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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Jan De Nul and Hitachi have issued a notice on the commencement of wind turbine installation works off the Taiwanese coast. The work will be carried out by Jan De Nul’s vessel Taillevent, which was reported earlier this year as having left the turbine installation at the German Trianel Windpark Borkum II for a project […]
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Tractebel has, through its subsidiary Lahmeyer International, acquired Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH (DOC) aiming to strengthen its position in the offshore wind industry.
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Senvion posted an increase in revenues at its offshore segment for the first nine months of 2017, however, the third quarter itself saw a decline compared to Q3 2016. The offshore revenues are driven by the completion of wind turbine installation at Nordsee One, which especially reflected on the results for the first half of the year and only to some extent on those for the third quarter.
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Getting the supply chain to work in such way that there are no delays in offshore works is the main trick of the business for an EPCI contractor, according to Richard den Hollander, Business Development Director at Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), the company currently working on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK.
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Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels
The walk-to-work (W2W) vessel Island Diligence has started working at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in Germany. Under a contract Island Offshore recently signed with a joint venture company owned by Stadtwerke München and Vattenfall, Island Diligence is providing accommodation and transfer of technicians to the wind turbines at the two offshore wind […]
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Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) is preparing for work on three upcoming offshore wind projects, for which the company signed contracts last year, while also nearing completion for several projects currently underway.
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Jan De Nul has reported a 2017 decline in the dredging market which, together with challenging conditions in the oil & gas industry, left a mark on its financial results. In the light of this, the company emphasised the role offshore wind had in its performance last year, adding that it sees further growth in the offshore renewables market, where its business is no longer restricted to Europe.
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Westermost Rough Offshore Substation Installed Offshore construction at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm has completed its next significant milestone with the successful installation of the project’s offshore substation on site in the North Sea. Jan De Nul’s New Multi-Purpose Vessel Under Construction This week, Uljanik Brodogradilište (Uljanik Shipyard) in Pula, Croatia, started with the […]
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Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has been awarded a contract for a turnkey supply and installation of the inner array grid cable system for the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II (TWB-II) offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was awarded by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II. The TWB-II offshore wind farm is […]
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All 40 wind turbines of the first phase of Trianel Windpark Borkum (formerly known as Borkum West II) offshore wind farm are now installed. MPI Adventure jack-up vessel has been working for eleven months to install forty Areva M5000-116 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 200 MW. “Now, the only thing missing is the […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update
Jan De Nul has won a contract by Senvion for the installation of wind turbine generators (WTG) at the 203MW Trianel Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm in Germany.
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has awarded the German cable maker a contract for planning, producing and delivering of the inter-array cables for the Trianel Borkum II offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update
Oldenburg-based Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II has invited tenders for the production and turnkey installation of the inner park cabling at the 200 MW Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) Phase 2, situated in the German exclusive economic zone in the North Sea. The TWB Phase 2 sits 45 kilometers north of the island of Borkum at a water depth […]
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First purely municipal offshore wind farm installed off German coast, Trianel Windpark Borkum, has been in operation for half a year now, and has generated 452.33GWh of electricity, with January 2016 as the month with the highest yield so far – 95.12GWh. Construction on the wind farm began in September 2011. From July 2013, all 40 AREVA Wind M5000-116 […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
EWE AG and Trianel have set up a joint venture to develop the second stage of the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB II) with a capacity of 200MW. Ines Kolmsee, Chief Operating Officer of EWE AG, stated: “EWE brings in its expertise from the development and operation of the first German offshore wind farm alpha ventus and the first […]
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Financing for the first phase of what will be the North Sea’s largest offshore wind farm has closed, with most of the funding commitment coming from the European Investment Bank. Eleven banks agreed to grant the request for 700 million euros ($918.82 million) for the first phase of the project. More than 85 percent of […]
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is looking for an operator for the FINO 1 research platform in the German North Sea. BMWi is extending the operational life of the FINO1 platform until 31 July 2023, with an optional one-year extension. The future operator must ensure the continuous and trouble-free operation as well […]
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Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH (R&D centre of Kiel University of Applied Sciences) has won a contract to continue operating the FINO1 research platform in the German North Sea. The contract was awarded to FuE-Zentrum FH Kiel by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). BMWi is extending the operational life of […]
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Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance
Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded Jan De Nul with a framework agreement for repairs of TenneT’s offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight. Under the terms of the agreement, Jan De Nul will mobilize in the event of high-voltage cable system faults or failures within the contractual period of 24 months. The agreement also […]
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Business & Finance, Grid Connection
Borkum West II, also known as Trianel Windpark Borkum, set in German waters in the North Sea is the latest project H&Askham are adding to the ever growing portfolio of works it can boast in the Offshore Wind Sector. Teams were mobilised to the project to begin HV termination and jointing works in early July, […]
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The Joint Venture Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau Gmbh – GeoSea NV, both of them members of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental Group DEME, has been awarded two different contracts for prepiling and installation works to construct both the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm, 32 km north of the island of Rügen, and the Trianel West Borkum II wind farm, 45 km north of the East Frisian Island Borkum in German waters.
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R&D, Technology, Training & Education
Pile driving during construction of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea has little to no effect on local harbour porpoise population, according to a study commissioned by the Offshore-Forum Windenergie (OFW) in partnership with the offshore wind industry leaders. “The study shows that offshore wind farms have no negative consequences for the harbor porpoise population,” […]
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Since the last time we looked at the status of Germany’s offshore wind industry only two years ago in July 2014, the number of operational offshore wind turbines has jumped from just 141 capable of producing 616MW to 835 grid connected turbines capable of 3,552MW in July 2016 and another 54 installed turbines not yet […]
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C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services B.V. Installation Support | BoP Inspections, Repair & Maintenance | Decommissioning Above water-line installation services • Rope access • Cable Pull in • Termination & testing • Foundations inspections & repair • Coating inspections & repair • Confined space inspections Subsea installation services • Diving & ROV works • Survey • […]
