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  • China Leads in New Offshore Wind Capacity Second Year in Row, Likely to Preserve Top Position in 2023

    20 February 2023
    Business development, Industry

    In 2022, 9.4 GW of offshore wind capacity was installed worldwide and China alone installed 6.8 GW of this. The country’s top position in adding new offshore wind capacity will likely be preserved in 2023, as well, as China is also leading in projects currently under construction, according to a new report from World Forum […]

  • Ørsted Goes High and Low in German Offshore Wind Auction

    27 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded Ørsted the right to build an additional 551.75MW offshore wind capacity in the German North Sea.

  • Bubbles to Reduce Offshore Wind Turbine Noise Pollution (Germany)

    9 August 2011
    Environment

    As Germany forges ahead with its energy revolution, offshore wind parks are becoming increasingly important. But construction clatter… (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, August 09, 2011

  • Semcon and DONG Ink German Offshore Wind Consultancy Agreement

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Semcon has signed a framework agreement with DONG Energy which covers consultancy services for DONG’s German offshore wind power business activities. The agreement between DONG and Semcon focuses on supporting construction, commissioning and operations of offshore wind farms in Germany. “Our expertise from various industries will join together in providing an exciting approach to this assignment. We will be helping […]

  • Macquarie Buys BARD Offshore 1 Owner

    7 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has agreed to acquire Ocean Breeze Energy, the owner of the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm in Germany. MIRA, who will carry out the acquisition via a Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 led consortium, will buy the company from Unicredit. “Offshore wind is playing a significant role in Germany’s ambitious Energiewende,” […]

  • New CEO Appointed for AVANTI (Denmark)

    11 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Erik Laursen, 49, is to become new CEO at Avanti Wind Systems. Erik Laursen comes from a position as Senior Vice President at Terma Aerostructures. He has previously been Vice President of Bosch Rexroth Wind Energy in Germany, Managing Director for Vestas Australia and Senior Vice President for NEG Micon in Germany, the Netherlands and […]

  • Germany Probing Unmanned O&M Solutions

    25 March 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is funding a research project aiming to automate the evaluation of information on the condition of offshore installations through the use of drones and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The ministry has set aside EUR 1.3 million for the IsyMoo (Intelligent integrative systems for monitoring surface protection systems […]

  • TenneT Going Above and Beyond Offshore Germany

    10 January 2019
    Grid Connection

    Eleven offshore grid connection systems with a joint capacity of 6,232MW for offshore wind energy transmission from sea to land have now been connected to the German power grid by transmission system operator TenneT. “With this, TenneT has now almost entirely achieved the federal government’s expansion goal of having 6,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity […]

  • Bluestream Inspects TenneT’s HVDC Platforms in Germany

    2 November 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Dutch offshore inspection services provider, Bluestream Offshore, has carried out extensive inspection work on three TenneT’s HVDC platforms in the German sector of the North Sea: BorWin Alpha, DolWin Alpha and DolWin Beta.

  • ROVOP to Support OW Platform Installation in Germany

    16 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    ROVOP has revealed more than £2.5 million worth of new contract wins in the last month from its Aberdeen and Houston offices across the oil, gas and offshore wind markets. Work scopes for the projects, extending into Q3 2016, include Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) on several major North Sea operators’ platforms, pipeline route survey […]

  • Holland Shipyards to Undertake Conversion of DP Gezina

    26 November 2012

    On the 31st of October 2012, Chevalier Floatels commissioned Holland Shipyards to undertake the conversion of DP Gezina. The vessel will be converted and upgraded to DP2 Service Support Vessel for staff accommodation and transport to offshore wind farms installations. The key words: wellbeing and comfort of the staff, reducing operating costs and of course […]

  • Germany: ABB’s Presence in Offshore Wind Industry

    7 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    Over the past three years, ABB’s wind power business has grown on average over 50 percent a year, but historically there have been difficulties associated with wind farms, such as the amount of space they occupy, the importance of their siting (without obstructions such as trees or hills), their noise and the threat to birds […]

  • Germany to Invest Billions in Renewable Energy Transfer

    30 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Plans made between Germany’s government, the federal energy network and grid companies to distribute renewable energy by constructing new electricity lines by 2022 will allow the country to safely shift from nuclear power to renewables. According to Reuters, the plan involves an investment of tens of billions euros in power grid over the next ten […]

  • Fugro Renewable Services to Exhibit in Husum, Germany

    12 September 2012

    It has been a busy period for Fugro Renewable Services who are exhibiting at the Husum WindEnergy exhibition next week (18-22 September). The multidisciplinary team representing Fugro at the show are looking forward to informing new and existing clients about the innovative tools and equipment they have been developing and the varied projects that they […]

  • Germany: BSH Approves DolWin Alpha and DolWin1

    10 September 2012
    Authorities

      The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved the converter platform “DolWin alpha” and the subsea cable system “DolWin1” for connection of “Borkum West II”,” MEG Offshore 1″ and “Borkum Riffgrund 1” wind farms to the grid. The approval covers the installation and operation of the converter platform “DolWin alpha” and the laying […]

  • Gardline, Alicat to Exhibit at Husum WindEnergy in Germany

    7 September 2012

    Gardline and Alicat will be exhibiting at Husum WindEnergy in Germany, 18-22 September.  Gardline and Alicat will have a combined stand in the open air section of the conference venue, at Husum the leading Wind Energy Trade Fair held in Messeplatz. Their all purpose exhibition trailer with staff will be at OF17A . Gardline is a leading marine contractor specialising […]

  • Germany: Winergy to Exhibit HybridDrive at Husum WindEnergy

    3 August 2012
    Technology

    Winergy will exhibit its Fuhrlaender-3MW-HybridDrive at Husum WindEnergy 2012. Key characteristics include the very compact design as well as the high energy conversion efficiency of more than 96%. The concept study presented at Hanover Trade Fair in April 2011 generated a lot of interest and a very positive response. At Husum, Winergy will show a […]

  • Germany: WINDFORCE 2012 Deemed Great Success

    9 July 2012

    6,000 visitors were welcomed to Germany’s first trade fair for the offshore wind industry and WAB’s eighth offshore conference from 26 to 29 June 2012 in Bremen “Our expectations were more than met”, said Jens Eckhoff, managing director of the Offshore Wind Messe- und Veranstaltungs GmbH, after four successful days of the WINDFORCE 2012 fair. […]

  • Safety for Offshore Industry from Bremen, Germany

    21 June 2012

    A new centre for safety at sea is being created in Bremen in the form of the “European Offshore HSSE Centre”. “HSSE” is the acronym for “Health, Safety, Security and the Environment”. The Centre is being developed by Bremeninvest (WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH) and Europe-CENTER AG at City Airport Bremen. Also on board is the […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Turbines Not Harmful for Shipping

    2 April 2013

    Offshore wind farms under construction are not harmful to the shipping traffic, according to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in Hamburg. The BSH highlighted the harmlessness of these facilities on Monday, thus disagreeing with the earlier opinion of the agency’s spokesman. “If an unfinished construction appears anywhere in the ocean, it has an […]

  • ‘WINDEA one’ Catamaran Christened in Emden, Germany

    19 September 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    On 18 September 2013, a new catamaran of Windea Offshore GmbH & Co. KG – a joint venture of EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO), the Bernhard Schulte Group and SSC Wind GmbH – was baptized in Emden by the name ‘WINDEA one’. After a welcome speech by Dr. Bernhard Brons (EMS’ Executive), Knut Gerdes (EMO […]

  • Former Directors Of Beluga Under Investigation (Germany)

    10 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    According to an official statement from Die Staatsanwaltschaft Bremen, an investigation has been launched in Bremen against former directors… (heavyliftpfi) [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, March 10, 2011  

  • Germany to host Wind Turbine Manufacturing Conference

    23 April 2010
    R&D

    The wind energy market is predicted to grow at dramatic rates, particularly offshore with the opening up of new areas, for example by the… [mappress] Source: azom, April 22, 2010;

  • Germany: PNE WIND Releases H1 Report

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has published its results for the first half of 2012. The reporting period was characterised by ntensive onshore and offshore project development activity which required advance payments and investments in projects whose realisation will lead to future sales and earnings. Providing further evidence to the strength of […]

  • Germany: Anbaric Could Buy Share in TenneT

    1 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Anbaric, a U.S. transmission company involved in smart grids, subsea cabling, as well as renewables, is said to be considering buying a share in TenneT. Wirtschaftswoche magazine informed on Saturday about Anbaric’s plans to invest USD 4 billion in the German transmission operator. TenneT and Germany’s economy and environment ministries declined comment on this specific […]

  • Germany Greenlights Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

    18 December 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted planning permission for the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm (officially known as Kaskasi II). Kaskasi II is the first offshore wind farm in Germany to receive planning permission under the new offshore wind law (WindSeeG), following participation in the auction held under the so-called interim […]