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Newsflash Offshore Energy offshore oil and gas E&P • drilling • offshore contracting • maritime services offshore wind • offshore supply • offshore vessels • transport and storage
Exhibitor News on page 4 Read more about: • Ampelmann Walk-to-Work: successfully used for ship to FPSO transfer • Heerema’s giant offshore ‘power socket’ starts journey • Keppel installs Global Tech 1 platform
4th WIND Installation and Maintenance Conference held simultaneously with Offshore Energy The fourth edition of Offshore WIND Installation and Maintenance (OWIM) will take place on Wednesday 16 October 2013 at Amsterdam RAI in the Netherlands, simultaneously with Offshore Energy. Conference topics include managing and
Column by Ruben Dijkstra on page 3
reducing interface risks throughout contracting, and cost reductions during installation and operations. Confirmed speakers represent Fred. Olsen United, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers and DNV.
“By reducing the cost, offshore wind
Previous OWIM conferences have
Pieter Tavenier (Eneco), and
energy will become increasingly competitive
brought together hundreds of offshore
presentations by Vattenfall, Typhoon
in comparison with fossil fuels.”
wind professionals and have featured
Offshore, Van Oord, Ballast Nedam, and
speakers such as Andrew Garrad
other prominent offshore wind supply
(Garrad Hassan), Kaj Lindvig (A2SEA),
chain companies.
By Ruben Dijkstra, Director offshore wind at Eneco
www.offshore-energy.biz
Continue reading on page 2
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OE13 Conference preview Preliminary program as of 1 July 2013. The program may be subject to change.
Tuesday 15 October 2013 Securing our energy future is the
next-frontier E&P projects, and marine
Panels
crosscutting theme of this year’s conference.
renewable energy. For the first time, Offshore
10.30 - 12.30 Industry Panel 2013
Because that is what anyone in this
Energy features a session on East Africa.
14.30 - 16.30 Drilling and Dollars Panel
industry does. From developing innovative
Fugro and International SOS have confirmed
Technical sessions
solutions that will extend the lifetime of
their participation in that session.
10.30 - 12.00 Advances in wave and
a gas field on the North Sea to the design
tidal energy
of a new offshore wind access system. And
Industry Panel
from new drill ships to tests with tidal
Building on the success of last year’s
energy generators. Working in the offshore
inaugural Industry Panel, Offshore Energy
15.30 - 17.00 State-of-the-art vessels for
oil, gas, and energy industry ultimately
again offers a panel discussion that combines
means contributing to the global security
C-level representatives in upstream oil and
of energy supply.
gas. Moderated by John Andrews, editor of The Economist, this year’s panel discussion
13.30 - 15.00 North Sea exploration & production the offshore industry
Wednesday 16 October 2013
The two day conference program offers
will focus on the future structure and
Colocated event
a full slate of C-level panels, technical
business strategies for the offshore industry,
9.00 - 15.30 4th Offshore Wind Installation
sessions, and side events and will feature
the increasing complexity, and how
an international faculty of expert speakers,
decision makers up and down the value
Technical sessions
representing the entire oil, gas and energy
chain can learn to deal with that growing
11.00 - 12.30 Developments in diverless
value chain.
complexity.
and Maintenance Conference
subsea interventions 13.30 - 15.30 Opportunities in East-Africa
East Africa
More information on the Offshore Energy
Side event
Conference sessions focus on three themes:
2013 conference program can be found on
13.30 - 15.30 IRO Decommissioning
North Sea exploration and production,
offshore-energy.biz/conference
Seminar
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Theo de Lange, Business Development
organization expects to create mutual
services with a table top display in the
Manager at Van Oord Offshore Wind
benefits for all its participants. Participants
refreshment break area for conference
Projects BV, returns as session chair.
in Offshore Energy are some of the first to
delegates. Special discounts for participation
Ernst van Zuijlen, Director Topconsortium
hear news of the latest developments in
apply for confirmed.
for Knowledge and Innovation Offshore
offshore wind. Similarly, OWIM delegates
Wind, has also confirmed as session chair
will have the opportunity to combine their
More information on the
for 2013.
conference participation with a visit to the
speaker faculty and about
Offshore Energy exhibition.
participation options can
By holding OWIM2013 at Offshore Energy
OWIM traditionally offers companies the
be found on
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The future is renewable Energy independence is playing an increasing role in world politics in which renewable energy has become an important factor. The Dutch government made a clear statement of the direction in which it wants this industry to go when it announced a renewable target increase from 14 to 16% by 2020. Clearly the North Sea, with its huge offshore wind potential, will have to play an important role in reaching this target. Building large scale wind farms in the North Sea, thereby making the most of the sustainable resource created by high winds, will create giant steps to reaching this target. Not only that, the NIMBY effect experienced by onshore wind farms will also be avoided.
Column
Ruben Dijkstra, Director offshore wind at Eneco
Cost reduction
turbines delivering green electricity to
Professionalizing the industry
Currently we can see developments which
nearly 150,000 households by the autumn
We are one of the Dutch government’s
will eventually reduce the cost of offshore
of 2015.
consultation partners for the wind farm
wind. Industry and government are working
zone licensing process. Currently the
together to reduce costs to 60% of today’s
With our second Dutch offshore wind farm
process takes, on average, 7 years. The
value by 2020, and to make 100 EUR/MWh
we are introducing cost reducing innovations
goal is to create greater flexibility within
a reality. A crucial factor here is the
at several stages.
this process to allow for changes following
availability of specifically designed multi
new developments in the industry, such as
megawatt (> 5 MW) class offshore turbines.
For the foundations we have chosen a grout
By reducing the cost, offshore wind energy
free design. The use of grouting has led to
will become increasingly competitive in
some technical problems in the industry in
This is just an example of the steps that are
comparison with fossil fuels. Added to this
the past. With this new foundation design
being taken to industrialize the offshore
is the fact that it offers a stable energy
we are avoiding these risks and therefore
wind industry. Another development is
output for at least 20 years. The argument
unexpected costs in the future. The design
the introduction of wind farm installation
for offshore wind is proven yet again.
does not include an individual transition
vessels (WTIVS) that are specifically built
larger turbines.
piece, which significantly reduces the
to install larger turbines. A good example is
Innovative wind farm: Eneco Luchterduinen
amount of steel that is needed and decreases
Van Oord’s Aeolus. In July 2014 the Aeolus
the complexity of installation. In addition,
will start her first installation at Eneco
We are supporting the need for renewable
the inter array cables will be installed
Luchterduinen.
energy as part of the energy independence
within the foundation, hanging freely.
strategy. We aim to provide our customers
This makes external structures, such as the
The industry is becoming more professional,
with 100% green energy by 2050, and
j-tube for guiding the cables, unnecessary.
building knowledge and experience.
offshore wind is playing a role here. The
As a result, external forces created by
Utilities, for example, are increasingly
innovation and cost reduction vital to our
waves and currents against the foundation
working together, in consortia. They do
goal becomes clear with the involvement
pile and splash zone will lessen, again
this partly to minimize risks, but also to
in the Dutch Far and Large Offshore Wind
adding to cost reduction.
accelerate the exchange of knowledge. As a consequence, the offshore wind industry
program. In addition to this, we are realizing an innovative offshore wind farm
We are also looking at the possible
will become a young, professional, promising
23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk
advantages of using a Floating Lidar met
market. One that attracts more and more
and Zandvoort: Eneco Luchterduinen.
buoy as an alternative to installing a
new investments from organizations such
The wind farm will have 43 Vestas V112
temporary met mast to collect accurate
as pension funds.
wind data at the site.
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Exhibitor News Heerema’s giant offshore ‘power socket’ starts journey On 18 May the topsides of the topside of the DolWin1 converter platform was loaded out from Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthaven, located on the Oude Maas river. This operation marks the start of the platform’s journey through Schiedam to its final offshore destination: the DolWin area in the German North Sea. Here it will be positioned on top of the already installed jacket in the summer of 2013. The platform is a crucial part of DolWin1. This offshore direct current grid connection system will have a length of 165 kilometers and a capacity of 800 MW. It is planned to connect three wind farms. The platform of DolWin1 was built by Heerema Fabrication Group’s Zwijndrecht yard,
Ampelmann Walk-to-Work:
as a subcontractor of TenneT’s main
succesfully used for ship to FPSO transfer
contractor ABB, who was responsible for the construction of the platform
Many platforms require extensive work
for FPSO’s. This system has to connect
and installation of the complete
programs that need a lot of extra people
securely to not only to the offshore
electro technical equipment using
offshore to execute the activities in the
platform but also, more importantly,
HVDC Light converters as basic
time available. Therefore one of the
between two vessels. Both of which
technology. The converter platform
main challenges is how to accommodate
are constantly rising and falling. And
will be installed in the German North
all the extra people that work 12 hour
with different deck heights due to the
Sea in summer of 2013 and is one of
back-to-back shifts. Most platforms have
offloading cycles of the FPSO.
the main components of the TenneT DC offshore grid connection ‘DolWin1’.
only a limited number of beds, and not nearly enough to accommodate the
The Ampelmann uses a self-stabilizing
The platform is 45 meters wide, 77
additional workforce. These challenges
platform. It stands on six hydraulically
meters long and approximately 80
have been encountered the last couple of
powered cylinders that adjust to
meters high (from the waterline to
years, creating the growing deployment
compensate for all six degrees of freedom
\the top of the crane) and weighs
of Walk-to-Work systems.
through which the vessel can move.
more than 9,000 metric tons.
During test projects, waves of 3.2 meters The Walk-to-Work system involves using
high were measured, and the hydraulic
In Schiedam the fabrication activities
a vessel that can provide the workforce
compensators kept the gangway perfectly
will be continued by Heerema
with accommodation and transfer them
stable throughout the operation. Despite
Fabrication Group to further complete
to a landing point at their place of work
the fact that the gap between the vessel
the DolWin alpha topsides for its final
through a walkway that connects the
and FPSO was constantly changing with
offshore operations.
two locations. The Ampelmann has
the sea’s movements, the compensators
already worked successfully on fixed
also ensured that the pressure on the
structures, but now also offers a solution
landing area was maintained. 109 Blue
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Exhibitor News
Keppel installs Global Tech 1 platform Keppel Verolme BV, a subsidiary of Keppel
grid. It is also equipped with critical
where the electricity generated by its 80
Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel
control systems that serve as a backup
wind turbines is merged and the voltage
O&M), has successfully completed
power supply for the wind farm in case
transformed from 33 to 155 kilovolt.
and installed a floating, self-erecting
of emergencies, and provides permanent
substation platform, Global Tech 1,
accommodation for up to 32 people.
Currently still under construction, Global Tech I is located approximately
at an offshore wind park in the North By serving both energy transmission
100 km from the Dutch shore. When
and wind farm maintenance functions,
fully operational, this wind park will be
Installed at a water depth of 40 meters,
the offshore substation platform helps to
capable of generating some 1.4 billion
the substation platform will collect and
enhance the operational reliability and
kilowatt hours (kWh) of electrical energy
increase the electricity generated by the
efficiency of Global Tech I, contributing
each year, supplying 445.000 households
offshore wind park’s 80 wind generating
overall to a sustainable environment.
with clean energy.
turbines, each with a capacity of 5 MW,
The platform is the center piece of the
to feed into Germany’s national power
Global Tech 1 North Sea wind park,
Sea’s German Exclusive Economic Zone.
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Denmark reaches 1 gigawatt of offshore wind power The Anholt Offshore Wind Farm is now complete.
It is a time for breaking records in Denmark,
A new feature will be the fact that small,
which, in recent years, has focused strongly
near-coastal farms – probably 6 of them
on wind projects to meet the EU’s 2020
around Denmark – will supplement the
objective of covering 20% of its member
offshore wind farms. With a total capacity
countries’ consumption of power before
of 450 megawatts, the near-coastal farms
2020 by means of wind power.
will contribute significantly to Denmark’s efforts to reach a capacity of 2 gigawatts
Denmark thus reached 1 gigawatt of
before 2020. If Denmark succeeds in this,
installed capacity in March this year when
50 % of the country’s power consumption
the first of its 111 turbines were connected
will be covered by energy from offshore
to the power grid at the Anholt Offshore
wind turbines.
Wind Farm – a farm that is located in the inner Danish waters. The turbines are built
Preliminary surveys related to the near-
The vessel SEA POWER installing one of the
to be connected as they are set up, which
coastal offshore wind farms are in full swing
111 wind turbines at Anholt Offshore Farm
is why the Danes were able to celebrate
and include surveys of sea mammals, birdlife,
reaching the significant 1 GW milestone.
the fact that they had set a record at the
the seabed, and possible consequences for
Courtesy: A2SEA
point when half of the turbines had been
sailing activities.
set up. in the market for offshore wind turbines.
with the installation of these wind turbines.
Communicates knowledge of offshore wind
Despite the fact that the installations were
The national knowledge center for the
with OEDK Renewables says: “Denmark has
put up during the winter period, we’ve
offshore sector, OEDK Renewables, gathers
20 years of experience with offshore wind
succeeded in maintaining satisfactory
and communicates data and knowledge of
progress in the realization of Anholt Offshore
offshore wind turbine projects in Denmark.
projects, and we’re quite prepared to share
Wind Farm,” says Project Director Flemming
Through international development and
this knowledge with other countries – for
Thomsen from DONG Energy, the national
research projects such as GADOW (German
instance, through international projects.
energy company that operates Anholt
and Danish Offshore Wind) and ECOWindS,
Anholt Offshore Wind Farm is yet another
Offshore Wind Farm.
the center aims also to collaborate across
great leap forward towards the exploitation
borders.
of sustainable energy sources and, apart
“We’ve reached a significant milestone
Morten Holmager, Development Manager
from providing lots of green energy,
With its 400 megawatt capacity, Anholt Offshore Wind Farm will be the largest in
Through the 4-year project ECOWindS, OEDK
this also creates an offshore sector with
Denmark, while Horns Rev 1 and 2 plus
Renewables collaborates with European
significant international competences.”
Nysted and Rødsand are some of the other
partners to tie research and industry closer
14 offshore wind farms in Denmark.
together. In this way, the project could pave
In addition to communicating
the way for new research and knowledge
knowledge, OEDK Renewables organizes
More near-coastal offshore wind farms
in order to reduce costs of installation,
a large, international B2B forum for the
operation, and maintenance of offshore
offshore wind turbine sector each year in
Anholt Offshore Wind Farm is but one of
wind turbines. This would also ensure a
November/December. The Offshore Wind
several offshore wind turbine projects in
lower and more competitive cost of power.
International Business2Business Event is
Denmark. Last year the Danish Government
The project could also ensure the survival
an opportunity for sub-suppliers, energy
decided to launch 2 more offshore wind
of small and medium-size companies,
companies, and producers to meet and
turbine projects: Horns Rev 3 at Denmark’s
and strengthen European competitiveness
have brief, informal meetings.
western coast and Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea. These projects are expected to be put out for tender shortly after spring 2013, and to ecome operational before 2020.
Danish Blue Water Shipping confirms participation in Offshore Energy 2013
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