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From the environmental point of view, operating without producing emissions is good. Also, having a reduction in operational vibrations and experiencing a better responsive propulsion system, my query is a comparison in operational costs; before installation and after installation.

🎉 Exciting News: Cadent Joins GD4S as an Associate Member 🌍 We are thrilled to announce that Cadent has officially joined GD4S as an associate member, strengthening our collective commitment to driving the transition to a sustainable, decarbonised energy system across Europe. 🌱💨 Howard Foster, Chief Operating Officer of Cadent, shared his enthusiasm at the GD4S General Assembly: "We are excited to join GD4S and contribute actively to the association’s work. The alignment between Cadent's vision for renewable gases—like biomethane and hydrogen—and GD4S’s ambition to lead the European energy transition is clear. Together, we will work to ensure sustainability, security of supply, and affordability in the future energy mix, supporting a resilient and competitive economy." 💪💼⚡   Cadent also highlighted how being part of GD4S strengthens their voice in the UK 🇬🇧 as they face similar political and policy challenges in advocating for the role of gas in the energy transition.   Their involvement brings valuable UK perspectives, helping us support citizens, local communities, and industries across Europe. 🏡👨👩👧👦🏭   We are delighted to welcome Cadent to GD4S and look forward to a productive collaboration on the path to a sustainable, secure, and affordable energy future. 🏡👨👩👧👦🏭🔋   #GD4S #EnergyTransition #Sustainability #RenewableGas #Hydrogen #Biomethane #SecurityOfSupply #Affordability #Cadent

The world's strongest heave compensator is in with a chance of winning De Vernufteling 2024: the award for the most innovative engineering projects of the year. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝟭𝟭𝟬𝟬: a new lifting tool from Seaqualize that can safely, quickly and efficiently lift and install wind turbine components weighing up to 1100 tonnes from a floating vessel. A groundbreaking lifting technology that is accelerating the energy transition, the HC1100 allows work on offshore wind farms to continue as normal in strong winds and high seas. Continuing work in these conditions is not possible with conventional systems.   𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹? 1. There is currently no other lifting tool that can safely and efficiently lift such large wind turbine components (or other objects) from floating to floating or from floating to fixed objects in this way. 2. On average, the HC1100 can be used for eighty percent of the year, whereas other lifting systems can only be used to construct offshore wind farms during the summer months when weather conditions are favourable. 3. The HC1100 is completely wireless, and the battery only needs to be recharged after approximately 12 hours, saving time and reducing emissions compared to current diesel-powered offshore machines.   Oh, and fingers crossed 🤞. We hope to win the De Vernufteling Award with Seaqualize next week 🏆. It will be the icing on the cake of our valuable collaboration. #Iv #engineeringthatexcites #devernufteling2024 #energytransition DeIngenieur Koninklijke NLingenieurs

Innovation | Monopiles vibrate, shake and jet at test site at the Port of Amsterdam Article in Cobouw about Sustainable Installation of XXL Monopiles (#SIMOX) project. Vibrating technology can minimise damage to sealife when installing offshore wind turbine foundations, but certification is still lacking. A trial in the Port of Amsterdam brings this closer and paves the way for more innovations, such as simultaneous vibration, shaking and jetting. Read the article in full (in Dutch) https://lnkd.in/ewsj89Sm Boskalis Deltares Delft Offshore Turbine (DOT) GBM Works IQIP® RWE Seaway7 Shell Siemens Gamesa Sif Group TNO TotalEnergies Delft University of Technology Van Oord Vattenfall CAPE Holland EDF Renewables North America Heerema Engineering Solutions Heerema Marine Contractors OW Ocean Winds Ørsted #OffshoreWind #Installation #Decommissioning #monopiles

🌬 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟏 – 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 Flanders plays a significant role in the offshore wind sector, with Belgium being the 4th largest offshore wind energy producer. This first video of our Offshore Wind Series, recorded at IPF 2024, puts the spotlight on Flanders’ offshore construction, lifting and surveying competences. It features the expertise and technologies of four players within our ecosystem: engineering solutions (MULTI.engineering), data collection and surveying (GEOxyz), complex steel foundations of offshore wind turbines (Smulders) and heavy lift engineering (Sarens). 𝟑 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 𝟏. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧. GEOxyz focuses on comprehensive data services across all phases, while Smulders constructs the foundations. Sarens specializes in the transport and installation of heavy components necessary for these projects, and MULTI.engineering provides detailed engineering support from concept to completion. 𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. For instance, Smulders is investing in adapting to newer, larger turbine technologies. MULTI.engineering is involved in developing and designing installation ships for more sustainable fuels, emphasizing a shift towards greener technologies. 𝟑. 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. The companies acknowledge the challenges and opportunities of international expansion, identifying the need for local knowledge and infrastructure adaptation. Local partnerships and support systems are critical for success! Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), with our Science & Tech hub, part of #FlandersHouse in NYC, with our Climate and Cleantech attaché Ralph Moreau, and other global #FIT colleagues and offices, are here to facilitate your global growth. 🙌 A big thank you to our interviewees! Eric Finé, Niko Fierens, Robert Eykhout, Patrick Reyntjens #IPF2024 #Offshore #Windturbines #Sustainability

16.6 MW OceanX, the world’s largest floating wind turbine installation is successfully completed. Platform features : - 16.6MW total capacity, featuring two counter-rotating rotors of MySE8.3-180 super compact hybrid drive wind turbines - Innovative V-shaped tower with long and elliptical cross-sections, enhancing production efficiency and reducing loads, even in extreme typhoon conditions - Convenient access with both lift and stair inside the tower - Pre-tensioned guy ropes sharing the gravity load, enabling a lightweight tower design Mingyang Smart Energy |EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG | aerodyn engineering gmbh #OffshoreWind #windturbine #energy #windenergy #Oceanx #Innovation #EnBW #aerodyn #structures #foundations #tower #China #engineering #mechanical #floatingwindturbine #sustainability #renewableenergy #offshoreplatform #Mingyang #GreenEnergy #GreenTechnology

Despite wind propulsion's potential to significantly reduce shipping emissions in line with the International Maritime Organization’s 2050 net-zero goals, the technology faces a few hurdles: safety concerns, technical challenges, and a lack of unified global standards. BLUE client Bureau Veritas Group has highlighted a key challenge in advancing offshore and marine decarbonisation - regulatory barriers that continue to limit the widespread adoption of wind propulsion technology. In its latest report on wind propulsion technology, BV underscores that to truly harness wind propulsion's potential for sustainable shipping, industry and regulatory bodies must collaborate to build confidence and create clear frameworks for adoption. Wind propulsion has the potential to transform offshore energy, and with regulatory support, it could be a game-changer in the journey towards a sustainable future. 💨 Read more via Offshore Energy : https://lnkd.in/dwKRMfrN #MarineDecarbonisation #WindPropulsion #ShipsAndShipping 

🔊 PRINCIPIA is back as sponsor of #FOWT2024, the world’s largest event dedicated to #floatingoffshorewind turbine that will take place this week in Marseille! 🤔 In this period of consolidation of the #FloatingWind market, we are convinced that floating wind is a #renewableenergy technology that will be essential to achieve carbon #netzeroemission by 2050, by reaching deep water sites and much stronger wind 🌬.   🎯 When #engineering experience and innovations are keys to derisk floating offshore wind technology, PRINCIPIA can support your projects on those crucial aspects, providing: ➡️ Design processes and engineering expertise gained on 150+ floating wind design projects completed since 2012 (covering all types of concepts, site conditions and up to 25MW turbines) ➡️ Work force based on a multi-disciplines engineering team of 70 engineers ➡️ State-of-the-art Digital-Twin based Structural Health Monitoring Software (#DTAm) for #predictivemaintenance plans, and to reduce wind farms OPEX PRINCIPIA is also jointly developing with IFP Energies nouvelles #deepLineswind Software, state-of-the-art Software for Integrated Load Simulations Please get in touch with our team during this #FOWT2024 event: Ariane SANDOR Constance Clément Yves MARIN Guillaume Potier Benoit Chassé   #conditionmonitoring #offshorewindenergy #renewableenergy #énergierenouvelable #offshorewind

🌊+⚙️+🪸= MORE, one of the most interesting projects I’m working on right now, at CorPower Ocean! And it all started during COVID: I spent days searching for scientific literature, product documentations, standards, visited suppliers, asking: how to best select materials and coatings for marine applications? 🤔 💡And it quickly became clear: one team had gone much further than anyone else! A few emails later and I was in touch with multi-degradation guru Christian B. von der Ohe, who had spent his PhD and much time on these topics with other Norwegian research groups 🇳🇴 🛢💨 But these leading edge research activities, initially aimed at the Oil&Gas sector, had been stranded for many years. 🌊⚡️ This is how we drafted the project that now became MORE CETP. Re-using top knowledge from O&G, this time applied to marine renewables like the ones from project partners CorPower Ocean and Wavepiston. Knowledge and competence transfer is an often underestimated part of system transitions. ➡️ Our plan: start from what was done, push it further, with a general view of offshore tribology, commonly found in most Wave Energy Converters. Towards material qualification guidelines, hopefully useful for the entire offshore renewable sector. 💪🏼 Our devices are needed to produce low carbon electricity from these untapped ressources. Let’s make them as clean as possible, strong, durable, and efficient in this harsh environment! It won’t be easy. But one thing that I’m sure about: we have the best world-class team for it!

C-Power has received a statement of feasibility from third-party verifiers DNV for our SeaRAY #oceanenergy system scheduled to be deployed at PacWave South off the Oregon coast next year. As our CTO Ryan Calder said, “Third-party qualification milestones go a long way toward building confidence in what we are doing and in the industry as a whole.” The SeaRAY (for low-power offshore energy needs) and StingRAY (for high-power needs) have now both received a statement of feasibility from DNV. Our next milestone will be securing a statement of qualified technology for the Oregon SeaRAY. #oceaneconomy #blueeconomy #wavepower #waveenergy #offshoreenergy #subsea #subseaengineering #cleantech #renewableenergy #decarbonization