Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project
effectiveness and sustainability of floating offshore wind farms, driving tangible cost savings while reducing dependency on primary raw materials.As a steel wire transformation and coating technology company, Bekaert also develops beyond-steel solutions with its Scottish-based synthetic rope manufacturing facilities, and due to its experience in offshore mooring systems, it was invited to join the Tailwind consortium.“I am very pleased that Bekaert is involved in the Tailwind project that will further enable the growth of floating offshore wind which plays an important role in accelerating the
Prysmian, Hitachi, BAM Get Cable and Converter Stations Contracts for UK Subsea Link
cable from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England.The longest HVDC cable in the UK and the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project ever, providing enough electricity to power 2 million UK homes.Prysmian has confirmed it has the capability to deliver the project with its manufacturing facilities for the production of the HVDC cable and its cable laying vessels for the installation in the timescale required for EGL2 to meet its targeted energization date in 2029, supporting the timely delivery of this project and mitigating risks associated with global constraints in the HVDC supply
Balmoral Group Boss Jim Milne Receives Knighthood
; buying, renovating and selling cars while at school before acquiring an 84 x 21ft ex-RAF hut from Kinloss to start up my first glassfibre manufacturing operation on the family Home Farm of Tullos.”Nowadays, Balmoral Group operates from a 45-acre site in Aberdeen and has engineering and manufacturing facilities in Newcastle, South Yorkshire and South Wales, all run by dedicated and committed individuals which he feels is so important."I’m a great believer in people. If you have good people, look after them; I can certainly say we have an abundance of good people at Balmoral that have
Geotechnical, Marine, and Coastal Design Solutions for Marshaling Ports to meet US Offshore Wind Power Policy Targets
GW of offshore wind power by 2030, increasing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) leasing awards, and permitting target approval dates, together with more state energy procurement awards, are creating demand for more port infrastructure, Jones Act compliant vessels, and manufacturing facilities for wind farm components. Recently a study (Parkison, Sara B. and Willett Kempton, "Marshalling Ports Required to Meet US Offshore Wind Power Policy Targets" Energy Policy, Volume 163, April 2022), concluded that supply (and storage area) of US marshalling port infrastructure
Trelleborg's Cable Protection for Chinese Offshore Wind Farm
, located in Jiangsu, China. Trelleborg’s NjordGuard cable protection system will protect inter-array grid power cables on the project from over-bending, abrasion, and fatigue. Production of the 190 NjordGuard cable protection systems will take place across Trelleborg’s manufacturing facilities in Singapore and England. Project engineering works will commence immediately, with installation activities scheduled for execution at the beginning of 2021.NjordGuard is an integrated cable protection system designed and developed to protect offshore wind farm power cables in wind turbine
The Emerging U.S. Offshore Wind Industry in a Post-COVID-19 World
American Wind Energy Association predicts that the offshore wind projects could create up to 83,000 jobs and $25 billion in annual economic output by 2030. Already, the AWEA reports, companies have announced well over a billion dollars in port-related infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, manufacturing facilities and supply chain development.Meanwhile, in other parts of the world, offshore wind development and infrastructure is already well developed, particularly in places like northern Europe where the first offshore wind farm was erected in 1991. Unsurprisingly, many companies from those markets
Van Oord Installs Slip Joint Foundation at Borssele Wind Farm Site
standard solutions, the Slip Joint makes a submerged connection possible, allowing for a more balanced weight distribution between monopile and transition piece. It therefore opens up the possibility of manufacturing larger foundations for the next generation of wind turbines with existing manufacturing facilities and installing them at deep-sea locations using existing vessels."The (conical) sections that make the connection are produced using standard manufacturing methods. The Slip Joint provides a rapid, simple and safe installation solution in combination with reduced maintenance for the
Offshore wind: The making of a (supply chain) star
into submarine power cables … by accident. We did not really believe that there was much develop. However, it’s been proven that our 30 years of subsea distribution system experience had a lot to offer the cable industry. It seems today’s designs are more based on existing manufacturing facilities than the optimum design for floating wind and installations. Its like with electrical cars, it is hard to rebuild your gasoline engine factory,” he says, adding that he sees Unitech as “the Tesla” of offshore power cables.The timing is right for a new Tesla of that type
Hydro Group Expands
in the defense, aerospace and renewable energy industries.With a strong track record of international expansion in both Asia and the Americas, Hydro Group is continuing to identify local experts and new markets globally for its suite of subsea connectivity solutions.From its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Scotland, Hydro Group develops the complete subsea electrical and optical interconnect package, built to withstand the harshest environmental conditions.Hydro Group employs more than 100 full time staff in Scotland, Singapore and the USA, providing total solutions to a portfolio of prime
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