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202014 News2014 News ... December back to January

2014 News ... December back to January


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TÜV SÜD wins contract to support the "Sandbank" project
off Sylt


Nov 12, 2014   + + +  TÜV SÜD will accompany the construction of the new "Sandbank" offshore wind farm located around 90 km off the island of Sylt, providing manufacturing inspection and quality assurance services for the project. The international testing and certification company has won the contract for the certification of the implementation phase, involving production monitoring according to the BSH standard. Within the scope of the contract, TÜV SÜD's offshore wind professionals will inspect the foundations, the wind turbines, the sub-stations and the internal cabling at the wind farm .....

 
Steute: New extreme foot controls for offshore,
ship and port technology



2014, Nov 04   + + +   As a manufacturer of switchgear for extreme and complex applications, steute provides customers with its own range of offshore products especially developed for use in offshore, ship and port technology. Features of our devices include saltwater resistance, a robust construction, the necessary approvals and - where appropriate - Ex-Versions ....

 
Fugro supports Technip’s largest North Sea project


Oct. 07, 2014   + + +   Real-time metocean data transmitted by a Fugro SEAWATCH Wavescan buoy is enabling Technip to plan its operations more effectively for its largest UK North Sea contract to date. Located in the west of Shetland area, BP’s Quad 204 project involves replacing the existing Schiehallion production facility with a new, purpose-built FPSO and installing extensive new subsea infrastructure ....

 

Alstom improves performance of its tidal energy solutions

 


Oct. 1, 2014     + + +    Alstom has taken advantage of its experience with the 1 MW turbine to improve the design of its tidal stream turbine ... and now offers the Oceade™ 18 - 1.4 MW, making the turbine even more efficient, cost-effective and easy to maintain. With a rotor diameter of 18 metres, the Oceade tidal stream turbine has a nominal power of 1.4MW and three variable pitching blades. It is equipped with plug-and-play modules on rails, easily accessible through an inspection hatch at the rear of the nacelle to enable faster assembly and maintenance ... 

 
Siemens opens new remote diagnostics center
for wind turbines in Denmark



Sept. 26, 2014   + + +   Siemens officially opened the new remote diagnostics center for wind turbines, located at the company's global headquarters for wind service in Brande. The facility offers some of the most advanced wind turbine remote diagnostic and monitoring capabilities in the world and has been designed to accommodate the continued and rapid growth of Siemens wind service. It currently hosts diagnostic operations and monitoring services for more than 7,500 installed Siemens wind turbines worldwide to proactively keep the units operating at their optimum levels of performance . . .

 
Siemens receives grid connection order
for Dudgeon offshore wind farm



Sept. 04, 2014 + + + Siemens has received an order for the turnkey delivery of the grid connection for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The customers are the Norwegian utilities Statoil and Statkraft, which are jointly implementing the wind farm off the coast of the U.K. Siemens will supply the entire power transmission system, including the two transformer substations – one onshore and one offshore – for the 402-megawatt (MW) project. Siemens had previously received an order in August to deliver 67 wind turbines in the new 6-MW class as well as to maintain the wind farm. The grid connection is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016, and the installation of the wind turbines is expected to begin in early 2017. With a transmission capacity of 402 MW, Dudgeon will supply climate-friendly energy for over 410,000 British homes ....

 
ABB launches world´s most powerful underground and
subsea power transmission cable system



August 21, 2014  + + +  ABB has announced a breakthrough in cable technology. It has successfully developed and tested a 525 kilovolt (kV) extruded high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system to make renewable energy installations more efficient and cost-effective. This latest innovation will more than double the power capacity to about 2,600 megawatts (MW) from 1,000 MW. It will also expand the cable's reach to distances of 1,500 kilometers, up from less than 1,000 kilometers, while keeping transmission losses under 5 percent. The new cable offers a 64 percent increase over 320 kV, currently the highest voltage deployed for this type of technology. The 525kV cable system can be deployed in subsea and underground applications ...

 
Siemens receives order for 67 wind turbines
for Dudgeon offshore wind power plant



August 21, 2014 + + + Siemens Energy has received an order from the Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft for the "Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm" in the UK. Siemens will manufacture, deliver, install and commission 67 Siemens direct-drive wind turbines rated at 6 megawatts (MW) each and equipped with a 154-meter rotor. Installation will start in early 2017. The combined value including a five-year-service contract is approximately GBP 500 million – nearly 650 million Euros ....

 

ABB to provide UK grid connection
for Europe’s largest tidal energy project

 

August 18, 2014 + + + MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth will rely on ABB technology to feed renewable energy into onshore distribution grid.  The MeyGen tidal stream project is at the forefront of world marine energy development and will harvest the tidal resources of one of the most energetic maritime sites in Europe, the strait connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea between the Orkney Islands and the Scottish mainland ...
 
Bilfinger to install foundations for
Sandbank Offshore Windpark



August 14, 2014  + + +  Sandbank is a joint partnership of Vattenfall (51 percent) and the city of Munich's public utility company (49 percent). The foundation elements will be installed in the seabed with the help of an installation ship in waters that are up to 34 meters deep and 90 kilometers west of Sylt in the German North Sea. The contract has a volume of more than €100 million. Work has already begun and will continue until February 2016. The Hydro Sound Damper, a sound protection system that Bilfinger played a key role in developing, is being used at the Sandbank Offshore Windpark. The system helps to reduce the noise pollution that marine fauna is exposed to during the construction phase ...

 
Siemens Receives Order for Wind Turbines and Servicing
for Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm



August 11, 2014   + + +  Vattenfall has awarded Siemens Energy an order for 72 Model SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines for its new Sandbank offshore wind farm (1). The project is being erected 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in water depths between 25 and 37 meters within the exclusive economic zone off the German North Sea coast. A pioneering service plan for the project will generate synergy from its close vicinity to DanTysk offshore wind farm ...

 
Siemens awarded turnkey order
for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm



July 28, 2014   + + +   Siemens Energy has received an order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm. Designed to generate 144 megawatts (MW) of wind power, the Westermeerwind project with 48 direct drive wind turbines is also the first wind power plant Siemens Wind Power’s Offshore unit will erect for handover to the customer on a turnkey basis. Within the framework of a 15-year comprehensive maintenance contract, the owner will benefit from Siemens’ guaranteed availability ... more

 
Siemens D6 direct-drive wind turbine
obtains type certification by DNV GL



July 24, 2014 + + + Siemens Energy has obtained type certification by certifying body DNV GL for the company’s innovative D6 offshore wind turbine. The model Siemens SWT-6.0-154 is equipped with a modern direct drive generator, rated at 6 megawatts (MW) and equipped with a 154 meter rotor. The official certificate is a further step in ramping up the serial production of the turbine  ... more

 
Siemens installs two offshore platforms for TenneT
in the North Sea in July



July 21 2014  + + +  Siemens has installed a fourth offshore platform in the North Sea, completing an important stage for grid connections of sea-based wind farms. This is the platform for the SylWin1 DC link, which is the most powerful of the four offshore wind power grid connections contracted to Siemens by the German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT between 2010 and 2011 ... more 

 
RWE Innogy: 'Wedding' on the high seas
Bladt Industries:  Load out of the Nordsee Ost substation



July 7, 2014   + + +  Last week marked the end of yet another successful project at Bladt Industries, as the Bladt team completed the load out of the Nordsee Ost substation. The substation is now on the barge, where it will undergo measures to secure sea fastening before it makes its journey to the final destination in the German North Sea. The 1900 tonnes substation, which Bladt Industries fabricated for the German utility company RWE, is the 13th substation fabricated by Bladt Industries . . .

 
Siemens Wind Service Update:
New Purpose-Built SOV and Offshore Logistics Concept



July 19, 2014   + + +   The next generation of offshore wind power plants will be located farther from shore and will require a unique and flexible logistics solution for efficient service and maintenance. As part of a new and unique integrated concept, the new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) will help to address these challenges and will set a new standard in offshore service operations. Siemens will be the first to provide this multi-faceted offshore logistics concept and will introduce the first purpose-built SOV in 2015 ...

 
Sovcomflot extends cooperation with Sakhalin Energy


July 7, 2014   + + +   SCF Group (Sovcomflot) and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) have signed a contract for the construction and long-term operation of three multifunctional icebreaking standby vessels to serve the Sakhalin-2 offshore energy platforms. The contract covers a 20 year term, during which the vessels will provide safe and reliable services for Sakhalin Energy’s platforms in the Sea of Okhotsk. The vessels will also assist with accommodation of the offshore facilities personnel. In an emergency, the vessels will help evacuate personnel from the offshore platforms and will provide oil spill response services when necessary ...

 
Prysmian, new contract worth approx. 730 M Euros
for offshore wind farm grid connections in Germany



May 20, 2014   + + +   Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH a subsidiary of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, operator of transmission grids in Germany a new contract worth approximately up to 730 million Euros (including options for grid connections in value of approximately 250 M Euros) to design, produce and install the power cable systems for the offshore wind park cluster West of Adlergrund in the German Baltic Sea ...

 

Siemens signs three-year charter for new jack-up vessel, purpose-built for service



May 20, 2014   + + +  Siemens Energy has entered into a charter agreement with DBB Jack-Up Services A/S for the use of a new purpose-built jack-up vessel designed for the service and maintenance of the rising number of large scaled offshore wind power projects across Northern Europe. The three-year term of the charter agreement will enable Siemens Wind Service to reduce the lead time needed to mobilize and will secure a fast response to an unscheduled exchange of large components in offshore wind turbines. The vessel is currently under construction and is scheduled for being operational in Siemens offshore wind projects in 2016 ...
 
Siemens: World's largest electrolysis system transforms wind power into hydrogen


May 16, 2014   + + +   In the German city of Mainz Siemens, together with the public utilities of Mainz, Linde and the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, has laid the foundation stone for a new type of energy storage system. From spring 2015, the system, equipped with an electrolyzer from Siemens, will convert surplus electricity from wind farms to hydrogen. The hydrogen will then be stored locally in tankers or fed directly into the natural gas grid for subsequent power or heat generation. In this way, it will be possible to store electricity from renewable sources over longer periods of time ... more
 
E.ON: Amrumbank West project on course
Offshore transformer station successfully installed



May 02, 2014  + + +  E.ON’s construction of Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea reached an important milestone. The offshore transformer station is now in place. The largest single technical component of the billion-euro project weighs approximately 3,000 metric tons. It consists of a foundation anchored to the seafloor and a topside structure housing transformers and electrical switching equipment ...

 
Siemens provides 150 wind turbines for largest Dutch offshore project

The Gemini consortium has signed all construction, operations and financing contracts yesterday with a total construction budget of nearly EUR 3 billion. With more than 20 parties involved 70 percent of this budget will be provided on the basis of project financing – making Gemini the largest-ever project financed offshore wind farm. For the Gemini project Siemens will deliver 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 130 meters each. The wind power plant is to be located in the North Sea, 85 km above the coast of Groningen. For Siemens this is the first order for an offshore wind power plant in Dutch waters ... more
 
OVERDICK: BorWin beta successfully installed


April 30, 2014 + + + OVERDICK is proud to announce that the BorWin beta topsides has been successfully installed in the German sector of the North Sea. The BorWin beta platform accommodates the Siemens electrical plant for transmitting 800 MW of energy generated by the wind park Global Tech 1 into the electric power grid. OVERDICK conducted the overall design, structural design as well as transport and installation engineering on behalf of the general contractor Siemens ...

 
RWE Innogy charters mobile accommodation platform
for Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm construction site



April 30, 2014 + + +  RWE Innogy has awarded Dutch company Jack-Up Barge B.V. the contract to provide an accommodation platform at the construction site of the Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm. The jack-up vessel “JB 114” will temporarily accommodate up to 40 employees to carry out commissioning works at the wind farm’s internal transformer station from mid-July ...
 
RWE Innogy UK completed foundation installation
at the world’s second largest wind farm



2014-04-28 + + + The installation of all 160 foundations at the world’s second largest wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, has been successfully completed. The final transition piece was installed on Wednesday 23rd April more than eight miles off the North Wales coast by RWE’s jack up installation vessel, Friedrich Ernestine. The vessel has now completed its scope of work and will sail to Germany to install turbines at Gwynt y Môr’s sister project, Nordsee Ost ...
 
Prysmian wins subsea cable contract for offshore oil fields
€ 30 m contract in Abu Dhabi



April 23, 2014  + + +  Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth approximately € 30 Million by UAE-based construction company Emirates Holding on behalf of major offshore oil and gas producer ADMA-OPCO (Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company) for the design and manufacture of submarine cable links for the replacement of power feeding systems to Zakum offshore oil field, in Abu Dhabi ...
 
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes form
Subsea Production Alliance



April 22, 2014  + + +  Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes have agreed to form an alliance to develop technology for production solutions that will boost output, increase recovery rates and reduce costs for subsea fields. The non-incorporated alliance will combine Aker Solutions' strengths in subsea production and processing systems with Baker Hughes' expertise in well completions and artificial-lift technology to deliver reliable, integrated in-well and subsea production solutions that will help mitigate risk, accelerate output and extend the life of subsea fields ...
 
KAOMBO Offshore Project in Angola
Total launches ultra-deep offshore development

The Kaombo development scheme includes 59 subsea wells, connected through around 300 km of  subsea lines, to two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, each with a production capacity of 115,000 barrels per day. More about Kaombo activities by Saipem, Technip, Heerema, and Aker Solutions ...

 
ABB wins $40 million order to provide cable link
for offshore wind farm

April 18, 2014  + + +   ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $40 million from Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, to build an alternating-current (AC) power cable system that will help integrate and transmit power from the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The new Horns Rev 3 wind farm is located in the North Sea, about 30 kilometers (km) off the western-most point of Denmark, Blåvands Huk. Once completed, the 400 megawatt (MW) wind farm will have the capacity to supply electricity to around 400,000 local households.

 


Aker Solutions wins subsea production system contract
for offshore Angola

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April 15, 2014  + + +  Aker Solutions won a contract worth NOK 14 billion from Total to provide a subsea production system for the Kaombo Block 32 development in Angola. Aker Solutions will deliver 20 subsea manifolds and 65 vertical subsea wellsets. The order also includes associated controls as well as work-over and tie-in systems. The first deliveries are scheduled for the second quarter of 2015.  Kaombo, one of the world's largest subsea developments, is located in block 32 about 150 kilometers off the coast of Angola ...

 


Siemens receives major order for BorWin3 North Sea grid connection from TenneT

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April 15, 2014  + + +  Siemens receives an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in the North Sea. In a consortium with Petrofac Siemens will supply the complete technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the BorWin3 grid connection as the consortium leader. The consortium partner Petrofac, with over 30 years of experience as a leading EPC contractor to the international oil and gas industry, will be responsible for the construction and offshore installation of the project's platform. Supply and laying of the cables was tendered separately by TenneT and is therefore not part of the consortium's scope of supply ...

 


E.ON utilises new offshore installation support vessel
'Siem Moxie' christened in Hamburg

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April 10, 2014  + + +  The new installation support vessel of Norwegian marine operator Siem Offshore was christened “Siem Moxie” at the naming ceremony today at the port of Hamburg. E.ON is taking over the patronage of the ship. The “Siem Moxie” will be deployed on E.ON’s Amrumbank West offshore wind farm project by Siem Offshore Contractors for the installation of the inner array grid submarine cable system. It will be the vessel's first area of operation ...

 
Siemens, Bluewater and Minas to install floating tidal current turbines in Canada’s Bay of Fundy

March 31, 2014   + + +  Marine Current Turbines Ltd. (MCT), a Siemens company, and Bluewater Energy Services B.V. have agreed to jointly develop a 2 megawatt floating tidal current turbine, called SeaGen F. This turbine will be the first of its kind to be installed in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, in cooperation with Nova Scotian project developer Minas Energy. The turbines will produce enough clean and reliable energy to supply up to 1,800 Nova Scotian households ...

 
DeepOcean targets growing North Sea construction needs

March 24, 2014   + + +  Last October, DeepOcean agreed upon a five-and-a-half-year charter for a newbuild subsea umbilical, riser, and flowline (SURF) installation vessel owned by Østensjø Rederi and of the SALT 304 design. The charter starts in March 2016. DeepOcean is targeting the vessel at projects in the greater North Sea area. DeepOcean recognized a growing trend toward subsea tiebacks and replacement and rejuvenation projects in the North Sea area, and a need to invest in more capable offshore construction assets as subsea infrastructure becomes more complex, larger, and heavier. The company is already performing survey works, pipeline trenching, and light construction for companies such as Statoil and BP ...

 
Siemens to construct factory for offshore wind power
in Great Britain


March 25, 2013  + + +   Siemens is investing more than EUR190 million (GBP160 million) in new offshore production facilities in Great Britain. Production of rotor blades for offshore wind turbines of the 6-megawatt class is planned, with a new logistics- and service centre slated for Hull ...

 
New offshore construction vessel for Toisa Ltd.
powered by Siemens


March 14, 2014   + + +  On behalf of Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd. (HHI), the largest shipyard in the world located in Ulsan, South Korea, the Siemens Drive Technologies Division is supplying an integrated drive and power generation solution for a multipurpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV). This MOCV is currently being built by HHI for Toisa Ltd. and will be managed by Sealion Shipping Ltd ...

 
RWE Innogy GmbH: Installation of the foundations for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm completed

March 14, 2014   + + + All foundations of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been successfully installed some 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland. A total of 48 jacket foundations were installed for the wind turbines and one for the substation in water up to 25 metres deep. Each of the foundations for the wind turbines is approx. 50 metres high with a weight of some 550 tons. The heavy-duty crane of RWE's own installation vessel "Victoria Mathias“ ...  

 
ABB wins $60 million telecom contracts for Statoil platforms
Reliable telecommunication systems for safe and efficient offshore operations


2014-03-10 + + + ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won three orders worth $60 million for internal and external telecommunication systems for three Statoil projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The three contracts are signed with leading shipyards in South Korea. ABB will be a system integrator of telecommunications on the offshore installations built for the Aasta Hansteen and Gina Krog fields in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and for the Mariner field in the British sector ...
 
Dutch Government chooses Bluestream for offshore vehicles

March 10, 2014   + + +  For wreck removal, security and waterway maintenance, the Dutch Government chose the Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus as the best ROV on the market. This followed a year-long evaluation of all key ROV manufacturers using European Union tendering rules. Subsea operator Bluestream, drove the bid and have gone on to boost their existing fleet to 16 Saab Seaeye vehicles with the purchase of their own two Panther XT Plus, along with three additional Tigers, in an ROV investment plan for 2014 worth over £4million ...

 
GE Power Conversion Enables DC in Remote Power Networks,
cutting Cost of Offshore Wind Electricity by 15 Percent


March 4, 2014 + + + GE Power Conversion (NYSE: GE) has announced the successful trials of PassiveBoost™—its technology to allow remote power networks to go DC. This is an important step in lowering the cost of power delivered from offshore installations and increasing the electrical output delivered from renewable energy sources in distant, inhospitable places ...
 
ThyssenKrupp System Engineering develops fully automated formation line for lithium ion batteries

Feb 17, 2014   + + +   With DEMS Compact, the Siemens Smart Grid Division can provide municipal utilities with a cloud-based Web service for virtual power plants. This service enables the utilities to interconnect their customers' small distributed-energy resources together and offer the bundled power to operators of a large virtual power plant for marketing ...
 
Siemens offers cloud-based Web service for
virtual power plants


Feb 17, 2014   + + +   With DEMS Compact, the Siemens Smart Grid Division can provide municipal utilities with a cloud-based Web service for virtual power plants. This service enables the utilities to interconnect their customers' small distributed-energy resources together and offer the bundled power to operators of a large virtual power plant for marketing ...
 
LEWA: Largest order in company history
40 custom-designed offshore pump systems for Saudi Arabia


Feb 17, 2014  + + +  For development of two huge offshore gas fields in the Gulf, 40 process diaphragm pumps were ordered from the German company Lewa GmbH. The order, valued at about 40 million Dollar, is the largest to date in the history of the company. Once the project is completed on schedule in 2015, the Gulf facility will be the largest of its kind in Saudi Arabia: It will be capable of processing 70 million m³ of ethane, propane, butane, and natural gas per day from the two offshore fields ...

 
Worldwide unique large-scale modular battery storage system being built in Aachen
13.02.2014 + + + The E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, energy utility E.ON SE, battery manufacturer Exide Technologies GmbH’s GNB® Industrial Power division, battery manufacturer beta-motion GmbH, and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG will build this year in Aachen a worldwide unique large-scale modular battery storage system with a power range of five megawatts ...
 
ABB wins $55MM submarine cable contract to connect UK wind farm

Feb. 11, 2014  + + +  ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million to supply a submarine AC (alternating current) power cable system for a new wind power farm, located off the coast of Norfolk. The underwater cables will feed the electricity generated by the 400-megawatt (MW) Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm into the UK national grid. The order was received from Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, a company owned by Statoil and Statkraft ...
 
Technip awarded by Statoil contract for Asgard subsea compression stations


Feb 11, 2014   + + +  Technip was awarded by Statoil a substantial contract for future intervention services on the Asgard Subsea Compression Stations. The award is a call-off of options under the Asgard Subsea Compression Marine Operations contract. Ranking among the largest developments on the Norwegian continental shelf, the Asgard field lies on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200 kilometers off Norway.
 
nkt cables' involvement in the Gemini Project

2014-02-10  + + +  nkt cables and Typhoon Offshore B.V. have entered into a ‘Preparatory Works Agreement’ for project Gemini, which is the first phase towards a final order that is expected to be signed within the next months when all financing aspects have been concluded by the consortium of investors. The agreement allows nkt cables to commence the cable production in February 2014 ...
 
Future of Equipment and Material Market for the Development of Oil and Gas Fields on Russia's Continental Shelf until 2025
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RPI, a leading provider of research on the energy sector of Russia, the Caspian region, Central and Eastern Europe, will release this research report in April 2014.  The subject is Russia's offshore production projects in the Caspian, Black, Azov and Baltic Seas, in the Arctic and the Far East. Since 2005, RPI has analyzed on a regular basis the status of offshore projects and is republishing the report for the fifth time with the latest versions focusing on the demand of E&P companies for equipment as well as for contractor services ... more
Bilfinger: Order from Statoil in industrial service
Maintenance work on offshore platform in the North Sea

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2014-02-05 + + +  Supply security is a top priority for clients in the power-generating sector. It begins with the repair and maintenance of production facilities. In this regard, the engineering and services group Bilfinger has won a new order with a volume of about €40 million from its major client Statoil. Services include scaffolding, insulation and corrosion protection work and will be provided on an offshore platform located in the Sleipner gas field ...
 
Siemens breaks ground on new remote diagnostics center
for wind turbines in Denmark

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2014-02-03  + + +  Siemens Energy Service has broken ground on a new, highly-advanced remote diagnostics center for wind turbines, located at the company's wind service headquarters in Brande, Denmark. Upon completion, scheduled for autumn 2014, it will host advanced diagnostic operations and monitoring services for more than 7,500 installed Siemens wind turbines worldwide to proactively keep the units operating at their optimum levels of performance.
 
EU and India join hands to facilitate Offshore Wind
Roadmap for offshore wind development in India

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27th January 2014  + + +   The Global Wind Energy Council and partners announced today the launch of a four year project to develop a roadmap for offshore wind development in India, with a focus the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Supported by a € 4 million contribution through the European Union’s Indo-European Cooperation on Renewable Energy ...
 
Brussels: ocean energy could fulfill all our energy needs
by Sonja van Renssen, Energy Post

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  2014-01-22 + + + The European Commission published an ambitious Action Plan for “Blue Energy” on 20 January that should pave the way to a vibrant European ocean energy industry. Ocean Energy Europe, a consortium that includes Eon, Alstom and EDF, takes tidal and wave energy very seriously. It has a goal of 100,000 MW installed in European waters by 2050. (Photo © WWF - Pelamis wave energy generator)
 

e-world 2014

Will continue its succes story

  January 16, 2014 + + + The megatrends in the energy sector will be the centre of attention at the 14th E-world energy & water at Messe Essen. On February 11 - 13, 2014, the premier European fair will present innovative products and services in the electricity and gas industries from the fields of generation, efficiency, trading, transport, storage, smart energy and green technologies ...
 

Wintershall and Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Petroleum

agree upon future co-operation

  January 13, 2014  + + +  Wintershall and Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Petroleum have agreed to work together in assessing future opportunities in North Africa and the Middle East (MENA). The parrties will combine Wintershall’s technological know-how and long-standing experience in the region with Mubadala’s growing capabilities to identify and execute E&P  ... 

MAN DIESEL&TURBO

First hermetically-sealed motor compressor unit for an offshore platform

  January 15, 2014  + + +  MAN Diesel & Turbo in Zurich was awarded a contract for a HOFIM™ compressor (High-Speed, Oil-Free, Integrated Motor). This is a significant business milestone: It is MAN's first hermetically-sealed compressor being installed on an offshore production platform – Ivar Aasen in the North Sea, run by Det norske oljeselskap ASA ...



 

E.ON strengthens its position as a global leader in offshore windpower - Construction begins on Amrumbank West
Jan 15, 2014  + + +  E.ON is further expanding its renewables business and has started construction of Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea. To help build Amrumbank West and other offshore projects, E.ON has chartered the MPI Discovery, a self-elevating turbine installation vessel or jackup rig, for several years ... more

Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG

New corporate name for Tognum AG

January 9, 2014 + + +  Effective immediately, the former Tognum AG will now operate under the name of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG. Since March 2013, the specialist for large engines, pro-pulsion systems and distributed energy systems has been a wholly-owned subsidiary  ...  

BASF and Gazprom:

sign final asset swap agreement

December 23, 2014  + + +  BASF and Gazprom signed the final agreement to swap assets of equivalent value. Through the swap, the BASF subsidiary Wintershall will further expand its production of oil and gas and exit the gas trading and storage business ...

Siemens:

Contract for first commercial offshore wind farm in USA  

Siemens and Cape Wind have signed a major contract for the construction of  the construction of the the United States' first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Once the contract becomes effective in 2014, Siemens will supply ...

Siemens:

Battery storage system for "green2store" research project

Siemens is to deliver a Siestorage energy storage system to Süwag Energie AG for grid stabilization and temporary storage of the volatile power fed into the distribution grid from wind and solar plants. The custom-made storage system is based on lithium-ion batteries and has a capacity of 135 kilowatt hours (kWh) in this version ...

EagleBurgmann:

Worldwide Largest Agitator Seal for PTA Plant in China

For a major project, EagleBurgmann delivered currently the largest agitator seal (480mm shaft size) for use in a new PTA (Pure Terephthalic Acid) Plant in China. The order received from SPX Flow Technology included 13 agitator seals and supply systems. The dimensions and weight of the 1,500 kg mechanical seal presented new challenges ...

BASF's OASE Gas Treating technology

for the purification of natural gas

  BASF and Pacific NorthWest LNG (Canada) have concluded a license agreement and use of BASF's OASE® technology for the removal of carbon dioxide and sulfur containing components from natural gas for all trains of ... proposed liquified natural gas facility in the district of Port Edward, British Columbia, Canada ...

 



 





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