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  • Offshore Wind Vessel First to Feature Electric VSPs

    10 March 2021
    Vessels

    The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are ready to be installed prior […]

  • 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, […]

  • European Offshore Wind Projects Attract Record EUR 18.2 Billion in 2016

    26 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    European offshore wind projects attracted a record EUR 18.2 billion of investments in 2016, according to WindEurope. Eleven projects reached Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2016. This represents 4,948MW of new capacity across five countries, half of it in the UK. Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer of WindEurope, said: “It’s good to see the high level of […]

  • TenneT Develops Subsea Transformer Concept, Launches Feasibility Study Tender

    4 July 2024
    Business development, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Innovation, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT is working on a concept for an offshore subsea transformer that could, according to the TSO, speed up the offshore grid expansion. At the end of June, TenneT launched a tender in Germany for feasibility studies into the concept. According to the information in the tender notice, […]

  • Google Buys Offshore Wind Power from Ørsted

    30 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Google under which Google will offtake 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Borkum Riffgrund 3 was the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm to be awarded a zero bid and is expected […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Thanet Extension DCO Application All Set for Examination

    24 July 2018
    Authorities

    The UK Secretary of State has accepted for examination Vattenfall’s application for the development consent order (DCO) for the Thanet Extension offshore wind project.

  • BSH Awards Ecological Survey Contract for German Offshore Wind Zone

    8 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded BioConsult SH with a contract for ecological investigations of benthos and fish in the N-6.6 and N-6.7 offshore wind areas. The company will carry out the preliminary investigation of the areas to assess their suitability for the construction of offshore wind farms and to prepare them for a […]

  • Inocean to Showcase Its Expertise at WINDFORCE 2014

    16 June 2014

    This week Inocean will be present at WINDFORCE 2014 in Bremen. The company will present its competence and services within offshore wind at INTPOWs pavilion, which main message is: «Norway – Powered By Nature». WINDFORCE 2014 is the key event of the offshore wind industry, taking place in from 17th to 19th of June, where […]

  • First Arkona Transition Pieces Arrive to Mukran Port

    17 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first set of transition pieces built by Bladt Industries for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm has arrived to the Mukran Port on Germany’s Rügen island.

  • Anholt Scheduled for Cable Replacement

    20 August 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Energinet.dk is planning to replace two cable sections at Dong Energy’s Anholt offshore wind farm. Following a fault on a export cable in February, transmission operator in cooperation with NKT Cables identified there is a risk of error in the first 400 meters of the submarine cable from Grenå and the last 4 km before […]

  • 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 […]

  • Agreement Reached between Hamburg and Husum Trade Fair Companies (Germany)

    29 April 2013

    The trade fair companies in Hamburg and Husum have worked out an industry solution for organisation of wind energy fairs in Germany. From September 2014 they will jointly hold the leading international wind fair in Hamburg once every two years. From September 2015 they will also jointly hold a national wind industry fair in Husum, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Mammoet to Assist Heerema with Topsides Installation for Tennet 2 GW Programme

    7 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Mammoet has signed a support agreement for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid programme to assist Heerema Marine Contractors with the offshore installation of two large topsides. Under the agreement, Mammoet will help to prepare the two topsides for floatover operations by skidding the units from HVT to the newly built Heerema H731 barge, using hydraulic […]

  • MPI Workboats Expands Sheringham Shoal Fleet

    2 September 2015
    Vessels

    MPI Workboats has recently increased its presence at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. Following a first half to the year at the site, BV Class 22m vessels MPI Snowball and MPI Napoleon have joined two 19m vessels. To remind, MPI Workboats has secured a long-term crew-transfer vessel solution working for Scira Offshore during Operations and Maintenance for the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Turbines for German Offshore Wind Farm

    2 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order to deliver its SG 8.0-167 DD Flex wind turbines for innogy’s 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In total, Siemens Gamesa will manufacture and deliver 38 wind turbines for the project. The order also comes with a two-year service and maintenance contract. The […]

  • TenneT Selects NKT Power Cable Systems for Two Projects in Germany

    27 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    The Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected NKT to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) on- and offshore power cable systems for two projects that are part of TenneT’s 2 GW programme. The contracts, valued at approximately EUR 1 billion, are set to be completed between 2026 and 2027, encompassing cable design, engineering, production, […]

  • Germany: HUSUM WindEnergy Trade Fair Expects Over 1,200 Exhibitors

    18 June 2012

    The HUSUM WindEnergy trade fair expects to welcome about 1,200 exhibitors and 36,000 visitors to the largest international trade fair for wind energy worldwide, from 18 to 22 September 2012.  Every two years Husum, the harbour town on the North Sea coast between Hamburg and the Danish border, becomes the platform for the international wind industry. This is […]

  • Germany: Victoria Mathias Arrives at Nordsee Ost Wind Farm Site

    28 June 2012

    The offshore installation vessel Victoria Mathias has arrived at the construction site of Germany’s offshore wind for the first time. During the so-called sea trials the ship is tested extensively before it will subsequently start its work. At the same time, maintenance work was carried out on the metmast. The vessel which was recently named […]

  • Germany: WindMW Starts Meerwind Süd │Ost Wind Farm Construction

    7 August 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    WindMW GmbH (“WindMW”), a joint-venture of Blackstone and Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH, today announces the start of offshore construction on its 288 MW Offshore Wind Farm, Meerwind Süd │Ost. Meerwind is an 80 turbine, 288 Megawatt (MW) wind farm that is being constructed approximately 50 km off the German coast in the North Sea. Once finished, […]

  • Long Pause Blurs Balance of Wind Farm Baltic 1 (Germany)

    26 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The four-week break in the fall accident has marred the balance of the first German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea “Baltic I”. “Generating electricity from the September 17th to October 15th was very good and was on schedule, “said the spokeswoman of the energy group EnBW, Friederike Eggstein. In November there was very […]