced the successful fabrication of two heavy monopile foundations and two transition pieces for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. Read more
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logistics & operations
Working platform for the repair of rotor blades demonstrated on offshore wind turbine
Windea Offshore, together with its partner WP Systems, has taken another step towards establishing the WINDEA Blade Service concept. Last week the operation of the working platform System terra was successfully demonstrated at a Siemens SWT-3.6 offshore test turbine in the German district of Nordfriesland. Read more
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