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  • ABB to Strengthen Norway’s Grid

    14 July 2016

    ABB has won an order worth more than USD 30 million (approx. EUR 27 million) from Statnett for two substations that will strengthen Norway’s grid reliability, boost power supplies, and facilitate the integration of new renewable energy sources. The substations will also play a key role in connecting the Norwegian grid to those of the UK […]

  • UK: Offshore Marine Support Secures 12 Month Contract for Mabel Alice

    28 August 2013

    Offshore Marine Support Ltd have announced that they have secured a 12 month contract for their flagship “Mabel Alice” conducting surveys in support of the £1.6m contract that was approved on 25 July to Royal Haskoning DHV. The contract was issued for the preparatory works to develop tidal energy testing facilities on the seabed off […]

  • UK: Cammell Laird Could Hire 2,000 People if It Wins Offshore Wind Contracts

    3 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cammell Laird shipyard is waiting to win profitable wind farm construction contracts this autumn, which would triple its workforce and raise turnover to half a billion pounds a year, Liverpool Daily Post writes. Contracts for the UK Round 3 wind farms will be announced by the end of this year and total investment in these […]

  • UK: Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm Plans Altered

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The planed project in the Aberdeen Bay could give a blow to Trump’s anti-wind intentions due to the fact that the development companies have announced great interest of manufacturers in the project, reports Business Green news portal. Namely, Vattenfall, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and Technip confirmed they have signed Memoranda of Understanding with six […]

  • UK: Stable Government´s Support Could Build 3,600 Turbines by 2020

    17 July 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Bloomberg forecasts that out of the largest collection of offshore wind farms, planned by the European Union to be placed in the North and Baltic Seas, 3,400 wind turbines will be operational by 2015 and 3,600 more by 2020, subject to stability of the government´s support. The offshore wind industry is struggling how to expand […]

  • Christian Oecking appointed Managing Director and Chairman of Management Board of Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH (Germany)

    12 November 2010

    Christian Oecking (48) is now Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board of SIS. Martin Bentler (49), Rainer Koppitz (42) and Thomas Zimmermann (42) continue as members of the Management Board of the IT service provider. Christian Oecking had been the acting head of SIS since December 2009 and played an important part in […]

  • Belgium: GeoSea’s Jack Up Platform Returned Back to Base

    6 April 2012

    Today GeoSea’s owned jumbo jack up platform Goliath returned back to base port after installing 120 tubular piles for the offshore wind farm Borkum (formely known as Borkum West II) during the worst meteorological months of the year. The German Bight is renowned for its potentially harsh wave and weather conditions which make offshore construction […]

  • Acta Marine Set to Commence Maintenance Work at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Centaurus will soon commence maintenance work at Vattenfall’s DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The entire service campaign is expected to last until October 2024. The vessel is currently making a stop in the Port of Hamburg before starting work for Vattenfall’s offshore […]

  • Finnish Company Taps Into Offshore Wind with New German Subsidiary

    11 July 2022
    Business & Finance

    Finland-based Elomatic Oy has established a design and consulting subsidiary in Wismar, Germany, called Elomatic Maritime Technologies, that will focus on ship design and offshore wind structures. According to the parent company, Elomatic Maritime Technologies will draw on the city of Wismar’s renowned shipbuilding competence and pioneering work in the offshore wind power segment. The […]

  • TenneT Starts Activities Under EUR 30 Billion Offshore Wind Tender

    1 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Industry, Technology

    Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has launched a qualification system for the delivery of 2 GW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore platforms and HVDC converter systems. The scope of this qualifications system covers the Category Converter, and/or the Category Platform, TenneT said. The Category Converter covers HVDC converter systems for offshore and onshore […]

  • Foundation Installation to Begin at 342 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME is currently mobilising its jack-up vessel Neptune as well as the Blue Tern jack-up, chartered from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, for monopile installation that is set commence at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm site in Germany. The vessels will also be joined by Sea Challenger which will install the project’s transition pieces, according to a […]

  • Blue Tern Swoops On German Offshore Wind Farm

    25 February 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has been contracted to finish installing the remaining eleven Senvion 6.2M152 turbines on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) in the German North Sea. Blue Tern will replace Jan De Nul’s Taillevent on TWB II as this jack-up is reportedly on its way to start a project […]

  • Equinor CEO: Last Few Months a Game-Changer for Our Offshore Wind Business

    24 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The last few months have been a game-changer for Equinor’s offshore wind business, the Norwegian energy company’s President and CEO Eldar Sætre said while commenting on the company’s results for the third quarter of 2019. ”Together with SSE, we were the winning bidder with three projects at Dogger Bank in the UK, making it the largest […]

  • CfD Results Cast Light Upon Much Needed Post-2020 Clarity

    12 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    WindEurope has called on the UK and other European governments to provide more clarity to the offshore wind industry after 2020 by committing to ambitious offshore wind deployment targets. The association’s call came yesterday, 11 September, following the results of the UK Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.

  • ZF Buys Wind Turbine Gearbox Arm of Bosch Rexroth

    2 December 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    German driveline and chassis technology developer ZF Friedrichshafen AG is venturing further into wind energy industry after receiving final clearance from antitrust authorities to acquire industrial gears and wind turbine gearbox segment from Bosch Rexroth. ZF officially took over the segment from Bosch Rexroth on December 1. The two companies have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. “We are extending our […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Appoints New Head of Offshore Business

    18 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has appointed Marc Becker as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Offshore business. Becker served as Managing Director for Germany and Head of Offshore Sales and Projects at Siemens Gamesa before leaving the company in early 2020. Prior to that, Becker had served as COO of […]

  • Port of Emden: Homeport for wind energy

    15 August 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The port of Emden is one of the largest ports in the federal state of Niedersachsen in Germany and located furthest west on the German coast, strategically near the deep waters of the North Sea and easily accessed by road and rail. Its main activities are the import and export of automobiles, forest products and […]

  • Mammoet Group Now Owns 100% of KR Wind

    25 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Effective from 10 January 2011, KR Wind is owned 100% by the Mammoet Group. The acquisition will increase Mammoet’s focus on offshore wind turbine construction internationally. KR Wind and Mammoet are already familiar with each other as Mammoet has played an important role to KR Wind from the very beginning. Back in 2002, KR Wind […]

  • Germany: Windreich Secures EUR 500 Million for North Sea Wind Farm MEG 1

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    After a one-year detailed consideration, a confirmation has been given for EUR 500 million to serve for financing Windreich AG’s MEG 1 project. The Deutsch Bank will team up with other banks to approve additional investments of over EUR 1 billion, therefore, just EUR 100 million will be needed for project implementation.   Due to […]

  • North Sea, Baltic Sea Countries Enter Pacts to Protect Offshore Energy Infrastructure Amid Concerns Over Russian Sabotage

    11 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection

    Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on 10 April, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reports of possible sabotage […]

  • UK: Vestas, GE Lead among Wind Turbine Manufacturers in 2012

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Press release: General Electric of the US and Vestas of Denmark were tied for pole position among turbine manufacturers in the world wind market in 2012 – a record year that saw 48.4GW of new capacity installed. Research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published for clients today, finds that a surge of development activity in […]

  • Viessmann to Introduce Its Method to Turn Excess Renewable Power into Gas

    5 March 2014
    R&D

    At Ecobuild 2014 Viessmann will be presenting its power-to-gas solution for addressing the peaks in power generation from weather-dependant renewable energy sources. Viessmann, one of the world’s leading sustainable heating systems manufacturers, believes its model for storing excess power in the gas grid can pave the way for the UK’s successful transition from conventional to […]

  • Aarsleff and Bilfinger Berger Sign Contract for Offshore Wind Farm DanTysk in North Sea (Germany)

    14 April 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    Today, Aarsleff and German Bilfinger Berger GmbH entered into a contract for the execution of the offshore wind farm DanTysk.   (aarsleff) [mappress] Source: aarsleff, April 14, 2011

  • The European Investment Bank Provides EUR 80 million for Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    9 March 2011

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 80 million loan to finance the construction and operation of Germany’s first … (iewy) [mappress]   Source: iewy , March 09, 2011;  

  • GEO Finishes Geotechnical Site Investigations for Gode Wind I Offshore Wind Project (Germany)

    8 August 2011
    Grid Connection

      GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW and is owned […]

  • Bladt Delivers All Transition Pieces for Vattenfall’s Danish Offshore Wind Farm Duo

    25 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has sent off the last transition piece (TP) for the Vesterhav Nord offshore wind farm from its facility in Aalborg, Denmark. The company has thus delivered all TPs for Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Nord & Syd offshore wind project, 21 for Vesterhav Nord and 20 for Vesterhav Syd. Vattenfall awarded Bladt Industries a contract for […]