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  • First Nacelles for Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Delivered to Base Port

    24 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The first three nacelles for wind turbines to be installed at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm site were delivered to the base port in Bremerhaven on February 20. Once delivered, a specialized crane with a lifting capacity of 750 tons unloaded the nacelles in the Labrador harbor. After that, the nacelles were transported to […]

  • Norwegian Government Drops Auction Model for Floating Wind Lease Area

    24 March 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Norwegian Government has proposed the sites in the Utsira Nord lease area to be allocated based on qualitative criteria, rather than through an auction. The area is one of the two Norway will soon offer to developers and has been deemed most suitable for floating wind technology. The qualitative criteria entail facilitating innovation and […]

  • GERMANY UPDATE

    11 November 2016

    Since the last time we looked at the status of Germany’s offshore wind industry only two years ago in July 2014, the number of operational offshore wind turbines has jumped from just 141 capable of producing 616MW to 835 grid connected turbines capable of 3,552MW in July 2016 and another 54 installed turbines not yet […]

  • Corio Generation, Å Energi to Jointly Bid for Norwegian Floater

    25 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Global offshore wind developer Corio Generation and Norwegian renewable energy business Å Energi have established Nordvegen Vind, a joint venture aiming to bid for the Utsira Nord floating offshore wind site in Norway. Nordvegen is the name for the old shipping route which for more than 3,000 years has been a gateway for maritime trade […]

  • Norway Gathering Survey Team for Offshore Wind Zones

    13 May 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Jobs & Recruitment

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has tasked the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) with conducting surveys in connection with awarding acreage for offshore wind. The NPD will plan and implement a tendering process for preliminary surveys in the areas of Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord, which were opened for applications for renewable energy […]

  • Norway Seeks Consultancy Services for Offshore Wind Auction Model

    1 June 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is seeking consultancy assistance in designing an auction model for the first 1,500 MW of offshore wind capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) area. As previously reported, the 3 GW of fixed-bottom capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II zone will be auctioned off in two […]

  • EDF Renewables and Deep Wind Pick Floating Tech for Norwegian Offshore Wind Project

    4 July 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, R&D, Technology

    EDF Renewables and Deep Wind Offshore are cooperating with Moreld Ocean Wind for the floating solution at the offshore wind development on Utsira Nord in the Norwegian North Sea. EDF Renewables has been working with Deep Wind Offshore on the first offshore wind projects in Norway since 2021. This work includes producing a competitive bid […]

  • BREAKING: Germany Rakes In EUR 12.6 Billion Through ‘Dynamic Bidding’ Offshore Wind Auction

    12 July 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    Germany’s first dynamic bidding process, covering four offshore wind zones with a combined capacity of 7 GW, has generated EUR 12.6 billion in proceeds, according to the Federal Network Agency. The bidding period for the participation in the tenders for the four areas that were not centrally pre-examined ended on 1 June. The auction entered […]

  • RWE, NTE, and Havfram Eye Floating Wind Farms Offshore Norway

    10 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    German energy company RWE and Norway’s NTE and Havfram have signed a collaboration agreement to participate in the Norwegian government’s tender process for floating offshore wind energy, which will begin later this year. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has designated a new area for this purpose. Utsira Nord, located around 30 kilometres off […]

  • Norway Adds Phases, Interconnection Limits to Offshore Wind Auctions

    10 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The Government of Norway has revealed further details about the upcoming offshore wind auctions at the Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord zones with a combined capacity of 4.5 GW. The 3 GW of fixed-bottom capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II zone will be auctioned off in two 1.5 GW phases. The auction for the […]

  • Kriegers Flak to Power Healthcare Company and Bio Innovator

    13 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk and bio innovator Novozymes have signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall to source their electricity from the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, currently under construction off Denmark.

  • Germany: Inter Array Cable Installation Starts at Nordsee Ost OWF

    6 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    At the beginning of the week, RWE Innogy has started laying the first inter array cable in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. By mid-2014, 64 kilometers of cable will have connected the 48 wind turbines with the offshore transformer substation. The Dutch company Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSCM) is […]

  • Tenders Invited for Piling Work at Innogy Nordsee 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE’s Innogy Nordsee 1 GmbH has issued an invitation to tender on piling work at its Offshore Wind Farm Innogy Nordsee 1. This includes the supply of substructure and foundations for wind turbine generators (WTG), installation of topside and substructure and/or installation of substructure and foundation for WTG. Each substructure and foundation consists of one […]

  • Highlights of the Month: June 2015

    1 July 2015

    Turbine Blade Breaks at Nordsee Ost Just over a month after it was inaugurated, German 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm encountered a problem. Siemens Nets Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Deal ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. USA: Icebreaker OW Project to Use Mono […]

  • Nordsee Ost Foundation Installation Complete

    14 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    All foundations of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been successfully installed some 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland. A total of 48 jacket foundations were installed for the wind turbines and one for the substation in water up to 25 metres deep. Each of the foundations for the wind turbines is […]

  • Nordsee Ost Gets DNV GL’s Stamp of Approval

    29 September 2016
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has awarded innogy SE the project certificate for its 295MW Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm at this year’s WindEnergy Hamburg exhibition. The certification was carried out according to the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH – Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) standard, and covers all stages of the project development from design […]

  • Nordsee Ost Annual Turbine Maintenance Done Ahead of Schedule

    4 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Annual maintenance of the wind turbines at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany, which was planned to take eight weeks, has been completed two weeks earlier. A total of 75 wind turbine technicians have finished the inspection and repair campaign on all 48 Senvion 6 MW units, installed some 35 kilometres north of […]

  • Senvion Installs Nordsee Ost First Turbine

    1 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, installed the first offshore turbines for Nordsee Ost last week. The RWE offshore wind farm is located approximately 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland and is equipped with a total of 48 model 6.2M126 turbines. Each turbine has a rate power of 6.15 megawatts, enabling it […]

  • Brigg Vind to Study Port Options for Sørlige Nordsjø II Bid

    28 March 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    Brigg Vind, a consortium of Vårgrønn, Å Energi, and Corio Generation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Windport AS to develop port facilities for offshore wind in Agder, Norway. Under the MoU, the parties will collaborate on the potential development of port facilities for use in the development and construction of the first […]

  • Norther OHVS Gets Its Own Wireless System

    23 August 2018
    Technology

    The Norther offshore high-voltage station (OHVS), which was installed at the offshore wind farm site on 22 August, has been equipped with an nCentric system providing wireless access for monitoring the substation from land.

  • RWE Inaugurates Nordsee Ost, Gwynt y Môr Next

    11 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nordsee Ost wind farm was officially inaugurated on the occasion of the meeting of the G7 Energy Ministers in Hamburg, on May 8. The inauguration was attended by the German Minister of Economics, Sigmar Gabriel, and his fellow ministers from the G7 states, as well as Peter Terium, CEO of RWE AG, Hans Bünting, CEO of […]

  • Mainstream, BP, Statkraft Partner with Norwegian Port as Part of Offshore Wind Bid

    13 December 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power, BP and Statkraft have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Windport in Mandal, Norway, as part of their bid to develop an offshore wind project at the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II; SN2) area. According to the developers, Windport, a subsidiary of Global Ocean Technology, is building a port […]

  • Shell to Bid for Two Offshore Wind Areas in Norway

    17 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Dutch oil major Shell has partnered with Norwegian hydropower producers BKK and Lyse to apply for licences in two areas currently offered by Norwegian government for offshore wind development. The consortium is now working to prepare applications for projects in the Utsira Nord area, deemed better suitable for floating wind technology, and Sørlige Nordsjø II, […]

  • Vestas and OutSmart to Run First Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    NoordzeeWind has selected Vestas and Dutch-German OutSmart to operate and maintain the Egmond aan Zee wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Egmond aan Zee is the Netherlands’ first offshore wind farm, consisting of 36 Vestas V90-3.0 MW wind turbines located ten to eighteen kilometers off the Dutch coast. Originally built as a demonstration project […]

  • Inter-Array Cabling Done at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A network of more than 60 kilometers of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months. “We divided cable installation into two campaigns. The first […]

  • Norway Mulls Opening Three Offshore Wind Areas

    2 July 2019
    Authorities

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is today submitting proposals to potentially open two areas for offshore wind development, and is seeking input on whether to open a third area. The two areas that the ministry plans to open for offshore wind development are Utsira Nord and Sandskallen-Sørøya Nord. Utsira Nord lies west of Utsira […]