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  • Alstom Commissions EnBW Baltic 2 Substation

    29 October 2015
    Grid Connection

    Alstom has commissioned an AC offshore substation in the wind farm EnBW Baltic 2, Germany’s second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The wind farm hosts 80 wind turbines feeding up to 288 MW into the grid, providing power to 340,000 households. The offshore substation transmits the electrical energy from the wind turbines to […]

  • JECS’ Business Mushrooms with Offshore Wind

    15 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    JECS Offshore is negotiating contracts for several offshore wind farms as well as framework agreements with two major developers covering multiple services to projects over a 3-year period, the company reported along the news that its turnover has increased by 80% over the past 12 months thanks to European offshore wind industry. JECS Offshore was formed 18 […]

  • Jumbo Picks Up First Yunlin Monopiles

    21 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jumbo’s heavy-lift carrier has arrived at Steelwind Nordenham’s quayside to pick up the first four monopiles destined for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. According to Steelwind, the Jumbo Jubilee arrived at the heavy-lift terminal Blexen, Germany, on 19 October and the loadout operations started immediately. In total, Steelwind will manufacture and deliver 40 complete monopiles from Nordenham, as […]

  • Atlas Professionals Signs 5-Year Deal with Dong

    4 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    In September 2014, Atlas Professionals signed a framework agreement with DONG Energy for the provision of offshore wind specialists to DONG’s UK offshore wind farms. This week, Atlas’ signed a new five-year contract for offshore wind personnel to work with DONG in Germany. The five-year contract will allow Atlas’ offshore wind specialists to work on DONG’s projects […]

  • IQIP to Deliver Noise Mitigation System for He Dreiht OWF

    31 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has awarded IQIP with a contract for the delivery of a noise mitigation system which will be used during the installation of monopiles at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The Dutch company will manufacture and deliver a double-walled noise protection system called NMS-10,000 which will reduce the noise induced by pile […]

  • RGI Welcomes Interconnectors Development Between Norway, UK and Germany

    3 July 2012
    Grid Connection

    The Renewables-Grid-Initiative (RGI) welcomes the official announcement of the development of two interconnectors from Norway to the UK and from Norway to Germany by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) National Grid, TenneT and Statnett. The interconnectors will contribute to a higher share and more stable uptake of energy from renewable sources in the regions and […]

  • DEME to Use IQIP’s IQ6 Hydrohammer to Drive Nordlicht Monopiles Into Seabed

    30 July 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch company IQIP has been awarded a contract by DEME to deploy its Hydrohammer IQ6 spread for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. IQIP’s Hydrohammer IQ6 spread will be deployed together with the PULSE technology, which is a noise mitigation add-on that uses a dual-piston system and a […]

  • Dragados Grows Capacity in Spain for TenneT’s German Offshore Converter Stations

    14 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    Dragados Offshore is planning to add a new production site with 400,000 square metres of space in Spain for the manufacturing of TenneT’s 2 GW offshore converter stations. The production site is currently being built in the southern Spanish coastal town of Algeciras (Campo de Gibraltar region). From 2026, two platform topsides will be built […]

  • VIDEO: FLiDAR 6M Braving North Sea Winter Storm

    24 February 2016
    Technology

    Canada-based Axys Technologies has recently shared a video showing its FLiDAR 6M, formerly known as the WindSentinel, navigating the rough seas at the Fino1 Met Mast off the coast of Germany.  The FINO1 Met Mast is situated in the North Sea, approximately 45 kilometres to the north of Borkum,and in an immediate vicinity of the 60MW Alpha Ventus, […]

  • Germans Protest against Renewable Energy Sources Act Reform

    13 May 2014

    Over 12,000 people united in Berlin on May 10, on a demonstration against planned reform of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), proposed by the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The protest march started at Berlin’s central station, continued through the city center and ended in […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 3 – 9, 2015

    9 August 2015

    Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off Rhode Island Following the commencement of Block Island offshore wind farm construction, the developer was struck by a hazard. Leeghwater Offshore Wind Project Cancelled Leeghwater, a Dutch pilot project proposing to install fifty to seventy offshore wind turbines off the coast of Zeeland, has been cancelled, Dutch media reports. Germany: […]

  • Lower Saxony’s Seaports Return to Windforce

    13 June 2014

    Seaports of Niedersachsen GmbH and Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG will jointly attend the Windforce 2014 event, held from 17th until 19th of June in Bremen. Niedersachsen Ports, operator of public-sector seaports in Germany, will present the information about existing offshore berths and available area potential. On the other hand, the port marketing company, […]

  • Vessels and Crew Wanted for Geotechnical Surveys Offshore Germany

    23 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW has opened a tender to hire sea-going vessels with crew for the main geotechnical investigation at the He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. According to EnBW, the aim of the new investigation is to meet with the governmental regulations for offshore wind farm installations according to BSH Standard 7004. The sought work comprises five tasks, […]

  • The Netherlands: ING Turns to Renewables

    16 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Environment

    ING Commercial Banking (ING CB) is shifting its European focus from financing natural gas plants to financing renewable energy projects, reports Business Recorder. The main reason for this shift to offshore and onshore wind and solar power is the increased development of renewable energy projects in Europe as well as “overcapacity (in Europe’s power market) […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2013

    4 March 2013

    Germany: Siemens Reports Delay on Sylwin 1 Transformer Platform Siemens has announced that the connection of a German offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be delayed.   UK: Dogger Bank Receives First Bucket Foundation The installation of the first of two innovative suction-installed foundations on Dogger Bank on the weekend represents the first […]

  • German Ports Group Launches Website to Demonstrate Offshore Logistics

    25 May 2011

      Germany’s Seaports of Niedersachsen has launched a new website to demonstrate the capabilities of the various ports within the group in… (heavyliftpfi) [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, May 25, 2011

  • Havfram Wind Seals Nordseecluster Transportation and Installation Deal

    13 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Norway’s Havfram Wind has signed a contract with RWE for the transportation and installation of wind turbines for the Nordseecluster development, an up to 1.6 GW offshore wind cluster comprising four offshore wind farm sites in the German sector of the North Sea. Under the contract, Havfram Wind will be responsible for the transportation and […]

  • EU Goes from 12.6GW to 15.8GW of Offshore Wind in One Year

    6 February 2018

    Europe added close to 3.2GW of offshore wind capacity last year, taking the total installed and grid-connected capacity from 12.6GW in 2016 to 15.8GW at the end of 2017 and thus marking a 25% increase in just one year. Including sites with partial grid connection, there are now 92 offshore wind farms in eleven European countries and 4,149 grid-connected wind turbines, WindEurope reports in its annual offshore wind statistics. 

  • TenneT Benefits from Offshore Wind Industry

    1 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    High-voltage transmission grid operator TenneT continued to provide very high system reliability (99.9999%), benefiting 36 million end-users in the Netherlands and Germany. Financial results in the first half of 2014 were solid. Increases in revenue and EBIT kept pace with the company’s ongoing investments in grid reinforcements and expansions. Importantly, the Dutch Minister of Economic […]

  • Germany: Conference to Discuss Optimization of Wind Turbine Rotor Blades

    19 December 2012

    The International VDI Conference “Rotor Blades of Wind Turbines” to be held in Hamburg, Germany, on 17 and 18 April 2013 will discuss the most recent developments in rotor blades of wind turbines.  More profit at reduced cost: This is the clear aim of plant manufacturers, suppliers and operators within the wind energy industry. Rotor […]

  • GE Rolls Out First Merkur OWF Nacelle

    5 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first out of the total of 66 GE Haliade 6MW nacelles for the Merkur offshore wind farm has recently left the manufacturer’s assembly line in France, GE Renewable Energy reported on 5 April.

  • Siemens and GeoSea Ink EPCI Foundation Contract for Hohe See OWF

    24 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s offshore marine engineering division GeoSea and Siemens have concluded an EPCI foundation contract for the 497MW Hohe See offshore wind farm, currently the biggest planned offshore wind project in Germany.  GeoSea’s EPCI contract includes the design, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of 71 foundations consisting of a monopile and a transition piece. The Hohe […]

  • Germany: CTC Marine Bags Multi-Million Pound Contract for Dolwin 1

    16 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    CTC Marine Projects, Ltd, part of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, has announced its multi-million pound contract award for Dolwin 1, Germany. The workscope, for client EMAS AMC, will include the trenching of 62.34 kilometres of a bundled HVDC power cable from 14 metres water depth and trenching of a power cable from Dolwin Alpha West […]

  • TenneT’s 900 MW DolWin6 Goes Into Operation

    26 September 2023
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has commissioned the 900 MW DolWin6 offshore grid connection, bringing the transmission capacity in the German North Sea to 8,032 MW. DolWin6, TenneT’s 13th German offshore grid connection, has now been officially handed over to the TSO for regular operation after several weeks of trial operation by Siemens Energy. […]

  • Iberdrola Starts Engineering Phase of EUR 1.6 Billion Wikinger Offshore Windfarm in Germany

    13 June 2012

    IBERDROLA has announced it is commencing the detailed engineering phase of Wikinger, the company’s first offshore windfarm in Germany, with a view at starting operations on the €1.6billon project by 2016. UK based engineers, project managers and technicians from IBERDROLA’s Offshore Business Division, based in Glasgow and London will have a crucial role in the […]

  • The Netherlands Named “Partner Country” for HANNOVER MESSE 2014

    29 August 2013

    The Netherlands have been named the “Partner Country” for HANNOVER MESSE 2014. The high-tech, export-savvy nation will use the world’s leading industrial exhibition to promote its first-class trading credentials.  “The Netherlands and Germany – this is a tandem which stands for close and successful economic relations, which are going to get a further boost at […]