Belgian offshore construction and dredging group Jan De Nul has placed an order for its third and largest offshore wind turbine installation group at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in China. The Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel, named Voltaire, will be built with a payload of approximately 14,000 tonnes and an unrivaled crane capacity of over 3,000 tonnes, making it the … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wind Industry Needs Bigger Boats. Much Bigger
By Lars Paulsson, Jeremy Hodges and Chris Martin (Bloomberg) -- How do you install a wind turbine almost the size of the Chrysler building in the open ocean? Just get a boat with deck space larger than a football field and a crane that can lift the weight of 1,100 Chevy Suburban SUVs. Those specialist ships are scarce, numbering about a dozen in the world. And at a cost of … [Read more...]
Time-Lapse: World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine Installed Off Scotland
A time-lapse video has been posted online showing last months installation of the world's most power wind turbine at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre located just off the north-east coast of Scotland in Aberdeen Bay. The turbine is the first of 11 to be deployed at the "ground-breaking" facility and one of two turbines at the wind farm that have been … [Read more...]
Ship Photos of the Day – World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Installed Offshore England
Danish energy company Dong Energy this week completed the installation of the first of 32 8MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm off the coast of Liverpool, England. At 195 meters tall, the MHI Vestas 8MW turbines are the largest in the world, and this marks their first installation in an offshore wind farm. The turbine was installed this … [Read more...]
Lamprell Delivers the Bold Tern, a Self-Elevating Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
UAE rig-builder Lamprell announced today the successful of construction of the wind turbine installation vessel, Windcarrier 2 "Bold Tern." Having resolved all outstanding commercial issues, Lamprell has made delivery of the vessel to the client, Fred Olsen. Completion and delivery of the vessel, five months after the delivery of its sister vessel, the Windcarrier 1 … [Read more...]