offshore wind sector Articles
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Project - DCNS Energies
Customer: DCNS Energies Context: DCNS Energies is involved in numerous marine renewable energy technology and project developments especially in the tidal, ocean thermal energy conversion, and floating offshore wind sectors. Challenge: Considering the geographical market widespread for these technologies, DCNS Energies needs to identify and characterize offshore sites of interest around the ...
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Siemens Gamesa buys 8.9 GW of Senvion service contracts; Norway to build floating wind farm at oil platform
Siemens Gamesa expands services portfolio to 69 GW with Senvion deal Siemens Gamesa has agreed to buy 8.9 GW of service contracts from embattled turbine supplier Senvion as well as the German group's onshore blade manufacturing plant in Portugal, the companies announced October 21. The 200 million-euro ($222.8 million) deal will expand Siemens Gamesa's operations and maintenance (O&M) ...
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US offshore CEOs call for East Coast supply hubs to beat competition
The U.S. offshore sector must create regional East Coast supply chains and public-private initiatives that accelerate training and port investments to ensure long-term competitiveness, leading developers told the U.S. Offshore Wind 2019 Conference. New Jersey's decision last week to select Orsted’s giant 1.1 GW Ocean Wind project for its first large-scale facility highlights the rapid ...
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Offshore wind installation vessel capacity to tighten after 2020
The existing fleet of turbine and foundation installation vessels is well suited to serve the European offshore wind market in the short and mid-term but it will not be sufficient to support installation demand after 2020, Michael Guldbrandtsen, senior consultant at MAKE Consulting, told Wind Energy Update. The next 2-3 years will continue to be dominated by orders for jack-up installation ...
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UK offshore load factors accelerate on tech breakthroughs: 10-year study
UK offshore load factors accelerate on tech breakthroughs: 10-year study The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Operational report 2015 shows there has been a gradual increase in the load factor for the UK fleet since 2004 on the back of more productive wind turbines, wind farms being built at windier sites and improved plant availability. The Crown Estate manages UK sovereign assets such as ...
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2013 to be Record Year for Offshore Wind
Offshore wind power installations are on track to hit a seventh consecutive annual record in 2013. Developers added 1,080 megawatts of generating capacity in the first half of the year, expanding the world total by 20 percent in just six months. Fifteen countries host some 6,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity. Before the year is out, the world total should exceed 7,100 megawatts. Although ...
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