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  • 50Hertz Moves Forward with Ostwind 3 Grid Connection

    13 February 2024
    Authorities, Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has received planning approval decisions for the offshore route of the Ostwind 3 grid connection project in the Baltic Sea. The planning approval refers to the section in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the section in the territorial sea, the so-called 12 nautical mile zone. The Ministry of […]

  • Germany Gives Thumbs Up to 50Hertz 300 MW Offshore Grid Connection Project

    8 January 2024
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BHS) has issued a planning approval decision for 50Hertz’s Ostwind 3 offshore wind grid connection in the Baltic Sea. According to BHS, the new standard for connecting offshore wind farms, the so-called 66 kV direct connection concept, is being implemented, that does not require the construction of additional substation platforms […]

  • O2 Telefónica to Buy Electricity from Iberdrola’s German Offshore Wind Farm

    26 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola Deutschland and O2 Telefónica have signed a long-term power purchase agreement to supply renewable power from the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Under the 15-year agreement, Iberdrola will supply 3,000 GWh of renewable energy to O2 Telefónica from the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project, starting in 2025. […]

  • Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Wind Farm Fully Connected to German Grid

    5 December 2023
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm is now supplying its full capacity to the German electricity transmission grid, according to the transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz. 50Hertz built the submarine and onshore cable connection to the Lubmin substation and worked with the wind farm operator Parkwind to construct the offshore platform. Parkwind’s 257 MW […]

  • Iberdrola Bags Long-Term PPA with TMD for 300 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola and TMD Friction Services have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to offtake energy from the Windanker offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The 15-year agreement covers a supply of approximately 50 GWh of generated green electricity per year and will cover more than 50 per cent of […]

  • Van Oord Begins Cable Installation Activities at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle

    4 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has commenced inter-array cable installation activities at Iberdrola Deutschland’s 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. After Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen completed the installation of all 50 monopiles for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, Van Oord now continues installing transition pieces and starts cable installation. According to […]

  • Germany Launches 2.5 GW Offshore Wind Tender, Plans to Offer Three Areas by March

    30 January 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has launched a tender process for two areas in the North Sea with a combined offshore wind offshore wind capacity of 2,500 MW. Bids must be submitted by 1 June 2024. After checking the bids, carrying out the award process, and, if necessary, carrying out the dynamic bidding process, the bidders […]

  • Germany Kicks Off 5.5 GW Offshore Wind Tender

    28 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched a tender for three centrally pre-investigated areas in the North Sea with a combined offshore wind offshore wind capacity of 5.5 GW. The three sites, with a combined 5,500 MW of projected generating capacity, are situated about 110 kilometres northwest of Borkum Island, bordering the Netherlands’ exclusive economic zone. […]

  • Vattenfall and Air Liquide Sign Another PPA for Subsidy-Free Hollandse Kust Zuid

    24 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and France-based Air Liquide have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) covering 115 MW of capacity of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid, one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. Contracted over a 15-year period beginning in 2026, the PPA will bring the overall renewable power capacity available to Air Liquide […]

  • PGE, Ørsted Gather Tier 1 Offshore Contractors for 1.5 GW Baltica 2

    31 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The PGE and Ørsted joint venture has signed an agreement with German-based Steelwind Nordenham for the supply of foundations for Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Under the contract, Steelwind Nordenham will deliver 34 monopile foundations with the production expected to start in […]

  • Sulmara Secures Geo Work at 1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Project

    19 March 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Stromar, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has awarded Sulmara a contract to conduct site characterisation work at the 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. For this work, Sulmara will utilise the 60-metre multi-purpose subsea vessel Vos Gorgeous to carry out a geophysical investigation across the proposed wind farm site […]

  • All Monopiles Stand at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle Wind Farm Offshore Germany

    13 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s installation vessel Svanen has installed all monopiles at the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. All of the 50 monopiles were manufactured by the Rostock-based company EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC). After completing the manufacturing, the units were transported floating from the Rostock Port to the Baltic Eagle offshore […]

  • Countdown Begins: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 Opens in One Week

    21 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Vessels

    Industry giants, experts, policymakers, innovators and start-ups from the offshore energy sector will meet at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam one week from now. The backdrop to two full days of discussions, insights and updates is the exhibition floor that will be home to companies and technologies that push […]

  • Dutch King Inaugurates 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid Offshore Wind Farm

    29 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch King Willem-Alexander and board members of Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz officially inaugurated the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 on 29 September. Having 139 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.5 GW, Hollandse Kust Zuid is one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. The subsidy-free 1.5 GW wind farm, […]

  • Windar to Produce Windanker Transition Pieces

    10 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has chosen the Spanish company Windar Renovables for the manufacture of transition pieces for the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. Starting at the end of 2024, Windar will produce 21 transition pieces (TPs) for Windanker at the Avilés facilities and will collaborate with Spanish suppliers […]

  • Masdar, Iberdrola to Jointly Develop Baltic Eagle Wind Farm Offshore Germany

    26 July 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy, Wind Farm Update

    Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has signed a strategic partnership with Iberdrola to co-invest in the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. According to the terms of the deal, the Baltic Eagle wind farm is valued at approximately EUR 1.6 billion. Under the agreement, Iberdrola will control and manage the asset, […]

  • Iberdrola Awards Wikinger Blade Inspection Contract

    7 June 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has awarded a contract to Ingeteam to carry out the blade inspection work at the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Ingeteam will be in charge of the blade inspection at the offshore wind farm which features 70 Adwen 5 MW wind turbines. The work to be carried out […]

  • Germany Awards Four More Offshore Wind Sites for EUR 784 Million

    10 August 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    After awarding four offshore wind areas to BP and TotalEnergies for EUR 12.6 billion through its first dynamic bidding process last month, the German Federal Network Agency (BSH) has now awarded further sites for a total of EUR 784 million in the process organised for four centrally pre-investigated areas. Three of the new four areas […]

  • Two German Steel Producers to Buy Electricity from Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

    20 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola Deutschland and SHS – Stahl Holding Saar, an operational management holding company that performs tasks for the two major steel companies in the German state of Saarland, Dillinger and Saarstahl, have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. Under the PPA, SHS will cover 200 GWh of […]

  • Bladt Loads Out Final Wikinger Jacket

    17 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    This morning, Bladt Industries completed the last load-out for the Wikinger project with the 41st, and final, jacket foundation placed on a barge, the company reported via social media. Soon, the foundation will be heading for its final destination at Iberdrola’s Wikinger offshore wind farm site in the Baltic Sea. The first jacket foundations built […]

  • Bladt to Build Foundations for Wikinger OWF

    23 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola and Bladt Industries have signed a contract for the fabrication of 41 jacket foundations and 164 pin piles for the upcoming Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. “We are very pleased that we can continue serial fabrication of foundations at our facilities and hereby build on our strong track record […]

  • C.S. Sovereign Ready for Wikinger Job

    6 July 2016
    Vessels

    Global Marine Systems’ cable installation vessel, C.S. Sovereign, is currently dry docked in Bremerhaven port, in readiness for her forthcoming work at the the Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany. Last year, Prysmian signed a charter contract with Global Marine Systems to use the cable-laying vessel for the installation of inter array cables at the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm […]

  • Boskalis, VolkerWessels to Handle Wikinger’s Foundations

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Volker Stevin International (VolkerWessels) have been awarded a contract by Iberdrola Renewables Offshore Deutschland GmbH for the transport and installation of seventy wind turbine foundations and six offshore substation piles for the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 75 […]

  • Iberdrola Building Offshore Wind Powerhouse in German Baltic Sea

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has been awarded the rights to construct two offshore wind farms totalling 486MW in German waters in the Baltic Sea.

  • ALE Loads Out First Wikinger Substation Jacket

    27 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Heavy transportation and lifting contractor ALE loaded-out the first of two 3,000-tonne jackets built for the Wikinger offshore substations, in Cadiz, Spain, last week. The jacket was built by Navantia shipyard in Puerto Real for Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm currently under construction in the German Baltic Sea. In December 2014, Iberdrola awarded a EUR 160 million contract to […]

  • Wikinger Update: Navantia Sends Off Last Jackets, Turbine Parts Arriving in Sassnitz

    23 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Works on Iberdrola’s Wikinger offshore wind project are in full swing as the foundation installation is underway and is expected to be completed soon, as Bladt and Navantia dispatched their final jacket foundations and first components of Adwen 5MW wind turbines arrived at the Port of Sassnitz-Mukran.  According to Spanish media, the last four jacket foundations […]