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  • Final Monopiles Delivered for Iberdrola’s 315 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    6 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has delivered the last monopiles to Iberdrola for the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The monopile foundations have been produced at the factory that both companies operate jointly at the Navantia Seanergies shipyard in Fene, Spain. Each of the units measures […]

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY: The next generation

    6 October 2015

    The offshore wind industry is not really doing anything exceptional when it comes down to the basics. Wind turbine generators, WTGs, have been around onshore since one of the first electricity-generating wind turbines was built to power a holiday home in 1887 in Marykirk, Scotland. Offshore platforms were built in the early 20th century for […]

  • ACCOMMODATION AT SEA – Comfort at sea for optimal workforce efficiency Part 1: Temporary Living Quarters

    18 May 2015

    While crew transfer vessels have originally been the main source for transferring technicians and engineers and their work tools to and from the wind farms, the growing trend of wind farms being, and to be built, further at sea has proven to provide quite some challenges for this sector. A challenge not only to maintain or […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Install Turbines at Skyborn’s German Offshore Wind Farm

    29 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Skyborn Renewables has signed a preferred supply agreement with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier for the transportation and installation of turbines for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The charter party agreement is expected to be signed later in 2025. Offshore installation of the 63 wind turbines is planned to commence in 2028 […]

  • Poland, Lithuania & Estonia: Potentials of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea

    20 February 2013

    Poland The first efforts aiming at the development of the offshore wind farms in Poland took place in the last decade but were unsuccessful due to controversial location (within Natura2000), unfavourable legislation and the lack of relevant knowledge of public administration. Development of the technology and successful implementation of investment projects in other EU countries […]

  • 3sun: Offshore Wind Presents Powerful Opportunities, Gusty Challenges

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind power is plentiful, renewable, clean and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. The effects on the environment are generally less problematic than those from other power sources. In 2010, wind energy production was more than 2.5 percent of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing rapidly at more […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Development Blows Across North America

    6 May 2011

    Europe’s love affair with offshore wind may at last be venturing across the Atlantic as the first approved project in the US continues apace. However, the switch to this large-scale renewable energy form – which has the potential to displace both coal and nuclear in providing the bulk of energy consumed by coastal populations – […]

  • 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 […]

  • Subsea Cable Connecting DolWin Epsilon Platform to Land Installed

    23 July 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The laying of the subsea cable that connects the DolWin epsilon platform to land has been completed. The platform and the cables, part of TenneT’s DolWin5 grid connection, will transmit the electricity generated by Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm to the German grid on land. The DolWin epsilon platform was installed this June. […]

  • 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 • […]

  • TÜV SÜD to Certify Vattenfall’s Nordlicht Offshore Wind Farms

    22 July 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    TÜV SÜD will carry out project certification for the implementation phase of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. According to the international certification provider, the Nordlicht 1 and 2 certifications will comply with the standard of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), whose approval covers several phases. […]

  • Semco Maritime Wins Service Contracts for Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub Substations

    3 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Iberdrola has awarded Semco Maritime two offshore service contracts, with options for extension, on the above-water scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment at two offshore substations in the Baltic Hub. The Baltic Hub currently consists of two offshore wind farms, the 350 MW Wikinger and the 476 MW Baltic Eagle, near the island of […]

  • Amprion Secures Approval for BalWin1 & BalWin2 Grid Connections

    23 June 2025
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting

    German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion has received planning approval to begin construction work on the BalWin1 and BalWin2 offshore grid connections in the German North Sea. Amprion received approval for the approximately 34-kilometre-long section in the coastal waters of Lower Saxony. Following approval, construction work on the island of Norderney can begin in July, […]

  • 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, […]

  • BorWin Epsilon Offshore Platform Installed

    19 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates

    BorWin epsilon offshore converter platform, part of TenneT’s BorWin5 grid connection that will link EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm with the German grid on land, has been installed at its designated site in the North Sea. The installation of both the jacket foundation and the topside was carried out by Allseas’ vessel Pioneering Spirit. Earlier […]

  • Research Project Proves Large-Scale Oyster Reef Restoration at Offshore Wind Farms Feasible

    22 July 2025
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development

    A research project carried out by The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC) and supported by RWE has established that large-scale native oyster reef restoration at offshore wind farms in the North Sea is feasible. “Flat oysters are an important species because they can create reefs that provide food and breeding grounds for many other species. Due […]

  • German Companies Land Global Tech I Wind Turbine Service Contracts

    13 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Buss Energy Group and Wind Multiplikator have won long-term service contracts for turbines at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Wind Multiplikator will be responsible for servicing and maintenance of the 80 Areva M5000 turbines, from statutory inspections and troubleshooting to commissioning service operation vessel-based (CSOV) logistics and spare […]

  • EnBW Seeks 3 CTVs for Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Farms

    14 May 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    EnBW has launched a call for tenders for crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will operate at its offshore wind farms in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The company is looking to charter three vessels, with the operations starting from around 1 April 2026. The contract(s) will run until 31 December 2028. The CTV […]

  • Offshore Cabling Work Kicks Off at EnBW’s He Dreiht Wind Farm

    12 March 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW is laying the first submarine cable of the internal wind farm cabling that connects all 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines of the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. Seaway7 has been commissioned with the task. In 2022, EnBW awarded the company an engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the inter-array cables for the He […]

  • Gode Wind 3 Enters Commercial Operation

    6 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea is now fully commissioned, following the completion of the final testing on 28 February. The offshore wind farm, jointly owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, comprises 23 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines which, with a rotor diameter of 200 metres, are currently […]

  • Eurazeo Invests EUR 70 Million in German Joint Venture Building New Offshore Wind Service Vessels

    19 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The European investment group Eurazeo, through Eurazeo Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF), has made a EUR 70 million equity investment in MPC OSE Offshore, a joint venture recently established by the investment and asset management firm MPC Capital and German offshore services provider O.S. Energy, which teamed up to develop, build and manage offshore wind service […]

  • TÜV SÜD, Tractebel DOC Join Forces in Offshore Wind

    16 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    The international provider of testing, inspection, and certification services, TÜV SÜD, has signed an agreement with the German-based company Tractebel DOC, under which the two companies will collaborate on offshore wind focusing on joint project implementation and the development of new services. Both partners will bring their special strengths to the venture to win new projects […]

  • 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 […]

  • World’s First Offshore Hydrogen Storage Concept Unveiled

    17 December 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Tractebel and partner companies have developed what they describe as the world’s first offshore infrastructure and processing facilities concept for the storage of hydrogen in offshore caverns. The design study, unveiled by Tractebel Overdick GmbH, is said to outline an innovative solution for large-scale hydrogen storage on the high seas: a scalable offshore platform for […]