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Electricity from wind and solar requires systems that store electricity that will be needed at a later stage. In November the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) in Kassel tested the prototype of a storage system in Lake Constance, Europe's largest drinking water reservoir. A hollow sphere storage system positioned 100 meters deep is designed to demonstrate feasibility in a simulated service test. ContiTech supplied the pressure equalization line for the testing of this underwater pump reservoir.
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Webtool has announced a gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea cable during offshore wind projects. The Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation with DNV GL, allows the safe and controlled recovery of damaged cable up to 8” (203 mm) diameter. The CRT200 cable gripper provides a cable recovery whereby the gripper, guided by an ROV, is lowered onto the end of the cable without requiring preliminary clearing of the soil around the cable.
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Momentarily all components for the construction of the Lagerwey Climbing Crane are being built by over 30 different suppliers. The mast consists of a top, middle and bottom section. The middle and bottom sections are the parts where the ‘cylinders’ are attached which ‘climb’.
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Moventas has been developing a new product to the Exceed technology. The Exceed 4MW+ gearbox has successfully completed long-time overload test in January at Moventas Research and Technology center in Finland.
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Nordex has received the unit certificate according to VDE-AR-N 4120 for the N117/3000 turbine from FGH Zertifizierungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany). Presentation of the unit certificate is a prerequisite for connection to the German high-voltage grid (TCC High Voltage110 kV grid) and the operation of wind turbine generators as of 01 July 2017.
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A collaboration between colleagues from Heriot-Watt's Ocean Systems Laboratory and the Smart Systems Group has received funding to deliver a human-robotics hybrid solution for the maintenance and operation of offshore wind farms. The consortium (the Holistic Operation and Maintenance for Energy from Offshore Wind Farms or HOME-Offshore) received a GBP 4 million grant to create remote inspection and repair technologies using robotics and autonomous systems.
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- Siemens 8MW wind turbine up and running
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- AQ510 is one of the first remote sensors to achieve full IEC Classification
- Acta Marine contracts Ulstein for wind vessel
- DNV GL awards component certificate for SGB’s latest transformer
- TÜV NORD issues IECRE certificate for GE wind turbine
- Bachmann introduces New PLC-integrated module for safety speed measurement
- DNV GL certifies prototype of Siemens’ 8MW offshore wind turbine
- LM Wind Power delivers blades for Goldwind's new 3MW wind turbine
- Forum ROV to support University of Limerick’s pioneering renewables projects
- VEKA to build hybrid powered trimarans for offshore wind market
- Toshiba launches turbine optimisation project
- Control room software for the medium wind market
- First Vestas V136-3.45 MW turbine successfully installed
- Gamesa secures début order for its new 3.3 MW platform
- Terex truck crane lifts wind turbines in the Swiss Alps
- Industry-reviewed procedure for measuring wind turbine power curves with CW lidar released
- WindFloat receives approval in principle from Japanese classification society
- Ingeteam receives certificate for the Ingecon wind frequency converter family
- TNEI and Visualwind unveil noise monitoring equipment
- Nordex installs the first N131/3600
- New study proves wind tower works even with low speed winds
- LM Wind Power to supply blades for CSIC HZ Windpower's new 5MW offshore turbine
- Nordex’s first N117/3600 to start operation in November