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  • L-3 SAM Electronics to Supply Electrical System Package for EnBW Baltic 2 OWF

    11 February 2014
    Technology

    Bladt Industries has commissioned L-3 SAM Electronics to outfit transition pieces for the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm, which is scheduled to become operational this year. L-3 will supply and install low-voltage switchgear and transformers and all lighting, in addition to providing and installing ventilation facilities, sea markings and sonar transponders, as well as a […]

  • Uptime International Wins Offshore Wind Contract

    8 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Uptime International has entered into contract with Ulstein Verft AS for delivery of two active motion compensated gangways. The walk to work systems will be mounted during first half of 2016 on two new built wind turbine service operation vessels (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte and their affiliate Windea Offshore. This is the first dedicated […]

  • OMM Demonstrates Its New ‘Tower Support Services’ Package

    1 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed six of eleven cable pull-in operations under its new ‘Tower Support Services’ package. The package, which was formed to provide clients with a clearly defined set of support services, also includes hang-off as well as termination and testing operations. John Lawton, Director from OMM, commented: “Our Tower Support […]

  • Germany: OBMC Launches Appeal to Federal Government

    24 September 2013
    Authorities

    The offshore wind power conference OBMC 2013 began with an appeal to the new government. All speakers urged the German government to proceed with the necessary revision of the Renewable Energy Act with no time pressure. Ronny Meyer, CEO of the Wind Energy Agency WAB and initiator of the campaign “Offshore – Germany Wind Force”, […]

  • Siemens to supply 80 wind turbines for German wind farm off Sylt Island

    21 October 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Company also signs first maintenance contracts for North Sea power lines Siemens has clinched an order to supply 80 wind turbines for the Dan Tysk wind farm off Germany’s North Sea coast. With a total capacity of 288 megawatts, the farm will begin supplying clean electricity to 500,000 German households in 2014. Dan Tysk Offshore […]

  • Germany: Friesland Kabel Inks SylWin Alpha Contract

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Friesland Kabel GmbH, the specialist for marine and offshore connections in Norderstedt near Hamburg, takes over the complete delivery, including logistics for the wiring of the new offshore converter platform “SylWin Alpha”, which for the moment is manufactured by Nordic Yards in Warnemünde. Several hundred kilometers of cable must be installed for safe operation of […]

  • Nordic Yards Undocks SylWin Alpha

    1 July 2014

    The offshore converter platform SylWin alpha was undocked at the Nordic Yards shipyard in Warnemünde last week. The 15,000 tonne yellow topside left the dock in the morning on the barge “Nordic Giant 101”: the platform – aligned diagonally across the dock – was built on the barge because SylWin, at 83 metres long and […]

  • Germany: Nordic Yards Starts Construction of Third Offshore Transformer Platform

    3 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Construction starts on the SylWin alpha offshore transformer platform at Nordic Yards, manufacturer of innovative special ships and major maritime projects for the offshore wind and other industries. The first steel blank cut was made in the presence of representatives of the client, Siemens Energy, and the end customer, TenneT, at the Rostock-Warnemünde yard.  SylWin […]

  • ‘Gentle Giant’ to Work on Sandbank OWF

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Subsea pile driving specialist MENCK, an ACTEON company, is providing its largest and most powerful hydraulic hammer to assist Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems with the installation of subsea foundations for Project Sandbank, a new 72-turbine strong wind farm in the North Sea. Known as the ‘Gentle Giant’, the MENCK MHU 3500S hydraulic hammer exerts a […]

  • Top News of the Week June 9 – 15, 2014

    15 June 2014

    UK Signs FID Contracts for Five Offshore Wind Projects The UK Government has signed eight contracts awarded under the Final Investment Decision (FID) Enabling for Renewables process, including five contracts for offshore wind projects. Drydocks Completes DolWin Beta Construction in Dubai Drydocks World has successfully completed the pioneering HVDC converter platform DolWin beta. Spanish Shipyard […]

  • Euskalforging Reaches New Milestone (Spain)

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    On September 26th, Euskalforging received an order for 43 TP flanges for the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. A record of 615 TP and MP flanges will be supplied by Euskalforging this year. Reported projects (TP and MP flanges) gained during 2013 by Euskalforging are: Dan Tysk, Amrumbank West, Humber Gateway, and Baltic 2. [mappress] Press […]

  • Prysmian Secures SylWin1 Project by TenneT for the Cable Connection of Offshore Wind Farms in the North Sea to the German Power Grid

    26 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    The project sets new technological milestones reaching 864MW of power rating and 320 KV DC voltage Prysmian is the industry leader involved in most of the major worldwide offshore Windfarms projects Prysmian, a leading worldwide player in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, has been awarded a project worth more than €250 million by the […]

  • CWind to Care For Vattenfall Cables

    24 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Swedish offshore wind power developer and operator Vattenfall has signed a five-year cable repair framework agreement with power cable and asset management services provider CWind covering Vattenfall’s European assets.

  • Photo of the Day: Night Shift at Dan Tysk

    10 June 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Seacat Defender working a night shift at the Dan Tysk wind farm. The wind farm is located around 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt in the German North Sea covering an area of 70 square kilometres. With a capacity of 288MW, it will be able to power […]

  • Siemens, Bernhard Schulte Sign Deal for Two New SOVs

    13 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term service and maintenance operations of the Gemini and Sandbank/Dan Tysk offshore wind power plants in the North Sea. Officials from Siemens and Bernhard Schulte together with its offshore wind affiliate WINDEA […]

  • UK: Vattenfall to Increase Wind Power Investments

    15 June 2012

    The wind power sector is growing and Vattenfall is continually expanding its presence in the booming industry. Wind power is one of the areas where the company intends to increase its investments in the years ahead. 15 June is Global Wind Day, a good opportunity to look at the importance of wind power throughout the […]

  • Van Oord Acquires Ballast Nedam Offshore Activities

    28 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord has reached agreement on the acquisition of the activities of Ballast Nedam Offshore. The acquisition consists of the assets of Ballast Nedam Offshore, the dedicated EPCI staff (Engineering, Procurement, Contracting and Installation), heavy lift installation vessel Svanen and the Westermeerwind project (144 MW). The activities will be integrated into Van Oord’s Offshore Wind Projects business unit. The acquisition will […]

  • Nordseewerke to Build Massive Offshore Foundation (Germany)

    2 September 2013
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Nordseewerke shipyard in Emden has been awarded a contract to build large foundations for an offshore wind farm. The project, worth almost EUR 10 million, should begin in early November. The client is the Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg (Schleswig-Holstein). Later on, a residential platform for the Dan Tysk wind farm, comprising 80 wind turbines, will […]

  • Windfarm Update: Sandbank

    1 December 2014

    In August Vattenfall and Stadtwerke Miinchen (SWM) reached an investment agreement for the Sandbank offshore wind project, with an investment value of approximately €1,2bn, to be built 90km west of the island of Sylt. A special project company, Sandbank Offshore GmbH, is set up for this purpose whereby Vattenfall holds 51% and SWM 49% of […]

  • Seaway Installs Sylwin Alpha Converter Platform

    14 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Under the direction of Seaway Heavy Lifting, one of the world’s largest converter platforms has been installed off Sylt, an East Frisian Island. SylWin alpha platform, built by Siemens, is so large and heavy that the ingenious “float-over method” has been used to lift it from a pontoon onto the already installed jacket base. This approach has been used successfully in […]

  • AGOW: Continuous OW Expansion Basis for Cost Reduction

    8 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    With offshore wind farms DanTysk, Nordsee Ost, Borkum and Global Tech I alone, more than 2,000 MW of German offshore wind energy has been installed in the North and Baltic Seas. End of this year will see the installed capacity rise to more than 3,000 MW. This corresponds to the capacity of more than two large nuclear power […]

  • Vattenfall Places Esbjerg as Its ‘Logistics Capital’ With New Port Expansion

    2 November 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    Vattenfall has opened its new international central warehouse at Port of Esbjerg in Denmark which will serve not only Danish but also Dutch and British offshore wind farms. Vattenfall’s new international central warehouse facilities cover a 2,220 square metre indoor warehouse and an outdoor storage facility of approximately 10,000 square metres. Vattenfall’s warehouse at Esbjerg […]

  • Hollandia fabrication yard

    5 October 2012

    A joint venture between Strukton Systems and Hollandia is building transformer stations for the offshore wind industry at the Hollandia fabrication yard on the banks of the rivers IJssel and Lek where they meet in Krimpen aan den IJssel, just outside of Rotterdam. Strukton Systems is a specialist in the design, construction and maintenance of […]

  • Thanet Wind Farm – a milestone of renewable energy (UK)

    22 September 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    On Thursday Vattenfall inaugurates Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This is a milestone in the development of renewable energy for a sustainable society. For Vattenfall, it is a springboard to the future – both to the British market and to large-scale offshore wind power. Only some two years after the […]

  • Siemens and MPI Adventure Install All Sandbank Turbines

    23 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation vessel MPI Adventure and Siemens have installed all 72 turbines at the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm three months sooner than initially planned. The final Siemens SWT-4.0 130 turbine was installed on Saturday, 21 January, Vattenfall, the majority owner and developer of the wind farm, said. The first Sandbank wind turbine was installed at the end of […]

  • First Sandbank Turbine Up

    29 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have now erected the first of 72 Siemens SWT- 4.0 130 wind turbines at the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm being built 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea. The erection of the towers on the foundations and the installation of the nacelles […]