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  • 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 […]

  • 50Hertz Looking For UXO Team for Ostwind 3

    14 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) in charge of the Baltic Sea infrastructure, 50Hertz, has opened a tender for unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations on the cable route of the Ostwind 3 project. The work scope encompasses provision and operation of all assets necessary for the UXO campaign works, including reporting and interfacing with the employer […]

  • VEKA Starts Building Wikinger Hybrids

    4 January 2017
    Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch shipbuilder VEKA Group has started constructing what the company describes as the first hybrid trimarans in the world, intended specifically for transporting personnel and freight to offshore wind farms.   The trimarans are being built for the Danish shipping company World Marine Offshore. The crew transfer vessels (CTVs) have already been contracted by Iberdrola for […]

  • UK Wind Conditions Affect Iberdrola’s 2016 Results

    23 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Even though Iberdrola’s overall gross operating profit (EBITDA) improved by 5.5% in 2016 compared to the year before, the company yesterday reported an 8.9% decrease in its renewables business EBITDA, driven by weaker performance in the UK due to foreign exchange and lower wind resource throughout the year.

  • Top News of the Week Sep 29 – Oct 5, 2014

    5 October 2014

    Alstom Taking Big Offshore Wind Steps (Interview Part 1) At the WindEnergy event held last week in Hamburg, Offshore WIND spoke to Markus Rieck, General Manager of ALSTOM Renewable Germany GmbH. The company proves its position as one of the biggest renewable energy players with its latest technology development and expansion of its offshore wind […]

  • Taming the Baltic Sea for the Viking (Gallery)

    18 November 2016

    Bladt is set to send off the last of 41 jacket foundations manufactured for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind project, after the company loaded it on a barge yesterday. Spanish Navantia is in charge of the remaining 29 jackets for the 70-turbine wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea.  The first jacket […]

  • Ecosse Subsea Systems Doubles Wikinger Workload

    1 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has extended a trenching scope on the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project. The Scottish company was last year awarded a contract by main contractor Prysmian Group to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching, prior to cable laying, on Iberdrola’s 70-turbine […]

  • Prysmian, Global Marine Team Up for Wikinger Job

    3 September 2015
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems Limited’s cable-laying vessel, the C.S. Sovereign, for the work on 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Her remit will be to install inter array cables, from mid-2016 into early 2017, at the German offshore wind farm that is currently estimated to be providing power for nearly […]

  • Prysmian Beating the Clock on Wikinger Wire Job

    2 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-based subsea cable maker Prysmian has completed the laying phase of the inter-array cables for Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm ahead of schedule.

  • All Wikinger Turbines Up

    26 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On 22 October, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern completed the turbine installation at the site of the Wikinger offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola. The wind farm comprises 70 Adwen 5MW wind turbines supported by jacket foundations.

  • Top News of the Week, 03 – 09 July 2017

    9 July 2017

    DONG Orders Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply and maintenance of 94 8MW turbines at the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm being developed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Turns Four […]

  • 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 […]

  • Iberdrola Breaks Ground for Wikinger O&M Hub

    20 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the operations building for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm started with a ground-breaking ceremony at the port of Sassnitz-Mukran on Wednesday, 18 May 2016. The Rostock branch of construction company Goldbeck will erect the operations building, which has two storeys, as well as the attached warehouse at berth no. 1 of the port. Goldbeck […]

  • Top News of the Week, 09 – 15 January 2017

    15 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall Buys 584MW Offshore Wind Project in German North Sea Swedish utility Vattenfall has bought the 584MW Atlantis I offshore wind project in the German North Sea from PNE Wind AG. Sea Mine Found at Gode Wind 2 Goes Kaboom The sea mine which was found floating near the Gode Wind 2 wind farm site […]

  • Northern HeliCopter Lands Wikinger Contract

    5 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Iberdrola has awarded Emden-based Northern HeliCopter GmbH (NHC) with a six-year contract for transport flights to the Wikinger offshore wind farm.

  • Prysmian to Supply Belwind 2 Inter-Array Cables

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Prysmian Group has been awarded contracts by Nobelwind NV, an offshore wind farm developer, to supply wind turbine inter-array cables for the Bligh Bank 2 (Belwind 2) offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarine cables with various […]

  • Dutch-Belgian Joint Venture to Deliver Ostwind 3 Offshore Substation

    31 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has selected the Dutch-Belgian joint venture (JV) comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver the Ostwind 3 offshore high voltage substation in the Baltic Sea. The joint venture will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) of the jacket foundation […]

  • SAL Completes Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign

    26 March 2015
    Technology, Vessels

    SAL Heavy Lift completed the second phase of the Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign with DP II Class vessel MV Lone. The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed at three locations. During the first phase in November 2014 three sets of three piles each were driven at designated locations to required depths. The second […]

  • Top News of the Week May 2 – 8, 2016

    8 May 2016

    Construction Starts at Nordergründe Offshore Wind Site Offshore construction of the Nordergründe wind farm is kicking off this week, with the MPI Enterprise vessel already loading monopiles and transition pieces in Cuxhaven, according to German media. Liebherr Installs Custom-Made Offshore Crane on Giant 7 Liebherr’s offshore crane division installed a board offshore crane, type BOS […]

  • Germany: Survey Companies Gardline and GEO Grab 400MW Wind Farm Deal

    31 July 2012

    IBERDROLA, through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, has taken the first step towards construction of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany, the largest project of its kind located at such depth (over 40 metres). It has awarded two contracts, worth €18 million, to British company Gardline Group and GEO of Denmark, to conduct a […]

  • Liebherr Installs Custom-Made Offshore Crane on Giant 7

    2 May 2016
    Vessels

    Liebherr’s offshore crane division installed a board offshore crane, type BOS 35000, on the Giant 7 heavy lift barge, which installed the first foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm at the end of the last month.  The crane was specially developed for the use on Giant 7, and the entire project, from design through manufacturing to […]

  • Prysmian Picks Tekmar Cable Protection Systems for Rentel

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Cable protection systems (CPS) supplier Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply Prysmian PowerLink with 84 of its TekLink CPS units for the 3o9MW Rentel offshore wind farm project in Belgium. The supply for the contract will be executed in Tekmar’s production facility in the North East of England and manufacturing is expected to be completed […]

  • Navantia & Windar Win East Anglia ONE Foundations Contract?

    7 September 2016

    Iberdrola will today place an order with Navantia and Windar Renovables for a portion of jacket foundations that will hold Siemens 7MW wind turbines at the East Anglia ONE wind farm in the UK, according to Spanish media.  Iberdrola had split the construction of 102 foundations into three lots, with the awardees producing 28, 34 and 40 3-legged jacket foundations, and […]

  • Chancellor Merkel Opens Arkona

    16 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Norwegian Petroleum and Energy Minister Kjell-Børge Freiberg have officially opened the Arkona wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The commissioning comes after transmission system operator 50Hertz connected the Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms to its transmission grid. The projects were connected via the Ostwind 1 grid connection. “I […]

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Contracts for Bigger Scopes of Work Win-Win Solution (CWind)

    21 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Cost reduction keeps on being one of the primary goals of the ever-growing offshore wind industry. Recognising the industry’s requirements, companies supporting construction and operation of offshore wind farms are expanding their ranges of services to both contribute the push to cut the costs and to tap into the vast opportunities offered. One of them is CWind, whose Managing Director Lee Andrews explained: “Our strategy is to look for bigger scope of work contracts that give more added value to both the client and to us.”

  • Rhenus Completes Wikinger Supply Runs

    21 April 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Rhenus Offshore Logistics has concluded its first contract in the Baltic Sea after completing 15 supply runs to Iberdrola’s Wikinger offshore wind farm.