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  • 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 […]

  • Vattenfall Cleared to Build Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 February 2020
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Expected to be completed by the end of 2021, Kriegers Flak will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines and will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm once commissioned.

  • Svanen Ready for Kriegers Flak Foundation Installation

    11 May 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has arrived at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark to begin the installation of monopile foundations. The monopiles, manufactured by EEW Special Pipe Constructions, will be transported floating from Rostock, Germany, to the project site. The transition pieces are produced by Bladt Industries in Aalborg, Denmark. Van […]

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • Site Investigations for Three New Danish Offshore Wind Farms to Kick Off in Early 2023

    16 December 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued permits to the Danish transmission system operator (TSO), Energinet, regarding the initiation of preliminary site investigations in the Kattegat II and Kriegers Flak II areas as well as the new location chosen for the Hesselø offshore wind farm. The site investigations will be initiated by Energinet in the […]

  • Kriegers Flak Monopiles Stand Ready

    31 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed all 72 monopiles at Vattenfall’s 605 MW wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea. The last monopile was en-route to the installation site, after completion at EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock, on 24 August, the German company said. Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen installed the first monopile […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • Denmark Rolls Out 18 GW Offshore Wind Map

    5 June 2020
    Authorities

    Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing both standalone offshore wind […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Energinet.dk Selects AC Connection for Kriegers Flak

    5 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Energinet.dk is preparing for the construction of a traditional grid connection system for the wind turbines at Kriegers Flak. This means that the system is based on AC like the systems connecting Denmark’s existing offshore wind farms with the electricity grid. Originally, the grid connection should have been based on a DC system to be […]

  • CG to Power Kriegers Flak

    12 January 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    CG, an Avantha Group company, has been awarded a contract from Denmark’s electricity transmission system operator Energinet.dk to provide power transformers and Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) for the Kriegers Flak wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. The order consists of two onshore 500 MVA 410/235kV autotransformers (frame contract); four 220 MVA 32/225kV offshore platform substation […]

  • Top News of the Week, 15 – 21 January 2018

    21 January 2018

    Ørsted Continues Offshore Wind Support in Taiwan Ørsted has signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in Taiwan in order to continue exchanging knowledge on offshore wind and developing the industry. MHI Vestas Plots Offshore Wind Expansion with New Top Team Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems have appointed Philippe Kavafyan to Chief Executive […]