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  • 2015 a Banner Year for Offshore Wind in Europe

    2 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore wind investments in Europe doubled in 2015 to EUR 13.3 billion in a record year for financing and grid-connected installations, with a total of 3,019 MW in new capacity coming online in European waters in 2015, more than double of what was connected to the grid in 2014, according to European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Europe’s total offshore […]

  • Rhenus Offshore Logistics Moves Closer to UK Offshore Wind Action

    3 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Rhenus Offshore Logistics, a Germany-headquartered offshore logistics company and part of Rhenus Group has set up its first UK office at Lowestoft to be closer to the UK’s thriving offshore wind industry. The company is among the latest tenants of the OrbisEnergy innovation and incubation centre. The move is expected Rhenus Offshore Logistics to expand its services to the growing […]

  • ABS Group Wins Borkum Riffgrund 2 Certification Contract

    8 July 2016
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The UK-based ABS Group Ltd. has received a contract to provide project certification services to DONG Energy for the planned 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany. ABS Group’s certification scope will cover project quality management and document review, as well as manufacturing inspection of the offshore substations, which includes the topsides and foundations. […]

  • Navigant: China Is the Only Booming Wind Capacity Market

    25 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment

    China is the only country identified as a booming market for wind capacity growth, with the United States, India and Germany carrying the label of outperformers in a report published by Navigant Research. The report, ‘Global Wind Energy Policy Update,’ examines the strengths and weaknesses of the wind policy regimes across 42 countries based on an […]

  • Areva Extends DOTI’s Contract for Alpha Ventus O&M

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    AREVA and the operating consortium DOTI (Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. KG) signed a five years contract for the service and maintenance of the AREVA turbines at the alpha ventus wind farm. This contract extends the previous service and maintenance agreement, initiated in 2009 with the commissioning of the six M5000-116 5 MW […]

  • Ørsted Picks Temporary Staff Supplier for German Offshore Wind Farms

    17 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Ørsted has awarded ERSG with a contract to supply temporary staff for its offshore wind farms in Germany, following a tender issued in September 2020. The scope of work includes staff for offshore operations and logistics, commissioning, project management roles, QHSE, and engineering, separately for turbines and foundations. It also includes temporary staff for O&M […]

  • Lease Signed for Baltic Eagle O&M Base

    31 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has signed a lease agreement with the port of Sassnitz-Mukran for a new operations and maintenance (O&M) building that will serve the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. The developer, which already has an O&M base there for its Wikinger offshore wind farm, said that the agreement delivered another important milestone in the offshore wind […]

  • Orion Gets First LNG Supply

    23 January 2020
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion has undergone the first liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The world’s largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, supplied Orion with LNG at the Port of Rostock in Germany. According to DEME, this marks only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany and […]

  • Titan Wind Energy Buys Ambau Facility in Cuxhaven

    28 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Titan Wind Energy has acquired an Ambau GmbH facility in Cuxhaven in Germany, marking the company’s entry into the offshore wind turbine foundations manufacturing market. Titan Wind Energy is a global supplier of towers for onshore wind turbines, having its European headquarters in Varde, Denmark, under the name of Titan Wind Energy (Europe) A/S. The […]

  • German Offshore Wind Supply Chain Facing Headwinds

    23 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The German offshore wind energy supply chain is under real pressure due to a lack of auctions and a disappointing perspective for future auction volumes to 2030, according to WindEurope. The last German offshore wind auction was in April 2018 and no more are scheduled until 2021. This has lead to order books drying up within […]

  • TenneT Awards EUR 23 Billion in Contracts for 22 GW of Offshore Wind Grid Connections in North Sea

    30 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has signed multiyear agreements with three consortia for the delivery of eleven 2 GW grid connections in the North Sea that will connect German and Dutch offshore wind farms to their respective grids on land. Under the eleven contracts – worth EUR 23 billion in total – Hitachi […]

  • GL Group: New Additions to Offshore Wind Leadership Team (Germany)

    23 July 2013

    The GL Group has recently strengthened its offshore team with two appointments: David Robertson who takes on the role of Head of Practice for the UK Marine and Offshore Project Management Services and Elaine Greig who is the new UK Head of Offshore at GL Garrad Hassan. David Robertson’s career in renewables began after 13 […]

  • DanTysk Officially Opened

    30 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and SWM officially opened the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm today. The ceremony, held in Hamburg, was attended by German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg, Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz and Torsten Albig, Prime Minister of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, joined Magnus Hall, President and CEO of […]

  • Vattenfall Looking for Offshore Wind Marine Warranty Services

    11 August 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has issued an invitation for tenders for the provision of offshore wind marine warranty services. According to the tender’s NUTS code, the places of delivery of the contract(s) include Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK. 

  • Support Schemes to Affect Renewables Growth by 2020, Report Says

    25 August 2015

    Renewable energy support schemes, such as Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), quota obligations, capital grants, and subsidies, will continue to be instrumental in promoting Europe’s renewable energy industry growth by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that of the various support mechanisms in Europe, FiTs have emerged as a particularly […]

  • Dong to Build German Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    7 March 2011

    Denmark-based energy group Dong Energy is to build the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German part of the North Sea. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately €1.25 billion. Construction work is expected to start in 2013 with first power production in 2014. The wind farm will be situated in […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 8 – 14, 2013

    14 July 2013

    Germany: AMBAU to Construct Largest Offshore Wind Tower July will see construction begin at the AMBAU site in Cuxhaven, Germany of the largest offshore tower ever built for a wind turbine, measuring 7.33 metres at the base flange. USA: Statoil Freezes Hywind Maine Project Statoil has decided to suspend the Hywind Maine project, which includes […]

  • Meerwind Süd|Ost Wind Farm Officially Opened

    10 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    WindMW GmbH has officially opened the Meerwind Süd|Ost offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.  The offshore wind farm is located 23 kilometers off the island of Helgoland and consists of 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines with a total capacity of 288 megawatts. Construction of Meerwind began in 2012 and was completed on […]

  • East of England’s Energy Representatives Head to Parliament

    14 April 2014
    Authorities

    About 200 representatives from the East of England’s energy sector are heading to the House of Commons next month to meet business secretary Vince Cable and energy secretary Ed Davey. They will be pressing the case for continued government investment in the region as it looks to become the country’s number one supplier of energy. […]

  • German Federal Cabinet Sends 2016 Renewable Energy Sources Act to Parliament

    8 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Germany’s Federal Cabinet has completed the amended 2016 Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2016) which will now be sent to the Parliament (Bundestag and Bundesrat). The amended EEG 2016 includes a draft bill for the development and promotion of offshore wind energy –WindSeeG, which proposes two offshore wind tenders with a total capacity of 2.92GW to be held in 2017. The 2.92 […]

  • WIKING Continues Working at Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farms

    3 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    WIKING Helikopter Service has signed a contract extension with Ørsted to continue providing HEMS services for offshore wind projects in Germany. WIKING will provide HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 and 2 and Gode Wind 1 and 2 wind farms, as well as for the planned Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode […]

  • German Offshore Wind Yield Drops in 2021

    14 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms produced 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2021, a 10.75 per cent decrease compared to the record-breaking 26.89 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. The wind farms in the North Sea generated around 20.3 TWh of electricity in 2021, the transmission system operator TenneT said. This is some 10.8 per cent […]

  • Bibby WaveMaster Horizon Put Into Operation

    25 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and EnBW have put the Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Bibby Wavemaster Horizon into operation in the Port of Hamburg. The 90-meter-long SOV will service the EnBW Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in the North Sea. “Offshore wind energy already supplies reliable clean electricity for millions of households in Germany,” said Dr. […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 18– 24, 2013

    24 March 2013

    Germany: Meerwind Offshore Wind Farm Still on Track for Q3 2013 Completion Construction progress at Meerwind continues at a rapid pace for main installation contractor Seajacks.   Sweden: Vattenfall to Cut Costs, 2,500 Employees to Lose Their Jobs Approximately 2,500 employees might leave the company when Vattenfall has to cut costs by SEK 3 billion […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 21 – 27, 2014

    27 April 2014

    Dong Reviews Its Offshore Wind Plans for Germany Faced with reduced funds for German offshore wind energy, Dong Energy has been revising its plans in Germany, with a possibility of scaling them back, writes the German manager magazin online edition. Photo of the Day: Siemens’ Offshore Wind Infographic Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Siemens’ […]

  • Chevalier Floatels’ Upgraded Duo Exceeds Expectations

    8 February 2017
    Vessels

    On some of the projects Chevalier Floatels’ vessels DP Gazina and DP Galyna were working on, the vessels made more than 50 gangway connections to different turbines in 24 hours.