According to a press release from the Chamber of Shipping, “The absurd process for allocating wind farm sites around the UK coast is wasting time and money”.

Heavy lift transport company Jumbo Offshore’s DP2 Heavy Lift Vessel ‘Jumbo Javelin’ has installed its one-hundredth transition piece (TP) for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), off the UK’s south-east coast.

Germany’s Siemens has taken a share with Dong Energy in a company specialising in offshore wind farm installation work. Read the rest of this entry

UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has announced £10 million in grants for companies in the offshore wind supply chain.

The growth in the wind turbine market shows no signs of abating. GE announced plans to install up to five offshore demonstration wind turbines through two separate partnerships. Read the rest of this entry

Lamprell, a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas and renewables industry, is pleased to announce that it has received a US$ 129.0 million new contract award from Seajacks 3 LTD (“Seajacks”).

This month has seen Jumbo Offshore completed a short series of trials to demonstrate the installation capabilities of its DP2 offshore heavy lift vessels (HLV) in high tidal current velocities.

New software has been released, which cuts down the design time of wind farms, and provides enhanced and improved mapping capabiltites.

Work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site, off East Anglia, UK began recently when the 164m “Nordnes” arrived in site.

