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  • Dong Divests 50% of Gode Wind 1

    10 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of the 330MW German offshore wind construction project, Gode Wind 1, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) investment fund. The total sales price amounts to approximately € 780 million (DKK 5.8 billion) which will be paid in the period 2015 to 2016. As a part […]

  • Equinor, Ørsted, Boskalis Join AquaVentus Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    4 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ten new companies have joined the AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen project, including offshore wind developers Ørsted, Equinor, and WindMW, as well as the offshore construction company Royal Boskalis Westminster. The AquaVentus consortium, which is developing a massive project revolving around green hydrogen production powered by 10 GW of offshore wind installed in the North Sea, said […]

  • fos4X Watches Over Veja Mate Blades

    14 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH has selected fos4X GmbH to provide a rotor blade condition monitoring system on the 402MW Veja Mate wind farm in the German North Sea. The fos4X “retroX” system, consisting of a sensor platform and intelligent software, was installed on strategically selected 10% of the wind farm’s turbines. The system enables […]

  • Saint-Brieuc Case: Nass & Wind Disputes Award Decision

    12 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Nass & Wind is not giving up on challenging the French government regarding the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind site. Even though the company’s complaint on the authorisation of project modification was recently dismissed at the Administrative Court in Rennes, Nass & Wind is still proceeding with its main legal action against the government’s decision to award the site to another consortium. This case is currently being processed at the Court of Appeals in Nantes.

  • Grids ‒ Paving the way forward

    3 January 2012

    Delegates of the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam were left in little doubt that an offshore super grid has to be the way forward if European ambitions are to be realised. But while a super grid may be coveted by the industry, there are still a number of major hurdles to overcome. And if […]

  • German Gov’t Would Back Siemens-Alstom Deal, Says Merkel

    12 May 2014
    Authorities

    The German government will not intervene in the Siemens-Alstom negotiation process, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a press conference on Saturday, reported the Associated Press. Chancellor Merkel met with French President Francois Hollande this weekend to discuss a possible tie-up between the German and French companies. They agreed that this is a corporate decision […]

  • Photo of the Day: HelWin Beta Topside Traveling to Its Site

    17 July 2014
    Technology

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Topside of the HelWin beta HVDC platform leaving the Netherlands on its way to its installation site in German part of the North Sea.    The topside commenced its voyage in early June, loaded onto the H-542 barge, operated by Heerema Marine Contractors, a sister division of Heerema Fabrication Group, […]

  • Technip Completes Array Cable Installation at Borkum OWF

    6 June 2014
    Grid Connection

    Technip Offshore Wind has successfully completed contractual work on the installation of 43 array cables on the Borkum wind farm, located 45 kilometers North from the German island of Borkum in the North Sea. The project was the first to use the CBT 1100 Trenching System, which improved cable burial efficiency by allowing cables to […]

  • VIDEO: DolWin Beta on the Move

    5 August 2015

    DolWin beta platform sailed out on Aug 1, 2015 from Haugesund, Norway on its way to the German North Sea. It will house the converter station for the DolWin2 HVDC link, of which ABB is in charge. The link will have the capacity to transmit 916 megawatts (MW) of clean power into the German grid. DolWin […]

  • Wiking Signs Medical Chopper Deal with Dong

    25 July 2014

    Dong Energy contracted  Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH for a job in German Bight. The German company will provide offshore helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) to offshore wind farms located in the North Sea. All Dong Energy’s existing and future offshore wind farms in this area are covered by this contract. Since its foundation in 1975, […]

  • RWE Launches Heligoland Offshore Wind Base

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Service and operating station of RWE Innogy was inaugurated today on Heligoland. Over a period of 20 years, the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm is to be operated and serviced from there. The wind farm is currently being built approx. 30 kilometres north of Heligoland. This is what a two-storey building with storage hall, offices […]

  • BLG Wins German Logistics Award

    29 October 2013

    During the 30th German Logistics Congress, BLG WindEnergy Logistics, together with another company, received the German Logistics Award. For the first time in the history of this award, the applications were rated so close together that two projects were presented at the industry meeting from 23rd to 25th of October in Berlin. Andrew Wellbrock from […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Nets Hohe See Contract

    1 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens AG has awarded Fred. Olsen Windcarrier with the contract to transport and install Siemens 7MW turbines at the 497MW EnBW Hohe See wind farm, with the first turbine expected to go up in the first half of 2019. EnBW Hohe See is located 90km from shore in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), in close […]

  • Global Tech I Joins Terawatt-Hour Club

    22 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The 400MW Global Tech I far shore wind farm marked a milestone of delivering one terawatt-hours (TWh) of energy to the German grid earlier in April, some seven months after its official commissioning. In January alone, the month of strongest winds, Global Tech I’s 80 Adwen 5MW turbines fed over 150 gigawatt-hours of power into the German grid. […]

  • German Renewables Shipbrokers to Work with BIMCO WINDTIME

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    German Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) is one of the first brokers to specialize in the use of BIMCO’s WINDTIME. GRS is set to further increase its use of the specialised time charter party called WINDTIME, designed and tailor-made for the offshore wind industry. WINDTIME mainly addresses the requirements of the small high-speed vessels or crew transfer […]

  • Vos Prodect Joins Kaskasi Team

    3 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch cable manufacturer Twentsche Kabel Fabriek (TKF) has awarded Vos Prodect Innovations with a contract to deliver Cable Hang-Off Systems for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. VPI’s Cable Hang-Off System (HOS) will be used in the installation of 38 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD Flex offshore wind turbines on the […]

  • TenneT Seeks Grid Connection Systems Provider

    14 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has issued a call for tenders for the turnkey construction of two AC grid connection systems to connect the 342MW Kaskasi II and the 242MW Gode Wind 3 wind farms in the German North Sea to the associated HVDC sea stations. The scope comprises all works, from design, to manufacturing, delivery, and installation, up […]

  • BorWin Gamma Leaves Dubai Skyline Behind (Photos)

    13 September 2018
    Grid Connection

    Petrofac has shared photos of the BorWin gamma topside on its way from Dubai to the German North Sea.

  • BorWin Gamma Leaves Dubai

    11 September 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics

    The BorWin gamma topside has started its journey from the Drydocks World – Dubai to the German North Sea.

  • BorWin Gamma Unites with Its Jacket

    11 October 2018
    Grid Connection

    The BorWin gamma topside has been installed onto its jacket foundation at the offshore site in the German North Sea.

  • Bluestream to Perform Remedial Campaign at Two German Offshore Wind Farms

    16 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München have awarded Dutch company Bluestream Offshore, an OEG Renewables business, a contract for a remedial campaign on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Bluestream will provide specialist subsea and topside services for the remedial campaign which will run for around 35 days. The work includes […]

  • German Renewables Shipbrokers Present Their Animation Film

    5 December 2013

    German Renewables Shipbrokers presented their animation film about Offshore Brokerage. Following their company’s principle ‘Any Vessel Anytime’ GRS is able to provide all kind of offshore vessels due to their vessel database and worldwide network. The brokers from Hamburg combine detailed technical expertise with in-depth understanding of the needs and requirements of their clients in […]

  • Photo of the Day: Butendiek OWF and Ballast Nedam Share Installation Milestone

    16 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Ballast Nedam Offshore installing 47th wind turbine foundation at the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm, which marks the company’s 500th installed foundation.  Ballast Nedam Offshore is contracted to design, supply and install 80 foundations at the German offshore wind farm, with Schmidbauer subcontracted for the heavy lifting and site transport at the base port in Esbjerg, Denmark. The installation […]

  • German Offshore Wind Law Excludes Kaikas, Wpd Takes It to Court

    29 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Wpd today filed a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe against the provisions of the German offshore wind energy law (WindSeeG), which exclude wpd’s offshore wind project Kaikas from future tenders without indemnification.  

  • DONG Decides to Build Borkum Riffgrund 2

    24 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will build the German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2, the company informed today. Borkum Riffgrund 2 will have a total export capacity of 450MW, and will feature the largest wind turbines in German waters: 56 units of MHI Vestas’ 8MW wind turbines with rotor spans of 164 meters. The offshore wind farm, which […]

  • All Turbines Up at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    27 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has installed the last of a total of 78 turbines at Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.   The next step will be the final commissioning of all remaining wind turbines. More than half have been already commissioned. All closing activities will run during summer. When fully operational. […]