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Enterprise-Ireland funds vessel for UK offshore projects

IRELAND: A vessel whose development has been part-funded by Enterprise Ireland’s research and development fund has been built and launched specifically for servicing offshore wind farms around Britain.

 
 

Plant Operations news

 

Worlds largest offshore project hit by fault

Thanet wind farm has been partially closed with cabling fault

UK: Vattenfall's 300MW Thanet offshore wind farm off the UK coast is...

 
 

CG wins Humber Gateway substation deal

UK: The contract for the design, engineering, supply and installation of the...

 
 

Aibel to build DolWin services platform

NORWAY: Norwegian services provider Aibel is to build an offshore platform designed...

 
 

Higher and higher

WORLDWIDE: Falls are the cause of a high proportion of wind turbine...

 
 

Iberdrola and Gamesa sign multi-GW supply and maintence deal

Gamesa's 2MW turbine is included in the O&M deal

SPAIN: Iberdrola and Gamesa have signed a substantial supply and operations and...

 
 
 
 

Infigen continues legal action against Gamesa

Gamesa's 2MW turbine is at the centre of the row

UNITED STATES: Infigen Energy has posted an update on its ongoing dispute...

 
 

Buckie Shipyards signs catamaran deal

UK: A Scottish boatbuilder has formed an alliance with a South African...

 
 

Scottish fishing port set for offshore wind investment

UK: A small harbour on the northern coast of Scotland better known...

 
 

MidAmerican picks enXco for 477MW O&M deal

The O&M contract is for GE's 1.5MW turbine

UNITED STATES: MidAmerican Energy has appointed enXco to provide operations and maintenance...

 
 

53% of China's wind farms upgraded following safety inspections

Nordex turbine in Helanshan, China. 53% of China's wind farms have been revamped

CHINA: China has upgraded of its 53% wind farms following a nationwide...

 
 
 
 
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Can best practice keep raising safety standards?

WORLDWIDE: Headline-grabbing wind-energy accidents are uncommon, but they do occur and remind...

 
 

Two-pronged approach to on-site safety policy

WORLDWIDE: Yes, I can think of an incident we faced. We had...

 
 

How to improve safety for wind farm workers

WORLDWIDE: Working on a wind farm is not without its hazards, yet...

 
 

Windpower Monthly's round-up of 2011

Donald Trump, burning/ floating turbines, and Vestas were all in the news in 2011

As Windpower Monthly winds down for the end-of-year holidays, we leave you...

 
 

Wind speed site tests come under scrutiny

A potential wind farm is tested in Kilkenny, Ireland

WORLDWIDE: Concerns about the possible underperformance of wind farms began to surface...

 
 
 

Plant Operations events

 

Offshore Vessels & Access 2012

 
Date:
06-08 March 2012
Location:
London, UK
Organiser:
Windpower Monthly
 
Windstats
North American wind industry news
 
 
 

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