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  • TenneT Picks DolWin5 Team

    7 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator TenneT has awarded the Aibel/Keppel FELS consortium with a contract to supply the HVDC platform and an onshore converter station of the DolWin5 offshore grid connection project.  ABB will supply the complete HVDC electrical power system for the 900MW platform which is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2024. […]

  • Ulstein Launches Second Windea SOV (Video)

    18 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norway’s Ulstein launched the ”Windea TBN”, a wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service, from the Ulstein Verft dock hall on 15 October. The soon-to-be-named SOV will service two of Vattenfall’s German offshore wind farms, the 288MW DanTysk and the 288MW Sandbank, starting in 2017. The […]

  • Kriegers Flak CGS Fully in Operation

    16 December 2020
    Grid Connection

    The Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) is now completely connected to the grid and in operation. According to Energinet, the trial runs were successfully completed and the recent restart tests after a simulated power outage on both the Danish and the German sides. Kriegers Flak CGS connects the Danish region of Zealand with the […]

  • Deutsche Bahn Buys More Offshore Wind Power from RWE

    6 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) and RWE have signed another long-term power purchase agreement for electricity generated at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. Under the new PPA, RWE will deliver 190 GWh of electricity generated at the 288 MW wind farm every year from 2025 onward. Back in November 2020, Deutsche Bahn and RWE signed […]

  • Siemens Gets EC Clearance for Veja Mate Buy

    4 February 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control over Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH by Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, part of the Siemens group. Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH operates the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and is currently owned and controlled by […]

  • Installation of BorWin Epsilon Offshore Platform Underway in German North Sea

    12 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates

    BorWin epsilon offshore converter platform, which will connect to EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm, arrived at its designated location in the German North Sea several days ago and is now being installed. The offshore HVDC platform, including the topside and the jacket foundation, left Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April. At […]

  • China: XEMC Installs 5MW Wind Turbine Prototype

    29 March 2012
    Technology

    According to Whats on Xiamen, the south-eastern Chinese province, Fujian got the first 5MW direct-drive permanent magnetic offshore prototype. The prototype has been installed by XEMC, in a land surrounded by the sea in three sides in Dongsha village, Sanshan town of Fuqing city, Fujian province. This step represents a follow up to the project, […]

  • BOW Terminal to Handle Gemini Foundations

    29 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    BOW Terminal announced working on the Gemini offshore wind farm project. A 600MW fully consented offshore wind farm, to be located 55 kilometers north of the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch North Sea. BOW Terminal is responsible for storage and load transfers of 75 pile foundations. The BOW Terminal in Vlissingen is excellently located […]

  • GE Grid Solutions Completes DolWin Gamma Upgrades

    13 October 2020
    Grid Connection

    GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has completed upgrades on the offshore converter platform DolWin gamma in the German North Sea. The upgrades included enhancements to the valves and control system, which now, in addition to improving the overall performance of the grid connection system, also reduce maintenance, GE said. Located approximately 80km offshore, DolWin3 with the […]

  • Manor Provides Hohe See Power Kit

    9 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has secured a contract with EnBW to provide a temporary power package for the turbine installation phase of the Hohe See offshore wind project. MRE said it started providing a full temporary power package of generators, personnel and vessels in the German North Sea this month. The UK-based company is working […]

  • Parkwind Taps Bladt for Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Substation

    27 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind and Bladt Industries have signed an agreement for the design, fabrication, and installation of the Arcadis Ost 1 substation in the German Baltic Sea. Bladt Industries is to deliver the complete substation for Parkwind, with Semco Maritime and ISC Engineering as key partners. Semco Maritime will be responsible for the design and implementation of […]

  • RWE to Use Innovative Ecosystem Monitoring Tech at German Offshore Wind Farm

    29 October 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, R&D

    RWE, together with its partners, has launched the Sustainable ecosystem approach in Monitoring the marine environment (SeaMe) project at its Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the German coast. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), the Alfred Wegener Institute […]

  • VOS Stone Keeping Busy at Hohe See

    12 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vroon’s walk-to-work (W2W) vessel VOS Stone is currently operating in the Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea. Supporting Siemens Gamesa, VOS Stone is on duty 24/7, deploying service teams to the wind turbines, Vroon said. These operations are carried out via a gangway or by a crew transfer vessel. In addition to […]

  • Germans Open Tender for Ecological Studies

    5 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a tender for ecological investigations of benthos and fish in the N-6.6 and N-6.7 offshore wind areas. The contractor 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 government tender.  The […]

  • First Steel Cut for Gode Wind 3 Offshore Substation

    10 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Atlantique Offshore Energy, a subsidiary of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, have held a steel cutting ceremony for the Gode Wind 3 offshore substation in Saint-Nazaire, France. Back in February, Ørsted placed an order at Atlantique Offshore Energy for the full engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the substation, including the topside and the modular […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee: Bigger Is Better in Wind Farm Support Vessel Market (Interview)

    10 May 2016
    R&D, Vessels

    Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSVs) have increased in size in the last twelve months following the changes to the UK and German codes and regulations which allowed the vessels to be longer than 24-metre load line and to carry more than 12 technicians, and the trend is set to continue, according to Ed Dudson, Technical Director at […]

  • Renewables Industry Forced to Search for Innovative Financing Solutions

    28 August 2013

    The tradeoff between rising energy costs and the low carbon agenda continues to see policy makers retreating from traditional renewable energy support mechanisms; forcing the industry to look for innovative financing solutions. At the same time, energy mix optimization has come to the fore, particularly in emerging markets, with governments increasingly seeing the need to […]

  • Denmark: Blue Water Shipping Presents Good Results

    24 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    2012 will – irrespective of the pace of the development in the company – always be a historic year for the transport and logistics company Blue Water Shipping which celebrated its 40th anniversary. But there were plenty of other things to be happy about for the company’s staff and clients in a year with a […]

  • Internationalisation Puts Gamesa in Strong Growth Position (Spain)

    28 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Progress in internationalisation together with efficiency and sustained performance in all business lines placed Gamesa in a strong growth position in the first half of 2011, with results in line with annual guidance in terms of volume, profitability and debt. Gamesa’s consolidated revenues amounted to 1,297 million euro (+26%) in 1H11, EBIT was 62 million […]

  • Siemens-Dragados Offshore Consortium to Build BorWin5 Substations

    11 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded the consortium of Siemens AG and Dragados Offshore SA with a contract to build onshore and offshore converter stations for the 900 MW BorWin5 grid connection. At 230 kilometres, BorWin5 will be the longest offshore direct current connection to date, scheduled for commissioning in 2025. BorWin5 is the 15th […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Offshore Substation Stands

    4 April 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov has installed the jacket foundation and the substation topside on the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. “With the installation of the offshore substation completed, we have once more accomplished another milestone on schedule,” said Jens Poulsen, Project Director at Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH. “In […]

  • German Post-Subsidy Offshore Wind Farm Secures Another PPA

    18 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm situated in the German North Sea has secured a second long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the new agreement, BKW Energie AG, a Swiss energy utility, will purchase 18 per cent of the wind farm’s total production, equivalent to over 200 GWh annually, over the long-term. Amanda Niklaus, […]

  • 50Hertz Searching for Ostwind 3 Cable Supplier

    4 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has issued a tender seeking a provider of the 220 kV submarine and onshore cable system for the Ostwind 3 grid connection. The selected party will be in charge of the design, engineering, construction, installation, handling and commissioning of the cable system that will connect the onshore substation […]

  • German Ministry Seeking FINO 2 Research Platform Operator

    17 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has issued a tender seeking an operator of the FINO 2 research platform. The operator will provide scheduled maintenance and repair, organization of research operations in coordination with the measuring institutes, as well as update the usage and security concept. The selected party will also […]

  • Heinrich Hirdes to Keep Baltic 1 and 2 Cables Covered

    23 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded Heinrich Hirdes GmbH, a subsidiary of Boskalis, with a contract to provide backfilling of the subsea cable routes on the Baltic 1 and Baltic 2 grid connections. The services relate to the entire project period. In designated areas along the affected submarine cable routes, the coverage of […]

  • RWE Pushes Forward with Renewables Takeover

    23 January 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    RWE has filed the acquisition of renewables businesses of E.ON and innogy with the European Commission.   The filing is the first step of a merger control procedure which is necessary due to the substantial asset swap between RWE and E.ON, the German utility said. The filing occurs following a pre-investigation by the European Commission […]