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  • Siemens Energy Leads Offshore Wind Power-to-X Project

    20 August 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens Energy is coordinating a project which aims to couple offshore wind turbines with electrolyzers for direct conversion of the electricity into hydrogen. In addition, the project will also investigate further offshore power-to-X processes. The four-year H2Mare project comprises four joint projects with a total of 35 partners, including the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft institutes. The project […]

  • Siemens Energy Selects Pfisterer Cable Systems for German Offshore Grid Connection Projects

    26 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Siemens Energy has selected the German company Pfisterer for the supply of turnkey cable systems for the BorWin4 and DolWin4 offshore grid connections in the North Sea. Pfisterer is in charge of implementing the entire 66 kV AC cable infrastructure between the gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) transformer and submarine cable connection on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 […]

  • Dr. Hermann Scheer, global fighter for renewable energy and for a more democratic and decentralised energyscheer supply, is dead

    15 October 2010
    Authorities

    Yesterday morning, Dr. Hermann Scheer, Member of the German Parliament, President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy, died unexpectedly in Berlin. One of his greatest achievements, next to many books and inspiring speeches, was to initiate the successful feed-in tariff legislation for renewable energy which is today used in […]

  • Global Tech I Looking For Heli Services

    7 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH has issued a tender seeking helicopter services for the 400 MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender seeks a service provider to carry out helicopter flights for the regular transport of people and freight, including dangerous goods, from Emden to the wind farm and back.  […]

  • Trianel Borkum Issues Turbine Maintenance Call

    26 August 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision of turbine monitoring, repair, and maintenance services on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Currently under construction, the wind farm will comprise 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines installed on monopile foundations at the site some 45 kilometres north of the island of […]

  • RWE Continues Taking Part in Wake Effect Research Projects in Anticipation of Increasingly Densely Built Offshore Wind Farms

    14 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, R&D, Research & Development

    In its annual results for 2023, RWE reported on last year’s financial performance and many of its offshore wind developments, but also on research projects related to the wake effect at offshore wind farms. Last year, RWE, together with various project partners, completed two wake-effect studies and embarked on a new research project in the […]

  • FEEDER SYSTEM: “Feeder to serve for the match”

    19 January 2016

    HBB Hanseatic Break Bulk is a marine logistics company acting as an independent shipbroker and Heavy Lift Agency based in Hamburg, Germany. An integrated part of HBB’s business is to develop coastal concept studies for transportation of Offshore Wind foundations and components. Foundation installation likely to become bottleneck The installation part of Offshore Wind turbines, […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Lands Riffgat Turbine Maintenance Contract

    25 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Windtechnik has won the contract to provide maintenance for 30 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract, which begins in June 2019, includes basic maintenance, troubleshooting, remote fault elimination, spare parts management, maintenance of safety equipment and testing of electrical equipment in accordance with […]

  • CPP Investments Sells Stake in Two German Offshore Wind Farms to Enbridge

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), through its wholly-owned subsidiary CPPIB Renewables Europe S.à r.l, has agreed to sell its 24.5 per cent stake in two German offshore wind farms to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge. Under the transaction, CPP Investments will sell its stake in Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms, which […]

  • Nordsee One Marks Two Years of Power Production

    25 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nordsee One offshore wind project has celebrated two years of power production. The 332MW offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea started commercial operation on 21 December 2017. Nordsee One comprises 54 Senvion 6.2M126 turbines located approximately 32km north of the island Juist. All the turbines have been sending power to the grid […]

  • Global Wind Service to Install Merkur Wind Turbines

    20 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has contracted Global Wind Service (GWS) for the offshore installation scope on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea.

  • Keeping Turbines Turning for Longer: How Offshore Wind Can Address Ageing Assets Smartly to Extract Hidden Value

    7 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The following article is a guest post by John Coultate, Head of Product Development, and Evgenia Golysheva, Head of Engineering, ONYX InSight. The article discusses asset life extension in offshore wind and the benefits of a data driven approach. Offshore wind is set for a golden age. For continued growth, the sector must plan ahead. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Stays on Gode Wind 1 and 2

    20 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Siemens Gamesa with a contract to provide main component exchange services at the 582 MW Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The scope of work comprises the turnkey delivery of specified main component exchange (MCE) services to be performed under the end-to-end responsibility at Gode […]

  • Top News of the Week, 8 – 14 August 2016

    14 August 2016

    DONG Energy Bins AMEP Offshore Wind Hub Project DONG Energy has decided not to invest in a GBP 450 million offshore wind hub at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) in the Humber after a recent report showed that UK east coast ports have the capability to support the pipeline of offshore wind projects which […]

  • TenneT Selects Prysmian Cables for DolWin5

    18 June 2019
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group has secured a circa EUR 140 million contract by TenneT to provide cables for the DolWin5 grid connection project in the German North Sea. Prysmian will supply, install and commission an HVDC 320 kV XLPE-insulated submarine and land power cable connection, with a 900MW transmission capacity, and the associated fiber optic cable system, including […]

  • Allseas to Deploy Pioneering Spirit on Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Allseas has been contracted for the transport and installation (T&I) of two substations for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, developed by transmission operator 50Hertz. Located 15 kilometres off the German coast near the Darß peninsula, and with a production capacity of 927 MW, Gennaker will be the largest and most […]

  • SeaRenergy Secures He Dreiht Marine Coordination Deal

    8 February 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    SeaRenergy Offshore Holding has secured a Marine Coordination Service contract for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. After participating in the European tender bidding, followed by a bid evaluation, SeaRenergy was chosen to provide the Marine Coordination Service for EnBW’s He Dreiht project during the construction phase of the wind […]

  • First Ostwind 2 Cable Section In Place

    12 March 2021
    Grid Connection

    The first cable section for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection was installed in the German part of the Baltic Sea in recent weeks, the transmission system operator 50Hertz said. In the coming months, further cables will be laid in individual sections along the 90-kilometre-long route. The work is being carried out by a consortium […]

  • RWE to Deploy Collared Monopiles at Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

    30 November 2020
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE will introduce the so-called ‘collared monopiles’ on the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Designed based on an RWE patent, the collars will be installed around three monopile foundations at seabed level. According to RWE, the new foundation technology will provide additional support for lateral loading, increase the […]

  • 50Hertz Completes Baltic Eagle Cable Pull-In

    31 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    50Hertz has completed the pull-in of two 220 kV subsea cable systems into Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle platform. The two 220 kV subsea cable systems were previously laid on the seabed in a safe area next to the destination of the substation platform. In February of this year, the substation platform was installed at its intended […]

  • Veja Mate Gets New Owners

    13 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium composed of funds managed by Commerz Real, wpd invest, KGAL, and the Ingka Group has acquired an 80% stake in the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The consortium acquired the stake in the project from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Highland Group Holdings, and Siemens Financial Services. Siemens Financial Services […]

  • Ulstein Tries Out Second Siemens SOV at Sea

    1 December 2016
    Vessels

    Ulstein’s yard number 310, the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte (BS) Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service, is currently undegoing sea trials. “The first reports state that the progress is good and testing so far has been successful,” Ulstein said via social media. The SOV, currently going as […]

  • Ørsted Taps TÜV NORD for German Offshore Wind Duo

    9 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commissioned TÜV NORD to certify the submarine cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, and the transformer station and the submarine cables for the Gode Wind 3 wind farm in the German North Sea. With 83 turbines and a total capacity of 900 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 will be the largest wind […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Studying German Bight Offshore Wind Clusters

    12 November 2019
    R&D

    Fraunhofer IWES has commenced a project focused on investigating how the wind conditions in the German Bight could change if offshore wind farms are expanded on a large scale. The X-Wakes “Interaction Between the Wakes of Large Offshore Wind Farms and Wind Farm Clusters With the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer” research project is funded by […]

  • German TSOs Raise Offshore Wind Targets in Draft Grid Development Plan

    5 February 2019
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operators (TSOs) have issued the first draft of the Grid Development Plan (GDP) 2030, which includes expanded offshore wind capacity scenarios. According to 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW, the expansion targets have been increased to 17GW in scenarios B and C 2030, 20GW in scenario A 2030 and 23.2GW by 2035, compared to the 15GW by […]

  • BASF, Mingyang Receive Approval for 500 MW Offshore Wind Project in China

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

    The Xuwen Dongsan Offshore Wind Power Demonstration Project, a joint venture between Mingyang Smart Energy and German BASF, has received approval in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China. China’s Mingyang and the world’s largest chemicals producer, German BASF, created a joint venture in July 2023 to build and operate a 500 MW offshore wind farm in China. […]