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  • North Star Takes Delivery of Its First Methanol-Ready CSOV

    8 May 2025
    Vessels

    North Star has taken delivery of its first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), Grampian Kestrel, that will be deployed for service on EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The vessel was named at a ceremony at Vard’s shipyard in Tomrefjord, Norway, Vard Langsten, on 6 May. It is the first of two CSOVs […]

  • New Hybrid-Electric SOV for EnBW’s He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction

    26 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Vessels

    Cochin Shipyard has started building a hybrid-electric service operations vessel (SOV) for North Star, which will operate at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany under a long-term charter North Star signed with EnBW last year. North Star and Cochin Shipyard cut the first steel for the new SOV on 25 February at Cochin’s yard […]

  • North Star’s CSOVs First Offshore Wind Vessels with Cyber Resilience Classification

    14 May 2025
    Vessels

    North Star’s new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), Grampian Kestrel and Grampian Eagle, have secured Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Cyber Resilience classification. This makes the UK-based offshore wind vessel operator the first organisation in the world to have ships achieve this classification, according to LR. This certification, which is in line with mandatory International Association of […]

  • Final Dogger Bank Service Operation Vessel Delivered

    31 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    UK-headquartered North Star has named and delivered its latest service operation vessel (SOV), completing its fleet of vessels chartered for long-term service at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. The Grampian Tweed is the fourth SOV introduced ahead of schedule to support the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, owned by a consortium of […]

  • New European Project Sets Out to Develop Liquid Hydrogen-Fueled SOV Design

    21 February 2025
    Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    A consortium led by ArianeGroup, an industrial company handling liquid hydrogen (LH2) for space applications, has launched a new project to develop solutions for storing and using LH2 as an energy carrier for maritime transport. The solution will be integrated into a new zero-emission service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farms. The project named […]

  • Next Ocean CEO: ‘Offshore Energy Vessel Crews No Longer Have to Operate Blind’

    25 February 2025
    Business development, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Dutch company Next Ocean is looking at a global reach for its technology that predicts waves and vessel motions minutes beforehand. Following a period of demonstration deployments of WavePredictor and the first vessels using it commercially, Next Ocean says it is witnessing the technology becoming standard equipment onboard vessels working in offshore wind and other […]

  • Bernhard Schulte’s Newly Delivered CSOV Starts North Sea Operations for TenneT

    27 June 2025
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has delivered the first of two commissioning service vessels (CSOVs) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO). The vessel is now being deployed for the Dutch-German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to support its offshore grid connection facilities in the North Sea. The Windea Curie CSOV, which was christened on 26 June, features an […]

  • GWS, Swire Secure O&M Contract for Horns Rev 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall has awarded contracts to Swire Energy Services and Global Wind Service (GWS) for operations and maintenance (O&M) work on Horns Rev 1, the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, which is operating offshore Denmark. The contracts, worth approximately EUR 15 million in total, cover preventative services and additional O&M campaigns. The work is set […]

  • Vard Receives AiP for North Star’s Two Methanol-Ready CSOVs

    2 December 2024
    Vessels

    Norwegian Vard has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the methanol fuelling system of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) currently under construction for North Star. The AiP is awarded by Lloyd’s Register and applies to two of the vessels designed and under construction for North Star. The approval has been through two levels of […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins Contract for 2 GW German Offshore Wind Project

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Spain’s Dragados Offshore to deliver the steel substructure for the 2 GW BalWin1 converter station in the German North Sea. The contract also includes an option for the BalWin2 steel substructure. The contract is worth between NOK 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 130 million) and NOK 2.5 billion (about […]

  • Norwegian Sovereign Fund Completes EUR 1.4 Billion Thor, Nordseecluster Buy-In

    4 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) have closed a transaction worth approximately EUR 1.4 billion, through which NBIM has acquired a 49 per cent equity stake in RWE’s Thor and Nordseecluster offshore wind projects in Denmark and Germany, respectively. The developer and NBIM, which manages the international investments of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, […]

  • TenneT Opens EUR 5.3 Million Tender for CTV Services for Dutch Offshore Substations

    17 March 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    TenneT is seeking crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for its offshore wind grid connections in the Netherlands, with CTVs required to travel between the port of Vlissingen or the port of IJmuiden to offshore high-voltage platforms in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) will award a contract estimated to be worth […]

  • BorWin Epsilon Converter Platform En Route to German North Sea

    22 April 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April and is en route to its final location in the German North Sea. The BorWin epsilon platform will make a short stop in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, […]

  • First Steel Cut for 2 GW German Offshore Grid Connections

    16 June 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first steel has been cut for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 grid connection systems that will be installed in the German North Sea. Last week, Meyer Werft, together with the German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion, Dragados Offshore, and Siemens Energy, celebrated the start of production of the converter platforms for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 […]

  • KN Helicopters Wins EUR 30 Million Air Transport Tender for Vattenfall’s Danish, German Offshore Wind Farms

    15 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall has selected Danish helicopter operator KN Helicopters for air transport to and from four of its offshore wind farms, two in Denmark and two in Germany. The contracts, which already started this summer, are estimated to be worth EUR 30 million (excluding VAT) in total. In Germany, KN Helicopters will provide offshore transport to […]

  • Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Turbine Order Lands on Vestas’s Desk

    1 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has secured a firm order for the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind project in Germany, for which the Danish OEM will deliver 68 of its V236-15.0 MW wind turbines. The total order of 1,020 MW for Vattenfall’s wind farm that has a grid connection capacity of 980 MW includes an additional 40 MW to use […]

  • Finland’s Koverhar Harbour Planned to Support Construction of Multi-Gigawatt Noatun Offshore Wind Project

    11 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics

    Euroports Group and the partners behind the Noatun offshore wind project, OX2 and Ålandsbanken Fondbolag, have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to establish Koverhar Harbour in Hanko, Finland, as a logistics hub for the construction of the Noatun North offshore wind farm, with an option to use the hub for Noatun South as well. […]

  • EnBW Seeks 3 CTVs for Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Farms

    14 May 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    EnBW has launched a call for tenders for crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will operate at its offshore wind farms in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The company is looking to charter three vessels, with the operations starting from around 1 April 2026. The contract(s) will run until 31 December 2028. The CTV […]

  • Cable Laying Work Starts on Amprion’s BorWin4, DolWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    18 April 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates

    The first onshore cables have been pulled at a site in Lower Saxony, Germany, for the BorWin4 and DolWin4 grid connection projects, marking the start of the cable laying campaigns, according to cable supplier Prysmian. The DolWin4 and BorWin4 grid connection systems, each with a capacity of 900 MW, will bring offshore wind energy from […]

  • Gode Wind 3 Enters Commercial Operation

    6 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea is now fully commissioned, following the completion of the final testing on 28 February. The offshore wind farm, jointly owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, comprises 23 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines which, with a rotor diameter of 200 metres, are currently […]

  • Construction Begins on BalWin Delta Offshore Platform

    10 June 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Construction has started on the BalWin delta offshore converter platform, which is scheduled to be installed in the North Sea in 2028. Fabrication of the BalWin delta platform began last week in Batam, Indonesia, marked by a festive ceremony as block production of the topside got underway. According to the German transmission system operator (TSO) […]

  • German Companies Land Global Tech I Wind Turbine Service Contracts

    13 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Buss Energy Group and Wind Multiplikator have won long-term service contracts for turbines at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Wind Multiplikator will be responsible for servicing and maintenance of the 80 Areva M5000 turbines, from statutory inspections and troubleshooting to commissioning service operation vessel-based (CSOV) logistics and spare […]

  • TenneT Germany Exploring Offshore Helicopter Transport Market as TSO Plans New Tender

    4 June 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    TenneT is looking to get input from the helicopter transport market as the transmission system operator (TSO) is planning a new tender for aerial transport of personnel and cargo to and from its offshore converter platforms in the German North Sea. According to a prior information notice issued by TenneT Germany on 3 June, the […]

  • Munich Airport Looking to Procure Offshore Wind Power

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Flughafen München GmbH, the operator of Munich Airport, has launched a tender for the supply of electricity from an offshore wind farm that will go into operation in 2026 or 2027. The airport operator is looking to award a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 40 GWh of electricity per year, generated by an offshore wind […]

  • Fabrication Starts on Germany’s First 2 GW Offshore Grid Connection System

    3 March 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first steel has been cut for BalWin4, Germany’s first 2 GW offshore grid connection, at Sangsangin Ship Machinery’s factory in South Korea. The fabrication of the foundation for the topside that will later bring renewable energy from the North Sea to Germany has started. According to Daniel Birkenstock, project director at TenneT, this is […]

  • Wind and Ocean Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Germany

    13 February 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    At the end of last year, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) launched a multi-year measurement campaign to collect wind and sea data in an area approximately 280 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. Since mid-December 2024, Fugro Norway, contracted for this purpose, has been collecting comprehensive wind […]