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  • First Tripod Loaded onto OFFSHORE BHV I (Germany)

    22 February 2012
    Technology

    The first foundation structures for offshore wind energy facilities were loaded onto the special pontoon OFFSHORE BHV I, which is 70 meters long and 32 meters wide, in Bremerhaven’s Fischereihafen on February 14. Weighing up to 900 tons, the tripods will be transported by rail directly from the loading facility at the manufacturer’s plant to […]

  • ‘Innovation’ Starts Westermost Rough OWF Work

    13 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Innovation, a heavy-lift jack-up vessel owned by HGO InfraSea Solutions, has been working at the UK’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm as of January 2014, the owner informed on its official website. For this project, the Innovation is managed by GeoSea, which holds 50% shares in HGO. The contract, signed last year between GeoSea and […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 19 – 24, 2013

    25 August 2013

    Floating Gyro-Stabilized VAWT to Be Tested in Norway (VIDEO) A model of a floating gyro stabilized Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) for offshore and near-shore applications, which is called Gwind, will be tested in the harbor of Stavanger this autumn, according to the Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE). AREVA, Windreich Sign Cooperation Contract […]

  • Bremen Mayor Christens OFFSHORE BHV 1 (Germany)

    21 December 2011

    On December 16, 2011, Bremen Mayor and Senator of Finance, Karoline Linnert in front of 250 guests at BLG-car terminal christened OFFSHORE BHV 1 pontoon. Soon, this vessel will be transporting up to 900 tonnes of heavy foundation structures for the Global Tech I wind farm. The tripod structures will remain at the terminal until […]

  • Fred. Olsen to Showcase Its Expertise at WindEnergy Hamburg

    2 September 2014

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will be exhibiting at WindEnergy 2014 in Hamburg, Germany between 23rd and 26th September. Fred. Olsen related companies Global Wind Service and Universal Foundation will be also be exhibiting on the stand. They will celebrate the completion of installation on Global Tech I where the Brave and the Bold Tern, together with […]

  • TenneT Takes BorWin3 Reins

    13 February 2020
    Grid Connection

    Siemens and Petrofac have handed over the 900MW BorWin3 offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea to TenneT. The grid link was handed over following several weeks of testing, and TenneT has now taken over the maintenance and operation of the connection. The link was commissioned in August 2019. Siemens was responsible for […]

  • Germany: First CAL 64000 Heavy-Lift Offshore Crane Ready for Operation

    8 October 2012

    The first CAL 64000-1500 Litronic®, a heavy lift offshore crane developed by Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, is now ready for operation. The crane is installed on the “Innovation”, a vessel belonging to HGO InfraSea Solutions, which installs offshore wind power stations in the North Sea wind park Global Tech I. With this new product Liebherr meets […]

  • Germany: Windreich Secures EUR 500 Million for North Sea Wind Farm MEG 1

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    After a one-year detailed consideration, a confirmation has been given for EUR 500 million to serve for financing Windreich AG’s MEG 1 project. The Deutsch Bank will team up with other banks to approve additional investments of over EUR 1 billion, therefore, just EUR 100 million will be needed for project implementation.   Due to […]

  • EnBW Looking to Set Up Hohe See Marine Coordination Office

    9 December 2016
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW has invited tenders for planning, construction and operation of a marine coordination office which will support the construction phase of the Hohe See offshore wind farm and potentially the Albatros offshore wind farm. The set-up and operation is to be carried out in accordance with the legal requirements, including the Implementation Guideline Seaview Observation, […]

  • AREVA Rotor Stars Loading Commence

    22 January 2014

    Crane vessel VIDAR has started loading the first AREVA rotor stars for the offshore wind farm Global Tech I yesterday. The pre-assembly of the almost sixty metres long rotor blades and the nacelle was accomplished at the terminal site of the JadeWeserPort, adjacent to the ship. Following loading, the VIDAR will leave with the next […]

  • Windreich Welcomes Link between Norway and Germany

    5 December 2012
    Grid Connection

    Willi Balz, CEO of Windreich AG welcomed the signing of the agreement between TenneT TSO, Stattnet and KfW on a submarine cable between Norway and Germany. He said that this is an important first step towards establishing a genuine European interconnection network. Thus, the integration of efficient base load generation from wind power in the […]

  • BorWin3 Goes Into Operation

    13 August 2019
    Grid Connection

    TenneT has commissioned the 900MW BorWin3 offshore grid platform in the German North Sea. BorWin3 will connect the 497MW EnBW Hohe See and the 400MW Global Tech I offshore wind farms to the German grid. It represents TenneT’s twelfth offshore wind project and takes the company’s offshore transmission capacity in the North Sea to more than 7GW, […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2014

    3 March 2014

    First Foundation Installed at Westermost Rough GeoSea Innovation has kicked off offshore construction at Dong Energy’s  Westermost Rough offshore wind farm by installing the first of 35 foundations. NABU: Violations in Offshore Wind Farm Approvals Revealed (Germany) According to a legal opinion issued by NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union), there were significant violations in […]

  • Stadtwerke München Bullish on Offshore Wind

    26 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    German utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) plans further investments in the expanding offshore wind sector to substitute its loss-making gas and power plants, Reuters reports.  SWM has already invested around EUR 3 billion in renewables and the company intends to add further investments to the tally, preferably through offshore wind-related joint ventures, the company’s CEO Florian Bieberbach said […]

  • Germany: Bourbon Enterprise Uses Cuxport Terminal

    4 June 2012

    The cooperation between Cuxport and Offshore Marine Management GmbH (OMM) is gathering pace: the “Bourbon Enterprise”, the first vessel equipped for the maritime cable business at a quay at Cuxport, left Cuxhaven on Wednesday for the last time bound for the North Sea. On its seven trips, the 76-metre long multi-purpose ship has been preparing […]

  • Germany: HEAG Could Sell Stake in HSE to Fund New Purchases

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    HEAG Holding AG intends to sell a part of its stake in HEAG Suedhessische Energie AG (HSE), which would reduce its ownership from 93% to 60% in the utility that has a 25% stake in the Global Tech I offshore wind project, according to Bloomberg. The company could sell its planned percentage to local municipalities, […]

  • Windreich Congratulates BARD on Offshore Wind Farm Completion (Germany)

    5 August 2013

    Dipl.Wirt.Ing. (FH) Willi Balz has congratulated BARD on the completion of the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm construction. The wind farm consists of 80 turbines with a total capacity of 400 MW, which can produce enough electricity for more than one million people in the Ruhr area. “In spite all the setbacks, BARD was […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 29, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015

    5 January 2015

    Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea… Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Installed The last of the in total 48 wind turbines was successfully installed over Christmas around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland. Lely […]

  • Enbridge Wins EnBW Hohe See Stake Auction?

    3 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian energy company Enbridge has emerged victorious from the auction for a 49.9% stake in the 497MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, Reuters cited a source familiar with the matter as saying. The wind farm is being developed by the German energy company EnBW, which said that finding a co-investor was one of the pre-requisites for […]

  • Windreich Welcomes TenneT’s Initiative to Speed Up Connection to German Electricity Grid

    24 February 2012
    Grid Connection, R&D

    The CEO and the sole shareholder of Windreich AG, Willi Balz, welcomed the TenneT’s initiative to accelerate the connection of the offshore wind farms to the German electricity grid. The proposal presented by TenneT demands that the offshore connecting cables – like the onshore transmission grid – are constructed on the basis of a 10-year […]

  • SGS Wins Award for Butendiek OWF Services

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    On 20 February 2014 in London, SGS was awarded the Project Finance Magazine 2013 Europe Offshore Deal of the Year Award for work done on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm project. At the end of 2011, Marguerite Adviser S. A. approached SGS to perform technical due diligence services for the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm project […]

  • Akrocean to Gauge Winds at Two German North Sea Sites

    24 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    French offshore monitoring and site assessment service provider Akrocean has won a tender to carry out meteorological measurements at two sites of the German N-10 offshore wind area. The company will perform monitoring of wind conditions and prepare a report as part of the preliminary investigation of the N-10.1 and N-10.2 sites in the N-10 […]

  • Germany: NORD/LB Finances Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is participating in the financing of an installation vessel for offshore wind energy farms. Commissioned by the international provider of construction-related services HOCHTIEF, the “VIDAR” is a jack-up vessel being built at the Crist shipyard in Poland and scheduled to go into service from 2013 onwards. NORD/LB has co-structured the transaction within […]

  • Germany: 62 million order for an Offshore High Voltage Substation project

    29 April 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution division and Dutch consortium partner Keppel Verolme B.V. have secured a €62 million order for an Offshore High Voltage Substation project with Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH, a German wind energy project development company and AREVA T&D partner. This turnkey project involves the supply and installation of a self-floating, self-installing 155/33 kV […]

  • Germany: HGO Commissions ‘INNOVATION’ Jack-Up Vessel

    3 September 2012

    HGO InfraSea Solutions, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF and GeoSea—a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group—today officially commissioned the wind market’s most powerful jack-up vessel, the INNOVATION. In the company of around 600 guests from the European offshore market, Geertrui Van Rompuy-Windels, wife of the President of the European Council, christened the ship in Bremerhaven. […]

  • Germans Select Offshore Wind Survey Team

    15 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected the companies to carry out geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys at the N-10.1 and N-10.2 wind energy areas in the German North Sea. Fugro Germany Marine GmbH is the winner of Lot 1 which covers geophysical subsoil investigations, including the measurement of a given profile grid […]