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  • Acta Marine Set to Commence Maintenance Work at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Centaurus will soon commence maintenance work at Vattenfall’s DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The entire service campaign is expected to last until October 2024. The vessel is currently making a stop in the Port of Hamburg before starting work for Vattenfall’s offshore […]

  • Construction of DanTysk’s Accommodation Platform in Full Swing

    7 March 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    An accommodation platform for the DanTysk offshore wind farm, comprising five and a half stories, is taking shape in Kiel. The platform, which is 20 meters high and weighing 2,500 tons, will be rising 20 meters above the sea surface. Nobiskrug shipyard, based in Schleswig-Holstein, is building this “house of steel” on behalf of Vattenfall […]

  • Windfarm Update: DanTysk

    24 November 2014

    At the end of August the last of the 80 Siemens 3.6MW turbines had been installed by SBO’s Pacific Osprey at the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm. DanTysk is located 70km west of the island of Sylt, directly on the German-Danish border, covering an area of 70km2. The installation of the turbines started in April […]

  • DanTysk Sandbank Hires Air and Water Crew Transfer Team

    22 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has selected the providers of air and water crew transfer services for the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The operator of the wind farms, a joint venture between Stadtwerke München and Vattenfall, has selected Denmark’s KN Helicopters A/S and their new […]

  • Photo of the Day: DanTysk’s First Turbines Erected

    18 April 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: first turbines installed at Vattenfall’s DanTysk offshore wind farm. At the beginning of April, Vattenfall commenced the installation of wind turbines at its DanTysk offshore wind farm site. Now, a couple of them are up and waiting to fulfill their duty of powering up homes with clean energy. The […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Maintain DanTysk Turbines

    2 June 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to provide turbine maintenance services at the 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In operation since 2015, the DanTysk offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The contract, awarded to Siemens Gamesa by DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH, covers the maintenance […]

  • Helicopter Services Needed for Vattenfall’s Three OWFs

    31 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has launched a qualification period for a tender that will seek helicopter crew transfer services for the DanTysk, Sandbank, and Horns Rev 1 offshore wind farms in Germany and Denmark. The developer intends to enter into a contract with one party providing access and availability of a helicopter to allow for various operations and […]

  • Denmark: Swire Blue Ocean Names DanTysk Installation Vessel

    5 April 2013

    One of the world’s largest installation vessels will be used to install offshore wind farm DanTysk’s 80 turbines in the North Sea. The Pacific Osprey operated by Danish company Swire Blue Ocean was named in a ceremony on 3 April. Vattenfall and its partner Stadtwerke München are investing a little over EUR 1 billion in […]

  • DanTysk Starts to Power Germany

    3 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Today, the offshore wind farm DanTysk, located 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt, will supply the German electricity network with its first wind power from the North Sea. The 80 wind turbines are now successively in the commissioning phase for the production of electricity. DanTysk is then expected to be fully connected to the […]

  • Video: Construction of DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm

    9 February 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has recently published a video showing the construction of its DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border in the North Sea. In early December last year, the wind farm supplied the German electricity network with its first wind power. The DanTysk wind farm comprises 80 wind turbines in […]

  • Germany: Rescue Helicopters for DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm

    20 December 2012

    DanTysk Offshore Wind GmbH has agreed upon an integral part of their offshore rescue concept contract. The two joint venture partners, Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München, have commissioned DRF Air Rescue for emergency medical care and rescue of injured personnel from the DanTysk construction site. Medically and technically specially equipped helicopter type BK 117 with wind […]

  • Vattenfall Seeks DanTysk, Sandbank Heli Search & Rescue Team

    26 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has invited tenders for the provision of helicopter rescue services for DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in Germany.

  • Germany: Vattenfall Starts Construction of DanTysk Substation

    19 March 2012

    The first construction phase in the DanTysk offshore wind park project, run by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) [Munich City Utilities], is now underway with the construction of the wind park’s substation. The substation is being constructed in the Netherlands, not far from Rotterdam, as part of a joint venture SHJV with the specialist company […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Extends Its Services at DanTysk

    9 September 2015

    Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore and Consulting and Vattenfall expand their cooperation for the DanTysk offshore wind farm. Starting at the end of June, 2015, the German company now also maintains and inspects all transition pieces and foundations above and below the water level of the 80 Siemens turbines (SWT-3.6-120). The four-year contract also includes maintenance tasks […]

  • Acta Marine to Provide SOV for German Offshore Wind Farms

    9 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    The Netherlands-based Acta Marine has won an EU tender to provide a service operations vessel (SOV) during operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Acta Marine will provide SOV for the service campaigns in 2024, 2025, and 2026 on the DanTysk […]

  • DanTysk Officially Opened

    30 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and SWM officially opened the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm today. The ceremony, held in Hamburg, was attended by German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg, Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz and Torsten Albig, Prime Minister of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, joined Magnus Hall, President and CEO of […]

  • Germany: DanTysk Offshore Substation Completely Installed

    5 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore Substation (OSS) for the DanTysk offshore wind farm is installed completely. After a construction period of around two years, the DanTysk OSS left the Hollandia Shipyard in Krimpen, The Netherlands, on the 23rd of July. The OSS was built in two sections. After the successful installation of the jacket, Vattenfall has announced the finalisation of the DanTysk […]

  • Seabed Surveys Needed for Two Offshore Wind Farms in Germany

    19 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has issued a call for tenders under which they will award a framework agreement for seabed surveys for the two offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The agreement includes scheduled and ad-hoc seabed surveys to provide data to assist the safe emplacement of jack-up rigs for maintenance […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Extends and Expands Sylt Cluster Maintenance Contract

    12 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Windtechnik and Vattenfall have extended the contract for maintenance of all steel structures at the DanTysk offshore wind farm, and have now also thrown the recently inaugurated Sandbank offshore wind farm into the deal. 

  • Inter-Array and Cable Protection Replacement Wanted at DanTysk

    14 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Vattenfall has issued a tender for inter-array cable replacement at the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender also concerns cable protection system (CPS) replacement, including the design, supply and installation of CPS and CPS stabilization. Vattenfall said it had conducted ROV surveys at the DanTysk site revealing a variety of […]

  • Vattenfall Installs Its 1000th Wind Turbine

    29 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall installed its 1000th wind turbine last week at DanTysk offshore wind farm situated west of the island of Sylt. The Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbine was installed at the location DT19, within the 70 square kilometres area covered by the wind farm. Vattenfall currently operates 944 wind turbines in five countries from its surveillance […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Wins Sandbank and DanTysk O&M Contract

    16 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Windtechnik has won an EU tender to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The tender was carried out by DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG. Both wind farms are owned by Vattenfall (51 per cent) and Stadtwerke München (49 […]

  • L-3 SAM Electronics to Supply Electrical System for DanTysk Accommodation Platform

    14 January 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    L-3 SAM Electronics, together with its associated L-3 companies, has announced that it has been awarded a major contract for the supply and installation of the electrical system package on DanTysk accommodation platform. The platform is being built in Kiel, Germany, by Nobiskrug of Rendsburg as part of the DanTysk offshore wind farm project jointly […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation at DanTysk Halfway Done

    30 June 2014

    The DanTysk offshore wind farm project has reached the halfway stage: 40 out of the total of 80 wind turbines that Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) are erecting 70 km west of the island of Sylt are now in place. Eighty Siemens wind turbines in the 3.6-megawatt (MW) class are being installed, with a maximum […]

  • VSMC Installs More than Half of Dan Tysk’s Inter-Array Cables

    29 May 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Last week, Visser & Smit Marine Contracting B.V. (VSMC) laid the last cable in the southern part of the Dan Tysk offshore wind farm site, meaning that half of the 80 wind turbines are ready to be connected to the offshore substation. VSMC’s work on the inter-array cable installation at the offshore wind farm continues […]

  • VSMC to Complete Work on DanTysk’s Infield Cables

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Visser & Smit Marine Contracting B.V. (VSMC) will complete the installation and termination of infield cables for the DanTysk offshore wind farm, which is situated west of the island of Sylt in the German North Sea, directly on the German-Danish border. Under the contract that VSMC had signed with the DanTysk developers, Vattenfall and Stadtwerke […]