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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Germany: Amrumbank West OWF to Be Constructed via Cuxhaven

    2 September 2013

    From mid-October 2013, E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH will start the construction of the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm via the offshore base port of Cuxhaven. The wind farm, located northwest of Helgoland, will comprise 80 Siemens’ 3.6 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines and will have a capacity of 288 MW. The main components of the foundation […]

  • Suzlon Eyes European Offshore Wind Market (Germany)

    10 November 2011

    The economic headwinds currently blowing through Europe are unlikely to buffet Suzlon, India’s biggest maker of wind turbines, too…  (business-standard) [mappress] Source: business-standard, November 10, 2011; Image: repower

  • E.ON Appoints Mike Winkel as New CEO (Germany)

    6 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    E.ON has appointed Mike Winkel (40) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of E.ON Climate & Renewables. As of 1 June he will succeed Frank… (eon) [mappress] Source: eon, May 06, 2011;

  • E.ON Warns of Halt in Offshore Wind Investment (Germany)

    15 February 2012

    Mike Winkel, the head of the utility’s clean-energy unit, said that the investment into German offshore wind power could stop after 2015 due to delays in connecting the wind farms to the grid. “No one will be further investing if the network connection is uncertain, neither Eon nor someone else,“ Said Winkel. Tennet will connect […]

  • Germany: Windreich Welcomes Regulation of Grid Connection Liability

    30 August 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Windreich AG, a leading wind power company in Germany and a pioneer in the offshore industry, welcomed the decision of the Federal Government to regulate the liability for delayed or disrupted grid connections of offshore wind farms. According to the plans of the Federal Government, the law should be adopted within two months. “The new […]

  • Germany: Windreich Welcomes New Offshore Wind Regulations

    17 December 2012
    Authorities

    The Windreich AG has welcomed the new regulations relating to the offshore wind farm connections. Balz, CEO of Windreich AG said: “It is good news for renewable energy in Germany that now the Federal Council approved the new rule on the liability issues in offshore wind farms grid connection. The existing provisions improve planning security […]

  • MV Lone Upgrades to DP 2 System (Germany)

    6 December 2011

    The MV “Lone” is now in the last stages of upgrading her existing DP 1 system to a DP 2 system. In dry-dock at the German shipyard Norderwerft, the vessel received one additional 1,200 kW bowthruster, two retractable azimuths of 1,200 kW each and three 1,600 kW auxiliary engines to secure the power supply for […]

  • Geosea Wins Gode Wind Farm Contract (Germany)

    13 December 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Geosea has been awarded a contract for Dong Energy’s Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm. Under the contract, Geosea will transport and install wind turbine foundations, and carry out scour protection work. Offshore construction of the Gode Wind offshore wind farms will begin in the first half of 2015 and the wind farms are expected to […]

  • TU Hamburg to Minimize Offshore Wind Risk (Germany)

    21 December 2011

    The number of offshore wind farms is constantly rising. TU Hamburg focuses in its research on the safety of employees upon offshore wind turbine installation. The goal of this research is to identify safety critical situations and to propose the measures to minimize the risk. Professor Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud said that they will provide a solid […]

  • Germany: Consumers to Pay for Offshore Wind Farm Risk

    15 August 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) brings information regarding the draft regulations of the Federal Ministry of Economy, which says that German electricity consumers will share the cost of financial risk of offshore wind farms and their grid connection. The new rules primarily concern the network connections in the North and Baltic Seas, for which TenneT and […]

  • Germany: Streamlining CE Marking Process Under LVD

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    CE marking is an essential part of bringing products to the European market. It gives consumers the assurance that the product complies with European legislation and enables the free movement of those products throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). To enable manufacturers to more quickly and easily determine which of these standards they must consider, […]

  • Germany: Offshore Operations Centre in Emden Nearing Completion

    10 April 2013

    OutSmart’s Offshore Operations Centre in Emden is almost finished. The Operations Centre will be manned 24/7 to operate offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and coordinate all maintenance and logistic activities. Launching customer is Trianel for wind farm Borkum West II that is currently under construction. The construction of this centre began in […]

  • Germany: Windreich Congratulates PNE on Gode Wind Sale

    17 August 2012

    Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz congratulates PNE WIND AG on the sale of their offshore wind park ‘Gode Wind’ to the Danish DONG Energy. The chairman of the board of Windreich AG is pleased, that with DONG Energy, the world market leader in the area of offshore wind energy with more than 20 years of offshore […]

  • Avanti Wind Systems Opens New Factories (Germany)

    12 December 2011

    The world’s leading supplier of Service Lifts, Ladder Systems and other Safety Equipment for wind turbines, Avanti Wind Systems now offers even more sub supplies for the world’s wind turbine industry. Avanti Wind System establishes new factories in USA and China in order to produce Internals for wind turbines. You can say that Internals are […]

  • Germany: Fassmer Presents Three New Specialized Vessels

    23 January 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Fassmer has presented three new specialized vessels in a wide range of products developed by its experienced naval architects and engineers in order to reach efficient solutions to the offshore challenges. Using its expertise in specialized vessels, Fassmer has developed a variety of assets to suit the multi-dimensional operational and maintenance demands of the Offshore […]

  • Windreich AG Issues New Corporate Bond (Germany)

    5 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Windreich AG from Wolfschlugen is issuing a new corporate bond, the Windreich Bond 2011, with a volume of up to 75 million euros. With a term of five years, a fixed interest rate of 6.5 per cent annually as well as a minimum investment and denomination of 1,000 euros, the Windreich Bond 2011  is […]