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  • Second Windea SOV Named and Ready for Sandbank

    2 March 2017
    Vessels

    Windea Leibniz, the second service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte Offshore and ICBC Leasing from Ulstein, will start working for Siemens at the Sandbank wind farm in April, after being named at a ceremony held today.

  • Vattenfall Seeks Blade Repair Squad for Offshore Wind Farms in Germany

    16 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall AB has issued a contract notice seeking providers of blade repair services for its offshore wind farms located in Germany. Vattenfall is looking to award a framework agreement signed with maximum of two contractors for the services related to blade repair on wind farms offshore Germany. The contract duration is for three years with […]

  • Bladt Reports First Net Loss in Decade

    5 June 2015

    Danish steel contractor, Bladt Industries, has reported its first net loss in a decade due to “large projects that have gone wrong.” In spite of increasing revenue by 8%, to Dkr3.2bn in 2014, the company reported a net loss of Dkr6.7m, compared with a profit of Dkr186.2m the year before. “While the majority of Bladt […]

  • VBMS Installs Its 1000th Inter-Array Cable at Sandbank

    29 April 2016
    Grid Connection

    VBMS has reached a major milestone by installing its 1,000th inter-array cable during its works for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm this week. In 2008, when the company was founded, VBMS installed its first inter array cables in Belgian waters for Thornton Bank Phase I. Through the years, VBMS has been contracted for a number […]

  • Vattenfall Seeking Personnel for Sandbank Marine Coordination

    20 January 2015
    Training & Education

    Vattenfall is inviting offers for the provision of personnel to undertake the ‘Marine Coordination’ function for the construction phase of the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm (SBOW). ‘Marine Coordination’ will oversee all marine operations in the wind farm, provide advice to vessel Masters and coordinate an emergency response to any incident within the wind farm. The […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Contracted on Seven More Offshore Wind Farms

    11 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Deutsche Windtechnik has signed contracts for seven additional offshore wind farms on which the company will carry out underwater inspections, with more than 300 annual inspection reports to be generated in the next two years. The company will, among other things, conduct back-to-back inspections on Trianel Windpark Borkum I, Sandbank, DanTysk, and Butendiek wind farms […]

  • Doedijns Supplies Hydraulics for Bilfinger Pile Gripper Frame

    7 September 2015
    Technology

    Doedijns, has recently supplied the complete Hydraulic System for a Pile Gripper Frame to Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems. The system has been installed and commissioned and is currently being used to install a total of 72 Wind Turbine foundations for the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea. This makes the total […]

  • VIDEO: 3D Flythroughs of Navitus Bay Offshore Wind Farm Released

    1 February 2013

    Videos of 3D flythroughs have been released for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm, the project that recently gathered its proponents in pro-wind demonstration. Starting today, and until April 5, public consultation on the latest plans of the wind farm are open. Here are the Navitus Bay videos that show the project from different locations: View […]

  • C-Bed to Deploy Wind Innovation on Sandbank and DanTysk Offshore Wind Farms

    17 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind service provider C-Bed will deploy its walk-to-work (W2W) service operation vessel (SOV) Wind Innovation on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The operations and maintenance (O&M) service contract will commence in June. The company secured full activity for its 1999-built accommodation vessel until the fourth quarter of […]

  • EMO Wins Deal for Vattenfall’s Marine Coordination Center

    7 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has won a contract to provide nautical personnel for Vattenfall’s Marine Coordination Center in Esbjerg, Denmark. Under the three-year contract, EMO will provide up to ten marine coordinators who will begin supporting Vattenfall’s offshore wind projects 24/7 during the construction and operation phases from 1 March. The team will also be in […]

  • Photo of the Day: Spot the Jack-Ups

    5 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg is currently a proverbial beehive of activity as major offshore wind turbine makers are working on a number of projects located in the North Sea and the English Channel. The photo above was taken on August 02 and gives an overview of the installation projects currently being carried out at the port. Siemens Wind […]

  • Vattenfall’s Offshore Hotel Finds Its Sea Legs (VIDEO)

    27 June 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has shared a video of its offshore wind farm accommodation platform, the future home for the service teams working at the 288MW DanTysk and the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm, being installed some 90 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. The onshore construction of the accommodation platform has been completed and the six-storey structure has been […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall to Invest EUR 4.2 Billion in Offshore Wind Projects

    21 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall will invest a quarter of its planned EUR 16.6 billion into European offshore wind projects through the 2012-2016 period. Probably, the most of the EUR 4.2 billion amount will be invested in offshore wind sector in Germany and the UK, the Windpower Monthly news site informs. While waiting for the DanTysk offshore wind station’s completion, […]

  • UK: Iceni Marine Bags GBP 2 Million Contract for Greater Gabbard

    20 April 2012

    The Great Yarmouth-based offshore wind, farm support services company, Iceni Marine Services, signed a five-year contract worth nearly GBP 2 million, for its newly built vessel „Iceni Pride“ reported EDP 24. The GBP 600,000 vessel will be used for the Greater Gabbard wind farm as a fast response craft with a 24/7 support. Greater Gabbard […]

  • TÜV SÜD to Back Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    TÜV SÜD will accompany the construction of the new Sandbank offshore wind farm, located around 90 km off the island of Sylt, providing manufacturing inspection and quality assurance services for the project. The international testing and certification company has won the contract for the certification of the implementation phase, involving production monitoring according to the […]

  • Pacific Orca Gets to Work for Siemens Gamesa

    23 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean has completed the first operations under a recently signed offshore maintenance and service agreement with Siemens Gamesa. As previously reported, Siemens Gamesa and SBO signed a long-term charter agreement for the jack-up vessel Pacific Orca. The charter has been running since June 2019 and will end in February 2021. The agreement covers wind […]

  • Photo of the Day: Port of Esbjerg Displays Offshore Wind Bounty

    18 November 2016
    Ports & Logistics

    Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg has shared a photograph showing components for more than 100 offshore wind turbines ready for installation in the North Sea stored in the port area. In 2016, estimated 1.1 GW offshore wind will be shipped from the Port of Esbjerg, and so far 0.75 GW onshore wind have passed the quays […]

  • TenneT Takes Over SylWin1 Offshore Grid Connection

    27 April 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has handed over SylWin1, the third North Sea grid connection this year, to its customer TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission grid operator has now put the world’s most powerful grid connection to date into commercial operation, Siemens said in a press release issued Friday, April 25. The offshore platform of the SylWin1 grid connection is […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    31 August 2015

    Nordergründe The 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm reached financial closure. The project developer WPD announced that it has secured funding for the next €410m phase of the wind farm. The funding includes loans from KfW IPEX-Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and equity from WPD. Nordergründe will have 18 Senvion turbines installed 16km off the German coast in the Weser Estatuary, in water depths varying from […]

  • Tekmar Notches CPS Order for German Offshore Wind Farm

    7 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for an undisclosed offshore wind farm in Germany. The UK-based cable protection specialist will supply the CPS ”for a remedial campaign on a major offshore wind farm located in the Sylt Offshore Cluster of the German North Sea.” The units will […]

  • Vattenfall Building Accommodation Platform (Gallery)

    4 February 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has used knowledge from oil and gas industry regarding work shift schedule on its renewable energy project. Namely, the company is building world’s largest accommodation platform dedicated to an offshore wind farm. Standing on a 40-meter tall jacket foundation, the platform will be able to accommodate up to 50 people 70 […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Three Dong Energy OWF Jobs

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with offshore substation transportation and installation contracts for Burbo Bank Extension, Race Bank and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. The contracts cover the transportation and installation of up to 5 platforms that will support the power transmission of the three offshore wind farms. For the execution of […]

  • Top News of the Week Jan 12 -18, 2015

    18 January 2015

    Siemens, Bernhard Schulte Sign Deal for Two New SOVs Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term service and maintenance operations of the Gemini and Sandbank/Dan Tysk offshore wind power plants in the North Sea. RWE Cuts Renewables Budget […]

  • Highlights of the Month: November 2015

    3 December 2015

    DONG Unveils U.S. Offshore Wind Project Details DONG Energy has released project details for its offshore wind farm proposed to be built off Massachusetts, USA. Scotland Greenlights World’s Largest Floating Wind Project The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence to Statoil for the construction of Hywind Scotland project, the world’s largest floating offshore wind […]

  • Vattenfall’s Wind Unit Marks a Dip in Q3 2016

    27 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area reported SEK 1.263 billion (EUR 130 million) in net sales in the third quarter of 2016, a 9% decrease compared to SEK 1.389 billion reported for the same period in 2015, due to ”lower prices received and less favourable wind conditions”. The Swedish energy company’s wind unit also recorded an underlying […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Maintain DanTysk Turbines

    2 June 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to provide turbine maintenance services at the 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In operation since 2015, the DanTysk offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The contract, awarded to Siemens Gamesa by DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH, covers the maintenance […]