X1 Wind's Floater Concept Ready for Testing
installation, transportation of the prototype and soon, towage towards the installation area. We are honoured to be a part of the first steps of a game changer industry with floating offshore wind, and particularly in setting a milestone with the launching of X1 Wind’s X30 model.”Hengtong central Europe region sales director Rui Batista said, “With the launch and implementation of X1 Wind X30 model, connected with our special dynamic cable, we finished another project for developing clean and sustainable energy. We are very pleased and proud to have participated in the realization
Wärtsilä Introduces its Smart Marine Ecosystem Vision
up innovation and to co-create with customers a range of new business models and solutions. These include the industry’s most advanced intelligent vessel and other ground-breaking projects. A second DAC is scheduled to open in Singapore in December, and during 2018 two more will be opened in Central Europe and North America. By applying smart technology to serve customers in a more sophisticated way, Wärtsilä aims to deliver greater efficiencies that lead to increased revenues and profitability for owners and operators around the world. The ultimate goal is to enable sustainable
Cinia Lays New Helsinki-Rostock Submarine Data Cable
submarine Sea Lion data cable in Helsinki, Finland. The new fibre optic sea cable will provide a direct, low latency and cyber secure internet backbone connection between Finland and Germany. Linking Cinia's existing countrywide data network in Finland with network nodes in Central Europe, the new sea cable is expected to increase interest of data center operators and data intensive organizations to set up operations in Finland. "The sea cable initiative builds the future of Finland based on our existing strengths," said Eero Heliövaara, Director General
Climate Change Could Cost Europe $260 Billion
;42 billion) and agriculture ($24.5 billion/€18 billion). The results also confirm the geographically unbalanced distribution of climate change related damages. For the purpose of this study, the European Union is divided into five regions. What the study identifies as southern Europe and central Europe south (see background for details) would bear most of the burden (- 70%), whereas the northern Europe region would experience the lowest welfare losses (- 1%), followed by the UK and Ireland region (- 5%) and central Europe North (- 24%). However, the report also shows that welfare impacts
First Pipe Produced for South Stream’s Offshore Section
in early summer, so that the construction of the first line of South Stream's offshore section will start in autumn 2014. South Stream is Gazprom's global infrastructure project aimed at constructing a gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters across the Black Sea to Southern and Central Europe for the purpose of diversifying the natural gas export routes and eliminating transit risks. South Stream's offshore section will consist of four lines, each exceeding 930 kilometers. Pipe supply contracts for the first line were awarded to EUROPIPE from Germany (50 percent of the total
First Line of Baltic Sea Pipe to be Laid by Saipem
;Bulgaria. Each line will be made up of over 75,000 size 12-meter pipes. South Stream is Gazprom's global infrastructure project aimed at constructing a gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters across the Black Sea to Southern and Central Europe for the purpose of diversifying the natural gas export routes and eliminating transit risks. The first gas will be supplied via South Stream in late 2015. The gas pipeline will reach its full capacity in 2018.
February 2024
