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  • Ørsted Sees Maximum Impact of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Sale on Its 2017 Annual Figures

    12 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    After completing the transaction with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for the sale of 50% of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm yesterday, 11 December, Ørsted now expects its EBITDA in 2017 to materialise at some DKK 21 billion (approx. EUR 2.8 billion), compared to the previously guided range of DKK 19-21 billion.

  • MacArtney Winches Borkum Riffgrund 2 Contract

    30 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    MacArtney has won a contract for the supply of two 150 kN and 200 kN electrical cable pulling winches for operation on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • MHI Vestas Books VOS Start for Borkum Riffgrund 2

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has awarded Vroon’s VOS Start with a contract to support the commissioning phase of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm from spring 2018.

  • GeoSea Adds Borkum Riffgrund 2 to Bucket List

    30 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea’s jack-up Innovation has arrived at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea to install the first suction bucket jacket foundations.

  • Ørsted Makes Room For Future German Offshore Wind Projects

    21 June 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has opened a new facility in Norddeich, Germany, which will be used for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 project, currently under construction, as well as the developer’s future projects in the German North Sea.

  • Keppel Buys Stake in German Offshore Wind Farm

    12 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Keppel Corporation Limited and Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management are jointly investing EUR 305 million to acquire a 50.01 per cent stake in a special purpose vehicle that holds 50 per cent of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The special purpose vehicle is currently wholly owned by Gulf International […]

  • Bold Tern Completes Third Borkum Riffgrund 2 Run

    23 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has loaded and transported the third set of MHI Vestas wind turbine components from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea. The vessel has so far installed eight out of the 56 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines at the […]

  • Vole au vent Gets Monopile Installation Set in Eemshaven

    23 February 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s wind farm installation vessel Vole au vent arrived in the Port of Eemshaven last week to be equipped with a hydraulic pile hammer and a noise mitigation system ahead of foundation installation works on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets Start Arriving in Cuxhaven

    2 March 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The barges and coasters carrying jacket foundations and suction buckets to be installed on Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea have started arriving at the port of Cuxhaven.

  • Vole au vent Completes Preps for Borkum Riffgrund 2

    16 February 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has left a shipyard in Poland where the vessel underwent certain modifications to the layout of the deck and is now ready for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm project.

  • First Heli Service Flight Takes Off for Borkum Riffgrund 2

    9 March 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    Heli Service’s first flight for Ørsted’s 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm departed on 8 March. The first flight left to the jack-up vessel Vole au vent carrying employees of Ørsted and the vessel provider Jan de Nul. Following a tender process in 2017, the two companies signed a contract for the transport of passengers, […]

  • ABS Group Wins Borkum Riffgrund 2 Certification Contract

    8 July 2016
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The UK-based ABS Group Ltd. has received a contract to provide project certification services to DONG Energy for the planned 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany. ABS Group’s certification scope will cover project quality management and document review, as well as manufacturing inspection of the offshore substations, which includes the topsides and foundations. […]

  • Bids Invited for Heavy-Lift Work at Borkum Riffgrund 2

    1 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy Wind Power A/S has issued a call for tenders for heavy-lift vessel services for its Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea. The work will consist of two lots. Lot 1 includes the transport and installation of a jacket and piles for the wind farm’s offshore substation and […]

  • ST3 Offshore Starts Loading Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets

    20 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    ST3 Offshore is currently loading out the first jacket foundations for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm at its serial manufacturing plant in Stettin, Poland.

  • First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Bucket Jacket Marries Its Turbine

    11 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed the first MHI Vestas 8MW turbine on a suction bucket jacket foundation at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Top News of the Week, 7 – 13 August 2017

    13 August 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Most read news on Offshore WIND from 7 to 13 August 2017.

  • Largest Ever 8MW Order Lands on MHI Vestas Desk

    13 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the approval from the German consenting authority ‘Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie’ (BSH), DONG Energy placed an order with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 project, marking the largest ever order for the wind turbine manufacturer.

  • Denmark: Borkum Riffgrund 1 Substation Arrives at Bladt Facilities

    5 December 2012

    This weekend, the offshore substation for Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm arrived at Bladt Industries’ facilities in Aalborg, Denmark. Currently, the substation is merely an empty steel structure that has been prefabricated by a subcontractor in Poland, but during the next months the substation will be fitted with electrical equipment and various other types […]

  • Top News of the Week, 17 – 23 April 2017

    23 April 2017

    Portuguese Company Ramping Up for Offshore Wind Portugal-based ASM Energia is reportedly planning on increasing its involvement in the offshore wind sector and has chosen the port of Aveiro as a location for its new EUR 25 million plant that would accommodate the production of foundations. Dutch Plan Offshore Wind Mission to China Holland Home […]

  • Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Trio Shines in 2019

    8 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported an 18% increase in earnings from its offshore wind farms in operation in the first half of 2019, to DKK 5.9 billion (circa EUR 790.6 million), due to the ramp-up at the Hornsea Project One, Borkum Riffgrund 2 and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. Offshore and onshore wind power generation increased by 45% […]

  • MHI Vestas Marks V164 Turbine Milestone

    28 May 2018
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessel Bold Tern installed the eleventh MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbine on Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea on 26 May, which was the 100th MHI Vestas V164 turbine model to be installed worldwide. 

  • Jutlandia Handling MHI Vestas Giants in Esbjerg

    20 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a new agreement with Jutlandia Terminal covering loading of the V164-8.0 MW wind turbines onto installation vessels at the Port of Esbjerg.

  • DONG Halts Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm Development (Germany)

    22 October 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Development of the German Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm has been suspended by DONG Energy, due to grid connection issues associated with the grid operator TenneT TSO. TenneT has not provided a firm date for laying the offshore cables, DONG Energy says. On the other hand, the grid operator explains that it cannot cover […]

  • Ørsted’s Operating Profit Hits Record in 2018

    30 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported a record operating profit of DKK 30 billion (some EUR 4 billion) in 2018, which is 33% more than the year before. The news comes as the company’s Board of Directors approved the all-time-high EBITDA today, on 30 January, as part of the approval process for the annual report for 2018. Ørsted […]

  • Windfarm update: French OWF Projects, Wikinger, Borkum Riffgrund 2, Butendiek, Galloper

    24 November 2015

    French offshore wind projects French transmission system operator RTE France has awarded ABB with a $25m contract to supply nine 400MVA booster transformers and accompanying services, which will help regulate the voltage of power transmitted from four large-scale offshore wind projects. ABB will deliver the transformers in 2017 and 2020. The four French offshore wind […]

  • Germany Allocates Connection Capacity to Eight Offshore Wind Farms

    28 October 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    In its first allocation of connection capacity process for wind farms at sea, the Federal Network Agency (BNA) has reviewed applications for capacity allocation process.  Eleven applications from operators of wind farms at sea were submitted by October 1, 2014. Eight of them were approved. Three were rejected because the application was not complete or the wind farm is located in […]