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INTRODUCTION Dear reader, We are proud to present to you the very first edition of the Offshore WIND International Business Guide. This reference guide is the first of what will be an annual publication.

Offshore WIND is already known for the quarterly magazine, the daily news site OffshoreWIND.biz, and the annual seminars.

With the International Business Guide we now give companies the option to present their profile to the offshore wind industry worldwide, in a format more explicit than the standard advertising options. While all companies are represented in alphabetical order we have also included in the back of the guide an index by category.

You will also find market outlooks from several of the wind energy associations in countries where the offshore wind industry is either nascent or already established.

If you have missed this opportunity in print then check out the www.offshorewind.biz possibilities for your company profile on line!

You can now use the guide to see where the supply chain is, and where your industry is going. Send your feedback to us, or, even better, book the space for your company profile in the Offshore WIND International Business Guide 2013.

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Market outlook 8 EWEA - European Wind Energy Association 10 AWEA - American Wind Energy Association 12 BWE - German Wind Energy Association 14 DWIA - Danish Wind Industry Association 16 FEE - France Energie Eolienne 18 FWPA - Finnish Wind Power Association 20 NWEA - Dutch Wind Energy Association 22 RenewableUK 24 European Offshore Wind Map

Company profiles A-Z

28 A2SEA A/S 30 Alnmaritec Limited 32 AMBAU GmbH 34 Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH 37 104 Barge Master bv 38 BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG 36 Blue Offshore bv 39 Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV 40 BOW Terminal 41 CD-adapco 42 CG 44 Damen Shipyards Group 46 Deep BV 47 100 Enerpac BV 48 Falck Nutec 49 Force3 Offshore Ltd 50 IC FORCE Technology 51 Found Ocean 52 G&G International 53 GeoSea NV 54 Global Davit GmbH 55 Griffon Hoverwork Ltd. 56 GustoMSC B.V. 57 Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG 63 Hansen Transmissions International nv

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WIND ENERGY PROJECTS BY COUNTRY BELGIUM 1 Belwind 1 2 Belwind 2 3 C-Power 4 NorthWind 5 Norther Offshore wind farm 6 Rentel 7 Seal 8 Seastar 9 Thornton Bank 10 Thornton Bank 2 11 Thornton Bank 3

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DENMARK 1 Anholt 2 Avedore Holme 3 Frederikshavn 1 4 Frederikshavn 2 5 Horns Rev 1 6 Horns Rev 2 7 Kriegers Flak 3 8 Middelgrunden 9 Nysted (Rodsand 1) 10 Nysted 2 (Rodsand 2) 11 Ronland 12 Ronland 2 13 Ronland 3 14 Ronne Banke 15 Samsø 16 Sprogø 17 Storebaelt 18 Tunø Knob 19 Vindeby FINLAND 1 Haukipudas - Hoikka (*) 2 Hiue (*) 3 Inkoon – Raaseporin (*) 4 Kokkola (*) 5 Kornäs (*) 6 Kristinestad (*) 7 Oulu Haukipudas (*)

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Oulunsalo-Hailuoto (*) Ostra Skargarden (*) Pori (*) Raahe-Maanahkiaisen (*) Raahe-Pertunmatala (*) Raahe-Ulkonahkiainen (*) Siipyyn (*) Suurhiekka (*) Tornio (*)

FRANCE 1 3B 2 Baie de Seine 3 Banc de Guérande 4 Bassure de Baas 5 Boulogne 6 Calvados 7 Cherbourg 8 Côte d'Albatre 9 Côtes d'Armor 10 Courseulles-Sur-Mer 11 d'Aïse 12 Des Minquiers 13 Deux Cotes 14 Dyck Sandbank 15 Fecamp 16 Haute-Normandie 17 Ile de Ré 18 La Banche 19 Le Treport 20 Les Grunes 21 Loire Atlantique 22 Maia 23 Neoen 24 Pointe de Caux 25 Portes en Ré 26 Poweo 27 Parc du Banc de Guérande 28 Saint-Brieuc 29 Saint-Nazaire 30 Vendée 31 VertiWind

GERMANY 1 Adlergrund 2 Adlergrund GAP 3 Adlergrund Nordkap 4 Aiolos 5 Albatros 6 Alpha Ventus 7 Amrumbank 8 Amrumbank West 9 Aquamarin 10 Arcadis Ost 11 Area C I, II, III 12 Arkona Becken Südost 13 Arkona See Süd 14 Austerngrund 15 Baltic I 16 Baltic 2 (Kriegers Flak 1) 17 Baltic Eagle 18 Bard Offshore 1 19 Beltsee 20 Bernstein 21 Beta Baltic 22 Bight Power I, II 23 Borkum Riffgrund 1 24 Borkum Riffgrund 2 25 Borkum Riffgrund West 26 Borkum Riffgrund West 2 27 Borkum West 2 28 Breitling 29 Butendiek 30 Citrin 31 Dan Tysk 32 Delta Nordsee 1 33 Deutsche Bucht 34 Diamand 35 Emden 36 Enova Offshore 37 Euklas 38 Fairwind 39 GAIA, I, II, III, IV, V 40 Gannet 41 GEOFFREE

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Global Tech I Godewind H2-20 He Dreiht Heron Hohe See Hooksiel Horizont Innogy 1 Jules Verne Kaikas Kaskasi Klutzer Winkel Meerwind MEG Offshore I Nautilus NEMO Nord Passage NorderGründe Nordlicher Grund Nordsee-Ost (Metmast) Notos OWP West Petrel Riffgat Sandbank 24 Power See Storm I, II Seewind Seewind III & IV Seagull Skua WOF Striborg Storm Nord Veia Mate Wikinger Windanker Witte Bank

IRELAND 1 Arklow Bank 2 Arklow Bank 2 3 Blackwater Bank

4 Codling Bank 5 Dublin Array 6 Oriel Windfarm 7 Skerd Rocks 8 Tunes Plateau

ITALY 1 Chieuti 2 Etruria 3 Gargano South 4 Golfo di Gela 5 Golfo di Trieste 6 Is Arenas 7 Margherita di Savoia 8 San Michele 9 Secche di Vada 10 Termoli 11 Torre San Gennaro 12 Tricase MALTA 1 Sikka L-Badja

THE NETHERLANDS 1 Buitengaats 2 Breeveertien II 3 Brown Ridge Oost 4 Den Helder 5 Clearcamp 6 NSW 7 Princess Amalia 8 Q10 9 Okeanos 10 Scheveningen Buiten 11 Tromp Binnen 12 Westermeerwind 13 West Rijn 14 IJmuiden (AEOLUS Metmast) 15 Zee Energie NORWAY

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POLAND 1 Bialogora 2 Karwia

PORTUGAL 1 Branca

SPAIN 1 Banco de Trafalgar 2 Barbate 3 Cabo de Trafalgar 4 Costa de Azahar (Castellón) 5 Costa de la Luz (Cádiz) 6 Delta del'Ebro 7 Mar de Trafalgar 8 Palamos 9 Puerto de Bilbao 10 Punta de las Salinas (Castellón) 11 Punta del Gato (Huelva) 12 Tarragona-Castellón SWEDEN 1 Blekinge 2 Bockstigen

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Finngrunden (*) Hakefjorden Hogo Kårehamn Klocktärnan (*) Kriegers Flak 2 Lake Vaern Lillegrund North East Oland North Midsjobanken Petlandsskär Offshore Wind (*) Seawind Lake Vaern Skottarevet Smygehamn South East Oland South Midsjobanken South Oland Stora Middelgrunden Storgrundet (*) Taggen Hanobukten Bay Trolleboda Utgrunden Utgrunden II Yttre Stengrund

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Gunfleet Sands I + II Gwynt Y Mor Hornsea (Round 3) Humber Gateway Inch Cape Irish Sea (Round 3) Islay Kentish Flats Kentish Flats (Round 2.5) Lincs London Array (Phase 1) London Array 2 (Phase 2) Lynn Inner Dowsing Moray Firth (Round 3) Narec Offshore Test Facility Neart Na Gaoithe North Hole NOVA Ormonde Race Bank Rampion (Round 3) Rhyl Flats Robin Rigg Scroby Sands Sheringham Shoal Teesside Thanet Triton Knoll Walney 1 Walney 2 Walney Ext. (Round 2.5) West Duddon Sands Navitus Bay Wind Park (ex West Isle of Wight) Westermost Rough

UNITED KINGDOM 1 AREG 2 Argyll Array 3 Atlantic Array (Round 3) 4 Barrow 5 Beatrice Array 6 Blyth 7 Burbo Bank 8 Burbo Bank (Round 2.5) 49 9 Docking Shoal 10 Dogger Bank (Round 3) 11 Dudgeon 12 East Anglia Array (Round 3) 13 Firth of Forth 14 Galloper (Round 2.5) 15 Greater Gabbard (*) Not shown on this map.

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Aegir (Lista) Gimsøy Offshorepark (*) Havsul (*) Hywind Idunn Energipark Lofoten Havkraftverk (*) Mørevind offshore vindkraftverk (*) Selvær offshore vindkraftverk (*) Siragrunnen Sorlig Nordsjoen Stadtvind (*) Steinshamn Offshore Vindpark (*) Vannøya Havkraftverk (*)

Holmatro Industrial Equipment Huisman Equipment B.V. Husum WindEnergy IHC Hydrohammer B.V. Intertek METOC Kersten Europe BV LD TravOcean Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH London Offshore Consultants Ltd MARIN Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd Momac GmbH & Co.KG MPI Offshore Offshore Energy Offshore WIND Otto Wulf GmbH & Co, KG Pharos Offshore Group Ltd RCP B.V. Sarens nv Seacat Services ltd Seajacks UK Limited Smulders Wind Turbine Constructions South Boats Special Projects Ltd SPT Offshore Swire Blue Ocean A/S Thrustmaster Europe B.V. TII - Sales Temporary Works Design TOP Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e.V. WindCat Workboats B.V. Winergy AG Workships Contractors B.V. wpd AG Xodus Group Ltd.

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EWEA Meeting EWEA The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is the largest and one of the most powerful wind energy networks in the world. It is the voice of the wind industry in Europe and is ideally situated in the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels in close proximity to European decision makers.

EWEA has over 700 members from almost 60 countries, including manufacturers with a leading share of the world wind power market, plus component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies and consultants. This combined strength makes EWEA the world’s largest and most powerful wind energy network.

The association’s main activities centre on coordinating international policy and formulating policy positions for the wind industry on key issues, communications, research and analysis both independent and in cooperation with industry and research institutions, and providing support to members. EWEA also organises high profile industry events including the EWEA annual event, the bi-annual offshore conference and workshops in the EU and beyond.

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EWEA’s communication activities include producing a large variety of information tools, managing high profile campaigns in support of wind energy, producing a bi-monthly magazine and a blog updated several times a week, and frequent press-related activities all aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of wind energy, dispelling the myths and providing easy access to comprehensive information. Our aim is to communicate that wind energy is a popular, mainstream power technology and a key solution to the emerging energy, climate and jobs crises.

Our overall mission is to ensure that wind energy will be the leading technology in transforming the global energy supply structure towards a truly sustainable energy future based on indigenous, non-polluting and competitive renewable technologies. To do this we use effective communication and engagement in the political decision-making processes to facilitate the national and international policies needed to strengthen

the development of European and global wind energy markets, infrastructure development and improvement of technology.

Wind energy has been growing very strongly in the last ten to fifteen years to the point where it is a mainstream power generating technology. By the end of 2010 there were 84GW of wind energy capacity installed in Europe, providing 5.3% of its electricity, avoiding CO2 equivalent to 35% of the EU’s Kyoto Protocol obligation and representing €12.7 billion of annual investments. While the initial pioneers of wind energy were Denmark, Spain and Germany, more recently a new wave of strong onshore wind energy markets has been emerging, including countries like Romania, Poland and Belgium.

The other major area of growth is of course offshore wind energy, with the most significant additions made last year in the UK – now the global offshore market leader – Denmark and Belgium.

The enormous potential of the offshore wind energy is being celebrated, analysed and explored further at EWEA’s OFFSHORE 2011 conference and exhibition. It is the world’s largest offshore wind energy event and will take place from 29 November to 2 December in RAI, Amsterdam. For more information: www.ewea.org/offshore2011 Cumulatively, by the end of 2010 there were 45 wind farms in the waters of nine European countries, totalling 2,946MW. In just the first six months of 2011, four new offshore farms - 101 new turbines – came online, reaching a total of 1,247 turbines with a capacity of 3,294MW in 49 wind farms.

By 2025, EWEA expects offshore capacity to exceed the capacity of wind operating onshore at the end of 2010, and is expected to exceed onshore capacity altogether beyond 2030.

Loading of Belwind’s substation topsides on a pontoon in Hoboken, Belgium

European Wind Energy Association asbl Wind Power House Rue d’Arlon 80 1040 Brussels Belgium T +32 22 13 18 11 ewea@ewea.org www.ewea.org

EWEA estimates that by 2020 there will 40GW of offshore wind energy capacity, providing 4% of Europe’s electricity, and that by 2030, there will 150GW offshore, providing 14% of EU electricity demand. Annual investments in offshore wind power are expected to increase from €2.8 billion in 2011 to €10.4 billion in 2020 and to €17.1 billion in 2030.

Industry, meanwhile, must work with the private sector to overcome supply chain bottlenecks and with the relevant institutions to deal with skills shortages while the financial sector needs to become more familiar with opportunities and challenges of offshore wind.

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However, to enable industry to develop the market, governments and EU must ensure a progressive and stable policy framework including a binding 2030 renewable energy target, implementation of a single market in electricity, and actions to ensure the constructions of an offshore grid.

In addition, EWEA has long called for governments to facilitate R&D investment to enable the technology to follow the same cost reductions as onshore wind.

AWEA Meeting AWEA The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is the national trade association representing a broad range of entities with a common interest in encouraging the deployment and expansion of wind energy resources in the United States. AWEA has over 2,500 members and advocates which include wind turbine manufacturers, component suppliers, project developers, project owners and operators, financiers, researchers, renewable energy supporters, utilities, marketers, customers, and their advocates.

AWEA is pleased to support the growing momentum within the U.S. offshore wind industry.

Offshore wind’s significant job creation potential, proven environmental benefits and close proximity to demand have attracted developers to pursue projects along the East Coast, and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. Continued and expanding commitment from states, the federal government and environmental organizations bolsters the prospects for the offshore wind industry in America.

There were a number of significant offshore wind development milestones in the U.S. in 2011: • Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu unveiled a coordinated strategic plan to pursue the deployment of 10 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2020 and 54 GW by 2030.

• In order to expedite permitting, Secretary Salazar announced the creation of high priority mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Areas off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia and issued an initial environment review for these areas.

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• Secretary Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich announced the initiation of the process to offer the first commercial offshore wind lease under the “Smart from the Start” Initiative off the coast of Delaware .

• Secretary Salazar announced that BOEMRE approved a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for Cape Wind.

• Secretary Chu announced the Department of Energy’s commitment of $43 million over the next five years to help speed technical innovations, drive down costs, and shorten the timeline for deploying offshore wind energy in the U.S. 41 projects across 20 states were awarded funding.

The U.S. offshore and land-based wind power industries must have stable state and federal policies. The land-based segment of the U.S. wind industry has proven that stable policy can rapidly grow an industry – with domestic manufacturing capabilities increasing 12-fold since 2004.

With over 1,400 attendees and 100 exhibitors, AWEA’s 2011 Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition is proof of the growing interest in the U.S. offshore sector. The 2012 Offshore WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition, on October 9-11 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is poised to build on the successes of this year’s event, just as companies expect to reach new benchmarks along the way to making the U.S. offshore wind industry a reality. For more information, please visit: www. offshorewindexpo.org State and federal processes for developing offshore wind in the U.S. are well underway and AWEA is committed to continuing the collaboration among all stakeholders to ensure that the U.S. can realize the many benefits of offshore wind as soon as possible.

Citizens who support Cape Wind have been very active in making sure they are seen and heard. Courtesy of Cape Wind Associates

American Wind Energy Association 1501 M Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 USA T +1 20 23 83 25 00 F +1 20 23 83 25 05 windmail@awea.org www.awea.org

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BWE Offshore wind is gaining momentum

The German Wind Energy Association (BWE) represents the interests of the German wind energy sector. Its members are turbine manufacturers, suppliers, planners, and service companies, but also a large number of private individuals. Through its broad-based membership the association actively engages in the fields of on - and offshore wind energy.

In Germany, offshore wind farming is still in the early stages of development. Long distances from the coast, deep waters and varying substrates ensure that much new experience is gained.

Internationally too, this is entering unchartered waters, and the road ahead is not always free of risk. It is all the more important that Federal government has recently created a credit scheme worth â‚Ź5 billion to help overcome financing difficulties.

What is the current status of offshore wind energy in Germany?

According to the German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI), an installed capacity of about 200MW had been connected to the grid by mid-2011. This is down to three wind farms: the alpha ventus test field, parts of Bard 1 (both in the North Sea), and Baltic 1 in the Baltic Sea.

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Even though no further offshore wind farms are likely to be connected this year, the BWE believes that offshore developments are now gaining momentum and more wind farms will follow suit in the years to come. 25 additional offshore wind farms have already secured planning permission in the German North and Baltic Sea, with an additional 60 currently in the approval process.

Despite this large number, due to the difficulties described and the slow start of offshore wind farming in Germany, we do not believe that the

government’s target of 10 gigawatts of installed power can be achieved. We consider a maximum of 7 gigawatts to be realistic by 2020.

A key factor is that onshore wind energy will continue to play a central role in Germany: We assume that a minimum of 45 gigawatts of installed onshore power will be available by 2020. And this makes good sense, since onshore wind energy is much cheaper for consumers and the experience already gained in this area is vital for the rapid phase-out of nuclear power.

Both the on- and offshore sector have enormous impact on Germany as an industrial location, not least as a job motor. About 100,000 people already work in this young sector. Recent studies have concluded that by 2020, up to 160,000 people will be employed in the onshore wind industry alone.

This is complemented by value added in the regions, benefiting in particular those regions that are structurally weak. The maritime sector also profits from the development of offshore wind: entirely new perspectives can open up for shipyards for example, many of which have recently experienced difficulties. Offshore wind development also benefits the German port infrastructure.

Hermann Albers, President

German Wind Energy Association (BWE) Neustädtische KirchstraĂ&#x;e 6 10117 Berlin Germany T +49 30 28 48 21 06 info@wind-energie.de www.wind-energie.de

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DWIA Anniversary: 20 years offshore adventure

In 1991 the first offshore wind farm ever seen was established offthe coast of a small Danish island, Lolland. The farm was named Vindeby and became the first milestone in the story about a project that blossomed into a modern business adventure. What started as a philanthropic experiment have now become a global industry and an alternative to fossil fuels. 2011 marks 20 years in an ongoing story about passionate entrepreneurs, innovation and cooperation.

Several offshore wind farms have been established since, securing clean and reliable power to the Danish population. This year we celebrate the 20 years offshore adventure by marking another historic milestone in the story of the offshore industry: Denmark is the first country in the world to reach 25 percent wind in the power system.

This wouldn’t have been possible without having some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms like Horns Rev II that alone covers the annual electricity consumption of 200,000 Danish households.

And more offshore wind farms will be established.

The Danish government just recently released its targets on renewable energy and CO2 emissions.

Wind power is targeted to deliver 50 percent of the total power consumption in Denmark in 2020. Offshore wind will play a major role in the government’s urge to reach that goal.

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These targets contain great possibilities but we must also be aware of the challenges. Throughout the recent decades we’ve successfully lowered the cost of energy (CoE) onshore and thereby ensured a price competitive alternative to fossil fuels. But compared to onshore technology, offshore is still in its early stages.

CoE reductions will be the overall challenge for the offshore industry in the next decade, and to meet this challenge, innovative solutions must be developed. In Denmark, the Danish wind industry and the research community have addressed the

main RD&D challenges in an offshore strategy from a joint strategic partnership called ‘Megavind’.

With the offshore strategy, Megavind has a 50% CoE reduction target by 2020 and three main achievements must be realized by industry and research between now and 2020 to reach this target. Firstly, newly built offshore wind farms must be able to produce roughly 25% more electricity per installed MW. Secondly, the capital expenditure including costs per installed MW must be reduced by approximately 40%. And thirdly, the cost of operation and maintenance per installed MW must be reduced to about half.

The strategy report describes 7 thematic priorities and lists specific RD&D priorities for each. These are selected by Megavind on the basis of their potential to contribute to the CoE reduction.

On 16-19th of April 2012 EWEA’s Annual Event will be held in Copenhagen. This event includes the industry’s brightest minds who will meet to exchange the latest knowledge on offshore technology in order to find more effective solutions. Furthermore EWEA 2012 is a great opportunity for future business relationships.

I personally encourage you all to participate.

By doing that, I’m confident that we’ll set a new offshore milestone in the years to come.

Jan Hylleberg, CEO

Danish Wind Industry Association Rosenørns AllÊ 9, 5. sal DK-1970 Frederiksberg C Denmark T +45 33 73 03 30 F +45 33 73 03 33 danish@windpower.org www.windpower.org

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Nysted offshore wind farm, source Siemens press picture

FEE

Founded in 1996, the France Energie Eolienne (FEE) association is currently a group of almost 250 members participating in developing the wind power industry in France. Since 2005 FEE has also represented the wind power part of the Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (SER).

FEE works for the controlled, balanced progress of wind power in France by intervening with all participants in the industry. Its mission is to defend the rights and interests of its members. To this end, FEE represents the members at authorities and regulating bodies at local, national, European and regional levels. France Energie Eolienne also promotes the benefits of wind energy to the public and the media.

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France Energie Eolienne is split into commissions, sub-divided into specific working groups focusing on the following topics: Laws and Regulations, Connection, Technical Projects, Offshore, Economics, Communication, Industry, and Operation.

It communicates any useful information to its members (e.g. draft regulation documents), takes part in preparing new laws, decrees and other texts, meets government members and their cabinets, members of parliament, civil servants and journalists, and acts in favor of the development of the wind power industry in France. FEE also works to create and strengthen links between the various French and foreign partners in the wind power industry.

Offshore France is ranked 2nd in Europe regarding the offshore wind potential, just behind the United Kingdom. In 2009, the objective was enacted of 6GW of offshore wind power by 2020. There is so far no offshore wind farm operating in French waters.

However, the French Government launched in July

2011 the first tender for a total capacity of 3GW, which is planned to be followed by a second 3GW tender early 2012. This first call concerns five zones facing the North Sea Coast and the Atlantic Coast.

This tender represents a huge opportunity for France. It also has one of the strongest industries considering its industrial know-how and historical experience especially in electrical, aerospace and automotive components, steel, maritime and oil & gas works, and shipyards located on the Atlantic coast, which are now positioned to manufacture steel foundations. France also has important assets regarding its port capacities and dimensions (Dunkerque, Cherbourg, Rouen/le Havre, Brest, Nantes Saint-Nazaire and Bordeaux), which are well adapted for the assembly and the storage of wind turbines and for further activities in operation and maintenance. France, given its position can also be an important stakeholder for the equipment of offshore wind farms in the UK, which has announced high objectives. For instance Vestas chose the Dunkerque port for the assembly and storage of components of wind turbines for the Thanet offshore wind farm, located in the English waters and in operation since 2010.

The France Energie Eolienne representative: Nicolas Wolff The Head of Wind Energy Manager: Marion Lettry

France Energie Eolienne C/° Syndicat des Ênergies renouvelables 13-15 rue de la Baume 75008 Paris, France T +33 14 87 80 56 0 F +33 14 87 80 90 7 info@fee.asso.fr www.fee.asso.fr

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FWPA Positive signal from Finnish government to offshore wind power

The wind power development in Finland has been relatively slow and the installed capacity was still a modest 197 MW by the end of 2010. This modest amount of installed capacity is due to lack of an effective support system mechanism that has hindered the development until now, but the new feed-in-tariff system, implemented in March 2011, will boost the development in Finland. Already by May 2011 the pipeline had reached 6 300 MW.

Approximately half of the capacity under development today is onshore-projects, the other half offshore projects. The current feed-in-tariff, 83,5 €/ MWh, is not enough for offshore projects. The new government, elected in spring 2011, has started the work to design an investment subsidy for a large demonstration offshore project. This is very good news for the Finnish wind farm developers. With the demonstration project the overall supply chain necessary for a large offshore wind farm can be tested. The demonstration offshore wind farm can also be used to define the correct feed-in-tariff level for offshore projects in Finland.

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The conditions where Finnish developers develop their wind farms differ from those of other countries. The Finnish waters are rather shallow, typically the wind farms in Finland are planned in areas where the water depth is between 5 and 20 meters. Also the distance between the shore and the wind farm location is relatively short: only between few hundred meters to 20 kilometres.

The main difference between the Finnish offshore projects and other European offshore projects is the weather condition. In Finland the sea can be frozen for several months a year. This sets high requirements for the foundation and the tower of a turbine. They should be able to resist the force of packed ice that the wind sometimes pushes towards the offshore constructions (e.g. lighthouses, beacons). The ice can also sometimes limit the access to the turbine and make the maintenance more difficult than for onshore turbines. All these issues can be managed with thorough planning of the project.

There are currently 11 semi-offshore wind turbines (on artificial islands), one offshore wind turbine and one offshore test foundation and a tower in Finland. The test foundation was installed in summer 2009 few hundred meters outside of Kemi and the offshore turbine in the summer of 2010, a few hundred meters offshore from Pori. The results from both of these sites have been promising: there has been no damage to the test foundation caused by ice during the last two winters. Also the offshore turbine did not suffer from any damage last winter. These results together with the demonstration subsidy for a larger offshore wind farm promised by the Finnish Government provide very encouraging news for the Finnish wind farm developers.

The writer, Anni Mikkonen, is the Managing director of the Finnish Wind Power Association.

The Finnish Wind Power Association (FWPA) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes Wind Energy and increases the wind energy knowledge in Finland. FWPA is also active in the public and political discussion concerning the wind energy. The member companies of the association are from various fields of business. The membership list includes, for example, project developers, turbine manufacturers, consultants and component or material producers. All of these companies share the same point of view concerning the wind power: it is a good and beneficial energy production method that should be promoted in Finland. Currently FWPA has got about 200 private individuals and over 115 company members.

Anni Mikkonen, Managing Director

Finnish Wind Power Association Itsen채isyydenkatu 2 33100 Tampere Finland T +35 84 07 71 61 14 tuuli@tuulivoimayhdistys.fi www.tuulivoimayhdistys.fi

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Offshore turbines in Pori, photo by Joni Nevala / Pori Energia

NWEA Dutch success in offshore wind The Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA) is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in the Netherlands, on land and offshore. The main aim of the organisation is to lobby the national government on behalf of our members and the industry.

Among the members of NWEA are developers and owners of wind farms, manufacturers, constructors, research institutes, electricity providers, consultants and maintenance companies.

NWEA is the initiator of Wind Force 11, the project that will be displayed at EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 to show that the Dutch offshore wind sector has a lot to offer.

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Status and outlook for the Netherlands The Netherlands completed one of the first offshore wind farms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. Although we were making strong progress, our neighbours have caught up with us in the meantime. Currently there are two wind farms in operation off the Dutch East coast, Egmond aan Zee and Prinses Amaliawindpark, producing a total of 228MW. There are also three projects in various stages of planning in the North East of the Dutch sector, with a total capacity of 700MW. The project developers expect to build two of these projects within two to three years. In 2020 we expect to have 5200MW off offshore wind according to our National Action Program.

By the start of October 2011 the Dutch government and the Netherlands Wind Energy Association had jointly signed a Green Deal on offshore wind energy. For further development of wind energy in the North Sea a substantial reduction of the cost is required, reaching a 40% reduction by 2020. Innovation and policy adjustments form an essential part. The Green Deal incorporates

topics from pilot projects to testing new ideas.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation (EL&I) and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment (I&M)have established a round table council with the NWEA as the industry’s representative to make the Green Deal a reality.

The NWEA stresses that offshore wind energy offers great opportunities not only for the Dutch economy but it is also absolutely essential to meet the European renewable energy targets. Therefore the NWEA will form a business coalition of companies and organisations. This coalition will contribute to lower the costs of offshore wind energy by innovation. The current status of this coalition will be presented during the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam.

With this Green Deal, the government clearly indicates that offshore wind energy is an important of the sustainable policy and it recognises the importance of a strong domestic market to improve the export opportunities for Dutch industry. The current position of the offshore industry will be strengthened and expanded by this Green Deal and by the construction of Dutch offshore wind farms. Following the example of Britain and Germany, this will provide many green jobs in an industry that is typically Dutch by origin.

It is no coincidence that, to date, the Dutch offshore wind industry sector has played a part in every existing offshore wind farm project in Europe, and the NWEA is working to maintain this situation.

Nederlandse Wind Energie Associatie Korte Elisabethstraat 6 3511 JG Utrecht The Netherlands T +31 30 23 16 97 7 F +31 30 23 41 17 6 info@nwea.nl www.nwea.nl

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Prinses Amaliawindpark, courtesy of Eneco

RenewableUK

With 487 turbines installed on 14 offshore wind farms, the United Kingdom is currently the world leader in offshore wind. According to the latest research by RenewableUK, published in October 2011 in the organisation’s annual State of the Industry report, the country is set to retain its leadership position, with a total of 8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity installed by 2016, and a further 10 GW by 2020. The industry is confident of achieving the Government’s scenario of 18 GW of offshore wind within the next ten years.

In fact, the country already gets close to 2% of its net electricity consumption from offshore wind, and this share is set to grow to between 17% and 20% in 10 years time. This is a colossal achievement, considering that the first experimental near shore installation in the UK was built in 2001.

Other statistics about the country’s offshore sector are equally impressive. In 2008 RenewableUK published its first headcount of number of employees in the offshore wind industry, which at the time stood at around 800. This year a similar study conducted by Cambridge Econometrics put the number of employees at around 3100.

The conclusion is that the sector not only managed to increase the amount of green electricity it supplied to the grid, but also to create much needed jobs and business benefits to the UK economy. The second part of the study quantifies the potential of the offshore sector to create 47,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2020.

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Offshore wind in the UK is a thriving industry, led by dedicated individuals from across a number of traditional and emerging industrial sectors. For instance, to deliver a 180 megawatt (MW), 60 turbine wind farm, it takes around 170 vessels, 24,000 tonnes of steel, and years of planning and preparation.

Beyond the immediate pipeline of projects there are 45 GW of capacity currently at various stages of

development, ready to provide close to 140 TWh of electricity per year (out of a total consumption of 370 TWh). This illustrates the sense of opportunity in the UK’s offshore wind sector.

On 13-14 June next year the world’s offshore wind sector will converge in London for the Global Offshore 2012 conference and exhibition. Held at the EXCEL Arena in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf financial district, it will draw the major offshore players from around the world and offer national pavilions so that each wind energy association can present developments in its own offshore sector. There will be no better place to meet and discuss offshore - we hope to see you there.

Nick Medic, Head of Offshore Renewables

RenewableUK Greencoat House Francis Street London SW1P 1DH United Kingdom T +44 20 79 01 30 00 info@RenewableUK.com www.renewableuk.com

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WIND ENERGY PROJECTS BY COUNTRY BELGIUM 1 Belwind 1 2 Belwind 2 3 C-Power 4 NorthWind 5 Norther Offshore wind farm 6 Rentel 7 Seal 8 Seastar 9 Thornton Bank 10 Thornton Bank 2 11 Thornton Bank 3

LEGEND

DENMARK 1 Anholt 2 Avedore Holme 3 Frederikshavn 1 4 Frederikshavn 2 5 Horns Rev 1 6 Horns Rev 2 7 Kriegers Flak 3 8 Middelgrunden 9 Nysted (Rodsand 1) 10 Nysted 2 (Rodsand 2) 11 Ronland 12 Ronland 2 13 Ronland 3 14 Ronne Banke 15 Samsø 16 Sprogø 17 Storebaelt 18 Tunø Knob 19 Vindeby FINLAND 1 Haukipudas - Hoikka (*) 2 Hiue (*) 3 Inkoon – Raaseporin (*) 4 Kokkola (*) 5 Kornäs (*) 6 Kristinestad (*) 7 Oulu Haukipudas (*)

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Oulunsalo-Hailuoto (*) Ostra Skargarden (*) Pori (*) Raahe-Maanahkiaisen (*) Raahe-Pertunmatala (*) Raahe-Ulkonahkiainen (*) Siipyyn (*) Suurhiekka (*) Tornio (*)

FRANCE 1 3B 2 Baie de Seine 3 Banc de Guérande 4 Bassure de Baas 5 Boulogne 6 Calvados 7 Cherbourg 8 Côte d'Albatre 9 Côtes d'Armor 10 Courseulles-Sur-Mer 11 d'Aïse 12 Des Minquiers 13 Deux Cotes 14 Dyck Sandbank 15 Fecamp 16 Haute-Normandie 17 Ile de Ré 18 La Banche 19 Le Treport 20 Les Grunes 21 Loire Atlantique 22 Maia 23 Neoen 24 Pointe de Caux 25 Portes en Ré 26 Poweo 27 Parc du Banc de Guérande 28 Saint-Brieuc 29 Saint-Nazaire 30 Vendée 31 VertiWind

GERMANY 1 Adlergrund 2 Adlergrund GAP 3 Adlergrund Nordkap 4 Aiolos 5 Albatros 6 Alpha Ventus 7 Amrumbank 8 Amrumbank West 9 Aquamarin 10 Arcadis Ost 11 Area C I, II, III 12 Arkona Becken Südost 13 Arkona See Süd 14 Austerngrund 15 Baltic I 16 Baltic 2 (Kriegers Flak 1) 17 Baltic Eagle 18 Bard Offshore 1 19 Beltsee 20 Bernstein 21 Beta Baltic 22 Bight Power I, II 23 Borkum Riffgrund 1 24 Borkum Riffgrund 2 25 Borkum Riffgrund West 26 Borkum Riffgrund West 2 27 Borkum West 2 28 Breitling 29 Butendiek 30 Citrin 31 Dan Tysk 32 Delta Nordsee 1 33 Deutsche Bucht 34 Diamand 35 Emden 36 Enova Offshore 37 Euklas 38 Fairwind 39 GAIA, I, II, III, IV, V 40 Gannet 41 GEOFFREE

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Global Tech I Godewind H2-20 He Dreiht Heron Hohe See Hooksiel Horizont Innogy 1 Jules Verne Kaikas Kaskasi Klutzer Winkel Meerwind MEG Offshore I Nautilus NEMO Nord Passage NorderGründe Nordlicher Grund Nordsee-Ost (Metmast) Notos OWP West Petrel Riffgat Sandbank 24 Power See Storm I, II Seewind Seewind III & IV Seagull Skua WOF Striborg Storm Nord Veia Mate Wikinger Windanker Witte Bank

IRELAND 1 Arklow Bank 2 Arklow Bank 2 3 Blackwater Bank

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ITALY 1 Chieuti 2 Etruria 3 Gargano South 4 Golfo di Gela 5 Golfo di Trieste 6 Is Arenas 7 Margherita di Savoia 8 San Michele 9 Secche di Vada 10 Termoli 11 Torre San Gennaro 12 Tricase MALTA 1 Sikka L-Badja THE NETHERLANDS 1 Buitengaats 2 Breeveertien II 3 Brown Ridge Oost 4 Den Helder 5 Clearcamp 6 NSW 7 Princess Amalia 8 Q10 9 Okeanos 10 Scheveningen Buiten 11 Tromp Binnen 12 Westermeerwind 13 West Rijn 14 IJmuiden (AEOLUS Metmast) 15 Zee Energie NORWAY

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Aegir (Lista) Gimsøy Offshorepark (*) Havsul (*) Hywind Idunn Energipark Lofoten Havkraftverk (*) Mørevind offshore vindkraftverk (*) Selvær offshore vindkraftverk (*) Siragrunnen Sorlig Nordsjoen Stadtvind (*) Steinshamn Offshore Vindpark (*) Vannøya Havkraftverk (*)

POLAND 1 Bialogora 2 Karwia PORTUGAL 1 Branca SPAIN 1 Banco de Trafalgar 2 Barbate 3 Cabo de Trafalgar 4 Costa de Azahar (Castellón) 5 Costa de la Luz (Cádiz) 6 Delta del'Ebro 7 Mar de Trafalgar 8 Palamos 9 Puerto de Bilbao 10 Punta de las Salinas (Castellón) 11 Punta del Gato (Huelva) 12 Tarragona-Castellón SWEDEN 1 Blekinge 2 Bockstigen

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Finngrunden (*) Hakefjorden Hogo Kårehamn Klocktärnan (*) Kriegers Flak 2 Lake Vaern Lillegrund North East Oland North Midsjobanken Petlandsskär Offshore Wind (*) Seawind Lake Vaern Skottarevet Smygehamn South East Oland South Midsjobanken South Oland Stora Middelgrunden Storgrundet (*) Taggen Hanobukten Bay Trolleboda Utgrunden Utgrunden II Yttre Stengrund

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Gunfleet Sands I + II Gwynt Y Mor Hornsea (Round 3) Humber Gateway Inch Cape Irish Sea (Round 3) Islay Kentish Flats Kentish Flats (Round 2.5) Lincs London Array (Phase 1) London Array 2 (Phase 2) Lynn Inner Dowsing Moray Firth (Round 3) Narec Offshore Test Facility Neart Na Gaoithe North Hole NOVA Ormonde Race Bank Rampion (Round 3) Rhyl Flats Robin Rigg Scroby Sands Sheringham Shoal Teesside Thanet Triton Knoll Walney 1 Walney 2 Walney Ext. (Round 2.5) West Duddon Sands Navitus Bay Wind Park (ex West Isle of Wight) Westermost Rough

UNITED KINGDOM 1 AREG 2 Argyll Array 3 Atlantic Array (Round 3) 4 Barrow 5 Beatrice Array 6 Blyth 7 Burbo Bank 8 Burbo Bank (Round 2.5) 9 Docking Shoal 49 10 Dogger Bank (Round 3) 11 Dudgeon 12 East Anglia Array (Round 3) 13 Firth of Forth 14 Galloper (Round 2.5) (*) Not shown on this map.

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Installation work at Belwind by the jack-up barge JB 114

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A2SEA A/S World Leader in offshore wind installation and service solutions A2SEA offers integrated installation and service solutions for the offshore wind industry.

Since 2002, our specialised fleet of two semi-jacked vessels and two jack-ups has installed more than 700 turbines and 300 foundations for the world’s offshore wind market. Many of our techniques and processes are setting standards for best practice throughout Offshore Wind, providing solutions that can help bring down the cost per MW of clean energy.

A2SEA A/S Karetmagervej 11 7000 Fredericia Denmark T +45 75 92 82 11 F +45 75 92 63 75 a2sea@a2sea.com www.a2sea.com

SEA WORKER at EnbW Baltic 1, photo by Image Maker–Thomas Eisenack.

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An essential link in the offshore wind value chain Before foundations, wind turbines and cables are in place, an offshore wind project demands the planning skills, process know-how and experience of qualified people who can guarantee the job gets done. Our project teams are adept at pulling together all the pieces of the installation puzzle to ensure that every project comes in safely, on time, and to budget – and we have a ten-year track record to prove it.

Planning down to the smallest detail Before mobilising a single crew member, we prepare all the necessary approvals, plan the supply chain and carry out a seabed assessment to make

sure it’s stable enough to bear the weight of our jack-ups in action.

operation takes, our risk management is both detailed and reliable.

Once a project is underway, our jack-ups can provide full-board accommodation for all offshore personnel involved in the installation, making coordination between the various contractors easy.

The A2SEA offshore wind package A2SEA has the experience, know-how and equipment to ensure our customers get an installation package tailored to the specific needs of their offshore wind projects. Working closely with our key customers, we develop solutions that meet the demands of the market and, ultimately, help bring down the cost of clean energy.

Optimising our processes from project to project We examine and document each of our processes in detail, always looking for ways to make improvements. From project to project, these add up to gains in time and cost that we can pass on to our customers. Because we are so familiar with the seabed conditions, wind turbine components and how long each

SEA INSTALLER, A2SEA’s latest dedicated offshore wind installation vessel, is currently under construction.

Due for delivery in the final quarter of 2012, SEA INSTALLER will be key

to installing the next generation of offshore foundations and turbines efficiently and safely.

Headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark, A2SEA is never far from the action in northern Europe’s offshore wind industry. And, with additional offices in Germany and the UK, we are easy to contact – and always ready to listen to your business needs.

A closer look at our most recent projects Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Location: Irish Sea Client: Vattenfall Wind Power UK Period: March 2011 – August 2011 A2SEA’s specialist jack-up barge SEA JACK and her experienced crew transported 30 5MW REpower turbines from Belfast harbour to the Ormonde Offshore Wind farm where they lifted the components into place ready for in situ assembly by an external crew. Towing SEA JACK with her load of giant turbine components through the narrow shipping canal to open sea took a great deal of meticulous planning and preparation.

London Array Offshore Wind Farm Location: Outer Thames Estuary Client: London Array Limited Period: February 2011 – November 2012 SEA WORKER, A2SEA’s specialist jack-up barge is operating in waters so shallow that parts of the site lie 20 centimetres above sea level at low tide. Her crew are installing 54 of the project’s 175 turbines and 56 of the 177 foundations in the first phase of the London Array which, on completion, will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Location: Greater Wash Client: Scira Offshore Energy Period: April 2011 – April 2012

SEA POWER at Rødsand, photo by Hawk Eye Photography

SEA JACK at Ormonde, photo by Tony West/Vattenfall

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Hot off the press A2SEA signs cooperation agreement with the Teekay Corporation to provide marine services for the construction of offshore wind farms.

A2SEA signed an MOU Agreement with Teekay Corporation to design, deliver and operate a new generation of transportation and installation vessels.

Able to work on more challenging offshore sites in deeper waters, the new vessels will handle the installation of new types of foundations, such as tripods and jackets that are likely to be commonplace in Offshore Wind construction. The vessels will be owned and operated by Teekay while A2SEA provides project management and operational expertise.

At Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm, A2SEA is providing with project planning and solutions for logistics and installation. This includes operating GMS ENDEAVOUR, a third-party vessel chartered by the wind farm’s owner, Scira Offshore Energy.

In September 2011 SEA JACK joined GMS ENDEAVOUR at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm where she will be installing turbines until January 2012 when she will leave for foundation installation at Teesside.

Alnmaritec Tough Boats for Tough Jobs!

Alnmaritec, which is based at Blyth in the North East of the UK, specialises in the design and build of aluminium alloy workboats for operators across a wide spectrum of industries. The company develops customised designs for a variety of applications including workboats for the offshore oil and gas industry, passenger ferries, fire and rescue craft, patrol boats, pilot boats, and oil spill response boats. It has been in the vanguard of the development of wind farm support vessels over the last ten years having built the support boat for the UK’s very first offshore wind farm and to date delivered over twenty vessels to industry.

Alnmaritec Limited Wimbourne Quay Blyth Northumberland NE 24 1PX United Kingdom T +44 16 65 60 29 17 sales@alnmaritec.co.uk www.alnmaritec.co.uk

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Alnmaritec has been building aluminium boats now for over 20 years and has supplied nearly 150 vessels to operate in some of the toughest industries and in some of the harshest conditions worldwide from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from Africa and the Middle East to the Bering and the Mediterranean Seas.

Alnmaritec has its own experienced ‘in-house’ technical team which allows the company to tailor designs to meet specific customer needs which gives it the unique capability to provide novel solutions to each particular problem.

The company has recently moved into new premises in the Port of Blyth and it has invested in the very latest

production equipment. Their highly skilled workforce of 200 backed by ISO 9001 – 2008 Quality Accreditation ensure that the vessels they build meet the highest standards. The story with an Alnmaritec boat doesn’t stop there; they offer a comprehensive through-life support service for craft on a worldwide basis, recently sending teams out for servicing in such remote locations as Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.

In the renewable energy sector the company has built boats for both wave energy and offshore wind energy support but it is in the latter that they have really excelled. Building on unrivalled experience in the sector Alnmaritec has continually developed

the designs of it’s wind farm service vessels to keep ahead of customer’s ever increasing expectations. The company is now onto it’s sixth generation design which has culminated in the launch this year of two of it’s new ‘Wave Master’ class as pictured. The latest boat is capable of over 28 knots, has sleeping accommodation for four below decks and a survey station in the upper wheelhouse. In describing it’s performance recently the boat’s owner commented “The general view is that we probably have the best boat in the industry for operating in heavy weather” – a testament if ever one was required that Alnmaritec lives up to it’s logo.

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W W W. O F F S H O R E - E N E R G Y. B I Z

AMBAU GmbH Growth with energy As an experienced, competent and reliable manufacturer of foundation structures and towers for the offshore and onshore wind energy sector, in recent years we have established ourselves as a market-leading supplier to energy groups, plant manufacturers and general contractors. Our goal is to participate actively in protecting the environment through the use of innovative and green technologies. To achieve this we turn to bundled creativity and expertise. Your success is our success.

AMBAU GmbH Am Werfttor 22 28755 Bremen Germany T +49 42 16 20 31 30 0 F +49 42 16 20 31 30 9 sales@ambau.com www.ambau.com

We are proud to have been a co-creator and driving force of the wind energy sector in Germany and worldwide for twelve years now. AMBAU GmbH was founded in 1993: Joachim Görlitz, managing partner, established the company, together with his father, at the Am Mellensee site with a workforce of 35. Today, over 850 employees work at our five production sites.

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The AMBAU group consists of AMBAU GmbH and the subsidiaries AMBAU Personalservice GmbH, AMBAU Windservice GmbH and AMBAU Offshore GmbH. AMBAU GmbH is a member of WAB (Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/

Bremen e.V.), Stiftung OffshoreWindenergie and the Bundesverband Windenergie e.V. Product solutions With us you can find a broad, highquality range of products and services to satisfy the requirements of your offshore or onshore project.

Numerous successful projects have given us the experience necessary to guarantee enduring quality and reliability.

• Foundation structures Monopiles, transition pieces, tripods, jackets and large-diameter pipe components

• Towers Offshore and onshore • Components Expertise in the fields of design, construction and delivery • Secondary steel Supplier of boat landings, platforms and other components • Service Repair of towers and blades, mechanical processing of flanges, cleaning, erection, assembly and maintenance of wind energy plants

Energy groups, plant manufacturers and general contractors all place their trust in our quality and service.

Advantages We stand for quality, flexibility and expertise.

• High process and product quality Observance of tolerances, state-ofthe-art production processes and consistent documentation of all process stages • Series production Towers, monopiles, transition

Facts about: • Year of foundation:

• Number of employees:

1993

• Sites

Am Mellensee,

Gräfenhainichen, Bremen, Cuxhaven, Dessau

• Products

Off- and Onshore Towers, foundation structures (Monopiles, Transition pieces, Tripods, Jackets), Components, Secondary steel, Service

Over 850 in the total corporate group

pieces, tripods, jackets, largediameter pipe components, components and secondary steel • Storage areas Large storage areas on all sites • Direct connections to ports Manufacturing plants with direct access to the North Sea and Baltic

• Total-cost factor With us you will find an efficient combination of know-how, quality and adherence to delivery dates.

Our site advantages also contribute to the reduction of your total project costs.

Customer-oriented Our tailored and high-quality solutions make us a sought-after partner worldwide. In this, your requirements represent the impetus for our further development. In close dialogue with you we employ state-of-the-art production procedures to develop solutions that both support and promote your progress.

Together we create the basis for an energy policy future, driving on the expansion of regenerative energies.

We invest continuously in research and development in order to render our technology more environmentally friendly and efficient.

Efficient With our five interconnected plants we are able to react flexibly to the requirements of the growth market of renewable energies. With our high degree of automation and state-of-theart manufacturing plants we guarantee low manufacturing tolerances and premium quality of our products. Our sites at Cuxhaven and Bremen are specifically focused on the market for offshore wind energy plants.

Permanent innovations and investments are the underlying guarantee for our success. Consequently, we are not only experts in the offshore field, but also pioneers in the onshore segment.

Specialisation in conical and cylindrical components for towers and pipe components gives us a head start with regard to expertise. With internal quality management, consistent documentation of all processes and regular inspections we ensure that our own

high standards are sustainably met.

Our manufacturer qualification is also certified by the pertinent DIN standards.

Powerful Each year AMBAU GmbH has a turnover of some 450 foundation structures and 600 towers. The extensive loading area at our Cuxhaven site enables us to ship directly across the North Sea to numerous destinations worldwide. Our product portfolio ranges from towers for onshore wind energy units to large offshore towers for 5-megawatt-plus units.

We have also assembled extensive experience as exclusive project partner in the first German offshore wind park, alpha ventus: under the rough conditions of the frequently stormy North Sea we realised the pilot project with our partners approximately 45 kilometres off the coast of Borkum, at a depth of around 30 metres. The twelve 5-megawatt class wind energy units of the wind park now cover the annual energy requirements of over 50,000 households.

Reliable Our aim is to offer you a one-stop source of all necessary products and services at all times, at a high standard of quality. We guarantee your satisfaction with the continuous examination of all processes, from design to manufacture and delivery and comprehensive service. The overall package of our performance and services makes us the ideal partner for your offshore and onshore projects.

AMBAU GmbH is comprised of several specialist subsidiaries, which take care of your requirements: AMBAU Windservice GmbH specialises in rotor blades and towers, offering qualified services in erection, maintenance, servicing, repair, corrosion protection, quality improvement and assessment.

Qualified and committed specialists are procured by AMBAU Personalservice GmbH, with AMBAU Offshore GmbH also offering consulting and project services throughout the value chain for the creation and operation of offshore wind parks in Germany and abroad.

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• Experience and know-how Since 1999 AMBAU has been growing with the wind energy sector. The offshore sector was developed in 2006. We have now successfully realised over 300 projects.

• Trust-based collaboration We maintain long-term customer and supplier relationships and place value on a high degree of flexibility and adherence to delivery dates.

Baltic Diver Germany1 Rostock – Mukran – Bremerhaven For almost 20 years Baltic Diver Germany is on duty all over the world, wherever reliable, highly skilled and safe operations are demanded, be it commercial diving works, hydraulic engineering or salvage and maritime services. With these experiences in our background we are engaged in the installation and maintenance of offshore wind farms for more or less 10 years. As solid partner we gave support to all German offshore projects in North- and Baltic Sea.

Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock 1 GmbH Alter Hafen Süd 3 18069 Rostock, Germany T +49 39 18 11 10 00 F +49 38 18 11 10 01 info@baltic-taucher.de www.baltic-taucher.de

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Baltic Diver Germany provides all services which are required in this growth sector. We have the necessary qualified personnel and equipment at our disposal and work in accordance with international standards. Our maxim - with highest demands to safety and quality: We make impossible possible!

Already well before renewable offshore energy was on everyone’s lips, Baltic Diver Germany belonged to the most distinguished and outstanding companies in its business.

Do you remember the “Pallas”catastrophe near Amrum or the sinking of “Jan Heweliusz” and “Estonia”? Awful moments in the

history of navigation. Performance test for our company. Here we had to prove that we know our craft and can master technologies – such as oil spill removal as well as ROV and diving service.

By now we can look back to projects in 23 countries around the world. Our teams worked from Korea to British Guiana. We installed the cooling water intake and outfall for an LNG Plant in Yemen- one of our biggest projects, which last over more than 3 years.

These demanding projects mentioned here require extensive knowledge and dedication, which our employees have internalised. This all starts with quality and it implies that we only work with well-trained experts under and over

water. State of the art equipment, our own workshop and maintenance department and our own fleet enables us to work independently and to be on call twenty-four-seven.

We gained wide experiences in installation and maintenance of offshore wind energy plants. This branch is an important area of operation which we supported with our knowhow from its beginnings. Baltic Diver Germany installed the first offshore research platforms and was engaged in the installation of the first German OWF alpha ventus. We made significant contributions to its installation, have been involved in the necessary nacelle replacements and are now responsible for inspection and maintenance. We’ve

also been involved in the OWF Baltic 1 project.

Our strength lies in UXO clearance.

Within the scope of grid connections for offshore wind farms or for the Nord Stream Pipeline, our teams cleared thousands of unexploded ordnances – always without any accident.

Anyway, safety plays the central role for us. We work in accordance with international safety standards and guidelines, e.g. IMCA, BSH (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) and Germanischer Lloyd.

In order to pool our strengths and to use common experiences with regards to our ROV service, we established

OWF alpha ventus – annual inspection and maintenance

UXO clearance Nord Stream project

Rope access technicians at OWF alpha ventus

a close cooperation with Bluestream Offshore (NL).

To be prepared for the future we intend the purchase of two special vessels. For 2012 we are preparing the purchase of one 4-point mooring vessel for projects in the Baltic Sea and for 2014 we contemplate the purchase of one DP2 vessel for further North Sea projects.

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The constant expansion of our technical base in accordance to international standards goes hand in hand with training and development of our personnel. Only the perfect interaction of team and equipment enables us to deliver top-quality work and to stay one of the strongest and reliable service providers in this business.

The company Blue Offshore is a Dutch subsea installation contractor founded early 2010. Our company provides world-wide solutions for subsea cable installation to international clients. We provide support from the conceptual design stage to engineering, construction, installation and commissioning for offshore subsea cables, flexibles and umbilicals. We stand for highly qualified individuals with proven track records, modular and flexible equipment, strategic and operational best-in-class partners.

Blue Offshore is DNV ISO 9001: 2008 certified.

Our aims • Reduce costs and risks • Increase product and service quality • Provide the best cable installation methodologies and equipment Our services Our team assists customers with world-class innovative standalone solutions to suit their particular project needs. This service includes: • Design and engineering • Project management • Installation equipment • Offshore construction

tonnes. The flexibility and modularity of the system will reduce costs and risks through: • Flexible cable installation schedules • Cable storage and transportation • Shorter mobilisation and demobilisation schedules

• Increased choice in fit-for-purpose floating platform types to suit best project requirements rather than generic solutions

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Modular Turntable Our team has developed the world’s largest Lloyds Register-certified subsea cable installation equipment. This equipment consists of a modular Turntable and has variable cable carrying capacities to suit project requirements up to 9000 metric Contact Blue Offshore holds permanent offices in The Hague, The Netherlands, and in Newcastle, UK. For more information visit our website www.blueoffshore.com or contact our project office: Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië 191, 2593 BN, The Hague, The Netherlands, Tel: +31(0)70-7113774, mail: info@blueoffshore.com

Barge Master Safe motion compensated offshore lifting The workability during offshore installation activities is strongly influenced by both weather and sea conditions. Mainly the so called “swell” (long waves) has a significant impact on the motions of supply or installation vessels and barge - crane combinations, leading to situations whereby onboard personnel and equipment are at risk. In such instances, work is interrupted leading to extra costs and tight time schedules. Learn how Barge Master can increase your workability and make offshore installation activities safer with a flexible and low cost solution.

Barge Master bv Karel Doormanweg 9 3115 JD Schiedam The Netherlands T +31 10 40 90 06 0 info@barge-master.com www.barge-master.com

positioning or a traditional anchor system. The remaining three degrees of freedom, one translation (heave) and two rotations (roll and pitch), are compensated by the Barge Master, a platform driven by 3 hydraulic actuators. By measuring the heave, roll and pitch and controlling the actuators supporting the platform to produce the counteractive motion, the platform is kept in an earth fixed steady position.

Scale model tests at the Dutch Maritime research center (MARIN) have shown compensation percentages upward of 95%.

Applications Barge Master is a product with a broad range of applications. Essentially all

marine supply and lifting operations up to 1000 tonnes can be performed safer, quicker and under more adverse sea states when using a Barge Master.

Barge Masters can be utilized as: • Motion compensation platform forcargo during vessel to platform transfers • Motion compensation platforms for standard crawler cranes on flat top barges Barge Master provides: • Increased safety during offshore supply and lifting operations • Increased workability during offshore supply and lifting operations • Flexible solution by using standard vessels, barges and cranes • Low cost solution

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Technology Roll, pitch and heave have a significant impact on the workability of supply vessels during offshore transport and installation activities. These movements often restrict the operational window of supply vessels, as the relative movement between the vessel and a fixed object (jack up barge, platform) exceeds present limits. The implications hereof for both project planning and costs are obvious.

In a three dimensional world, six degrees of freedom (DoF) need to be compensated to keep the platform from moving. Three DoF’s are compensated by restraining two translations (Surge and Sway) and one rotation (Yaw) of the vessel or barge by using a dynamic

BLG LOGISTICS GROUP WindEnergy Logistics Over the last 12 years, BLG LOGISTICS GROUP has developed from a local maritime company in Bremen and Bremerhaven into a logistics provider with an international orientation. A modern logistics group has emerged from the traditional port management company. It stands for international networks in the business areas of automobile, contract and container logistics. Today, BLG LOGISTICS GROUP provides more than 15,000 jobs worldwide.

BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG WindEnergy Logistics Senator-Borttscheller-Str. 1 28197 Bremen Germany T +49 42 13 98 41 83 F +49 42 13 98 38 47 WindEnergyLogistics@blg.de

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In the business division of contract logistics, BLG WindEnergy Logistics‘ goal is the integration of logistics onshore and maritime logistics. The company develops customized and process-spanning logistical systems to manage the supply chain of wind turbines and their components.

By standardizing logistical processes via all steps of the value chain, starting from procurement to production, concluding with the installation at sea, synergies can be created and the efficiency of the supply chain can be raised. Pursuing this objective, BLG WindEnergy Logistics combines its competence in industrial and production logistics with its traditional expertise in seaport cargo

handling and transfers this know-how to the wind industry.

As a port operator, BLG has decades of experience in the handling and storage of heavy cargo, oversized goods and industrial large-scale plants, including wind farm components for many years now. In addition to the requisite harbour and storage areas, BLG has floating cranes, a pontoon purposebuilt for heavy load, self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT) and other equipment required for smooth transshipment, multimodal nearshore transportation and storage of large components.

The company’s portfolio of services also includes the planning and development of seaworthy packaging

materials, frames and charge carriers, conservation for sea transport, quality assurance measures and assistance with assembly. BLG’s in-house IT experts work with the customer to develop systems that range from the suppliers and manufacturers to the place of installation – providing for efficiency, reliability and transparency.

As reliable partner, BLG WindEnergy Logistics not only offers in-depth process design to its customers, but also assumes operational responsibility on all levels.

BLG shapes the value chain in an active and holistic way, presenting itself as an industry partner with strong investment credentials.

Bonn & Mees Floating Sheerlegs Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV is a dynamic privately owned company which will be celebrating their 125th anniversary in 2012. Since 1916, the organisation has focussed specially on activities working with floating sheerlegs. Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV currently owns three sheerlegs - two with 400 and one with 1800 tons lifting capacity, all with advanced technology on board - and two towing vessels.

Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV Sluisjesdijk 123 3087 AE Rotterdam The Netherlands T +31 10 42 90 54 4 F +31 10 42 94 27 0 info@bonn-mees.com www.bonn-mees.com

The focus of the organisation is both inshore and offshore, but since the introduction in service of the 1800t sheerleg Matador 3 in 2002 , there has been much more work in offshore projects. Specifically in the offshore wind energy business.

The service of Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV is an excellent and costefficient alternative for the larger installation vessels for Near Shore Projects, up to a certain weight.

For Bonn & Mees working with sheerlegs is their core business; their employees have vast experience at their disposal and they are both well trained and competent, on board and in project organisation. Because most of the crew have worked for the company for a long time, the knowledge stays within the organisation.

Bonn & Mees has a Certified Safety System. For now and in the future, Bonn & Mees wants to be, not only a supplier, but moreover a reliable partner with an extremely flexible approach and a great imagination with regard to their customers’ activities.

For more information, please contact: Peter Leenheer: p.leenheer@bonn-mees.com T +31 6 533 472 00 Martijn Otten: m.otten@bonn-mees.com T +31 6 226 982 26 39

The company has been involved in numerous projects such as the Q7 project off the coast of IJmuiden, Ithaca at Invergordon, Baltic 1 OWF at Rostock and on the Baltic Sea, the Belwind project off the coast of Zeebrugge, executing load-ins at Flushing for the Greater Gabbard OWF, and for the London Array OWF off Harwich, their sheerlegs loaded transition pieces in Antwerp, and then

crossed over to Harwich, to hoist and install both monopiles and transition pieces for two substations.

BOW Terminal Breakbulk and Offshore Wind terminal in Vlissingen Within the port of Vlissingen the new BOW Terminal has been operational since 2010. This terminal, covering an area of 20 Ha, and with a quay length of 340 metres (the BOW quay), is ideally located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the Westerschelde, with direct access to open sea, without any locks or bridges. Additional to the mentioned BOW quay, an extra quay length of 1.400 metres is available, equiped with five mobile harbour cranes for regular cargo, blades and containers. The availability of permanent heavy lift capacity makes this terminal a perfect location for breakbulk and offshore (wind) projects.

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Reference offshore wind projects: • Sheringham Shoal LINCS London Array

Currently, BOW Terminal is being used during the construction of three major UK-based offshore wind farms.

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One of these offshore wind projects is contracted by Statoil, operator for the development phase of Scira (Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm). In relation to this project the MS Oleg Strashnov, owned by Seaway Heavylift, has made regular visits to the BOW terminal project quay.

For the Lincs offshore wind farm project, BOW terminal provided the handling and storage of 75 foundation piles. Unloading river barges and loading North Sea barges on weekly

basis including sea fastening and grout & waste logistics. During the summer of 2011 the BOW terminal has also been involved with the handling of transition pieces and monopiles for the London Array project, in close co-operation with the installation company and EPC contractor. During this project, jack up vessel MPI Adventure berthed at the BOW terminal three times to load more foundations. The BOW terminal has also been used for the loading of transition pieces on North Sea barges and for towing floating out to their destination for this same project.

Additional works on site during these major projects can also be offered inhouse, as well as Port Agency for

the vessel owners. secondary steel work, supplying of transport saddles for barges, vessels and other relevant (unforeseen) activities can be offered on site on 24/7 basis.

Since the start of September, the BOW terminal has been working in close cooperation with GAOH Energy with the handling & storage of equipment for a new planned offshore wind farm, the MORL Offshore Windfarm. Please visit our website to watch this complete unloading operation and storage facility.

CD-adapco Your CAE Partner for Success CD-adapco is the world’s largest independent CFD-focused provider of engineering simulation software, support and services. We have over 30 years of experience in delivering industrial strength engineering solutions to a wide range of industries and application areas, including computational wind energy engineering (offshore wind farm simulations, wind resource assessment, wake interactions, etc.). The scope of our activities extends well beyond software development to encompass a wide range of CAE engineering services in both CFD and FEA.

We have over 8000 users of our software, working at 3000 different companies, spending over $100 million on our software and services.

Our customer approval ratings are very high; in our last customer survey 93% of our customers declared themselves satisfied, or very satisfied with our software and services, a fact reflected in a consistently high customer retention rate.

CD-adapco 200 Shepherds Bush Road London W6 7NL United Kingdom T +44 20 74 71 62 00 F +44 20 74 71 62 01 info@cd-adapco.com www.cd-adapco.com

Consistently growing at an organic rate of over 17% per year, CD-adapco employs over 550 talented individuals, working at 25 offices around the globe, involved in dedicated support, software development and engineering services.

Our Purpose CD-adapco’s principal aim is “Engineering Success.” We aim to help our customers to succeed through the application of engineering simulation, driving innovation in their products AND reducing the engineering time and cost associated with bringing those products to market.

Technical Support At CD-adapco we pride ourselves on the outstanding quality of our technical support. Our key objective is to enable you to deploy our solutions successfully, add value to your engineering process

and thereby become a long-term partner of CD-adapco. We achieve this by enabling you to tap into the knowledgebase of one of the largest employers of CFD expertise in the world. Approximately forty percent of our technical staff are educated to PhD level, we employ many worldrenowned experts in their field and have pioneered the use of industrial CFD since its inception.

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Our global team of highly qualified support engineers will ensure that you are successful at every stage of the analysis process. From the minute you start using our software, you will have a dedicated support engineer available whenever needed, be it on the phone, through an e-mail or at your site. Your dedicated engineer will learn how you work and understand your expectations, thus providing you with tailored, proactive, flexible support and an unrivaled level of personal service.

Our Flagship Product Our flagship software STARCCM+ provides the world’s most comprehensive engineering physics simulation inside a single integrated package. Much more than a CFD code, STAR-CCM+ provides an engineering process for solving problems involving flow (of fluids and solids), heat transfer and stress. STAR-CCM+ is unrivalled in its ability to tackle problems involving multiphysics and complex geometries.

CG Building renewable energy for Europe In a recent major offshore engineering project, CG again confirmed its reputation as a leading innovative electrical engineering corporation. The challenge was to deliver a complete 1,100 ton high-voltage substation for the Belwind wind farm, 46 km from Zeebrugge in the North Sea. Belwind is the largest green energy project in Belgium with a total capacity of 330 MW. In spite of several unique challenges, CG with its consortium partners, Fabricom and Iemants, completed the project in one year.

CG Antwerpsesteenweg 167 2800 Mechelen Belgium T +32 15 28 33 33 F +32 15 28 33 00 belgium@cgglobal.com www.cgglobal.com

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CG was responsible for the engineering and delivery of the high voltage installation, including the transformers and the connection to the ELIA network. The construction of the station was completed inland in Fabricom’s module yard from where it was rolled out and hoisted by crane onto a special vessel to be transported to its destination. The provision of an ‘onshore’ transformer to an offshore wind power facility was a major achievement made possible by CG’s booster technology.

The station has been installed on a monopile in the seabed from where offshore electricity is fed to the Belgian HV grid via an onshore

booster transformer. This procedure significantly lowers the risk of failure while optimising maintenance and providing maximum plant availability.

Recently the focus shifted to the German North Sea where the same consortium was awarded the design, delivery and installation of the high voltage substation platform for the 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm.

Here the WPD group, a worldwide developer and operator of wind farms, will install 80 turbines of the 3.6 MW class.

CG will design, engineer and supply the high voltage substation, complete with power transformers, high and

medium voltage switchgear and the auxiliary reactors and transformers.

The substation will connect the 33 kV wind turbines to the 155 kV national grid. Innovative AC/AC connecting technology, will also be applied here to ensure lower costs at high efficiency levels. Its relatively low weight and minimal maintenance requirements make it the ideal solution for the harsh offshore conditions. Design and manufacturing will take place during 2012, while the installation is planned for 2013.

According to Laurent Demortier, CEO & Managing Director of CG, offshore wind energy is expected to grow globally from 1.5 GW in 2010 to 25 GW by 2015. Europe is likely to contribute most of this. Innovative wind turbines, grid connections and foundations will make this sector more competitive to deliver a vast portion of renewable energy for 2020 and beyond.

CG offers its customers end-toend solutions in the effective use of electrical power, assisting them to break new boundaries in the provision of renewable energy. It focuses mainly on transmission, distribution, smart grid solutions and renewable energy integration, to an international customer base that includes large power utilities and industrial customers across Europe and the Middle East. CG has earned itself a reputation of excellence, employing advanced technology and the highest production standards.

For more information, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

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Damen Offshore Wind The best tools at sea The global offshore wind industry has set a number of ambitious targets. In order to help realize those targets, Damen has developed a number of innovative and cost-reducing solutions. Damen Offshore Wind Vessels aim to support both energy companies and offshore contractors at every stage of an offshore wind farm’s lifecycle: development, installation, operations and maintenance. With the trend for wind farms to be positioned further offshore, Damen has developed vessels that can safely and efficiently transfer crews in significant wave heights of up to 2.5 m.

Damen Shipyards Group P.O. Box 1 4200 AA Gorinchem The Netherlands T +31 18 36 39 91 1 Peter Robert pro@damen.nl www.damen.nl

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‘There is no single way to build and operate an offshore wind farm’ The Damen Shipyards Group is looking closely to all aspects of the offshore processes of a wind farm, from development and installation to operation and the kind of solutions the company could bring to the market. We have already learned that there is no single way to build and operate an offshore wind farm. Indeed the challenges of scale, water depth and distance from shore are such that the optimal solutions are still being developed.

Vessel types Our first steps into the offshore wind market are marked by the FCS 2610. But clearly this is not the only vessel type

you would see in the various phases of offshore wind farm development.

Typical other vessels are: survey vessels, foundation installation vessels, cable laying vessels, diving support vessels, turbine installation vessels, anchor handlers, workboats, accommodation barges, etc. Remarkably, quite a few of these types have already been built

by Damen Shipyards or are presently under construction.

Market trends We recognize several interesting market developments and trends. Utility companies are starting to become ship owners and sometimes operators as well. This is mainly driven by the desire to prevent any logistics bottlenecks by

being able to use their own installation vessels.

There is also a tendency of using a free floating vessel (DP2) for foundation installation instead of a jack-up vessel.

Jumbo Offshore has been the pioneer in doing so with its Damen-built DP2 Heavy Lift Vessels. Especially the last trend is focussed on driving down cost and improving efficiency. Various governments have put targets to the industry of reducing cost by 40% before the end of this decade. Those challenges are even more difficult when combined with the tendency that wind farms are being planned and built further and further offshore. This will certainly not drive down the cost.

Despite all this, the offshore wind market will be booming. In Europe before the end of 2020 there will be 40GW operational. We still have 36GW of that total amount to go. The USA is planning to realize 54GW by 2030, China is planning for 30GW in 2020 and Korea 23GW by 2030. All in all, there are many opportunities and Damen, already present with a number of proven vessels designs, is evolving towards a complete Damen Offshore Wind product range.

Damen Technical Cooperation (DTC) Our purpose is to contribute to the success of our customers through

requests, competitive pricing and high resale value, short delivery times (we can deliver from stock), vessels, interchangeability of vessels, spares and equipment, reliable performance (due to years of improving on standardized designs and our modular construction approach) and low maintenance costs.

Research Institutes All Damen vessels benefit from thorough R&D. We work alongside world-renowned research institutes, such as Delft University of Technology, Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and the Netherlands Organisation of

Damen Shipyards Group Damen has built over 5,000 vessels worldwide, from central Africa to the smallest island in the Pacific. Up to 150 vessels are delivered annually at one of our 35 owned shipyards or at numerous partner yards. All our yards have Dutch management to uphold the same strict quality norms. In addition, building near the delivery destination leads to significant cost savings and a rapid customer response time.

Even though we are a major international group, we are still a family-owned company with a deep respect for our maritime heritage. We always take a long-term view. We continue to build up our knowledge base to ensure a steady pace of useful technological developments.

The ‘Tarka 3’, a Damen Shoalbuster 2709 operated by Tug & Workboat Company Herman Sr.

the effective use and reliability of our workboats and vessels. The DTC concept enables you to build your Damen Offshore Wind Vessel locally, anywhere in the world. We provide you with all, prefabricated ship components and can, on request, combine this with expert assistance, training and backup, generating a vast transfer of shipbuilding technology.

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During a severe gale in September 2011 the ‘MarineCo Shamal’, a Damen FCS 2610 (High Speed Support Vessel), left a UK port for a maintenance job at an offshore wind farm while other support vessels had to stay in.

This was the proof of the pudding for this Damen Twin Axe catamaran design, incidentally saving a lot of money.

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This is made even easier because of Damen’s focus on standardization, one of our fundamental corporate values. We build a wide variety of standard vessels on our own account and keep them in stock. All designs are worked out to the smallest detail. This results in fast response to customer

Applied Scientific Research (TNO).

Our product- and R&D-teams are continuously making our ships faster, quieter and more cost efficient. Years of research have also led to some truly pioneering designs such as the Enlarged Ship Concept, the Sea Axe and recently the Damen E3 concept, which focuses on environmentally friendly vessels.

Continuity in the relationship with both our customers and our suppliers is of basic importance to us. That´s why a Damen representative is never far away.

Our sales managers travel all year round between their clients and Damen’s headquarters in the Netherlands. This facilitates optimum contact between customers, sales and product specialists. Throughout the Damen workforce, you´ll find the dedication to build vessels for and to be of service to our clients to the best of our ability.

Deep BV Since their establishment in 1999 Deep has carved out quite a niche in the offshore wind energy sector. Based in Amsterdam, Deep Hydrography & Geophysics is involved in the entire surveying process from pre-installation through to maintenance services. The company maps everything on, around and under the sea bed three-dimensionally by means of their advanced technology, both offshore on board their dedicated survey vessels, and on shore at their base where the information is processed.

Deep BV Postbus 36182 1020 MD Amsterdam The Netherlands T +31 20 63 43 67 6 info@deepbv.nl www.deepbv.nl

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From mapping a complete wind farm site survey to individual installations, from inter array cable route surveys to export cable with land fall surveys, Deep BV have made their mark in this technological fast moving industry.

Providing vital strategic information to installation companies and cable layers alike.

Deep BV can provide specialist surveys for object detection. This is rapidly becoming an important sector for offshore wind farm planning.

Submerged obstacles can cause tens of thousands of Euro’s damage to trenching equipment and ploughs.

Even more important, for the safety of the operators of subsea operations, is

the detection of ammunitions, bombs and mines from two world wars, which are still lying, uncharted, in the North Sea, for example.

For many years North Sea fishermen have trawled up flint spear heads and other items dating from the time when the North Sea was dry land. Deep BV, by using their sensitive equipment for scanning for archaeology from pre-history times, can locate and map these sites to avoid loosing forever this insight into how our ancestors lived.

Deep BV have worked on projects on all sides of the North Sea and in the Baltic Sea, including the Prinses Amaliawindpark and Egmond aan Zee

where they are currently carrying out O&M hydrographic and geophysical surveys. They have also been working at various stages on the following wind farm projects • • • • •

Gunfleet Sands Alpha Ventus Thornton Bank Belwind London Array

If it lies under or on the sea bed, in shallow coastal waters or deep sea, Deep BV can locate it, map it, and guide you around it, saving you both time and money in your sub sea operations.

Enerpac BV Powerful Solutions, Global Force Enerpac is the recognized global leader in high-force tools and equipment used in industrial markets. The history of Enerpac dates back to 1910, when our original company produced water pumps for the Ford’s legendary ‘Model T’ motor car. Enerpac’s reputation as a technology leader began in the 1920’s when the first hydraulic jacks were introduced. In the late 1950’s, an Industrial Products Division was formed and along with it, the brand name Enerpac. Today Enerpac operates from 28 facilities in 22 countries with over 1000 employees and manufactures thousands of products that it distributes globally through 1200 distributor partners with catalogs printed in 19 languages.

Enerpac BV PO Box 8097 6710 AB Ede Galvanistraat 115 6716 AE Ede The Netherlands T +31 31 85 35 91 1 info@enerpac.com www.enerpac.com

At Enerpac, our focus is to provide our customers with the most extensive line of products and accessories that maximize force – to increase productivity and make work safer and easier to perform. Our comprehensive family of tools and equipment deliver reliable and dependable performance for virtually any industrial segment, from the smallest cylinder to computer-controlled systems for lifting huge structures.

In addition to providing the most comprehensive line of globallysupplied, locally supported products, Enerpac combines hydraulics, steel fabrication and electronic control with engineering and application knowledge, to design and manufacture solutions that ensure your projects are completed

safely and efficiently. Enerpac products are distributed worldwide, though all feature the convenience of local service and support.

Our technical capabilities in support of integrated solutions projects such as lifting the Golden Gate Bridge in the USA, helping to launch the Millau Viaduct in France, and raising the roof for Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium, make the safe and accurate movement of some of the largest structures on earth possible. Enerpac is a division of Actuant Corporation, a $1.4 billion diversified global manufacturing company, headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA.

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Innovative Solutions in Controlled Movement Enerpac’s Integrated Solutions division provides high force system solutions to meet customer requirements for safe, precise control of movement and

positioning. With more than 50 years of experience, Enerpac has gained unique expertise in delivering hydraulic solutions for the controlled movement and positioning of structures. This expertise has been acknowledged by the world’s leading industrial professionals and has contributed to the successful movement of a number of the most recognizable structures on earth.

Falck Nutec Guiding you to a safer future Falck Nutec is the world’s largest provider of health & safety and survival training for the offshore industry. At Falck Nutec we have a global footprint, an excellent reputation and a long standing tradition of serving the oil & gas, maritime, aviation and military sectors.

There are currently 28 Falck Nutec training centres around the world, these centres cover 5 continents.

Falck Nutec Uglviggaardsvej 3 6705 Esbjerg Ø Denmark T +45 76 12 13 14 F +45 76 12 13 13 globalsales@falcknutec.com www.falcknutec.com

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Purpose Build Facilities Falck Nutec training centres in Denmark, Netherlands, and UK have been delivering courses to the renewable energy industry for several years and we have recently opened a brand new training centre in Bremerhaven, Germany with a specific focus on the wind industry.

All of these centres boast purpose built facilities including wind turbine training towers, nacelle simulators and boat transfer simulators as well as staff with experience and detailed knowledge of the renewables industry and the challenges it and its employees face.

Vast Experience Our experience and knowledge of training for the offshore energy sector has stood us in good stead and is proving invaluable in the development of course programmes specifically aligned to the new offshore wind industry and indeed the renewable energy sector as a whole. We can call on the vast in-house knowledge and expertise we have built up over the years to inform, review and deliver relevant, practical courses for this emerging and exciting industry.

Specialized Training Many of the courses Falck Nutec has been delivering to the traditional energy industry are equally applicable to the renewables industry. Some relevant

modules can be individually chosen and bundled together, almost like a smorgasbord for the renewables industry, for example first aid at work, working in confined spaces, manual handling, major emergency planning and training courses, generic fire awareness training and on-site practical training for manufacturing and handling to name but a few. Our training portfolio also of course includes courses which have been developed specifically for the renewable energy industry such as training in working at heights and rescue from heights for wind turbines, boat transfer, sea survival, fire fighting in nacelles and first aid and advanced first aid for the wind industry. Our suite of wind turbine training courses caters for people working across the range of stages in the development process of a wind farm; from onshore construction, to site survey, installation, commissioning, operations and maintenance and the eventual safe decommissioning of offshore wind projects.

Bespoke Packages In addition to our generic offering to the wind industry our expert advisors are happy to develop bespoke packages for clients ensuring that project and/ or company specific requirements are met. There is no one size fits all solution for the wind industry at the moment, no European or global standard exists but we at Falck Nutec pride ourselves on our understanding of this and our industry specific knowledge and flexible approach ensures that our services and facilities are industry led, fit for purpose and world leading.

FORCE Technology Quality control and Condition testing on Wind Turbines FORCE Technology is a Scandinavian consulting and testing service provider, with a global perspective in Wind Energy. Advanced contract services are well recognized in several niche business areas, e.g. nuclear power generation, oil and gas, process industries.

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FORCE Technology is an international technological consultancy and service provider. Our customer base includes e.g. energy and process industry, oil and gas industry, pharmaceutical and food industry, maritime industry and the public sector.

We have operating subsidiaries in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, USA, China and Singapore.

2605 Brøndby Denmark T +45 43 26 70 00 F +45 43 26 70 11 info@forcetechnology.com www.forcetechnology.com

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As the cradle of wind power stood in Denmark many years ago, FORCE Technology early focused on servicing the emerging wind turbine market locally. We have more than 15 years of hands-on experience in NonDestructive Testing (NDT) on turbine components. Rotor blades and welded steel towers early came into attention, with professional automated QC systems in production.

Today FORCE Technology is a recognized international service and equipment provider, dealing with the global wind energy market. Not only major European stake-holders are included, but also major entities in the US, China, India and Brazil.

The P-scan program for automated inspection currently is technology and performance-wise market leading.

production; either we talk about blades, towers or foundations. Failure [offshore] is not really an option.

Ultrasound is by far the most reliable NDT technique for inspection of fibre reinforced (FRP) composite rotor blades. FORCE Technology hold its own P-scan brand of ultrasound scanners, often developed as customized ultrasound scanner systems according to client specific need.

If you have an issue related to quality control, preventive condition assessment, accident analysis, supplier auditing, or similar, please challenge FORCE Technology to provide professional services to you.

Contemporary development for larger turbine size requires improved safe performance. FORCE Technology provides the appropriate scanner solutions. Manufacturers get the ability to secure quality in running

Turbine foundation grouting at Ormonde OWF

Minimize your project risks by choosing FoundOcean FoundOcean is the leading subsea and offshore grouting specialist for the global energy construction industries. It has over 45 years experience of foundation grouting for the offshore oil & gas and renewable sectors.

FoundOcean Ltd Liston Exchange Liston Court Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1ER United Kingdom Tel: +44 1628 567 000 info@foundocean.com www.foundocean.com

This is why, to offshore installation contractors FoundOcean is the subcontractor of choice for minimising the risks associated with completing projects safely and on time.

FoundOcean is DNV ISO 9001 certified, and is also an FPAL registered company.

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FoundOcean also provides life extension solutions for offshore structures which includes structural inspection, repair and maintenance services, marine growth control products, freespan correction grout bags, and pipeline/ cable support and protection services.

G&G International nv Offshore wind farm foundations G&G is a world leader in the engineering and fabrication of heavy walled, large sized and complex steel constructions for both onshore and offshore applications.

Our state-of-the-art facilities with direct sea access, our specialized competency, and our value-driven way of using our customers’ specific needs as our principle focus make G&G an ideal partner for the fabrication of the supporting foundations structures for offshore wind farms.

G&G International nv Molenweg 109 2830 Willebroek Belgium T +32 03 86 02 01 1 F +32 03 88 65 80 4 sales@ggi.be www.ggi.be

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Facilities ■ The G&G fabrication area covers a total area of 170,000 m² with crane service.

■ Our workshops account for approximately 40,000 m² of that space.

Infrastructure G&G is fully equipped to handle a huge variety of grades of steel. The plate preparation bays use state-of-the-art machinery for oxy-fuel and plasma

cutting, weld preparation, and rolling of plates with a wall thickness of up to 200 mm. The enormous assembly bays are equipped with extremely robust heavyduty overhead cranes, turntables, and rotators and are efficiently organized with optimized logistics for the fabrication of monopiles, transition pieces, and jackets for offshore wind farm foundations. Only the most suitable and efficient welding techniques and equipment are applied.

G&G’s renown and success is also based on its core competency in mechanical engineering, material and supply chain management, and quality assurance and control. Our advanced stressrelieving furnaces and the large surface treatment and paint shop facilities

guarantee a full in-house service of the very highest standards.

Location G&G’s facilities are located in Willebroek, Belgium, alongside the Brussels/Antwerp Sea Canal with direct access to the Port of Antwerp and all of Europe’s offshore locations. Our heavy transport means (SPMTs), quay, and ro-ro facility enable the loading of items up to 2,000 tons, 150 meters in length, and 20 meters in diameter onto sea-going barges and vessels.

At present G&G International is fabricating 30 foundation structures for the Riffgat offshore wind farm project.

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Global Davit GmbH The successful story of Global Davit GmbH started end of 1999 in the northern part of Germany. In the meantime the company is worldwide well known as the manufacturer of lifesaving appliances and deck cranes for all kind of seagoing vessels as well as for the (gas-, oil- and wind energy-) offshore industry. In the last 12 years the privately owned company supplied more than 4.500 davit systems and cranes to various customers all over the world and today Global Davit GmbH employs a staff of 35 persons.

purposes, starting with small manually operated cranes for cargo handling up to combined lifesaving-, cargo- and man riding cranes with a safe working load of 5 tons and more to be installed onto the transformer stations.

Global Davit GmbH Graf-Zeppelin-Ring 2 27211 Bassum Germany

The support of Global Davit GmbH does not end with the delivery of the systems. Since 2003 the company build up a global service network and in 2011 there are more than 85 trained, certified and authorized service stations available, located in each and every major port of the world.

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The office and the workshop were extended three times (2003, 2006 and 2010) and since 2005 the company is ISO 9001 certified.

trained and certified by all relevant classification societies. All workshops have more than 10 years of experience in the field.

The range of products covers liferaft cranes, rescue boat cranes and davits, fast rescue boat cranes and davits, lifeboat and life-/rescue boat davit systems, fender davit systems as well as cargo handling cranes up to the size of 400tm.

The completion of the production process starting with coating of the various parts, the assembly, the factory acceptance test (FAT) in the presence of the required classification society and ending with the loading of the systems on a truck or into a seagoing container are done at Global Davit’s own facilities.

Together with their well experienced design office, Global Davit GmbH is ready to develop special solutions according to the specific customer demands. The structural parts are fabricated at various factories, all well-

Specially in the last years the focus was set to the new upcoming wind energy offshore industry with their particular requirements. Global Davit GmbH developed various proposals for different

Beside this service network Global Davit GmbH has their own group of trained service engineers ready and approved for working in offshore conditions. This enables Global Davit GmbH to offer their customers complete solutions including the commissioning and the later maintenance of the supplied systems.

Griffon Hoverwork Ltd. The “Hover Angle” on support to offshore wind operations The Hovercraft is being considered more and more to support offshore wind and other challenging operations in temperatures varying from +50C to -50C. Cost effective turbodiesel engines and improved skirt design have all added to their utility in almost every environment.

Griffon Hoverwork Ltd. Merlin Quay, Hazel Road Woolston, Southampton SO19 7GB, United Kingdom T +44 23 80 68 66 66 F +44 23 80 68 66 86 sales@griffonhoverwork.com www.griffonhoverwork.com

Hovercrafts are able to transit water, sand, ice mud and other obstacles to conventional ships or work-boats and the infrastructure required is minimal with no requirement for jetty or harbour.

With speeds up to 45 knots, accommodation for 12 or more engineers in transit, a well deck and crane for stores and even a vehicle if necessary, the advantages of the larger craft are clear to see.

Bow thrusters and a stable platform capable of some “dampening of the wave effect” through hover height when docking, all add to the effectiveness of this type of operation in turn-around time and greater accessibility.

In extreme cold weather, the hovercraft is often the only method of accessing the operation across solid or broken ice, making them invaluable for routine engineering or crew rotation, stores or spares supply, and of course search & rescue.

Similarly, hovercraft support allows wind farm operation in the “transition zone” of inshore tidal areas because mud and sand banks are accessible 24/7

and hover barges are also now used in construction.

The Swedish Coast Guard has recently taken delivery of another hovercraft and the Canadian Coastguard has recently ordered another addition to its fleet.

Note: A Griffon AP-188 similar to the large crafter shown above is available for lease or sale post full refit from April 2012. www.griffonhoverwork.com

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Most hovercraft are used in-shore due to limited efficiency in higher sea states, but larger craft such as the Griffon AP-188 and BHT range are capable of operating effectively in sea state 3 or 4.

GustoMSC B.V. Playing a key part in offshore wind Numerous offshore wind farms are scheduled for development in coming years. To date the installation rate in the North Sea is running at a level of about 1 GW per year. The scenarios publicized by the various countries around the North Sea show significant sized offshore wind farms, with a total budgeted capacity of over 40 GW by the year 2020. To achieve this goal, the industry will have to install offshore wind turbines at a faster rate than hitherto. Contractors are taking the first steps towards this goal by ordering new wind turbine installation vessels.

be built for Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and for the NG-5500C to be built for Seajacks. In August 2010, the second License Agreement for an NG-9000C was signed with COSCO for A2SEA.

GustoMSC B.V. Karel Doormanweg 66 3115 JD Schiedam

The vessels are equipped with the fast continuous hydraulic jacking system.

During jacking operations, three jacks are engaged while one jack is in recycle mode. The jacking system achieves a lift speed of 24 m/hr at maximum elevated weight, and the leg handling speed is up to 40 m/hr.

The Netherlands T +31 10 23 20 00 0 marketing@gustomsc.com www.gustomsc.com

GustoMSC is mainly involved in the supply of proprietary designs and associated equipment such as jacking systems and cranes. Our SEA series are non-propelled jack-up barges and our NG series are self-propelled units with full DP capacity, with a speed of about 10 knots.

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With   the introduction of the NG-9000C, several step changes have been incorporated into the design.

These include the continuous hydraulic jacking systems and the crane-roundthe-leg.

Leading offshore wind turbine installation companies like MPI, A2SEA, GeoSea, Fred. Olsen Wind-

carrier, Seajacks and Jack Up Barge BV have chosen our designs based on GustoMSC’s wide experience in this field.

To date over 15 units have been built or are under construction based on the GustoMSC designs and/or equipment.

Examples are Neptune, Goliath, JB-114, JB-115, JB-117, Seafox 7, Sea Worker, Seajacks Kraken & Leviathan, Wind Lift I, MPI Adventure & Discovery, Brave Tern & Bold Tern, Seajacks Zaratan and Sea Installer.

In March 2010, a License Agreement was signed with Lamprell Energy Ltd for the first two GustoMSC NG-9000C Wind Turbine Installation vessels to

GustoMSC crane-around-the-leg The crane is positioned on top of one of the jackhouses and the leg passes through the crane (hence: cranearound-the-leg). In this manner the 800 ton crane has one obstacle less and useful deck space is freed. Additionally, the crane has been equipped with a long boom achieving a hoisting height of over 100 m above the deck.

In 2012 the units will make their appearance in the North Sea, taking wind turbine installation to the next level.

Hailo Professional Technology and competence The company with the red dot offers state-of-the-art climbing systems and concepts. For many years now, Hailo has been successfully collaborating with the leading wind power systems manufacturers across the globe. Hailo’s know-how in climbing technology and the quality of its products always ensure optimum safety and comfortable working.

Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG Daimlerstraße 8 35708 Haiger Germany T +49 27 73 82 0 F +49 27 73 82 82 26 info@hailo.de www.hailo-professional.de

To this end, Hailo assumes the responsibility for the entire tower equipment with a customised concept, hence allowing the customer to focus on its core business.

As the initiator of a work association (ARGE) for steel construction, electrical engineering and climbing technology, Hailo provides reliable, competent and customer-appropriate all-round services.

Hailo Professional offers a whole array of state-of-the-art innovations especially for the flexible demands of the trades, industry and services providers. The company’s offerings include flexible-deployment ladders, rear safety and fall protection systems,

shaft ladders and shaft covers, emergency exits, escape ladders and special designs such as power-driven service lifts on ladder systems – all ISO-certified and “Made in Germany” by the family-run company based in the Hesse town of Haiger, which is supported by more than 300 employees.

The tradition-rich brand with the “red dot” started offering future-oriented products in outstanding quality and superlative design as early as 1947.

Today, Hailo products are distributed in more than 60 countries throughout the world.

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Hence, the company – with its headquarters in Haiger – today offers far more than just products, as Hailo is one of the first climbing technology companies that is a total solutions provider.

Hailo Professional - The professional partner Whether high up or deep down: wherever safety and professionalism are required, Hailo Professional is always the perfect solution. Hailo is the market leader in climbing equipment and has – under the Hailo Professional brand – developed a tailored program for commercial climbing equipment and shaft equipment technology.

Holmatro TP levelling hydraulics Holmatro is a globally-operating company with manufacturing plants in the Netherlands and the US (and representative offices in England, China and Poland). Its hydraulic products are used across the entire globe. Since 1967, Holmatro has manufactured and supplied highpressure hydraulic equipment for specialised industries around the world. The company designs, develops, manufactures and supplies rescue equipment and industrial equipment globally, and has a product portfolio that is innovative, high quality and above all, effective under the most diverse conditions.

standards. As they must be resistant to the most extreme conditions, Holmatro products are thoroughly tested before they can be used in practice. They must comply with the strictest quality standards of durability, side load, mechanical distortion and overpressure.

Holmatro Industrial Equipment P.O. Box 66 4940 AB Raamsdonksveer The Netherlands T +31 16 27 51 50 0 F +31 16 27 51 59 9 industry@holmatro.com

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Today, Holmatro products are all about the principle that only controlled power can be used in an effective way. The company has expressed this vision in the slogan ‘Mastering Power’ and this applies to both business units that together form the Holmatro Group. Industrial Equipment is about applying and mastering high pressure power in heavy industrial and marine applications. The main segments are cylinders, pumps and systems for generating and controlling precision power in a broad range of industrial applications, cutters for recycling and demolition works, foundry wedges for the metal industry and also on-board hydraulics meeting the needs of modern and classic yacht sailors. In addition to standard equip-

ment, the industrial branch of Holmatro has a proven track record with special projects and service.

With Rescue Equipment it is a matter of life and death for fire brigades and rescue organisations to work in a controlled, precise and well-thoughtout way with the proper equipment.

Holmatro rescue tools are recognised worldwide for their high quality and performance.

Holmatro’s experience and technical knowledge enables it to provide customers with expert advice with respect to products and their applications. All Holmatro tools are developed, manufactured and maintained in conformity with the highest quality and reliability

Offshore applications Last year, Holmatro hydraulic cylinders were used for the installation of the Walney offshore wind farm off the west coast of the United Kingdom. Each phase of the two phase project (2010 and 2011) consists of 51 turbines with a total capacity of 367MW. The project makes a considerable contribution to the domestic UK target of reducing CO2 emissions and it is one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world.

For meticulously levelling the foundations and transition pieces (TP’s) of the turbines, the leading partner in the construction and operational phases of the project opted for Holmatro’s aluminium hydraulic cylinders, pumps and FlowPanel™. They are lightweight, easy to handle and corrosion resistant, which makes them especially suitable for offshore use.

For more information, please visit : www.holmatro.com

Huisman Equipment BV Dedicated range of wind turbine installation products Huisman is a globally operating company with extensive experience in the design and manufacturing of heavy construction equipment for world’s leading on and offshore companies. Our product range can be subdivided into six main categories: Heavy Lifting Equipment, Drilling Equipment, Pipelay Equipment, Mooring Systems, Vessel Designs and Specials and varies from stand-alone components to highly engineered and integrated systems. Huisman has production facilities in The Netherlands, Czech Republic and China.

Heavy Lift Cranes Building on the successful operation of the existing Huisman heavy lift equipment for the installation of wind turbines, Huisman introduced a customized range of wind turbine installation cranes. These customized cranes are a result of many years of design and operational experience and based on the company’s drive to design and deliver new solutions that add value to the market’s existing technologies. The customized crane range includes pedestal and ringer cranes for mainly jackup vessels.

In addition to the low construction weight, small footprint and minor tail swing of the existing Huisman cranes, additional value-adding features are the fully electric variable frequency drive system, the extensive lifting height, the small operational minimum radius and the possibility to install the crane around the leg of the jack-up.

Admiraal Trompstraat 2 3115 HH Schiedam The Netherlands T +31 10 24 52 22 2 info@huisman-nl.com www.huismanequipment.com

Wind Turbine Shuttle The Wind Turbine Shuttle, a dynamically positioned, fast sailing (14 knots) SWATH-type installation vessel which can carry and install two wind turbines in one piece, is another example of a dedicated offshore wind turbine installation product design. By combining low vessel motions, compensating systems and a mooring system, the wind turbine is kept virtually stationary in relation to the fixed foundation.

The SWATH-type floating vessel provides excellent vessel motions and therefore a large workability. The vessel is able to install wind turbines with a maximum significant wave height of 3.5m. This gives the unit a workability

of approximately 80% of the year, in North Sea conditions.

Huisman Service Organization A dedicated worldwide operating service team of skilled professionals is on stand-by to provide advise, training and service support before, during and after installation and delivery.

Our service network is managed from Huisman in The Netherlands but our local service offices in Houston (USA) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Singapore are on stand-by to provide all service support on location as well as by remote access.

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Operational Huisman cranes currently used for wind turbine installation include the A-frames onboard Multipurpose Heavy Lift Vessel Rambiz, 2,200mt sheerleg Taklift 4, 230mt cranes onboard Seajacks’ Kraken and Leviathan and 900mt cranes onboard Jumbo Offshore’s Javelin. Early 2011, Huisman delivered a 600mt Pedestal Crane for Wind Turbine Installation onboard the MPI Resolution and a 230mt Crane onboard the GMS Endeavour. A 600mt Pedestal Crane for Wind Turbine Installation purposes is currently under construction.

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IHC Hydrohammer

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The technology innovator IHC Hydrohammer® designs, builds and supplies hydraulic piling hammers, for on- and offshore use and is known throughout the world for its innovative approach. This innovative approach is not simply confined to the hammers, but also extends to entirely new piling techniques, foundation equipment and hammer accessories, with a view to making pile driving more efficient, more controllable, less noisy and more widely usable. IHC Hydrohammer® is part of the IHC Merwede Group of companies.

IHC Hydrohammer ® Smitweg 6, 2961 AW P.O. Box 26, 2960 AA Kinderdijk The Netherlands T +31 78 69 10 30 2 info.hh@ihcmerwede.com www.ihcmerwede.com www.ihchydrohammer.com

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The IHC Hydrohammer® There are no compromises in the design of the hydraulic Hydrohammer® where reliability, efficiency, possibilities and safety are the focus. A design forged from billions of hammer strikes, both onshore and offshore.

The Hydrohammer® combines a solid one-piece ram with a fully enclosed hammer housing. The result is an elegant yet robust and reliable hammer.

IHC Hydrohammer®’s unique design makes it suitable for all types of piling and foundation work, ranging from piling impact sensitive concrete piles, to piling large and long offshore caisson piles. The hammer can even be used to break rock (also under water).

More reliability Solid piece Ram The ram weight, ram pin and piston rod are forged in one piece, which means there is no risk of the parts separating.

Materials The forged alloy steel guarantee durability. This also allows unlimited piling on steel using full power.

Shock absorber The robust and tested construction and the materials used sustainably resist the reaction forces from the pile.

Bearings The ram is guided above and below by lubricated bearings. This reduces ram wear to a minimum.

Limited parts The use of a limited number of parts leads to lower risk of failures and fewer spare parts.

More possibilities Enclosed hammer housing The energy supplied by the Hydrohammer® is the same both above and below water.

Tools The hammers can be equipped with rock chisels, noise bellows and sheet piling and pile guides in all sizes.

Sleeve design Due to smart anvil design, the sleeves can be adjusted to suit any pile diameter.

Free hanging The Hydrohammer® can operate leader guided and free hanging (fitted with a pile sleeve).

Acceleration energy In addition to piling vertically, the Hydrohammer® can also operate at full power horizontally and at any other inclination. Thanks to the acceleration energy, it has a relatively low weight and a high peak force to

overcome soil resistance.

Forged pieces Due to the high-quality forged and alloyed parts, the Hydrohammer® is suitable for driving steel on steel.

More efficiency Hammer control All hydraulic functions of the Hydrohammer® are electronically controlled and monitored. This contributes to allowing the optimal blow energy to be set.

Modular structure All parts that could possibly need attention between major services are easily accessible from the outside.

degradable oil. Noise reduction is optimised by fitting the Hydrohammer® with the available noise reduction packages.

Expertise and skill are central to IHC Hydrohammer® For decades now, we have been successfully developing the own production of our piling hammers.

If necessary, we utilise the additional knowhow of other IHC Merwede units. Our own production ensures an ample rental fleet which makes the desired hammers rapidly available. We also have sufficient parts in stock.

of IHC Hydrohammer®-trained service engineers and a wide range of common spare parts. If operational support is desired for a project we can provide it or mediate. IHC Hydrohammer® provides training for the operation, maintenance, malfunction Thinking possibilities IHC Hydrohammer® is the global standard in the field of pile driving hammers. Why? Because we think in solutions. After all, in practice, every problem on the market demands its own, innovative solution. It is in our nature to think in opportunities. Our years of experience, our empirical approach and – in particular – our intensive cooperation with many onshore and offshore clients means we always see room for improvement. For example, in recent decades we have broadened our horizons. On the one hand, by not compromising and only being satisfied with the best. On the other, by entering into joint ventures and partnerships with users. Elevating each other, creating opportunities and subsequently capitalising on them.

Success starts with the right attitude. It makes you think in solutions.

Service is our second nature IHC Hydrohammer® does not limit itself to supplying technological products. Our long experience at very different locations and under many different conditions means we can provide or support project and logistics management with high-quality service.

Increased safety Safety provisions Signals from the hammer sensors are centrally processed in the control box. If the length of the ram stroke is too long or too short, the hammer is stopped. If the hammer/pile positioning is incorrect, the hammer cannot be started.

Environmentally friendly The Hydrohammer® can use bio-

This is implemented globally by various, Regional IHC Merwede Organisations (RIOs) that provide high-quality service and complete support for complicated projects both onshore and offshore. We provide comprehensive pile driving technology. If so desired, this starts with geotechnological advice.

Furthermore, we have a global network

If necessary or so desired, we can offer more than just a technological product. We are perfectly equipped to provide the (im)material preconditions for the entire pile driving process on the basis of a single professional vision. This is expressed in operational activities, but also in research and development, service and training.

The IHC Hydrohammer® is attuned for use in combination with equipment supplied by other IHC Merwede units (including IHC Sea Steel, IHC Fundex Equipment, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Offshore Systems).

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Oil flow Due to the accelerated ram weight, it is possible to realise a high blow count at a relatively low oil flow.

Real time monitoring The piling data are directly printed on site or stored in a data logger. This allows a detailed analysis of the driving operation to be conducted.

Synergy / IHC Merwede Group The IHC Merwede Group consists of the clusters Dredging & Mining, Technology & Services and Offshore & Marine; each of which operates both individually and in a complementary fashion. For example, alongside product-specific expertise, there is also a high level of synergy between related IHC Merwede units. This distinguishes IHC Hydrohammer® from the competition.

Intertek METOC Ensuring renewable energy for this generation. And the next.

Intertek METOC is a leading international consultancy providing specialist technical services in the marine, coastal and river environments. Our expertise helps reduce risk for our clients through all stages of a development, from concept, feasibility and design, through construction and operation, to decommissioning. Key sectors we operate in are Oil & Gas, offshore Renewables and marine Cables, and Water, where we partner with operators, developers, utilities, lenders and government.

Intertek METOC Exchange House Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7DW United Kingdom T +44 14 28 72 78 00 F +44 14 28 72 71 22 information.metoc@intertek.com www.metoc.co.uk

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Intertek is a trusted provider of quality and safety solutions for many of the world’s leading companies and brands, combined with improving their environmental and corporate social responsibility performance.

Intertek METOC uses marine expertise for offshore developments to: • manage marine risks • get you faster sign-offs • help you spend money wisely Our services include: • Marine Environmental Consultancy • Site Investigation & Survey Management • Cable Route Engineering • Marine Planning Operations • Marine Construction Management Whatever your project requirements, Intertek METOC can offer comprehensive marine expertise that will ensure its success, for generations to come.

Find out how we can help you.

Contact Natalie Griggs on: T +44 1428 727800 or email: natalie.griggs@intertek.com or visit: www.metoc.co.uk

The ocean is our playground...

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Our gearboxes are designed specifically for demanding offshore environments: robust, compact, light-weight and with maximum serviceability. And with Hansen’s representative, highly accelerated and dynamic testing program DORoTe, we will continue to improve our gearboxes for decades to come.

Since you’re looking for reliable, gear-driven offshore solutions, talk to us and make the ocean your playground too.

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Hansen Transmissions International nv De Villermontstraat 9 2550 Kontich, Belgium T + 32 3 450 58 00 F + 32 3 450 58 10

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Always improving. Always looking to make products and people better. That’s what we do at Hansen. Based on a decade of experience and expertise, Hansen established a proven track record of reliable gearboxes for offshore wind turbines.

Kersten Europe B.V. Achieving more in bending technology Kersten Europe has been the specialist in bending technology for decades. Core business is bending profiles and rolling plates in steel, stainless steel and aluminum at production sites in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland. The team of professional staff works with the latest generation of bending machines, robots and advanced mechanical processing machines. Kersten Europe translates creativity into reality. In this, the bending is frequently only a part of our total concept. The engineers collaborate with you to develop innovative solutions, and we are constantly applying new technologies in project execution. Kersten Europe is constantly pushing back the boundaries of what is possible.

Kersten Europe B.V. Piet van Elsstraat 7 5861 AW Wanssum The Netherlands T +31 47 85 37 11 1 nl@kersteneurope.com www.kersteneurope.com

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We embrace challenges and offer complete project management. Besides bending of profiles and plates, this also includes: engineering, prototyping, the execution of additional machining of bent products, logistics and transport.

Kersten Europe have been able to add our knowledge and expertise to various internationally evocative architectural and industrial constructions.

Profile bending Bending the complete series of standard construction profiles, varying from a small UNP 80 to and including a heavy HEA 1000. Kersten Europe is a specialist in the bending of various dimensions of pipe and tube profiles up to Ă˜610mm with small bending radii.

Plate bending Kersten Europe rolls plates of ferrous and non-ferrous metals into dishes, cylinders and cones. In cases in which specific requirements are stipulated in terms of the wear resistance, corrosion and heat resistance of the materials we use special alloys such as Hardox, Duplex, Inconel and clad materials.

Kersten Europe bends plates up to 150mm wall thickness. Cones with these high wall thicknesses and width up to 3,3m are being made on our newest 2400T Power Press.

3D contour cutting After Bending Kersten Europe can cut your profiles or tubes to size using robots. With this advanced technology,

complex 3D cuts or tube-to-tube connections are made possible even with changing welding preparations.

Offline programming and simulation software makes sure this highly ecurate technique is being performed very efficiently.

Renewable Energy Kersten Europe has been the supplier of bent profiles and plates for offshore wind from the very beginning. With our expertise and specific knowledge we supply parts such as bent and 3D cut platform sections, bell mouths or complete constructions like J-tubes, sleeves, nodes, cathodic protection systems and conductor guides.

LD TravOcean Submarine Cable Trenching LD TravOcean was incorporated in Marseilles in 1977 to meet the local and international demand for marine engineering works. In 1978, the French National power utility EDF contracted LD TravOcean for the installation of 2 pairs of subsea power cables, each 45 km long, between France and England («IFA 2000» link). This project was for LD TravOcean the first of a long series within the power cable industry.

LD TravOcean Les Docks Atrium 10-4 10, place de la Joliette BP 64344 13567 Marseille Cedex 02,France T +33 49 10 44 20 0 F +33 49 13 38 50 5 ldtravocean@ldtravocean.com www.ldtravocean.com

the sea), the Middle East base in Abu Dhabi and offices in Kazakhstan.

Over the years, LD TravOcean accrued considerable know-how in the laying and protection of submarine cables, with acknowledged expertise both in the design of burial systems (trenchers, ROVs, jetting vehicles, fixed and vibrating ploughshares) and in their worldwide operation out at sea.

Diversification into wind farm cables has therefore been a logical next step.

LD TravOcean had its first experience of burying inter-turbine cables last year with the 51 cables of the Walney 1 Project in the Irish sea. This experience has since then been renewed and

comforted with the completion of the neighbouring Ormonde project (32 infield cables) and the ongoing burial works on the Walney 2 project (51 infield cables). All in all, more than 80km of cables were successfully buried at 2 meters below seabed.

LD TravOcean will reiterate this performance next year with 140km of trenching works and the burial of 111 infield cables on the Anholt project in Denmark.

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In parallel, for the last 30 years, its position was progressively diversified in the offshore oil and gas industry and in the sector of submarine telecommunication cable. In late 1998, LD TravOcean became a 100% subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs group, a large Company specialized in logistics and dry bulk transportation, offshore services (such as ocean towage, heavy lift transport and salvage) as well as in freight and passengers lines.

Today, LD TravOcean pools the knowhow and expertise of 45 full-time employees. Main offices are located in Marseilles, France. Other facilities are the European operational base in Dunkirk (2,500 m² covered space in the harbour zone, with direct access to

LOC Marine & Engineering Consultants LOC is recognised as a world leader in the field of marine warranty surveying. Established in 1979, we have approved some of the largest and most complex offshore marine construction projects in the world. LOC has been actively involved in many aspects of marine installations of offshore wind farms in the UK and Europe for a number of years, from undertaking navigation risk studies to providing marine warranty survey services leading up to and including installation of foundations, wind turbine generators and cables.

(LOC) London Offshore Consultants Ltd

• Wind turbine components • Mono piles and transition pieces • Gravity base structures • Tower, nacelle and blade • Export and inter‑turbine cables • Met Mast • Rock dumping and concrete mattress laying • Subsea structures • Spars and semi‑submersibles • General towage approvals • Crawler crane and multi‑axle land transports • Export cable repairs • Vessel, crane barge and jack up inspection

Ibex House 42-47 Minories London EC3N 1DY United Kingdom T +44 20 72 64 32 50 london@loc-group.com www.loc-group.com

Our experience in offshore projects is recognised by leading underwriters, wind farm developers, wind turbine manufacturers, power companies and shipowners involved in the transportation and installation of offshore project cargoes.

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LOC has undertaken a number of risk analysis studies on potential offshore wind farm sites and advised contractors on methods of reducing their exposure as well as assisting in the development of the latest DTI and BWEA best practice guidelines.

We provide advice and approvals to ensure that planning and procedures are well developed and implemented to

minimise the risks during all aspects of offshore works, maintaining an active and constructive dialogue with the key developers, contractors and engineers.

By attending on site we can provide the necessary risk mitigation and will warrant and approve the first of each of the key operations is conducted safely and in accordance with the approved procedures.

We subsequently monitor repeat operations to ensure that any changes to the operational procedures are promptly detected.

We believe this system of procedural review and attendance for the first key

operations can minimise the cost to the insured and promote safe and claim free construction.

In addition to offshore wind farm construction, we also act on behalf of underwriters, energy companies and engineering and construction contractors for large offshore oil and gas projects, as well as petrochemical and power plant developments, large maritime civil engineering projects and marine operations generally.

Projects have included, but are not limited to, approvals for the fabrication, loadout, transportation and installation of the components listed above.

MARIN Maritime Research Institute Netherlands For almost 80 years, MARIN has been contributing to the development of safe and economic ships and offshore structures as independent advisor in hydrodynamic and nautical research. This is done through model tests, simulations, desk studies, full-scale measurements, safety studies and training. We have seven facilities and several bridge simulators available to solve specific design and research issues. We accumulate knowhow, expertise and experience to provide innovative tools and solutions for the maritime, offshore and nautical industry. At the same time MARIN sees it as its responsibility to contribute to the development of renewable energy offshore from waves, tides and wind.

MARIN Haagsteeg 2 6708 PM Wageningen The Netherlands T +31 31 74 93 91 1 info@marin.nl www.marin.nl Number of employees: 330 Contact person: Erik-Jan de Ridder, RENT@marin.nl

With the growth in renewable energy, there is an increasing focus on offshore wind. MARIN too, is actively participating in the development of the offshore wind energy sector. It launched RENT (Renewable Energy Team), a MARIN-wide team of specialists covering all the aspects needed to make offshore renewable energy a success.

At the end of 2010 MARIN performed a series of pilot model tests, with a special model of an offshore wind turbine with realistic flexibility tested in extreme seas. The tests confirmed that breaking waves can induce significant oscillations and accelerations in the turbine, resulting in extreme fatigue loads on the foundation, tower, turbine blades, shaft, gearbox and generator.

To further study this subject MARIN, together with ECN and other partners, will start up a Joint Industry Project ‘Wave impacts on Fixed Turbines’ (WiFi) to optimize the development of offshore wind turbines.

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The RENT team is involved in the hydrodynamic design of fixed and floating offshore wind turbines for which the challenges are very similar to those of the offshore industry: safe and economic design, production, transportation, installation, maintenance, repair and removal. To improve its services for the design and development of

these offshore wind turbines, MARIN developed the following new ‘tools’: • High-quality wind setup for model tests with floating wind turbines in the Offshore basin, as the generation of a high quality wind field is of great importance for the correct coupling between the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic behaviour of floating wind turbines.

• Time domain numerical calculation model. MARIN and the Dutch Research Centre on Energy (ECN) have coupled aNySIM with an aerodynamic tool of ECN called PHATAS. This new time domain numerical calculation model integrates all loads acting on the entire wind turbine, including rotor loads.

Maritime Craft Services Servicing the Offshore Wind Industry Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd are market leading owners and operators of Shoalbusters, Multicats, dive support and crew transfer vessels. Established in 1976, their first involvement with Offshore Wind Farms was back in 2001 when working on the Horns Rev Project. Since then, they have assisted the construction and maintenance stages on most projects in both the UK and NW Europe, and are currently employed on London Array, Thornton Bank and Bard Projects. With their fleet of fully classed and modern vessels, highly skilled and certified crew, and a strong emphasis on safety, MCS continue to grow from strength to strength.

Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd Largs Yacht Haven, Irvine Road Largs KA30 8EZ United Kingdom T +44 14 75 67 53 38 F +44 14 75 68 90 00

Our Shoalbusters and Multicats • 15-40t Bollard pull • Excellent anchor handling and towing capability • Shallow draft from only 2m • Highly manoeuvrable with bowthruster • 50t deck capacity

menno@maritimecraft.co.uk www.maritimecraft.co.uk

Our Wind Farm Support Vessels M A RITIME CRA FT SERV ICES (CLYDE) LTD

We pride ourselves on the professional and individual service we offer clients, which includes:

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• Complete support package from initial site survey through to construction and O&M solutions • Senior masters with over 30 years experience • STCW ’95 certified crew • Safety, quality and environmental systems to ISO 9001 2008 standard • Senior management support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Further information and vessels spec sheets can be found at www.maritimecraft.co.uk

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South Boats 18m WFSV DNV notation 22 knots cruising speed 12 passengers 10t deck cargo Moonpool

Our jumbo Multi-Cat MCS Ailsa • Excellent dive support vessel • Accommodation for 14 persons • Shallow 2m operating draft • Large deck area with 220t carrying capacity • 240 tonne metre hydraulic crane • 22 tonnes bollard pull • Excellent manoeuvrability with bow thruster • Anchor-handling capabilities

Momac GmbH & Co.KG Momac - Offshore - Access - System The Momac-Offshore-Transfer-System, MOTS, is a self-stabilizing offshore access system that provides safe access to offshore structures by active compensating for the motions of a vessel. MOTS is a combination of proven robotics technology and real time motion measurement equipment including a extensive security system, even in case of power breakdown. Installation possible on small and fast vesselswithout Dynamic Positioning (DP). MOTS can be used at every existing boatlanding without modification.

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Compensation of ship movements of max.

3,200mm at the place of installation of the MOTS (Hs is ship-dependent, approx. 2.5 m Hs with average damping of the vehicle)

MOTS 500:

47441 Moers Germany T +49 28 41 18 02 0 F +49 28 41 18 02 50 info@momac.de www.momac-group.de

Weight at the point of installation: 3,800kg, system weight with UPS approx. 4,300kg

www.Offshore-Access-System.com

Load capacity in/on the gondola: 150kg Power consumption: 16kVA, 400 V 3~AC

MOTS 500 compensates ship movements in all directions. The aerial lift cage is kept steady in front of the boat landing in the case of vertical ship movements of up to 3.2 metres at the place of installation of the MOTS, enabling safe transfer from the ship to stationary offshore structures.

That’s why you should use MOTS! • Safe transfer of personnel to the wind power plant and to larger ships with vertical differential movements of up to 3.2 metres at the place of installation of the MOTS (bow/stern) • Increase in the accessibility and economy of the wind power plant • Material transport with optional material platform on the cage • Transport of injured persons with optional stretcher holder on the cage

• Can be used on any boat landing / wind power plant without modification / adaptation • Fully automatic transfer concept • Comprehensive safety concept.

Safe even in the case of a power failure • Low-maintenance, no maintenance work at sea, low maintenance costs • Full service / evolution packages available - extended warranty - system update - exchange unit in case of damage • Low investment in system and vehicle, very short “return on investment” • No special operating personnel necessary

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On account of its low weight the MOTS 500 can be used even on the bow/stern of small ships. The compact design of the MOTS 500 makes simple, spacesaving installation and retrofitting possible, giving rise to interesting possibilities for use on larger vehicles too.

In the optional “follow mode” the MOTS 500 is capable of performing

ship to ship transfers which, in the construction and servicing of wind farms, considerably increases safety during disembarkation, for instance from hotel ships, and reduces weather-related delays.

MPI Offshore Powering the Future MPI Offshore is a world leader in offshore wind turbine installation. Over the past seven years the organisation has been involved in numerous wind farm construction projects, including those on Thanet, Barrow, Robin Rigg and now The London Array project. The company operates the world’s largest and most powerful fleet of Wind Turbine Installation Vessels. With more than 200 wind turbines already installed, MPI Offshore can transport and install wind turbines to exacting standards of safety, quality and precision.

MPI Offshore Resolution House 18 Ellerbeck Court Stokesley Business Park Stokesley North Yorkshire TS9 5PT United Kingdom T +44 16 42 74 22 00 info@mpi-offshore.com www.mpi-offshore.com

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MPI Resolution and MPI Sancho Panza at Lynn and Inner Dowsing

This commitment allowed the company to break industry records in 2010. On 24 June, more than a month ahead of schedule, MPI Resolution completed the installation of 100 turbines in 100

days at the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm.

Delivered in 2003, the MPI Resolution is the world’s first purpose built vessel for installing offshore wind turbines, foundations and transition pieces. The vessel is a unique combination of tested technologies applied in innovative ways to provide a single vessel transport and installation solution for the offshore wind sector.

MPI Resolution, currently in action on the Lincs project, has been specifically designed to overcome the challenges presented by the offshore environment including limited operational weather windows and dependance on high numbers of infield logistical support vessels. Capable of operating in water depths ranging from six metres to more than thirty five metres, conversion of the MPI Resolution from a vessel to a stable working platform is achieved quickly and efficiently by the application of two class leading technologies.

It is manoeuvred into position by its Kongsberg Simrad SDP-11 dynamic positioning system, then 48 large sized hydraulic cylinders allow the 130-metre vessel to be jacked clear of the water at a rate of 0.5 metre per minute.

Both the 600 tonne main crane and the 50 tonne auxiliary crane have been selected because of their ability to operate in wind speeds up to 20 metres per second, well above the design parameters laid out in offshore turbine erection procedures.

The main crane also provides the capacity (reach and radius) that is necessary to place a complete wind turbine generator to a hub height over 100 metres above sea level. With a large cargo capacity capable of carrying multiple WTG components and high performance main and ancillary cranes providing the lifting capacity, the MPI Resolution outperforms any other vessel currently installing offshore wind turbine components.

Launched in 2010 and now operational on The London Array project, the MPI Adventure is the ‘next generation’ of wind turbine transport and installation vessel. In terms of jacking speed, deck space, lifting capacity and positioning capabilities, the MPI Adventure is the world’s most advanced and most efficient Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). The vessel’s enhanced characteristics have been achieved without losing the original concept of a unique combination of tested technologies, pioneered by MPI on its first WTIV, the MPI Resolution.

The experience gained from operating MPI Resolution in the offshore wind turbine installation market since 2003 has proved vital in implementing these enhancements. Key features on the MPI Adventure include a 1,000-tonne-capacity main crane, a 50- tonne-capacity auxiliary crane, accommodation capacity for 112 persons, a maximum operating depth of 40 metres (at 5.0m leg penetration and 7.8m air gap) and an ability to jack with 6,000 tonnes of cargo onboard.

Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference On Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012 Offshore Energy will take place at Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. Offshore Energy is the only annual event in The Netherlands dedicated to all aspects of the offshore energy industry and combines an extensive exhibition with a conference program on the latest developments and markets in this industry. The exhibition and conference attracts key players from the international offshore oil & gas, offshore wind and other renewable energy industries.

On Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012 Offshore Energy will take place at Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. Offshore Energy is the only annual event in The Netherlands dedicated to all aspects of the offshore energy industry and combines an extensive exhibition with a conference program on the latest developments and markets in this industry. The exhibition and conference attracts key players from the international offshore oil & gas, offshore wind and other renewable energy industries.

Exhibition In 2011, people from more than 30 countries all over the world such as Belgium, Germany, U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Italy, USA, China, Australia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Venezuela, the United Arab Emirates and Ghana found their way to the business-to-business exhibition that focuses on the international offshore oil & gas and wind industry including related products and services. A large section of these visitors had a special interest in the Offshore Wind sector.

In total more than 5,000 industry professionals visited the exhibition. 292 companies, many of them working in the Offshore Wind industry, displayed their products and services.

Navingo BV Westerlaan 1 3016 CK Rotterdam The Netherlands T +31 10 20 92 60 0 F +31 10 43 68 13 4 info@offshore-energy.biz www.offshore-energy.biz

@NavingoOE facebook.com/OffshoreEnergy Offshore Energy (search terms: Offshore+Energy+Amsterdam)

exhibitors to present their company as a key player in the industry. The well known Offshore Wind Route during the exhibition will be extended with various options to attract the precise visitor. Together, with a media campaign running in the industry recognised Offshore Wind Magazine, exhibitors can achieve their objectives in the offshore wind industry.

Conference Offshore Energy offers multiple conference opportunities, each concentrating on a different yet interlocking theme.

The program is dedicated to giving the delegates maximum information from leading experts concerning the latest developments in offshore oil and gas

and renewable energy. The Offshore Energy conference attracts a well-rounded speaker faculty consisting of managers, engineering contractors, market analysts and investment companies. Next to the conference, Offshore Energy offers multiple brief topical sessions. One of these will definitely be addressed to the developments in Offshore Wind.

If you are using social media applications follow Offshore Energy on Facebook, or Twitter or join the LinkedIn Group. Navingo BV is regularly posting updates on Offshore Energy 2012. Are you interested in a total overview of this event? More information is available on the web site www.offshore-energy.biz.

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The exhibition and conference will also have a strong focus on the Offshore Wind industry in 2012. Offshore wind is already an important part of Offshore Energy and steadily increasing as market demands are rising. In 2012 there will be more possibilities for

Offshore Energy

Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG Moving ahead to success The company Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG, based in Cuxhaven, exists since 1921. Their customers appreciate the experience, reliability and competence that enable the towing company to perform even complex and short-term tasks. The core business around towing had been expanded significantly since the foundation.

Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG Helgoländer Kai 10 27472 Cuxhaven Germany T +49 47 21 71 66 0 F +49 47 21 71 66 33 info@wulf-tow.de www.wulf-tow.de

The towing company Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG offers their customers the following service-portfolio: • • • •

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Harbour and deep sea towage Tugboat and pontoon chartering Sea transport of heavy goods Transport and Offshore wind logistics Floating crane services Salvage and diving operations Vessel assistance Escorting of Vessels on the estuaries and through the Kiel Canal

All this can be provided by dedicated and qualified employees, powerful and versatile equipment and the professional co-operation with well-known national

and international partners. Thus Otto Wulf is able to solve almost every operation with high qualify and costeffectiveness.

Furthermore Otto Wulf works exclusively in Germany for the Danish salvage company D.B.B. as well as for the Dutch floating crane specialist Bonn & Mees. The spread of crane capacity ranges up to 1.800 tons.

Several wind parks are in the planning stage or already under construction in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. These projects however create extremely demanding technical and logistic requirements, which demand

special equipment and a great deal of experience. We are the right partner for the logistics and the transport of large and heavy system components, the construction of offshore wind power systems and much more.

We have been involved in this field since the 1990´s, and offer our customers a range of expertise which makes us one of the leading suppliers in this area in Germany: with almost 100 years of company experience with difficult tasks at sea, a great store of know-how, dedicated and experienced employees and the necessary high-performance special equipment.

Pharos Offshore Group Experts in subsea cable trenching and burial Delivering cost-effective, subsea, cable burial solutions gives marine installation companies the competitive edge when partnering with Pharos Offshore Group. Pharos Offshore’s technical and supervisory professionals provide a level of experience that is unrivalled in the cable burial industry. Since 2003, our personnel arm DF Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. has provided state-of-the-art, unmanned services in extreme underwater environments. We strive to deliver the highest value to our customers by delivering consultative knowledge, experience, and world-class operational experts who are second to none.

Pharos Offshore Group Ltd. Netherton Harthill Shotts ML7 5TT Scotland T +44 15 01 75 25 39 F +44 15 01 75 08 10 info@pharos-offshore.com www.pharosoffshoregroup.com

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Cable burial is the cornerstone to a successful cable protection plan and it’s our specialty. We are renowned for having the best quality personnel available in the industry; for innovative, reliable and extremely rapid deployment options across a range of subsea requirements; and for our global capabilities from both UKand US-based operations centers.

The Pharos ITAT 800 is our multifunctional Inter-Turbine Array Trenching system providing up to three-meter cable burial capacity. This tracked 800 HP (600kW) jetting ROV is specifically designed for the offshore wind farm trenching market. With limited space to operate between turbines, towed ploughs are proving to be problematic.

The ITAT’s maneuverability, low profile and jetting power provides the versatility required for infield cable work.

Our MENTOR 800 system provides the ITAT’s powerful jetting capability to depths up to 3000meters for

deeper cable and oil and gas pipeline work. With systems for sale or lease, it is a cost-effective way to expand a company’s subsea capabilities, while providing a versatile platform for a wide range of future projects.

We excel at working with strategic partners to offer a variety of cable/pipe installation and subsea intervention solutions as an integrated equipment and manpower package. Included in the 2011 Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR100) and approved as an FPAL supplier, we welcome the opportunity to serve as your key operational partner in a range of different offshore projects.

Please see our free white papers on subsea cable at www.cableburial.com

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Pharos Offshore Group’s employees and contractors have been directly involved with over 750,000km of telecoms and power cable installation and burial. We have also performed over 6,000km of 3-meter burial. We also provide Post-Lay Inspection and Burial (BLIB), Pre-Lay Grapnel Run

(PLGR) route clearance, mobilization and vessel modification.

RCP B.V. The driving force extending possibilities Ravestein Container Pontoon B.V. (RCP)’s core business is the design & construction of marine craft, Jack-Up Platforms, Modular Pontoons, Work Vessels, and various other Marine/Dredging Equipment. The basis is the RCP modular system with advantages such as standard ISO container module dimensions and the unique simple and effective Dove Tail Coupling System. RCP has expanded its product range to include an offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance Platform.

RCP B.V. Waalbandijk 11 6653 KD Deest The Netherlands T +31 48 84 11 80 1 F +31 48 84 12 64 7 info@rcpbv.com www.rcpbv.com

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Pile sections, installed on a standard RCP 750M Jack-Up Barge, form a 90 metre service tower. Using this service tower, the Wind Turbine Maintenance Platform can climb up and down along the entire height of the structure.

From the platform, safe access to carry out remedial and maintenance work to the rotor blade and the nacelle is provided. A knuckle boom crane (3T) can be installed on the Platform, to assist with the positioning of materials and equipment. The replacement of a rotor blade, up to 25 t can be accommodated.

The offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance Platform has been developed for the safe maintenance of Wind Farms at sea.

Sarens nv Nothing too heavy, nothing too high The Sarens Group is a recognized worldwide leader in heavy lifting and engineered transport.

With state of the art equipment and value engineering, Sarens offers its customers creative solutions to today’s heavy lift and transport challenges. Sarens’ success lies in its entrepreneurial spirit: “Nothing is impossible, if your heart is willing and your attitude is positive!” With 101 entities in 51 countries we have a proven strategy in opening all borders.

Sarens nv Autoweg 10 1861 Wolvertem Belgium T +32 52 31 93 19 info@sarens.com www.sarens.com

With a lot of self-confidence we can say “the globe is our market field”. ISO/ OHSAS processes and quality, environment, health & safety are vital to Sarens. Safety is paramount and translates into “better be safe than sorry”.

This mind set is applicable to every human being (Client, Sarens and Third Party personnel) and to equipment and processes as well.

Sarens’ goal is to consolidate on being the global leader in heavy lifting and special transport and the specialist in the extraordinary: ‘Nothing too heavy, nothing too high”.

Onshore Logistics for Offshore Projects In 2008 Sarens built the first offshore wind farm with 5MW turbines in the world: the Thornton Bank I (Ostend, Belgium), with 6 Repower 5M turbines mounted on Gravity Based Foundations of 3000 tonnes each!

We performed all on- and offshore logistics including on- and offshore cranes, SPMT’s, Sarens Multi Lift Tower, etc. Since that first project Sarens created a dedicated department specialised in offshore wind farms.

Our unique full-scale solutions • Unloading and reloading of extremely heavy parts • SPMT transport to intermediate stock • Logistic management, JIT delivery to offshore site • Full option scope including project management and HSEW • Engineering incl. 3D animation • Supply of all extra’s: tackle, spreader, beams, support tools, sea fastening

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Since the growing importance of onshore logistics for offshore wind farm projects Sarens can offer you dedi-

cated solutions. Our main target is to guarantee uninterrupted supply chain logistics for just-in-time delivery to the offshore installation equipment.

Seacat Services Ltd Offshore Windfarm Support Seacat Services ltd has been formed to own and operate a fleet of DNV classed Wind Farm Support Vessels. Utilising a wealth of experience in the operation of classified vessels they are in the ideal situation to ensure that an exceptional level of personnel and vessel safety is achieved and that they keep at the very forefront of developments. A strong high-level customer service background guarantees the welfare and comfort of passengers is of primary concern. They are committed to building strong long-term relationships with their clients.

Seacat Services Ltd Baring Chambers Cowes Isle of Wight PO31 7SY United Kingdom T +44 19 83 46 00 24 info@seacatservices.co.uk www.seacatservices.co.uk

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The company is based on the South Coast of the UK, close to the vessel builder, and as such is ideally positioned to ensure that their boats are kept maintained and service ready at all times. Due to the proximity of major transport links they are able to respond to clients and crews needs rapidly.

Their boats are built by South Boats Special Projects who are the largest builders of offshore wind farm support vessels in the world. The proven design of their industry-leading aluminium workboats has undertaken countless successful and safe transfers on windfarms throughout Europe. They are constructed to operate in the toughest of environments.

Seacat Services vessels can be utilised for a number of applications that include but are not limited to: • Hydrographic survey work • Crew transfer • Equipment transfer • Re-fuelling of turbine generators • Dive operations • Subsea equipment launch

Vigilant’. All the vessels comply with DNV 1A1 HSLC R2 Wind Farm Service 1 class and UK MCA Category 1 enabling them to operate up to 150nm offshore anywhere in Europe. They are capable of accepting the Houlder TAS personnel transfer system and can accommodate containers on deck.

Further launches are planned for 2013.

Four vessels will be launched in 2012.

The ‘Seacat Endeavour’ and the ‘Seacat Reliance’ are 2 19m (21m LOA) multipurpose WFSV delivering May and June 2012. The Endeavour will be exhibited at Seawork 2012. ‘Seacat Resolute’, the first of 2 24m vessels, will be delivered in August and followed in September by her sistership, ‘Seacat

Due to an established relationship with a forward thinking investment partner Seacat Services are able to discuss with clients a solution to launch vessels according to individual contracts.

To discuss your requirements please contact Ian Baylis on +44 (0) 1983 460024 or email info@seacatservices. co.uk

Experience the progress.

Offshore Crane Technology ■ Technology & Innovation ■ Experience ■ Competence ■ Quality ■ Service

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Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH P.O. Box 10, A-6710 Nenzing/Austria Tel.: +43 50809 41-481 Fax: +43 50809 41-625 offshore.crane@liebherr.com www.liebherr.com

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Seajacks UK Limited Pioneers in wind farm installation and maintenance Formed in 2006, Seajacks is a leading UK-based owner and operator of self-propelled, self-elevating jack up vessels. The vessels are purpose-built for installation of turbines, foundations and transition pieces as well as operations and maintenance of this equipment.

Seajacks currently owns and operates two self-propelled vessels – the ‘Seajacks Leviathan’ and ‘Seajacks Kraken’ - and have a third vessel under construction, the ‘Seajacks Zaratan’, which is due to be delivered in May 2012.

Seajacks UK Limited Beacon Innovation Centre Beacon Park, Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7RA United Kingdom T +44 14 93 41 80 70 F +44 14 93 41 80 71 info@seajacks.com www.seajacks.com

Seajacks Zaratan under construction

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Over the past years, Seajacks has established itself as a highly competent and professional offshore marine contractor with an exceptional operational track record.

Successful track record Successful installation activities performed at Walney 1, Walney 2 and Greater Gabbard • Successful installation of approximately 200 Siemens 3.6MW turbines • Recently awarded main installation contract responsible for installation of monopiles, Transition Pieces and WTG’s on Meerwind Project • Seajacks Kraken and Seajacks Leviathan delivered ‘on time and on budget’ in 2009, Seajacks Zaratan

currently scheduled for delivery ‘on time and on budget’ in May 2012 Seajacks vessels deliver Walney 1 on schedule On 23 September, 2011, Seajacks was proud to announce that the final blade of the 51st and final turbine had been installed at the Walney 2 wind farm project. This last turbine, C16, was erected at 00.15 and was Seajacks’ 175th turbine installed to date. When Walney is brought on line in late 2011, it will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm comprising 102 Siemens 3.6 MW 120 WTG’s. Seajacks Kraken was initially contracted by DONG Energy to install 46 of the 51 turbines on Walney 1, whereas both Seajacks Kraken and

Seajacks Leviathan were contracted

by DONG Energy to install turbines at Walney 2 so that the installation activities could be completed within one summer season.

Blair Ainslie, Managing Director of Seajacks, said “I am pleased to say that of the 102 Siemens 3.6MW turbines now on site, Seajacks vessels installed 97 of them. A tremendous achievement by all involved.”

Thanking Seajacks’ crew members for their hard work and commitment to safety, Blair said, “You have all set the standard for health and safety within this industry which others aspire to.

Your continued diligence and attitude towards execution of difficult and dan-

gerous tasks in the offshore environment is first class and is to be commended. It does not come without hard work and constant effort and I urge you all to keep up the high standards that you have set.”

Thorough safety procedures provide Seajacks with an industry leading HSEQ track record Seajacks comply with the highest possible standards of health and safety as determined by the Offshore Services Division, and all Seajacks vessels have Safety Cases that have been accepted by the UK Health and Safety Executive.

Seajacks is at the forefront of devel-

New vessel to be delivered May 2012 Seajacks Zaratan Seajacks Zaratan will be delivered by Lamprell shipyard in May 2012. This third vessel is a modified version of the GustoMSC NG5500 design, which incorporates a fully redundant DP2 propulsion system, accommodations for 90 persons, and an 800T leg encircling crane designed by GustoMSC. Seajacks as main installation contractor for offshore developer Wind MW’s Meerwind project In 2012, Seajacks will install one of Germany’s largest wind farms, the 290MW wind farm, Meerwind. On this project

Leviathan installing at Greater Gabbard

Seajacks Zaratan and Leviathan will be used in combination to install monopile foundations, transition pieces and 80 Siemens 3.6MW turbines. Seajacks will also be responsible for management of Scour protection as part of its role as main installation contractor.

The new addition to the fleet ‘Seajacks Zaratan will install 80 monopiles which will weigh up to 700t and are up to 70m in length, while Leviathan will install transition pieces weighing approximately 340 tonnes. Both vessels will be used to install the Siemens turbines.

Blair Ainslie, Managing Director of Seajacks, explains, “The Meerwind contract proves that Seajacks is able to provide additional valuable services

This contract is an important milestone for Seajacks. It confirms the company’s position as one of the leading UK based offshore wind installation contractors and gives it the opportunity to export our knowledge, experience and operational excellence to the

Kraken installing at Walney 2

German market. It will also enable us to provide a significantly increased range of services and solutions both for WindMW and for our other Clients” Contact Seajacks for: • Wind Turbine installation • Foundation installation • Operations & Maintenance O&M With nearly 200 turbine installations to date, Seajacks has the knowledge, experience and people to ensure your wind farm project is installed successfully and safely.

For more information on Seajacks and the services we offer, call +44 1493 418 070

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oping robust safety standards for the offshore wind industry, and Seajacks’ HSEQ Policy meets the rigorous requirements of industry standards and its clients. Staff are dedicated to ensuring commitments are maintained and rewarded through various Safety Incentive Schemes.

Seajacks comply with the Integrated Management System, including ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Standard, HSG 65 HSE Guidelines for Safety Management, ISM Code, ISPS Code, UKCS Oil and Gas Safety Case Regime.

At the time of writing, Kraken has not yet had a Lost Time Incident, during its 851 days in operation, and the Leviathan has not had a Lost Time Incident for 586 days.

to our clients, beyond the provision of just a vessel and marine crew. Seajacks has been accepted in its role as main installation contractor by our clients and its financiers based upon our excellent track record. Our company’s experience and knowledge relative to other new entrants in the industry is considerable.

Smulders WTC Wind Turbine Constructions Smulders Group has its origin in 1966 and has evolved into an international organisation with multiple subsidiaries. The core activities of the company are the construction, manufacturing, supply and assembly of steel constructions. 20 years ago Smulders Group started with the production of steel towers for land-based wind turbines. Approximately 10 years later Smulders Group started with the construction of steel monopile foundations for sea-based wind turbine parks, and evolved from pioneer to market leader with an established track record.

Track record

Smulders Wind Turbine Constructions

Project No. of foundations

Horns Rev 80 North Hoyle 30 Arklow 7 Kentish Flats 30 Barrow 30 Burbo Banks 25 Q7 (prinses Amalia) 61 Lynn & Inner Dowsing 54 Robin Rigg 60 Rhyl Flats 25 Gunfleet Sands I/II 49 Thanet 100 Sheringham Shoal 88 Lincs 75 Thorntonbank phase II and III (under construction) 48

P.O. Box 480 5700 AL Helmond Schootense Dreef 35 5708 HZ Helmond The Netherlands T +31 49 25 88 61 1 F +31 49 25 51 41 2 info@smulders-projects.com www.smuldersgroup.com

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Nowadays Smulders’ activities for the wind turbine market are fulfilled by multiple subsidiaries, which are all part of the “Smulders Wind Turbine Constructions” division (Smulders WTC).

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Product portfolio Anticipating the continuous evolving developments within the sector, Smulders WTC offers a product portfolio ranging from Monopile Foundations, Jackets, Tripods, Tripiles and the like to Towers, Secondary Components and Offshore High Voltage Substations.

Production facilities Virtually all facets that are involved during the numerous phases of the production process are managed in-

house and divided amongst different subsidiaries within the division. This ensures a time and cost-efficient process under safe working conditions and guarantees that the high quality and environmental standards are being met. By using a well considered mix of locations, capacity and facilities, Smulders WTC has optimally geared itself towards the production of foundations and towers for the on- and offshore sectors throughout the years.

The current production capacity covers more than 250 foundations a year, within the next 3 years Smulders WTC has the ambition to achieve a capacity of 250 Monopile Foundations as well as 250 Jackets a year.

The production facilities are divided over the following locations: Hoboken – Belgium: serial production of foundations and towers for offshore wind turbines Lindø – Denmark: serial production of foundations and towers for offshore wind turbines Glogow - Poland: serial production of towers for onshore wind turbines Zary – Poland: serial production of secondary components for offshore wind turbine foundations Lowestoft – UK: production of one-off foundation structures and top sides for offshore high voltage stations and oil & gas applications Planned future production facilities in UK, France & Germany

South Boats Britain’s Flagship Workboats South Boats Special Special Projects Ltd. of Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, are the largest builders of offshore wind farm support vessels in the world. With 66 vessels in service or in build within the sector with 14 operators, extensive operational and development experience has been gained on over 25 projects in 7 countries. The unique design of their GRP and aluminium catamaran work boats provide exceptional sea keeping capabilities, unrivalled cargo carrying capacity and crew comfort even in the harshest conditions. With an extensive design portfolio from 15m to over 30m, South Boats develop vessels from the industry for the industry.

South Boats Special Projects Ltd Venture Quays, Castle Street East Cowes, Isle of Wight PO32 6EZ, United Kingdom T +44 19 83 28 00 30 info@southboatssp.co.uk www.southboatsgroup.com

boats has been developed specifically to handle the most difficult conditions, ensuring exceptional stability whatever the sea state. This unique design has removed the tendency of catamaran work boats to broach in following sea conditions – enabling their work boats to cut through waves, maximizing comfort for both passengers and crew.

Water jet propulsion systems (IPS and CPP systems by request) give their work boats exceptional maneuverability when accessing wind turbines – providing additional safety during crew transfer. Crew comfort is ensured by individual suspension seats, plentiful lockers, immersion suit hanging areas, kit bag racks, TV/DVD systems, WIFI and air conditioning.

South Boats offers a complete package to suit specific projects, including bespoke design, vessel construction, sea trials, crew and wind turbine access training. As pioneers of building aluminium catamaran work boats for this industry to class, South Boats continue to work with the classification societies to develop more appropriate rules for all work boats.

By combining modern building practices with highly skilled trades, they produce work boats of the highest quality - and plan to fulfil future demand through strategic partnerships with firms around the world.

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South Boats is recognised as a pioneer in designing and manufacturing wind farm service vessels. The shipyard has built vessels in five classes, representing a 50% market share in European wind farms that are serviced by 14 operators, including Turbine Transfers Ltd. (Holyhead Towing Company), Iceni Marine Services Ltd., Northern Offshore Services AB, MPI Workboats, Ltd. (Vroon Group BV), Maritime Craft Services and MTS Group. South Boat designs are continually evolving to meet the growing expectations of the industry for higher levels of safety, reduced noise levels and enhanced crew comfort.

The South Boats hull design for their GRP and aluminium catamaran work

SPT Offshore Installation of Wind turbine and Foundation in ONE Go SPT Offshore, a company within the Volker Wessels group (17,000 employees and €4.5 billion turnover over 2010), is an independent offshore contractor specialised in suction pile foundations and anchors used for offshore oil/gas platforms/floating units and offshore wind farms. SPT has developed its Self Installing Wind Turbine (SIWT) concept for the large wind turbines (5MW and higher) and offshore wind farms located in water depths where mono-piles are technically and commercially no longer viable.

SPT Offshore Korenmolenlaan 2 3447 GG Woerden PO Box 525, 3440 AM Woerden The Netherlands T +31 34 84 35 26 0 F +31 34 84 35 26 1 info@sptoffshore.com

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The SIWT is very attractive compared to other traditional jacket foundations for the following reasons: • Wind Turbine and foundation transported and installed in one piece • Swift installation offshore within 24 hours per SIWT, hence low risk for weather downtime • Noise free installation, hence no restrictions on scheduling and piling • No seabed preparation, hence no dredging • Easy decommissioned • Flexible installation methods (sheerleg, barge, heavy lift, jack-up) • Robust design • Simple and low cost fabrication (few welds)

• Suited for most ports around the North and Irish Seas The SIWT concept has been developed with the support of Carbon Trust as part their Offshore Wind Accelerator program, which is subsidized by the UK government and several major renewable companies with licenses for the UK 3rd round of offshore wind farms.

The SIWT concept is innovative, as it would be the industry first. On the other hand the concept is based on a combination of well-proven and successfully applied techniques as used in the oil/gas industry. Demonstration of the SIWT concept is being planned for the near future.

Next to the SIWT SPT Offshore has developed several Self Installing Platform (SIP) concepts, which can also be used for the large offshore transformer AC and AC/DC substations.

The Self Installing Platform (SIP) concept is well suited for the larger platforms up to 15,000 ton in weight and up to 40m water depth. In September 2010, SPT successfully installed the SIP gas platform for Centrica in the centre of the North Sea in 40m water depth.

The SIP platform measured a weight of some 10,000 ton and was the world’s first platform installed in record time of 2 days and 4 hours.

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• Global recruitment of specialised personnel

• Offshore operations and logistic advice

• Procurement

• Project management

• Construction and commissioning supervision

• Design and engineering

completed around 90 different projects in all of TOP’s business sectors:

worldwide, in a wide variety of business areas. Our group divisions have

We have developed progressively and currently have 2 divisions that operate

for projects in the maritime industry, oil & gas and renewable energy sectors.

experience of our experts. Our design and engineering services are fully tailored

naval architects and engineers. We offer clients worldwide, the knowledge and

The Offshore Partners B.V. (TOP) is a company comprising specialist consultants,

The Offshore Partners

Swire Blue Ocean A/S Wind Farm Installation Vessel Operator “Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) supports the installation of offshore wind farms. SBO is currently constructing two highly efficient Wind farm Installation Vessels (WIVs) at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. Pacific Orca is scheduled to deliver in 2012 and Pacific Osprey is scheduled to deliver in 2013.”

Swire Blue Ocean A/S Winghouse Ørestads Boulevard 73, 9th floor 2300, Copenhagen S Denmark T +45 32 46 31 00 info@swireblueocean.com www.swireblueocean.com

Work scopes “The WIV design focuses on safety, efficiency and reliability, significantly improving upon currently achieved operating weather windows. The advanced specification features a usable deck area in excess of 4,000m2, DP 2 station keeping, a 1200 MT crane, a total jackable weight of 8,400 MT and a transit speed of 13 knots.

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Operating under the maxim of “Difficult Jobs, Difficult Places, Safely”, SBO’s willingness to take on challenging projects is always balanced by the company’s over-riding principle of performing our work safely.”

• Installation of Foundations • Installation of WTGs • Decommissioning

Difficult jobs…

Difficult places…

Safely

Thrustmaster Europe B.V. Your thruster innovator Thrustmaster Europe B.V. (The Netherlands) is a subsidiary of Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. a privately-owned corporation based in Houston, Texas. Thrustmaster manufactures heavy duty marine propulsion equipment such as: Deck-mounted propulsion units, Thruhull azimuthing thrusters, Retractable thrusters, Tunnel thrusters, Z-drives and Portable dynamic positioning systems (PDPS).

Thrustmaster Europe B.V. Broeikweg 31a 2871 RM Schoonhoven The Netherlands T +31 18 23 81 04 4 F +31 18 23 88 33 2 info@thrustmastereurope.com www.thrustmastertexas.com

All products are developed in-house by a complete engineering department for mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronic design. Besides the Dutch office, Thrustmaster maintains its own sales & service office in Dubai, Brazil and in Singapore.

Since the founding of the company 28 years ago, Thrustmaster has consistently provided quality products and service to the marine industry at reasonable cost.

While many of the traditional thruster designs available on the market are more than 30 years old, we have taken every advantage of new technology for product improvement.

The assurance of quality is reflected in our dedication to the ISO-9001:2000 standards and classification society type approvals of our thrusters.

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What sets us apart in the marine propulsion industry is our dedication to quality and the commitment to treating our customers as our business partners.

At Thrustmaster, we constantly strive for the continuous improvement in the quality and value of our products.

TII Group SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG are subsidiaries of the German TII Group (Transporter Industry International). The TII Group is a global leader in developing and manufacturing top class heavy duty transporters and is part of the group of companies belonging to the Rettenmaiers, an entrepreneurial family based in Heilbronn. The multi-business entrepreneur Senator E. h. Otto Rettenmaier expressed his fascination with technology when he purchased SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik in 1987. Shortly afterwards the acquisition of NICOLAS Industrie followed in 1994, as did Ulm KAMAG Transporttechnik ten years later.

SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH info@scheuerle.com www.scheuerle.com

business. Furthermore, scores of new offshore wind parks all over the world rely on proven TII Group equipment.

NICOLAS Industrie SAS contact@nicolas.fr www.nicolas.fr KAMAG Transporttechnik GmbH & Co. KG info@kamag.com www.kamag.com

Press contact: Irene Messmer T +49 79 41 69 12 25

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The NICOLAS cable reel carrier with 415 tons payload.

A 21 m high offshore tripod for the alpha ventus project on 22 + 8 axle lines SCHEUERLE SPMTs in a loose coupling mode.

Each of the three legs has a diameter of over 3 metres.

KAMAG self-propelled transporter K24 moving an offshore nacelle with hub.

SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG have met the particular transportation challenges of offshore wind power plants and have developed a plethora of specialised transportation solutions.

Each component of a wind power plant requires tailor-made transport solutions. No matter whether it is extremely long rotor blades, huge jackets and tripods, nacelles or oversize tower segments. Whether inside the company or on public roads, SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG have numerous vehicle technologies for every transportation task. Renowned WTG producers use transport vehicles from SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG in their daily

To carry the massive wind power plants to their place of destination, the highest amount of precision work is required. SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG offer the optimal solution with the proven self-propelled modular transporter technology. Be it the SPMT and InterCombi SP and SPE from SCHEUERLE, the MDHM SPE from NICOLAS or the K24 and K25 from KAMAG, the extremely robust and heavy-duty structure makes moving of heaviest loads of 16,000 tons and more possible. The control technology makes accurate positioning also in loose coupling mode. The self-developed electronic multi-mode steering and the steering angle of +130째/-100째 make the module transporters extremely flexible and maneuverable.

The NICOLAS reel carrier is developed to transport big offshore cable reels up to 500 tons. The special design allows to pick-up the load through specific reel lifting devices. At the same time, the electronically regulated all-wheel steering system supports precise manoeuvring operations. The hydraulic suspension ensures an equal load spreading on all axles. A new developed smaller cable reel carrier from NICOLAS with 50 ton payload has been brought to the market now. In comparison to transportation of cable reels with forklifts, the new NICOLAS reel carrier avoids high ground pressure.

Temporary Works Design Your partner in offshore design and engineering Temporary Works Design (TWD) is an engineering firm specialized in design of temporary structures for the offshore construction industry. TWD has its main office in Schiedam, the Netherlands, where we work with approximately 35 experienced mechanical engineers and draftsmen. Together with our partners we realize projects of various sizes, from a complete stinger design for a pipe lay vessel to a single seafastening for a monopile.

Temporary Works Design Karel Doormanweg 7 3115 JD Schiedam The Netherlands T +31 10 29 40 37 4 info@twd.nl www.twd.nl

When you have a great idea, you want a reliable partner to work it out for you.

GeoSea chose TWD as its partner to engineer innovative “piling frames” for various offshore wind projects.

The frames are placed below the jackup barge, rather than on the side of it, resulting in an optimised working radius for the onboard cranes.

The first frame was successfully used in the Ormonde offshore wind farm project. Subsequently Temporary Works Design worked on GeoSea’s piling frames for Thornton Bank and Borkum-West.

Although these structures are of a temporary nature they all have to be safe, practical and economical.

Therefore it is well worth it to pay enough attention to the design of these temporary works.

We at TWD well understand the requirements of temporary works and their design. Over the past years we have designed many temporary structures. Stingers, sea fastenings, piling frames, temporary jetties or

up-ending frames: our engineers will design a safe, practical and economical solution for you.

Our main market is the offshore construction industry. Apart from that we work on many other maritime and civil projects. Whatever temporary works you need, TWD will design it for you.

TWD covers the full range of design and engineering services, including: • • • • • •

Basis of Design Basic Design Detailed Design Drawings and Calculations Method Statements Cost Estimates

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Temporary Works is the term which is often used for structures that facilitate

the construction of Permanent Works.

For example piling frames required to drive foundation piles for an offshore wind farm, or seafastening for a monopile.

WIND OFFshOre Our track record consists of 8 authorized offshore wind projects, one of which is fully operational whilst the remainders are either in the procurement stage or under construction. This track record establishes wpd as one of the most successful and experienced companies in the development of offshore wind. Our bright future prospects are based on our further offshore project pipeline, offering a combined output of 10 GW throughout Finland, Sweden, Germany, France and Italy.

Do you want us as a partner? Please do not hesitate to contact us at projects-offshore@wpd.de www.wpd-offshore-solutions.de

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1,400 wind turbines + 2.1 GW installed capacity + 600 members of staff in 20 countries + 7 GW onshore pipeline + 10 GW offshore pipeline

WAB - the Wind Energy Agency The network for Offshore Wind Energy WAB – the Wind Energy Agency is the network of the offshore wind energy industry in Germany‘s northwest region and serves as a nationwide contact for the offshore wind industry. Since 2002, more than 350 companies and institutes have become members of WAB; they cover all areas of the offshore wind energy industry, from research and production to installation and maintenance. WAB receives a base funding from the State of Bremen; all costs exceeding this are borne by the members.

Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e.V. Barkhausenstr. 2 27568 Bremerhaven Germany T +49 47 13 91 77 0 F +49 47 13 91 77 19 info@wab.net www.wab.net

WAB offers its members: • the annual WINDFORCE DIRECTION OFFSHORE conference, • shared booths at national and international trade fairs and congresses, • specialist events, seminars, • thematic working groups, • a meeting in Bremen every two months – the meeting point of the offshore wind energy industry, • international and national study trips, • the hosting of delegations, • excursions to offshore wind energy businesses in the region, • studies, lobbying and public relations,

• initiation of and guidance for research and training projects, • a newsletter in German and English every two months, • industry information such as the Offshore Wind Energy magazine, • contact to the right business • partners.

WAB represents its members in various wind energy associations: • the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) • the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) • the Renewable Energy Training Centre (BZEE) • the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation.

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WAB is involved in: • the development of offshore wind energy in Germany, • increasing cooperation between industry and science, • increasing cooperation between wind energy and the maritime industry • training professionals and managers for the offshore wind industry, • the national and international representation of its members.

WAB is also committed to federal and state policies supporting the industry and organises marketing opportunities for offshore and onshore wind energy.

WindCat Workboats Pushing energy to the max WindCat Workboats is Europe’s leading provider of specialist crew transfer vessels to the offshore wind power industry, oil and gas industry and other offshore projects. The unique design of the vessels result in simple, fast, safe and comfortable transfer of personnel and equipment offshore. With over 350.000 safe transfers completed, the vessels have proven to operate in more challenging sea conditions than other competing vessels. Our vessels can be used to transfer crew and equipment, both during construction and O&M, as emergency response, standby or survey vessel but also for dive support and ornithological studies.

WindCat Workboats B.V. Trawlerkade 106 1976 CC IJmuiden The Netherlands T +31 25 55 20 33 6Â F +31 25 55 18 91 0 info@windcatworkboats.com

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WindCat Workboats was founded in 2002 and has a long track record in serving the offshore wind industry.

Our vessels have a proven operational track record in this field, having worked in England, Schotland, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden.

the highly successful MK3 range accommodating twelve passengers comfortably and reaching a speed up to 30 knots. The MK3 range vessels are equipped with different propulsion systems each having their own characteristics which make it suitable for specific sites.

This year our fleet has grown to 28 vessels making it the largest fleet of offshore utility vessels globally. With the variety of the vessels we can offer our clients the most suitable vessels with an optimum use for their project.

The other vessel launched this year is the first in the MK4 series, WindCat 101. This new vessel has been developed to fulfil the need for a vessel with a higher speed, larger carrying capacity and extended operational range giving increased accessibility to offshore assets.

Expanding fleet Our fleet has grown this year with four new vessels. Three vessels from

WindCat 101 is the first crew transfer vessel built under the IMO 2000 High Speed Craft Code. This means the vessel can carry 45 passengers in a comfortable environment which has been built and equipped to the highest safety standard for high speed vessels.

The experience gained over the past 9 years has resulted in a truly unique vessel setting the standard for further offshore crew transfer vessels.

With continuous developments we aim to offer the best vessel for your offshore project. We are continuing to develop our vessels further, including classed vessels.

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Winergy AG A pioneer in the offshore wind business Winergy, one of the pioneers in the offshore business, introduced its first industrialized gearbox for wind turbines in 1981. Ten years later, in 1991, the first offshore wind park in Vindeby, Denmark, was equipped with eleven 450 kW Winergy gearboxes - an important step for the wind industry and the crucial move for Winergy to build up experience in the offshore business. Focussing on offshore applications since then, Winergy introduced a gearbox especially for offshore applications in 2003, which had more than a 10-times higher power rating: The first 5 MW gearbox prototype - a milestone for gearbox technology.

Especially for offshore application every kilogram saved in the tower and the nacelle has an effect on the overall installation costs.

Winergy AG Am Industriepark 2

Likewise important for offshore wind turbines is a mature service concept.

The Multi Duored can be rotated by 360 degrees in the nacelle. Most bearings and gears are identical and designed in a way, that the size and weight does not exceed internal service crane capacities.

The rotation and the small parts make the gearbox easy to maintain on the nacelle, since every part is accessible without external equipment. This results in a significant reduction of lifecycle costs.

46562 Voerde Germany T +49 28 71 92 4 F +49 28 71 92 24 87 info@winergy-group.com www.winergy-group.com

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Today 80 percent of all installed 5 MW offshore wind turbines are running with Winergy gearboxes and couplings.

Highest reliability through worldclass production and testing processes Reliability and availability are the most important factors for offshore wind turbines. Therefore Winergy products are subjects of advanced quality measures. Sophisticated testing facilities including a climate chamber and the world’s largest gearbox test bench (14 MW) combined with a zero defect culture during the procurement and assembly process ensure highest quality products.

Multi Duored – New drive train concepts for the offshore industry Next to the highly reliable and well proven gearbox design with two planetary stages and one helical stage, Winergy also developed new offshore drive train concepts like the Multi Duored gearbox.

This 6.5 MW gearbox is especially designed for offshore applications and has an 8-fold power split, which is realized through helical gears. Another specialty of this product are the two generator output shafts. The utilization of two generators allows a very compact design for the complete drive train, which reduces the overall length by up to 35%. The reduction of size results in a lower overall nacelle weight.

The long term experience in the offshore business and the understanding of the customers’ needs for a successful offshore performance, make Winergy the right partner for today’s and tomorrow’s offshore projects.

About Winergy Winergy offers the complete mechanical part for wind turbine drive trains including the gearbox and the coupling.

Sophisticated service offerings are available for both products. The gearbox product spectrum ranges from 600 kW to 6.5 MW gearboxes, including planetary staged gearboxes and Multi Duored gearboxes. Furthermore a HybridDrive is offered, a combination of a two-stage gearbox and a generator in one compact product. Winergy’s maintenance and wear-free couplings are the perfect supplement for the gearboxes.

Workships Contractors Offshore Wind Services Workships Contractors B.V., founded in 1988, provides marine and project management as well as consultancy services to owners and managers of vessels operating in the international offshore energy sector. We have experience managing a wide variety of offshore service vessels, service platforms, AHTS vessels, offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels as well as temporarily living quarters. The broad experience of our people, in combination with strong personal relationships with our clients and crews contributes to the success of the service we provide to the energy market.

Workships Contractors B.V. K.P. van der Mandelelaan 34 3062 MB Rotterdam The Netherlands T +31 10 45 30 37 7 wind@workships.nl www.workships.nl

Workships Contractors, in partnership with Koninklijke Doeksen, has ordered two 21m DNV WFSV-1 Classed Wind Farm Service Vessels from South Boats Special Projects, who has already supplied two 12m crew transfer vessels to Koninklijke Doeksen.

Furthermore, Workships Contractors works in close co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Limited (OWPMS) of the UK. OWPMS was founded in 2003 and can claim to be the originator of modern crew transfer within offshore wind farms.

OWPMS operates a fleet of 6 wind farm service vessels and have completed over 250 000 transfers without an LTI. This co-operation offers an exchange of knowledge of the crew transfer business while providing OWPMS access to our European contacts and our experience in the field of offshore health and safety regulations.

Workships has always taken a proactive approach to QHSE by achieving ISO 9001 certification in 1993 and ISM compliance in 2002. In 2011, Workships complied with the ISO 9001:2008 standard. Workships has been a member of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) since 1995. As the offshore renewable industry grows, the need for higher specification vessels meeting higher standards of regulatory and safety compliance will also increase, which is an area where Workships can participate directly or offer support services to other companies.

For further information please contact: Martijn le Duc or Jan Dirk Hudig.

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With a length overall of 21 meters and constructed to the DNV Wind Farm Service Vessel-1 Class notation, these vessels are able to transfer passengers in up to 2 meters significant wave height and are eligible to work in Scandinavia and Germany unlike traditional MCA Code vessels. Workships will operate the vessels under our ISO 9001:2008 management system and will comply with the ISM Code to ensure that we

provide a safe, transparent and quality crew transfer service to our clients.

Xodus Group Integrated thinking in offshore wind Xodus Group is an international energy consultancy delivering a dynamic and integrated approach to some of the complex challenges being experienced during offshore wind projects.

With more than 400 people working across the UK, Europe, USA and Africa, Xodus has established an impressive reputation in offshore oil and gas and renewables. The company has been providing insightful advice and assistance to leading offshore wind developers on a variety of global projects.

Xodus Group www.xodusgroup.com

From one of Europe’s first wind farms, the Shell/Nuon joint venture at Egmond aan Zee, through to the latest floating wind technology, Statoil’s Hywind pilot project, Xodus is delivering a unique combination of across-the-board expertise.

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Xodus works across the offshore sector with wind field developers, suppliers, investors and research institutions.

Clients can rely on a multi-disciplinary approach from professionals who have built up years of experience in safety and risk, environmental impact, subsea engineering, offshore structural engineering and integrity management.

Xodus uses a range of decision-making tools to facilitate structured engineering judgement, from interactive modules and workshops to advanced simulation and modelling techniques.

James Ingram, Head of Low Carbon at Xodus Group explains: “We firmly believe in delivering added value to offshore wind projects through our integrated approach developed through our experience working with a range of clients with a multi-disciplined team.”

“Any commercial offshore project will encounter major challenges and opportunities and the range of possibilities can be overwhelming. By helping clients to identify and clarify

their business goals then establishing project drivers, we can help to define a focused engineering programme with an appropriate risk profile to match our client’s objectives.”

Adding value to risk based decision making After Xodus has established a client’s business goals and appetite for risk, a priority is to rapidly create focus on key areas of uncertainty and optimise the real project drivers.

sanction threshold of a project, the value weightings can be simply recast and reranked. There are no smoke and mirrors with this system. The scoring is quick, simple and easy to understand, and so delivers huge benefit to wind power clients.”

Xodus has developed a specialist risk management service to facilitate the process and take the stress out of project decision making.

James Ingram adds: “The process is highly auditable and visible creating value for the project engineers, managers and ultimately directors and investors. It relies on integrated, multi-disciplined thinking and can be applied at all stages of the project life cycle.”

Through a four stage process, Xodus interrogates the project drivers and develops a rigorous methodology for ranking options against the business

goals, to solutions.

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The process is repeated and refined throughout the engineering programme and the risk team then generates development options, enabling clients to make informed decisions defined by value and risk.

Management Consultancy • Owner’s and Lender’s engineer • Risk management and decision making • Due diligence • Cost modelling • Technology assessment • Business goal and project driver definition • Portfolio road mapping • Strategic business management • Corporate governance assurance • Peer assistance and review • Project integration Environmental Consultancy • Environmental scoping studies • Environmental strategy • Environmental planning by design • Environmental impact assessment • Project consenting support and risk management Safety • Safety by design engineering • Safety studies (ALARP, QRA, FERA, DOS, EERA)

Risk • Reliability Engineering Management • Reliability, Availability and Maintainability analysis • Value, Decision & Risk Management • Risk based decision making Technology Development • Offshore engineering • Conceptual design • Operation & Maintenance modelling • Vibration analysis and monitoring • Rotating equipment design • Dynamic and static analysis • Risk and reliability analysis Trusted by developers and suppliers Xodus Group’s low carbon business is trusted by experienced offshore developers and new entrants alike and has helped many pioneering technology developers.

The company also works with international systems integrators, marine contractors, government departments, specialist shipbuilders and research institutions.

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BP Alternative Energy Centrica Energy DONG Energy EDP Renovaveis Kawasaki Heavy Industries Meygen Repsol Nuevas Energias UK RWE Shell Wind ScottishPower Renewables SSE Renewables Statoil Aquamarine Power Atlantis Resources Corporation AWS Ocean Energy Lunar Energy Pelamis Wave Power Rolls Royce Tidal Generation Limited Voith Hydro Wavegen

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Graeme Birkhead, Manager of Risk Management at Xodus Group explains: “The process has many benefits as it quickly and easily eliminates technologies and options that do not satisfy the project’s goals.”

“Our method is also intuitive and flexible, so if conditions change such as electricity prices, material values or the

Xodus services for offshore wind Field Development Engineering (mechanical, structural, environmental, geotechnical, safety, electrical & control) • Defining requirements and design basis • Feasibility studies • Conceptual engineering • Front end engineering design • Detailed design • Fabrication and construction management • Marine Operations • Project integration • 3rd Party verification

• Safety Case management and reviews • Safety Management Systems • HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, Safety Audit, Human Factors • Asset Integrity Assurance • Safety Coordination (e.g. CDM regulations)

Realising offshore energy infrastructure Van Oord is a world class dredging and marine contractor with over a decade of experience in the offshore wind industry as a leading marine installation contractor in North Western Europe.

Van Oord’s specialised division ‘Offshore Wind Projects’ offers both EPC main contracting and construction services to the offshore wind industry. It is part of our strategy to play an important role in the worldwide offshore wind energy market and to contribute to the CO2 emission reduction goals.

www.vanoord.com

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Hydraulic Tools and Solutions for the Offshore Wind Industry

With more than 50 years of experience, Enerpac has gained unique expertise in delivering hydraulic solutions for the controlled movement and positioning of structures. This expertise has been acknowledged by the world’s leading industrial professionals and has contributed to the successful movement of a number of the most recognisable structures on Earth. In addition to providing the most comprehensive line of globally-supplied, locally-supported products, Enerpac combines hydraulics, steel fabrication and electronic control

with engineering and application knowledge, to design and manufacture solutions that ensure your projects are completed safely and efficiently.

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Foundation Levelling & Mast Alignment Torque and Tensioning Products Synchronous Lifting & Weighing Hydraulic Hoisting Jack-Up Systems Skidding & Load-Out Strand Jack Systems

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INDEX BY CATEGORY Bending Technology Kersten Europe BV

Developers 64

wpd AG

Component Manufacturers

Event Organisers

Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG 57 Hansen Transmissions International nv 63 Winergy 92

HUSUM WindEnergy Offshore Energy

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Finance & Brokerage

Consultancy CD-adapco 41 Deep BV 46 Falck Nutec 48 FORCE Technology 50-IC Intertek METOC 62 London Offshore Consultants Ltd 66 MARIN 67 Pharos Offshore Group Ltd 73 Seajacks UK Limited 78 Swire Blue Ocean A/S 84 Temporary Works Design 87 TOP 83 Xodus Group Ltd. 94

Force3 Offshore Ltd wpd AG

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Industry Associations AWEA - American Wind Energy Association 10 BWE - German Wind Energy Association 12 DWIA - Danish Wind Industry Association 14 EWEA - European Wind Energy Association 08 FEE - France Energie Eolienne 16 FWPA - Finnish Wind Power Association 18 NWEA - Dutch Wind Energy Association 20 RenewableUK 22 Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e.V. 89

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Contractors A2SEA A/S Blue Offshore bv Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV Deep BV GeoSea NV LD TravOcean Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd Seajacks UK Limited SPT Offshore Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv WindCat Workboats B.V. Workships Contractors B.V.

28 36 39 46 53 65 68 78 82 96 90 93

Lifting Equipment Global Davit GmbH Huisman Equipment B.V. Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH Sarens nv

54 59 77 75

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Maritime Operations Alnmaritec Limited Blue Offshore bv Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd MPI Offshore Seacat Services ltd Swire Blue Ocean A/S Workships Contractors B.V. wpd AG

Supply Chain 30 36 68 70 76 84 93 88

Barge Master Deep BV Enerpac BV Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG Hansen Transmissions International nv Holmatro Industrial Equipment IHC Hydrohammer B.V. Seajacks UK Limited Thrustmaster Europe B.V. WindCat Workboats B.V.

37, 104 46 47, 100 57 63 58 60 78 85 90

Operation & Maintenance Deep BV FORCE Technology Griffon Hoverwork Ltd. Holmatro Industrial Equipment LD TravOcean Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd Momac GmbH & Co.KG Seajacks UK Limited Swire Blue Ocean A/S Workships Contractors B.V.

46 50, IC 55 58 65 68 69 78 84 93

AMBAU GmbH 32 FoundOcean 51 G&G International 52 Smulders Wind Turbine Constructions 80 SPT Offshore 82

Transformers CG 42

Ports & Logistics Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG BOW Terminal Griffon Hoverwork Ltd. Otto Wulf GmbH & Co, KG WindCat Workboats B.V.

Towers & Foundations

34 38 40 55 72 90

Research & Educational Institutions Falck Nutec 48 MARIN 67

Transport TII - Sales

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Vessel Designers & Builders Damen Shipyards Group Griffon Hoverwork Ltd. GustoMSC B.V. RCP B.V. South Boats Special Projects Ltd Swire Blue Ocean A/S WindCat Workboats B.V. Workships Contractors B.V.

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