Offshore Wind Innovators is organising the 4th edition of Innovation Award, an annual competition for the most innovative SME company in offshore wind. Interested parties can apply till 15 February, 2021. The winners of the audience award and the jury award will be announced on March 30, 2021 during TKI Wind op Zee Live event.…
In 2017, Space@Sea started a 3-year research into developing a concept of modular floating islands. The project results and the remaining barriers for multi-use floating islands are published in a report. Included also are a roadmap and timeline towards large scale deployment of multi-use islands. The Space@Sea project kicked-off in November 1, 2017. The project…
Reefy, Reefsystems and ILVO Flanders are the finalists of the 4th edition of the Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge. The candidates will present their solution for the 2020 challenges ‘The Perfect Biodegradable Reef’ and ‘Efficient Biodiversity Monitoring’ during the finals on Thursday 28 January at DOB Academy in Delft. The annual Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge is…
The Netherlands is known for its innovative strength. This is no different in the field of wind energy. Especially at sea, many gigawatts of power will be installed in the coming years. Innovation plays a major role in reducing the costs of offshore wind. But how well are Dutch technical innovations relating to offshore wind…
This summer, IHC IQIP joined forces with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) to start an investigation on the soil-pile interaction of IQIP’s BLUE Piling Technology. In order to make accurate predictions of the drivability of monopiles, the effect of the longer blow duration will be investigated. The BLUE Piling Technology is a new monopile…
IJmuiden-based company Z-Bridge has completed the sea trial period for their Bring-To-Work (B2W) system. The system is said to be the first offshore access system suitable for CTV’s or smal DP vessels. For the sea trials, the B2W system was mobilised on the vessel MHO-Esbjerg in Breskens in the first week of October this year.…
A joint industry project, led by MARIN, is aiming to improve the efficiency of offshore wind farm installation and maintenance vessels, by using better data for planning and executing operations. The Offshore Operational Advisory System (OOAS) project should lead to tens of additional working days per year for a typical vessel. The OOAS project runs…
Dutch offshore equipment engineering and fabrication company KENC Engineering revealed two new automatic boat landing systems (ABLS). The systems are certified and compatible with all common CTV’s. The ABLS provides a safe transfer between a CTV and large vessels. It is a robust and compact design that comes fully automated with an easy-to-operate control system…
Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering and Safeway, Dutch specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore transfer equipment, have joined forces to design an intelligent future-proof Service Operation Vessel which can stay in a wind farm, even in the roughest sea conditions. The outcome of the collaboration is the DP2 MP625 SOV combined with…
Yesterday the Offshore Wind Innovation Center (OWIC) started in Eemshaven. The center facilitates the development of activities and innovations in the field of offshore wind energy, with a focus on service and maintenance. The OWIC is an information, training and innovation center aimed at companies and knowledge institutions that are engaged in the generation of…
