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  • AquaVentus Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Plan Moves Forward with AquaSector Project

    23 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE, Shell, Gasunie and Equinor have signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaSector project, the first large-scale German offshore hydrogen park and part of the AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative. AquaSector involves installing approx. 300 MW electrolyser capacity to produce up to 20,000 tonnes of offshore green hydrogen per year, […]

  • Vattenfall: Germany’s Energy Turnaround Takes New Turn

    19 December 2013

    After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in March 2011, Germany embarked on an unprecedented shift in energy politics: the German energy transition, Energiewende, put an end to nuclear energy and boosted renewable energy sources. Sabine Froning, Director Business and Stakeholder Relations at Vattenfall, has taken a look at four cornerstones of how Germany’s newly elected […]

  • InterOPERA Project Aims to Improve Offshore Wind Interconnection

    23 January 2023
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    A project, funded by the European Union and the industry, that will help define the future interoperability standards of the multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids in offshore electricity has been launched in Lyon, France. The project “Enabling interoperability of multi-vendor HVDC grids” (InterOPERA), funded by the EU programme for research and innovation, unites more […]

  • Anholt Cable Under Repair

    30 October 2015

    Energinet.dk has started the repair work on Anholt offshore wind farm export cable. The Danish transmission system operator is replacing two sections of the cable, the first 400 meters of the submarine cable from Grenå and the last 4 km before the substation. To remind, the 400MW Anholt offshore wind farm went offline on 21 […]

  • Vard Receives AiP for North Star’s Two Methanol-Ready CSOVs

    2 December 2024
    Vessels

    Norwegian Vard has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the methanol fuelling system of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) currently under construction for North Star. The AiP is awarded by Lloyd’s Register and applies to two of the vessels designed and under construction for North Star. The approval has been through two levels of […]

  • Ambitious Plans for European Offshore Wind Industry

    11 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The new era is coming for offshore wind in Europe. Investments in this industry are going to double in next ten years. It is the fastest rising industry at the moment. In 2010, approximately USD 82 billion investments in wind industry were recorded. There is a plan to reach USD 140 billion by 2020 and […]

  • ELA Moves to New Office

    12 June 2015

    ELA Container Offshore GmbH moved into its new office rooms based in Haren, Germany. Designed in maritime style the “offshore” theme is ever-present in the office. “We are very happy with our new office and are exited to further build up ELA Offshore,” Managing Director of ELA Container Offshore GmbH, Hans Gatzemeier, says. The new rooms […]

  • WP Offshore’s New CTV Ready for Action

    24 November 2014
    Vessels

    WP Offshore’s new Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) has touched the water off Cuxhaven, Germany. With a length of almost 24 meters and a service speed of 24 knots, she will bring staff safe and quickly to the offshore area. By using the wave compensating platform, it provides the personnel a safe access to the offshore structure. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and HeliService Ink Deal for Nordic Offshore Wind Cluster

    21 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a contract with HeliService for the provision of helicopter services for offshore wind farms in the Nordic Cluster. Under the exclusive contract signed on 1 November 2019, HeliService will service five offshore wind projects in the Nordic Cluster. Flights are departing from HeliService’s main base in Emden, Germany, as well as […]

  • Final Turbine Up at Wailuo Offshore Wind Farm

    24 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of 36 Ming Yang turbines has been completed at the Wailuo offshore wind project in China. The wind farm features 36 MySE5.5-155 turbines, the last of which was installed on 18 December offshore the Guangdong Province. According to Ming Yang, the 198MW project is the first in the province to be equipped by […]

  • New Analysis of Vattenfall AB (Sweden)

    21 December 2011

    Research and Markets published Vattenfall AB SWOT analysis. Vattenfall AB is a power company that has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Established in 1909, the company has gone on to expand itself to the point of generating EUR 15 billion in revenues last year alone. It now has significant presence in Germany, Poland, Netherlands, United […]

  • Research and Markets Publishes E.ON UK SWOT Analysis

    21 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Research and Markets announced addition to its reports, E.ON UK Plc – – SWOT Analysis. E.ON UK is one of the top power suppliers and producers in the UK. A subsidiary of German utility E.ON, the company has operations in electricity generation and supply. The company is headquartered in Coventry, England. E.ON UK supplies electricity […]

  • DNV Inks Contract to Certify DolWin Beta Transformer Station (Germany)

    29 November 2011

    DolWin beta is a transformer station operated by TenneT, one of Europe’s largest grid operators. DolWin beta will be built as part of a large offshore wind farm cluster in the German sector, approximately 45 km off the German coast in the North Sea. It will receive alternating current from wind farms and convert it […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 5 – 11, 2013

    11 August 2013

    Finland: Bugsier and Wärtsilä Develop New Wind Farm Installation Vessel Concept Reducing costs for offshore wind generated electricity is one of the major challenges in the European energy market. The novelty about the jointly developed concept for reducing costs during installation, from the Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs- GmbH & Co. KG and Wärtsilä is, that […]

  • VINCI Energies Buys EWE OSS

    1 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    VINCI Energies has acquired offshore wind specialist EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH from EWE. EWE OSS specializes in the operations management and maintenance services of offshore wind farms in the North Sea with an own control centre and 24/7 standby teams, and providing services for their project development and engineering support. Among other things, […]

  • Wikinger Substation Ready For Sail-Out

    8 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, and Navantia hosted the delivery ceremony of the substation built for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm at Navantia’s premises in Cadiz, on Monday, 8 August. The substation was christened as Andalucía and was built by Navantia entirely at the company’s Puerto Real shipyard. The entire structure, which includes a substation, jackets, offshore […]

  • Energinet.dk Re-Invites Tenders for Kriegers Flak Project

    3 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Energinet.dk has re-issued a tender for the detailed engineering, procurement, construction and offshore installation of 2 gravity based substructures for the Kriegers Flak wind farm project in the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea. The first tender invitation, issued in January 2016, was cancelled due to ”an error in the prequalification, ” Jens Christian Hygebjerg, Chief Project […]

  • Shell Starts Up Green Hydrogen Electrolyser at German Refinery

    5 July 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Shell has started production of green hydrogen at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Germany. As part of the Refhyne European consortium and with European Commission funding through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the fully operational 10 MW plant is the first to use this technology at such a large […]

  • Europe Installs Record 3.6GW of Offshore Wind in 2019

    6 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Europe installed 3.6GW of new offshore wind capacity in 2019, which is a new record in annual installations, according to WindEurope.

  • German Offshore Grid Costly and Inefficient – Study

    11 April 2019
    Grid Connection

    German offshore grid network system is too expensive, inefficient, and will lead to billions of euros in additional costs by 2030 compared to its UK counterpart, according to a study commissioned by Ørsted. The study, Market Design for an Efficient Grid Connection of Offshore Wind Energy, carried out by DIW Econ, compared the market design of German offshore grid […]

  • GE Sets Date for Official Haliade-X 12MW Inauguration

    3 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy is holding an official inauguration ceremony for the first Haliade-X 12MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine, on 17 December. The event will be held in the Futureland Museum at Maasvlakte Rotterdam in the Netherlands, next to where the GE Haliade-X 12MW is installed. To remind, the third and final LM […]

  • EDS HV Completes Hohe See Cable Gig

    13 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed cable installation, termination and testing work at the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm in Germany. The work was carried out as part of a contract with Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) signed at the beginning of last year. Back in March 2017, ZTT won a contract by TenneT to supply and construct a […]

  • Ørsted and HBC Group Resume Subsea Inspection Cooperation

    10 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded HBC Group with another contract to conduct subsea inspection campaigns at an undisclosed number of its offshore wind farms.

  • Normand Jarstein to Work on First German Offshore Wind Farm

    27 August 2020
    Vessels

    Solstad Offshore is set to deploy accommodation and walk-to-work vessel Normand Jarstein at the Alpha Ventus offshore wind project in Germany. The vessel, mobilized with an Ampelmann E 1000 motion compensated gangway, is ready to operate for Siemens Gamesa and Adwen on what is the first German offshore wind farm. According to AIS data, Normand […]

  • Germans Seek Monitoring Services for Offshore Wind Zones

    3 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a tender seeking geophysical and hydrographic monitoring for the geological preliminary investigations at three offshore wind zones. The tender is divided into two lots, including monitoring of geophysical surveys for 2020, 2021 and 2022, as well as accompanying the hydrographic measurements for the same years. The relevant investigation areas […]

  • TenneT Awards EUR 5.5 Billion Offshore Wind Cable Contracts

    5 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has awarded NKT, Nexans, and a consortium of Jan De Nul, LS Cable, and Denys with contracts to install 525 kV HVDC cable systems for ten offshore wind projects in the Netherlands and Germany. The total volume of the contracts for the production and installation of the ten cable systems amounts to approximately EUR […]