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  • Trianel Windpark Borkum II Commissioned

    3 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm is now fully commissioned. As of 30 June, all 32 Senvion 6.33 MW turbines have been spinning and the project was thus completed exactly two years after the start of construction. The inauguration of the 200 MW offshore wind farm, located some 45 kilometres off the […]

  • Buss Energy Acquires Stake in Austrian Drone Inspection Provider

    20 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Buss Energy Group has acquired a 24.9 per cent stake in Aero Enterprise, an Austria-based provider of drone inspections for offshore and onshore wind turbines. The German company said it had already expanded its portfolio last year by purchasing two companies and that adding drone inspection services was “the next logical step” to complete its […]

  • Bibby WaveMaster Horizon Makes a Splash

    29 March 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched Bibby Marine Services’ second Service Operations Vessel (SOV) 9020 – Bibby WaveMaster Horizon. Upon delivery later this year, the SOV will begin maintenance work on two EnBW and Enbridge-owned wind farms in the German North Sea – Hohe See and Albatros – for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and EnBW. […]

  • Senvion Starts Offshore Wind Wind-Down

    21 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has started a wind-down process of its offshore wind segment for which a potential buyer still has not been found. The news comes as Senvion and Siemens Gamesa reached an agreement through which Siemens Gamesa will acquire a large part of Senvion’s European Onshore Services business and an onshore blade manufacturing […]

  • Deutsche Bank to Manage Meerwind Refinancing

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking division has taken on several mandates for the refinancing of the 288MW Meerwind Süd/Ost offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Similarly to the recently closed Gode Wind 1 wind farm acquisition financing that Deutsche Bank supported, Global Transaction Banking will act in numerous capacities to support the complex array […]

  • 3sun: Offshore Wind Presents Powerful Opportunities, Gusty Challenges

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind power is plentiful, renewable, clean and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. The effects on the environment are generally less problematic than those from other power sources. In 2010, wind energy production was more than 2.5 percent of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing rapidly at more […]

  • DONG Receives Permit to Use 8MW Turbines at Borkum Riffgrund 2

    13 January 2017
    Authorities, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has received approval of an amended building consent from German authorities which allows 8MW turbines to be deployed at the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. The original consent was granted in December 2011. The latest approval has been granted by the German consenting authority Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH). DONG Energy […]

  • Wanted: Offshore Platform Engineering Consultant

    21 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Elia and 50Hertz are pre-qualifying candidates for a tender call for offshore platform engineering consultancy services.

  • OPUS MARINE’s Fleet Grows

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The Hamburg based ship owning company and operator of Offshore Service Vessels OPUS MARINE GmbH is adding another vessel to its fleet.  The “MAGNIFICAT” (ex “ATLANTIC COUGAR”) is the former Swedish Marine survey vessel “NILS STRÖMKRONA”. Since 2009 she has been in service for the UK based offshore specialist company Atlantic-Marine who employed the vessel […]

  • Northland Power Says 2018 Off to a Flier

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian power company Northland Power reported CAD 178 million net income in the first quarter of 2018, a 78% increase compared to the same quarter last year primarily due to higher operating income from the Gemini and the Nordsee One offshore wind farms.

  • Dong Buys Borkum Riffgrund West 2

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dong Energy has acquired a 100% ownership interest in the German offshore wind development project Borkum Riffgrund West 2 from Energiekontor AG. The project is located adjacent to Dong Energy’s Borkum Riffgrund West 1 development project . The two projects have a total combined capacity of up to 550 MW. Borkum Riffgrund West 2 has […]

  • DolWin6 Cable Installed

    13 July 2021
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    DEME has completed the laying of the HVDC cable for the DolWin6 offshore grid connection in the German sector of the North Sea, using its LNG-powered, DP3 vessel Living Stone. According to the company, this was the first time a cable laying vessel installed cables while running on LNG. The 900 MW transmission link DolWin6, […]

  • TenneT TSO GmbH Looking For AC Subsea Cable Supplier

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Bayreuth-based TenneT TSO GmbH has, via DC-Netz BorWin3 GmbH, issued a tender for a supplier of an AC submarine cable to link an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to the grid connection system. The tender calls for manufacture, supply and installation of the subsea cable in the Cluster 8 of the German Exclusive Economic Zone, including […]

  • Report on Wind Turbine Gearbox and Direct-Drive Systems Out Now

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Research and Markets has added the “Wind Turbine Gearbox and Direct-Drive Systems, 2014 Update – Global Market Size, Gearbox Refurbishments, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020” report to its offering.  Global Gearbox Market Value to Reach $7 Billion by 2020 The value of the global gearbox market increased from an estimated $1.9 billion in 2006 […]

  • Van Oord’s First OW Installation Vessel in Operation

    20 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord is holding a two-day event along the Rotterdam Wilhelminakade quay to mark the entry into service of Aeolus, its first transport and installation vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms. Today, business relations have the opportunity to inspect the vessel. On Saturday 21 June, Mrs K. Aboutaleb-Erahoutan, wife of the Mayor of […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 4 – 10, 2014

    10 August 2014

    VIDEO: Installation of Borkum Riffgrund Foundations Last week, all 77 monopile foundations were installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German North Sea. Ballast Nedam to Install Amrumbank West Monopiles Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of monopiles at the German Amrumbank West offshore wind farm with E.ON. […]

  • John Laing Sees Strong Investment Potential in OW Sector

    7 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Even though its current pipeline does not include any offshore wind opportunities after acquiring a stake in Nordergründe offshore wind farm, John Laing Group sees the offshore wind sector offering strong investment potential in the coming years.

  • Netherlands, Denmark Inaugurate COBRAcable Interconnector

    4 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    An official inauguration event for the 700MW COBRAcable subsea interconnector is being held today, 4 November, in both Eemshaven (the Netherlands) and Endrup (Denmark), in the presence of representatives from the Dutch and Danish ministries. According to Prysmian, the cable supplier for the project, the inauguration follows the successful completion of the HVDC test on […]

  • Vattenfall Sets Immediate Landfill Ban, Recycling Plan for More Wind Turbine Components

    31 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Environment, Wind Turbines

    Swedish multinational offshore wind developer, Vattenfall, which committed to a landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades from the wind farms it owns back in 2021, has expanded the ban and set a recycling plan to include not only turbine blades but also permanent magnets, nacelle canopies and nose cones. “As of now, landfills will […]

  • Growth Centre to Partner with Offshore Conference OBMC

    21 August 2013

    The use of wind energy has come a long way from its early pioneering years and now represents a global industry. The cradle of wind energy, Denmark and the region of Schleswig-Holstein, remains an important location for globally active wind energy companies and wishes to strengthen its international competitiveness as such. The purpose of the […]

  • Senvion Looking For a Buyer, Reaches Agreement with Lenders

    30 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has reached an agreement with its lenders which gives financial support for the continuation of its business until the end of August and potentially for a period thereafter if ongoing talks with lenders can be concluded successfully. As reported earlier, Senvion had filed for self-administration in April 2019. That same month, Senvion, […]

  • Subsea operations – An overview

    13 February 2013

    Any activity underwater and on or under the seabed in the various offshore energy sectors can usually be prefixed by the word “subsea”. Subsea activities began in earnest in the 30’s and 40’s of the last century with the first offshore oil wells. It was, however, the Victorian engineers laying communication cables across the seas and building ports to […]

  • Siem Barracuda Leaves Merkur OWF

    10 July 2020
    Vessels

    Siem Offshore’s vessel Siem Barracuda has been demobilised from the Merkur offshore wind farm and left the project on 8 July. The Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) has been in service at the German offshore wind farm for almost two years, under a contract with GE Renewable Energy. The equipment fitted onto the vessel for […]

  • Merkur SOV Readying For Sea Trials

    11 February 2020
    Vessels

    GE Renewable Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV) is undergoing final tests at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard in Norway in preparation for sea trials. Ulstein has now floated out the vessel from the outer dock to start the final tests. The sea trials are expected to start in early March. The SOV, owned and operated by Bernhard […]

  • TKF Details Kaskasi Contract

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

    Dutch cable manufacturer Twentsche Kabel Fabriek (TKF) has revealed further details about the company’s scope of work on the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind project. As reported earlier, Seaway 7 awarded TKF with a contract to deliver 33 kV inter-array cables for the wind farm. Under the contract, TKF will manufacture and deliver 52 kilometres […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Enters Offshore Construction Mode

    4 September 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 31 monopile foundations has been installed on Northland Power’s 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.