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Ampelmann has announced the launch of its latest gangway for personnel transfer: the A-type Enhanced Performace (AEP). The system provides clients with 10% greater workability in sea states up to 4 metres significant wave height.
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Barge Master and Bosch Rexroth have jointly introduced a new motion compensated gangway to the offshore wind market. The first actually manufactured gangway is currently being tested onshore at the Bosch Rexroth facilities in Boxtel, the Netherlands. In the near future the gangway will be installed on the offshore support vessel VOS Start of fleet operator Vroon.
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Wood Group’s clean energy business has provided a control solution to improve the performance of for EDF EN Mexico's La Mata y La Ventosa wind farm located in Oaxaca, Mexico. The company was appointed to investigate the performance of the 27 Clipper C89 wind turbines at the 67.5MW site, where high turbulence and high wind speeds required some turbines to be run in a reduced power mode.
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Dellner Brakes is introducing two new failsafe brakes to its SKP range for wind turbines. The new spring applied SKP 180 weighs in at just 315 kg and delivers braking force from 141 kN up to 226 kN through two brake housings, each containing a spring applied piston. The SKP 4 x 180, weighing 630 kg, combines two brake assemblies containing a total of four pistons to deliver braking force of up to 453 kN.
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With three new product variants, V150-4.0/4.2 MW, V136-4.0/4.2 MW, and V117-4.0/4.2 MW, the 3 MW platform is renamed to the 4 MW platform. The announcement introduces the fourth generation of the platform since its launch in 2010 and takes the platform's turbine portfolio to eight turbines, including the three new variants.
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The highest wind turbine in the Netherlands received its name from Groninger province representative Nienke Homan. The Lagerwey wind turbine has been named ‘David’. Referring to the neighboring windmill, The Dutch ‘Goliath’ windmill, dating back to 1897.
- Bureau Veritas approves floating offshore wind turbine foundation designed by DCNS Energies
- STX launches a Scalable Efficient Evolutive Offshore Station
- New controller allows more stable operation of Woodward frequency converters
- LM completes installation and test of offshore blade for Hitachi's 5.2MW wind turbine
- MHI Vestas launches the V164-9.5MW wind turbine
- Axys FLiDAR reaches Stage 3 on Carbon Trust Roadmap
- Covestro receives DNV GL certification for newly developed polyurethane resin
- Wölfel Wind Systems launches SHM.Tower
- Seaproof Solutions introduces retrofit J-Tube for offshore installation
- DNV GL launches on-demand, web-based forecasting
- Vestas InteliLight launches in the USA
- ZF introduces new disruptive platform approach for geared wind turbines
- Huisman introduces new crane type for offshore wind turbine maintenance
- LIDS technology effectively dims the lights on wind farms during clear nights
- Hempel introduces two new “splash zone" coatings
- Skylotec introduces small rescue devices with a centrifugal brake
- wpd develops foundation measuring system for wind turbines
- Offshore wind turbine manufacturer chooses for FFB360 Blade Access Platform
- DNV GL launches LVRT testing services in India
- Vestas expands 2MW platform with two new turbine variants
- Senvion presents new 2MW turbine series for Indian market
- Flex launches renewable energy storage solution
- ODE presents deep water foundation AWC
- TÜV Rheinland certifies prototype vertical system from Directtech
- CFD + Lidar combination launched for more effective wind measurements in complex terrain
- Possibility of ‘hydraulic’ offshore wind farm
- Nordex introduces 2 new turbines for medium and light-wind regions
- WindSim Launches Power Line Optimisation
- Adwen enters final stage of installation of the AD 8-180 prototype
- Bachmann introduces grid measurement and monitoring module for the wind power plants