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  • German Offshore Wind Industry Model for Massachusetts

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    A delegation from the port city of New Bedford, Massachusetts (United States) is currently visiting the sites of the German offshore industry in Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven, as we recently reported. The 40-member delegation will be informed about the industry directly from local companies in the following couple of days. “The visit of the delegation shows […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2014

    5 September 2014

    Pontoon Loaded with OW Turbine Parts Sinks Off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea, German media informs. Vattenfall Orders Turbines and Servicing from Siemens Vattenfall has awarded Siemens Energy an order for 72 Model SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines for its new Sandbank […]

  • Reetec Swoops On Offshore Wind Solutions

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Reetec GmbH, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has acquired the German company Offshore Wind Solutions GmbH (OWS), a specialist in the offshore wind Operations and Maintenance (O&M).

  • GlobalData Releases Report on Wind Turbine Towers

    10 February 2014

    Wind Turbine Towers, Update 2014 Global Market Size, Average Price, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020 is the latest report from industry analysis specialist GlobalData, offering comprehensive information and analysis of the global wind turbine tower market. The report provides clear understanding and deep insights into the global wind turbine tower market. It […]

  • Centerbridge Acquires Senvion

    30 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The wind turbine manufacturer Senvion SE, previously part of the Indian group Suzlon Energy Limited, has changed owners. Centerbridge Partners, L.P., through its Centerbridge Capital Partners private equity investing strategy, has completed the acquisition of Hamburg-based Senvion. All the necessary administrative, legal and financial preparations for the transfer of ownership are now completed. The relevant antitrust authorities have approved […]

  • Eleven EU Companies Call for Renewables Investment Protection

    5 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Eleven companies doing business in the renewable energy sector have called for investment protection for renewable energy projects in Europe.  Acciona, Allianz, Commerzbank, EDPR, Enel Green Power Gamesa, ERG, E.ON, HgCapital, Rabobank and RES Group said that, while the industry acknowledges the need to adjust regulatory frameworks over time to respond to declining technology costs and market developments, retroactive changes […]

  • Top News of the Week, 21 – 27 August 2017

    27 August 2017

    Expertise Hub VIDEO: Concrete Floating Foundations More Durable and Cost-Effective (Ideol) Building a floating foundation in concrete has shown to be a cheaper solution, not only construction-wise but with O&M taken into account as well, since the material is much more durable at sea – as learned from the offshore oil & gas industry – […]

  • The Netherlands: EU Guidelines Offer No Practical Remedy

    19 July 2012

    Cross-border maritime spatial planning can be a problem if the planning of the countries involved is not harmonized and conflicting interests arise. Guidelines drafted by the EU for such cases, offer no practical remedy. That is the outcome of the MASPNOSE (Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea), a study carried out by Deltares at […]

  • Senvion Remains In Charge Of Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines

    21 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Innogy has awarded Senvion a four-year service agreement for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany that consists of 48 Senvion 6.2M126 turbines.

  • Despite Good Figures, Report Shows Industry Slow-Down

    28 January 2014

    418 offshore turbines were erected in 2013 in Europe, making a record 1,567 Megawatts of new capacity. Comparing to the installed capacity in 2012, this is one-third more. This makes a new total of 6,562 MW of offshore wind power – enough to provide 0.7% of the EU’s electricity. However a closer look at what […]

  • EEW SPC Rolls Out Its Heaviest Monopile for Baltic Eagle

    12 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) has manufactured its heaviest monopile to date for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany, owned by the Spanish energy company Iberdrola. The company broke its record for the heaviest monopile made set size years ago when EEW SPC manufactured the 1,302-tonne monopile for the Veja Mate offshore wind project. […]

  • Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4 UXO-Free

    25 August 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UXOcontrol has completed the unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and disposal campaign at the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 and 4 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The campaign, which ran from early February till July, saw a total of 1,350 targets investigated, with 19 being highlighted as UXOs for neutralisation. Work began with Noordhoek Pathfinder as […]

  • Vestas Turbines Chosen for Undisclosed Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project in Northern Europe

    17 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has signed a conditional agreement for the supply of wind turbines for a large-scale offshore wind project in Europe. The company did not disclose the name of the client or the project. In an update on 17 May, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer said that the offshore wind project was located in Northern Europe […]

  • First Turbines Up at 476 MW Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

    7 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    First Vestas V174-9.5 MW turbines have been installed by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. According to the AIS data available online, the vessel Blue Tern is currently in the Port of Rønne, Denmark, for the next loadout of wind turbines which will be installed […]

  • Helicopter Services Needed for Vattenfall’s Three OWFs

    31 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has launched a qualification period for a tender that will seek helicopter crew transfer services for the DanTysk, Sandbank, and Horns Rev 1 offshore wind farms in Germany and Denmark. The developer intends to enter into a contract with one party providing access and availability of a helicopter to allow for various operations and […]

  • BSH Preparing Another Tender for German N-9 and N-10 Offshore Wind Areas

    20 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) plans to open a tender for the collection and processing of hydroacoustic and seismic data for the N-9 and N-10 wind areas in the North Sea. Through the tender, expected to be launched in October, BSH will seek services related to geophysical investigation of the subsurface of the […]

  • Supergen ORE Hub Launches Second Offshore Renewables Funding Call

    16 March 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub has launched the second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. This second round will award up to GBP 1.2 million to researchers at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Research Council Institutes and Centres, and Independent Research Organisations […]

  • WindEurope: Europe Needs to Double Wind Installation

    17 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Wind energy provided 15% of the electricity in Europe in 2019, however the current rate of installation is not enough to deliver the Green Deal, according to WindEurope.

  • High Speed Transfers Takes Delivery of HST Euan

    27 January 2020
    Vessels

    High Speed Transfers (HST) has taken delivery of HST Euan, its fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel, from Damen Shipyards. HST Euan was loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey in mid-January bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Damen floated out the vessel at the beginning of November 2019 and a […]

  • EnBW’s Renewables Earnings Rise in 2019

    8 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    EnBW reported an operating result of EUR 298.6 million in the Renewable Energies division in the first nine months of 2019, a 38.5% growth compared to the year before. According to EnBW, the increase is due to the overall improvement in wind conditions at offshore and onshore wind farms in Germany, as well as due […]

  • ALE and Giant Taiwan Team Up on Formosa

    19 August 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift specialist ALE and Giant Taiwan have undertaken a joint venture to provide the onshore handling, transportation, and storage of wind turbine foundations for phase 2 of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 wind farm project. This phase is seeing 20 Siemens Gamesa 6MW wind turbines installed 6 kilometres off Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait, raising […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Ramps Up International Ops

    16 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Deutsche Windtechnik AG is stepping up its foreign operations, especially in Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom. By the end of 2015 the company will have 122 employees outside Germany, 43 more than at the start of the year. Deutsche Windtechnik aims to increase the proportion of foreign revenue from currently 12 per cent to […]

  • Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and service them for an initial period of five years. The turbine agreement is the largest individual contract placed as part […]

  • Offshore Wind: A Playfield with Giant Toys (Photo Gallery)

    20 April 2016
    Vessels

    The story of offshore wind farms moving farther from shore and wind turbines being installed in deeper waters does not finish with gigantic vessels and foundations, but extends to the almost entire supply chain, where equipment is also getting bigger and services are being adapted to the industry’s needs. At the beginning of this month, […]

  • DanTysk Accommodation Platform Taking Shape

    13 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The accommodation platform for maintenance crews that are working on the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm is currently being built in Emden, Germany, according to Vattenfall, the farm’s majority owner. Starting this summer, fifty berths distributed over five and a half decks will be in place 90 kilometres off the German North Sea coast to accommodate offshore […]

  • EU Council Backs 27% by 2030 Target

    19 December 2017
    Authorities, Environment

    On 18 December, the European Council adopted its position on a directive of reaching at least 27% of renewable energy share in the European Union’s energy consumption by 2030.