Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has established a new department dedicated to developing its crane and lifting products for the offshore supply and subsea segment. The department, which opened officially in January 2012 is based in Molde, Norway, with production taking place at the Kongsberg Evotec headquarters in Gurskøy, Norway. Initially, [...]
One of the key elements in the successful construction of an offshore wind park is the skilful installation of cables – a complicated task that is often subject to huge repair costs. Cable damage causes over 70% of all insurance claims on installed wind parks, which shows that there is great need for improving the [...]
The Crown Estate has commissioned ABPmer to develop a regional wave and tidal model for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters strategic area. The model aims to develop a refined description of the marine energy resource as well as help to better understand the magnitude and extent of cumulative effects from multiple planned developments. The [...]
![VideoRay Delivers Mini-ROV Fleet to Dutch Navy]()
On January 10, 2012 VideoRay LLC of Phoenixville, PA, along with Dutch partner Nautikaris BV of Ijmuiden, Netherlands, completed the site acceptance test of four VideoRay Pro 4 submersible systems with spare parts, accessories, and custom modifications. Training for operators and repair personnel will be completed during January. The highly competitive contract was awarded to [...]
![Carbon Trust Works on New Technology Accelerator Initiative]()
The Carbon Trust is currently working on a major new Technology Accelerator initiative focused on reducing the cost of energy (£/MWh) from offshore wind by more than 10 %. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is funding large-scale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects to unlock technological barriers to advance the industry, and thereby accelerate its [...]
![Strong Presence of Dutch Companies at Marintec China]()
Over 20 Dutch maritime companies were present in the Maritime by Holland Pavillion at the Marintec 2011 event in China. The event took place from 29 November until 2 December. The Holland maritime cluster consist of 11,000 companies within a 100 km radius, with a large potential for international business. Marintec China is the [...]
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![CBS Study Shows North Sea Business Employs One-Quarter Million of Dutch People]()
Activities of Dutch companies related to the North Sea offer directly or indirectly employment to almost a quarter million of… More information on CBS survey in Dutch Source: CBS Netherlands, December 1, 2011
![Dutch Minister Confirms Cut Offshore Wind Energy Spendings]()
Maxime Verhagen, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, including energy, confirms the Dutch government has cut investments in offshore wind energy. He warns that in his opinion “offshore wind remains a very uncompetitive option.” The Minister affirms the Dutch government’s commitment to the European renewables targets for 2020. “To meet these targets the government will [...]
NGenTec, a Scottish designer of magnet generators for wind turbines, will present during the EWEA Offshore Wind Energy exhibition in Amsterdam a new wind turbine technology which could lower the cost of wind energy significantly. This new generator technology should produce “maximum energy at a minimum cost”. As part of the trial, six full-scale 1MW [...]
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The down-scaled 1:6 test model met full scale extreme weather and probably sank during last night’s extreme storm “Berit”. Once the turbine has been located and recovered the time to repair it will be assessed. Even though the effect of the extreme storm “Berit” would not be a problem for a full scale turbine this [...]
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