The Port of Hartlepool is a smaller seaport, but, it has significant warehousing space to accommodate these ocean operations.
Port of Hartlepool main hub for windfarm project (click here)
Over the next seven months, the Port of Hartlepool will be the focal point for all materials and components to be installed in the new wind farm being developed by EDF Energy Renewables.
Over 100 people are involved in the offshore construction programme and will be operating out of the project supply base established at Hartlepool.
The turbines for the new wind farm will be supplied by Siemens. Van Oord UK, a Sustainable EPC and Marine Contractor, will supply and install the turbine foundations and sub-sea cables and will manage the installation operations for the turbines....
In Virginia, WRSystems will supply its Emsys laser-based Emissions Monitoring System (EMS) for the purpose of emission verification for an ongoing fuel trials on-board the AP Moller-Maersk vessel Maersk Kalmar, Biofuelsdigest reports. WRSystems was asked to provide the Emsys system installation as part of a wider project between Maersk Line Limited and the US Navy to test biofuels for their long-term suitability for maritime applications.
Data collected will include Nitrogen Oxides (NOX), Sulfur Oxides (SOX), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and PM. Additionally the report will detail findings o the effects of biofuels on the engine’s fuel system performance and normal wear and tear.
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Maersk leads shipping industry developing fuels to cut emissions (click here)
A.P. Moeller Maersk A/S, the world’s biggest container ship owner, is leading its industry in developing biofuels made from organic waste that could cut its carbon emissions and reduce a $6 billion-a-year fuel bill, Bloomberg reports. Maersk is conducting tests with companies including Man Diesel & Turbo SE and two Danish universities to develop clean fuels tailored for ships and has worked with the U.S. Navy to run vessels using fuel produced from algae, encountering “very few problems,” said Jacob Sterling, head of climate and environment at Maersk, which is based in Copenhagen....
The picture on the right:
Support columns and other wind turbine parts wait assembly in Harland & Wolff's shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Sixty wind turbines will be installed at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth on the border of England and Scotland. The wind farm will produce 180 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 117,000 homes. Photographer: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
The picture on the right:...Robinson isn't alone as port managers (click here) across Britain weigh up the offshore wind sector as a source of revenue and jobs. A rush of development is expected through 2020, driven by government ambitions to install over 2,500 turbines capable of producing as much as 18,000 megawatts of electricity, up from 1,500 megawatts today. The government describes the target as ambitious but nonetheless expects installations to pick up once subsidy policy debates are settled. Offshore wind accounts for just over one percent of the country's energy mix today and is expected to rise to about 12 percent by the end of the decade.
Preparing ports for offshore wind development isn't as easy as clearing away shipping containers and buying bigger cranes. The foundation for an offshore wind turbine alone can weigh as much as 600 tons, a little less than a World War II German U-Boat submarine. The turbines themselves weigh about 400 tons....
