by Deborah McCombie | May 5, 2023 | Aids to Navigation, Corporate, Marking & Lighting
Making offshore wind farms visible on digital maps Modern vessels use digital maps to help navigate the sea. In order for a vessel or an offshore structure, such as a wind farm, to show up on these maps, a signal needs to be transmitted by an AIS (Automatic...
by Deborah McCombie | Feb 13, 2023 | Aids to Navigation, Corporate, Marking & Lighting
ADLS (Aviation Detection Lighting System), known as BNK (Bedarfgesteuerte Nachtkennzeichnung) in Germany, enables the red aviation obstruction lights on the top of wind turbines to be switched off except when there are aircraft in the vicinity. Up till now, the...
by Deborah McCombie | Jan 24, 2023 | Aids to Navigation, Corporate, Marking & Lighting, Safety Lighting
Construction is underway on the OSS (Offshore Sub Station) for Iberdrola’s 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. Construction of the turbines themselves will begin in April 2023. The wind farm will be located off the northern tip of Rügen, not far from our German...
by Deborah McCombie | Dec 15, 2022 | Aids to Navigation, Marking & Lighting
Offshore wind farms are getting bigger When offshore wind farms first started being built, they were fairly small. The world’s first offshore wind farm, Vindeby Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast of Denmark, was comprised of just 11 wind turbines, each one only...
by Deborah McCombie | Dec 5, 2022 | Aids to Navigation, Corporate, Marking & Lighting, Safety Lighting
The Japan Wind Power Association and Global Wind Energy Council, in partnership with Akita Prefecture, recently held a very successful Global Offshore Wind Summit. Sabik Offshore were delighted to attend the event. Global Offshore Wind Summit in Akita, Japan |...
by Deborah McCombie | Nov 22, 2022 | Aids to Navigation, Corporate, Marking & Lighting
Sabik Offshore, experts in marking and lighting offshore wind farms, announces that it has successfully developed a marine lantern specifically suited to the Japanese market. Sabik Offshore is pleased to be playing its part in the developing offshore wind...
