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  • Cable Connection Needed for German Offshore Platform

    2 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a notice for a turnkey contract covering the cable system needed to connect the BorWin6 offshore platform to the German grid. With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, TenneT is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7. Scheduled to be commissioned by 2027, the BorWin6 offshore […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Esvagt Dana Reunite at Baltic 2

    5 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The service operations vessel Esvagt Dana has returned to the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea to support Siemens Gamesa during maintenance work. Esvagt and Siemens Gamesa entered into a 95-day agreement with an option of a further three months. The vessel provided support in Baltic 2 from November 2019 to […]

  • Wiking Heads Far Offshore with Global Tech I Deal

    26 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH has signed a multi-year service contract with Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH to provide personal and material helicopter transport services to the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. As part of this contract, Wiking will carry out helicopter crew change service from its base in […]

  • fos4X Watches Over Veja Mate Blades

    14 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH has selected fos4X GmbH to provide a rotor blade condition monitoring system on the 402MW Veja Mate wind farm in the German North Sea. The fos4X “retroX” system, consisting of a sensor platform and intelligent software, was installed on strategically selected 10% of the wind farm’s turbines. The system enables […]

  • Global Tech I at Full Tilt

    25 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Global Tech I offshore wind farm generated a record 8,800 MWh of electricity in a day earlier this month, Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH said. That is enough to power 450,000 average households, providing savings of nearly 5,000 tons of carbon emissions, the operator of the German wind farm said. December has been […]

  • Trianel Borkum Issues Subsea Maintenance Call

    25 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has opened a tender seeking CPS retrofit and bolt exchange services for the Trianel Windpark Borkum offshore wind project. The awarded company will be in charge of subsea works on CPS retrofits and subsea bolt exchanges at diffusor plates, i.e. steel plate under the central column of the tripod foundation. The scope […]

  • Nordsee One Marks Two Years of Power Production

    25 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nordsee One offshore wind project has celebrated two years of power production. The 332MW offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea started commercial operation on 21 December 2017. Nordsee One comprises 54 Senvion 6.2M126 turbines located approximately 32km north of the island Juist. All the turbines have been sending power to the grid […]

  • Merkur Offshore Wind Farm to Change Hands

    10 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) and the Dutch pension investor APG have signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Merkur Offshore GmbH, the owner and operator of the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The two investors signed the agreement with a consortium comprising of funds managed and/or advised by […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Studying German Bight Offshore Wind Clusters

    12 November 2019
    R&D

    Fraunhofer IWES has commenced a project focused on investigating how the wind conditions in the German Bight could change if offshore wind farms are expanded on a large scale. The X-Wakes “Interaction Between the Wakes of Large Offshore Wind Farms and Wind Farm Clusters With the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer” research project is funded by […]

  • Reliably obtaining a cable repair vessel at short notice

    14 October 2019

        By Jakub Vastmans, Interim Director Service Product Management at NKT For decades, the power cable industry has been pushing the boundaries of high-voltage (HV) submarine power transmission. Over the years, new insulation technologies have emerged, voltage levels have increased, protection methods have improved, and novel monitoring technologies have been developed. The objective is […]

  • Equinor to Sell Half of Its Arkona OWF Stake

    3 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has entered into an agreement to sell a 25% ownership interest in the Arkona offshore wind farm to funds advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG. Equinor currently holds a 50% interest in the wind farm, and after the transaction, RWE Renewables, following the takeover of E.ON Climate and Renewables, will remain the operator […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Monopile Foundation Turbines Up and Running

    30 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    All 31 monopile foundation wind turbines have been commissioned at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, according to Northland Power. The commissioning phase of the 31 MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines began in early June, with all the planned work said to be completed ahead of schedule. As reported, the 31 monopile foundation wind turbines were installed […]

  • Germans Agree to Increase 2030 Offshore Wind Target

    23 September 2019
    Authorities

    The German Climate Cabinet has agreed to increase the country’s 2030 offshore wind capacity target from 15GW to 20GW.  A group of economic and energy ministers, senators of five northern German states, representatives of the coastal cities and the industry signed the Cuxhaven Appeal 2.0 last year calling for an expansion goal of at least 20GW of offshore wind in […]

  • MHI Vestas Takes Delivery of Deutsche Bucht SOV

    4 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has taken delivery of the ESVAGT Albert Betz service operation vessel (SOV) purpose-built for the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. The vessel was christened on Wednesday, 4 September, at the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands. “With ‘ESVAGT Albert Betz’, MHI Vestas and ESVAGT have raised the bar once again in the […]

  • Hohe See Turbine Installation Enters Final Stretch

    2 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Blue Tern has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg to load its final wind turbine components to be installed on the 497MW Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea. The company’s second jack-up working o the project, Brave Tern, will soon arrive in Esbjerg to load the last sets […]

  • Senvion Looking For a Buyer, Reaches Agreement with Lenders

    30 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has reached an agreement with its lenders which gives financial support for the continuation of its business until the end of August and potentially for a period thereafter if ongoing talks with lenders can be concluded successfully. As reported earlier, Senvion had filed for self-administration in April 2019. That same month, Senvion, […]

  • Hohe See and Albatros Turbines Halfway There

    2 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has installed 44 of the 87 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines on the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessels Brave Tern and Blue Tern load the components for four wind turbines at a time at the port of Esbjerg in Denmark and attach them […]

  • Fraunhofer Unleashes New Bearing Test Bench

    8 May 2019
    R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES has presented the now fully operational rotor blade bearings test bench during the inauguration of a new test site in Hamburg. The goal of the BEAT 6.1 test bench (Bearing Endurance and Acceptance Test rig) is to lower development costs and reduce yield loss in order to make it more economical […]

  • Deutsche WindGuard Consulting Cleared to Calibrate Nacelle Lidars

    4 March 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH testing laboratory has been accredited for the calibration of nacelle mounted lidars. Accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, the laboratory can now calibrate all kinds of wind remote sensing devices. According to Deutsche WindGuard Consulting, nacelle lidars have gained in importance in the last years – especially with regards to […]

  • IKEA Ventures Into Offshore Wind

    14 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ingka Group, the largest IKEA franchisee with 367 IKEA stores in 30 markets, has acquired a 25% stake in the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Ingka Group is part of a consortium which recently bought an 80% stake in Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH, the owner and operator of the wind […]

  • Baltic Eagle Swoops on MHI Vestas Giants

    11 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. According to MHI Vestas, the contract includes the supply of up to 52 V174-9.5 MW turbines for the 476MW project, which will be the first offshore wind farm to feature this model. […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Making Room for XXL Blades

    11 February 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES has received funding to build a test bench for rotor blades measuring up to 115 meters in length. Fraunhofer IWES received funding to the tune of around EUR 12 million for the `Future Concept Operational Stability Rotor Blades Phase II` project. To this end, a new test bench is set […]

  • 50Hertz Picks Ostwind 2 Boulder Clearance Team

    15 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    The Denmark-based Peter Madsen Rederi (PMR) has won a contract by 50Hertz to provide boulder clearance at the Ostwind 2 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea.  The project comprises boulder clearance and extensive survey works at the three cable routes which will connect the Arcadis Ost 1 and Baltic Eagle offshore wind farms to the German […]

  • First Phase of RWE’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Project Approved

    25 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued the planning approvals for Nordseecluster A, the first phase of RWE’s Nordseecluster offshore wind project. The Nordseecluster offshore wind project is being built around 46 kilometres north of the German island of Borkum and approximately 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist. The […]

  • Vattenfall, BASF Pick Vestas for 1.6 GW Nordlicht Offshore Wind Project

    18 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has revealed the client and project details for an agreement first announced on 13 June. This conditional agreement, signed with Vattenfall and BASF, involves supplying 112 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. Within the scope of the contract is furthermore a 5-year […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 15 MW Wind Turbines for Iberdrola’s Windanker Offshore Wind Farm, Havfram Contracted for Installation

    21 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Iberdrola’s third offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, Windanker, will comprise 21 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, each with a generation capacity of 15 MW. The turbines will be installed by Havfram, with the work scheduled to start in the summer of 2026. Havfram said on 21 May that it signed a contract with Iberdrola […]