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  • Hammer Time on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has installed the first of 66 monopiles on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • EMO’s Merkur Service Base Right on Time

    11 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its second building for the Merkur offshore wind farm service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, and expects to have it fully built on time with no delays despite winter weather.

  • Merkur Offshore Wind Farm to Change Hands

    10 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) and the Dutch pension investor APG have signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Merkur Offshore GmbH, the owner and operator of the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The two investors signed the agreement with a consortium comprising of funds managed and/or advised by […]

  • Merkur Turbines Halfway There (VIDEO)

    11 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Turbine installation team working on the Merkur offshore wind farm has reached a halfway point on this 396MW project in the German North Sea.

  • Merkur SOV Readying For Sea Trials

    11 February 2020
    Vessels

    GE Renewable Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV) is undergoing final tests at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard in Norway in preparation for sea trials. Ulstein has now floated out the vessel from the outer dock to start the final tests. The sea trials are expected to start in early March. The SOV, owned and operated by Bernhard […]

  • Seafox 5 Leaves Eemshaven with Merkur Turbine Parts

    23 February 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Seafox 5 jack-up has left the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands loaded with the first set of turbine components to be installed on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Palfinger Marine Nets Merkur Crane Deal

    5 October 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has won a contract for delivery of 66 PSM 400 cranes to the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Merkur will feature 66 Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines installed around 45 kilometres off Borkum. Merkur Offshore GmbH is the developer and the future operator of the wind farm. The turbines will be […]

  • Windea Jules Verne Arrives in Eemshaven

    29 June 2020
    Vessels

    The new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne arrived in Eemshaven on 29 June, according to the vessel’s AIS data and social media posts from DHSS. The vessel will soon start working at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany, under a charter with GE Renewable Energy, whose 66 Haliade 150-6 MW turbines are […]

  • Ulstein Orders Red Rock Crane for Merkur SOV

    18 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has contracted Red Rock to deliver a 3D-motion compensated knuckle jib crane for the service operations vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte for the Merkur offshore wind farm. Red Rock also delivered cranes and davits for the two previous vessels, Windea La Cour and Windea Leibniz, that Ulstein built for Bernhard Schulte. To remind, Bernhard […]

  • Photo of the Day: Normand Jarstein and Ampelmann in German Connection

    16 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    Tideway B.V., part of DEME Group, has shared a photo of the DP2 Accommodation and Walk-to-Work (W2W) vessel Normand Jarstein working on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm.

  • Blanke Meier Evers Advises on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm Turbine Contracts

    16 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The law firm Blanke Meier Evers has advised the project company behind the Merkur offshore wind farm with respect to drafting, negotiation and conclusion of the turbine supply agreement and the service and maintenance agreement with GE Renewable Germany GmbH.  Last week, Merkur Offshore GmbH reached financial close for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm, […]

  • NHC Serves Innovation with Ad Hoc Flights to Merkur OWF

    17 May 2017
    Vessels

    Northern HeliCopter (NHC), which was contracted for the Merkur offshore wind farm by GeoSea in January, recently carried out an ad hoc flight as the Innovation vessel called for urgently needed spare parts.

  • Merkur SOV Leaves Poland

    13 September 2019
    Vessels

    The service operations vessel (SOV) destined for the Merkur offshore wind farm has left the Crist shipyard in Poland. GE Renewable Energy contracted Bernhard Schulte Offshore to provide the newbuild vessel for the 396MW wind farm in July last year, after which the German company placed an order with Ulstein Verft. The NB 315 vessel will have an elevator […]

  • Photo of the Day: Vestland Cygnus Reports For Merkur Duty

    16 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Service operations vessel (SOV) Vestland Cygnus has arrived at DHSS’ new supply base in the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, where it will mobilize for the Merkur offshore wind farm. 

  • First Merkur Nacelles Arrive in Eemshaven

    6 November 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    BigLift’s heavy load carrier Big Sky has arrived in the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands loaded with the first six of the sixty-six GE Haliade nacelles to be installed on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • GeoSea Puts A2SEA Straight to Work

    6 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA has signed an agreement to install 66 transition pieces (TPs) on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm for its new parent company – GeoSea.

  • GE Completes 2017 Merkur Nacelle Shipping Season

    12 December 2017
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has sent off the last set of GE Haliade 6MW nacelles for this year to Merkur offshore wind farm’s logistical operations hub in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.

  • Global Wind Service and GE Expand Merkur Collaboration

    30 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has selected Global Wind Service (GWS) as a primary partner for the commissioning and completion scope for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Merkur OSS Topside to Marry Its Foundation Today

    12 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 2,660t topside for the Merkur offshore substation was lifted yesterday, 11 January, from a transport barge to the Oleg Strashnov heavy lift vessel, which is expected to install it on its foundation today. 

  • Oleg Strashnov Gets Back to Beatrice After Merkur OSS Gig

    15 January 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov has returned to the Beatrice project after having installed the substation topside at the Merkur offshore wind farm site in German part of the North Sea.

  • SgurrEnergy to Stay at Merkur Offshore Wind Farm Until 2028

    23 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    SgurrEnergy has secured a 12-year construction and operational monitoring contract for 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, for which the new financing structure was put in place this month. The scope of the contract includes monitoring of construction works and the financial and operational performance of the project to provide regular reporting […]

  • Last Turbine Up at Merkur

    14 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the 66 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines has been installed at the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Merkur SOV Enters the Water

    28 January 2020
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has floated out Bernhard Schulte’s new service operation vessel (SOV), destined for the Merkur offshore wind project

  • Windea Jules Verne Begins Working at Merkur OWF

    13 July 2020
    Vessels

    Bernhard Schulte’s service operation vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne has started working at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany. At the 396 MW project, Windea Jules Verne will support operations and maintenance of the 66 GE Haliade 150-6 MW turbines, which were commissioned in June last year. GE Renewable Energy contracted Bernhard Schulte to provide an […]

  • Northern HeliCopter to Provide WINDEAcare Services for Merkur OWF

    9 January 2017

    GeoSea has contracted Northern HeliCopter (NHC) for the provision of medical services during the installation and commissioning phase of the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight. GeoSea NV has chosen different services of NHC’s holistic medical care concept WINDEAcare according to the individual construction phases. Beside Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), VENTUSmedic, the Emergency Dispatch […]

  • Photo of the Day: GE’s Haliade Nacelles Waiting for Merkur

    24 October 2017

    GE Renewable Energy has published a photo showing its Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm being assembled at the company’s Saint-Nazaire site in France.