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  • Senvion Installs 6,000th Wind Turbine

    21 May 2015

    This month Senvion has connected its 6,000th wind turbine to the public power grid. Eight Senvion 3.0M122 turbines, designed to produce the highest possible yields at low-wind sites, have been running since May 2015 at the Hollich community wind farm in Burgsteinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since its inception, the company has installed turbines with a total rated power of […]

  • COVID-19 Adds to Kriegers Flak CGS Launch Delays

    5 May 2020
    Grid Connection

    The launch of Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) has been delayed until the end of August. Movement and travel restrictions currently in effect in Denmark, Sweden and Germany in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the CGS commissioning procedures, according to Danish Energinet. “As far as can be seen now, due to these […]

  • TenneT’s Investment Numbers on the Rise in H1 2018

    25 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    TenneT invested EUR 904 million in Dutch and German high-voltage grids in the first half of 2018, which represents an increase compared to EUR 750 million in the first half of 2017, according to the company’s latest financial report.

  • Muehlhan Wind Service Wins Arkona Towers Contract

    13 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has won a contract by Siemens Gamesa to build/pre-assemble the wind turbine towers ahead of the installation on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

  • TenneT Launches Tender for 2 GW Offshore Grids in IJmuiden Ver

    4 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has launched a tender for 2 GW offshore platforms and high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems in the IJmuiden Ver wind area in the Dutch North Sea. The transmission system operator (TSO) expects to award a contract under this tender by the end of 2022. Recently, the engineering for the land station was tendered […]

  • German Offshore Wind Production Increases by 26.5% in 2019

    13 January 2020
    Grid Connection

    Wind farms operating offshore Germany generated 24.16 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2019, an increase of 26.5% compared to 19.1TWh of electricity generated offshore in 2018. Wind farms in the North Sea generated 20.21TWh of electricity in 2019, a 20.7% increase compared to 2018 when 16.75TWh of power was generated by North Sea wind farms, […]

  • EnBW Clears He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm for Takeoff, Sells Stake to Consortium

    23 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has made the final investment decision (FID) for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in the German North Sea, clearing the way for the start of construction of the company’s largest offshore wind farm to date, with an installed capacity of 960 MW. EnBW secured the contract in 2017 in the first offshore tendering […]

  • Germany Pinpoints 36.5 GW of Offshore Wind Areas, Publishes Development Plan

    23 January 2023
    Authorities

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published a new area development plan for the expansion of offshore wind energy. The plan maps out the build-out of offshore wind by 2030, by when the country is to reach 30 GW of capacity connected to its grid, and sets the stage for further deployment of […]

  • German Environment Minister on Energy Revolution Summer Tour

    21 August 2012
    Authorities

    Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier has begun his four-day 2012 summer tour on 19 August in northern Germany. It is a symbol of the energy transition and marks the start to further discussion and visits to various German regions and Berlin. In the center of the 2012 summer tour are the three major topics of […]

  • E.ON Unveils Plans for Humber Gateway Wind Farm (UK)

    16 December 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has unveiled that its Humber Gateway wind farm, located off the East Yorkshire coast, will consist of a 73 turbine array that will generate up to 219MW of electricity, enough energy to power up to 170,000 homes. Dr. Tony Cocker, CEO of E.ON UK, said: “This isn’t just an important announcement for E.ON, but […]

  • Energinet.dk Seeks Marine Warranty Surveyor for Kriegers Flak Projects

    10 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Danish transmission systems operator Energinet.dk has invited tenders for a marine warranty surveyor for its Kriegers Flak AC and Combined Grid Solution (CGS) projects. Energinet.dk wants to purchase marine warranty services to ensure that marine operations carried out by sub-contractors are performed in a sound and good manner in accordance with good practice and international standards such […]

  • German Government Urged to Secure 900 MW of OW Projects Annually

    27 January 2016
    Grid Connection

    Government leaders of five German states, the national wind industry representatives, and metal and electrical workers’ associations have released the “Wismar Appeal”, calling for further expansion of wind energy, both onshore and offshore, and changes to the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). As part of the federal government’s reform considerations to the law for the […]

  • ForWind and Fraunhofer IWES Start of Research Initiative “Wind Energy 2020” (Germany)

    24 May 2011

      ForWind, the Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) have joined forces to form the “National Wind Energy Research Association”. This was announced today by ForWind Managing Director Dr. Stephan Barth and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Reuter, […]

  • Government Needs Long Term Perspective on Offshore Wind Power Says Mike Childs (UK)

    25 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    The government needs to have a longer term prospective on offshore wind power, according to Mike Childs, head of the climate change campaign… By Emily Thomas (energysavingtrust) [mappress] Source: energysavingtrust, February 25, 2011

  • EnBW Officially Opens Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    2 May 2011

      EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has officially taken the first commercial windfarm in Germany into operation today. In the presence of the Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel, Minister President, Erwin Sellering, and numerous representatives from business and politics, the start signal was given on the Baltic Sea coast for the commercial use of offshore wind power […]

  • ABB wins order for offshore wind power connection worth around $ 700 million (Germany)

    18 July 2010
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    HVDC Light transmission link will connect three North Sea wind farms to German power grid. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $700 million, from the German transmission grid operator, transpower, to supply an 800-megawatt (MW) power link that will connect more offshore wind farms in the DolWin1cluster, […]

  • IBERDROLA RENOVABLES ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO BUILD THE 400 MW VENTOTEC OST 2 OFFSHORE WIND FARM IN GERMANY

    22 March 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has bought 100% of the rights to build the Ventotec Ost 2 offshore wind complex in the German zone of the Baltic Sea from a German joint venture comprising DEE Deutsche Erneuerbare Energien GmbH (Deutsche Bank Group) and Ventotec GmbH (GHF-Group). They were awarded the permit in 2007.

  • Uniper Mulls Gigawatt-Scale Offshore Wind Connection for Green Hydrogen Project

    22 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    German energy company Uniper and compatriot steel manufacturer, Salzgitter AG, have concluded a cooperation agreement with the aim of Uniper supplying the SALCOS project in Salzgitter with green hydrogen at competitive conditions for the production of climate-compatible steel. The cooperation is focused on supplying hydrogen from Wilhelmshaven where Uniper is developing two projects in parallel […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg Featuring Recruiting Day

    1 September 2014
    Training & Education

    More and more wind turbines are being installed worldwide. At the same time, the industry is investing a lot of money and energy in the further development of turbines, rotors and components, to optimise production costs and electricity yield. So this dynamic industry offers a lot of interesting job and career opportunities, and is seeking experts worldwide. Altogether […]

  • UK: BaltShip Delivers First Foundations for Gwynt Y Môr Windfarm

    30 April 2012

    BaltShip has successfully delivered the first of 80 shipments with offshore foundations for the Gwynt Y Môr Windfarm located in the Irish Sea. The first shipment was loaded in Germany on 11 April and 5 days later the vessel arrived safely into Liverpool (Cammell Laird) where the foundations will be temporarily stored before the final […]

  • Prysmian’s Ulisse Breaks the Ice (VIDEO)

    16 April 2018
    Vessels

    Prysmian has shared a video of its cable laying vessel Ulisse loading submarine power cables in Pikkala, Finland, in extremely cold weather and surrounded by ice.

  • German Medium-Sized Companies to Get a Chance to Own Offshore Wind Stakes, Sign PPAs

    20 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    German energy company RWE and Commerzbank plan to create a ‘Green Mittelstand Fund’ to give medium-sized industrial companies in Germany access to green electricity generated by offshore wind farms. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect. The new fund will offer these companies for the first time the opportunity […]

  • VIDEO: Bilfinger Demonstrates Vibration Piling Procedure

    4 December 2014

    In Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany, Bilfinger is supporting RWE and other energy providers by testing what is known as the vibration piling procedure. This enables wind park foundations to be counterbored into the seabed by loosening the sand with vibrations, which allows the pile to sink in under the pressure of its own weight. […]

  • Vattenfall Ready to Exercise Step-In Rights Offshore Germany, Already Seeking Main Contractors

    11 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall will participate in the tender for the N-7.2 offshore wind area in the German North Sea and will exercise its step-in rights if the company’s bid is not selected in the auction. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the […]

  • Siemens Bags Six Offshore Wind Contracts for 1.4GW in 2011 (Germany)

    16 December 2011

    This calendar year, Siemens won six contracts for offshore wind farms with a total capacity of about 1.4 gigawatts (GW) – enough to supply clean electricity to more than 1.4 million homes. The latest success was the award of the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, for Amrumbank West GmbH, a subsidiary of E.ON […]

  • Germany Adds (Only) 219 MW of Offshore Wind to Its Grid in 2020

    21 January 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Germany saw 32 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 219 MW connected to the grid in 2020, with no new wind turbines erected in the second half of the year, according to the figures published by Deutsche WindGuard on 21 January. In total, 1,501 offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 7,770 MW […]