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  • Half of Global Operational Offshore Wind Capacity in China

    7 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The global capacity of fully operational offshore wind farms has reached 80.9 GW, according to RenewableUK, whose new report also shows China is leading in total operational capacity, new capacity installed in 2024, as well as in the capacity of the project pipeline. The global operational offshore wind capacity increased by 15 per cent from […]

  • PowerWind Sells 10 Wind Turbines to Bulgaria

    28 February 2011

    The German manufacturer is thus strengthening its position in the Bulgarian community segment with project sizes of up to 10 MW. The turbines of the type PowerWind 56 with a rated power output each of 900 kilowatt will be installed by the end of 2011 at various locations on the Black Sea (Hadji Dimitar, Poruchik […]

  • Drydocks to Build BorWin Gamma Converter Platform

    13 October 2014
    Grid Connection

    Drydocks World has signed an agreement with Petrofac to build the BorWin3 high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform in the North Sea, named BorWin gamma. When completed, this will provide an essential renewable offshore resource to meet increasing energy demands. Drydocks World has successfully secured the contract for the fabrication, commissioning and load out […]

  • German Developer Focuses on Completion of BARD Offshore 1

    13 June 2012

    The divestiture of Germany’s offshore pioneer BARD has yet to be completed as planned. The reasons for this include a persistently difficult market environment, technological challenges and the high level of complexity involved in the pioneering project BARD Offshore 1. The full divestiture of the BARD Group as a turn-key provider for offshore wind farms […]

  • BP, JERA Forming ‘One of Largest Global Offshore Wind Developers’

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    BP and Japanese global renewable energy developer JERA have signed an agreement to combine their offshore wind businesses to establish a new standalone company. The two partners say the new company will become one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators with 13 GW in operational and in-development assets and USD 5.8 […]

  • Report Forecasts Bright Future for Offshore Wind

    4 December 2014

    The report European offshore wind 2014 published today by international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer reveals a positive attitude to financing of new and projected European offshore wind projects. Underlying survey data shows that the sector is beginning to benefit from a healthy appetite in the lending market, competitive capital costs and, in consequence, strong […]

  • RWE Awards HVDC Contracts to Hitachi and Aibel

    8 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    German energy company RWE has signed framework agreements with Hitachi Energy and Aibel for the joint supply of three high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems for the company’s offshore wind farms. The agreements are long-term as the secured HVDC systems are designated for offshore wind projects from RWE’s global development pipeline, which are planned to be […]

  • Elia and PPL Corporation Form Offshore Wind Pact in USA

    24 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    American utility PPL Corporation, through its subsidiary PPL TransLink LLC, and Belgium’s Elia Group, through its subsidiary WindGrid, have signed an agreement to develop and propose transmission solutions to integrate future offshore wind capacity to the onshore grid in the New England region, USA. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to work together […]

  • 3sun Gets Two-Year Extension on Siemens’ UK Offshore Wind Sites

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group has secured a contract extension with Siemens to provide offshore wind turbine installation services in the UK until 2016. 3sun Group has been working with Siemens since 2009, on work totalling around £15 million in the UK. This two year contract extension further underpins the relationship, and involves the company providing technicians for […]

  • Two European Banks Join Cape Wind and BTMU

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Marking another major Cape Wind financing milestone, Cape Wind and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) today added Natixis and Rabobank to serve as the project’s Lead Arrangers, to work with BTMU to structure and arrange the syndication of the senior debt financing to additional lenders. The Lead Arrangers are expected themselves to make […]

  • Bharatbook Announces Wind Energy and Wind Turbine Market Global Scenario (India)

    26 December 2011

      Bharatbook added a new report on, Wind Energy & Wind Turbine Market: Global Scenario (2011 – 2016). The report provides the status of global and geography wise installed as well as expected wind energy installations. The influencing factors for this market including drivers, restraints and opportunities have been discussed for probing the current and expected […]

  • Germany Opens Tender for Geophysical and Hydrographic Surveys at N-9 Wind Zone

    12 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has invited tenders for geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys as part of the geological preliminary exploration in the N-9 wind energy area. Specifically, the sites to be surveyed within the area in the North Sea are N-9.1, N-9.3 and N-9.4. The work under this tender at the N-9.1 […]

  • OMWINDENERGY 2013: O&M Market Job Driver for Wind Industry (Germany)

    21 June 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    The OMWINDENERGY 2013 Conference and Exhibition in Berlin, which will be held on 8th and 9th October 2013, will connect the industry’s service experts. The event will discuss the top international issues of growing wind service market: • Quality assurance • Professionalization • Certification The central concern of OMWINDENERGY 2013 (Operation & Maintenance) in Berlin […]

  • Iberdrola and Port of Sassnitz Sign Land Use Agreement for Wikinger OWF (Germany)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Iberdrola, represented by its subsidiary Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH in Berlin, and the Port of Sassnitz GmbH have signed an agreement on land use today. This agreement entails the utilization of the Offshore-Terminal South in Sassnitz-Mukran, which will be used for storage and pre-assembly of wind turbine components for the Wikinger offshore wind project. […]

  • Germany: Aquacultures among Offshore Wind Farms Create Complex Legal Situation

    4 March 2013
    Environment

    A research group from the Faculty of Law at the University of Rostock, led by Professor Detlef Czybulka, is advising the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven on legal matters. It is a joint project on new territory ‒ development of fish breeding facilities. In Bremerhaven, […]

  • Nordrhein-Westfalen Benefits from Offshore Wind, Says Minister Remmel (Germany)

    25 February 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Environment Minister Johannes Remmel visited ABB in Bad Honnef on his tour called “Future Energies NRW: Places of the energy future”. Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia; NRW) benefited from the expansion of the offshore wind energy. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers study “Full power from offshore wind”, North Rhine-Westphalia gains 23 percent of the industry’s turnover by investing […]

  • Germany: Munich Re Insures Serial Loss Risk on Offshore Wind Turbines

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Munich Re has become the first insurance group to offer serial loss cover for offshore wind energy units. Corresponding cover for a North Sea wind farm has been signed by Marcus A. Wassenberg, Chief Financial Officer of manufacturer REpower, Dr. Thomas Blunck, member of Munich Re’s Board of Management, and Thomas Haukje, Managing Partner of […]

  • Germany: GL Certifies Siemens’ SWT 6.0-154 Wind Turbine Prototype

    18 October 2012

    GL Renewables Certification has provided Siemens Wind Power prototype certification for its new 6-megawatt offshore wind turbine SWT-6.0-154. The prototype certification is a prerequisite for the testing of the turbine. Field testing of Siemens Wind Power’s new 154-meter rotor for the six-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine began in Østerild, Denmark, on October 6, 2012. Bent […]

  • Universal Windkraft Logistik GmbH Acquires Windenergie Logistik From REpower (Germany)

    29 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) is selling the major assets of its logistics subsidiary Windenergie Logistik GmbH (WEL) to Universal Windkraft Logistik GmbH (UWL). UWL is a subsidiary of the heavy goods transports company Universal Transport, Paderborn. The contract will take effect on April 1, 2011. The 30 or so employees at WEL will retain […]

  • RWE Innogy Commissions TÜV Rheinland to Supervise Wind Turbine Production (Germany)

    13 April 2011

    TÜV Rheinland has received an order from RWE Innogy GmbH to supervise the production of wind turbines for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm (tuv) [mappress] Source: tuv, April 13, 2011

  • Germany: PCS to Present Green Line 3000 LVRT Solution at HUSUM WindEnergy

    13 July 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH in Berlin is further expanding its portfolio for generating electricity using wind turbines. The new Green Line Grid Stability product line supplements the existing product range to ensure the low voltage ride through capability (LVRT) of wind turbines. PCS will present examples from the Green Line Family of full power […]

  • Germany: Rhenus Midgard Successfully Handles Submarine Cable Logistics Projects for Nexans

    5 July 2012

    At its harbour location Nordenham, Rhenus Midgard delivered, stored and handled about 30 km ofsubmarine cables on behalf of Nexans in May. The submarine cables of the world’s leading manufacturer in the cable industry will connect a part of the 111 wind turbines of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm Anholt. With this project Rhenus Midgard […]

  • Abu Dhabi MAR Acquires Former HDW Gaarden GmbH in Kiel (Germany)

    2 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      As of today the contracts for the acquisition of the former HDW Gaarden GmbH in Kiel have entered into force. Abu Dhabi MAR Kiel GmbH starts with 172 employees, the facilities, equipment and infrastructure of the former HDW Gaarden, working on first orders of its target markets offshore, mega yachts and construction of special […]

  • EnBW Looks for Monitoring Contractor for Duration of EnBW Baltic 2 Construction (Germany)

    18 November 2011

    Karlsruhe based publicly traded electric utilities company, EnBW, is looking for contractor for monitoring during the construction of offshore wind farms ‘EnBW Baltic 2’, including all necessary logistical and technical services. The scope of investigations are related to sediment and habitat structures, habitat use, hydrographic, benthos, fish, marine fauna (continual users and migration movements), marine […]

  • ForWind Organizes ‘Wind Energy and Impact of Turbulence on Conversion Process’ Conference (Germany)

    14 February 2012

    EUROMECH Colloquium 528 will be hosting a “Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process” event from 22 to 24 February at the University of Oldenburg. The conference has been organized by ForWind, the Centre for Wind Energy Research of the University of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen. More than 80 experts from […]

  • Germany: Siemens’ Modular MV Converters Opens up New Areas of Application

    16 March 2012

    Modularity and flexible use form the basis of a new concept for medium-voltage converters from the Siemens Drive Technologies Division. In the future, it will be possible to use different topologies in a common modular system. This opens up new areas of application for medium-voltage converters in special purpose applications, for example on ships, in […]