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  • Masdar’s Share in Hywind Scotland Valued at GBP 52.5 Million

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Masdar has invested GBP 52.5 million (approx. EUR 61 million) in Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, according to Scottish Development International (SDI), as Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy investor agreed with Statoil to take a 25% stake in the project.

  • Top News of the Week Jul 22– 27, 2013

    28 July 2013

    Germany: Seajacks Installs First Turbines at Meerwind Wind Farm Seajacks installation vessels Leviathan and Zaratan departed from the port of Esbjerg during the 16th and 17th July 2013, to begin installing the first batch of 80 Siemens 3.6MW offshore turbines at Meerwind Offshore Wind Park. Sweden: Vattenfall Splits into Two Units Vattenfall splits up its […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Arafura Ink Rare Earths Agreement

    12 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Arafura Rare Earths Limited has signed an offtake agreement with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to supply Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr) rare earths from the company’s Nolans Project in Central Australia. The offtake agreement is for the supply of NdPr from the project to Siemens Gamesa over a five-year term, which could be extended for a […]

  • Wikinger Substation Stands in the Baltic Sea

    29 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation Andalucía, built for Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm, has been installed in the German zone of the Baltic Sea. The 4,550 tonne offshore substation, built by Navantia at the Puerto Real shipyard, departed from Cadiz, Southern Spain, mid-August. Andalucía is the first offshore substation to include two topsides, as it will also be used by […]

  • Seafox 5 Ready For Merkur

    13 February 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 151-metre, self-propelled, DP2, jack-up rig Seafox 5 has left the Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) shipyard following a four-month refit.

  • Eidesvik Returns to Ampelmann

    11 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore access solutions provider Ampelmann has secured a contract with the Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik for supporting works at the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Germany: AMBAU Secures Order from Windreich AG to Manufacture 80 Tripods for MEG Offshore 1 Project

    7 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

      The AMBAU GmbH success story continues. Windreich AG has placed an order with the company for the manufacture of 80 tripods for the MEG Offshore 1 project. This is the largest complete order for offshore foundation structures to be received by AMBAU. Following the order for 80 sets of monopiles and transition pieces for […]

  • Reinforcement of BARD Holding GmbH’s Management Board Bernd Ranneberg and Dieter Sichau new Managing Directors (Germany)

    27 January 2011
    Training & Education

    The shareholder meeting of the BARD-Group, headquartered in Emden, has appointed Bernd Ranneberg and Dieter Sichau to the BARD Holding GmbH management board. They thereby reinforce Arwit Gunt, who was appointed as managing director beginning of October 2010. Bernd Ranneberg (49) as CFO will be primarily responsible for Financing, Accounting and Controlling as well as […]

  • Willi Balz Acquires Austerngrund Wind Farm in North Sea Through his Company Windreich AG (Germany)

    12 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

      Willi Balz has acquired a further 400-megawatt wind farm in the German North Sea in the shape of the “Austerngrund“ project, through his company Windreich AG. The project has progressed well down the approval process. Windreich AG has thus further strengthened its market leadership in offshore wind power. “Particularly thanks to its “unobstructable” location […]

  • DHL Buys Power from EnBW’s He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

    16 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) and Bonn-based DHL Group have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 20 MW of generation capacity from the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The PPA relates to approximately 80 GWh of green electricity per year and has a term of ten years. The agreement will cover approximately 16 per […]

  • BP, JERA Forming ‘One of Largest Global Offshore Wind Developers’

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    BP and Japanese global renewable energy developer JERA have signed an agreement to combine their offshore wind businesses to establish a new standalone company. The two partners say the new company will become one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators with 13 GW in operational and in-development assets and USD 5.8 […]

  • UK Greenlights £18Bn Nuclear Power Project; Offshore Wind Referred as Better Option

    15 September 2016

    The UK government today gave the green light for the construction of Hinkley Point C, an GBP 18 billion nuclear power plant developed by EDF, which will take 10 years to be built and will have a lifespan of 35 years. “The Contract for Difference would provide a set price of £92.50 per megawatt hour of electricity provided by […]

  • Report Forecasts Bright Future for Offshore Wind

    4 December 2014

    The report European offshore wind 2014 published today by international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer reveals a positive attitude to financing of new and projected European offshore wind projects. Underlying survey data shows that the sector is beginning to benefit from a healthy appetite in the lending market, competitive capital costs and, in consequence, strong […]

  • Gamesa, AREVA Strive to Create Global Leader in Offshore Wind

    7 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Gamesa and AREVA signed binding agreements for the creation of a joint venture in the promising offshore wind energy industry, culminating the exclusive talks initiated last January. The closing of the transaction is expected to be secured by the fourth quarter of this year, subject to approval by the French government and the relevant competition […]

  • PNE WIND AG selects Draka Offshore as development partner of Gode Wind II offshore wind farm (Germany)

    14 September 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Draka Offshore announced today they have been selected by PNE WIND AG as the technical development partner responsible for designing the… (sys-con) [mappress] Source: sys-con, September 14, 2010;

  • IBM Honors the 25th Anniversary of High-Temperature Superconductivity (USA)

    18 April 2011

    Twenty-five years ago IBM scientists, J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alex Müller altered the landscape of physics when they observed superconductivity in an oxide material at a temperature 50 percent higher, (-238 deg C, -397 deg F) than what was previously known. This discovery opened an entirely new chapter in the field of physics and […]

  • Port of Rotterdam Enters North Sea Wind Power Hub Consortium

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The Port of Rotterdam has joined the North Sea Wind Power Hub Consortium, which has thus far comprised TenneT TSO B.V. and Gasunie from the Netherlands, Energinet from Denmark, and TenneT TSO GmbH from Germany.

  • German Federal Minister Inaugurates BARD Offshore 1

    26 August 2013

    Today, in the presence of the German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr Philipp Rösler, the first complete high-sea wind farm off the North Sea coast, BARD Offshore 1, was officially inaugurated. 80 5-megawatt wind turbines make BARD Offshore 1 the highest performing offshore German wind farm. With an output of 400 megawatts, BARD […]

  • Spain: Gamesa Regains Operating Profitability

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The persistence of adverse economic and sector conditions continue to erode Gamesa’s results which, nevertheless, in 1H12 recovers operating profitability and initiates its deleveraging process ahead of schedule in 1H12 (initially slated for the second half), generating a net cash inflow of €100MM in 2Q12:  EBIT of €3MM (EBIT margin: 0.2%), this rises to €12MM […]

  • Powering Europe – New Report Sets Out Vision for the Future European Grid and Markets

    24 November 2010

    Today the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) publishes a new report with a vision for a modern renewable energy power system, which sets out how the grid can integrate increasing amounts of wind energy. Last week the European Commission said: “The EU pays the price for its outdated and poorly interconnected energy infrastructure”. Today the […]

  • North Star’s CSOVs First Offshore Wind Vessels with Cyber Resilience Classification

    14 May 2025
    Vessels

    North Star’s new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), Grampian Kestrel and Grampian Eagle, have secured Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Cyber Resilience classification. This makes the UK-based offshore wind vessel operator the first organisation in the world to have ships achieve this classification, according to LR. This certification, which is in line with mandatory International Association of […]

  • Editors’ Picks | Offshore Wind News in 2024: ‘The First, The Largest, The Record’

    2 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Environment, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Innovation, Manufacturing, Off-Grid, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Some news are important for the offshore wind industry at large, some are significant for parts of the supply chain or in certain regions, and some are just good to know. With 366 days and thousands of news in 2024 behind us, the task of choosing only a few stories was not an easy one […]

  • Vard Receives AiP for North Star’s Two Methanol-Ready CSOVs

    2 December 2024
    Vessels

    Norwegian Vard has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the methanol fuelling system of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) currently under construction for North Star. The AiP is awarded by Lloyd’s Register and applies to two of the vessels designed and under construction for North Star. The approval has been through two levels of […]

  • RWE Gets Go-Ahead for 100 MW Electrolyzer for Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    1 November 2024
    Clean Fuels, Fixed-Bottom, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has secured construction and environmental permits to build a 100 MW electrolyzer in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The electrolyzer is part of system integration solutions associated with OranjeWind, an offshore wind project RWE is jointly developing with TotalEnergies in the Dutch North Sea. RWE described the permits as an important step in […]

  • First Monopile Installed at Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

    11 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    [CORRECTION NOTE: This article was amended after offshoreWIND.biz received information that the installation of the monopile has been changed.] Seaway 7 has installed the first monopile at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm site in Germany, according to information on social media. The installation work is being carried out by the Seaway Strashnov vessel and, according […]

  • Offshore Wind Cable Market to Grow Six-Fold This Decade – RenewableUK

    16 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The market for offshore wind farm cables is set to grow six-fold over the course of this decade, according to a new report published by RenewableUK. The global market for subsea power cables is divided between array cables which run between the turbines of an offshore wind farm connecting them to the offshore substation, and […]