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  • Rystad Energy: Offshore Wind Jobs to Triple by 2030

    19 February 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Workforce demand in offshore wind will rise dramatically over the next decade, with the number of jobs in this sector reaching around 589,000 in 2025, while 2030 could see 868,000 full-time offshore wind jobs. Currently, it is estimated that around 297,000 people are working in the sector. This is according to an analysis from Rystad […]

  • Wind Turbines at Sea Reach 5 Per Cent of Total Wind Energy Capacity

    27 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Global installed offshore wind capacity increased in 2020 and reached around 5 per cent of total wind capacity, according to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Overall, wind energy expansion almost doubled last year with 111 GW, compared to 58 GW in 2019. Of the 111 GW, around 34.4 GW of […]

  • German TSOs Release Updated Offshore Network Expansion Plans

    4 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    Four German transmission system operators (TSOs) have presented the second version of the Offshore-Network Developement Plan 2030 (Offshore-Netzentwicklungsplan – O-NEP).

  • TenneT Taps Into CLENS Wind Database

    28 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    German energy service provider Clean Energy Sourcing (CLENS) has won a contract to provide TenneT with data on current and forecasted generation on wind farms which will help optimise the transmission system operator’s net and curtailment management.

  • Offshore WIND Publishes 2019 International Business Guide

    8 February 2019

    Offshore WIND, part of Navingo BV, has released its 2019 business guide for the offshore wind industry. The 8th edition of the Offshore WIND International Business Guide features 70 full company profiles, with 141 companies joining us online. This year’s publication – issued in 3,000 copies – also contains six market outlooks. While the companies […]

  • Half of Borkum West Turbines Commissioned

    24 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Twenty of the total 40 wind turbines at the Trianel’s Borkum West offshore wind farm have been commissioned. Since February, the offshore wind farm has been producing  power. The power connection to the mainland was made in December through TenneT’s transformer platform DolWin Alpha. The offshore wind farm is located in the North Sea, approximately […]

  • DONG Secures German Offshore Wind Trifecta, Places Two Zero Bids

    13 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea totaling 590MW capacity, with two of the projects accepted with bids for zero Euros per MWh.

  • DP Gezina

    3 May 2016

    Year:   Type:   Length (m):   Classification:   Deck Area (m2):   Max. Load (t):   Crane:   Engines:   Propulsion:   Fuel Load (l):   Sleeping Berths:  

  • Bachmann Monitoring 22% of German Turbines Installed in 2015

    30 March 2016
    Technology

    Bachmann Monitoring’s condition monitoring system (CMS) is covering 22 percent of German offshore wind turbines installed in 2015. The company is planning to equip further projects in 2016, said Ulrich Oertel, head of the Monitoring Technologies Development department at Bachmann. “This includes, for example, the extension of the conventional power train CMS and structure monitoring.” All 80 turbines at the Global Tech I […]

  • Rhenus Offshore Launches Fixed-Price Cargo Service to OWFs

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Rhenus Offshore Logistics started adopting a sustainable approach this month with fixed prices for cargo runs to wind parks out at sea. Customers can now arrange supply and disposal services for their platforms and ships from Emden and Cuxhaven – at any time of day or night. “We handled at least a dozen of these trips to […]

  • Nordsee One Seeks Guard Vessel

    16 June 2015
    Vessels

    Nordsee One GmbH has invited tenders for the provision of guard vessel services, which include monitoring and safeguarding of its offshore wind farm construction area.  The services are to be provided continuously over the entire installation phase on a 24/7 basis. The vessel will observe the surrounding, but not project-related traffic, evaluate if any risk of collision […]

  • HMB Lintec Secures Crane Contracts for German Offshore Substations

    15 September 2017
    Grid Connection

    HMB Lintec marine GmbH has signed contracts for the supply of pedestal offshore cranes for three offshore substations located in German waters.

  • BWE to Hold Special Offshore Wind Conference

    22 October 2015

    On November 3 and 4, the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE) will hold a special conference on the topic “Offshore Wind Energy Operation – Strategies and Experiences from the First Operating Phase”. “We want to especially focus on ‘cost reduction measures’ and ‘offshore experience reports’. For this purpose, we invited some well-respected and competent specialists that […]

  • German TSOs Table Network Expansion Plans

    3 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    German transmission system operators 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW have submitted the first drafts of the onshore and offshore network expansion plans (NEP and O-NEP) covering the period up to 2035 to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).

  • Butendiek OWF Stands Tall

    12 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    After one of our readers reported that the final turbine at the Butendiek offshore wind farm was installed last night, wpd confirmed the information to Offshore WIND this morning. The Butendiek offshore wind farm features 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 wind turbines, which will generate a total capacity of 288 MW. Each blade of the turbines is 58.5m long with its own pitching […]

  • Four OWF Operators Unite at Rescue at Sea

    22 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Operators of alpha ventus, Riffgat, Global Tech I and Trianel Borkum offshore wind farms have joined to cooperate in emergency rescue at sea. For the first time, different operators have developed a unified rescue plan for four North Sea wind farms, located 15-95 kilometers off the island of Borkum. The aim is to create a high-quality emergency care from […]

  • Medevac Chopper and Crew Wanted for Baltic Wind Farms

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    German transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH and three offshore wind operators are seeking a helicopter to rescue injured persons working on offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, including aeronautical and medical crew.

  • All Turbines Up at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    27 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has installed the last of a total of 78 turbines at Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.   The next step will be the final commissioning of all remaining wind turbines. More than half have been already commissioned. All closing activities will run during summer. When fully operational. […]

  • Alpha Ventus Surpasses Expectations

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind farm, Alpha Ventus achieved 16,582 full capacity hours and generated 994.9 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from 2011 to 2014, thus exceeded the generation forecasts by around seven per cent. According to the operators, EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, the wind farm production for 2014 was 235.6 GWh, lower than four-year average of 248.73 GWh, but […]

  • Wiking Signs Medical Chopper Deal with Dong

    25 July 2014

    Dong Energy contracted  Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH for a job in German Bight. The German company will provide offshore helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) to offshore wind farms located in the North Sea. All Dong Energy’s existing and future offshore wind farms in this area are covered by this contract. Since its foundation in 1975, […]

  • Weserwind Files for Bankruptcy

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    German steel construction company, Weserwind, filed for bankruptcy yesterday, that will affect 370 employees. According to Nordsee-Zeitung , Weserwind parent company, Georgsmarienhütte, stoped payments for high loss making subsidiary which led to this outcome. It is “no longer economically feasible and justifiable to support WeserWind with additional capital,” the company said. In addition, Bremerhaven-based company is […]

  • CSS Mini

    14 June 2018

    Year:   Type:   Length (m):   Classification:   Deck Area (m2):   Max. Load (t):   Crane:   Engines:   Propulsion:   Fuel Load (l):   Sleeping Berths:  

  • APEM to Survey German North Sea Wildlife

    20 February 2015
    Environment

    Ten new digital aerial bird and marine mammal surveys will be delivered by APEM for offshore windfarms in the German North Sea over the next year. The surveys will take place between February 2015 and March 2016 in order to report the abundance and distribution of seabirds and marine mammals at different times of the […]

  • Vattenfall Installs Its 1000th Wind Turbine

    29 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall installed its 1000th wind turbine last week at DanTysk offshore wind farm situated west of the island of Sylt. The Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbine was installed at the location DT19, within the 70 square kilometres area covered by the wind farm. Vattenfall currently operates 944 wind turbines in five countries from its surveillance […]

  • Photo of the Day: Loading of Baltic 2 Wind Turbine Blades

    30 July 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Loading of turbine blades for EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm in Sassnitz harbor. The wind turbine blades are being loaded onto HOCHTIEF’s jack-up vessel Vidar. With large deck space and 1,200-ton crane, the vessel can operate in water depths of up to 50 meters. Last month the first transition […]

  • Fastnet Rock

    15 August 2014

    Year:   Type: Catamaran, Crew Transfer, Survey and Dive Vessel  Length (m): 21,50  Classification: BV Germany and Ireland unrestricted  Deck Area (m2): Fore deck 27 / aft deck 12.5  Max. Load (t): 9  Crane: Optional  Engines: 2 x Caterpillar C32  Propulsion:   Fuel Load (l): 6.000  Sleeping Berths: 4