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  • Bech-Bruun Advises Marubeni Offshore Japan

    6 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Bech-Bruun has advised Marubeni Corporation and its partners on the legal and commercial matters in relation to the Akita Noshiro offshore wind project in Japan.

  • Universal Foundation Kicks Off Suction Bucket Trials

    27 May 2019
    R&D

    Universal Foundation has begun industrialized suction bucket installation tests under a project that is part of the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP). Universal Foundation is carrying out the EUDP project in a consortium with Siemens Gamesa, Aalborg University, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Offshoreenergy.dk. According to the company, the trial installation activity of the […]

  • Ørsted and Ziton Sign Service Jack-Up Agreement

    24 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ørsted has awarded Ziton A/S with a contract to provide a service jack-up vessel or vessels for main component exchanges at offshore wind farms out of warranty in the United Kingdom, Germany and/or Denmark. Under the Service Jack-up Framework Agreement 2019, Ziton will provide the vessel(s) to carry out lifting operations and provide related services including the […]

  • 8.2 Consulting Finds More Work at Meerwind

    23 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has won a three-year extension of a contract for periodic inspections at the 288MW Meerwind Süd | Ost offshore wind farm. The contract extension follows the successful completion of the first periodic inspections at the wind farm last year. The contract was extended by WindMW GmbH, the operator of Meerwind. The extension puts WindMW in […]

  • Skeye Documents SHL’s Foundation Work on Baltic 2

    18 March 2015

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has commissioned Skeye B.V. to film its new tool in action at the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. The tool was specially developed by the company for placing tripod jacket foundations. Skeye was asked to film the performance of SHL’s new system and the installation of the tripods. Filming was done from the company’s heavy lift barge Stanislav Yudin. Aerial video footage […]

  • ORE Catapult Joins ECOWindS

    13 March 2015
    R&D

    The ECOWindS Consortium has welcomed the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to the ECOWindS project as an official third party associated partner. ORE Catapult is the UK’s flagship technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, and is the UK counterpart to other innovation centres across Europe such as the Fraunhofer […]

  • CTV Wanted for Alpha Ventus

    2 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    EWE Erneuerbare Energien has invited tenders for the provision of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) that will operate at the alpha ventus offshore wind farm. The vessel will transport people and equipment between the base port in Norddeich and the offshore wind farm alpha ventus, located in the German exclusive economic zone, and possibly other […]

  • Saft Provides Backup Power for Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

    27 June 2016

    Saft has supplied its Uptimax nickel battery systems for E.ON’s Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. Saft has provided a total of 80 Saft Uptimax battery systems – one for each turbine. In the event of an interruption to the main power supply, the batteries are designed to deliver peak power for essential safety systems for […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Nets Borkum Riffgrund 2 Turbine Installation Deal

    10 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has won a contract to supply an installation vessel for loading, carriage and installation of wind turbines at the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The scope of the contract includes project management, engineering, provision of sea fastening, vessel mobilisation and de-mobilisation. Borkum Riffgrund 2, […]

  • Tidal Energy Gathers International Industry Players in Bristol, UK

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    This October’s Bristol Tidal Energy Forum will be a truly international event, with representation from nine European countries, including Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. This is an encouraging signal of the growth of the sector in Europe and the importance of the tidal energy cluster in Bristol.  The forum, organised by Regen SW in partnership […]

  • Marubeni, GIB Sign GBP 370 Mln Project Financing Deal for Westermost Rough

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Marubeni Corporation today announced that an agreement concerning project financing for the Westernmost Rough Offshore Wind Power Project has been reached with a consortium of lenders and WMR JV Investco Limited, a UK company jointly owned by Marubeni and wholly state-owned UK Green Investment Bank plc. Approximately £370million of project financing will secure the funds for […]

  • Export Cable Hooked to Daishan 4 Substation

    11 December 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 12-kilometer export cable delivered by Orient Cable has been connected to the offshore substation at the Daishan 4 offshore wind project in China. According to Orient Cable, 12km of the 220kV export cable was connected to the substation on 9 December. Furthermore, 35kV IAC will be laid in the first quarter of 2020. To […]

  • First Siemens Gamesa Offshore Nacelle Born in Cuxhaven

    26 January 2018

    Siemens Gamesa has completed the assembly of the first wind turbine nacelle in its offshore factory in Cuxhaven, Germany. 

  • Vattenfall Rethinks Swedish Kriegers Flak

    26 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall is reconsidering building a 420MW offshore wind farm in the Swedish part of Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea as a result of recent cost reductions in offshore wind, the company told Offshore WIND.

  • Siemens Gamesa Extends Charter for Acergy Viking

    25 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has extended the charter agreement for Eidesvik Offshore’s vessel Acergy Viking for a period of two years.

  • GeoSea Secures Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Deal

    25 May 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has consolidated its position in the renewable energy market by securing geotechnical site investigation works for the Fécamp offshore wind farm site in France, along with G-tec SAS. Works will be executed during summer 2014 for the account of WPD Offshore France SAS. Just a few weeks ago, GeoSea finished […]

  • Winds Lift RWE Innogy’s Q1 Figures

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    RWE Innogy released figures for the first quarter of 2014 where it reported a 9% year-on-year increase as its operating result amounted to €97 million. The higher production of wind energy generation had a big effect on these figures. According to the company, German biomass activities only made a small contribution to RWE Innogy’s earnings, […]

  • Senvion Halts Wind Blade Production

    5 February 2014

    German manufacturer Senvion, formerly known as REpower, has decided to halt production at its fully-owned subsidiary PowerBlades, which will affect 246 workers. The production of offshore wind blades will be suspended until the end of this year “as a result of uncertainty regarding investment”, meaning that “the expansion of offshore wind power in Germany has […]

  • Vattenfall’s New Offshore Wind Farm to Power LyondellBasell’s Plastic Recycling Plant in Germany

    29 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with LyondellBasell (LYB), one of the world’s largest plastic producers, for its Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the PPA, LyondellBasell will buy 450 GWh of electricity generated by Nordlicht 1 each year for 15 years, starting in 2028. In a press release on 29 […]

  • Details Emerge About German Step-In Offshore Wind Projects

    26 May 2021

    Canada’s Northland Power has revealed additional details about the two offshore wind projects for which the company has the step-in rights in the coming auctions in Germany. The two projects, Nordsee 2 and Nordsee 3, will have an allowed grid capacity of approximately 800 MW to 900 MW combined. They will be auctioned by the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – April 2020

    1 May 2020

    Three Injured after CTV Hits Turbine at German Offshore Wind Farm Three persons were injured, one seriously, after a crew transfer vessel (CTV) allided with a wind turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Vestas to Lay Off 400 People, Close Temporary Offshore Wind Facility Vestas will stop […]

  • Fugro Nabs German Geophysical Survey Deal

    22 May 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. Working together with Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES), Fugro’s Geo-data will be integrated with its ultra-high resolution multichannel seismic data (UHR MCS) […]

  • EnBW Orders He Dreiht Transition Pieces from Sif and Smulders

    16 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Sif-Smulders joint venture will manufacture 64 transition pieces (TPs) for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. According to Raf Iemants, Managing Director of Smulders, the production of TPs will start in March 2023 at the company’s yard in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, with the last load out scheduled for April 2024. The […]

  • Germany Could Tap Into 82 GW of Offshore Wind with Co-Use of Space, Bigger Turbines – Study

    22 August 2022
    R&D

    Germany has the potential to have 82 GW of offshore wind capacity installed by 2045 – 12 GW more than the federal government currently plans to have connected to the grid by that time, according to a new study by the Fraunhofer IWES research institute. The German Government recently established increased offshore wind targets, as […]

  • Europe Sees 2.6GW Offshore Wind Boost in 2018

    7 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Europe installed 2.6GW of new offshore wind energy capacity in 2018, an 18% increase, according to the latest statistics by WindEurope. Fifteen new offshore wind farms were commissioned last year, with the UK and Germany accounting for 85% of the new capacity by adding 1.3GW and 969MW respectively. The average size of the new turbines […]

  • New Bill in Canada to Kick-Start Offshore Wind Development on Country’s Atlantic Coast

    1 June 2023
    Authorities

    Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, has introduced a new bill in the House of Commons which will put in place regulations that will enable offshore wind development in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. On 30 May, the minister, in partnership with the governments of the two provinces, introduced amendments […]