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  • Germany: Operators to Charge Customers for Offshore Losses

    16 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A draft made by the German Government indicates that it will allow  the offshore wind-power operators to compensate some of their losses by charging their customers, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports.   The mentioned losses refer to the ones regarded to the problems of transferring electricity to the mainland because of the damaged cables. The draft […]

  • Germany: TÜV SÜD Increases Revenue and Income

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    In 2011 TÜV SÜD set new records for revenue, income and headcount. Last year the international service corporation increased its revenue to almost EUR 1.7 billion (2010: EUR 1.55 billion); compared to the prior year, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by 12 per cent to around EUR 160 million (2010: EUR 143 million). […]

  • Germany: BorWin3 Invites Tenders for Transmission System

    30 April 2012
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German wind farm developer, DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH is inviting tenders for installation of a system for the transmission of electrical energy (about 900 MW) between offshore wind farms in the BorWin clusters and a network connection point on land. In particular, the transmission power, the losses, the availability and compliance with the Grid Code […]

  • Global Maritime Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany

    26 April 2012

    Global Maritime announce the opening of a new branch to their global network in Hamburg, Germany. Headed up by Country Manager Capt. Ekkehard Stade, the office in Ballindamm will serve alongside the 14 other offices in the GM Group, offering expertise in areas of Consultancy, Assurance, Design and Contracting. A company focused on rapid expansion, […]

  • Germany: Vattenfall Starts Construction of DanTysk Substation

    19 March 2012

    The first construction phase in the DanTysk offshore wind park project, run by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) [Munich City Utilities], is now underway with the construction of the wind park’s substation. The substation is being constructed in the Netherlands, not far from Rotterdam, as part of a joint venture SHJV with the specialist company […]

  • Germany: Nordex SE Appoints New CEO

    1 March 2012

    Dr. Jürgen Zeschky (51) commenced his duties as Chief Executive Officer of Nordex SE on 1 March 2012. The company’s Supervisory Board had previously appointed him to this position in November 2011. The vacancy in Nordex’s top-level management had arisen when his predecessor Thomas Richterich declared that he would not be renewing his contract again […]

  • Germany: Voith Gets First VLJ Order

    28 February 2012

    Voith has received the first Voith Linear Jet order with Turbine Transfers UK for a 19 meter BMT Nigel Gee designed Wind Support Vessel. The Voith Linear Jet will provide for this application a substantial higher bollard pull without a requirement for increased installed power. This higher bollard pull will allow Turbine Transfers the safe […]

  • Germany: Windreich Insolvency Goes into Regulated Procedure

    26 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The management of Windreich GmbH has withdrawn the application for insolvency in self-administration on 22 November 2013. The local court in Esslingen then placed the provisional insolvency in the control system and provisional administrator Holger Blümle, from the law firm Schultze & Braun, as liquidator. Werner Heer will continue as managing director of Windreich GmbH. […]

  • German Offshore Partners Launches in Frankfurt, Germany

    19 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    German Offshore Partners (GOP) today announced its official launch at EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt. The Germany based company aims to conquer the global wind industry with its full turnkey offshore logistic solutions. “There is far too much paperwork and too little performance in the market,” the company says. The largest offshore wind event in […]

  • Germany: NAVALU to Introduce Its WFSV in Frankfurt

    5 November 2013

    NAVALU, French workboat builder, will introduce its new catamaran SeaFox at the EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt Messe, Germany.  NAVALU launched the SeaFox in September. The vessel is an offshore wind farm service vessel (WFSV) with a total length of 24 meters and width of 9.90 meters. The SeaFox is designed to remain on location offshore […]

  • Germany: Barge Master to Exhibit at Offshore 2013

    18 October 2013

    Barge Master will be exhibiting at EWEA’s offshore wind event at Frankfurt. The company will present a moving model of the T40 system. A team of Barge Master representatives will be on location to explain the flexibility of their system. The Barge Master is completely customizable and any system can be designed to suit their […]

  • Germany: CPNL Meets Expectations at Nordsee Ost

    2 September 2013
    Grid Connection

    It was recently reported by VSMC that the first cables were installed at Nordsee Ost wind farm. In addition to this report CPNL Engineering received a preliminary review that the cable protection system functions as ordered by customer RWE Innogy GmbH. RWE claims to be completely satisfied with the installation, as the system fits perfectly […]

  • Germany: Borkum Riffgrund 1 Substation Installed

    29 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first important milestone in the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm has been achieved: The installation of the offshore substation for the wind farm in the North Sea is completed. “Though we have more than 20 years’ experience in offshore wind, it’s a very special moment,” said Christoph Mertens, Senior Director […]

  • Half of DanTysk’s Foundations Now Installed (Germany)

    14 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the total 80 wind turbine foundations have been installed at the DanTysk offshore wind farm. Jack-up vessel Seafox 5 performed the installation of the 40th DanTysk foundation over the weekend, Holger Grubel from Vattenfall wrote on the project’s blog. “With half the work now complete, we can celebrate ‘Bergfest’ as would be typical […]

  • Germany: DanTysk Offshore Substation Completely Installed

    5 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore Substation (OSS) for the DanTysk offshore wind farm is installed completely. After a construction period of around two years, the DanTysk OSS left the Hollandia Shipyard in Krimpen, The Netherlands, on the 23rd of July. The OSS was built in two sections. After the successful installation of the jacket, Vattenfall has announced the finalisation of the DanTysk […]

  • Germany: 40 Tripods Erected Off Borkum

    24 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, about ten months after the start of construction, the heavy load vessel Stanislav Yudin transported the last of the 40 tripods to the construction site of Trianel’s Borkum Offshore Wind Farm and anchored it in a water depth of approximately 30 meters in the German Bight. “In less […]

  • GibConsult Opens New Office Nordenham, Germany

    8 April 2013

    In order to meet the growing need for contract, project and claim management in the renewable energies and offshore sector, the consultancy company GibConsult GmbH has strengthened its team by Niels Skovdal. The new Director of the Renewable Energies and Offshore Division will lead the team of experts and at the same time build up […]

  • Germany: Sway Turbine Unveils ST10 Features

    23 October 2012
    Technology

    The Norwegian technology company Sway Turbine has developed an eye-catching 10MW offshore wind turbine, named the ST10. The unique features of this turbine are now presented for the first time. Sway Turbine’s CTO Mr. Eystein Borgen has presented the ST10 turbine at the 3rd International Conference on Drivetrain Concepts for Wind Turbines in Bremen, Germany. […]

  • Sway Turbine to Present ST10 in Bremen, Germany

    16 October 2012
    Technology

    Sway Turbine’s CTO Eystein Borgen will present the ST10 Turbine at the conference to be held in Bremen Germany on the 22nd-24th of October, 2012. In his presentation, Eystein Borgen will cover an overview of the ST10 direct drive turbine. The large diameter generator with ironless stator core, generator and blade rotor integration, weight and […]

  • Germany Powered with almost 3GW of Offshore Wind

    20 July 2015

    In the first half of 2015, another 422 offshore wind turbines, with a combined capacity of 1,765.3 megawatts went on line. Up to 30 June 2015 a total of 668 offshore turbines with an overall capacity of 2,777.8 megawatts fed power into the German grid. With the current offshore wind energy output the system can […]

  • Repowering Wind Turbines Discussed in Leer, Germany

    12 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    With steady growth of the offshore wind industry in the near and further future, offshore wind turbines reach their age limit or maximum operating duration. The need for repowering of wind turbines is foreseeable and provides the players of the offshore wind industry, politics and business with new challenges. The onshore wind energy shows that […]

  • WavePOD Prototype Shipped to Aachen University, Germany

    23 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has announced that its collaborative project to develop a standardised, self-contained offshore electricity generator for the wave industry moved a step closer last week when a tenth-scale WavePOD prototype moved to the world-leading Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Controls (IFAS) at Aachen University, Germany.  The WavePOD wave […]

  • Germany to Allot Available Grid Connection Capacity

    5 September 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    German Federal Network Agency launched a new initiative to allocate the 1,722.7MW grid connection capacity for the offshore wind developers. The available capacity will allow the country to reach its offshore wind goal of 7.7 GW by 2020. According to the agency, interested parties have until 1 October 2014 to apply after which it will […]

  • Iberdrola Exercises Step-In Right Offshore Germany

    5 November 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has exercised its step-in right to the pre-developed site O-1.3 in the German Baltic Sea where it will develop the 300 Windanker offshore wind farm. Iberdrola secured the step-in right for the EUR 800 million Windanker in the 2018 auction when the project did not make it through the second transitional tender, […]

  • Germany Greenlights Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted a planning approval to Ørsted for the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm. The project has now secured necessary approvals from all the responsible authorities. Gode ​​Wind 3 will have a total of 242 MW of export capacity. Ther wind farm will feature 23 Siemens Gamesa […]

  • TenneT’s North Sea Grid Sees 29 TWh of Offshore Wind Transmitted in 2022

    30 January 2023
    Grid Connection

    The transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has transmitted around 29 TWh from the Dutch and German North Sea in 2022, which is an increase compared to the previous year. TenneT transmitted approximately 21.13 TWh of wind energy from the German North Sea to land in 2022, whereas in the Netherlands, 7.91 TWh was fed into […]