Sarens, a global company that specializes in crane rental services, heavy lifting and engineered transport, has unveiled its business priorities for its North American operations for the year ahead. Petrochemical, offshore, nuclear, wind or civil works (construction) will be key … Read More
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Alfa Laval Equips Scotland’s Seagreen with Framo Pumping Systems
Alfa Laval, a company that specializes in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, says it will supply Framo pumping systems for the foundations of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm project – Seagreen. This is the second order for pumping … Read More
NRG Systems Opens ZX Lidars Service, Support Center
NRG Systems Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar and meteorological applications, has opened a ZX Lidars service and support center at its headquarters in Vermont. NRG Systems introduced the U.K.-based Lidar OEM’s … Read More
CWind, Global Marine Group Deliver First Hybrid-Powered Surface Effect Ship
CWind, a provider of project services, crew transfer vessels (CTVs) and GWO-accredited training courses to the offshore wind industry, and the Global Marine Group have delivered the world’s first hybrid-powered surface effect ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. The vessel was … Read More
Keppel AmFELS Constructing Jones Act-Compliant Offshore WTIV
Keppel AmFELS, says it is currently constructing the first-ever Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), a key vessel for the development of the U.S. offshore wind industry, which will be built to ABS Class. The 472-foot vessel is … Read More
Offshore Wind Sector Will Require Threefold Increase in Workforce
Demand for offshore wind staff will triple by the end of the decade, surging to 868,000 full-time jobs from an estimated 297,000 in 2020. The hiring spree will already be visible in the middle of the decade as job demand … Read More
K2 Management Appointed Owner’s Engineer of MarWin Project
K2 Management, a company that supports developers and operators of energy projects, has been appointed owner’s engineer on what will be the largest project off the coast of Maryland in the U.S. – the Maryland Offshore Wind Project (MarWin project) … Read More
ALLETE Clean Energy to Repower, Expand Minnesota Wind Projects
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc., says it will repower and expand the Northern Wind site – consisting of the Chanarambie and Viking wind projects in southwest Minnesota – by replacing the existing turbines with new, … Read More
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, CrossWind Ink Turbine Supply Contract
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and CrossWind have executed a contract to deliver the turbines for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park. The contract includes the supply of 69 SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbines and a 15-year … Read More