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WIND ENERGY NETWORK COMMUNICATION HUB FOR THE WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY ISSUE 36 - 2017 £7.50 JACK-UP VESSELS GIANTS OF THE DEEP CABLE PROTECTION VALUED HIDDEN ASSETS COST OPTIMISATION OFFSHORE MANAGING COSTS LONG-TERM INTEGRATED GRIDS NECESSARY NETWORK HAND & POWER TOOLS MAKING MAINTENANCE EASIER WAVE & TIDAL ENERGY NETWORK TIDAL & WAVE INTRODUCTION MASCOT® MULTISAFE WORKWEAR for all extremes CONTENTS 4 Industry News 26 Cable Protection 48 Industry Marketing 10 Direct Drives 34 Offshore Integrated Grids 54 Hand & Power Tools 12 Industry Funding 40 Technical Training 60 Science Centre 16 Cost Optimisation 46 Port Investment 62 Jack-Up Vessels CONTINUING CHANGE In 2016 we made the decision to join both Wind Energy Network and Wave & Tidal Energy Network magazines together. We are very pleased that the feedback has been very positive. COMMUNICATION Fliss - Editorial Duncan - Editorial As our mantra is that we serve the industry as a ‘communication 17010 hub’ it is very pleasing that it is making it much easier for our MASCOT® MULTISAFE readership to communicate across both industries. MASCOT® MULTISAFE Emmen Jacket 13830-217-17010 catalogue online MORE SUCCESS STORIES 60% modacrylic/39% cotton/1% carbon fibre, 310 g/m² http://papers.mascot.dk/Mascot/UK/Multisafe2016UK/ • Fluorescent and with vertical and chevroned crossed We continue to hear of companies in either sector getting in touch reflective strips. Dirt resistant. Anti-static, acid resistant with their counterparts after finding out what their respective and flame retardent. Protects from electric arcs and companies offer. This means that collaborating companies Carly - Sales Rosie - Sales occasional welding arcs. Breathable, wind and waterproof. continue to grow and prosper. Taped seams. Lining of quilt. Detachable lined hood with adjustable drawstring. High collar. Fastening with storm Products and services can be different in the two sectors flap and hidden press studs. Zipped pocket under storm however we have found that many companies offer a very similar flap. Strap for gas alarm. Chest pocket with zip. Chest product or at least can adapt equipment or their offering to suit a pocket with flap and press stud. D-ring. Front pockets particular challenge encountered. with zip. Formed cut sleeves. Extended back. Press stud adjustment at waist. Rib (hidden in storm flap) and press stud fastening at cuffs. CONTINUING MAGAZINE FEATURE • Size: S-4XL Arc Rating: ATPV = 24 cal/cm² We would like to continue to hear from any of the companies who have been collaborating across the sectors – we will then feature 17010 them in the magazine. Sue - Admin Justine - Sales Please therefore get in touch – remember genuine editorial is MASCOT® MULTISAFE Renens Winter Trousers featured completely free of charge, without any conditions attached. 13892-217-17010 EN MASCOT® WORKWEAR 60% modacrylic/39% cotton/1% carbon fibre, 310 g/m² • Fluorescent and with reflective tapes. Dirt resistant. Anti- MASCOT® MULTISAFE static, acid resistant and flame retardent. Protects from PROTECTION. FUNCTION. COMFORT. * Duncan McGilvray The future of multi-protective workwear is a unique combination of the highest safety, the best ! features and outstanding comfort. electric arcs and occasional welding arcs. Breathable, PROTECTION We have taken extraordinary measures in terms of safety. MASCOT uses a 100% “inherent” fabric in which the flame retardant properties are woven in during production, and therefore cannot be washed out over time. @ Editor Wind Energy Network The fluorescent workwear is approved under the new, tougher standard EN ISO 20471. In wind and waterproof. Taped seams. Lining of quilt. The addition, more reflective materials have been applied to the products than the standard requires. All fluorescent products are certified to the chemical standard EN 13034, and as one of the few in the industry, MASCOT has all jackets certified to Class 2 in the electric arc norm # removable braces are made from strong elastic Belt loops. EN 61482-1-2. FUNCTION The pockets are located exactly where you need them, and all the products are designed especially for the work performed by the users of multi-protective workwear. The clothing has, in fact, been part of MASCOT’s test program in which employees in relevant D-ring. The waistband is higher at the back, to better sectors are consulted and test the clothes during their normal workday. The fabric is durable and treated with a stain-resistant coating that ensures the fluorescent is kept clean and thus visible over time. The dark contrast is placed where the clothes are most exposed to dirt. ? protect against the cold. Fly with zip. Front pockets. Back COMFORT Perfect fit, together with soft and comfortable fabric, is our recipe for high comfort in all the new products. The products are designed for an active workday with a fit that follows the ergonomics of the body. This means that the workwear provides the optimum support and that it is formed for all the movements required by an active day. The range is so broad that pockets with reinforcement, flap and hidden press studs. there is a high level of comfort regardless of the weather and temperature. $ Marcus - Design Carole - Accounts Thigh pocket with flap and hidden press studs. Phone = ATPV values are thigh pocket. Reinforced ruler pocket. Adjustable knee » increased when worn in pad pockets with flap and top access. Zip with storm flap Wind Energy Network magazine is happy GREEN ENERGY PUBLISHING LTD (SOUTHERN) combination with other on outerside of legs. MASCOT® MULTISAFE • Size and leg length: S-4XL • 82 cm: C 46-C 66 to accept unsolicited contributions for OrbisEnergy, Wilde Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1XH products. 2 *) Excl. products on page 15-19 3 consideration. Editorial opinions expressed in Arc Rating: ATPV = 25,2 cal/cm² this magazine are not necessarily those of Green Energy Publishing Ltd and the company does not accept responsibility for GREEN ENERGY PUBLISHING LTD (NORTHERN) advertising content. The publishers cannot accept any responsibility for omissions or errors. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by The Oaks, Oakwood Park Business Centre, copyright and may not be reproduced without written permission. Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 3BF www.windenergynetwork.co.uk 3 INDUSTRY NEWS FEATURE SPONSOR FEATURE SPONSOR INDUSTRY NEWS amplitude correction) curves, showing the Prontoport, which provides engineering depth and sensitivity of problems. The support, including service and maintenance at evidence is therefore fairly unarguable. over half of the UK’s on and offshore windfarm assets, argues however that the testing and ACTING ON EVIDENCE maintenance regime should be established as a procedural requirement. Within the oil & gas Scott Telfer, MD of Prontoport added, industries, best practice requires components “Many of our technicians are reporting to be tested at regular, specified intervals and that incidences where problems are records kept accordingly. reported are increasingly challenged “Until such practices are adopted or ignored. Even aside from the health by the wind energy sector also, and safety aspect, this makes no sense we leave ourselves open not at all since the cost of replacing a only to criticism but to avoidable turbine which has been damaged to catastrophe,” Scott concluded. CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS the point of being unviable, massively outweighs the cost of regular testing. COMPANY EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT “I also believe that the industry is sticking its head in the sand by not Prontoport provides a full range of acknowledging that regular testing engineering support services to over 50% OF NON-TESTING is an essential part of the health and of the UK’s onshore and offshore wind safety process, in the way that it has energy assets. Based in Irvine, Ayrshire, the become part of ongoing maintenance company also works across Europe and within other industries. with most major players within the sector. The oil & gas industries have HARSH ENVIRONMENTS ASSOCIATED NECESSARY COSTS “I personally believe that failure to “The nightmare scenario is that As experts in installation, servicing and regular safety and integrity test comes down mainly to cost. we have to have a major accident maintenance, the company supplies testing schedules for all In the harsh environments of most Phillip continued: “Clearly there are Companies are holding back and or fatality for this to become law. At expertise and offers training in a wide range working components but the windfarms and with ageing kit, problems costs associated with ongoing NDT but cutting back on reporting problems, the moment, the industry has the of skills, including radiography; positive wind industry continue to can only be expected to multiply, according this is the only way to stop potentially which then don’t receive adequate opportunity to adopt a code of practice material identification; magnetic particle to Prontoport. catastrophic failures happening without attention,” he concluded. which would safeguard the integrity of inspection; eddy current and dye penetrant leave far too much to chance Phillip Hodgson is an experienced warning. It’s not enough to say that most each and every turbine, but it simply testing for both new and in situ components. turbine technician, carrying out a range of windfarms are in remote locations and any PROACTIVE ACTION ESSENTIAL isn’t happening in too many cases.” That’s the stark view of renewable testing regimes for the company across damage would be