Operations & Maintenance

  • Offshore wind foundations: Novel solutions to hit the market in 12-24 months

    May 16, 2011

    With 20-25% of an offshore wind farm’s capital expenditure sunk into its foundations, offshore wind foundation costs threaten to explode as offshore wind farms move into deeper waters, further from shore.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: May 02 - May 09

    May 9, 2011

    Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm fully operationalThis week’s Wind Energy Update news round-up includes the following companies and organisations: E.ON Climate & Renewables; EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg commissioned & Siemens Energy;
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: April 26 - May 02

    May 2, 2011

    Germany’s EnBW Baltic 1 offshore wind farm operational This week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: CBD Energy, Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric and Datang Renewable; Ofgem, Balfour Beatty Equitix consortium, Transmission Capital Partners, National Grid Offshore, and Blue Transmission; Pike Research; Energy Technologies Institute; TenneT;...
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: April 11 – April 18

    Apr 18, 2011

    Statkraft signs energy offtake deal with Dong Energy This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Statkraft & Dong Energy; Maine Technology Institute & WindFloat Maine; Duke Energy & Xtreme Power Sgurr; Energy & Hong Kong Electric Company; Infinis & Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE); Iowa Power Fund Board & Acciona...
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: April 04 - April 11

    Apr 11, 2011

    New Jersey offshore wind project given green lightThis week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organizations: Fishermen’s Energy; ESB Novusmodus and Wind Energy Direct; American Wind Energy Association; Eldepasco and Vestas; PNE Wind; Nordex; Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: March 28 - April 04

    Apr 4, 2011

    Vestas, Dong to test 7MW turbine This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Dong Energy & Vestas; PensionDanmark and PKA & Dong Energy; Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Trans-Elect, Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Corporation; UK Carbon Trust; Scottish and Southern Energy & Centre of...
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: March 21 - March 28

    Mar 28, 2011

    This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Bluewater Wind Delaware; Vattenfall; Doosan Power Systems; Maryland Public Service Commission; Steel Engineering; and Siemens & Minnesota Power.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: March 14 - March 21

    Mar 21, 2011

    Vestas hit by investor lawsuit This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organizations: Vestas; UpWind, Netherlands’ Energy Research Centre & Danish Technical University Risoe DTU; NaiKun Wind Energy Group; SeaEnergy; European Wind Energy Association; PNE Wind & Vestas; Alstom, Belwind & Converteam; and RWE Innogy.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: March 07 - 14

    Mar 14, 2011

    Wind Towers snaps up Skykon plantThis week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Skykon, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Marsh Wind Technology; Siemens; AC Wind; European Wind Energy Association; Dong Energy, E.ON, Masdar, Per Arsleff Bilfinger Berger Ingeniurbeu, and A2SEA; Crown Estate; and Germany Trade & Invest.
  • Leading US Utilities and Operators Commit to Wind Energy Post Warranty O&M Meeting

    Mar 8, 2011

    Wind Energy Update’s 3rd annual O&M Summit in Dallas this month is on track for over 250 participants as more continue to join the show daily.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: February 28 - March 07

    Mar 7, 2011

    This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organizations: Wind Power Limited, OTM Consulting, Cranfield University, the University of Strathclyde, Sheffield University, James Ingram & Associates, CEFAS, QinetiQ and the Energy Technologies Institute; Transmission Capital Partners, International Public Partnerships, Amber Infrastructure Group and Transmission...
  • Global Marine Systems: Offshore cable O&M strategy critical to offshore wind success

    Mar 7, 2011

    Wind Energy Update speaks to Joel Whitman, director of corporate strategy, Global Marine Systems - the world’s largest independent provider of submarine cable, installation, maintenance, and engineering services - about how cabling cost overruns can be avoided and why operators should be collaborating on cable O&M strategy from the outset.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: February 21 - 28

    Feb 28, 2011

    Fluor takes hit on Greater Gabbard This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Fluor; Nexans & Dong Energy; Global Marine Energy; University of Maine; Vestas; Dong Energy & Siemens; Gamesa & E.ON; Nstar, Cape Wind & National Grid.
  • Turbine warranty-exit inspections: Worth the cost?

    Feb 24, 2011

    The countdown to a turbine's end of warranty is a critical time for operators to make decisions about the future care of their machinery. Knowing who to hire for warranty-exit inspections – or if it is even worth the cost – can determine who's responsible for picking up the tab on thousands
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: February 07 - February 14

    Feb 14, 2011

    Ontario not to proceed with proposed offshore wind projectsThis week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following organisations and companies: Ontario government; Department for Energy and Climate and Change & E.ON; Vestas; Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act; New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Gamesa Technology and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding; and the Offshore Wind Innovation...

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