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  • Germany: Topping-Out Ceremony for Heligoland’s Offshore Wind Service Stations

    8 October 2013

    The topping-out ceremony will be celebrated for two new buildings on Heligoland today. The offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost (295 MW) of RWE Innogy and Meerwind Süd | Ost (288 MW) of WindMW GmbH, which are currently being built about 30 km north of the island, are to be operated and maintained over a period […]

  • Iberdrola Renewables and AREVA Join to Bid for French Offshore Wind Projects

    29 June 2011

      IBERDROLA RENOVABLES and the French company AREVA have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly bid on two zones for offshore wind power development off the French coast. Both companies have agreed to bid for two of the five areas that the French government has offered for competitive tender in a first phase in […]

  • E.ON, RWE and WindMW Plan Construction of Base for Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms in Germany

    5 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      E.ON, RWE and WindMW today presented their plans for the construction of a base for the maintenance and operation of their offshore wind farms planned in the German North Sea. The plans provide for the development of the southern port of Helgoland to create a service and operating station. To this end, a total […]

  • Offshore Wind Accounts for 45 Pct of NKT’s High-Voltage Order Backlog

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Subsea power cable manufacturer NKT has reported a record-high order backlog for high-voltage cables for 2023, with 45 per cent of orders coming from offshore wind. At the end of last year, NKT’s order backlog was at EUR 10.8 billion, more than double the company saw at the end of 2022. In its full-year 2023 […]

  • Equinor Ramps Up Its Offshore Wind Game

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor plans to expand its acquisition of wind acreage and will continue to leverage its position in offshore wind, the company said in a press release from 2 November. The oil and gas major, which has been making significant renewable energy steps over the past several years, will establish renewables as a separate reporting segment […]

  • German Offshore Wind Auction Enters ”Negative Bidding” Stage

    15 June 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has received several zero-subsidy bids across all four offshore wind areas currently under auction. The scenario of receiving multiple zero-cent bids for all of the sites now calls for the introduction of the so-called ”dynamic bidding process”, the agency said. The process is also referred to as ”negative bidding”. The bidding […]

  • Germany to expand offshore wind power, UK might miss their targets

    29 July 2010
    R&D

    Norbert Röttgen, German Federal Environment Minister, has thrown his backing behind developing more offshore wind farms in Germany. Röttgen announced today that offshore companies can rely on debt guarantees from the governemnt to secure the financing of “10 mega projects” in the North and Baltic seas up until the end of 2011. The announcement signals […]

  • 115.5-Metre Vestas Wind Turbine Blade Put Through Its Paces in Denmark

    19 December 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The 115.5 m blade for Vestas’ V236-15.0 MW™ wind turbine is currently being tested at Blaest’s blade test facility in Aalborg, Denmark. Before going into commercial production, the new V236-15.0 MW™ wind turbine will undergo comprehensive test campaigns which are a mandatory part of the type certification process. One of the tests to be performed […]

  • BASF and Ørsted Sign 25-Year Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement in Germany

    11 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Largest chemicals producer in the world, BASF, and Ørsted have concluded a 25-year fixed-price corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA), under which BASF will offtake the output of 186 MW from Ørsted’s planned Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea. The offshore wind farm will have a total installed capacity of 900 […]

  • Research and Markets Offers Another Offshore Wind Report

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has added the “Analyzing the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy – 2014” report to their offering. This research brings a complete in-depth focus on the global offshore wind energy industry in its report – Analyzing the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy. The report begins with an exploration of the importance of wind […]

  • German Wind Energy Market Records Stable Growth in 2012

    1 February 2013

    The German wind energy market recorded further stable growth in 2012. According to current data collected by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and VDMA Power Systems (VDMA PS), 2012 saw the installation of 1,008 new wind turbines (2011: 895) with a total capacity of 2,439 megawatts (2011: 2,008). Connection […]

  • OWIB gathers the offshore wind industry (Denmark)

    20 September 2010

    The world’s largest networking event for the international offshore wind industry takes place on November 17 in Denmark. This November international businesses in design, production, setting-up and operation of offshore wind turbines gather at the OWIB – the Offshore Wind International Business2Business Event – to discuss opportunities for collaboration on future offshore wind projects. OWIB […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    20 July 2015

    Borkum Riffgrund 1 Turbine installation work is ongoing at the 312MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, located 54km off the German coast and around 37km from the island Borkum. The installation, performed by A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER, reached half way in mid-March. The first of the 78 Siemens SWT-4.0-130 turbines was installed back in August 2014 and the first electricity was already produced mid-February. […]

  • Germans Call For 2GW Offshore Wind Tender by Year-End

    17 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    German offshore wind industry associations have called on the government to launch a special tender before the end of the year and offer up to 2GW in capacity to be developed. The industry representatives from BWE, BWO, Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, and WAB said that ”the industry now needs reliable, long-term framework conditions. This involves […]

  • Germany: OHB Group Develops Solutions for Information Exchange in Ofshore Wind Farms

    15 February 2013

     According to the plans of the German federal government, offshore wind power is to make a crucial contribution to the national and international energy balance in the future. Work has already commenced on building up the capacity in the North and Baltic Seas for the production of regenerative energies, with new wind farms being added […]

  • Ocean Winds Enters Floating Wind Partnership in Greece

    2 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Winds (OW), a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Greek renewable energy company Terna Energy to co-develop floating offshore wind projects in Greece. The companies said they were joining forces to identify the most suitable areas and consequently develop a pipeline of projects in excess of […]

  • WindEurope: ‘European Governments Should Not Follow German Example of Negative Bidding’

    13 July 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry

    Following the results of the latest German offshore wind auction, which went into the so-called negative bidding stage and ended up earning the State billions from the winning developers, WindEurope warned that this would be passed on to consumers and the supply chain, and called on the German government to avoid this approach in future […]

  • SeaEnergy and Ampelmann sign exclusivity agreement (UK)

    11 August 2010
    Business & Finance, Technology

    SeaEnergy is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with Ampelmann, a high-tech offshore access solutions developer, to secure use of Ampelmann’s ship-based self stabilizing platforms. This agreement takes SeaEnergy an important step closer to the launch of a marine services business aimed at providing support services for the construction, commissioning and […]

  • Commissioner Damanaki to Present Maritime Strategy for Atlantic Ocean (Portugal)

    25 November 2011

    On Monday 28 November, in Lisbon, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, will present a new maritime strategy for growth and jobs in the Atlantic Ocean area, just adopted by the European Commission. The strategy identifies challenges and opportunities in the region and takes stock of existing initiatives that can support growth and […]

  • EWEA: Next Two Years Critical to Further Expanding European Offshore Wind Sector

    17 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The next two years will be critical to further establishing and expanding the European offshore wind sector, especially in Britain and Germany, one of the track chairs at the recent offshore conference in Frankfurt said earlier this week. Dima Rifai, CEO of Paradigm Change Capital Partners in the UK, added a key area in the […]

  • Iberdrola Surpasses 8GW of Renewable Capacity in Europe (Spain)

    11 August 2011

      IBERDROLA has surpassed 8,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity in Europe, solidifying its status as the benchmark for this type of energy on the continent. This installed capacity is enough to supply nearly four million Europeans and prevent the emission of around 14 million tonnes of CO2. The company now has renewable facilities in […]

  • Germany: Galion Becomes First Lidar to Be Approved for Low Cost Offshore Power Curve Tests

    10 June 2013
    Technology

    The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IWES) has verified the accuracy of Galion Lidar’s groundbreaking “remote mast” functionality.  This is the first independent validation of this novel wind measurement methodology within the industry. The leading research institute states that Galion Lidar, a remote wind measurement device developed by international renewable […]

  • Weather data: Forecasting for cost reductions

    9 August 2013

    Offshore wind farms are built in areas where it has been determined, by monitoring with met masts and floating met buoys, that there is enough of the turbine ‘fuel’ under normal circumstances. It is not just the remote location and water depth that determines that you will not find any offshore wind farms in the […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Developers Face Workforce’s Competence Issue

    20 August 2012

    As offshore wind projects become larger in size and further offshore the teams involved in their construction will grow significantly. Each project will be phased into separate stages which in turn will create subsets of workers. The issue which arises is the effective management of the entire workforce’s competence. Currently there are 4,700 offshore wind […]

  • UK: Fugro Opens Soils Testing Laboratory

    7 October 2013

    Today marks the official opening of Fugro’s expanded soils testing laboratory at the Group’s UK headquarters in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, by The Mayor of Wallingford, Councillor Bernard Stone. An investment of over £1 million has been made in increasing the capacity and in state-of-the-art equipment, as a direct result of the significant increase in the number […]

  • Austal Bags Contract for Fourth WFSV for Turbine Transfers (Australia)

    10 January 2012

    Building on its initial success in the renewable energy market, Austal has confirmed a contract for a fourth wind farm support vessel for Turbine Transfers Limited. The order is the first for a new Austal design which will enable safer and more efficient offshore wind turbine service. Welcoming the follow-up order from the UK-based company, […]