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  • Germany: TenneT Revenue Reaches EUR 1.5 Billion in 2011

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT has maintained a high security of supply in 2011, while transmission rates remained at a low level. TenneT also contributed to making the energy supply in north-west Europe more sustainable. Major investments have gone into strengthening and expanding the grids in the Dutch and German markets in order to meet increasing […]

  • Germany: PCS Expands Its Portfolio of Products for Wind Energy

    23 March 2012

    PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH continues to expand its portfolio of products for wind energy In addition to the state of the art PCS Green Line Power Converters, PCS now offers a total drive train system solution including generator, transformer and converter. PCS will present examples from the Green Line Family of full power converters […]

  • Germany: ThyssenKrupp Mannex to Market Innovative Offshore Foundation ‘Hexabase’

    15 March 2012

    ThyssenKrupp Mannex GmbH has entered into an agreement with Maritime Offshore Group, a company specializing in offshore engineering, foundations and cable laying, on the exclusive marketing of the innovative offshore foundation “Hexabase”. “The Hexabase foundation is a jacket design which was developed specifically for offshore wind turbines and differs significantly from previously known solutions,” explains […]

  • Germany: Sanmar Delivers The Navtug Flattop ‘TORSTEN’ to Schramm Group

    8 March 2012

    M/T TORSTEN is a powerful handy-sized multipurpose anchor-handling and assistance tug with a large flat deck area. Its main scope of service is providing assistance at any offshore and nearshore construction sites, as well as anchor-handling and aiding cable-laying vessels. Sanmar has been involved in building standard series tugboats for many years, always stating that […]

  • Germany Backs Down from Severe Energy Support Cuts

    3 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Previous plans for the reform of the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG), involving cuts of wind energy subsidies and reduction of wind energy development, have been altered. After a number of German states complained on the initial plans, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with the country’s 16 state premiers at an energy summit in Berlin […]

  • WAB: Offshore Wind Slowdown in Germany Existential Threat to SMEs

    16 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    The slowdown in the German offshore wind market is increasingly becoming an existential threat to Germany’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active within the industry, according to the wind energy agency WAB e. V. According to WAB, Germany’s Federal Government has failed to meet its own goals formulated just before the last major amendment of […]

  • Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    3 December 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Wind measurements of 44.3 m/s (160km/h) were recorded on board the foundation installation vessel – the Seafox 5, at 2:10 pm on October 29, […]

  • TÜV Rheinland to Exhibit at EWEA Trade Fair in Frankfurt, Germany

    28 October 2013

    TÜV Rheinland will showcase its full-service portfolio for wind energy at the 2013 EWEA trade fair in Frankfurt/Main from November 19-21. The full range of wind energy services comprises project certification in accordance with the BSH standard, type and component certification as well as manufacturing surveillance and quality assurance for manufacturers. In addition to certification, […]

  • GRS Now Pre-Qualified Service Provider at Achilles (Germany)

    9 September 2013

    GRS German Renewables Shipbrokers GmbH from Hamburg is one of the leading shipbrokers in renewable energy throughout Europe. It is now one of the pre-qualified service providers at the Achilles Group. Recently, standards and processes, familiar from the oil and gas market, have increasingly become common practice in the offshore wind industry. A case in […]

  • Further Rotor Blades Delivered for Nordsee Ost OWF (Germany)

    21 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Further rotor blades have been delivered for the construction of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm.  Last week saw a further delivery of rotor blades to Bremerhaven. Eventually, the blades will drive the wind turbines of the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost, which is currently under construction around 30 kilometers to the north-east of the island […]

  • Germany: Turbine Installation Starts Soon at Global Tech I

    19 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the Global Tech 1 Wind Farm commenced in September 2012. Its foundation structures are being transported to the construction site from BLG’s offshore terminal at Bremerhaven with the installation vessel INNOVATION. Meanwhile, 51 of the 60 metre high tripods weighing 900 tons each have now been installed there. Following the transport and intermediate […]

  • Germany: Upcoming Conference to Focus on Offshore Wind Capital Expenditure

    17 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The European offshore wind sector installed 277 turbines, with a capacity of 1045MW in the first half of 2013 according to a report by the European Wind Energy Association.  However, despite this growth the industry has noticed a slowdown in investments in new projects. This slow down can be attributed to the high cost of […]

  • Germany: First 10 m Pipe Produced at EEW SPC

    21 June 2013
    Technology

    EEW SPC produced the first pipe with a 10 m diameter from one plate in June 2013. The new Haeusler bending machine in the Rostock plant has only been installed recently. A cylindrical pipe section with a diameter of 10 m has now been successfully produced from one plate of 31.4 m long, 3 m […]

  • Germany: Tripod Installation at Global Tech I Monitored by KCI

    11 June 2013

    KCI has been entrusted with the installation assistance of tripods series 3, 4, 5 and 6 for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the North Sea. The installation of the first tripods, weighing approximately 900 tons each, started in September 2012. The tripod installation is still ongoing. As the soil […]

  • Germany Confirms Two Additional Offshore Wind Farm Links

    27 December 2017
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The German Federal Network Agency has added two more offshore wind farm connection systems to the revised Offshore Grid Development Plan (O-NEP) 2030.

  • Ørsted Taps Pulse Structural Monitoring for Work Offshore Germany

    23 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted Wind Power A/S has awarded Pulse Structural Monitoring Ltd. with a contract to provide structural measurement campaigns for Gode Wind 03 and Borkum Riffgrund 03 offshore wind farms. Pulse will be in charge of the load, corrosion, and inclination measurement campaigns for Borkum Riffgrund 03 wind farm and Gode Wind 03 wind farm foundations […]

  • Fugro, Fraunhofer IWES Get More Survey Work in Germany

    18 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fugro and Fraunhofer IWES are set to carry out the geophysical investigation of offshore wind areas in the German North Sea. Fugro will perform the positioning and sub-bottom profiling recording and interpretation, while Fraunhofer IWES will focus on the seismic survey and interpretation. Work on the contracts secured with Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency […]

  • Ørsted Picks G-tec for Geotechnical Work Offshore Germany

    1 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Belgium’s G-tec with contracts to provide geotechnical engineering services on two offshore wind farms in the German Bight. Under the two individual contracts, G-tec will in 2019 carry out geotechnical investigations and laboratory analysis of samples taken from the seabed in various depths within the Gode Wind offshore wind farm 03 and 04 and […]

  • Power generated by wind turbines meets demands (Scotland)

    2 September 2010
    R&D

    Power generated by wind turbines has met the demand for electricity in the north and north east of Scotland for the first time.The Press and…   by Emily Thomas (energysavingtrust) [mappress] Source: energysavingtrust, September 02, 2010;

  • Germany Starts Working on 3.5 GW of New Offshore Wind Areas

    7 October 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) will soon start preliminary site investigations at three new offshore wind areas in the North Sea. The three sites are planned to be auctioned off in 2026/2027 and could jointly accommodate 3.5 GW of installed capacity. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site […]

  • Germany: One Billion Euros in Compensation for Delays in Offshore Connections

    12 March 2013
    Grid Connection

    The German federal government expects that the transmission companies would have to pay a compensation of around one billion euros, if offshore wind farms fail to be connected to the grid on time. Germany is facing massive grid connection delays. Last year, TenneT announced a 12- month delay in connecting the Nordsee Ost wind farm. […]

  • Skyborn Files for Permit for 3 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

    3 June 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Germany-headquartered Skyborn Renewables has submitted a permit application to the Swedish government and Land and Environment for the construction of a 3 GW offshore wind farm. Named Polargrund Offshore, the project is planned to have between 70 and 120 wind turbines. Located 35 kilometres off the coast, south of Kalix and Haparanda, Polargrund Offshore is […]

  • Construction Begins on Amprion’s DolWin4 and BorWin4 Offshore Grid Connection Projects

    19 June 2024
    Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    The construction of the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection projects in northern Germany has commenced, Amprion said on 18 June. Work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections, which will transport power from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the mainland, has started in Lingen and Wietmarschen, where construction camps are […]

  • European Leaders Gathering in Esbjerg to Speed Up Offshore Wind Buildout

    6 May 2022
    Authorities

    Energy ministers from Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as the European Commissioner for Energy, will meet at the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg on 18 May to discuss how to accelerate the buildout of renewable energy in the North Sea. During the summit, the ministers will present concrete plans for enhanced cooperation on […]

  • DNV GL Verifies Nacelle-Mounted ZephIR LiDAR

    25 July 2017
    Technology

    ZephIR’s nacelle-mounted LiDAR has been verified by DNV GL after an independent performance verification of the LiDAR has been undertaken by DNV GL on the test site in Janneby, Germany, which demonstrates the product is compliant with best-practice guidelines developed in the EUDP UniTTe programmes.

  • Germany Launches First Competitive Offshore Wind Tender, 1.55GW Up for Grabs

    30 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) today issued an invitation to tender as part of the first competitive bidding process for offshore wind under which the bidders with the lowest offered prices will be awarded contracts.