Vattenfall, ORE Catapult Extend Test & Demo Alliance at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a three-year extension on their testing and demonstration collaboration at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm.The partnership at the 96.8MW offshore wind test and demonstration facility first began in 2019.Since then, technologies which have the potential to address operation and maintenance challenges currently facing offshore wind farms have been tested at the site, such as blade repair, leading edge erosion, robotics, remote cable monitoring and autonomous inspection.Now, more companies ready to test their technologies offshore will be
Top 10 Things to Watch in Offshore Wind in '24
rates, a factor in developers and companies in the supply chain reporting mixed financial results. One cannot ignore the high-profile headlines of investor and financial institution reactions to project cancellations, deferments and impairments by companies including Ørsted, Iberdrola and Vattenfall as well as losses at large turbine OEMs, including but not limited to, Siemens. As a result, we continue to monitor not only the cost of debt but the availability of finance to the offshore wind space. This point links to our earlier comment about government agencies accepting the necessary price
Funding Granted for "World’s First" Vessel Charging Station within Offshore Wind Farm
two phases. The first will prove the transfer of power using Verlume’s battery and intelligent energy management technology, to charge a vessel via the Oasis Power Buoy while at sea. Wind-powered buoys to Charge Crew Transfer VesselsDuring the second phase the project will work with Vattenfall regarding technical and regulatory developments, aiming to lead to an on-turbine demonstration at Vattenfall's European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) within Aberdeen Bay. AC power generated by the existing wind turbines will be supplied via Turbo Power Systems high power charging
Fugro Expands Geotechnical Vessel Fleet
oil (HVO) biofuel and remote operations and data processing capabilities support sustainable operations.Barbara Geelen, Fugro’s Chief Financial Officer, will on Wednesday perform the naming ceremony ahead of the vessel’s maiden voyage. The vessel will start operations in December for Vattenfall's offshore wind farm near Norfolk in the United Kingdom.According to Fugro, Fugro Quest’s capabilities include the acquisition of high-quality geotechnical data from 2,000 meters below sea level. The vessel also has dedicated coring systems and onboard soil-testing laboratory facilities
USVs Eye Offshore Wind Opportunities
. Its first Blue Essence, Fugro Maali, entered service in 2021. By the end of this year, Fugro expects to have four Blue Essences operational, across Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Fugro anticipates that it will complete its first wind farm operations, with a Blue Essence, in a trial at Vattenfall’s Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Windfarm Deployment Centre, involving visual and CP inspection using its eROV Blue Volta on turbine bases..“We believe 85% of the O&M task can be done with an uncrewed vessel in nearshore wind farms,” says
Dutch Build Out North Sea Wind Farms, Test Floating Solar Panels
its renewable energy infrastructure.On a tour of North Sea facilities on Aug. 25, companies and Dutch utilities showed off key projects.At Hollandse Kust Zuid, a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) wind farm scheduled for completion next year, ten out of the 140 turbines are already producing electricity. Sweden's Vattenfall made headlines when it won the concession to build the farm in 2018 without government subsidy.Electricity from the farm is converted to a higher voltage and sent to shore from a station completed in July by Dutch grid operator TenneT."That's a 700 MW platform," said TenneT CEO Manon
Deutsche Windtechnik Wins 'Cluster' Subsea Inspection Work
at offshore wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. As part of a cluster campaign approach, more than 300 annual inspection reports will be generated in the next two years for wind farm owners including Trianel Windpark Borkum I and DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG (51% held by Vattenfall and 49% by Stadtwerke München).Among others Deutsche Windtechnik will conduct back-to-back inspections in Trianel Windpark Borkum I, Sandbank, DanTysk and Butendiek wind farms this year as part of the campaign. While the contract scope varies for each wind farm, the inspections will include
Asso's Trenching Fleet to depend on Sonardyne for Underwater Guidance
.In addition to AHRS, some wind farm project specifications can also require the use of an inertial navigation system (INS) on trenchers, in order to ascertain an accurate as laid position of their subsea cables.Last year, Asso won a contract to install the 66 kV export and inter-array cables on Vattenfall’s 350 MW Vesterhav Nord and Syd projects. The company was also awarded a contract, in consortium with Prysmian Group, to install the export cable system for the Gruissan floating offshore windfarm in southern France
Offshore Charging Station for Electrified Offshore Vessels Being Developed in UK
charging vessel to store modular battery units that could be swapped for the used battery on the operating vessel," ORE said."Significant interest"According to the developers, the project has already attracted significant interest, with confirmed backing from industry advisers, including Vattenfall Networks, Vattenfall Renewables and the Workboat Association (WA). "The consortium is also hoping to advance to the second phase of the Sustainable Innovation Fund, potentially accessing £3m of grant funding to undertake a detailed design and demonstration of the charging vessel
February 2024
