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  • Top News of the Week Nov 18 – 24, 2013

    24 November 2013

    The Netherlands: Damen Unveils Walk to Work Vessel Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind Farm Service Vessel (WSV) to support and accommodate turbine maintenance crews at sea and allow them to ‘Walk-to-Work’. DONG Energy to Build Gode Wind 1, 2 Offshore Wind Farms (Germany) DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind […]

  • Siem Chooses ELA Containers for Wind Farm SOV

    21 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    ELA Container Offshore GmbH has delivered two 20-foot offshore multipurpose containers to Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH. The containers were installed on board the Siddis Mariner, which is currently operating as a walk-to-work service operation vessel (SOV) on the 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm located about 100 kilometres north of the island Borkum in the German […]

  • Germany: Fred. Olsen to Install Bard Offshore 1 Wind Turbines

    11 December 2012

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd, which is indirectly owned 50/50 by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has been awarded a contract by the German company BARD Engineering GmbH for installation work of turbines and associated equipment at the “Bard Offshore 1” wind farm in German territorial waters. The contract commences in March 2013 and […]

  • Germany: BARD-Group Completes Realignment of Management Team

    13 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Olaf Struck is a versed […]

  • Top News of the Week, August 26 – September 1, 2013

    1 September 2013

    VIDEO: DolWin Alpha Installation  The DolWin alpha converter platform has been installed in the North Sea. Siemens Successfully Installs HelWin1 Platform (Germany)   Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. UK: Samsung’s 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Reaches NAREC’s […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 11 – 17, 2013

    18 March 2013

    Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Third Major Contract for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (UK) Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has won a new contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited to begin the second half of foundation installation off the North Wales coast.   VIDEO: 3D View of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind […]

  • Acta Marine Officially Names New W2W Vessel

    21 June 2018
    Vessels

    Acta Marine has officially named its new walk-to-work (W2W) vessel Acta Auriga at a ceremony held in Emden, Germany.

  • Acta Auriga Finishes Working on Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    9 April 2021
    Vessels

    Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Auriga has completed its three-year maintenance campaign at the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. Acta Auriga started the O&M works on the 400 MW offshore wind farm in April 2018 just weeks after it was delivered from Ulsteinvik, Norway. According to Acta Marine, the SOV […]

  • INNOVEN Nabs Far Offshore Supply Runs

    11 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Bremerhaven-based INNOVEN Marine Service has won a contract to provide offshore supply vessel services to the Global Tech I and BARD Offshore 1 wind farms in the German North Sea. The contract covers the transport of containers carrying dangerous goods and general cargo from Emden to the wind farms and back, as well as substation refueling services. […]

  • RWE Signs PPA for Germany’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    12 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and Ocean Breeze Energy have entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm in Germany, under which RWE Supply & Trading will market the wind farm’s electricity production under the direct marketing scheme, starting this month. RWE also plans to use the wind farm’s electricity to […]

  • Germany: Hanseatic Offshore Group Joins Fred.Olsen Windcarrier on BARD Offshore 1 OWF

    7 June 2013

    The Hanseatic Offshore Group (Germany), founded in 2012 and specialised in offshore construction management, secured a contract with Fred.Olsen windcarrier, to finalise the OWF BARD O1 in the north sea. Hanseatic Offshore Group supplies Construction Manager and backoffice support in Germany for the finalisation of the OWF. Fred.Olsen windcarrier carries out the work with teh […]

  • Highlights of the Month: June 2014

    3 July 2014

    Bard Offshore 1 Wind Farm Remains Out of Operation Bard Offshore 1, a 400 MW German offshore wind farm, will not be operational until further notice, informs the Spiegel. UK Signs FID Contracts for Five Offshore Wind Projects The UK Government has signed eight contracts awarded under the Final Investment Decision (FID) Enabling for Renewables […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 09 – 15, 2015

    15 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    First German Floating Foundation Secures Grid Connection German engineering consultancy Gicon has received permission from a governmental agency to feed 2.3MW of grid connection capacity through the country’s first floating offshore foundation – GICON®-SOF. RWE-Led Consortium to Bid for Dutch Borssele OW Projects RWE Innogy, EDP Renewables and Macquarie Capital have formed a consortium to […]

  • Acta Auriga Anchors in Eemshaven

    2 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Acta Marine’s walk-to-work (W2W) vessel Acta Auriga has arrived from Ulsteinvik, Norway, to the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, where it will be prepared for its first work on the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm.

  • TenneT Working to Power Up BorWin 1

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore grid connection BorWin 1 faced several technical faults over the past months, which resulted with unplanned shutdowns of the network connection. To determine the exact cause of the issues, German transmission system operator TenneT said that it is working closely with the contractor for the network connection, ABB, and the operator of the […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 5 – 11, 2013

    11 August 2013

    Finland: Bugsier and Wärtsilä Develop New Wind Farm Installation Vessel Concept Reducing costs for offshore wind generated electricity is one of the major challenges in the European energy market. The novelty about the jointly developed concept for reducing costs during installation, from the Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs- GmbH & Co. KG and Wärtsilä is, that […]

  • Gondan Shipyard Launches Edda Wind’s First CSOV

    27 May 2021
    Vessels

    Gondan Shipyard has launched the first of four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) it is building for Edda Wind at its yard in Figueras, Spain. The 88.3-metre CSOV, designed by Salt Ship Design, is the first vessel in the world to use electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) and has been designed to accommodate hydrogen technology […]

  • “Wind Lift I” reached the project site of the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea

    29 March 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday the BARD-jack-up-barge “Wind Lift I” reached the installation site of BARD Offshore 1, the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea. The Windlift I left the Emden harbour in the late evening of  March 27th. to set for the project site, located about 100 km northwest of the island of Borkum where […]

  • Weserwind Files for Bankruptcy

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    German steel construction company, Weserwind, filed for bankruptcy yesterday, that will affect 370 employees. According to Nordsee-Zeitung , Weserwind parent company, Georgsmarienhütte, stoped payments for high loss making subsidiary which led to this outcome. It is “no longer economically feasible and justifiable to support WeserWind with additional capital,” the company said. In addition, Bremerhaven-based company is […]

  • Germany: Cuxhaven Steel Construction Ceases Production as of April 30 2013

    13 February 2013

    Cuxhaven Steel Construction (CSC), which belongs to the BARD Group and specialises in steel constructions for offshore wind farms, will cease production as of April 30 2013. The management board and the works council had already reached a consensus last August on a corresponding social plan and a reconciliation of interests. As a result of […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Install Veja Mate Turbines

    1 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens AG has awarded Fred. Olsen Windcarrier the contract for the transport and installation of 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines at the Veja Mate 400MW wind farm. Construction is expected to start in early 2017. Martin Degen, Commercial Manager for Fred. Olsen Windcarrier said: “We are delighted to be working on the Veja Mate project, building on […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Turbines Not Harmful for Shipping

    2 April 2013

    Offshore wind farms under construction are not harmful to the shipping traffic, according to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in Hamburg. The BSH highlighted the harmlessness of these facilities on Monday, thus disagreeing with the earlier opinion of the agency’s spokesman. “If an unfinished construction appears anywhere in the ocean, it has an […]

  • NHC Northern Helicopter to the Rescue at Four German OWFs

    19 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    NHC Northern Helicopter will be on call for offshore rescue operations at the Veja Mate, Nordergründe, Butendiek and BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farms in the German sector of the North Sea. The helicopter service provider will be in charge of air rescue for a total of 245 offshore wind turbines and coordination via the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – August 2019

    3 September 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most read offshore wind news articles in the month of August 2019. Wison Unveils New Tower Concept for Deepwater Turbines Wison Offshore & Marine has launched a novel solution for installing offshore wind turbines in deep waters. Boskalis Feels Offshore Wind Crunch Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: Most Read News of 2014

    1 January 2015

    Under-manning and fatigue threaten WFSV safety As offshore wind farm developments move further out to sea and demands on the vessels and crews that service them increase, a rising number of wind farm crew transfer vessel incidents has become a growing cause of concern. Marubeni and Technip to build Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 29, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015

    5 January 2015

    Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea… Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Installed The last of the in total 48 wind turbines was successfully installed over Christmas around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland. Lely […]