Sentences with phrase «offshore turbine installation»

Our focus now is on offshore turbine installation.

Offshore installation: The final construction phase — offshore turbine installation by Fred.

Not exact matches

Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island company that built and operates the Block Island Wind Farm, a five - turbine installation that is the nation's first offshore wind farm, seeks to construct the 15 - turbine South Fork Wind Farm approximately 36 miles southeast of Montauk.

In addition to enabling drilling in ever - deeper waters worldwide, robot subs will also be instrumental in ramping up the installation of offshore turbines that generate electricity from the strong winds and tides found at sea, says Michel, one of the main organizers of the annual Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center's 2010 International ROV Competition, which challenges students to complete underwater missions using ROVs they design and build.

After installation is complete, technicians will commission the wind turbines, a process that will start during offshore installation and take several months.

The MOU commits GE to providing five of its 4 - megawatt (MW) state - of - the - art direct - drive offshore turbines, along with maintenance services, for a 20 - megawatt installation just off Cleveland's shores in Lake Erie.

Their manufacture of the biggest turbines, given their long experience is making them the people to consult on many areas of installation, maintenance and the future of offshore wind.

Recent adaptation of offshore oil and gas industry construction vessels (OCVs) for work with wind projects prompted ABS this year to establish a new chapter in its manual and officially designate a Wind IMR unit dedicated to offshore wind turbine installation, maintenance and repair.

While this strategy was successfully employed for the small Block Island project, it may not prove practical for large - scale development of offshore wind in the U.S.. By some estimates, the use of foreign - installation vessels may increase project costs by as much as $ 20 — 40 million for a 100 - turbine development.

The scale of offshore wind has moved from below 3MW per turbine at the start of this decade to a planned 12 - 15MW per turbine proposed for installation by 2024/25, a fivefold increase in 10 years.

And offshore wind has moved from below 3MW per turbine at the start of this decade to a planned 12 - 15MW per turbine proposed for installation by 2024/25, another fivefold increase.

These investments address a long - list of research challenges, including upgrading turbine technology for its operation at sea, developing and testing new turbine foundations that offer greater reliability and ease of installation, transmission issues, as well as technical shipping and maintenance challenges unique to offshore turbines.

Engineering, procurement construction and installation companies, wind turbine manufacturers, oil and gas companies and corporate investors are already investing in offshore wind.

The joint venture is responsible for the design, further development, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and service related to the V164 - 8.0 MW turbine as well as all marketing, sales and after - sales service related to offshore wind.

Wind turbine installations (both onshore and offshore) are frequently maligned for their adverse impact upon wildlife.

The huge turbines could be the basis for 50 - megawatt offshore wind energy installations in the years ahead.

The company also completed installation during the period of three GE 6MW Haliade 150 turbines at the 73MW Fujian Xinghua Gulf offshore wind demonstration project in China.

Increase and make permanent the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program for opening, expanding or modernizing facilities to manufacture offshore wind turbine components, and extend this program to turbine installation vessel manufacturing.

Their relatively low centre of gravity and overturning movements make the turbines highly suitable for offshore installation».