OCTOBER 10, 2012—Siemens began field testing of its new, huge 154-meter rotor for the six-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark. The direct-drive wind turbine is equipped with the world’s longest
OCTOBER 1, 2012 —The offshore wind farm Turbine Access System (TAS) developed by the U.K.’s Houlder Ltd. and BMT Nigel Gee has successfully completed an extensive set of offshore trials. The TAS
JULY 26, 2012 — Samsung Heavy Industries reports that its Geoje, South Korea, shipyard has delivered Pacific Orca, the world’s largest wind farm installation vessel, to Singapore based Swire Pacific Offshore. Swire
JUNE 15, 2012 — Norwegian shipbuilder Fjellstrand has broken into the wind farm support vessel market with an innovative trimaran SWATH design, the WindServer. Ejsberg, Denmark, based World Maritime Offshore A/S has
JUNE 5, 2012 — ABS has concluded a study on the technical feasibility of floating wind turbines for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The goal was to determine how
In a reminder that there’s more to offshore wind farms than turbines, Germany shipbuilder Nordic Yards has started construction work on its third offshore transformer platform, SylWin Alpha, which is to be
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell says that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission has voted unanimously to approve proposed construction of a 479-foot-tall, five-megawatt wind turbine generator prototype in the lower Chesapeake Bay, three
Denmark’s A2SEA (owned 51 percent by DONG Energy and 49 percent by Siemens Wind Power) has signed a contract with Chinese shibuilder COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., for the construction of a
Scottish offshore service provider MarineCo UK has placed an order at Damen Shipyards for two more High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs). The newbuilds are to be delivered in May and October 2012.
Austal is to build a fourth wind farm support vessel for U.K.-based Turbine Transfers Limited. The order is the first for a new Austal design that will enable safer and more efficient
