Energy infrastructure Features for May 2013

Energy infrastructure Features Archive

Offshore wind O&M: accessing all areas Offshore wind O&M: accessing all areas

Part 1. With the next round of offshore wind farms set for deeper, more harsher seas, George Marsh reports on the latest designs in turbine access systems to get O&M staff safely from ship to turbine without fear in even the most hostile environments.

How to reduce BoS solar costs How to reduce BoS solar costs

Part 2. The large solar manufacturers certainly see the benefits of simplying installation using systems, reports Joyce Laird...

Siemens: Europe can save €45bn by optimising renewable energy generation Siemens: Europe can save €45bn by optimising renewable energy generation

In a six stage discussion tour to conclude with the World Energy Congress (WEC) in Daegu, South Korea in October 2013, Siemens will discuss the findings of an ongoing study with the Technical University of Munich to examine energy systems worldwide - with the aim of ascertaining their utilisation rate of resources, reliability of supply, sustainability and cost-efficiency.