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  • Germany: Positive Response to Joint Wind Energy Conferences

    30 September 2013

    The countdown is on. The first WindEnergy Hamburg, the leading international wind energy expo, will be held in one year’s time in Germany’s second largest city. The Hamburg Fair site will be the meeting point for experts from all parts of the world from 23 to 26 September 2014. Twelve months before the start, the […]

  • Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms Study (Germany)

    23 February 2011
    R&D

    The offshore wind industry is in transition, and faces faces challenges that are typical of all fast-growing sectors: unforeseen problems… (wind.energy-business-review) [mappress] Source: wind.energy-business-review, February 23, 2011

  • Germany: NSW Charters DP2 Vessel from Meriaura

    1 March 2012

    Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has agreed to long-term charter the DP2 vessel MV Aura from the Finnish Meriaura Ltd for use in subsea cable installation projects in the North and Baltic Sea. Under the terms of the agreement NSW will charter the vessel starting in summer 2012. Constructed in 2008, the vessel will be converted […]

  • BLG and WeserWind Sign Offshore Logistics Contract (Germany)

    7 February 2012

    On 1 February, WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction Georgsmarienhütte has signed an offshore logistics contract with BLG in Bremerhaven. WeserWind is engaged internationally in the development and production of foundation structures and substation platforms for offshore wind turbines. BLG offers fully-integrated logistics solutions applied in coordination of wind turbine supply, ranging from procurement through production to […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Construction About to Start

    2 August 2012

    The construction of the offshore wind farm Global Tech I will start soon. After an intensive two-year planning period, the project company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH will start the construction of the foundations and substation in the coming weeks. The substation will be shipped directly from the shipyard in Rotterdam to the construction […]

  • Germany: Conbit Pulls in Cables at Global Tech I

    7 October 2013
    Grid Connection

    Within the offshore wind industry, cable pulling contractors have created their own playing field. Conbit is there to assist them with the final few meters. Global Tech One Offshore Wind GmbH, the offshore wind farm operating company, has entrusted Conbit to assist them with pulling in the cables. The Conbit lifting crew supports the cable […]

  • Germany: Federal Minister for Environment Visits AREVA Wind

    22 August 2012

    During a visit to the wind turbine manufacturer AREVA Wind, the Federal Environment Minister, Peter Altmaier, was given a demonstration of the proven offshore technology. Yesterday the Federal Environment Minister, Peter Altmaier, paid a visit to the AREVA Wind production site in Bremerhaven. Accompanied by the General Manager of AREVA Wind, Jean Huby, the minister […]

  • Federal Minister Rösler Visits NSW in Nordenham,Germany

    30 November 2012
    Authorities

    Germany’s Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler, visited the submarine cable manufacturer Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) in Nordenham. During the minister’s guided tour of the company’s facilities and factory, NSW’s Managing Director Rudolf Stahl showed him the production plant for submarine power cables, inaugurated in 2009. This state-of the-art factory, featuring […]

  • Bubble Curtain Used for First Time in UK as RWE Deploys Noise Abatement Tech at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    11 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Innovation, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    RWE, in collaboration with Hydrotechnik Offshore, a Germany-based bubble curtain developer, has deployed the underwater noise abatement technology during monopile installation at the Sofia offshore wind farm, marking the first time the technology has been used in the UK. Currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres off the UK coast, the 1.4 GW Sofia […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fugro Nabs BalWin Survey Contract

    19 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has selected Fugro Germany Land GmbH to carry out geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations at the BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 offshore platform locations in the German North Sea. The contract covers the execution of geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations in order to obtain subsoil information in accordance with the BSH Standards […]

  • WIKING Helikopter to Continue Supporting Sandbank and DanTysk OWFs

    1 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    WIKING Helikopter Service and Vattenfal have signed a contract extension for 24/7 Helicopter Emergency Rescue Service for the Sandbank and DanTysk offshore wind farms in Germany. Operating from its Base in Wilhelmshaven, WIKING Helikopter will continue using its high performance (Performance class 1) AW139 LEONARDO helicopter for these operations. The 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind […]

  • DONG Picks Hughes SSE for Subsea Inspections in Denmark and Germany

    13 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has signed a contract with the UK-based Hughes Sub Sea Engineering for the undertaking of a subsea inspection campaign at offshore wind farms located in Denmark and Germany. The offshore wind farms Hughes SSE will be servicing are Gode Wind 1 and 2 and Borkum Riffgrund located off the north west coast of Germany […]

  • RES Enters German Market

    14 January 2014

    British renewable energy company RES (Renewable Energy Systems) has announced the opening of a new office in Stuttgart, Germany with ambitious plans for business in this market – Europe’s biggest market for wind energy. The office has been fully operational since the beginning of December. Dr Frank Finzel, General Manager of the new subsidiary; RES […]

  • Lloyd Werft Carries Out Final Work on ‘Aeolus’ Jack-Up Vessel

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany, is working to complete the offshore installation jack-up vessel Aeolus for Van Oord. The shipyard has until July to get the newbuild ready for sea. Since the beginning of January and at the request of Van Oord, Lloyd Werft craftsmen have helped Sietas to complete the building of Aeolus. However, […]

  • Top News of the Week October 7– October 13, 2013

    13 October 2013

    7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Nearing Completion in Fife, UK The operation to install the huge two-piece steel structure has been taking place over recent days 50m offshore from Methil’s Energy Park Fife. Germany: 8,000 MW of Offshore Wind Energy by 2020 Some 1,500 wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas will be producing electricity […]

  • Germans Start Investigating North Sea Offshore Wind Zones

    23 September 2019
    Authorities

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) is launching the next round of preliminary investigations on two offshore wind farm areas in the North Sea. The two areas, N-6.6 and N-6.7, are located some 100 kilometres northwest of the island Borkum. The N-6.6 area is expected to support wind turbines with a capacity of 630MW, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]