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  • Sabik Offshore Marks Kriegers Flak Construction Site

    5 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Sabik Offshore has marked the construction site at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea ahead of the offshore installation work scheduled to start this spring. The navigational safety specialist laid the planned 29 warning buoys at the site despite challenging weather conditions in February, with only a three-day installation window. Expected […]

  • Bladt Loads Out Final Kriegers Flak Transition Piece

    21 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has loaded out the final transition piece for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark. According to the company, transition piece number 72 has been loaded onto the barge in Aalborg and is ready for sail-away towards the 605 MW wind farm. In total, 432 cans have been rolled, welded, painted and […]

  • Lower Offshore Wind Availability Hits Vattenfall’s Q1 Results

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall reported a lower earnings contribution from its Wind operating segment in the first quarter of the year, which stood at SEK 400 million (approx. EUR 39.5 million), mainly due to lower wind speeds and lower availability of offshore wind. The company posted a 11 per cent net sales decrease in the first quarter of […]

  • Denmark: Three Bidders Shortlisted for Kriegers Flak Substations

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Three suppliers have just been prequalified to bid for the supply of two transformer substations for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project. During the fall, a tender for DC cable will be invited. “We are required to be ready with power supply 1st July 2018, when the first offshore wind turbines are scheduled to start […]

  • Kriegers Flak Vessel Helps Danish Police Recover Mystery Submarine

    14 August 2017
    Authorities, Vessels

    Danish subsea services provider JD-Contractor assisted the Copenhagen Police with a recovery of the 17-metre submarine – UC3 Nautilus – which sank in Koge Bay on Friday, 11 August, under suspicious circumstances.

  • ABB to Deliver Kriegers Flak HVDC Converter Station

    10 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    ABB has received an order worth around $140 million from Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The company will provide the complete HVDC station including transformers, converter valves, cooling systems, control and protection and other related equipment at the converter station. […]

  • DEA Updates on Danish Offshore Wind Development

    16 March 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued updates on the latest developments in the country’s offshore wind sector.  On Wednesday, March 11, the DEA held a presentation on the Danish tenders at the seminar ‘Experience and Explore Denmark’. Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm status: The contract notice and the results from the last round of dialogue […]

  • Denmark Initiates Offshore Wind Tendering Process

    22 February 2013
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    In March 2012, the Danish Government entered into an energy agreement with several other political parties from the Danish Parliament. The agreement secures the needed investments for a further step to improve Denmark’s production of renewable energy. By the agreement the parties have decided to initiate a tendering process covering the installation of offshore wind […]

  • Kriegers Flak Foundations Buy One-Way Ticket to Denmark

    9 January 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A barge carrying two gravity based foundations (GBFs) for the high voltage station of the Danish 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm has left the port of Ostend, Belgium.

  • Kriegers Flak Gets Onshore Construction Permit

    13 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Nature Agency (Naturstyrelsen), part of the country’s Ministry of Environment and Food, has cleared Energinet.dk to start land works on the link that will transport energy generated by the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the grid. The Nature Agency granted approval for the start of onshore works following […]

  • Blast from the Past at Vesterhav Nord (Video)

    12 November 2018
    Environment

    Vattenfall and the Danish Armed Forces have uncovered and detonated two English mines in the area of the Danish North Sea where the Vesterhav Nord offshore wind farm is being built.

  • Vattenfall Issues Array Cable Tenders for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    26 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has issued two tenders searching for inter-array cable manufacturing and installation on three Danish offshore wind projects: Kriegers Flak, Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd.

  • Vattenfall Seeks Monopile Manufacturers for Three Projects

    22 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has invited foundation manufacturers to pre-qualify to be able to participate in the tender for the delivery of monopile foundations for three projects in Denmark: Kriegers Flak and Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd nearshore wind farms.

  • Kriegers Flak CGS ‘Black Starts’ Rostock Power Plant

    9 December 2020
    Grid Connection

    50Hertz and Energinet, together with the coal-fired power plant Rostock have performed a live simulation of a restart of the power grid after a power outage in Continental Europe with voltage supplied from Denmark through Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). According to 50Hertz, a land and sea cable connection between two countries and offshore […]

  • Project Launches to Pair Offshore Wind with Sustainable Food Production

    15 March 2023
    Environment, Industry, Innovation, R&D, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Win@Sea, a new collaboration between Vattenfall and Danish universities and companies, will investigate how to produce offshore wind power and sustainable food – all while improving the marine environment and biodiversity in the same marine area. The partners will look into whether an offshore wind farm could simultaneously produce fossil-free electricity and sustainable food while […]

  • Denmark Nods to Interstate Offshore Wind Farm Connector

    5 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate has approved Energinet.dk’s application for a EUR 320 million investment in a new 400 MW interconnection between one Danish and two German offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The interconnector will link the 600 MW Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak via submarine cables which run from the German side […]

  • First Electricity Flows from Kriegers Flak

    2 February 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Kriegers Flak, soon to become Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm in operation, has delivered the first power to the Danish grid, Vattenfall said. The first power comes days after the first of the 72 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines was installed in the Baltic Sea. The jack-up in charge of transporting the wind turbines […]

  • Energinet.dk Orders €33.5M Worth of Components for Kriegers Flak Connection

    15 January 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Energinet.dk has awarded DKK 250 million (approx. EUR 33.5 million) in contracts for the supply of technical components for Kriegers Flak grid connection.  The components include transformers, reactors and switchgear for power stations that will connect the offshore wind farm with the Danish grid. The Danish transmission company said this is the biggest purchase of AC components for power stations in its […]

  • EEW SPC Signs Kriegers Flak Monopiles Contract

    21 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    EEW Special Pipe Constructions has secured a contract with Vattenfall to manufacture the monopile foundations for the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea.

  • Top News of the Week, 20 – 26 June 2016

    26 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Lays Out Cost Cutting Strategy Siemens stated that its offshore wind projects from 2025 onward will be capable of generating electricity at a Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) level below eight euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), with the price also including the costs for grid access to shore. Adwen, LM Wind Power Present […]

  • Top News of the Week Jan 11 – 17, 2016

    17 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil to Present Hywind Scotland Project in Peterhead To provide local communities with information about the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, Statoil will hold a public exhibition on 20 January in Peterhead. 2015 Huge for Wind Power in Scotland Following a record final month, 2015 proved to be a “huge year” for wind power in Scotland, […]

  • Vattenfall On Point with Danish Offshore Wind Projects (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    14 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s three Danish offshore wind projects are progressing on schedule following the order of wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Gunnar Groebler, Senior Vice President Business Area Wind at Vattenfall, said.

  • Top News of the Week, 23 – 29 October 2017

    29 October 2017

    Former Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind CEO Joins CIP Michael Hannibal will join Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) as partner to take a lead role in the company’s investment activities within the offshore wind business starting from 21 December. MHI Vestas to Test 9.5MW Offshore Wind Turbine in US MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Clemson University in […]

  • Energinet Commences Work on Two Danish Wind Farms

    24 April 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Yesterday, Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard asked the state-owned company Energinet.dk to start feasibility studies for two proposed wind farms, 400MW Horns Rev 3 and 600MW Kriegers Flak. The work includes studies of marine mammals, birds and how parks could affect navigation. Energinet.dk will also explore the seabed in the area. At the same time, Energinet.dk […]

  • Bladt Orders Kriegers Flak Cranes

    29 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Danish Hvide Sande Shipyard, Steel and Service has received an order to supply cranes for Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. Hvide Sande will provide 72 cranes for the 605MW project in the order placed by Bladt Industries, which in charge of delivering the wind farm’s transition pieces. According to Carl Erik Kristensen, Director of Hvide Sande, […]

  • Geotechnical Data for Kriegers Flak OSS Sites Available

    12 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Supplementary geotechnical investigations were conducted at the planned Kriegers Flak platform sites in June-August 2014, and Energinet.dk has now made the data and results publicly available at its website. The purpose of this ground investigation was to provide geotechnical data for the design of proposed offshore substations associated with the Kriegers Falk offshore wind farm. The […]