Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck, with the support of RWE, has successfully installed its offshore floating solar (OFPV) pilot project, Merganser off the Dutch coast at Scheveningen. FLoating solar could be used standalone or in combination with offshore wind. The pilot project...
TNO has developed and successfully tested a method to automatically detect maritime traffic in the vicinity of subsea infrastructure. The method allows a large area along the path of cables and pipelines, to be monitored in order to prevent intentional...
The PosHYdon pilot, which aims to produce green hydrogen on an operational gas platform in the Dutch North Sea, kicked off the onshore test successfully this week. The onshore tests take place at InVesta in Alkmaar. In Vesta is one...
The Dutch state is stepping in as an active partner in PosHYdon through Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN). In this pilot, green hydrogen will be produced on an operational gas platform, using wind energy from the Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm. In...
Last week, a kick-off meeting for the World Class Maintenance (WCM) Fieldlab Zephyros AIRTuB-ROMI project took place in Vlissingen. AIRTuB-ROMI represents the continuation of the successfully completed AIRTuB1 project in early 2023 focused on ‘unmanned’ offshore turbine blade maintenance. In...
An international consortium of six parties has started a research & demonstration project into positive wake effects of wind turbines with tilted rotors. The project, named POWER, was initiated by Dutch floating wind technology developer TouchWind who is developing a...
TNO is extending the ongoing study on the effectiveness of one black rotor blade at a wind farm in Eemshaven by placing sensors in and around wind turbines. At the end of 2021, the Province of Groningen and power company...
TNO is anticipating the future of wind farm decommissioning with the specially designed UWiSE decommission module. This module helps offshore wind farm owners and contractors make intelligent, well-founded and accurate decommissioning decisions, well before the wind turbines or floating solar...
With the in 2019 by GROW initiated Bubbles Joint Industry Project (Bubbles JIP), fresh insight has been gained into the understanding of bubble curtains. However, given the complex engineering involved, a follow-up JIP is being investigated. Bubble screens are utilized...
Dutch energy company Eneco is testing two new types of innovative serrated edges at Blaakweg Wind Farm in Oude-Tonge. Tests will prove whether (one of) these could further reduce noise emission from wind turbines. One of the main noise sources...
