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  • Norwegian Oil and Gas Project to Run on Offshore Wind?

    7 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Norwegian oil and gas major Aker BP has tabled a proposal to power the NOAKA project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with electricity from shore combined with offshore wind.

  • Jumbo Offshore to Install Baltic Eagle Transition Pieces

    6 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Van Oord has contracted Jumbo Offshore to transport and install transition pieces (TPs) for Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. Operations on the project are to commence this month. Van Oord recently installed all monopiles and began inter-array cable installation activities at the Baltic Eagle site northeast of the Rügen […]

  • Dutch-Belgian Joint Venture to Deliver Ostwind 3 Offshore Substation

    31 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has selected the Dutch-Belgian joint venture (JV) comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver the Ostwind 3 offshore high voltage substation in the Baltic Sea. The joint venture will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) of the jacket foundation […]

  • Ramboll Gets Foundation Design Contract for 945 MW German Offshore Wind Project

    8 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Ramboll has been selected as the foundation designer for the Gennaker offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea, owned by Skyborn Renewables. Under the contract, Ramboll will be responsible for developing the basic and detailed design of 63 monopile foundations supporting Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-236 DD wind turbines. In addition, the company’s role extends […]

  • Svanen, Aeolus Taking It Up a Notch

    21 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    With the ever-increasing size of the offshore wind turbine components, the vessels installing them need to catch up with the industry. For this purpose, Van Oord has been upgrading two of its installation vessels working in the offshore wind sector.

  • E.ON Picks SeaPlanner for Humber Gateway

    13 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    SeaPlanner has been selected by E.ON to help manage the operations and maintenance (O&M) phase of the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm through its software system. The SeaPlanner software has been used on the project since April 2013, providing personnel and operations management during the construction phase. This first-hand experience of the Humber Gateway project, […]

  • 50Hertz Completes Baltic Eagle Cable Pull-In

    31 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    50Hertz has completed the pull-in of two 220 kV subsea cable systems into Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle platform. The two 220 kV subsea cable systems were previously laid on the seabed in a safe area next to the destination of the substation platform. In February of this year, the substation platform was installed at its intended […]

  • Offshore Wind Lifts E.ON’s Renewables

    7 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    E.ON’s Renewables division saw a EUR 39 million increase in adjusted EBIT in the first half of 2019, primarily said to be due to the commissioning of offshore wind farms in the UK and Germany. The renewables adjusted EBIT equals EUR 275 million in the first six months, with the primary reason being the increase […]

  • Jumbo to Add New Heavy Lift Crane Vessel to Its Fleet

    8 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    On 8 December, Jumbo signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIH) for the provision of detailed engineering and construction of a new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV). The new vessel – capable of installing wind turbine foundations and floating structures in deeper waters – is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020.

  • 50Hertz Moves Forward with Ostwind 3 Grid Connection

    13 February 2024
    Authorities, Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has received planning approval decisions for the offshore route of the Ostwind 3 grid connection project in the Baltic Sea. The planning approval refers to the section in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the section in the territorial sea, the so-called 12 nautical mile zone. The Ministry of […]

  • 50Hertz Connects Arcadis Ost Offshore Substation to German Grid

    20 July 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Transmission system operator 50Hertz has announced that the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore substation has been connected to the German extra-high voltage grid after the 220 kV submarine cable required for this was pulled into place on the platform over the past few days. Final assembly and commissioning works will now follow. “We are very proud […]

  • Germany Gives Thumbs Up to 50Hertz 300 MW Offshore Grid Connection Project

    8 January 2024
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a planning approval decision for 50Hertz’s Ostwind 3 offshore wind grid connection in the Baltic Sea. According to BSH, the new standard for connecting offshore wind farms, the so-called 66 kV direct connection concept, is being implemented, that does not require the construction of additional substation platforms […]

  • Eolus and Simply Blue Group Part Ways in Nordics

    22 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Eolus and Simply Blue Group have agreed to transfer the full ownership of the joint venture SeaSapphire to Eolus. The joint venture SeaSapphire, owned 50/50 by Eolus and Simply Blue Group, was established in 2022 to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the Nordics, based on floating technology. The cooperation includes projects, which are in […]

  • Eni Makes Another Renewable Energy Move. After GE, Teams Up with Statoil

    15 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    After entering renewable energy development partnership with GE last year, Italian oil and gas company Eni made another move into the sector as it signed an agreement with Statoil for the development of clean energy projects on 14 March.

  • 27 GE Haliade-X Wind Turbines Installed at Dogger Bank A

    26 July 2024
    Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    More than a quarter of wind turbines at Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed. So far, 27 of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines that Dogger Bank A will comprise are in place, according to information in Equinor’s results for the […]

  • BNEF: Biggest RE Asset Finance Made in European Offshore Wind

    15 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Asset finance of renewable energy projects in the first half of 2016 was at USD 92 billion worldwide, down 19% on H1 2015, with the biggest asset finance deals of the second quarter made in offshore wind in Europe, according to the latest data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This was led by the […]

  • Van Oord Notches Offshore Wind Revenue Bump in 2017

    20 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Dutch offshore specialist Van Oord reported EUR 403 million revenue coming from offshore wind activities in 2017, a 2.3% increase compared to EUR 394 million revenue recorded in 2016.

  • Highlights of the Month: April 2016

    2 May 2016

    World’s Largest OW Jack-Up Vessel Installs World’s Heaviest Monopile at Veja Mate OWF Offshore construction of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm has started with Seajacks Scylla having installed the heaviest monopile produced so far at the project site, according to DGI Doedijns, which provided hydraulic and software equipment for the pile-gripper used at the […]

  • Swiss Energy Investor Buys Into German Offshore Wind Farm

    14 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) for the sale of a 49 per cent stake in the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The transaction is valued at around EUR 700 million, and Iberdrola will maintain a majority stake of 51 per cent. […]

  • Eni Completes Dogger Bank Stake Buy

    26 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Italian oil and gas major Eni has completed the acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A and the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank B offshore wind farms in the UK. Eni bought the stakes from Equinor (10 per cent) and SSE Renewables (10 per cent). Following this transaction, the […]

  • Asso.subsea to Install Export Cable for Ostwind 3

    9 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Asso.subsea for the transportation, installation, and protection of the 220 kV submarine export cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connection system. The overall system will consist […]

  • Sweden Rejects 13 Offshore Wind Farms, Greenlights Vattenfall’s Poseidon Project

    4 November 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Swedish government has rejected 13 applications to build offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defense concerns while approving one project on the west coast, being developed by a joint venture between Vattenfall and Zephyr. On 4 November, the Swedish government announced that 13 submitted applications to build offshore wind farms in […]

  • Van Oord’s Svanen Getting Ready for Next-Generation Offshore Wind Components

    11 December 2023
    Vessels

    Van Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen will undergo upgrades including the extension of the gantry by 25 metres, making the vessel ready to handle the next generation of monopile foundations for offshore wind projects. The extension of the gantry crane makes the Svanen one of the largest heavy-lift installation vessels worldwide, Van Oord said. The […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Shine in H1

    16 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms delivered 11.64 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity to the grid in the first half of 2019, a 28.8% increase compared to the same period last year when the wind farms delivered 9.04TWh of electricity. The wind energy transmitted from the North Sea to land by the transmission grid operator TenneT rose to […]

  • Statoil Boosts Research Funds for New Energy Solutions

    9 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Norwegian energy company Statoil plans to direct 25% of its research funds to new energy solutions such as offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen by 2020. At its recent Capital Markets update, Statoil announced plans to build a material industrial position in profitable renewables and low-carbon solutions, which could potentially constitute 15-20% of the company’s […]

  • RWE Orders Offshore Substation for Polish Wind Farm at Atlantique Offshore Energy

    11 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has selected France’s Atlantique Offshore Energy to engineer, procure, construct, install, and commission the offshore substation for the F.E.W. Baltic II wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The substation will collect and export the power generated at the 350 MW wind farm through high voltage submarine cables, while remotely controlling […]