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  • Germany: Grid Connection for 3rd Windreich Offshore Wind Farm on Right Track

    13 September 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The on-schedule connection with the grid for the offshore wind park ‘Deutsche Bucht’ is now a good deal closer. At the hearing with the Federal Network Agency yesterday, it became clear in intensive negotiations over several hours that both sides – the wind park builder Windreich AG and the network operator TenneT – have a […]

  • Germany: HGO’s INNOVATION Starts Operating on Global Tech I

    31 August 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    In August, the construction works for the project Global Tech I have successfully started. Five test piles have already been placed at selected points close to the turbine location in the seabed. HGO InfraSea Solutions’ vessel INNOVATION has even surpassed the company’s expectations and is more powerful than planned. INNOVATION can be confidently manoeuvered and […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF Conducts Rescue Exercise on Global Tech I

    15 October 2013
    Training & Education

    At the end of September HOCHTIEF Solutions conducted a first comprehensive offshore rescue exercise in a construction site in the North Sea (Global Tech I). Together with its partners, the team from the Civil Engineering Marine and Offshore branch practiced all processes related to the emergency rescue and the transportation of a severely injured offshore […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 31-Sep 6, 2015

    6 September 2015

    Dong, ESG Complete Largest Wind Turbine Piles Testing DONG Energy and ESG have tested 28 piles on two different onshore sites in order to assist the development of new design methods for offshore wind farms. Initial results show great cost reduction potential. Wind Farms Prove Themselves in Practice A recent news item on the Dutch […]

  • Bachmann Monitoring 22% of German Turbines Installed in 2015

    30 March 2016
    Technology

    Bachmann Monitoring’s condition monitoring system (CMS) is covering 22 percent of German offshore wind turbines installed in 2015. The company is planning to equip further projects in 2016, said Ulrich Oertel, head of the Monitoring Technologies Development department at Bachmann. “This includes, for example, the extension of the conventional power train CMS and structure monitoring.” All 80 turbines at the Global Tech I […]

  • AREVA’s Installed Offshore Wind Capacity Reaches 630MW

    1 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The erection of 80 AREVA wind turbines was successfully completed at the Global Tech I wind farm with the last rotor star installation finalized on Friday.  The commissioning of turbines can begin when the grid connection is available. AREVA’s 5 Megawatt M5000-116 turbines were manufactured at the Group’s Bremerhaven and Stade sites, in northern Germany. […]

  • Germany: Windreich Makes No Extra Costs for Consumers

    26 November 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    The construction and connection to the grid of Windreich’s North Sea projects Global Tech I, Deutsche Bucht and MEG 1 are running right on schedule. This makes Windreich AG the only project planner that hasn’t caused any additional burden for the consumers. “The largest investment is needed for the construction of offshore wind farm components […]

  • Turbine Supplier Sought for Three Wind Farms Offshore Germany

    17 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall Windkraft GmbH has issued a contract notice for the supply and servicing of wind turbines for three wind farm projects offshore Germany. The three projects, Vattenfall Atlantis 1, Global Tech II, and Vattenfall Sandbank 2, are located in the German North Sea, in the N-7.2, N-6.6, and N-6.7 zones. The contract is expected to […]

  • Germany: 40th Tripod Foundation Installed at Global Tech I

    18 June 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The 40th tripod foundation was installed at the Global Tech I wind farm in the North Sea yesterday, thus marking the completion of the first installation stage, achieved after 14 trips to the construction site. Arjen Schampers, Technical Director of Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH said: “We are very proud of the INNOVATION offshore […]

  • 40th AREVA Wind Turbine Installed at Global Tech I

    14 April 2014

    The construction of towers and nacelles in the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is running in full gear: During the weekend the 40th AREVA Wind turbine has been installed. The two high performance vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier have been deployed since January and March of this year […]

  • Germany: SSN-Group Invests in Windreich’s Global Tech I

    24 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Windreich AG has won the Swiss SSN Group AG as an investor for Global Tech I, the first offshore wind project of Windreich. The SSN Group will invest millions of Euros in the offshore wind farm. Due to its strong position in the real estate market, the new partner has extensive experience in the field […]

  • Germany: Tripods for Borkum West II und Global Tech I

    27 March 2012

    Bremerhaven’s Fischereihafen holds the foundation structures for the Borkum West II and Global Tech I wind farms. Weighing up to 900 tons, the tripods are being transported by rail directly from the loading facility at the manufacturer’s plant to the OFFSHORE BHV I, 70 meters long and 32 meters wide pontoon. This will be followed […]

  • Germany: Accident in Emden during Transportation of Tripods

    19 June 2013

    An accident occurred in Emden’s Great Sea Lock in the early evening of June 17, when a composite of two Dutch tugboats and a pontoon collided with a dolphin structure, the Waterway Police of Wilhelmshaven (Wasserschutzpolizei Wilhelmshaven) reported. The towing composite was carrying three tripod foundations for the construction of offshore wind turbines. Since it […]

  • Germany: Windreich Enables Public Participation in OWF Development for the First Time

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Citizens of Wolfschlugen have gotten engaged in Windreich’s Global Tech I offshore wind project. In that respect, they have formed a civil society, which owns a stake in the holding company Global Tech I GmbH. This makes it possible for private individuals to shape an efficient energy transition for the first time. After seeing the […]

  • Germany: Windreich Congratulates PNE on Gode Wind Sale

    17 August 2012

    Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz congratulates PNE WIND AG on the sale of their offshore wind park ‘Gode Wind’ to the Danish DONG Energy. The chairman of the board of Windreich AG is pleased, that with DONG Energy, the world market leader in the area of offshore wind energy with more than 20 years of offshore […]

  • Brave Tern Installs Its First Turbine at Global Tech I

    29 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s wind installation vessel Brave Tern has commenced its work on the Global Tech I wind farm by installing its first AREVA M5000 wind turbine. The vessel will install 44 out of the total of 80 wind turbines. This 400MW wind farm, located approximately 180 kilometres from Bremerhaven and 138 kilometres northwest of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Testing Rem Newbuild

    13 December 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Rem Offshore’s newbuild Construction Service Vessel (CSV), Rem Energy, has started a charter sea trial for Siemens Gamesa in the German North Sea. The vessel is deployed at the 400 MW Global Tech I wind farm located 140 kilometres from Emden in the German Exclusive Economic Zone. Once the sea trials are completed, Siemens Gamesa […]

  • DOF Subsea Equips Skandi Constructor with SMST Gangway

    13 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    DOF Subsea has equipped its multipurpose vessel Skandi Constructor, currently deployed on offshore wind projects in Germany, with a SMST walk-to-work system. A contract signed between the two companies for a motion compensated gangway marks SMST’s first delivery of walk-to-work equipment to the Norwegian company. DOF is already operating the gangway on board Skandi Constructor […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 14 ‒ 20, 2014

    20 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    40th AREVA Wind Turbine Installed at Global Tech I The construction of towers and nacelles in the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is running in full gear: During the weekend the 40th AREVA Wind turbine has been installed. Siemens Bags BorWin3 Contract from TenneT Siemens has received an order from TenneT for an […]

  • Germany: Second Phase of Global Tech I Internal Cabling Starts

    19 July 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second cable installation phase at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm has started. The first cables have already been laid between the foundations and pulled into them, and now it is time for them to be flushed into the ocean floor by the installation vessel Cable Innovator and its Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) […]

  • Million Order Weserwind Bremerhaven (Germany)

    8 March 2011

    The wind turbine manufacturer Wind-Weser Bremerhaven is building 40 wind turbine foundations for offshore wind farm Global Tech I.   [mappress]   Source: radiobremen, March 08, 2011  

  • HOCHTIEF Solutions Commissions VIDAR Offshore Jack-Up Vessel

    12 December 2013
    R&D

    In the next few days, HOCHTIEF Solutions will commission a further powerful jack-up vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms. In the company of around 300 guests from the European offshore market the ship named VIDAR will officially be commissioned in Bremerhaven on December 12. The jack-up vessel was developed especially for construction and […]

  • TÜV Rheinland to Inspect Wind Turbine Equipment for Global Tech I

    14 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    TÜV Rheinland received a contract from AREVA Wind GmbH for the commissioning inspection of the elevator and service lifts for the new offshore wind farm Global Tech I. In total there are 80 turbines of AREVA Wind’s model M5000 developed specifically for offshore wind projects with around five megawatts of power each. The project begins […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 10 – 16, 2013

    16 June 2013

    UK: Seajacks Orders World’s Largest OWF Installation Vessel Seajacks International has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries to build the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel. Belgium: Pacific Osprey to Deploy 6MW Turbine at Belwind OWF In the first half of July, the Pacific Osprey, operated by Swire Blue […]

  • Top News of the Week Sep 1 – 7, 2014

    7 September 2014

    DolWin Beta Becomes Resident of North Sea (Gallery) DolWin beta, the offshore HVDC platform that will connect three offshore wind farms in the German part of the North Sea, is now anchored and ballasted to the seabed, Aibel has announced on its social media pages. Greater Gabbard OWF’s Cabling Infrastructure Worries Local Fishermen The developers […]

  • Keppel bags first major newbuild contract for German offshore wind farm

    23 March 2010

    Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) and consortium partner AREVA Energietechnik GmbH, a German subsidiary of French energy company AREVA, have secured a EUR 62 million (S$117.6 million) contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH (Wetfeet Offshore) to build a Mobile Offshore Application Barge (MOAB) for a new offshore wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone […]