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  • HVDC – Securing supply

    9 October 2013

    When the ‘battle of the currents’ ended in the late 19th century with Westinghouse and the AC lobby victorious over Edison’s DC lobby, AC became the dominant means for transmission of electrical power; a method which was to remain dominant for over a century. AC, with the ability for stepping the voltage up or down […]

  • An Industry First: Dutch Gas Platform to Run Entirely on German Offshore Wind Power

    30 April 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch oil & gas exploration and production operating company ONE-Dyas plans to power a platform at a North Sea gas extraction field solely by the electricity from the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. ONE-Dyas, together with partners Hansa Hydrocarbons and EBN, aims to extract natural gas from the […]

  • Axess Wins Cable Installation Contract for 50Hertz German Grid Connection Project

    7 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection

    Axess Technologies has been awarded a cable installation contract by Greece-headquartered Hellenic Cables for the Ostwind 3 grid connection project, located in the German Baltic Sea. The scope of work comprises planning and pulling internal platform cables into the offshore high-voltage (HV) substation, covering both 66 kV and 220 kV cable systems. The engineering phase […]

  • German Airport Operator in Talks Over Offshore Wind PPA

    21 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    A German airport operator has closed a tender call looking to procure electricity produced by offshore wind turbines in the country. While the latest tender notice shows that the procedure ended without an awarded contract, a recent update from the company said that the award procedure was in progress and that the airport operator was […]

  • DolWin6 Coating Ordered from Spain

    31 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Gaditana de Chorro y Limpieza has won a contract to carry out coating works on the DolWin6 grid connection in the German North Sea. The Spanish company is in charge of the surface preparation and coating application of the offshore substation, jacket foundation, bridge connection, and offshore hook-ups and touch-ups after transport and installation. The […]

  • Germans Agree to Increase 2030 Offshore Wind Target

    23 September 2019
    Authorities

    The German Climate Cabinet has agreed to increase the country’s 2030 offshore wind capacity target from 15GW to 20GW.  A group of economic and energy ministers, senators of five northern German states, representatives of the coastal cities and the industry signed the Cuxhaven Appeal 2.0 last year calling for an expansion goal of at least 20GW of offshore wind in […]

  • Ordtek Nets TenneT’s German Bight UXO Consultancy Deal

    14 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    UK-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management company, Ordtek, has signed a three-year framework agreement with TenneT. The contract covers services to be delivered for the German Bight wind farm zone in the North Sea. Ordtek said it would be providing UXO consultancy services and client representation ahead of offshore power cable and platform installation operations […]

  • BorWin3 Goes Into Operation

    13 August 2019
    Grid Connection

    TenneT has commissioned the 900MW BorWin3 offshore grid platform in the German North Sea. BorWin3 will connect the 497MW EnBW Hohe See and the 400MW Global Tech I offshore wind farms to the German grid. It represents TenneT’s twelfth offshore wind project and takes the company’s offshore transmission capacity in the North Sea to more than 7GW, […]

  • Sif to Produce Jacket Piles for TenneT’s BorWin5 Offshore Platform

    3 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Sif Group has announced that the company will produce 14 jacket piles for the 900 MW BorWin5 offshore converter station in the German North Sea. The piles for the grid connection will have a maximum length of 62 metres and weigh around 4,000 tonnes together. In 2020, Siemens and Dragados Offshore were awarded a contract […]

  • Ostwind 2 Cable Pathways Now UXO-Free

    23 September 2020
    Environment, Grid Connection

    50Hertz has completed UXO clearance at the Ostwind 2 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea.  The project comprised unexploded ordnance recovery at the subsea cable routes that will connect the Arcadis Ost 1 and Baltic Eagle offshore wind farms to the German high voltage grid. Activities were completed between the landfall near Lubmin and the […]

  • Underwater Surveys Needed for North Sea Offshore Platforms

    9 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch-German offshore grid operator TenneT is seeking underwater survey services for its offshore platforms. TenneT manages the operations of the German and Dutch high voltage cable connections from land to the offshore wind farms, the so-called grid connection systems. The contract covers the underwater inspections of TenneT’s fixed steel structures in the Dutch and the […]

  • Windea La Cour Visits Niestern Sander for Maintenance Works

    22 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Offshore support vessel (OSV) Windea La Cour has completed repair and modification works at Niestern Sander Ship Repair in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, prior to returning to the Gemini offshore wind farm.

  • Top News of the Week Apr 25 – May 1, 2016

    1 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and service them for an initial period of five years. […]

  • Photo of the Day: Spot the Jack-Ups

    5 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg is currently a proverbial beehive of activity as major offshore wind turbine makers are working on a number of projects located in the North Sea and the English Channel. The photo above was taken on August 02 and gives an overview of the installation projects currently being carried out at the port. Siemens Wind […]

  • First Phase of RWE’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Project Approved

    25 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued the planning approvals for Nordseecluster A, the first phase of RWE’s Nordseecluster offshore wind project. The Nordseecluster offshore wind project is being built around 46 kilometres north of the German island of Borkum and approximately 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist. The […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Monopile Foundation Turbines Up and Running

    30 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    All 31 monopile foundation wind turbines have been commissioned at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, according to Northland Power. The commissioning phase of the 31 MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines began in early June, with all the planned work said to be completed ahead of schedule. As reported, the 31 monopile foundation wind turbines were installed […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2015

    5 July 2015

    Eneco Says It Will no Longer Invest in Renewables Dutch energy company, Eneco, said it will no longer invest in renewable energy projects since that is not possible without losing money and jobs, the Dutch media reported. Boskalis, VolkerWessels Bag EUR 500 Mln Veja Mate Job Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V and VolkerWessels (Volker Stevin International) […]

  • 50Hertz Issues HVDC System Tender for Ostwind 4 Offshore Grid Connection

    9 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz Offshore GmbH has issued a contract notice for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the 2 GW HVDC offshore platform and converter system for the Ostwind 4 grid connection project. The scope consists of the respective complete substructure and topside of the offshore platform and the […]

  • All Clear for German Offshore Test Centers

    5 April 2019
    Authorities, R&D

    The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) has approved changes in the grid connection for offshore test areas as part of its decision to amend the Grid Expansion Acceleration Act (NABEG), allowing the establishment of offshore test centers. The approval means that an offshore test center can be established off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the Baltic Sea, […]

  • HSM Offshore to Build Offshore Wind-Powered Gas Production Platform

    22 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch metal construction company HSM Offshore has won a contract to build the first electrified ONE-Dyas N05-A gas production platform in the North Sea which will run entirely on offshore wind power. The N05-A project is part of the so-called GEMS area, an area approximately 20 to 80 kilometres north of the Ems estuary. ONE-Dyas, […]

  • WPD Picks Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW Wind Turbines for German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and wpd have signed a Master Supply Agreement, including a 20-year service agreement, for the 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The wind turbines will have a nominal power of 8.6 MW and can reach up to 9 MW with the Power Boost option engaged. Located 15 kilometres off the […]

  • Deutsche WindGuard Completes Recurring Inspection of Global Tech I Turbines

    27 July 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche WindGuard Inspection, acting as an independent type A inspection body, has completed recurring inspections on 30 wind turbines at the offshore wind farm Global Tech I in the German North Sea. The contracted scope of services comprised the inspection of tower and nacelle in accordance with the Standard Design of the Federal Maritime and […]

  • German State Clears Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

    5 June 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has granted a license to OWP Gennaker GmbH, a subsidiary of wpd, to build and operate the 865.2MW Gennaker offshore wind farm. The license covers the construction and operation of the wind farm consisting of 103 wind turbines, two offshore substations, and the inter-array cables. The wind farm will feature Siemens Gamesa […]

  • TenneT Looking to Charter Platform Supply Vessel for Five Years and EUR 100 Million

    27 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    TenneT has invited tenders for the provision of a platform supply vessel (PSV) and crew to conduct supply tours to TenneT’s offshore platforms in the German North Sea. According to a contract notice issued on 21 August, the transmission system operator (TSO) will award a multiple-year charter contract for an initial duration of five years, […]

  • Onshore Wind Farm to Feature World’s Best Selling Offshore Turbines

    11 November 2013

    Norderhof wind farm in the town of Galmsbüll in the North Frisia region on the German North Sea coast will be extended with six additional wind turbines, Siemens announced. Siemens’ wind turbines will be erected in late summer of 2014, and will raise the generating capacity of this onshore wind power plant to 37.7 megawatts […]

  • N-Sea to Connect German Offshore Wind Farm to Dutch Gas Platform

    13 April 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Dutch upstream oil and gas company, ONE-Dyas, has awarded N-Sea with a contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and the new, to-be-built N05-A gas production platform. The scope of N-Sea includes the complete scope comprising survey, design, supply, engineering, transport, installation, burial, termination, […]