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  • Structural Defects Delay Japan’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s Goto Floating Wind Farm Consortium has postponed the commissioning of the Goto City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project by two years following the discovery of defects in the floating structures to be used for the project. The project’s commercial operation date was initially scheduled for January 2024. However, the construction process was delayed due […]

  • DEME Offshore Bags Hollandse Kust Zuid Rock Installation Contract

    21 September 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall has contracted DEME Offshore to carry out rock berm installation works at Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm site in the Netherlands. According to Vattenfall, rock installation works will take place between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2025. “Based on lessons learned in the offshore wind industry, Vattenfall are […]

  • Van Oord to Build Hollandse Kust West VI – ‘The Most Ecological Wind Farm Yet’

    8 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Infrastructure, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Van Oord and Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco, have agreed to collaborate on the construction of the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, with the contract(s) for the work to be signed later this year. This will be the most ecological wind farm yet, said Van Oord, whose contract(s) will include […]

  • DeepOcean to Install Inter-Array Cables at RWE’s Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Farms

    14 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected DeepOcean as the preferred supplier of inter-array cable installation for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project, the first of the two phases of RWE’s Nordseecluster development in the German part of the North Sea. The contract could also see the subsea services provider performing the same work on the second, Nordseecluster B […]

  • BREAKING: Rhode Island and Connecticut’s First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction

    22 August 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 704 MW Revolution Wind project, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm which will feed electricity into Rhode Island and Connecticut’s grids. With the ROD in place, Ørsted and Eversource may now proceed with the project’s construction. The ROD will […]

  • Construction Starts on Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Offshore Substation

    16 August 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Seatrium has held a strike steel ceremony at its Pioneer Yard in Singapore to mark the start of construction of the offshore substation for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Seatrium said that this project is the latest under construction by Seatrium New Energy (a member of Seatrium Group) for […]

  • Fugro on Salamander Metocean Survey Duty Offshore Scotland

    17 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7, has selected Fugro to conduct a metocean survey for the proposed Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Scheduled to begin in September, the survey will run for approximately twelve months and gather essential meteorological, oceanographic, and environmental data, said Fugro. These insights […]

  • Vessel Traffic Surveys Underway at Scottish Floating Wind Project Site

    11 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    NASH Maritime, a UK-based shipping and navigation consultancy, is currently undertaking vessel traffic surveys offshore Scotland to inform the navigation risk assessment the company is preparing for the 1 GW Buchan floating offshore wind project. The project site, for which the Floating Energy Allyance consortium secured the rights at the beginning of last year through the ScotWind […]

  • Crown Estate Supports Four Nature-Positive Offshore Wind Research Projects

    3 August 2023
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development

    The Crown Estate has revealed that it is partnering with a range of UK-wide expert bodies to launch four research projects to support nature recovery and the coexistence of offshore wind farms with marine life. The projects aim to fill critical evidence gaps around how seabirds interact with offshore windfarms and how strategic compensation measures […]

  • US Floating Wind Project Planned Near NASA, SpaceX Launch Site Reaches Agreement with DoD

    11 August 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    Floventis Energy, the company developing a 60 MW floating wind project in California’s state waters near Vandenberg Space Force Base – which hosts launch pads for NASA and SpaceX spacecraft as well as for US Air Force’s intercontinental missiles – has reached an agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to enable the operation […]

  • Shell-EDF Joint Venture Submits Bid in New Jersey’s Third Offshore Wind Solicitation

    7 August 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF-RE Offshore Development, has submitted a proposal to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) in the state’s third offshore wind solicitation. New Jersey opened the solicitation in March and is looking to award between 1.2 GW and 4 GW […]

  • Merkur Produces First Electricity

    4 June 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Merkur offshore wind farm has produced its first power following a successful test on one of the wind farm’s GE Haliade 6MW wind turbines, according to Merkur Offshore GmbH.

  • Merkur Switches On

    25 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has completed the handover of the 66 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany. GE is also in charge of carrying out operations and maintenance of the turbines for a period of ten years. To remind, jack-up vessel Seafox 5 installed the last turbine at the project site 45km of the island of […]

  • Merkur Inter-Array Cables In Position

    16 July 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH (DOC) has completed the supervision of the inter-array cable installation at the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • EMO Starts Building Merkur Service Base in Eemshaven

    20 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has laid the foundation for the Merkur offshore wind farm service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.

  • GE Contracts DHSS for Merkur O&M Phase

    3 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    GE Renewable Energy has contracted DHSS for vessel agency and port logistics services during the O&M phase of the Merkur offshore wind project in Germany. DHSS has been the service provider for GE since the start of the project’s construction phase in 2018 with regards to logistical services for the involved service operation vessels (SOVs) […]

  • Esvagt Takes Delivery of New SOV Destined for Merkur

    2 July 2018
    Vessels

    Esvagt has taken delivery of the new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Esvagt Dana, which will be deployed at the Merkur offshore wind farm.

  • EWE Trading to Market Merkur’s Power

    7 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Merkur Offshore GmbH has awarded EWE Trading, part of the Oldenburg-based energy provider EWE, with a contract to market the electricity produced by the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was signed during the WindEnergy Hamburg 2016 exhibition. Merkur Offshore GmbH reached a Final Investment Decision […]

  • Manor Completes Merkur Work

    14 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    UK-based Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has completed its scope of work on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. GE Renewable Energy contracted MRE to supply temporary power, personnel, and a multi-purpose vessel during the commissioning of the wind farm’s 66 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines. The jack-up vessel Seafox 5 installed the last […]

  • GeoSea Teams with EMO on Merkur

    20 January 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) from Emden has won a contract to support GeoSea’s marine coordination during the planning and construction phase of the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight. During the construction and commissioning phase, EMO’s nautical team will be in charge of ensuring safety and coordinating sea traffic at the offshore site. […]

  • Merkur Offshore Signs Alstom and DEME

    3 July 2015

    Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively Alstom and DEME a binding turbine supply agreement and balance of plant contract for the construction of the Merkur Offshore wind farm, including supply and installation of 66 Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines. Additionally, Alstom has signed a long term service and maintenance contract. The turbines will be […]

  • Merkur Amends Financing

    12 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Merkur Offshore GmbH has completed a EUR 1.5 billion senior debt restructuring for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm project.

  • Seafox 5 Loading Merkur Turbine Kit in Eemshaven

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

    The Seafox 5 jack-up has arrived in Eemshaven to load the first set of wind turbine components for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm project in the German North Sea.

  • Merkur Ownership Change Completed

    14 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) and the Dutch pension investor APG have completed the acquisition of the 396 MW Merkur offshore wind farm. The consortium comprising of funds managed and/or advised by Partners Group (50%), InfraRed Capital Partners (25%), DEME Concessions (12.5%), GE Energy Financial Services (6.25%), and ADEME, acting on behalf of France […]

  • Viking Neptun to Service Merkur During Winter

    7 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract for its vessel Viking Neptun to support work on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Amscap Advises Merkur to Financial Close

    12 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Amsterdam Capital Partners (Amscap) has acted as an adviser to Merkur Offshore GmbH on arranging the EUR 1.6 billion financing for the 396MW Merkur Offshore wind project, which confirmed financial close today. Michael van der Heijden, Managing Director of Amscap, said: “Merkur is another record breaking transaction in the offshore wind sector, and Amscap is very proud […]