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  • Keppel bags first major newbuild contract for German offshore wind farm

    23 March 2010

    Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) and consortium partner AREVA Energietechnik GmbH, a German subsidiary of French energy company AREVA, have secured a EUR 62 million (S$117.6 million) contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH (Wetfeet Offshore) to build a Mobile Offshore Application Barge (MOAB) for a new offshore wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone […]

  • DEME to Handle XXL Foundations at Arcadis Ost 1

    23 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has awarded DEME Offshore with an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for the foundations at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The next-generation XXL monopiles will be the largest-ever installed in Europe with a weight of around 2,000 tonnes each, DEME said. Manufactured by Steelwind in […]

  • Iberdrola Reveals Baltic Eagle Offshore Substation Team

    18 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola and the German transmission system operator 50Hertz have signed an agreement to cooperate with regard to the construction, installation, and commissioning of the offshore substation for the Baltic Eagle wind farm. The jointly used offshore substation will house the technical equipment collecting the electricity produced by the wind turbines and will connect to the […]

  • Danish Developer Proposes 3+GW Wind Farm Offshore Australia

    8 March 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Energy A/S has set in motion the plan to develop an offshore wind farm with a capacity in excess of 3 GW off Western Australia. Leeuwin Offshore Wind Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Copenhagen Energy, is proposing the construction, operation, and decommissioning of the Leeuwin offshore wind farm within Geographe Bay, off […]

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Showdown Starts

    13 December 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The US Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) is holding an auction for commercial wind energy leasing offshore Massachusetts this Thursday, 13 December.

  • Van Oord Installs First Monopile at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle

    25 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen has installed the first of 50 monopiles for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany, owned by the Spanish energy company Iberdrola. The installation strategy for the foundations is based on the feeder concept, which involves floating the foundations to the Svanen at the offshore installation site. The […]

  • Eversource Starts Exiting US Offshore Wind Projects It Owns with Ørsted

    26 May 2023
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted and Eversource Energy have signed an agreement under which Ørsted will acquire 50 per cent interest in the uncontracted offshore wind lease area in the US the two companies currently own together. Eversource is also looking at selling its 50 per cent stake in the three jointly owned contracted offshore wind projects: South Fork […]

  • Siemens to build combined cycle power plants in India

    5 July 2010
    Technology

    Siemens has been awarded contracts for the turnkey construction of two combined cycle power plants including long-term service agreements in India – UNOSUGEN and DGEN by Torrent Power Ltd and Torrent Energy Ltd. respectively of Torrent Group based in Ahmedabad, India. Siemens will erect the DGEN power plant in the Dahej on the southwest coast […]

  • Meewind to Invest EUR 150 Million In BARD Wind Farm (The Netherlands)

    11 March 2011

    Meewind, an investment fund, will invest EUR 150 million in the BARD-Nederland wind farm, the largest renewable energy project in the Netherlands. Willem Smelik, director of Meewind, and Michael van der Heijden, managing director of Typhoon Offshore and responsible for financing the wind farm, announced this today after signing a cooperation agreement. “This wind farm […]

  • Northland Power Buys Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Project

    6 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian energy company Northland Power has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Deutsche Bucht, a 252MW wind project in the German North Sea. The agreement was signed between Northland Power and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Highland Group Holdings. Deutsche Bucht, or DeBu, is Northland’s third offshore wind project following the 600MW Gemini wind farm in the […]

  • Frankfurt Airport Operator Buys Offshore Wind Power

    10 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Fraport AG, the publicly listed operator of Frankfurt Airport, and EnBW have concluded a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) for the supply of electricity generated by the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The long-term contract guarantees Fraport 85 MW from this subsidy-free offshore wind farm. The CPPA […]

  • Ørsted Anticipates ‘Significantly Higher’ Offshore Earnings in 2023; Plans EUR 7 Billion in Gross Investments

    1 February 2023
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted reported an EBITDA of DKK 21.1 billion (approximately EUR 2.84 billion) for 2022 and expects this year’s operating profit to be in the similar range, between DKK 20 billion and DKK 23 billion (approx. EUR 2.67 billion and EUR 3.09 billion). For its offshore business, the developer anticipates 2023 earnings to be “significantly higher”. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Receives Firm Order for 14 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    31 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order from RWE to supply wind turbines for the 1.4 GW Sofia wind farm offshore the UK. Located 195 kilometers off the northeast coast of the United Kingdom on Dogger Bank, Sofia will feature 100 SG 14-222 DD wind turbines. Under the contract, Siemens Gamesa will also service and […]

  • ORPC Completes RivGen Demonstration Project

    1 October 2014
    Technology

    ORPC concluded its RivGen® Power System demonstration project in the Kvichak River at the remote river village of Igiugig, Alaska, 275 miles southwest of Anchorage. ORPC’s RivGen® Power System is a 25 kilowatt system designed to reduce and stabilize the cost of power in remote communities located near rivers and tidal estuaries that currently use diesel fuel […]

  • US Milestone: Jones Act Wind Farm Installation Vessel Secures First Charter

    1 June 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    US energy company Dominion Energy, Ørsted and Eversource have agreed for Ørsted and Eversource to charter Dominion Energy’s Charybdis, the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind farm installation vessel in the United States, for the construction of two offshore wind farms in the US Northeast. Charybdis, which is expected to be sea-ready by late 2023, will […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    31 August 2015

    Nordergründe The 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm reached financial closure. The project developer WPD announced that it has secured funding for the next €410m phase of the wind farm. The funding includes loans from KfW IPEX-Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and equity from WPD. Nordergründe will have 18 Senvion turbines installed 16km off the German coast in the Weser Estatuary, in water depths varying from […]

  • Chinese Go on UK Offshore Wind Tour

    5 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Chinese politicians and business people are looking to the Humber as they forge ahead with plans for 68GW of operational offshore wind capacity by 2035.

  • E.ON and Statoil to Jointly Build 385MW Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s E.ON and Norwegian energy company Statoil have teamed up on a EUR 1.2 billion project to build the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. Statoil will have a 50-percent stake and will be involved in the project from the start. E.ON, the holder of the remaining 50% stake, will have […]

  • Nordergründe’s Aircraft Detection Light System Upgrade Completed and Approved

    4 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nordergründe offshore wind farm in Germany is the first offshore wind farm in the world to be equipped with a fully functional, officially approved Aircraft Detection Light System (ADLS), according to Deutsche Windtechnik, the company that performed the upgrade. The operating permit has been issued by the relevant authorities after the company fitted its […]

  • USA: Conservation Groups Welcome Lease of Virginia Offshore Wind Energy Area

    5 September 2013
    Authorities

    In a step forward for offshore wind energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior auctioned approximately 113,000 acres off the coast of Virginia for commercial wind energy development for over $1.1 million. The wind energy area, around 23.5 nautical miles off of Virginia Beach, has the potential to produce more than […]

  • Moray West First UK Round 4 Offshore Wind Project to Reach Financial Close

    24 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Moray West Offshore Wind Farm, owned by Ocean Winds and minority shareholder Ignitis Group, has secured GBP 2 billion of non-recourse project finance and reached financial close, the developers announced on 21 April and said this was the first project from the UK’s Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 4 to reach this milestone. The […]

  • New York Bight Lease Sale Day 1

    23 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    This is an article following Day 1 updates of the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale. To read the updates from Day 2 and Day 3, or news on the final results of the lease sale, go to the articles below: The biggest offshore wind lease sale ever organised in the US is resuming […]

  • Baltic Eagle Offshore Substation Ready, Installation Scheduled After SSCV Thialf Completes Arcadis Ost 1 Work

    23 January 2023
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation for Iberdrola’s offshore wind farm Baltic Eagle, being built in the German sector of the Baltic Sea, has been completed. The substation will sail out to the project site, located northeast of the island of Rügen, after the installation vessel Thialf completes its work on the Arcadis Ost 1 project. Once installed, […]

  • Nordergründe First to Sport ADLS Kit Offshore Germany

    9 February 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Windtechnik has won a contract to equip the entire Nordergründe offshore wind farm (OWF) with an Aircraft Detection Light System (ADLS). Deutsche Windtechnik will equip the 111 MW wind farm with an ADLS, which comprises a total of 18 Senvion 6.2M 126 wind turbines. All services related to the ADLS equipment’s installation, including the […]

  • SMC Bags Dogger Bank Marine Coordination Deal

    8 March 2022
    Operations & Maintenance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine coordination services on all three phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, off the UK northeast coast. Under the contract, SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination personnel service to support construction operations at the offshore wind farm. “We have been […]

  • Sembcorp Marine Adds Iv-Offshore & Energy to Sofia Offshore Substation Team

    8 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Iv-Offshore & Energy b.v. has signed the main contract with Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard Pte Ltd (SMIY) to supply engineering and procurement services for the high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter platform of RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm. Sofia offshore wind farm, located off the northeast coastline of the UK, will have a capacity […]