The world’s first daughter craft based on surface-effect-ship (SES) technology, supported by the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), has kicked off two months of sea trials at Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 1 and Ørsted’s Horns Rev 2 wind farms. The Sea Puffin’s innovative design aims to enable developers to operate daughter craft vessels in harsher weather conditions, which will be important as wind farms installations move further offshore.
A Synchoist load positioning system, from Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology, has been used by Finnish wind power production company, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, for the installation of gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm, Pori, Finland. The Tahkoluoto Wind Farm is the world’s first offshore windfarm designed for operation in ice conditions.
Beatrice, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, has started generating power for the first time on July 19. Following the successful installation of the first 7MW turbine, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited has exported power to the National Grid for the first time. The installation of the first turbine heralds the start of the final stage of Beatrice’s journey towards completion in Spring 2019.
Energi Coast, the North East of England’s Renewables Group, has appointed experienced offshore wind industry professional James Ritchie as its new Chairman.
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