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  • Con4Mare Named Marine Warranty Surveyor at Merkur OWF

    27 February 2017

    GeoSea has appointed Con4Mare to provide marine warranty survey services for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm (formerly known as MEG I), located 45km north of Borkum, Germany, in the North Sea.

  • Dolfines, 8.2 France Shake Hands on Joint Offshore Wind Plans

    12 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Dolfines and 8.2 France are joining forces to offer integrated services to the wind energy market, especially the offshore one, by combining their technical expertise in wind turbines, electrical infrastructures and foundations. The offshore wind market’s growth represents a unique opportunity for an integrated player, according to the two companies, with strong growth in the […]

  • Ørsted Taps Pulse Structural Monitoring for Work Offshore Germany

    23 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted Wind Power A/S has awarded Pulse Structural Monitoring Ltd. with a contract to provide structural measurement campaigns for Gode Wind 03 and Borkum Riffgrund 03 offshore wind farms. Pulse will be in charge of the load, corrosion, and inclination measurement campaigns for Borkum Riffgrund 03 wind farm and Gode Wind 03 wind farm foundations […]

  • Drydocks World to Build Wind Power Offshore Platform for Aibel (UAE)

    15 January 2012

    Drydocks World, the established international maritime service provider, announced that it has entered into a contract with Aibel, the leading Norwegian provider of services to the energy industry, for building a Wind Power Offshore Platform structure, to receive power generated from offshore wind farms. The project will be implemented at the Dubai shipyard. “Drydocks World […]

  • BorWin Gamma Stands Ready in Dubai

    29 August 2018
    Grid Connection

    Drydocks World – Dubai has completed the topside for the 900MW BorWin gamma HVDC platform, which will soon sail to its offshore site in the German part of the North Sea, where it is expected to arrive mid-September. 

  • ABB to Invest USD 400 Million in High-voltage Cables Manufacturing Facility in Sweden

    8 December 2011
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will invest over $ 400 million to double the capacity of its high-voltage cables manufacturing facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, to meet growing demand for subsea cables. The investment plan includes construction of new buildings and installation of additional manufacturing lines at the existing plant. The expansion will […]

  • Aibel and Hitachi Energy to Deliver Hornsea 3 Converter Platforms

    14 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded the Norwegian offshore service company Aibel, in partnership with Hitachi Energy, with an EPCI contract for two platforms for the Hornsea 3 project in the UK sector of the North Sea. Under the contract, Aibel will be responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation in the delivery of two HVDC converter platforms. […]

  • TenneT Contract Flies Into Wiking’s Hands

    28 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Wiking Helikopter Service has secured a contract with TenneT to provide helicopter transport to all converter platforms, offshore wind farms and installation vessels in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea.

  • Offshore engineering centre: A complete package from ABB

    12 August 2013

    The Swedish port of Karlskrona is the home to the ABB High Voltage cables division. This is where HVDC and HVAC cables for the offshore industry are designed and produced since mid of last century. Today the infield and the export cables for offshore wind farms are part of the portfolio. The offshore cable installation works are also coordinated from […]

  • TenneT Starts Tendering Procedure for 2 GW German Offshore Grid Connections

    23 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT has launched tendering procedures for the sea and land stations of BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 grid connections in the North Sea off Lower Saxony, each with a transmission capacity of 2 GW. The contracts for all three projects have a combined order volume in the seven-digit range and are expected […]

  • Keppel Nets EUR 375 Million Shipbuilding Contract

    9 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a vessel which will work in the offshore renewable energy industry. The deal is valued at approximately SGD 600 million (around EUR 375 million). Aside from the contract announcement and the estimated value, Keppel has not disclosed any […]

  • Royal Wagenborg Goes to Frankfurt, Germany

    5 November 2013

    Attendees at the EWEA Offshore exhibition will have the opportunity to meet Royal Wagenborg’s logistic experts, who have extensive experience in the wind power industry. Among the projects in which Royal Wagenborg is and has been involved recently, are offshore wind farms Bard Offshore I, Borkum West II, Global Tech I, Amrumbank and Innogy Nordsee […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farm Needs Insurance Policy

    16 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a contract notice for insurance policy services covering the 200 MW Trianel Windpark Borkum I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract covers combined property damage and business interruption all risks insurance for the operational phase of the wind farm consisting of 40 offshore wind turbines including […]

  • Fabrication yards: Heerema Fabrication Group

    3 October 2012

    Dutch engineering and fabrication company Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) was already a well known player in the oil & gas industry, when around five years ago, the offshore wind industry was just really setting off. Then HFG was asked whether they could build some small platforms for this new industry. With the company’s vast experience […]

  • Iv-Oil & Gas Working on Borkum Riffgrund 2 OSS

    2 March 2017

    HSM Offshore has awarded Iv-Oil & Gas the engineering and procurement of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore substation.

  • Germany: Windreich Files for Insolvency

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    German wind energy developer, Windreich AG, filed for insolvency last week while the company’s CEO Willi Balz submitted his resignation yesterday. Werner Heer has assumed the role of the new CEO. With this step, Windreich tightened the course for the rehabilitation of the company. In cooperation with the previous management, Heer will focus in particular […]

  • Germany: First Wind Turbine Installed at Borkum West 2

    30 July 2013

    “The first wind turbines are standing,” said Klaus Horstick, Managing Director of Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG, thus marking a major milestone in 200MW Borkum West 2 offshore wind farm development. The installation of the first wind turbine, out of a total of 40, was completed over the weekend by the jack-up MPI […]

  • Statoil Signs Hywind Deal with Aibel

    9 July 2014
    Technology

    Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for FEED and EMA (Engineering & Management Assistance) of substructures for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park offshore wind farm. The contract has an estimated value of approximately EUR 4.7 million. “This is an important new step in our commitment to renewable energy. This past year we’ve worked hard to […]

  • DNV to Certify Offshore Wind Converter Station (Germany)

    29 November 2010
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DNV will certify an offshore wind converter station being built by grid operator TenneT in the German sector of the North Sea. DNV will provide full approval services for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station DolWin alpha which will be located some 60 kilometres offshore close […]

  • Germany: BorWin3 Invites Tenders for Transmission System

    30 April 2012
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German wind farm developer, DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH is inviting tenders for installation of a system for the transmission of electrical energy (about 900 MW) between offshore wind farms in the BorWin clusters and a network connection point on land. In particular, the transmission power, the losses, the availability and compliance with the Grid Code […]

  • Ordtek Nets TenneT’s German Bight UXO Consultancy Deal

    14 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    UK-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management company, Ordtek, has signed a three-year framework agreement with TenneT. The contract covers services to be delivered for the German Bight wind farm zone in the North Sea. Ordtek said it would be providing UXO consultancy services and client representation ahead of offshore power cable and platform installation operations […]

  • Trelleborg to Carry Out BorWin Gamma Floatover Installation

    7 July 2016
    Grid Connection

    Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract by Petrofac for its first floatover installation of an offshore converter platform – BorWin3 (BorWin Gamma) wind farm project. A consortium between Siemens and Petrofac has been contracted by TenneT to design, build and install the 900MW Offshore HVDC converter platform BorWin gamma. The platform will be […]

  • Siemens Hands Over BorWin2 to TenneT

    30 January 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has handed over the first North Sea grid connection, BorWin2, to TenneT following successful completion of test runs. The offshore platform of the BorWin2 grid connection is located around 100 kilometers off the German coast – northwest of the island of Borkum, after which the project was named. “This is the first offshore grid […]

  • TenneT to Finalize Sale of Two German Grid Connection Projects This Year

    31 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    TenneT’s CEO Mel Kroon told Reuters that the company will finalize the sale of minority stakes in the SylWyn1 and DolWyn1 cables by the end of this year as it needs to raise funds to build new power links in Germany. This sale will total in 6 out of 10 TenneT’s German offshore projects valued […]

  • Ørsted Sells Half of Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Glennmont Partners has signed an agreement with Ørsted to acquire a 50 per cent ownership share in the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. The divestment is subject to the final investment decision on the project and to obtaining project permit and merger and foreign investment clearances, with completion of the transaction expected […]

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Throwing Away the Rulebook to Roll Out Novel Solutions (Siemens)

    28 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology

    During the development of its new Offshore Transformer Module (OTM), Siemens team “threw away the rulebook” and got the weight down, because stripping the weight means stripping the costs. It removes the need for specialised heavy-lift vessels and allows using vessels already deployed on the field to install turbine foundations.