In 2013, engineering firm KCI started a research project in collaboration with Delft University of Technology and developed the Double Slip Joint: an innovative technology that connects the monopile and transition piece for wind turbines at sea
A growing world population and expanding economic activities are putting pressure on our ecosystem. The offshore industry has taken up the responsibility and has united in a collaborative effort: Our Oceans Challenge (OOC). As a partner of OOC Sif believes balancing ocean protection with the responsible use and exploitation of ocean space and resources is an opportunity.
This year during WindEnergy in Hamburg, Sif organized a buffet dinner for the first time, on Wednesday 28 September, with as discussion topic ‘Standardization of the transition piece. Why not?’.
Ben Arntz (27) and Nick Noordam (27) from GBM Works won the Philips Innovation Award on May 8th. These young men developed a method to install wind turbines almost noiseless at sea. Sif stimulates innovation in offshore wind and helps these thinkers with a passion for technology.
Our world and our climate are changing. Due to the climate change, the need to find and exploit new, sustainable energy sources has become increasingly important. For companies and public authorities, it is not only necessary to respond to new developments, but also especially important to anticipate them. This is what minister Kamp of Economic Affairs envisioned to achieve when he introduced a new tendering scheme earlier this year: the SDE+ scheme.
The GROW consortium was officially launched at the Wind Days 2016 conference held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This consortium of Dutch companies and knowledge institutes involved in the offshore wind industry has created an innovation programme that aims to reduce the costs of offshore wind energy.