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Photo Dairy Story – Working Sea-Craft.

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I love looking at all ships and seacrafts on the right is the WaveWalker 1 similar to the one used to repair the Dawlish train station and promenade, the left craft is the MPI Resolution a 6-legged jack-up vessel

  • WaveWalker 1 is a dynamic, innovative 8-legged, self-contained walking jack-up, capable of operating safely and effectively in rough seas, surf zones, on beaches, shallow transition zones and other intertidal locations it can even step over obstacles under the water
  • MPI Resolution is a wind turbine installation vessel deployed to install turbines at offshore wind farms. It was the first self-elevating Turbine Installation Vessel in the world. She can raise herself on her six legs between 3 metres and 46 metres above the sea.

Floating Docks really amaze me, how you can sink a vessel on purpose which weighs several tons itself sail a boat/ship onto it and then lift it all up out of the water so the boat/ship can be worked on safely. 
The latest floating dock in the world can be found in South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has started construction of the fifth Royal Dock, the world’s largest floating dock. The dock will have a length of 432m, a width of 85.6m and a capacity of 130,000dwtBoth of the Photographs above were taken on a recent trip to Rotterdam where I couldn’t resist a trip on the river cruise to have a look at the docks, both images are taken on my ageing Canon 60D camera with the Canon 10-18mm lens.

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Norway Opens Expansive Offshore Areas to Wind Development

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The Norwegian government has announced the opening of more than 860,000 acres of the Norwegian Continental Shelf to offshore wind development.

The areas, known as “Utsira Nord” and “Sørlige Nordsjø II”, are located in Norwegian waters in the northern North Sea. Combined, the two areas allow for the development of 4,500 MW of wind power.

“Offshore wind power offers great opportunities for Norwegian businesses,” said Tina Bru, Minister for Petroleum and Energy. “In the immediate future the market will be in other countries, but if the costs for offshore wind power continues to fall it could also become competitive in Norway. It is now time to prepare for future development by allocating space for offshore renewables.”
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A proposal to open areas and a draft regulation were open for public comment in 2019.

The Utsira Nord is located to the west of Haugesund and is ideally suited for floating wind power. The area is also large, encompassing 1,010 square kilometres close to shore.

The Sørlige Nordsjø II borders the Danish sector in the North Sea and could be best suited for “direct export” of electricity. The area spans 2,591 square kilometres in mostly shallow water that would allow traditional wind turbines.

The Norwegian government has set an opening date of 1 January 2021.

Renewable Energy Helps Utilities Survive Virus Slump

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A support vessel is seen next to a wind turbine at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

European utilities with bulging renewable energy portfolios are showing that the way out of the coronavirus slump is coloured green.

Energy companies from Orsted A/S to Iberdrola SA reported robust first-quarter earnings in a period that has been bedevilled by a slump in energy demand and a collapse in gas prices. Owning large wind and solar portfolios has so far protected those companies from the worst effects of the crisis.

Utilities are the third best performing sector on the Stoxx 600 this year, down 11% instead of the 17% slump the broader market has suffered.

“There is complete consensus that the road to economic recovery must be green,” Ignacio Galan, Iberdrola’s chairman, said after announcing the results on Wednesday.

Here follows a round-up of the key energy earnings:

Orsted

The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms gave a sign that green power generators will emerge from the crisis relatively unscathed. The Danish firm maintained its earnings guidance for the year in its first-quarter update to the market.

Conservative hedging and 90% of generation from renewables should largely shield Orsted’s profit from the sharp decline in power prices and demand, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

However, what lies ahead may be harder to navigate. Offshore wind projects in the U.S. are facing regulatory delays, pushing back the moment hundreds of megawatts were due to come online, potentially by years.

Iberdrola

The Spanish energy giant shrugged off any concerns that the coronavirus is hurting its business despite a collapse in demand in one of the European nations hit hardest by the pandemic. It maintained its growth and dividend target for the year. It pointed to 8.5 gigawatts of new capacity under construction as well as plans to hire 5,000 people as all reasons to be optimistic for the future.

Vattenfall

The state-owned Swedish utility showed how to profit from a collapse in prices by making 1.77 billion kronor ($180 million) from buying and selling energy. Traders managed to navigate volatile markets driven by the growing impact of the pandemic and a glut of natural gas that sent European benchmark prices down by almost half this year. Profit for Vattenfall’s growing wind business was up 44%.

Naturgy

The utility said Wednesday that it plans to revise all its natural gas procurement contracts in 2020. Gas prices slid to record lows in Europe and Asia, and many buyers are looking for deferrals of shipments. The rout is pushing gas buyers to seek better deals from suppliers in a market that’s seen to remain in a glut until at least the middle of the decade.

–With assistance from William Mathis and Lars Paulsson.