Windea La Cour alongside a wind turbine.

Windea La Cour - OSJ Offshore Renewables Award

Siemens Wind Power, BS Offshore and Ulstein have received the OSJ Offshore Renewables Award 2017 for the SOV vessel 'Windea La Cour'.

Published
09 February 2017
Share
Winners of the Offshore Renewables Award.

The Offshore Renewables Award is awarded to a company, project or product that has made a significant contribution to the development of the offshore renewables market during 2016.

The 'Windea La Cour' was nominated, and eventually won, the award, much due to its X-STERN® aft hull. It is an optimised hull for wind farm operations, as the operator avoids loosing time by turning the vessel and moving slowly backwards.

Reports show that vessels servicing the offshore wind turbines operate backwards at least 50-70 per cent of the time after having arrived at the wind farms. The video below was shot at the vessel's sea trial, where the backing abilities were tested.

The vessel was delivered in 2016, and is in service at the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind power plant in the Netherlands.

Shortlisted for the award were:

  • Palfinger’s turbine blade access system, the PBA, for which Senvion recently became the first customer
  • Windea La Cour, a turbine maintenance vessel for BS Offshore/Siemens, the world’s first X-STERN hullform vessel
  • Barge Master’s Gangway system for personnel and cargo. The Barge Master Gangway Model 3.0 compensates vessel motions in significant wave heights of up to 3m
  • Voith for the Voith Linear Jet. The VLJ is a new type of propulsor combining the best properties of conventional propellers with the best properties of conventional waterjets.

Nominee

Another Ulstein designed vessel, the 'ALP Striker', was shortlisted for the 'Support Vessel of the Year' Award.

The ALP Striker has been delivered to ALP Maritime Services.

Latest news

Hull arrival Nexans Electra CLV at Ulstein Verft 0062 MARTIN GISKEGJERDE OCLIN
Press Release

Outfitting of the Nexans Electra CLV begins at Ulstein Verft

The hull of the state-of-the-art DP3 cable-laying vessel Nexans Electra arrived at Ulstein Verft on 5 July 2025. This marks the commencement of the outfitting and completion phase of the vessel. Upon completion in 2026, she will feature a split turntable on deck capable of holding up to 10,000 tonnes of cable, an under-deck turntable with a 3,500-tonne cable capacity, and a fibre optic tank with a 450-tonne capacity.