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  • Technip Starts Work on Borkum OWF in Germany

    1 May 2013
    Grid Connection

    Technip Offshore Wind has started offshore operations on an array cable installation contract for phase 1 of the Borkum Wind Farm development, located 45 kilometers to the North of the German island of Borkum, in the North Sea. This project, awarded by Trianel, is Technip’s first offshore wind, array cable installation project offshore Germany. The […]

  • TenneT Requires Seabed Survey Work (Germany)

    19 April 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D

    TenneT Offshore GmbH is responsible for the connection of the electrical substation of the offshore wind farms in the HelWin2 cluster. In order to connect the wind farms with the onshore AC grid TenneT requires seabed survey services for the potential clearance of unexploded ordnance. The wind farm area is located 33KM North West of […]

  • Bladt to Supply Nordsee Ost Platform (Germany)

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The German energy company RWE has chosen Bladt Industries to design and fabricate the platform for its offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost. With its approximately 2,000 tonnes, this platform is the same size as the platform for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, which is currently in the process of constructing at Bladt facilities […]

  • Offshore Renewables Focus of IMCA’s Meeting (Germany)

    12 November 2013

    On Thursday 28 November, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will hold the first ever meeting of its long-established Europe & Africa Section in Germany, where offshore renewables will be in focus. “IMCA established an offshore renewables workgroup in 2011 following growing concerns regarding safety in the offshore wind construction industry,” explains the association’s Technical […]

  • Germany: Test System for Offshore Wind Turbines

    7 February 2013
    R&D

    The control unit is the “brain” of the wind turbine. It reacts immediately to the wind speed. In stormy weather it switches the turbine off if necessary, or immediately decides how the rotor blades need to be adjusted to achieve the best energy yield. Using a robust simulation system, researchers are testing the control unit […]

  • Germany: Energy Representatives to Meet Angela Merkel

    1 May 2012
    Authorities

    Energy representatives, including RWE AG (RWE), headed by Juergen Grossmann will meet with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May2 in Berlin in order to discuss the development of power plant-construction, a spokeswoman from Essen, Annett Urbaczka confirmed to Bloomberg. The holding of the meeting was also confirmed by Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert at a […]

  • WAB: WindEurope Report Underestimates German Offshore Wind Potential

    12 December 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    German wind energy agency WAB has brought into question the results of a report recently published by WindEurope, saying that Germany’s offshore wind potential is around 21GW higher than stated in the report. According to the report, the potential of offshore wind capacity in German waters by 2050 accounts to some 36GW. However, WAB has […]

  • Four Northern Ireland companies to participate in Husum WindEnergy Exhibition

    23 September 2010
    Technology

    Northern Ireland’s expertise in wind energy will be on show at a major technology exhibition in Germany this week. Four companies are… By Heather McGarrigle (belfasttelegraph) [mappress] Source: belfasttelegraph, September 23, 2010;

  • Antinuclear Policy Puts Renewable Energy Costs at Spotlights (Germany)

    12 June 2011

    Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2022 will transform Europe’s largest economy into a multibillion-dollar laboratory … By Peter Behr (nytimes) [mappress mapid=”3965″] Source: nytimes, June 13, 2011;

  • Shell and Uniper Form Green Hydrogen Pact

    6 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. and Uniper Hydrogen GmbH have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore accelerating the development of a hydrogen economy in Europe. Under the MoU, the companies intend to find joint opportunities to couple industrial and mobility demand with hydrogen supply, production, and storage. Shell and Uniper will begin by […]

  • BSH Taps ABL for German Offshore Wind Site Assessment

    16 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been selected by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to conduct a navigational risk assessment of offshore wind farm sites in the N-10 identified area of interest in the German North Sea. ABL’s scope of work is to provide a comprehensive navigational risk assessment, including recommendations for risk […]

  • EIB and Stattnet Sign EUR 300 Million NordLink Financing Deal

    5 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 300 million loan agreement with Norwegian transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett for the completion of the NordLink interconnector between Germany and Norway.

  • Siemens to supply 80 wind turbines for German wind farm off Sylt Island

    21 October 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Company also signs first maintenance contracts for North Sea power lines Siemens has clinched an order to supply 80 wind turbines for the Dan Tysk wind farm off Germany’s North Sea coast. With a total capacity of 288 megawatts, the farm will begin supplying clean electricity to 500,000 German households in 2014. Dan Tysk Offshore […]

  • First Trianel Windpark Borkum II Turbine Taking Shape

    2 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up Taillevent has started installing the first wind turbine on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) wind farm offshore Germany. Taillevent loaded the first three sets of turbine components at Buss Terminal Eemshaven prior to transporting them to the site some 40 kilometres north of the island of Borkum in the German North Sea. […]

  • On-site training contract for 120 employees signed with German leading international provider of construction-related services

    27 September 2010
    Training & Education

    SAT Offshore Renewable division has spend the last month planning two different on-site training facility in Germany in order to sign a new contract to supply a major German construction company with offshore STCW VI/1-1 training incl. HUET training. The contract, which was signed on September 1 2010 is for a training of 120 employees […]

  • Mammoet to Handle Foundations for RWE’s Wind Farms Offshore Germany and Denmark

    18 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Netherlands-headquartered Mammoet has signed a contract with Buss Ports to handle the marshalling of the monopile foundations for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany and the Thor wind farm in Denmark. Mammoet will manage the phased load-in, temporary storage, and load-out of 116 XXL monopiles for both offshore wind projects at Buss Terminal […]

  • Global Wind Service on Deutsche Bucht Turbine Duty

    8 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Global Wind Service (GWS) is set to provide offshore installation technicians for the turbine installation at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany. The Denmark-headquartered company will begin supporting MHI Vestas during the installation of 33 8.4MW turbines beginning from June. In addition to providing staff for the installation phase, GWS said it will support MHI […]

  • TenneT Already Meets 82% of Germany’s 2020 Offshore Wind Target

    15 January 2018
    Grid Connection

    TenneT’s offshore grid connection systems connect a total capacity of 5,332MW of offshore wind energy to land and have thus met more than 82% of the Federal Government’s expansion target that envisages 6,500MW of offshore wind by 2020.

  • Sea Mine Found Floating Near Gode Wind 2

    11 January 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    An unexploded sea mine has been found floating near the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (Havariekommando) reports. The mine, believed to be from World War II, was spotted at the edge of the wind farm on Tuesday morning , 10 January, by the […]

  • CG to Power Kriegers Flak

    12 January 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    CG, an Avantha Group company, has been awarded a contract from Denmark’s electricity transmission system operator Energinet.dk to provide power transformers and Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) for the Kriegers Flak wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. The order consists of two onshore 500 MVA 410/235kV autotransformers (frame contract); four 220 MVA 32/225kV offshore platform substation […]

  • 39 Wind Turbines Up at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    17 March 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has reached halfway with the installation of 39 wind turbines. Due to good weather conditions during the last weeks the team was able to make good progress in installing the turbines about 54 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. At the same time, the cabling work for […]

  • Iberdrola Closer to Build Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    26 September 2011

    Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola SA (Bilbao, Spain) took a step closer to building its first offshore windfarm in Germany… by Martin Lynch (industrialinfo) [mappress] Source: industrialinfo, September 26, 2011

  • Germany Inaugurates Second Offshore Wind Farm in North Sea

    8 April 2011

    Germany inaugurated its second wind farm in the North Sea on Thursday amid public clamour to erect many more wind turbines and close down…   (monstersandcritics) [mappress] Source: monstersandcritics, April 08, 2011

  • All Monopiles Stand at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle Wind Farm Offshore Germany

    13 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s installation vessel Svanen has installed all monopiles at the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. All of the 50 monopiles were manufactured by the Rostock-based company EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC). After completing the manufacturing, the units were transported floating from the Rostock Port to the Baltic Eagle offshore […]

  • Wind Leads the Renewables Bunch

    10 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Powered by 30,500 MW of new installations in China, the global wind power industry installed 63,013 MW in 2015, representing annual market growth of 22%, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).  Germany led a stronger than expected performance in Europe with a record 6 GW of new installations, including 2.3 GW offshore. Total […]

  • Semco Maritime Lands Offshore Wind Service Deal in Germany

    16 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Semco Maritime has been awarded a 10-year service contract from Siemens Gamesa for the 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany. The balance-of-plant contract covers operations and maintenance on the wind farm located 32 kilometres west of Sylt Island in the North Sea. Semco Maritime has entered the 10-year agreement from 1 January 2024 […]