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  • Top News of the Week Dec 2 – 8, 2013

    8 December 2013

    Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)  DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Competition in Offshore Wind Industry to Intensify  With an expected compound average growth rate of 28.3% […]

  • UK: Offshore Marine Support Secures 12 Month Contract for Mabel Alice

    28 August 2013

    Offshore Marine Support Ltd have announced that they have secured a 12 month contract for their flagship “Mabel Alice” conducting surveys in support of the £1.6m contract that was approved on 25 July to Royal Haskoning DHV. The contract was issued for the preparatory works to develop tidal energy testing facilities on the seabed off […]

  • UK: Cammell Laird Could Hire 2,000 People if It Wins Offshore Wind Contracts

    3 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cammell Laird shipyard is waiting to win profitable wind farm construction contracts this autumn, which would triple its workforce and raise turnover to half a billion pounds a year, Liverpool Daily Post writes. Contracts for the UK Round 3 wind farms will be announced by the end of this year and total investment in these […]

  • Research and Markets Releases Report on German Grid Connectivity Issues

    13 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Research and Markets has announced “Grid Connectivity Issues Faced by the German Offshore Wind Industry” report by GlobalData. Offshore wind is one of the most important technologies to the current German energy strategy. The country plans to have ceased all nuclear energy generation by 2022, and focus is increasing on renewable energy technologies. The country […]

  • UK: Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm Plans Altered

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The planed project in the Aberdeen Bay could give a blow to Trump’s anti-wind intentions due to the fact that the development companies have announced great interest of manufacturers in the project, reports Business Green news portal. Namely, Vattenfall, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and Technip confirmed they have signed Memoranda of Understanding with six […]

  • UK: Stable Government´s Support Could Build 3,600 Turbines by 2020

    17 July 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Bloomberg forecasts that out of the largest collection of offshore wind farms, planned by the European Union to be placed in the North and Baltic Seas, 3,400 wind turbines will be operational by 2015 and 3,600 more by 2020, subject to stability of the government´s support. The offshore wind industry is struggling how to expand […]

  • Veja Mate Service Largest Ever German Order for Siemens

    6 July 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Along with 67 of its 6-megawatts direct drive offshore wind turbines, Siemens will also provide a 15-year service and maintenance to Veja Mate offshore wind farm, which is the largest ever wind service order for Siemens in Germany and the second largest globally. Siemens will provide an offshore service logistics concept, tailored specifically for far-shore projects […]

  • DONG Energy Opens Borkum Riffgrund 1 and Gode Wind 1&2 O&M Base

    27 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is officially opening its operation management centre at Norddeich harbour today in the presence of the Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann (Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure), Norden’s Mayoress Barbara Schlag and invited guests from business, public administration and politics. In her welcome speech, Trine Borum Bojsen, Managing Director for Germany of […]

  • Merkur Receives Its First Transition Pieces

    15 November 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has started installing transition pieces at the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm located off the coast of Germany.

  • Baltic Sea UXO Hunter Wanted

    18 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Transmission system operators Energinet.dk and 50Hz Transmission are inviting tenders for an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and services along the planned cable routes of the 400MW Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) interconnector in the Baltic Sea. Kriegers Flak CGS is a joint project between Energinet.dk and 50Hz Transmission to interconnect the Danish and German grid via two offshore […]

  • NABU Files Complaint against Butendiek OWF

    28 April 2014
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. (NABU) filed a complaint against the construction of the Butendiek offshore wind farm to the Administrative Court in Köln on April 17, with reference to the Environmental Damage Act. The environmental association is concerned about the possible effects on protected marine birds and porpoises. The Butendiek offshore wind farm will be located […]

  • Christian Oecking appointed Managing Director and Chairman of Management Board of Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH (Germany)

    12 November 2010

    Christian Oecking (48) is now Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board of SIS. Martin Bentler (49), Rainer Koppitz (42) and Thomas Zimmermann (42) continue as members of the Management Board of the IT service provider. Christian Oecking had been the acting head of SIS since December 2009 and played an important part in […]

  • Ecosse Subsea Systems Doubles Wikinger Workload

    1 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has extended a trenching scope on the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project. The Scottish company was last year awarded a contract by main contractor Prysmian Group to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching, prior to cable laying, on Iberdrola’s 70-turbine […]

  • ABB to Strengthen Norway’s Grid

    14 July 2016

    ABB has won an order worth more than USD 30 million (approx. EUR 27 million) from Statnett for two substations that will strengthen Norway’s grid reliability, boost power supplies, and facilitate the integration of new renewable energy sources. The substations will also play a key role in connecting the Norwegian grid to those of the UK […]

  • USA: New Bedford Plans to Seize Offshore Wind Advantages

    2 August 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    New Bedford sees offshore wind industry as one that can contribute to its employment rate increase. Following the growth in number of proposals for wind farms off the New England coast, the officials plan to make the city a hub for assembling and transporting wind turbines. New Bedford has been chosen in 2010 as a […]

  • UK Wind Conditions Affect Iberdrola’s 2016 Results

    23 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Even though Iberdrola’s overall gross operating profit (EBITDA) improved by 5.5% in 2016 compared to the year before, the company yesterday reported an 8.9% decrease in its renewables business EBITDA, driven by weaker performance in the UK due to foreign exchange and lower wind resource throughout the year.

  • New GlobalData Report Shows Growing Momentum of Wind Turbine Market

    8 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    MarketResearch.com has added a recent report by GlobalData to its offering, which covers the latest developments in the global wind turbine market. GlobalData’s report, Wind Regains Momentum in 2014 and Industry Outlook Improves, reveals that the global wind turbine market is expected to see increased growth in the coming years. In 2014, the global market experienced […]

  • GE Preparing BIWF Nacelles for Shipping

    11 July 2016

    GE reported today that the manufacturing of the first commercial series of Haliade™ nacelles is soon to be completed at its offshore wind turbine plant in Saint-Nazaire, France, with the nacelles scheduled to begin their voyage to the U.S. in mid-July. The five 370-tonne nacelles will equip the Block Island offshore wind farm, the first of its kind in […]

  • Lithuania Clearing Path for Offshore Wind Projects

    26 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Lithuanian Cabinet has approved amendments to the country’s renewable energy law aimed at kick-starting development of offshore wind power generation in the Baltic Sea.  Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičiaus said that this is a long-term project and that the construction of the first wind farms off the country’s Baltic coast is expected to start after 2020. […]

  • Iberdrola Close to Selecting Main Contractors for German Offshore Wind Projects

    23 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola is finalizing the selection of the main contractors for the Baltic Eagle and Wikinger Süd offshore wind projects in the German Baltic Sea. The 476 MW Baltic Eagle and the 10 MW Wikinger Süd were selected in the second public tender organised by Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) in April 2018. As previously […]

  • NGI Keeping an Eye On Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets

    23 August 2018
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has designed and installed Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems on two of 20 suction bucket jackets at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Danish Offshore Wind Cluster Opens Taiwan Office

    18 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Danish offshore wind cluster has established a joint office location in Taipei, Taiwan.

  • COWI to Design Arcadis Ost 1 Foundations

    18 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Parkwind has awarded COWI with a contract to design the foundations for the turbines and offshore substation of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. COWI’s Hamburg office is in charge of the geotechnical design, loads calculations, primary and secondary steel design, limit state verification, and all activities pertaining to the approval of the design. According […]

  • Steelwind Nordenham Starts Rolling Yunlin Steel

    4 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    German offshore foundations manufacturer Steelwind Nordenham has started manufacturing monopiles and monopile sections for the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Steelwind rolled the first can at its facility in Nordenham on 11 July. High strength steel plate material is supplied by Steelwind’s parent company Dillinger Hütte, the company said. In total, Steelwind will manufacture […]

  • Kersten Europe: Achieving More in Bending Technology (UK)

    23 September 2011

      Kersten Europe B.V. has been awarded with the contract for bending parts for the Gwynt y Môr landing platforms. Kersten Europe delivers all bent hollow sections for 160 landing platforms. The Gwynt y Môr windmill park is based in the Iris Sea, 18km off the coast of North Wales, United Kingdom. The contract consisted […]

  • Port of Esbjerg Readying for Horns Rev 3 Works

    5 April 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Port of Esbjerg informed via social media that it is preparing to handle the components of the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark.