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  • J/U WIND SERVER Completes Borkum Riffgrund 1 Work

    2 July 2015

    DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER has completed her first large commercial operation performing commissioning support during the turbine commissioning of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the German North Sea. The vessel has worked on more than 50 turbines during the three months’ charter for Siemens AG. “The use of WIND SERVER […]

  • Highlights of the Month: December 2014

    4 January 2015

    Siemens erects 6 MW offshore turbine on land Siemens has installed two of its SWT-6.0-154 offshore wind turbines at an onshore site in Wehlens near Wilhelmshaven. Belgium to Decide on Wind Energy Storing Island in 2015 Belgium will have their say in early 2015 about a project that would see excess energy stored and used […]

  • Siemens Secures Order for Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Energy has secured another order for an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the customer DONG Energy the company will supply up to 89 wind turbines for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the North Sea off the German coast. With a total capacity of 320 megawatts (MW) the wind power plant will […]

  • Siemens Late with Turbine Delivery for Borkum Riffgrund 1

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dong Energy’s 312MW offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 has encountered an obstacle, as Siemens cannot deliver the 77 wind turbines on time, Danish media reported. The 4 MW turbine is an upgraded version of Siemens’ bestseller 3.6 MW, which was originally slated to be used at Borkum Riffgrund 1. In the spring, Dong announced […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 8 – 14, 2014

    14 December 2014

    Dong Buys Borkum Riffgrund West 2  Dong Energy has acquired a 100% ownership interest in the German offshore wind development project Borkum Riffgrund West 2 from Energiekontor AG. Timelapse Video: West of Duddon Sands Construction and Inauguration  From 2012 to 2014, a joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy was constructing the West of […]

  • Geotechnical Studies Wrap Up at Gode Wind 3

    14 October 2019
    R&D

    G-tec has completed the geotechnical investigation work at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 offshore wind project in Germany. G-tec kicked off the geotechnical investigations for the foundation design onboard its vessel Omalius in June under a contract secured with Ørsted. The Belgian company is also in charge of providing laboratory analysis of samples taken from the seabed in various depths […]

  • DONG Secures German Offshore Wind Trifecta, Places Two Zero Bids

    13 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea totaling 590MW capacity, with two of the projects accepted with bids for zero Euros per MWh.

  • Dong Reviews Its Offshore Wind Plans for Germany

    21 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    Faced with reduced funds for German offshore wind energy, Dong Energy has been revising its plans in Germany, with a possibility of scaling them back, writes the German manager magazin online edition. The company’s manager for German offshore business, Trine Borum Bojsen, said that ambitious policy goals are needed for a technology breakthrough to take […]

  • WINDFARM UPDATES: Borkum Riffgrund 1, DanTysk, EnBW Baltic 2, Meerwind Süd|Ost & Nordsee Ost

    16 February 2015

    Borkum Riffgrund 1 At the end of October 2014 the first of in total 78 Siemens SWT-4.0-130 turbines was installed at the 312MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, located 54km off the German coast and around 37km from the island Borkum. In December Danish CT Offshore completed the installation and burial of the 44 […]

  • WIKING Helikopter to Continue Supporting Sandbank and DanTysk OWFs

    1 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    WIKING Helikopter Service and Vattenfal have signed a contract extension for 24/7 Helicopter Emergency Rescue Service for the Sandbank and DanTysk offshore wind farms in Germany. Operating from its Base in Wilhelmshaven, WIKING Helikopter will continue using its high performance (Performance class 1) AW139 LEONARDO helicopter for these operations. The 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind […]

  • All Turbines Installed at Gode Wind

    19 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s Sea Challenger has completed the installation of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind project.  Trine Borum Bojsen, CEO of DONG Energy in Germany, said: “Gode Wind 1 and Gode Wind 2 are our second and third projects in Germany. We inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 1, our first […]

  • A2SEA Story: Coastal Challenges Borkum Riffgrund 1

    22 September 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    For CT Offshore, planning Borkum Riffgrund 1 from a cabling installation point of view has required more than a little creativity. For A2SEA, getting to and from DONG Energy’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm development, located 45 km off the German coast, is pretty much a straight-lined round trip from the port of Esbjerg in Denmark, […]

  • Interview: Embracing New Technology Drives Baker Consultants’ Growth

    14 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Baker Consultants Limited, a seven year-old ecological consultancy that recently began work on Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind sites, has experienced significant growth in the last few years and proved its competence within the offshore wind industry by working on two major projects, including Borkum Riffgrund 1. In an interview with Offshore WIND, […]

  • Top News of the Week July 28 – August 3, 2014

    3 August 2014

    Photo of the Day: Aeolus Stretching Its Legs Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Van Oord’s first transport and installation vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms, Aeolus, jacked up. Siemens to Supply 48 Turbines for Dutch Wind Farm Siemens Energy has received an order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm. Designed […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund 1 First German Offshore Wind Farm Balancing Grid

    20 May 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    As of this month, Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has been providing system-stabilising balancing power for the German power grid, making it the country’s first offshore wind farm taking up this task. Bringing the electricity from Borkum Riffgrund 1 as balancing energy for the German electricity grid was implemented by Energy2market and Ørsted. […]

  • Wind of Change Begins Sea Trials

    7 March 2019
    Vessels

    Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change has commenced sea trials, according to the Turkish Cemre Shipyard. Once commissioned in May, Wind of Change will work in the German North Sea to service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. The SOV features diesel-electric propulsion and dynamic positioning […]

  • Wind of Change En Route to Completion (Timelapse)

    7 December 2018

    Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has shared a timelapse video showing the construction of Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change.

  • Wind of Change Takes to Water (VIDEO)

    10 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has shared a video showing the launch of Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change.

  • Ørsted and HBC Group Resume Subsea Inspection Cooperation

    10 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded HBC Group with another contract to conduct subsea inspection campaigns at an undisclosed number of its offshore wind farms.

  • Wind of Change Completes Sea Trials

    10 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV), Wind of Change, has completed her sea trials in Turkey and is now gearing for her maiden voyage to Germany. Following the commissioning, expected in May 2019, the SOV will service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The […]

  • Jan De Nul Picks BOW Terminal Eemshaven as Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 Marshalling Yard

    6 February 2023

    Jan De Nul has selected BOW Terminal’s marshalling yard in Eemshaven, the Netherlands for the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind projects. The 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farms are owned and developed by Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted Wind Power A/S. Both wind farms […]

  • Ørsted Picks Upgraded Siemens Gamesa 11MW Turbine for German Offshore Wind Farms

    4 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    At both the 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 and the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 sites, Siemens Gamesa will deploy its new SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbine.

  • Dong Energy in Norddeich, Germany: Building the O&M base for the Borkum Riffgrund and Gode Wind projects

    22 July 2014

    It is always good when you can go to a pretty village on the coast on a bright summer’s day; just imagine how good this is when you do this every day for your work. DONG Energy were probably not too concerned about this aspect when they chose the small North German port of Norddeich […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2014

    2 November 2014

    Ballast Nedam Puts Its Offshore Wind Unit & Heavy Lift Vessel on Sale Ballast Nedam has started a process, aimed at the sale of its business unit Ballast Nedam Offshore with the intention to conclude a transaction at short notice.The sale of Ballast Nedam Offshore is an addition to the disposals programme that Ballast Nedam […]

  • Ørsted Off to a Strong Start in 2022

    29 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has recorded DKK 5.7 billion (EUR 766 million) net profit in the first quarter of 2022, a 257 per cent increase compared to a DKK 1.6 billion net profit reported for the same period a year earlier. The operating profit (EBITDA) for the quarter totalled DKK 9.4 billion, an […]

  • Nexans to Install Inter-Array Cables for Gode Wind Farms

    4 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is set to increase its offshore wind power capacity in Germany after signing a contract with Nexans for the delivery and installation of 140 km of 34 kV inter-array cables. The inter-array cables will link individual turbines at the Gode Wind 1 and 2 wind farms and connect them to an offshore transformer […]