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Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines for walk-to-work (W2W) motion compensated Offshore Access Systems (OAS). Guidance Note NI629 Certification of Offshore Access Systems provides an overview of the safety principles and technical requirements for the design, manufacturing and operation of reliable and dependable equipment for the safe transfer of personnel at sea.
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Seatools has launched its Pile Dredge Tool (PDT). This pile cleaning and dredging tool is capable of removing soil plugs and cleaning of pre-piled jackets, such as commonly found in the offshore wind industry. The system can be used for all kinds of other pile excavation operations as well, such as for the preparation of piles prior to abandonment operations.
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Nordex and its development partner were granted certification for their needs-based aviation obstruction lighting system. Nordex plans to begin serial production starting in the 4th quarter of this year, initially for the Germany market, and for other international key markets in the medium term. The lighting system is the result of a cooperative venture with the Danish radar specialist Terma A/S.
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DONG Energy and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have jointly installed a V164-8.0MW wind turbine test tower and foundation onshore to test several installation and commissioning procedures.
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In cooperation with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Vestas is installing a concept demonstrator to test the technical feasibility to operate and control a multi-rotor turbine. Continuing to reduce the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) over the long-term will require new solutions and a new way of thinking.
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Goldwind has announced the successful installation of wind lidar system ZephIR DM by Beijing New Energy Technology Ltd. (BNET) on the company’s 6MW prototype direct drive permanent magnet wind turbine. The lidar systems will be used for optimising the prototype turbine before it enters mass production, measuring power curves, and to understand the effects of wind flow propagation on the turbine’s performance.
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- AWS Truepower releases Wind Developer Suite software bundle
- Irish company installs hybrid streetlight in Grenada
- AQ510 now available in China
- DNV GL introduces standard for lifetime extension of wind turbines
- Epsiline deploys first Lidar at a commercially operated wind farm
- Natural Power launches pioneering ‘Portal’ software for effective project management
- Covestro receives certification for their polyurethane infusion resin
- Swedish study compares AQ510 SoDAR with sonic cup anemometers
- Siemens unveils solution to prevent blade erosion
- Statoil launches battery storage for offshore wind
- 50MW segmented ultralight morphing rotors for wind energy receives ARPA-E funding
- Prysmian launches new cable solution for offshore wind farms
- New GE offshore prototype to rise in Denmark
- SKF Enlight for wind puts turbine inspection in the cloud
- Reducing weather sensitivity of turbine component lifting reduces LCOE
- High-speed data acquisition system supports performance in nacelle test stand
- TÜV Rheinland hands over Type Certificate to Leitwind
- Covestro has developed the new solution for corrosion protection
- UK consortium secures grant to accelerate commercial development of kite power technology
- AXYS completes two floating LiDAR validation campaigns
- Service launched to extend wind farm project life
- MeteoPole launches of new cloud-based wind project assessment platform
- Adwen chooses Sentient Science for computational gearbox testing
- Pfisterer delivers first CrossPower system
- Umoe Firmus WaveCraft vessel arrives in UK
- Brave Tern upgraded to handle larger wind turbines
- Dedicated bat mitigation service saves lives and maximises energy yield
- DNV GL launches new service specification for wind power plants
- Whitford testing high-performance coatings at EMEC