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  • Gamesa: Ready to go offshore

    5 August 2013

    As Gamesa sees its prototype offshore wind turbine produce its first kilowatt hours in the next few weeks what are the Spanish company’s expectations for the offshore wind industry? Headquartered in Vizcaya, Spain and with its offshore wind base in London, Gamesa now employs 6,500 people world wide and it has a presence in more than 50 countries, along with manufacturing centres in Spain, China, India, […]

  • WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSELS: The Class of 26

    4 May 2015

    It was only 4 years ago at Seawork International 2011 that a completely new class of offshore wind farm vessels was defined when a new vessel, 26 metres long with a 10 metres beam, was named Marineco Shamal and handed over to the owner Marineco. So began the class of 26. As this article is […]

  • Wind Power Holds Great Potential for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions (Switzerland)

    20 June 2011

      The primary use of wind power of relevance to climate change mitigation is to generate electricity from larger, grid-connected wind turbines, deployed either on- or offshore wind farm. Wind energy offers significant potential for near-term (2020) and long-term (2050) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. A number of different wind power technologies are available across […]

  • C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services

    30 May 2017

    C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services B.V. Installation Support | BoP Inspections, Repair & Maintenance | Decommissioning Above water-line installation services • Rope access • Cable Pull in • Termination & testing • Foundations inspections & repair • Coating inspections & repair • Confined space inspections Subsea installation services • Diving & ROV works • Survey • […]

  • RWE to Use Innovative Ecosystem Monitoring Tech at German Offshore Wind Farm

    29 October 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, R&D

    RWE, together with its partners, has launched the Sustainable ecosystem approach in Monitoring the marine environment (SeaMe) project at its Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the German coast. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), the Alfred Wegener Institute […]

  • DHSS

    27 July 2018

    DHSS Ships Agency As your agent we are your facilitator and contact between Onshore and Offshore. DHSS has longterm relationship with various Port Authorities, Pilots, Customs, Immigration, ship chandlers and other suppliers. Your crew will be taken care of. Not only with provisions and fresh water but also with meet & greet services, husbandry services, […]

  • RWE Signs Foundation Agreement with Steelwind for Future Offshore Wind Farms

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    RWE has signed a capacity reservation agreement with the German company Steelwind Nordenham, for the production of up to 300 monopile foundations for its future offshore wind projects in Europe. Under the agreement, Steelwind will reserve capacity at its German monopile production facility in Nordenham for 320,000 tonnes of steel, equivalent to approximately 200 monopiles, […]

  • RWE Continues Taking Part in Wake Effect Research Projects in Anticipation of Increasingly Densely Built Offshore Wind Farms

    14 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, R&D, Research & Development

    In its annual results for 2023, RWE reported on last year’s financial performance and many of its offshore wind developments, but also on research projects related to the wake effect at offshore wind farms. Last year, RWE, together with various project partners, completed two wake-effect studies and embarked on a new research project in the […]

  • IWS Seals CSOV Charter Deal with Siemens Gamesa

    2 February 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), through its wholly-owned subsidiary IWS Fleet, has signed a three-year contract with Siemens Gamesa for its Skywalker-class walk-to-work commissioning service operations vessels (CSOVs). Under the agreement, IWS Fleet will provide the CSOVs to support offshore turbine commissioning works across multiple Siemens Gamesa projects in North Europe over a three-year period, starting […]

  • 50Hertz Completes Baltic Eagle Cable Pull-In

    31 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    50Hertz has completed the pull-in of two 220 kV subsea cable systems into Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle platform. The two 220 kV subsea cable systems were previously laid on the seabed in a safe area next to the destination of the substation platform. In February of this year, the substation platform was installed at its intended […]

  • Jan De Nul Consortium Bags BalWin4 and LanWin1 Cable Contracts

    6 December 2023
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul Group, together with its consortium partners LS Cable & System and Denys, has signed contracts for two 525 HVDC cable systems serving the two grid connection systems for BalWin4 and LanWin1. These mark the first two contracts signed under the long-term framework agreement that TenneT and Jan De Nul inked earlier this […]

  • Offshore Drone Challenge Takes Off

    22 March 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    German energy company EnBW and its project partner, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), have published the conditions of entry and the specific flight tasks for the Offshore Drone Challenge (ODC) for the first time. As part of the Offshore Drone Challenge, drone manufacturers and service providers are invited to demonstrate their technologies for transporting maintenance […]

  • Iberdrola and Ramboll Extend Offshore Wind Cooperation in German Baltic Sea

    2 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has appointed Ramboll to deliver the foundation design for their 300 MW Windanker project in the German Baltic Sea. This will be the third foundation design Ramboll delivers for Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub. Ramboll has delivered the concept design of monopile and jacket foundations and will deliver the detailed design for a […]

  • TenneT Seeks Grid Connection Systems Provider

    14 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has issued a call for tenders for the turnkey construction of two AC grid connection systems to connect the 342MW Kaskasi II and the 242MW Gode Wind 3 wind farms in the German North Sea to the associated HVDC sea stations. The scope comprises all works, from design, to manufacturing, delivery, and installation, up […]

  • TenneT Takes BorWin3 Reins

    13 February 2020
    Grid Connection

    Siemens and Petrofac have handed over the 900MW BorWin3 offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea to TenneT. The grid link was handed over following several weeks of testing, and TenneT has now taken over the maintenance and operation of the connection. The link was commissioned in August 2019. Siemens was responsible for […]

  • Former BDEW Head Takes Helm of 50Hertz

    3 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has appointed Stefan Kapferer, former head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), as its new CEO. Kapferer took over the position on 1 December from Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Frank Golletz, who was in charge of the CEO tasks on top of his job after […]

  • TenneT Wants UXO Consultants for German Bight

    29 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    TenneT Offshore has issued a tender seeking geophysical consultancy services for the German Bight in the North Sea. The contractor will provide UXO consultants for QA/QC supervision services during land and vessel-based data acquisition in the 12 nmz Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The awarded company will be in charge of acting as TenneT’s representative […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund 2 Gets Bureau Veritas Project Certificate

    20 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Bureau Veritas has issued Ørsted a Project Certificate for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. Located in Germany’s North Sea, 56 kilometres off the coast of Lower Saxony, Borkum Riffgrund 2 consists of 56 MHI Vestas V164-8.3MW turbines with two different types of foundations – monopiles with bolted transition pieces and suction bucket […]

  • Mono Bucket Time at Deutsche Bucht

    15 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla is on her way to the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm carrying the first of the two mono bucket foundations to be installed in the German North Sea. Seajacks Scylla loaded the first mono bucket at Bladt Industries’ facility in Lindø, Denmark, Northland Power said. The vessel is also carrying the […]

  • Prysmian All Done on DolWin3

    13 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    Italian subsea cable specialist Prysmian has completed the DolWin3 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project in the German North Sea. Prysmian had secured this project in February 2013, with a contract awarded by Alstom Grid (now GE Grid GmbH) on behalf of the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT. DolWin3, the third offshore grid […]

  • HEMS Squad Needed in German North Sea

    1 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The operators of the Trianel Windpark Borkum and the Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farms in the German North Sea have issued a tender for the provision of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). Infrastruktur Windkraftwerk Borkum, Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum, and Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II are seeking rescue services in accordance with the regulatory […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Testing Large Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

    26 September 2019
    R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES is measuring the aerodynamics of wind turbines with a rated power of more than five megawatts (MW), said to be the first-ever validation of its kind in the world. The aerodynamic properties of the Adwen AD 8 wind turbine, with a rated power of 8MW and a rotor diameter of […]

  • Macquarie Cleared to Buy German Offshore Wind Pioneer

    25 September 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG by Sage Holdings S.à.r.l, ultimately indirectly controlled by Macquarie Group Limited. Ocean Breeze owns and operates the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. Macquarie revealed plans to buy Ocean Energy, a subsidiary […]

  • German Offshore Wind Industry Repeats 2GW Tender Call

    4 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    German offshore wind industry associations have once again called for a special tender to be launched for the development of up to 2GW of capacity. As reported in July, BWE, BWO, Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, and WAB are urging the government to raise the expansion targets and set up a reliable framework for the development […]

  • FINO 1 Platform Operator Wanted

    29 August 2019
    R&D

    German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is looking for an operator for the FINO 1 research platform in the German North Sea. BMWi is extending the operational life of the FINO1 platform until 31 July 2023, with an optional one-year extension. The future operator must ensure the continuous and trouble-free operation as well […]

  • Maritime Technologies Test Centre Opens on Heligoland

    29 August 2019
    R&D, Technology

    German research institutes Fraunhofer IFAM and DFKI Robotics Innovation Center have opened a test centre for maritime technologies on the Heligoland Island and in the sea area offshore. The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) and the German Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) aim to develop and test complex robotic systems that […]