The VelociWrapper Co. has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its flagship product, the VelociWrapper , a cable-wrapping machine that increases speed, bolsters efficiency and reduces costs for wind and solar farm installations … Read More
Equipment
NRG Systems Adds ZX TM Lidar to Remote Turbine Sensing Portfolio
NRG Systems Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar and meteorological applications, has added ZX Lidars’ ZX TM to its remote sensing portfolio. NRG Systems has been selling and supporting ZX Lidars’ technology … Read More
Edison Chouest Signs Service Operations Vessel Deal for Empire Wind Farms
Rendering of the Empire Wind service operations vessel. Credit: Edison Chouest Offshore Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a long-term service operations vessel charter agreement to U.S. marine transportation provider, Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). … Read More
Patriot to Deliver Crew Transfer Vessel for Vineyard Wind Construction
Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has signed a charter for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with Patriot Offshore Maritime Services, a Massachusetts-based company. Patriot will construct the CTV at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in … Read More
CAPE Holland VLT Completes Monopile Work on Kaskasi II Offshore Wind Farm
CAPE Holland’s Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT), the CAPE VLT-640 Triple, has completed its work at Kaskasi II OWF Beilen, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The initial stages started in 2016, and the consequential contract award from … Read More
Guice Expands Offshore Supply Vessel Fleet with Three New Ships
GO Crusader was recently in Jacksonville, Fla. preparing for her next mission. Guice Offshore (GO) has expanded its offshore supply vessel fleet to include three new vessels: GO Explorer (170 ft. DP1 MPSV), GO Crusader (205 ft. DP2 PSV) and … Read More
Eneti Seajacks Vessels Chosen for Two Offshore Wind Projects
Seajacks Scylla Seajacks UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti Inc. and a provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a new contract with a U.K.-based utility for one of its NG2500X-class vessels … Read More
Ampelmann System to Support Otto Candies with Offshore Wind Construction
Ampelmann, a Dutch offshore access provider, has signed its first contract in the U.S. offshore wind market. An E1000 motion-compensated system will be supplied to marine transportation and towing company Otto Candies to facilitate operations during the construction of the … Read More
Orsted, ESVAGT Plan First Offshore Wind SOV to Run on Green Fuels
As part of a new agreement, Ørsted and ESVAGT, an offshore wind service and support company, have decided to invest in the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. The SOV will be powered by … Read More
HeliService Provides Helicopter Support for Offshore Wind Operations
Credit: HeliService HeliService International Inc. has been awarded the contract for helicopter crew change operations for Ørsted and Eversource’s joint venture wind projects in the Northeast. The Leonardo AW169 helicopters are powered by two Pratt and Whitney PW210 series engines … Read More