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  • German LiDARs Get a Lift to China

    15 December 2017
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Cargolux, in cooperation with Globaltrans Internationale Logistik, has flown two shipments of measuring buoys from Luxembourg to China for the Zhangpu and Changle offshore wind projects.

  • Arcadis Ost 1 Order Lands on Vestas’s Desk

    24 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Following the financial close on the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, Vestas has secured a firm order for Parkwind’s first project in Germany, which will also be the first to use a new floating installation method to erect the wind turbines. Under the contract with Parkwind, Vestas will deliver 27 of its 9.5 MW […]

  • New Industrial Doctorate Centre Set to Train Future Leaders in Offshore Engineering (UK)

    16 March 2011

    A new Industrial Doctorate Centre is set to launch in October to train “the future leaders” in offshore renewables engineering technology.   By Emily Smoucha (greenwisebusiness) [mappress]   Source: greenwisebusiness ,March 16, 2011

  • Denmark’s Iconic Offshore Wind Farm to Get a New Lease on Life

    23 December 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s HOFOR is starting a restoration and recycling project at the Middelgrunden wind farm offshore Copenhagen with the aim of extending the project’s service life by up to several decades. The wind farm’s 20 wind turbines form a gentle arch which has been ”shielding” Denmark’s capital and its harbour since 2001. HOFOR owns ten of […]

  • Germany Greenlights Iberdrola’s 315 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    3 February 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has issued the planning approval decision for the construction and operation of Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. On 31 January, the BSH handed over the planning approval decision for the Windanker offshore wind farm to the future operator Iberdrola at […]

  • DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of 590MW. For two of the projects – […]

  • USA: Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Launched New Radio Campaign

    7 August 2013

    Driving home the point that the end of Cape Wind is near, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound launched a new radio campaign across the Cape and the Islands. The radio spots highlight the costly threats associated with the proposed massive wind turbine project that would be located in Nantucket Sound – threats to fishermen, […]

  • JBO Secures Work on Luxcara’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    28 April 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Luxcara has awarded foundation design contracts to German engineering company Jörss-Blunck-Ordemann (JBO) for its Waterkant and Waterekke offshore wind farms in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ). For Waterkant, JBO will be the foundation designer for Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and detailed design. As for the Waterekke project, JBO has been selected by Luxcara to […]

  • Vattenfall, Stadtwerke München Decide to Invest in Sandbank OWF

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have reached an investment agreement in the construction of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. The investment costs for Sandbank are around 1.2 billion euros. Vattenfall holds a 51% stake in Sandbank Offshore GmbH, which has been set up to implement the project, while SWM holds 49%. Seventy-two Siemens wind power […]

  • EnBW Wins Construction of 900MW German OWF by Bidding EUR 0/MWh

    13 April 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has been awarded the rights to develop its 900MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm by placing a bid for the construction of the project without subsidies at the first competitive tender in Germany.

  • MAKE: 144GW of Wind Power to Be Commissioned in Europe by 2024

    9 October 2015

    Following a 7.7% market growth in 2014 compared to 2013, the European market is expected to expand by another 8.7% in 2015 in a policy-induced rush to build, which will lead to record numbers. MAKE expects more than 144GW of wind power capacity to be commissioned in Europe from 2015 to 2024. Northern Europe will […]

  • DONG Energy to Build German Offshore Wind Farm

    24 February 2011

    DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German part of the North Sea. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 ¼ billion. Borkum Riffgrund 1 will consist of up to 89 3.6 MW turbines from Siemens Wind Power with a total capacity of […]

  • WindEurope: UK to Hold Its Prime Offshore Wind Position by 2023

    8 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK is expected to account for 35% of the growth in the offshore wind sector over the next five years, according to the latest report by WindEurope. The central scenario in the Wind Energy in Europe: Outlook to 2023 report says that between 2019 and 2023 offshore installations will represent 18.2GW, mainly concentrated in the UK, with […]

  • Anbaric Transmission Comments German Offshore Wind Farms Grid Connection

    4 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    Anbaric Transmission has been monitoring the recent German draft legislation about connecting offshore wind parks to the onshore grid and has offered its views about how to finance the offshore grid connections at the lowest possible cost to the German public. However, contrary to recent press reports, Anbaric has no intention of buying TenneT or […]

  • Parkwind Acquires German Tender Winner

    3 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has acquired full ownership of KNK Wind, the project company behind the 247MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea that won the concession rights at the latest offshore wind tender in Germany.

  • Partnership Forms to Turn Bornholm into Global Hub for Green Technologies

    1 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution, Wind Farm Update

    Several private, state and municipal organisations have formed a partnership, called Baltic Energy Island, on Bornholm with the goal of creating a global hub for green energy innovation, testing, and business development. The partnership includes the leading offshore wind developer Ørsted, wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Energinet, Bornholm’s Regional […]

  • Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Phase

    16 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has reached financial close on the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, its first project in Germany, which now officially enters construction phase. Belgian offshore wind developer said the project raised about EUR 570 million of debt from a group of nine lenders. The lenders are KBC Bank, Belfius Bank, Helaba, KfW IPEX-Bank, Coöperatieve […]

  • Report Highlights Benefits of European Supergrid (UK)

    30 September 2011
    Grid Connection

    A new European ‘supergrid’ that would allow nations to share their energy would allow the National Grid to balance supply and demand… Posted by Emily Thomas (energysavingtrust) [mappress] Source: energysavingtrust, September 30, 2011

  • Three Global Tech I Foundations on Their Way to Bremerhaven, Germany

    30 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    On May 29, three foundations of the Global Tech I offshore wind farm were picked up by the pontoon “Louis” at the Nordseewerke facilities in Emden and are currently being towed to Bremerhaven. They belong to the first manufacturing lot of 40 foundations for which the ARGE Tripod Global Tech 1 (consortium of WeserWind WeserWind […]

  • Germany: EnBW Q1 EBITDA Reaches EUR 874.5 Million

    7 May 2013

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG generated € 5.75 billion of revenue in the first three months of its current 2013 fiscal year (+12.8 percent), and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation adjusted for non-operating effects) of € 874.5 million (+1.8 percent). At 33.5 billion kWh, EnBW’s electricity sales were down by 3.5 percent […]

  • Euskalforging to Supply 41 Flanges for Baltic 2 OWF in Germany

    29 April 2013

    Since the completion of Amrumbank and Humber Gate order for flange foundations (80 + 73 sets), Euskalforging was awarded with 41 flanges for Baltic II last week, and foundations will be supplied by Ambau.  Last year, the company secured a contract to supply 3 connecting flanges for the prototype of NENUPHAR floating foundation, an innovative […]

  • Germany: First Submarine Cable Section Laid for Baltic 2

    23 April 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The work for the network connection of the second German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the EnBW Baltic 2, is in progress. The vessel Aura rinsed the first submarine cable section into the Baltic ground, on Saturday, 20 April 2013, for the connection of Baltic 2. A total of sixty kilometers of submarine […]

  • Germany: Foundation Pouring for M5000-135 Offshore Wind Turbine

    16 April 2013

    With guests from politics and industry, AREVA Wind celebrated the pouring of concrete for the foundation intended for the wind turbine prototype M5000-135. The event took place close to the motorway A27 in Bremerhaven. M5000-135 is the new version of the M5000, which has already proven itself at German first offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus. […]

  • Germany Could Solve Offshore Wind Liability Issue Soon

    26 November 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Germany is expecting to solve the liability issue in offshore wind sector by the end of this year, so the bill aiming to provide investment security for the industry could enter into force early in 2013. Peter Altmaier, German Environment Minister, is quoted by Bloomberg as saying that he is hoping to pass a bill […]

  • GICON Introduces Its Floating Offshore Foundation in Freiberg, Germany

    12 October 2012
    Technology

    At the invitation of German Bundestag member Veronika Bellmann, high-ranking representatives from politics and business made their way to the 3rd Annual Central Saxony Business Forum in Freiberg to discuss the topic of the German transition from fossil to renewable energy production and its implications. During the Forum, German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier explained the […]

  • Germany Kicks Off 5.5 GW Offshore Wind Tender

    28 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched a tender for three centrally pre-investigated areas in the North Sea with a combined offshore wind capacity of 5.5 GW. The three sites, with a combined 5,500 MW of projected generating capacity, are situated about 110 kilometres northwest of Borkum Island, bordering the Netherlands’ exclusive economic zone. Bids must […]