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  • Sweden: Vattenfall to Invest EUR 4.2 Billion in Offshore Wind Projects

    21 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall will invest a quarter of its planned EUR 16.6 billion into European offshore wind projects through the 2012-2016 period. Probably, the most of the EUR 4.2 billion amount will be invested in offshore wind sector in Germany and the UK, the Windpower Monthly news site informs. While waiting for the DanTysk offshore wind station’s completion, […]

  • Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II Winner to Be Announced on 19 March

    9 March 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The award decision at the tender for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II sites will be announced after 17.30 CET on 19 March 2018, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) informed today, 9 March. 

  • Denmark: Bladt Raises Borkum Riffgrund Jacket

    24 April 2013

    Early this morning, a team of Bladt’s blacksmiths and engineers combined with raw crane power made use of the early sunrays to start raising the jacket foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore substation. Everything went as planned and the jacket and the substation will be ready for load out later this year as scheduled. […]

  • Dong Selects MWS for Gode Wind Farms

    25 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Global Maritime Consultancy Ltd was awarded a deal for work on Dong Energy’s wind farms. On behalf of Dong, the company will act as a Marine Warranty Surveyor for Gode wind farms. A Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) provides independent third-party review and approval of high value and/or high risk marine construction and transportation projects, from […]

  • ISC to Design Kriegers Flak Offshore Substations

    17 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Energinet.dk has selected the Copenhagen-headquartered ISC Consulting Engineers A/S as designers of two offshore substations for the planned 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. The design contract comprises fully detailed design and follow-up of a 200MW offshore substation – named Kriegers Flak A (KFA) and a 400MW offshore substation – named Kriegers Flak B (KFB). KFB will […]

  • Tekmar Notches CPS Order for German Offshore Wind Farm

    7 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for an undisclosed offshore wind farm in Germany. The UK-based cable protection specialist will supply the CPS ”for a remedial campaign on a major offshore wind farm located in the Sylt Offshore Cluster of the German North Sea.” The units will […]

  • Riffgat OWF Wins ‘Project of the Year’ Award

    25 September 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    For the third time, the Renewable Energy Hamburg Cluster presented the German Renewables Award for innovations and pioneering achievements in wind energy. An independent jury selected four winners from 61 submissions and nominations in the categories “Product Innovation of the Year”, “Project of the Year”, “Student Thesis of the Year, Wind Energy” and “Lifetime Achievement, […]

  • Alpha Ventus Consortium Decides to Decommission Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    22 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind Germany’s first offshore wind farm has decided to decommission the 60 MW Alpha Ventus and is currently developing a concept for an environmentally friendly dismantling of the 15-year-old wind farm with relevant authorities. The news about the Alpha Ventus consortium (EWE, RWE and Vattenfall) considering the next steps for the offshore wind farm, […]

  • Voith Propellers for New Østensjø Offshore Wind Vessels

    30 June 2020
    Vessels

    Voith has received an order to deliver eight electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) to Østensjø for four new offshore wind supply vessels. According to Voith, with this new type of gearless propeller, the permanent-magnet synchronous motor is directly integrated into the VSP. The drive system combines the technology of the VSP with the Voith Inline […]

  • Blue Tern En Route to Trianel Windpark Borkum II

    4 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Blue Tern is on its way to the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm loaded with the first batch of turbine components. Blue Tern was contracted to finish installing the remaining 11 Senvion turbines on the project offshore Germany, replacing Jan De Nul’s Taillevent which is reportedly on its way to start a […]

  • H2M Offshore Accommodations Opens Office in Esbjerg

    9 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Dutch supplier of offshore accommodation H2M has opened a new office in Denmark with the aim to strengthen its presence in the offshore wind sector. According to H2M, the office in Esbjerg comes as the demands of clients in the wind industry increased over the past years. The new space is expected to strengthen the […]

  • Boskalis Buys Whole Horizon Group

    25 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired the remaining 37.5% in the UAE-based Horizon Group, a provider of marine geophysical and geotechnical services. To remind, Boskalis acquired 62.5% of the shares in Horizon Group at the beginning of the year. Horizon will continue focusing on its position in the Middle East and Northwest Europe with opportunities to expand […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Signs Turbine Castings Deal in Taiwan

    15 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa and Yeong Guan Group have signed a conditional contract for the production of offshore wind turbine castings in Taiwan. According to Siemens Gamesa, a new factory will be built in the port of Taichung and will manufacture turbine castings for the 300MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind project. To remind, Siemens Gamesa was […]

  • Bladt Loads Out Northwester 2 Offshore Substation

    21 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has loaded out the offshore substation destined for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm. According to Bladt, the substation will soon leave its facility in Aalborg, Denmark, for the project site in the Belgium part of the North Sea. The 235t transformer was installed on the offshore substation in April by using three cranes. To remind, Bladt […]

  • Vattenfall Delays Danish Duo

    29 March 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has delayed the construction of the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord offshore wind projects in Denmark by three years. According to turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa, the beginning of installation has been postponed to 2023, instead of 2020 as originally agreed. The Danish Energy Agency recently initiated new environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes for both Vesterhav Syd […]

  • DHSS Completes First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Run

    11 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Dutch offshore logistics service provider DHSS has completed the first CTV cargo run from its base in Eemshaven to the service operations vessel VOS Start at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Ørsted Schedules German Offshore Wind Tours

    8 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and the shipping companies Cassen-Tours and Adler-Schiffe are organising offshore wind tours in the German North Sea this month. The catamaran MS Adler Cat will set off from the Nordeney Island to the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm on 12 and 26 May. The guests from the mainland will be transported […]

  • Van Oord, Highland Group Team Up for Deutsche Bucht OWF

    7 June 2016

    Van Oord and Highland Group Holdings Ltd. have signed a cooperation agreement for the development, financing and construction of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht in Germany. The two companies intend to participate in the equity for the offshore wind farm. Financial close is scheduled for the first half of 2017, the offshore installation is envisaged […]

  • Sabik Completes Buoyage of Dolwin2 Construction Site

    12 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Sabik, a specialist in sea marking for offshore wind farms, has successfully executed the order for buoyage at the construction site of the DolWin beta converter station. Together with Boskalis Offshore, the company deployed four buoys within less than 24 hours. With the completion of the protected area construction of the converter station DolWin beta can […]

  • The Netherlands: Parts for DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Shipped from Vlissingen

    23 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first four of eight piles for offshore wind turbines were loaded on January 20 in Vlissingen for shipment to offshore wind farm DanTysk located in the North Sea, 70 kilometers west of the island of Sylt on the border between the Germany and Denmark. The 65 meter long piles will be carried with 151 meter long offshore […]

  • Heerema to Handle Borkum Riffgrund 2 Substation

    25 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded a contract to Heerema Marine Contractors for the transport and installation of an offshore substation for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. The work will comprise the transport and installation of the substation’s jacket, piles and topside at the German offshore wind farm. In late January, Heerema Marine Contractors was hired to transport and […]

  • STS Belgium Cabling Triton Knoll Transition Pieces

    13 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    STS Belgium is carrying out the cabling of the transition pieces for the Triton Knoll offshore wind project. STS is conducting the work at Smulders’ yard in Hoboken and at the Sif Maasvlakte terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Seaway 7’s installation vessel Seaway Strashnov arrived at the Triton Knoll offshore wind project site […]

  • Danish Wind Power Gives 140% and Covers 3 More Countries

    13 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Last week, Danish wind turbines hit a new record by producing enough electricity to cover not only Danish needs but to supply three more countries with wind power.  Thanks to strong winds blowing from Thursday night to Friday morning, wind farms in Denmark produced 140% of the country’s electricity demand, with surplus power exported to Norway, Sweden and Germany. Carsten Vittrup, an energy strategy adviser, told […]

  • 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 […]

  • Hitachi Energy Wins HVDC Contracts Worth Over EUR 2 Billion from Amprion

    20 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Hitachi Energy has signed contracts, totalling over EUR 2 billion, with German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion to deliver four converter stations for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links that will support Germany’s clean energy transition. The orders follow the capacity reservation agreement signed in September 2023, under which Hitachi Energy was picked as the […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Grows by 37 GW in a Year

    22 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    The global pipeline of offshore wind energy projects which are operational, under construction, consented, or being planned has grown by 37 GW in the last twelve months, new research published by RenewableUK shows. This is an annual increase of 30%, from 122 GW twelve months ago to 159 GW now, RenewableUK’s latest Offshore Wind Project […]