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ACE’s highly successful TUBUS series is a perfect alternatve when masses do not need to be decelerated to an exact point. Available in more than 140 confguratons, the profle shock absorbers are built to withstand the extreme conditons found in ofshore applicatons and other harsh environments. The highly resistant shock absorbers are manufactured in copolyester elastomer, which excels in areas where other materials fail. They are afordable, compact, light and absorb energy with diferent damping characteristcs depending on the design.

Barge Master has increased the capacity of its moton compensated platorm to make it ready for feedering the next generaton WTGs. With the increased capacity of 800t load, it can keep the tower sectons with a high weight and centre of gravity completely stable. The Barge Master T700 compensates at the base of the tower sectons for roll and pitch movements where a heave compensaton soluton in the hook assists in eliminaton of the heave motons. The moton compensated platorm can be mobilised on any US fagged vessel or barge, making it a Jones Act compliant soluton. The T700 can operate in sea states of over Hs 2.0m and will provide an increased workability of 40-60% more uptme during the installaton of the turbines.

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23 – 25 November 2021WindEurope Electric City Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmarkwindeurope.org/ElectricCity2021 7 – 10 September 2021 SPE Offshore EuropeAberdeen, United Kingdom offshore-europe.co.uk 29 – 30 September 2021Global Offshore Wind London London, United Kingdomevents.renewableuk.com/gow21-overview 26 – 27 October 2021Offshore Energy AmsterdamAmsterdam, The Netherlands offshore-energy.biz 8 – 11 November 2021 ADIPEC 2021Abu Dhabi, UAE adipec.com 16 – 19 August 2021 OTC HoustonHouston, USA2021.otcnet.org

Damen Shipyards Group has teamed up with MO4 to take a step towards the digitalisaton of ofshore wind farm operatons. Ofshore wind farm operators frequently require crew transfer vessel operators to demonstrate and secure their ability to provide safe transfers. Reports are required which include things such as data on impact-force measurement on vessel landing, push force recovery during transfer and vertcal slip measurements. Relevant wave and weather informaton are added to give a clear impression of the performance of both vessel and crew in daily operaton. Furthermore, forecastng services for vessels’ motons are increasingly relevant to realise safe and efcient crew transfers. The new strategic alliance pairs Damen’s Triton monitoring platorm with MO4 moton forecastng knowledge, ofering data analytc based services. Vessel operaton will become more efectve and safety levels will increase at the same tme.

Tocardo has been awarded the contract to supply three tdal turbines to QED Naval for their Subhub platorm. The renowned Tocardo T-1 turbines have been selected by QED Naval to be combined with their innovatve, self-deploying, submersible foundaton system. This entails a major step for the whole organisaton. Afer the restart at the beginning of 2020, the growth path to further roll-out the technology in the ofshore market has now been defnitvely opened. The T-1 is Tocardo’s most proven turbine. As part of Interreg’s EU TIGER project, QED Naval is developing a site in the Solent in collaboraton with Yarmouth Harbour Commission. The site is located between Sconce Point and Black Rock and will be used as a development site. QED Naval has submited a planning applicaton to the Marine Management Organisaton to carry out performance and yield validaton trials on the Subhub with the Tocardo T-1 tdal turbines. QED Naval will then go on to develop its 1MW unit with Tocardo turbines.

GE Renewable Energy plans to open a new blade manufacturing facility in Teesside in the North East of England. The plant will be dedicated to the producton of its 107m- long ofshore wind turbine blades, a key component of GE’s Haliade-X, the most powerful ofshore wind turbine in operaton today. GE Renewable Energy estmates that this new plant, set to open and start producton in 2023, could create up to 750 direct renewable energy jobs and up to 1,500 indirect jobs in the area to support the entre value chain needed to operate this facility. This announcement and commitment support the UK government’s plan to develop jobs, infrastructure, and supply chains to reach its goal to commission 40GW of ofshore wind power by 2030 and become a global leader in green energy. As part of that plan, Teesside has just been designated as one of the UK’s newest freeports. GE Renewable Energy’s new blade manufacturing plant will be located on Teesworks, an ideal locaton to serve the vast ofshore wind potental of the North Sea.

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Fugro has been selected by Terna, owner of the Italian natonal transmission grid (NTG) for high and extra-high voltage power, to perform a large multdisciplinary survey for part of the Tyrrhenian Link, a natonally strategic project to install two undersea HVDC electrical power cables connectng the Italian peninsula with the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Fugro has won the contract to survey the East Link secton of the project, which will connect Campania on the mainland to Sicily via the installaton of two 480km submarine cables and two submarine electrodes. The reconnaissance multbeam survey begins this month and will be followed by a detailed marine geophysical survey utlising Fugro’s state-of-the-art remote operaton vehicles (ROVs) and team of specialists.

Petronas has become the frst global energy company to produce LNG from two foatng facilites following the frst cargo delivery by PFLNG Dua on 24 March 2021. The cargo was loaded onto the Seri Camar LNG carrier. PFLNG Dua has a producton capacity of 1.5t million of LNG per year and operates at the water depth of 1,300m. With PFLNG Duas frst cargo delivery, Petronas contnues to extend its positon in FLNG technologies.

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