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  • Fraunhofer IWES Enables Arkona’s Timely Construction

    21 July 2016

    Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES Northwest has applied its multi-channel seismic system for surveys that allowed the construction of the Arkona offshore wind project to be on time despite changes to the wind farm design. The modified project plan incorporated 60 turbines instead of 80 because of the switch to the larger […]

  • Equinor to Sell Half of Its Arkona OWF Stake

    3 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has entered into an agreement to sell a 25% ownership interest in the Arkona offshore wind farm to funds advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG. Equinor currently holds a 50% interest in the wind farm, and after the transaction, RWE Renewables, following the takeover of E.ON Climate and Renewables, will remain the operator […]

  • ELA Living Quarters for Jumbo TP Crew

    18 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    ELA Container Offshore has recently delivered two ELA Offshore Living Quarters for Jumbo Offshore’s Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) MV Fairplayer, which worked on the transportation and installation of transition pieces (TPs) for the Arkona offshore wind farm.

  • Photo of the Day: Arkona TPs Shine Bright

    28 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The photo, shared by E.ON, is showing some of the 60 transition pieces waiting in the Mukran Port in Sassnitz to be installed on the Arkona offshore wind farm.

  • 50Hertz Looking for Baltic Sea Rescue Helicopter

    22 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    German transmission system operator 50Hertz has invited tenders for the provision of a helicopter, including aeronautical and medical crew, for potential emergency and rescue situations involving employees on offshore platforms, wind turbines and vessels located in the Baltic Sea.

  • Bladt Displays Arkona Transition Piece

    28 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has published a photo of one of the 60 transition pieces that the company will manufacture for the Arkona offshore wind farm. EEW SPC and Bladt are in charge of supplying the foundations for the project, with EEW delivering 60 monopiles and Bladt providing the transition pieces. Both companies started working on the project […]

  • E.ON Keeps Arkona Foundations Rust Free with TSA Coating

    21 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON will protect all 60 steel foundations of the Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea with a special anti-corrosion coating developed in cooperation with Rambøll Germany and in coordination with the relevant authorities.

  • E.ON and Statoil Top Out Arkona O&M Base in Sassnitz

    20 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON and Statoil have reached another milestone in the construction of the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea with the topping out ceremony for the operation and maintenance (O&M) building at Mukran Port in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen. Nearly EUR 4 million will be invested in this 3,000m2 complex which consists […]

  • Ampelmann Gangway for VOS Stone

    15 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VOS Stone, Vroon’s latest addition to its subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) fleet, will be mobilised with an Ampelmann A-400 gangway system.

  • Mukran Port Sees First Arkona Turbine Towers

    19 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The port service provider Mukran Port Terminals (MPT) has handled the first six wind turbine tower segments delivered for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm at the Mukran Port in Sassnitz, Germany.

  • Bladt Sends Off Last Five Arkona TPs to Germany

    26 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has shipped the remaining five transition pieces (TPs) for the Arkona offshore wind farm from the Port of Aalborg to Sassnitz, Germany.

  • Photo of the Day: Arkona’s Transition Pieces at Mukran Port

    29 September 2017

    The Mukran Port in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen has published a photo of the transition pieces for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm.

  • Wikinger and Arkona All Hooked Up

    16 April 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The transmission system operator 50Hertz has connected the Wikinger and Arkona offshore wind farms in the German Baltic Sea to its transmission grid ahead of their official commissioning. The wind farms were connected to the grid via the Ostwind 1 grid connection below the originally calculated budget, 50Hertz said. After three years of construction and […]

  • Arkona Enters Construction Phase

    18 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    German power company E.ON organised a groundbreaking ceremony in Sassnitz on August 18 to signal that the 385MW Arkona offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea moved from the planning to the construction phase. The project entered the construction phase with a ceremonial laying of a cornerstone for the wind farm’s O&M facility at the Mukran ferry port […]

  • Arkona Offshore Substation On the Move

    22 March 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside built for the Arkona offshore wind farm has left STX France’s yard in Saint Nazaire and is now en route to the German Baltic Sea.

  • Onshore Work Progresses on Ostwind 2 Offshore Wind Grid Connection

    21 July 2021
    Grid Connection

    50Hertz has reported that new transformers for the onshore substation for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection project have been delivered. The substation in Lubmin was first expanded in size and, with the new transformers, its transmission capacity is now being expanded. Preparatory work for connecting the transformers is currently taking place, including the installation […]

  • RWE Selects Chantiers de l’Atlantique for Two Nordseecluster A Offshore Substations

    19 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, the marine energy business unit of French company Chantiers de l’Atlantique, as the preferred supplier of two offshore substations for the first phase of its Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea. The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases, Nordseecluster A and Nordseecluster B, each comprising two offshore […]

  • Cable Enterprise Starts Linking Arkona and Wikinger to the Grid

    3 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    UK-flagged cable laying vessel, Cable Enterprise, has today started installing a section of the 90-kilometre Ostwind 1 offshore cable system which will connect the 385MW Arkona and the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farms in the German part of the Baltic Sea to an onshore substation in Lubmin, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH reports. The Cable Enetrprise is expected to lay a 27-kilometre section between the 39th and […]

  • Mukran Port Gets Berth Upgrades for Arkona Construction

    23 February 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    The Mukran Port is upgrading two berths with new heavy load slabs to be used in the construction of the Arkona offshore wind farm.

  • EMO Prepares for Maritime Coordination Duty on Arkona

    5 June 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Emden-based EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) has won a contract to support maritime coordination during the construction phase of the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

  • E.ON Hires TÜV SÜD Inspectors

    17 July 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON Climate & Renewables has hired TÜV SÜD to carry out inspections on the Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea and the Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

  • DNV GL to Certify E.ON’s Arkona Project

    13 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has awarded DNV GL with a project certification contract for the new Arkona offshore wind farm, which covers inspection phases from manufacturing, transport, installation, to the commissioning of the wind farm. Having worked on the project since 2014, DNV GL was initially appointed by E.ON for the full design assessment of the wind farm’s […]

  • Mukran Port to Host Offshore Wind Exhibition

    9 August 2017

    The Mukran Port will host their annual offshore wind exhibition on 18 and 19 August.

  • RWE Hires BWTS for Three German Offshore Wind Farms

    24 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    RWE has commissioned BWTS GmbH to provide maintenance and repair of the safety equipment at its three offshore wind farms in Germany. BWTS is providing technical examination, as well as maintenance and repair of the safety equipment, such as the access systems and chain hoists, at the Arkona, Amrumbank West and Nordsee Ost wind farms. […]

  • Arkona Stays Ahead of the Curve with All Transition Pieces In Place

    17 January 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    All 60 transition pieces (TPs) have been installed on the Arkona offshore wind farm ahead of schedule, E.ON, the owner and developer of the 385MW project in the German Baltic Sea.

  • E.ON Books VOS Stone for Arkona Offshore Wind Project

    12 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON AG has contracted Vroon’s subsea-support walk-to-work vessel VOS Stone for logistics support and offshore accommodation at the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.