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  • New R&D Project to Reduce LCoE by Enhancing Large Monopile Design

    14 July 2016
    R&D

    German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is funding a new research project launched by Ramboll, Fraunhofer IWES and Leibnitz University Hannover to reduce the levelised cost of energy (LCoE) by improving the design of large monopiles. The TANDEM project (Towards an Advanced Design of Large Monopiles) aims to reduce design risks and cost of offshore wind turbine foundations. […]

  • Fluor Against Ramboll in “Greater Gabbard Case”

    16 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Fluor, the main contractor for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, has filed a legal claim against Ramboll in which it states that the foundation design for the wind farm’s meteorological mast was done unprofessionally and contributed to project delays and financial loss.  The contractor is seeking GBP 1.4 million as a compensation for having to replace the met […]

  • Ramboll Cracks Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Design Market

    20 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Danish engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has won a contract to design the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province, China, developed and owned by the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). The contract makes Ramboll the first non-domestic company to design an offshore wind farm in China. Valued at more than EUR 4 million, the contract […]

  • Green Energy Chases Ramboll’s Oil & Gas Blues Away

    22 August 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Danish engineering, design and management consultancy, Ramboll, improved its financial results in the first half of 2016 largely due to a solid performance in the company’s Nordic business units and in the global energy business unit which helped offset adverse conditions in the oil & gas related markets. The company’s gross revenue of DKK 5.4 billion (EUR 727 million) was […]

  • Ramboll to Design Atlantic Shores 1 Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

    31 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 joint venture between EDF Renewables and Shell New Energies US, has selected Ramboll for the design of the wind turbine foundations for Atlantic Shores Project 1, the 1.5 GW offshore wind farm planned to be built offshore New Jersey. Ramboll will provide a comprehensive design service to be led […]

  • MassCEC Picks Offshore Wind Study Team

    15 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has awarded Ramboll Environ and team partners a contract to study untapped offshore wind energy potential within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • Ramboll to Design Foundations for SPIC Binhai South H3 Offshore Wind Farm

    15 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Danish engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has been appointed by Huadong Engineering Corporation to design foundations for the 300MW SPIC Binhai South H3 offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea north of Shanghai.

  • Ramboll, COWI to Deliver Integrated Geological Models for Danish Energy Island Offshore Wind Farms

    2 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ramboll and COWI have won the tender to deliver integrated geological models for offshore wind farms related to Denmark’s energy islands. The tender was launched by Danish transmission system operator Energinet in April and divided into two lots. One lot was dedicated for the 3 GW offshore wind farm in the North Sea and one for […]

  • Record-Breaking Monopiles Roll Out in China

    18 February 2019

    Two of the largest and heaviest monopiles in the world have been fabricated in China. Weighing in at 1,600 tons, the monopiles are the first of 500 to be manufactured for SPIC Guangdong Offshore Wind Power’s offshore wind projects in the Guangdong province. According to Ramboll, the designer of the foundations, the monopiles are installed at 37m, […]

  • Ramboll to Design Westermost Rough Offshore Substation (UK)

    26 September 2011
    Grid Connection

      Ramboll has won the detailed design of the offshore substation for DONG Energy’s Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm in the UK, which is estimated to make a significant contribution to the UK government goal of installing 33GW of wind production by 2020. The contract with DONG Energy includes the conceptual and detailed design of […]

  • Ramboll to Develop Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Concept

    21 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Ramboll has been selected to investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen offshore at a multi-gigawatt scale with NortH2 in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The NortH2 consortium, which comprises Eneco, RWE, Equinor, and Shell is, together with Gasunie, investigating how all aspects of the hydrogen value chain – from production to transmission storage […]

  • Estonian Energy Company Developing 1.2 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Estonian energy group Utilitas is developing an offshore wind project whose first phase would have an installed capacity of 1,200 MW and has now contracted Ramboll to a pre-FEED study for the offshore wind farm, which is planned to be built in the Gulf of Riga. Ramboll will analyse the technical solutions for the project, named […]

  • Ramboll Bags Contracts for German N-3, O-1 Offshore Wind Farm Areas

    22 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ramboll will provide geological modelling and reporting for N-3 and O-1 offshore wind areas in the German sectors of the North and Baltic Seas, respectively.  The total value of the contracts for the two areas is around EUR 514,000. The work will be done as part of the geological preliminary investigation, with and overarching goal […]

  • Denmark: Ramboll to Design Cape Wind Foundations

    28 May 2012

    A new offshore wind farm in the US marks the turning point for offshore wind energy. Ramboll will as leader of a consortium with U.S. based companies design the foundations for the Cape Wind Offshore Wind Farm. The consortium expects more US offshore wind projects to be on the way.  America’s first offshore wind farm […]

  • New Jersey BPU Books OW Supply Chain Event

    13 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) Offshore Wind Strategic Plan Team is holding a supply chain networking event in Princeton, U.S.

  • Ramboll Gets to Work on VindØ Energy Island

    30 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ramboll has secured a contract to carry out studies of the possible activities on the VindØ artificial energy island which will be located in the Danish part of the North Sea. Ramboll is studying the possibilities of developing large Power-to-X (PtX) facilities where power from wind farms is converted to products such as hydrogen and […]

  • Ramboll’s Employee Wins WindEurope Energy Research Prize

    16 September 2016

    Lisa Ziegler from Ramboll Energy’s wind department in Hamburg has won the ‘WindEurope energy research prize’, which is given to innovative work that presents data or results that can contribute to bringing the wind industry forward. Ziegler won the prize for the best research in the category ‘Repowering/end of life issues’. Her PhD research study “Structural […]

  • 1.2 GW Wind Project Offshore Finland Receives Key Permit

    31 March 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Ilmatar Offshore has been granted an exploration permit by the Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy to conduct environmental surveys for a 1.2 GW offshore wind project in Finland. Ilmatar Offshore has identified a new 367 square kilometre offshore wind area in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. The project area, called Vågskär, is located in […]

  • Ramboll to Conduct Thor Environmental Study

    21 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Energinet has contracted Ramboll to carry out the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental investigations for the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. Ramboll will provide a SEA of the plan for the Thor project, as well as a number of surveys and technical reports on specific environmental and other themes. These are primarily meant […]

  • Ramboll to Support Development of New Wind Projects Offshore Ireland

    23 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ireland-headquartered Energia Group has appointed Danish engineering company Ramboll to support the development of its North Celtic Sea and South Irish Sea offshore wind farms. Surveys examining the seabed conditions have been ongoing throughout 2022 and are now nearing completion and the data gathered from them will be used for the design and consenting processes which are […]

  • Japanese Utility Comes Onboard DemoSATH Floating Offshore Wind Project

    1 August 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has joined the DemoSATH floating offshore wind turbine project, located in Spain, as a strategic partner and co-investor. “Our partnership with KEPCO marks a significant milestone for the DemoSATH project. KEPCO’s vast experience and considerable resources amplify our capabilities, bringing a new level of expertise to our collective […]

  • Ramboll, Primo Marine Win Consultancy Work on Subsea Cable Routes for Danish Energy Islands

    24 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Danish engineering company Ramboll and its Dutch counterpart Primo Marine have been awarded contracts for consultancy services on the subsea cable routes for the two energy islands planned to be established in Denmark. The contracts, valued at a total of EUR 828,362 and awarded by the transmission system operator Energinet, cover consultancy services regarding external […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 15 – 21, 2014

    21 December 2014

    Belgium to Decide on Wind Energy Storing Island in 2015 Belgium will have their say in early 2015 about a project that would see excess energy stored and used later when needed. SKWID Sinks Off Japan MODEC has confirmed that a Floating Wind & Current Hybrid Power Generation System (SKWID) constructed by MODEC sank into […]

  • Elia Reveals Main MOG Contract Winners

    16 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia is on track to complete the Modular Offshore Grid by September 2019 after awarding all the main contracts for the project.

  • Hi5Jack Aims at Lighter, Cheaper Jacket Foundations

    15 November 2019
    R&D

    The EUDP (Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) is funding a newly established project collaboration that seeks to reduce the weight and cost of jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines using a high strength steel tubular joint design. Jacket foundations are characterised by having tubular main legs and in between smaller cross stiffening tubulars welded […]

  • Enefit Green Ramps Up Work on Developing 1.1 GW Estonian Project

    29 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Enefit Green has contracted Ramboll for a preliminary design of the Hiiu offshore wind farm in Estonia, with the technical analysis of the project scheduled to be completed in August this year. Meanwhile, the environmental impact assessment for the up to up to 1.1 GW offshore wind farm is also near completion. As part of […]