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  • VDMA: German Government Clogs Investment in Energy Transition

    8 April 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    German mechanical engineers are criticizing the poor management of energy transition by the Federal Government. Due to a lack of reliable framework conditions, investments have already been postponed and the construction of offshore wind farms has practically ceased, assessed Thorsten Herdan, energy policy spokesman of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) in an interview for the […]

  • EEW SPC Loads Out First Deutsche Bucht Steel

    17 August 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore foundations manufacturer EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has loaded out the first monopiles built for the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm.

  • Sale of Share in Danish Offshore Wind Farm and Acquisition of Shares in German Sales Company Approved

    21 December 2010
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    On 30 September 2010, Stadtwerke Lübeck and DONG Energy announced their intention to swap Stadtwerke Lübeck’s 25.1 % share in the jointly-owned German subsidiary DONG Energy Sales for an indirect 7.25 % share of the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm. The completion of the transaction was subject to approval by the City Council of Lübeck, which […]

  • Sandbank Feeds First Power into German Grid

    7 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The Sandbank offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea, 90km west of German island of Sylt, has fed the first power to the German grid. The 72 wind turbines will be put into operation successively, with the entire wind farm expected to be on the network in the spring of 2017. The first wind turbine was installed at the […]

  • Billions Set to Be Invested in German Offshore Wind Projects

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    A downturn in the German offshore wind industry could soon come to an end. After the reform of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) took the uncertainty off the market this summer, decisions for new investments of more than three billion euros had been made already and another seven billion will follow​​, German media quoted […]

  • RWE to Apply for Galloper CfD

    14 January 2015

    German utility RWE Innogy is considering options to revive its Galloper offshore wind farm project that was scrapped in October after its project partner SSE decided to pull out. RWE is aiming to bid for the government subsidy contract for difference (CfD) scheme after qualifying in December. “We are eligible to bid and it is our […]

  • MRE Powers Up Gode Wind

    8 September 2016

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) is supplying temporary power to DONG Energy’s Gode Wind offshore wind project. MRE has provided temporary power pods designed and manufactured in-house, with a 2000l integrated fuel tank to minimise the constant refuelling and vessel intervention of smaller units, and delivered within 4 weeks after the order was placed. MRE Project Director, Toby Mead, said: […]

  • Iberdrola Set On 3GW by 2023 Offshore Wind Target

    24 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy giant Iberdrola plans to spend around EUR 9 billion to reach the target of having 3GW of installed offshore wind capacity in the US and in Europe by 2023.

  • GeoSea Hires FoundOcean and BASF for Grouting Work on Merkur

    7 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has ordered MasterFlow 9600 grout from BASF’s Construction Chemicals division to be used on the Merkur offshore wind farm.

  • Baker Consultants Scores Marine Noise Monitoring Contract

    4 February 2014
    Environment

    Baker Consultants’ marine acoustics team has won a contract to provide a noise and marine mammal monitoring service during the construction phase of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The construction work for the 77 turbine DONG Energy project was won by GeoSea which is using the vessel Pacific Orca for the piling operations […]

  • Bluestream to Provide Above-Water Inspection for Gemini OWF

    24 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Bluestream Offshore has signed a contract for the inspection of above-water support structures at the Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. The company will provide management and inspection services, including the provision of a walk-to-work vessel, which will be one from the Chevalier Floatels fleet. The work is scheduled to be […]

  • Senvion Files For Self-Administered Restructuring

    9 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Senvion GmbH has filed for self-administered restructuring proceedings after refinancing discussions with lenders have so far not come to a positive conclusion. These preliminary self-administration proceedings relate to Senvion GmbH as well as its subsidiary Senvion Deutschland GmbH. The objective of the proceedings is to allow Senvion to proceed with the transformation process that was […]

  • Beatrice Contract Pushes EEW Into Overdrive

    27 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    German pipe production specialist EEW Group has won a contract for Beatrice offshore wind farm jacket foundations. The company said it had received contracts for all three structural steelwork businesses and will thereby deliver the total volume of structural pipes needed to build the jacket foundations for the wind farm. EEW says that the company’s three German production centres […]

  • Sandbank UXO Work Done

    1 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Fendercare Subsea Services has completed the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) project at the Sandbank offshore wind site. The UXO project was conducted at the Sandbank offshore wind farm, which is the second largest power generation project undertaken by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München in the German North Sea. The operation itself identified 120 potential contacts of which 26 […]

  • NKT Snags Several Contracts with Elia, 50Hertz, Nemo Link

    23 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    NKT has been awarded five-year agreements by Elia, 50Hertz, and Nemo Link for service works on their offshore assets, following competitive tendering procedures. The agreements cover several export cables connecting offshore wind parks to the onshore grid, and the interconnector Nemo Link connecting Belgium and the UK. “NKT has entered into service agreements with Elia, […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Fully Online After Cable Repair Fix

    23 September 2024
    Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 600 MW Gemini wind farm offshore the Netherlands is once again fully operational after experiencing a failure in one of the export cables between the wind farm and the shore. A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT, helped Gemini with a fast repair during the summer. The NKT […]

  • Tritech Launches Mammal Detection System at All-Energy (UK)

    18 May 2011

    Tritech expands its industry-standard sonar range with a key renewables device, launching its Gemini SeaTec Mammal Detection System at the All-Energy show in Aberdeen, UK. Gemini SeaTec is a mammal detection system which provides a valuable tool in the detection of marine life around subsea turbines. Tritech’s subsea sonars have been deployed on marine current […]

  • ‘Acta Orion’ Soon to Be Christened

    5 October 2015
    Vessels

    The name giving ceremony of the offshore support vessel Acta Orion will take place on October 22th, when Mrs Didi te Gussinklo Ohmann will name the vessel. The vessel is named after one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky. Govert Jan van Oord suggested Acta Orion’s name, as Orion is the adjacent constellation […]

  • AREVA Director Appointed to Board of RenewableUK

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Julian Brown, AREVA Wind’s Country Director for the UK, has been elected to the board of RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association. He will be one of the 12 board members of the body which represents the UK wind and marine (tidal and wave) industry. “It is an honour to be elected to […]

  • Global Wind Service Benelux Joins Gemini Team

    19 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa contracted Global Wind Service Benelux (GWS) to support with the first service campaign on Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Fraunhofer IWES to Test Soil in German Offshore Wind Zones

    9 April 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected Fraunhofer IWES, among others, to conduct the preliminary assessment of soil conditions in the first bidding round for new offshore wind farm zones in the North and Baltic Sea. Fraunhofer IWES said it will conduct multichannel seismic measuring, which, in combination with isolated findings from geological […]

  • CG Wins Veja Mate Substation Deal

    18 May 2015
    Grid Connection

    Avantha Group Company CG, along with other consortium partners Cofely Fabricom and lemants, has been awarded the contract for the supply and installation of HV offshore substation for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH. The scope of work for CG includes the electrical engineering, grid compliance studies, HV/MV equipment supply, installation and commissioning. […]

  • Hohe See OSS Jacket Hits High Seas

    30 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders sent off the jacket foundation for the EnBW Hohe See offshore substation (OSS) from its yard in Vlissingen on 29 May and the structure is now travelling to the German project site in the North Sea, where it will be installed on 31 May or 1 June. 

  • E.ON to Invest in Offshore Wind Every Two Years

    7 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection

    E.ON Climate & Renewables (ECR), the renewables unit of the German energy company E.ON, plans to invest in one offshore wind project every two years as the company halved its renewable energy investment pipeline due to changing market regulations, ECR’s CEO Michael Lewis told Reuters. ECR is cutting its pipeline from 10GW reported in summer 2015 to 5GW this […]

  • Iberdrola Starts Wikinger Construction

    17 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola officially launched the construction of its Wikinger offshore wind farm today. Components for the foundations have been manufactured and the installation will commence in the coming days. The work will be done by using the installation vessel Giant 7, which is currently being mobilized in Rostock, where another ship with the first 32 foundation […]

  • Arkona OSS Foundation Ready for Delivery

    27 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has transported the offshore substation jacket foundation for the Arkona offshore wind farm to a quay in the Saint-Nazaire Port, from where it will be placed on a barge and transported to the wind farm site in the German Baltic Sea.