Chris Westra, a Dutch expert in the field of wind energy, recently published the book ‘Build them at Sea, New Energy for the World’. In this book, Westra shows how quickly the offshore wind sector has developed since his earlier...
Heerema Marine Contractors has tested its novel Rotor Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method offshore on board of the heavy lift vessel Sleipnir for the first time last week. Heerema performed the demonstration project, known as FOX (Floating Offshore installation of...
The construction of the onshore wind farm De Rietvelden on and near De Rietvelden Industrial estate in ‘s Hertogenbosch has been completed. Together, the four wind turbines are expected to generate around 38.6 million kilowatt hours per year. A large...
The Zuiderzeewind consortium of Van Oord Offshore Wind and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy installed the final of a total of 89 wind turbines in the 838 MW Fryslân Wind Farm, Windpark Fryslân BV reported yesterday. The coming period will see...
Van Oord has ordered a hammer spread from MENCK, provider of specialist hydraulic piledriving solutions, for the installation of the monopiles in the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm, Italy’s first offshore wind project. The installation is planned to start...
With the installation of the rotor, the construction of the first of a total of 89 wind turbines in the 382.7 MW Fryslân wind farm is a fact. The turbine installation was carried out by the purpose-built installation vessel Tom-Wim....
German turbine supplier Nordex has selected Global Wind Service (GWS) to install 4 of their Nordex Delta 4000 N149 wind turbines at the Ospeldijk wind farm in the municipality of Nederweert, province of Limburg. The wind farm is expected to be...
Van Oord has ordered a new cable layer from VARD in Norway. The new custom-built cable-laying vessel will be equipped with sustainable technologies. The vessel will be fully operational in 2023 and will mainly be deployed on inter-array grid and...
Van Oord, awarded Breman Machinery and KENC Engineering with the assignment to design and build a casing lifting adapter (CLA). The lifting tool supports the installation of 190 pin piles at the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. The CLA lifting...
This summer, IHC IQIP joined forces with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) to start an investigation on the soil-pile interaction of IQIP’s BLUE Piling Technology. In order to make accurate predictions of the drivability of monopiles, the effect of...
