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  • 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 […]

  • Board of Public Utilities Uses Feedback to Prepare Guidelines for Offshore Wind Projects (USA)

    27 October 2010
    Authorities

    Offshore-wind energy stakeholders met Tuesday to discuss how to subsidize the development of turbines and other infrastructure that would… By Emily previti (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, October 27, 2010;

  • Siemens: Germany Can Save More than EUR 150 Billion with Its Energy Transition

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The costs of restructuring Germany’s energy system are too high. With the present energy transition concept, it will not be possible to achieve security of supply while also ensuring sustainability and affordability. The current approach also establishes false incentives for investment and innovation. According to Siemens’ calculations, Germany could save more than €150 billion by […]

  • E.ON Remains on Course Despite Extraordinary Business and Energy-Policy Challenges (Germany)

    11 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    E.ON remains on course despite extraordinary business and energy-policy challenges. Its forecast for full-year 2011 is nearly unchanged despite the anticipated negative impact of the economic crisis on its power business and rising margin pressure in its gas business plus the additional negative impact of the shutdown of two of its nuclear power stations in […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • EWEA: Is German Offshore Wind Under Threat?

    12 April 2013

    European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) spoke to Andreas Wagner, CEO of the Offshore Wind Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie) and part of the team negotiating with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, trying to find out what is the future of German offshore wind power, as the country is said to be facing support cuts, besides the already known […]

  • German Firm Sets Plans for USD 4.6 Billion Offshore Wind Project in Vietnam

    23 October 2024

    Germany-based PNE AG is set to invest USD 4.6 billion to build an offshore wind farm with a capacity of up to 2 GW in Vietnam’s Binh Dinh province. On 22 October, PNE CEO Per Hornung Pedersen visited the province and engaged with local officials to explore ways to advance the project, according to an […]

  • Prysmian Scores North Sea Offshore Wind Brace

    10 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-based cable manufacturer to deliver inter-array cable systems for the 400MW Merkur and the 407MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm

  • Top News of The Week July 29 – August 3, 2013

    4 August 2013

    Petrofac Bags €40 Million Contract for Two German Offshore Wind Farms Petrofac has won a €40 million contract from Siemens Energy to provide support during the commissioning phase of two offshore wind converter station platforms in the German North Sea. Germany: First Wind Turbine Installed at Borkum West 2 “The first wind turbines are standing,” […]

  • Reach to Remove Nine Piles at Wikinger

    27 July 2015

    Reach Subsea has signed a contract with Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH in Germany for the removal of nine piles at the Wikinger Wind Farm. Reach will execute the contract using Ocean Installer’s Normand Mermaid. Total contract duration is approximately two weeks. Sales and Marketing Manager Bård Thuen Høgheim says: “We are pleased to see that […]

  • New Offshore Wind Investments Drop 60% in 2017

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Six projects worth EUR 7.5 billion reached Final Investment Decision (FID) last year – a 60% decrease from 2016 and the first decrease in investments since 2012 – according to WindEurope, which states that the transition to auctions has resulted in a lull in FIDs and that the auctions of the last two years are expected to lead to new project FIDs in 2018.

  • Drydocks World Chairman, German Economics and Technology Minister Discuss Offshore Wind

    5 September 2012
    Authorities

    Mr. Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World, met Dr. Philip Roessler, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, in Hamburg on the sidelines of SMM. The meeting was attended by Mr. Olaf Scholz, Mayor and President of the Senate of the City of Hamburg, Mr. Bernd Aovdrhid, President and CEO of Hamburg […]

  • WAB: Siemens’ Decision to Invest in UK Result of German Policy Uncertainty

    26 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    German wind industry network (WAB) criticized the proposal presented by German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel to reform the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). The reaction was triggered by the recent decision of Siemens to build a blade factory and offshore services facilities in Hull, the United Kingdom, which will create some […]

  • Trianel Windpark Borkum II All Set for Commissioning

    19 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) project in the German North Sea, with all of the wind farm’s turbines now installed and mechanically completed. Jan De Nul’s jack-up Taillevent started the turbine installation works in the summer of 2019 but had to leave mid-February 2020 to undertake commitments in Taiwan. […]

  • DEME Bags Contract for Offshore Wind Terminal in Cuxhaven

    28 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    Belgium-headquartered DEME has won a contract for the construction of a new offshore wind terminal at the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. As part of a consortium, including Depenbrock and TAGU, DEME will carry out the dredging and land reclamation works, with a total volume of more than 3 million m³ expected to be reclaimed. […]

  • Arcadis Ost 1 O&M Base Opens

    22 June 2023
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 247 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm has officially been opened at the Port of Sassnitz–Mukran, Germany. Parkwind, the developer of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, said that the office in Mukran will serve as the base for the project and as a central […]

  • Grid, Cable Issues Leave Mark on Vattenfall’s Q3 Results

    27 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall’s wind energy unit reported an underlying operating profit of SEK -0.3 billion (approx. EUR 31 million) for the third quarter, due to lower availability resulting from grid outages and cable issues in some offshore wind farms. 

  • German OW Capacity Climbs to 4.1GW; Further Momentum Hindered by Reduced Post-2020 Expansion

    19 January 2017

    In 2016, 818MW of offshore wind capacity went online in Germany, bringing the total capacity of offshore wind turbines connected to the grid to 4,108MW. However, further momentum could be inhibited by the federal government which has limited expansion to 500MW a year after 2020, according to a new report.

  • A2SEA Appoints New Regional Manager at German Subsidiary

    22 May 2012

    As of 15 May, Martin Huss is employed as new Regional Manager and Managing Director of A2SEA GmbH. Martin will be operating from A2SEA’s Hamburg office, and work with all three A2SEA business units: Installation, Cabling, and Service and Logistics. Lars Kiesewetter, who has been Regional Manager since 2007, will join A2SEA’s growing Ser-vice and […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 8 – 14, 2013

    14 April 2013

    VIDEO: Installation of Foundations and Wind Turbines at London Array The commissioning of the London Array’s 175th and final turbine happened at 16.09 on Saturday, 6 April. Thus, full capacity has now been reached at the 630MW first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The following is a video of foundation and turbine […]

  • DW: Offshore Wind to See over €200Bn CapEx Invested in Next Decade

    19 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Over €200bn of Capital Expenditure will be invested in the offshore wind sector over the next decade, resulting in forecast cumulative capacity of ~74GW by 2025. This will be driven by a large number of developments taking place in the UK, Germany and China and strengthened by the growth of new entrants to the offshore […]

  • Report Available: Q2 2014 Global Wind Market Update – Growth Continues

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Q2 2014 Global Wind Market Update – Growth Continues” report to their offering. Global new firm order inflow for Q2 2014 increased by around 80% over Q1 2014 levels while the same increased by around 3% over Q2 2013 levels. The Global market has improved with […]

  • Kriegers Flak Grid Connection Cable Routes Cleared of UXO

    3 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk, Fugro and subcontractor Boskalis have completed an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the planned cable routes for a grid connecting the 600MW Kriegers Flak wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The survey was carried out in October 2016, Jens Christian Hygebjerg, Energinet.dk’s Chief Project Manager, Project Execution, told Offshore WIND. […]

  • RWE to Offer 60 MW from Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm for Grid Stabilisation

    7 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection

    RWE plans to market part of the production capacity from its Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in Germany in daily auctions for a system-stabilising secondary reserve to keep the grid frequency at 50 Hertz, preventing potential grid failures. The transmission system operator TenneT recently granted the necessary pre-qualification for a capacity of 60 MW and, […]

  • Netherlands Selects Offshore Hydrogen Network Developer

    5 December 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Industry, Technology

    Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy Rob Jetten intends to appoint the energy infrastructure firm, Gasunie, to develop an offshore hydrogen network in the North Sea. According to Gasunie, the Minister announced its intention to the House of Representatives on 2 December 2022. Hydrogen produced using offshore wind energy from the North Sea is […]