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  • Fabrication Starts on Germany’s First 2 GW Offshore Grid Connection System

    3 March 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first steel has been cut for BalWin4, Germany’s first 2 GW offshore grid connection, at Sangsangin Ship Machinery’s factory in South Korea. The fabrication of the foundation for the topside that will later bring renewable energy from the North Sea to Germany has started. According to Daniel Birkenstock, project director at TenneT, this is […]

  • GWS Bags Installation Contract for RWE’s Thor Offshore Wind Farm

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    RWE has awarded Denmark’s Global Wind Service (GWS) a contract for the installation of secondary structures at the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Global Wind Service will be responsible for the installation of 72 secondary structures on the monopile foundations. Installation of the secondary structures is planned to be carried out […]

  • BorWin Epsilon Converter Platform En Route to German North Sea

    22 April 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April and is en route to its final location in the German North Sea. The BorWin epsilon platform will make a short stop in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, […]

  • Iberdrola, Kansai Close EUR 1.28 Billion Windanker Deal

    24 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has closed a strategic agreement with Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kansai) to co-invest in the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. After obtaining all the necessary regulatory approvals, Iberdrola will have a majority stake of 51 per cent in the assets, while Kansai will hold 49 per […]

  • RWE Awards Bolt Integrity Services Contract for German Offshore Wind Farms

    5 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    EchoBolt has signed a contract with RWE Renewables to provide bolt integrity services for the Amrumbank West and Arkona offshore wind farms in Germany. The scope of work under the contract will include advanced ultrasonic inspection techniques to assess the integrity of critical bolted connections on the wind turbines. By enabling an informed, condition-monitoring approach, […]

  • Davi reinforces leadership in wind energy sector with record sales in 2024

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Technology, Wind Turbines

    In an affirmation of its industry leadership, Davi has once again set a benchmark in the wind energy sector by selling 30 complete rolling solution lines in 2024. These sales represent real partnerships where Davi provided customized solutions tailored to the specific needs of each client. Global footprint in wind energyDavi’s rolling lines, equipped with […]

  • DEME to Perform CPS Stabilisation Work on Vattenfall’s Two German Offshore Wind Farms

    4 March 2025
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has contracted DEME Offshore for cable protection system (CPS) stabilisation work on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in Germany. The offshore wind farm owner/operator opened the tender for CPS stabilisation work in June last year. According to a contract award notice published on a European tender website on 27 February, the value […]

  • SMST Equipment for Deutsche Offshore’s C-CSOV Fleet

    15 April 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain, Vessels

    SMST will supply mission equipment for the construction-commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) that will be operated by Deutsche Offshore, a joint venture between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS). For the new vessels, the Dutch vessel equipment provider will supply its Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB-L2) gangway system as well as the 50-tonne Offshore Knuckle […]

  • Global Offshore Wind to Rebound in 2025, Adding 19 GW of Capacity – Rystad Energy

    4 March 2025
    Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    According to research from Norway-headquartered Rystad Energy, the global offshore wind industry is set for a rebound in 2025, with capacity additions expected to reach 19 GW and sector-wide expenditure projected to hit USD 80 billion (approximately EUR 76 billion). A record wave of lease auctions is driving the resurgence, said Rystad Energy, with the […]

  • New Hybrid-Electric SOV for EnBW’s He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction

    26 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Vessels

    Cochin Shipyard has started building a hybrid-electric service operations vessel (SOV) for North Star, which will operate at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany under a long-term charter North Star signed with EnBW last year. North Star and Cochin Shipyard cut the first steel for the new SOV on 25 February at Cochin’s yard […]

  • Gone with the Wind: Overcoming Europe’s Offshore Project Obstacles

    20 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Research & Development

    Offshore wind will be key to the EU’s ambitious plans to double its share of renewables, but challenges including grid connections and supply chain issues may hinder the rapid progress required to achieve this target. Michel Maaskant, Sector Sales Specialist for Offshore Renewables at Aggreko, explores the topic further, and how the sector’s construction and […]

  • Munich Airport Looking to Procure Offshore Wind Power

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Flughafen München GmbH, the operator of Munich Airport, has launched a tender for the supply of electricity from an offshore wind farm that will go into operation in 2026 or 2027. The airport operator is looking to award a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 40 GWh of electricity per year, generated by an offshore wind […]

  • Luxcara Taps TKF for Waterkant Inter-Array Cables

    9 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Luxcara has signed an inter-array cable contract with Twentsche Kabelfabriek BV (TKF) for the Waterkant offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under this contract, TKF will be responsible for the 66 kV inter-array aluminum core cables and accessories, totalling 130 kilometres.  The supply scope includes the engineering, manufacturing, testing, and delivery of the […]

  • Skyborn, TotalEnergies and Partners Inaugurate Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Yunneng Wind Power, the joint venture that built and owns the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, has inaugurated the 640 MW project at a ceremony held at the Santiaolun Beach & Water Park in Sihu Township. After the first turbine was connected to the Taiwanese grid in 2021, the wind farm reached its full operational […]

  • European TSOs: ‘Energy Independence Must Begin at Sea’

    16 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry

    The Offshore TSO Collaboration (OTC), an initiative established in 2022 that gathers transmission system operators (TSOs) from the European Northern Seas, says that a unified and efficient offshore grid development strategy is needed for the North Sea to maximise benefits for Europe’s energy security, independence and competitiveness. Earlier this month, twelve offshore TSOs said that […]

  • TotalEnergies and Air Liquide Shake Hands on Offshore Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production

    18 February 2025
    Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X

    French energy major TotalEnergies and compatriot industrial gas supplier Air Liquide have signed agreements to develop projects for offshore wind-powered production and delivery of green hydrogen. The agreements cover two projects for the production of some 45,000 tonnes a year of green hydrogen using renewable power, generated mostly by the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, a […]

  • Salt, ZPMC to Design and Build New SOVs Chartered by Vattenfall

    19 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected Salt Ship Design (SALT) as the naval architect and ZPMC as the shipbuilder for the three new service operation vessels (SOVs) for which LDA recently signed contracts with Vattenfall. As reported in January, Vattenfall awarded long-term contracts to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs under which the vessel operator will build, own […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wind and Ocean Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Germany

    13 February 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    At the end of last year, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) launched a multi-year measurement campaign to collect wind and sea data in an area approximately 280 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. Since mid-December 2024, Fugro Norway, contracted for this purpose, has been collecting comprehensive wind […]

  • Typhoon Sells Remaining 5 Pct Interest in Gemini Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Typhoon Offshore B.V. (“Typhoon Offshore”) announced it has entered into agreements with Northland Power Inc. (“Northland”) regarding the sale of Typhoon Offshore’s remaining 5% interest in Gemini, the 600MW offshore wind project currently in advanced development. This will top up Northland’s majority equity stake in Gemini to 60%. Gemini is to be located 85 kilometres […]

  • Largest Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Generate 250.000MWh Extra Energy

    17 April 2012

    Gemini, the largest offshore wind farm in The Netherlands, located 55 kilometers above the island Schiermonnikoog in the North Sea, will generate an additional 250.000MWh annual green electricity. This is 10% more than was originally expected, and is sufficient energy to meet the consumption of approximately 75,000 extra households. This is the direct result of […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Fully Online After Cable Repair Fix

    23 September 2024
    Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 600 MW Gemini wind farm offshore the Netherlands is once again fully operational after experiencing a failure in one of the export cables between the wind farm and the shore. A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT, helped Gemini with a fast repair during the summer. The NKT […]

  • EWE, RWE: ‘Alpha Ventus Is Not a Regular Offshore Wind Farm; Project Has More than Fulfilled Its Purpose’

    27 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following news about the potential decommissioning of the 15-year-old Alpha Ventus, the consortium behind the first German offshore wind farm – comprising EWE (47.5 per cent), RWE (26.25 per cent) and Vattenfall (26.25 per cent) – pointed out that the 60 MW project should not be considered in the context of typical offshore wind farms […]

  • First Turbine Going Up at Gemini

    16 February 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The first power from the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm being constructed off the coast of the Netherlands could be produced by the end of this month, a spokesperson for the Gemini Windpark told Offshore WIND. The Gemini’s first Siemens 4MW turbine is being installed today, Judith Achterberg, Gemini Windpark’s Communications Manager said, adding that the turbine will […]

  • ‘Acta Orion’ Soon to Be Christened

    5 October 2015
    Vessels

    The name giving ceremony of the offshore support vessel Acta Orion will take place on October 22th, when Mrs Didi te Gussinklo Ohmann will name the vessel. The vessel is named after one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky. Govert Jan van Oord suggested Acta Orion’s name, as Orion is the adjacent constellation […]

  • Gemini OWF Inauguration Under Way

    8 May 2017

    An official opening of the Dutch 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm, worth EUR 2.8 billion, is being held today, 8 May.