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As part of the Carbon Trust’s Floating Wind JIP, we’ve been working on six projects over the past year that aim to overcome technical challenges to the deployment of floating wind at commercial scale.   A hurdle the industry is keen to overcome is how to perform major component exchange for turbines without relying on large heavy-lift vessels or towing a platform to port. Building on previous research undertaken by the programme which suggests self-hoisting cranes could be a viable solution, the ‘Major Component Exchange with Self-Hoisting Cranes’ report examines: ❌ Limitations and enablers of current solutions to conduct onsite major component exchange of wind turbine generator nacelle components. 👷 The feasibility of these solutions to enable commercial Operations and Maintenance procedures, including next steps to commercial deployment. The Floating Wind JIP is a collaborative industry research and development programme aiming to overcome technical challenges to commercialise floating offshore wind. Read the report for more details 👇 https://lnkd.in/eYnxEBSu Thank you to our partners: bp, EDF Renouvelables, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Equinor, Kyuden Mirai, OW Ocean Winds, Ørsted, Parkwind, RWE, Skyborn Renewables, ScottishPower Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, TEPCO, TotalEnergies, Tohoku EPCO and Vattenfall.   #SelfHoistingCranes #FloatingWind #FloatingOffshoreWind 

Offshore wind turbine tower manufacturer, CS Wind, has finalised the acquisition of Denmark-based Bladt Industries. This marks a leap where the combined strengths of both companies will pave the way for innovation, optimised production, and global reach as Bladt Industries is integrated into CS Wind’s global organisation, said the Danish company. According to Bladt, one of the main priorities is to further develop and strengthen the key production sites in Denmark – at both Lindø and Aalborg – securing the ability to supply future demand for the global wind-power industry. This will require the recruitment of further skilled labor as the company's strategy is adjusted to the new global organisation, Bladt said. #offshorewind #renewableenergy

Momentum continues to grow in the UK Offshore Wind sector with the development of a new Industrial Growth Plan aimed at capturing the potential £92bn upside outlined in the recent Supply Chain Capability Analysis. Should have more news on these plans in early 2024! #greenenergy #offshorewind #windenergy #renewableenergy

Developments in the #German offshore wind market - Vattenfall has exercised its step-in right for the N-6.6 site provisionally awarded to RWE last month. This 630 MW site was originally Vattenfall's Atlantis I project acquired in 2017. With its previous step-in at the N-7.2 site, Vattenfall continues to leverage its legacy rights and establish a sizable 1,610 MW offshore wind portfolio in Germany. Nordlicht I and II will power over 1.7 million households once operational. The competitive landscape and complex tenders in #germany demonstrate both the opportunities and challenges for developers in maturing offshore wind markets. Stepping in to secure legacy project rights has proven an important strategy. #offshorewind #offshorewindnews #shirleyparsons

The Industrial Growth Plan (IGP) will include a set of priorities to build on the nation’s competitive advantage in the offshore wind industry. https://lnkd.in/eQ_58vtC

A new Wind Insight report published by Offshore Energies UK sets out the key opportunities and challenges for offshore wind deployment in the UK. https://cstu.io/bbc9a9

Exciting news from the world of offshore wind 💨💚 COWI has been awarded a major contract by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a joint venture involving DEME, Qair and Aspiravi that will shape the future of Scotland's offshore wind development. Under this contract, COWI will conduct a comprehensive Pre-FEED study for TWP’s Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farm, which would enter construction in 2029 and produce more than 2GW of energy by 2032 - 2033. The Ayre project, a 1GW floating-foundation offshore wind farm located near Orkney, and the Bowdun project, a 1GW fixed wind project situated off the coast of Aberdeenshire, were allocated as part of the ScotWind leasing round in 2022. Once completed, they will play a key role in Scotland and the wider UK's net zero targets. "The continued acceleration of offshore wind in Scotland is exciting and these projects mark another milestone on the country’s journey to net zero. We are committed to supporting the path to net zero and we are delighted to be collaborating with TWP on these projects which will ensure that the economic opportunity of the global energy transition is captured here in Scotland,” says Damian McGirr, Senior Market Director, COWI in the UK. Learn more about this transformative offshore wind project and the collaboration between COWI and TWP here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dCW_9-NH #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #Sustainability"

Don’t agree with bespoke ports. We can standardize port facilities to be able to support industrialization at scale and their future markets. Below are links to the videos that we have developed for clients.. This is a FLOW technology agnostic, multi market solution that supports the long term needs of the port as well as providing a standardized solution for assembling FLOW Platforms. Please feel free to share these links with your TEAM. 1 - Industrialization solution for fixed and or floating OSW platforms - we work with local contractors, communities and governments to maximize local content. https://lnkd.in/gNMstVT4 This industrialization solution eliminates the amount of SPMTs and cranes on site and provides a very simple LEAN process line solution, that can be used by the developers/EPCI companies. Our OmniLiftTM system is still an integral part of the quayside and no laydown real-estate is lost at the quayside. This Lift which is tidal independent, eliminates the need for semi submersibles quayside and associated operations needed to support float off, like multiple tug assist, working over water, ballasting operations etc…..at the same time reducing the Co2 emissions for the port and Co2 emissions for every OSW platform, as well as eliminating schedule/time and cost associated with using a semi submersible for load out operation.....imagine this process, smoking and blowing diesel emissions 24/7/365 is huge, now imagine eliminating these operations....this is huge for CAPEX, operational safety, schedule assurance of one FLOW platform per week, as well as Co2 emission reductions per installed OSW plaform. Plus you can use dry land as well as wet storage.

The industry associations of the German #offshorewind industry and the non-profit OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE foundation presented yesterday the expansion figures for the full year 2023. The figures prepared by the consulting company Deutsche WindGuard GmbH show that a total of 27 turbines with a capacity of 257 megawatts (MW) fed into the electricity grid for the first time in Germany in 2023 and 74 new foundations were installed. In total, 29 offshore wind projects with an installed capacity of 8,465 MW or 1,566 turbines are currently in operation in Germany. Three further projects are under construction. Two of these, with a planned total capacity of 718 MW, are due to be commissioned this year. 🌿 BWE, BWO - Bundesverband Windenergie Offshore e.V. , Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, WAB e.V. and WindEnergy Network e.V. commented on the further expansion. 🇩🇪