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  • 50Hertz Connects Arcadis Ost Offshore Substation to German Grid

    20 July 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Transmission system operator 50Hertz has announced that the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore substation has been connected to the German extra-high voltage grid after the 220 kV submarine cable required for this was pulled into place on the platform over the past few days. Final assembly and commissioning works will now follow. “We are very proud […]

  • RWE Adds DHSS to Kaskasi Team

    30 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has awarded a contract to DHSS for logistics at the Port of Eemshaven during the installation phase of its 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under the contract, DHSS will support RWE with regard to vessel agency services, port logistics, and storage. Services will be managed from the DHSS […]

  • WINDEA Six Extends Nordsee One Service for Five Years

    1 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Northland Power Europe has extended the charter contract for the wind farm service vessel WINDEA Six with Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO) for a further five years. Northland Power chartered WINDEA Six in 2018 to transport service technicians and freight to the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, located 40 kilometres north of the Island of Juist […]

  • Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Build Gode Wind 3 Offshore Substation

    11 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, part of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, to provide the complete design and construction of the electrical offshore substation for the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind project. Atlantique Offshore Energy will execute the full engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the topside and modular support frame. The 242 MW substation will […]

  • EnBW Picks Rescue Helicopter Provider for North Sea Wind Farms

    29 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has selected Northern HeliCopter GmbH to provide a rescue helicopter for the Hohe See and Albatros wind farms in the German North Sea. Apart from the rescue helicopter, the Emden-based Northern HeliCopter will provide aeronautical and medical crew. The contract will run from 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2025, with […]

  • Harren & Partner Buys Wind Lift I Jack-Up Vessel, Launches SAL Renewables

    13 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The parent company of SAL Heavy Lift, Harren & Partner Group, has added the Wind Lift I jack-up vessel to its fleet and launched SAL Renewables, a specialised company that will operate in the offshore wind sector. SAL Renewables is entering the market as a supplier of specialised vessels as well as maintenance and installation […]

  • TenneT Issues Call for BorWin6 Platforms

    4 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT TSO GmbH has issued a tender notice for the design, manufacture, installation, and commissioning of the BorWin6 converter platforms. Located in the North Sea Cluster 7, the 900 MW BorWin6 is scheduled to be commissioned by 2027. The offshore grid connection will collect the three-phase electric power generated at an offshore wind farm to […]

  • Tractebel Develops New Floating Wind, Large-Scale Hydrogen Production Platforms

    2 December 2020
    Technology

    Tractebel Overdick has developed a new floating wind foundation concept for 15+ MW wind turbines with a “hydrogen ready” option, and an offshore hydrogen production platform which can utilise the potential of large-scale offshore wind farms at an industrial scale of up to 800 MW. The new floater design is said to have been optimised […]

  • Two-Turbine Floater Prototype Breezes Through Tests in Baltic Sea

    2 November 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The scaled-down version of the Nezzy² floating wind turbine, a two-turbine floating wind platform, completed its two-month tests in the Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea and has now been dismantled. Over the coming weeks, the recorded data from the tests will be evaluated, with the findings to be incorporated in the design of […]

  • German Shipbroker Becomes Ship Finance Boutique for Offshore Renewables

    16 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Hamburg-based Waterworks Offshore Services has reshuffled its business to exclusively serve the offshore renewable sector and to switch from a ship brokerage shop to a ship finance institution. “Traditionally coming from Chartering and S&P in the offshore markets, Waterworks today becomes the first purely green ship finance institution which provides the renewable shipping industry with […]

  • GE Grid Solutions Completes DolWin Gamma Upgrades

    13 October 2020
    Grid Connection

    GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has completed upgrades on the offshore converter platform DolWin gamma in the German North Sea. The upgrades included enhancements to the valves and control system, which now, in addition to improving the overall performance of the grid connection system, also reduce maintenance, GE said. Located approximately 80km offshore, DolWin3 with the […]

  • Medevac Chopper Wanted for German Offshore Wind Farms

    15 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has issued a contract notice for a rescue helicopter and crew covering the Hohe See and Albatros wind farms in the German North Sea. The helicopter and its aeronautical and medical crew will be used to rescue injured persons at the two offshore wind farms. The contract will run from 1 […]

  • Buss Energy Acquires Stake in Austrian Drone Inspection Provider

    20 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Buss Energy Group has acquired a 24.9 per cent stake in Aero Enterprise, an Austria-based provider of drone inspections for offshore and onshore wind turbines. The German company said it had already expanded its portfolio last year by purchasing two companies and that adding drone inspection services was “the next logical step” to complete its […]

  • Hohe See and Albatros Come Through for EnBW

    30 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    German energy company EnBW’s Renewable Energies segment more than doubled its operating result in the first six months of 2020, mainly due to the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms coming into operation. The company’s renewables segment reported an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of EUR 426 million, a 108 percent increase compared to EUR […]

  • 50Hertz Goes All-In on Renewables

    2 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator 50Hertz has launched an economic and climate initiative aiming to draw 100 per cent of the electricity delivered from renewable sources by 2032. 50Hertz supplies eastern German states and the city states of Berlin and Hamburg with electricity. The TSO is in charge of developing and operating the offshore transmission grid […]

  • Ramboll Bags Contracts for German N-3, O-1 Offshore Wind Farm Areas

    22 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ramboll will provide geological modelling and reporting for N-3 and O-1 offshore wind areas in the German sectors of the North and Baltic Seas, respectively.  The total value of the contracts for the two areas is around EUR 514,000. The work will be done as part of the geological preliminary investigation, with and overarching goal […]

  • Ordtek Nets TenneT’s German Bight UXO Consultancy Deal

    14 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    UK-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management company, Ordtek, has signed a three-year framework agreement with TenneT. The contract covers services to be delivered for the German Bight wind farm zone in the North Sea. Ordtek said it would be providing UXO consultancy services and client representation ahead of offshore power cable and platform installation operations […]

  • Liebherr: Orion’s Crane Hook Broke at 2,600 Tonnes; Hook Externally Supplied

    6 May 2020
    Vessels

    Following the recent crane accident on the installation vessel Orion, the crane supplier Liebherr released some details surrounding the accident, including more specific information on its cause and consequences. The crane has been undergoing an overload test, which was planned for a load scenario of 5,500 tonnes and the lift to be carried out through […]

  • ENGIE Fabricom Secures Butendiek OSS SCADA Contract

    6 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    OWP Butendiek GmbH has awarded ENGIE Fabricom with a service contract to perform a SCADA Upgrade and long-term SCADA Service Level Agreement (SLA) of the Butendiek offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) in the German sector of the North Sea. ENGIE Fabricom will be upgrading the Butendiek OHVS SCADA system from SICAM® 230 to Zenon from […]

  • BSH Moves Geological Modelling Tender Dates

    2 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has pushed back the deadlines for the tender for geological modeling and reporting on wind areas in the North and Baltic Seas.

  • German Ministry Seeking FINO 2 Research Platform Operator

    17 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has issued a tender seeking an operator of the FINO 2 research platform. The operator will provide scheduled maintenance and repair, organization of research operations in coordination with the measuring institutes, as well as update the usage and security concept. The selected party will also […]

  • Germans Issue Offshore Wind Geological Modelling Tender

    17 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) has issued a tender for geological modeling and reporting on wind areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender is part of preliminary geological investigations on the N-3 zone in the German North Sea, and the O-1 zone in the German […]

  • Heinrich Hirdes to Keep Baltic 1 and 2 Cables Covered

    23 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded Heinrich Hirdes GmbH, a subsidiary of Boskalis, with a contract to provide backfilling of the subsea cable routes on the Baltic 1 and Baltic 2 grid connections. The services relate to the entire project period. In designated areas along the affected submarine cable routes, the coverage of […]

  • TenneT Selects Offshore Inspector

    13 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TÜV Süd Industrie Service GmbH has won a contract to provide testing services on selected systems across TenneT’s offshore grid connections in the German North Sea. Under the terms of the contract, TÜV Süd Industrie Service will carry out periodic inspections of elevator systems, pressure vessels, systems with explosion hazards, technical fire protection, systems for […]

  • Ørsted Picks Certification Body for German Offshore Wind Farms

    18 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services with a contract to provide project certification services for the German Cluster offshore wind farm 01 (GCW01). Under the deal, Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services will carry out site conditions assessment (SCA) and project design basis evaluation (DBE). The Hamburg-based company will evaluate whether the assessment of the external conditions […]

  • Senvion Starts Offshore Wind Wind-Down

    21 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has started a wind-down process of its offshore wind segment for which a potential buyer still has not been found. The news comes as Senvion and Siemens Gamesa reached an agreement through which Siemens Gamesa will acquire a large part of Senvion’s European Onshore Services business and an onshore blade manufacturing […]