Safe sea and air traffic navigation: German-Dutch pair to aid navigation around offshore wind farms - by Ivan Shumkov

German marine aids to navigation firm Sabik Offshore GmbH has partnered with Dutch aviation obstruction lights supplier Orga Aviation BV to develop and market an integrated solution for safe sea and air traffic around offshore wind farms.

This was announced on Monday by Canada’s Carmanah Technologies Corp (TSE:CMH), which is the owner of Schwerin-based Sabik Offshore.

The German firm has been supplying marine aids to navigation and ID marking solutions for offshore wind parks since 2008. During that time, Orga has often provided aviation obstruction products to complement Sabik Offshore’s solutions. Now, they will combine their offerings in a completely integrated system for wind farms that is designed, managed and marketed by Sabik Offshore, Carmanah explained.

Sabik Offshore offers temporary marking solutions during construction as well as permanent marking of offshore wind farms. Orga Aviation, in turn, provides lighting and marking solutions for both onshore and offshore wind farms.

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European Wind Farms: Houston Texas based RigNet wins major contract for European wind farm infrastructure development

Offshore Windparks

The Houston, Texas's based RigNet TSI has been awarded a multi-million EURO contract to deliver communications systems and infrastructure for a high-voltage transmission platform in an offshore wind farm located in the German sector of the North Sea.
 
The award of this contract by a leading UK-based offshore contractor continues RigNet’s long-term success in the delivery of integrated telecommunications and operations support systems for a diverse range of applications and industries.

“As modern wind farms grow in scale and move farther offshore, they begin to resemble deepwater drilling operations in terms of complexity and technology requirements,” said Mark Slaughter, RigNet’s CEO and President. “Through our TSI business unit, RigNet applies its significant track record for offshore performance to help these renewable energy developments meet safety and production targets.”

RigNet TSI’s scope of work includes the integration and delivery of critical facility communications infrastructure, including Structured Cabling, Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless LAN (WLAN), Telephony, Public Address / General Alarm (PAGA), Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), Access Control (ACS), Meteorological Systems, Navigation and Lifeboat Radio support for the platforms.

RigNet TSI is a leading global Provider of managed remote communications, telecoms systems integration and collaborative applications dedicated to the oil and gas industry, focusing on offshore and onshore drilling rigs, energy production facilities and energy maritime vessels. RigNet is based in Houston, Texas.

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