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  • World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blade to Be Tested in Germany

    18 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    The Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas will test the rotor blade of the new V236-15.0 MW™ offshore wind turbine prototype at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES in Bremerhaven, Germany later this year. Following the successful conclusion of the contract, Vestas will be the first client to use Fraunhofer IWES’ new rotor blade […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Installs Final Monopile at Meerwind (Germany)

    22 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    At 22:00 on Sunday 21st April, Seajacks Zaratan completed hammering of the 80th and final monopile at the Meerwind Offshore Wind Park in Germany. Blair Ainslie, CEO for Seajacks said: “The installation of the final monopile yesterday at Meerwind is a significant achievement for all who have been involved in the project. We are proud […]

  • Germany: Integrating Offshore Wind Farms in Tourism Concepts

    19 April 2013
    R&D

    Wind energy and tourism can benefit each other, says the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE), which has published a study on this matter. Under the title “The Impact of Offshore Wind Energy on Tourism – Good Practices and Perspectives for the South Baltic Region”, the study shows how offshore wind farms can be […]

  • Germany Unveils Key Points of Future Tendering Regime

    3 August 2015
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has presented key points for renewable energy tendering process. The aim is to determine the competitive level of financial support for electricity from renewable energies and coal mine gas from 2017 onwards. The key points will now be broadly consulted, the Ministry said in a press release issued on Friday. The key […]

  • Germany: Tendering Model Will Determine Future Industry Development

    12 May 2015
    Contracts & Tenders

    On June 4 at the “WAB Offshore Legal Day 2015” in Hamburg, German offshore wind energy experts, companies and institutes will discuss major legal issues of the offshore wind industry. This includes, among others, future determination of the cost of electricity generated offshore through invitations to tender. For the price determination of the feed-in tariff for renewable […]

  • Germany: Arcadis Ost 1 Receives Preliminary Approval

    13 February 2013
    Authorities

    Last week, German regulators awarded the preliminary approval for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm project. The wind farm will be located on the 30 square kilometers area, approximately 19 kilometers northeast of Cape Arkona. The developer chose Alstom’s 6MW wind turbines for this project. “After Baltic 1 wind farm went into operation in […]

  • SMM to Cover Whole Range of Maritime Industry (Germany)

    31 October 2011

    World’s leading shipbuilding industry fair highlights key issues of maritime industry at its 25th anniversary event 25th SMM, shipbuilding, machinery, marine technology international trade fair hamburg, at Hamburg Fair site from 4 to 7 September 2012 The 25th SMM focuses on four major areas next year, covering the whole range of the maritime industry with […]

  • Bremen Mayor Christens OFFSHORE BHV 1 (Germany)

    21 December 2011

    On December 16, 2011, Bremen Mayor and Senator of Finance, Karoline Linnert in front of 250 guests at BLG-car terminal christened OFFSHORE BHV 1 pontoon. Soon, this vessel will be transporting up to 900 tonnes of heavy foundation structures for the Global Tech I wind farm. The tripod structures will remain at the terminal until […]

  • Lack of Funds Causes Slow Energy Reform in Germany

    6 January 2012

    There are many reasons for slow energy reform in Germany. One of them is unwillingness of the banks to approve funds for offshore wind development. Alstom Deutschland AG offers a wide range of offshore wind related products, but they have also been encountering project financing related issues. These difficulties are in close connection to offshore […]

  • Germany: Director of HUSUM Wind Energy Available for Interview

    4 April 2012

     Peter Becker, managing director of the HUSUM Wind Energy, the leading international trade fair in the wind energy industry, will be available for interview at the event. Small town Husum is facing the competition of a new wind energy trade fair in nearby Hamburg, which will take place the first time in 2014 on exactly […]

  • Mita-Teknik to Present New Products in Husum, Germany

    13 September 2012
    Technology

    Mita-Teknik will be presenting new additions to their already extensive product portfolio at HUSUM WindEnergy 2012 at booth 7A11. Through several product seminars held at their booth, new insights to the company’s latest advances in Making Wind Competitive will be granted. The company will present the new Retrofit Concept, which focuses on prolonging the life-time […]

  • Germany: Congress Topics Provide Important Inspiration for Industry

    16 August 2012

    The global wind industry once again expects fresh inspiration and new impetus from the 2012 gathering in Husum. Important industry topics will be discussed at the congress held parallel to HUSUM WindEnergy, the leading international trade fair. The congress programme includes panel discussions, lectures, product presentations, workshops and consultation sessions for professionals. Admission to the […]

  • RWE Looks for 6MW Wind Turbine Developer (Germany)

    9 September 2011

      Essen based renewable energy developer, RWE Innogy, is looking for 6MW wind turbine developer. The contract is for designing, production, installation and commissioning of 54 standard wind turbine generators, and its associated three blade systems and steel towers. Wind turbines will be approximately 100 meters high. Also an operation and maintenance agreement with a […]

  • Germany: Rösler Discusses Challenges in Offshore Wind Development

    9 August 2012

    The Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler yesterday met with representatives of the North German coastal states and the transmission system operators to discuss solutions to the challenges in the development of offshore wind energy. The main questions were about the issue of liability for delays and disruptions of supply from offshore […]

  • SIAG Bags Order for Self-erecting Substation (Germany)

    1 February 2012

    Shortly before the end of 2011 SIAG Nordseewerke GmbH received a major order for a self-erecting substation for the offshore wind farm MEG 1. With 400 MW the project will supply energy for 500.000 households and save 1, 25 Mio tons of CO2in relation to coal-fired power plants. SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG, leading supplier for […]

  • Alstom and General Cable, Major Sponsors of WINDFORCE (Germany)

    8 March 2013

    After having earlier posted the programme for the offshore wind energy conference, the organisers of WINDFORCE 2013 now have another good piece of news to share: ALSTOM Grid and General Cable are the major sponsors of this year’s event. “We are very happy to welcome these two dedicated partners on board again in 2013 and […]

  • Germany: Friesland Kabel Inks SylWin Alpha Contract

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Friesland Kabel GmbH, the specialist for marine and offshore connections in Norderstedt near Hamburg, takes over the complete delivery, including logistics for the wiring of the new offshore converter platform “SylWin Alpha”, which for the moment is manufactured by Nordic Yards in Warnemünde. Several hundred kilometers of cable must be installed for safe operation of […]

  • DONG Energy to Develop Another OWF Project in Germany

    22 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has acquired project rights for OWP West offshore wind farm from Erste Nordsee-Offshore-Holding GmbH, a company owned by STRABAG and Northern Energy Projects. Information about the acquisition first appeared in late December 2015, after DONG Energy took over the project on 16 December, 2015, according to STRABAG OW EVS website. DONG Energy today confirmed to Offshore WIND that it had acquired […]

  • Replacement of M5000 nacelles at alpha ventus completed (Germany)

    12 October 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    The replacement of the six AREVA wind nacelles has been completed at Germany’s first offshore windfarm, alpha ventus. All twelve wind power turbines can be put back into full operation. Work on the nacelle exchange began in September and was completed successfully today. An increase in the temperature of the sliding bearings of the AREVA […]

  • Germany: GL Releases New Crew Boats Rules

    4 May 2012

    Germanischer Lloyd (GL) announces the release of the first comprehensive set of classification rules for Crew Boats and Offshore Wind Farm Service Craft. As the energy industry expands and installations are pushed ever further offshore and into more challenging environments, the vessels servicing these installations must be relied upon to operate in wider spectrum of […]

  • DNV to Certify Offshore Wind Converter Station (Germany)

    29 November 2010
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DNV will certify an offshore wind converter station being built by grid operator TenneT in the German sector of the North Sea. DNV will provide full approval services for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station DolWin alpha which will be located some 60 kilometres offshore close […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Half Done

    24 June 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the total 30 wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm have already been set up. “Currently, the colleagues aboard a crane vessel are already working on the installation of the first turbine of the second half, so we will have the wind farm fully established in mid-July,” announced Irina Lucke, Technical Project […]

  • Offshore Wind Brings Germany and Humber Closer Together

    19 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    German and Humber offshore wind and ports business developers are meeting today at the University of Hull as part of an inward trade mission organised during the UK’s first Offshore Wind Week. The participants will discuss the role of offshore wind for the UK energy system, the importance of offshore wind for the local economy, as well as the […]

  • Germany: OMM Shares Cable Installation Knowledge with Industry

    3 July 2013
    Training & Education

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM), a specialist contractor in the offshore renewables industry, recently conducted a cross discipline workshop in Cable Installation to over 30 delegates with Repower in Hamburg. In order to promote knowledge transfer between disciplines, Repower’s offshore division invited OMM to design and deliver an in-house seminar on cable installation. Topics ranged from […]

  • Germany: AMBAU to Construct Largest Offshore Wind Tower

    10 July 2013

    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. Consisting of four segments, the tower will have a total height of 106 metres; the largest segment can only be manufactured at Cuxhaven due to […]

  • MMT to Attend EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany

    24 October 2013

    It is less than a month to this year’s big offshore wind event. MMT will be exhibiting on stand 30F80 at EWEA Offshore 2013, 19-21 November 2013 in Frankfurt. They offer a complete set of marine surveys within the offshore wind energy market and the marine cable sector. As specialists, they have the experience to […]