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Fugro Unit To Reduce Vessel Downtime At Offshore Wind Projects
Dutch company Fugro says it is using a new track base unit fitted to its FCV remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for cable lay touchdown...
Palfinger Deploys Blade Inspection, Repair System For Thomton Bank
Palfinger Marine says it has received its first order for its new blade inspection and repair system from Senvion Gmbh to be used at...
Manitowoc Crane Boosts Assembly Efficiency For Texas Wind Project
Manitowoc Co. Inc., a global manufacturer of cranes and lift solutions with manufacturing, distribution and service facilities, says Mortenson Construction is using the Manitowoc...
Powin Energy To Build 2 MW Energy Storage System For Grid Support
Powin Energy, a manufacturer and developer of scalable energy storage systems for commercial and utility customers, has been selected by Southern California Edison to build...
U.K. Companies Collaborate On New Swath Workboats
Ad Hoc Marine Designs is now working with Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) to offer several uniquely designed Swath workboats for the offshore wind industry.
According...
Ingeteam Launches Fixed-To-Variable Speed Wind Power Conversion System
Ingeteam, a Spain-based provider of wind and solar power products and services, has launched its solution called INGECON WIND FIX2VAR SPEED, a new autonomous power conversion...
Emerging UAS Industry To Help Young U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Forge Ahead
In addition to operations and maintenance and pre-construction surveying, drones can be used to help detect listed species, such as the North Atlantic right whale, around offshore wind sites.
Slater Technology Fund Provides $200,000 For Enhanced Turbine Tech
The Slater Technology Fund says it has committed $200,000 to Aquanis, a North Kingstown, R.I.-based start-up developing a device that promises to improve efficiency...
Hitachi To Roll Out Two 5.2 MW Offshore Turbines
Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. has developed a 5.2 MW offshore wind turbine, the HTW5.2-136, designed to increase output in light-wind regions that have annual average...
With New Funding, Drone Company PRENAV Set To Transform Turbine Inspections
San Carlos, Calif.-based PRENAV has raised $6.5 million in seed financing from investor Crosslink Capital, along with Haystack, Liquid 2 Ventures and WI Harper...
CWind, Rotos 360 Deliver Blade Repair Services Out Of Grimsby Port
CWind, a service provider to the offshore wind industry, and Rotos 360, specialists in turbine operations and maintenance (O&M) in onshore and offshore environments,...
Michigan Drone Company Wins DOE Grant For Turbine Inspection Work
SkySpecs, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of autonomous drones for the inspection of wind turbines, has received a small-business voucher (SBV) from the U.S....
NKT Provides 72 kV Connector For MHI Vestas Wind Turbine
NKT Cables, which develops, manufactures and markets cables, solutions and accessories for electrical infrastructure, the construction field, and the railway and automotive industries, says it has...
Patented Wind Turbine Monitor Unveiled By Massachusetts Nonprofit
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 9,395,338 for self-regulating terrestrial turbine control through environmental sensing.
The Multimodal...
SMST Deploys Telescopic Access Unit For 350 MW Offshore Wind Farm
SMST says it has installed its M series telescopic access bridge (TAB) on board Offshore Windforce’s multipurpose vessel Abis Duisburg for support during grouting...
Hydratight Launches Tool For Safer Bolting, Reduced Pinch Points
Bolting and machining specialist Hydratight has launched a new accessory for its RSL torque wrench product line.
The company says the new tool will increase...
Schneider Electric Enhances Lightning Tracking Solutions
Schneider Electric says it has made frontline enhancements to its weather intelligence platform, increasing the capabilities of its lightning tracking solution, that will benefit utilities...
KCI Designs Offshore Switchyard For Belgian Grid Operator Elia
Dutch engineering company KCI says it has finished the basic design of an offshore switchyard for transmission system operator Elia to combine and bring...
Catapult Clones 7 MW Levenmouth Turbine For Cost-Reduction Studies
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult says it is creating a digital clone of the Levenmouth turbine, which will use sensor instrumentation to advance understanding...
JDR Unveils New Inter-Array Cable For Offshore Wind
U.K.-based JDR, a supplier of subsea power cables to the offshore wind industry, has released its new high-voltage, inter-array cable and accessories offering.
According to the...