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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The weather did not play along the first couple of times EnBW attempted to anchor the offshore substation for its Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, but yesterday’s bright sunshine and a calm sea provided for ideal conditions to fix the substation to the seabed. The 4,400-ton platform had already been transported from the port of Kiel in […]
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In just over two months Ballast Nedam Offshore has transported and installed 39 monopiles for the offshore wind farm Baltic 2. This was achieved despite the occurrence of two of the worst storms in a decade in October and November. Among the monopiles installed, were the largest monopiles used in offshore wind energy so far […]
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The ASV Pioneer, an accommodation barge managed by Dalby Offshore, is assisting in cable works on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm for the summer and is supported by a spread of two tugs and a number of specialist personnel. The vessel mobilised from the UK in February and is expected to remain in the Baltic area […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The jacket foundation for the Baltic 2 wind farm substation was loaded on a special pontoon Offshore BHV 1 in Labradorhafen Bremerhavener yesterday. The 1,500-ton component will be shipped to Sassnitz, and from there it will sail to the construction site. The wind farm consisting of 80 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines is located 32km north […]
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In the presence of the Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Erwin Sellering, and numerous guests from the worlds of business and politics, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has officially put its second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea into operation. Following a construction period of around two years, EnBW Baltic 2 with its 80 wind turbines […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Nkt cables has appointed VBMS for the installation of approximately 50km of 150 kV AC high-voltage submarine cables for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). The project, owned by Energinet.dk and 50Hertz, will connect the future Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak and the German offshore wind farm Baltic 2, both located in the […]
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The EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm has come to the finish line, as the eightieth and last wind turbine was installed yesterday at the construction site in the German Baltic Sea. On Tuesday, the fortieth turbine was put into operation and has been feeding power into the grid. In the meantime, two more were fully commissioned. The remaining wind turbines will […]
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The first set of transition pieces (TPs) for EnBW’s Baltic 2 offshore wind farm has left the port in Rostock on board the installation jack-up platform Goliath on Friday. Two transition pieces per shipment are loaded on the Goliath and then transported in around 12 hours of sailing to their destination in the Baltic 2 […]
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On 26 August installation activities started at the 288MW EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm. The installation of the in total 80 Siemens SWT-3,6-120 turbines is being performed by the VIDAR. EnBW Baltic 2 is being constructed 32km north of the island Rügen, in the German Baltic Sea, in an area covering 27km2. The turbines are […]
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German energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG reported an adjusted EBIDTA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of EUR 153.1 million in its Renewable Energies segment, a 75% jump compared to the first half of 2015. Accordingly, the share of the EBITDA for the company accounted for by Renewable Energies increased from 6.9 percent to 15.8 percent. […]
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On 19 August 2014 a new catamaran was christened at Knock Jetty in Emden. The ship’s godmother, Insa Stoidis-Connemann from Leer, gave the name “Windea Two” to the “Twin Axe Bow” type catamaran from Damen Shipyards and she wished: “Safe voyages for the crew and always a handbreadth of water under the keel for the […]
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Business & Finance, Grid Connection
In the first half of 2014, the EnBW Group achieved an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of 1,271.5 million euros with 19,926 employees and almost unchanged revenue of around 10.4 billion euros. Earnings were 9.9 per cent below the figure for the first half of 2013. The operating result is thus developing in line with our […]
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Technology, Wind Farm Update
EnBW and CWind announced today at EWEA 2015 in Copenhagen that their joint implementation of the first satellite communication system in remote management of temporary power supply in the offshore wind industry is successfully passing its test. The system is proving a resilient and effective means of supporting offshore construction during this winter period in […]
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Alstom has commissioned an AC offshore substation in the wind farm EnBW Baltic 2, Germany’s second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm hosts 80 wind turbines feeding up to 288 MW into the grid, providing power to 340,000 households. The offshore substation transmits the electrical energy from the wind turbines to […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
The order for AMBAU to manufacture 41 transition pieces (TPs) for Bladt Industries A/S to be used in the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm came to an end on 16 October 2014 as the TPs were loaded for shipment. With a footprint of 13.5 metres, these TPs were the largest components ever to have left the facilities at AMBAU Bremen […]
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Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has commissioned Skeye B.V. to film its new tool in action at the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. The tool was specially developed by the company for placing tripod jacket foundations. Skeye was asked to film the performance of SHL’s new system and the installation of the tripods. Filming was done from the company’s heavy lift barge Stanislav Yudin. Aerial video footage […]
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Business & Finance, Grid Connection
German utility EnBW AG’s Grids and Renewable Energies division recorded a 159% increase in its operating result in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, largely attributed to the 288 EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm which was fully commissioned in September 2015. The division’s adjusted EBITDA was EUR 92.1 million in the […]
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FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics (FWOL) and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG have signed a five-year crew transfer contract for EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. From 1 July 2015, the crew transfer vessel “Windcat 34” will sail daily from Rostock to the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 in the German Baltic Sea. EnBW […]
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Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has completed marine coordination work for Siemens on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. SMC’s services included coordination of Siemens personnel movements, planning of daily transfers, conducting site inductions, and safety briefings. SMC also covered the event of emergencies and undertook vessel inspections to ensure fitness for purpose and compliance with relevant […]
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The investment offer for EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm appears to be very popular: many municipal utilities, industrial companies and institutional investors from Baden-Württemberg and Germany are interested in participating in the second EnBW’s Baltic Sea wind farm. “We are delighted to be well received. In addition to partners who have already participated in […]
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Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has reported a successful start to a 10-week boulder clearing and trenching campaign on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Mobilised onboard the Siem Topaz anchor handling vessel, Ecosse Subsea’s SCAR subsea plough system is engaged on route clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on behalf of Siem Offshore Contractors. Soils […]
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All jacket pin piles have been installed at the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, the project’s developer EnBW confirmed to Offshore WIND. Workers on the jack-up vessel Goliath have driven the jacket pin piles into the seabed. An important part of the work on the foundations is now complete, the company said. Baltic 2 consists […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The work for the network connection of the second German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the EnBW Baltic 2, is in progress. The vessel Aura rinsed the first submarine cable section into the Baltic ground, on Saturday, 20 April 2013, for the connection of Baltic 2. A total of sixty kilometers of submarine […]
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a loan of € 500 million to the largest offshore wind farm to date in the German Baltic Sea; EnBW Baltic 2. The project is being realised by EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH. The financing contract was signed today in Karlsruhe. The position and scale of EnBW Baltic 2 […]
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Bladt Industries loaded out the last of 41 jacket foundations for EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm yesterday. After receiving the order, Bladt established a production site at Lindø Industrial Park where they created dedicated production line for serial production of jacket foundations. The first jacket was manufactured in May last year, after which it […]
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Bladt Industries, an international steel contractor, has erected the first out of 41 Baltic 2 offshore wind farm jackets at its Lindoe construction site. Last year, the company received an order from ARGE Baltic 2 Foundations, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF Offshore Crewing, HOCHTIEF Solutions AG and GeoSea NV, who are responsible for the design, […]
