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UpWind Solution and their partner SkySpecs are now cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry out wind turbine inspections by drones in the USA.
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Siemens this week celebrated the official christenings of the offshore wind industry’s very first, purpose-built Service Operation Vessels (SOV). The christening events took place in cooperation with Esvagt A/S, owner of the two vessels, in Rostock, Germany, and Hamburg, Germany.
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The Gemini Offshore Wind Farm has signed a contract to become the first commercial users of Windnova, new project management software which is designed specifically for the offshore wind sector. Details of the three year contract, for an undisclosed value, were confirmed this week, as Gemini completed its first quarter using Windnova.
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During a recent two week offshore operation, FLiDAR chartered one vessel to serve three clients. The Pole Star began its journey in Oban, Scotland, first sailing to the NAREC met mast to pick up one of the FLiDAR buoys which had just finished a post validation campaign for Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe project, completing a wind measurement campaign.
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The GEV Intuitive Reporting and Inspection System (I-RIS), which is mounted on a technician’s iPad, enables near real-time reporting to be collected, and document a turbine’s maintenance activity.
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ABPmer has launched an on-demand weather downtime service. Developed in conjunction with the offshore wind industry, the new service helps clients make quicker weather dependent decisions by offering 24/7 access to ABPmer’s SEASTATES weather downtime calculator.
- Gamesa’s G114-2.5MW prototype starts to generate energy
- ISO released standard for the port and marine operations associated with offshore windfarms
- MHI Vestas to install two additional V164-8.0 MW turbines onshore in Denmark
- IDEOL designs 2 Japanese floating wind turbines
- New IRENA app delivers global renewable energy data straight to smartphones
- ABB launches line voltage regulator to ease integration of renewable energy
- Gamesa rewards an invention that enables automatic turbine rotor positioning
- CT Offshore introduces new subsea trencher ROV
- TÜV NORD to certify Siemens towers and the SWT-2.3-120 turbine
- First WES250 installed in Morocco
- Northern Power Systems launches power conversion technology into energy storage market
- Protea launches heavy lift floating crane
- Siemens launches new wind turbine in the USA
- GE launches the Digital Wind Farm ecosystem
- Siemens installs prototype of its 7MW offshore wind turbine
- UpWind Solutions Launches LifeXSeries
- seebaWIND Service starts pilot project with BayWa r.e.
- Renewable NRG Systems introduces SymphoniePRO
- Lufft Ventus ultrasonic anemometer tested and proven for offshore operation
- Floating train at 2000 km/h set to store 10% of Dutch electricity
- Brüel & Kjær Vibro now offers CMS as a service
- Conquest Offshore presents floating installation system
- ABPmer creates innovative underwater noise mapping tool
- Vaisala launches Nomad 3 Data Logger
- Vestas introduces 3.45MW power mode for its 3MW platform
- Superconducting direct drive technology for next generation wind turbines
- Belgium windfarm Perwez installs Topwind Bat Protection System
- Prysmian’s Cable Enterprise ready for sail out following upgrade works
- Pontis joins a consortium for integrated roof wind energy system
- Blade test program WEG turbine concluded successfully