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Software tool for cost reduction
Researchers at Robert Gordon University are developing a software tool which aims to dramatically cut maintenance costs for offshore wind turbines.Turbine owners establish global peer-to-peer platform
With a new global peer-to-peer platform turbine owners want to solve O&M issues collaboratively. With current members of “o2o Wind” owning more than 60 % of all offshore turbines in the world, the...
Time is money
The construction of offshore wind farms has become a routine activity, but it still takes too long. In order to save time it is necessary to define technically feasible limits for the individual...
Foldable work platform now available in Europe
Sky-Access has introduced a versatile modular suspended work platform on the European market. The QuikDeck system was launched in the United States ten years ago and the innovative heavy-duty foldable...
Siemens wants to reduce transport costs by 20%
Siemens has concluded a logistics contract with deugro. The transport company will build two special transport vessels for rotor blades and nacelles for Siemens. The heavy components thus will be...
Seajacks take delivery of Scylla
Seajacks International has taken successful delivery of its fifth self-propelled jack-up vessel, the Scylla. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea, Scylla is the world’s largest and most capable...
ELA Container builds first MEDICbox for WINDEAcare
ELA Container Offshore GmbH delivered a 10 ft offshore container solution for WINDEA Offshore GmbH & Co. KG that is equipped as a Mobile Rescue Container. The first container of this type has been...
Crown Estate launches interactive electricity map
The Crown Estate has launched a unique interactive map that shows the estimated percentage of UK electricity demand being met by offshore wind on an hourly basis.
The Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine: An Exceptional Adventure
Watch the onshore and offshore installations of Haliade 150-6MW, key steps for the development of a new industrial cluster and the execution of projects worldwide.
Cooperative design yields new Damen vessel
The close working relationship between Delta Marine and the Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design – called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. The Scotland-based offshore wind...
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