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  • Wind Innovation Assumes Position at Veja Mate

    6 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    C-bed’s floating hotel Wind Innovation has started 2017 by heading off to the German North Sea and starting a new charter on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. The new project is located 95 kilometres off Borkum Island. In total, the wind farm will comprise 67 Siemens 6MW turbines. The project is expected to be concluded […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Partners with ABB on World’s Largest Mobile Grid Simulator

    2 May 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) has partnered with ABB to develop what is said to become the world’s largest mobile grid simulator that will enable testing of next-generation offshore wind turbines. The simulator is being developed under the Mobil-Grid-CoP project launched in 2020 and publicly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic […]

  • Top News of the Week Sep 1 – 7, 2014

    7 September 2014

    DolWin Beta Becomes Resident of North Sea (Gallery) DolWin beta, the offshore HVDC platform that will connect three offshore wind farms in the German part of the North Sea, is now anchored and ballasted to the seabed, Aibel has announced on its social media pages. Greater Gabbard OWF’s Cabling Infrastructure Worries Local Fishermen The developers […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 8 – 14

    14 February 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Second Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning on the Way DONG Energy is preparing to decommission world’s first offshore wind farm, located off Danish island of Lolland. DONG Energy Takes Up Another U.S. Offshore Wind Site DONG Energy has agreed to take over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s newly assigned development project rights for a 1,000MW wind site […]

  • Top News of the Week, 14 – 20 November 2016

    20 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Iemants and Jan De Nul Win Kriegers Flak OSS Foundations Work Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH have awarded Iemants and Jan De Nul Group with a contract to construct, install, ballast and protect gravity based foundations (GBFs) for two offshore substations. ABB Unveils Lightweight, AC Platform-Free HVDC Solution ABB has presented a new, compact, high-voltage […]

  • Palfinger Scores Crane Deal for Gode Wind 1 and 2

    26 June 2014

    Palfinger Marine has won the order for 97 PF 8000 cranes, which has been developed especially for the wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2. The wind farms are located 45 km off the German coast. Start of construction will be the first half of 2015 at Gode Wind 2, followed by Gode Wind 1. […]

  • VIDEO: Pacific Orca in Action at Sandbank

    21 January 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Pacific Orca is about to complete the foundation installation at Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm, Swire Blue Ocean reported on its social media pages. In 2014, the company was contracted by Bilfinger to provide a vessel for the installation of 72 foundations at the Sandbank wind farm site. The offshore wind farm, located 90 kilometers west of the German island Sylt, is set […]

  • Nordsee One Seeks Guard Vessel

    16 June 2015
    Vessels

    Nordsee One GmbH has invited tenders for the provision of guard vessel services, which include monitoring and safeguarding of its offshore wind farm construction area.  The services are to be provided continuously over the entire installation phase on a 24/7 basis. The vessel will observe the surrounding, but not project-related traffic, evaluate if any risk of collision […]

  • The Netherlands: DolWin Alpha Converter Platform Starts Journey to Open Sea

    20 May 2013
    Grid Connection

    On May 18, the topsides of the DolWin alpha converter platform was loaded out from Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthaven, located on the river the Oude Maas. This operation marks the start of a journey that the platform will make via Schiedam to its final offshore destination, the DolWin area in German North […]

  • SeaPlanner Handles Gemini Data Bounty

    1 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    SeaRoc Group’s marine management and monitoring system, SeaPlanner, has managed a record quantity of project data as the construction phase of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea draws to a close. Gemini has been supported by SeaPlanner since the beginning of 2015 when it was confirmed as the proprietary […]

  • Osiris Projects Completes Work for TenneT in German Bight

    9 August 2013
    R&D

    Osiris Projects have successfully completed a full geophysical and geotechnical programme in the German Bight for regular clients TenneT Offshore GmbH. The original scope of the project involved 66 vibrocore and CPT stations and more than 700 survey line km. On completion of the work, ahead of schedule, Osiris Projects were asked to acquire additional […]

  • REpower Invests in German Production Sites for Wind Turbines

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      REpower Systems SE  is realigning its German production sites for wind turbines. Today, Tuesday, 13 September, the company is holding the topping-out ceremony for the expansion of nacelle and hub production in Bremerhaven. Starting in 2012/13 financial year, it will be possible there to assemble wind turbines each year with an output of 900 […]

  • German Wind Energy Market Not so Interesting for Chinese

    23 December 2011

    Slender blades on dozens of turbines, each propped on a tower more than 100 meters tall, slowly spin in the sea breeze near Bremerhaven… By Cao Haili (caixin) [mappress] Source: caixin, December 23, 2011; Image: alpha-ventus

  • Amprion Reveals Energy Corridor Project to Bring 8 GW of Offshore Wind to North Rhine-Westphalia

    29 August 2023
    Grid Connection

    Amprion Offshore has started working on an energy corridor project that would bring electricity produced by up to 8 GW of offshore wind farms in the North Sea directly to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Named Windader West, the energy corridor involves building four offshore grid connection systems that would use the new-generation 2 […]

  • European Commission Greenlights Sumitomo’s Stake in EEW Offshore Wind EU

    7 January 2025
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission (EC) has approved the acquisition of joint control of EEW Offshore Wind EU by EEW Holding and Japanese trader Sumitomo Corporation. The transaction relates primarily to the manufacturing of large steel tubes used in the construction of offshore wind farms. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, […]

  • Photo of the Day: Night Shift at Dan Tysk

    10 June 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Seacat Defender working a night shift at the Dan Tysk wind farm. The wind farm is located around 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt in the German North Sea covering an area of 70 square kilometres. With a capacity of 288MW, it will be able to power […]

  • Kriegers Flak CGS UXO Client Representative Services Provider Wanted

    10 February 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operators Energinet.dk and 50Hz Transmission are looking for a provider of client representative services during unexploded ordnance (UXO) activities along the cable routes at the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS).

  • Vattenfall Buys 584MW Offshore Wind Project in German North Sea

    9 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swedish utility Vattenfall has bought the 584MW Atlantis I offshore wind project in the German North Sea from PNE Wind AG.  The Atlantis I project will be handed over to Vattenfall upon closing of the sale and purchase agreement, which is still subject to various closing conditions. PNE Wind sold the project to Vattenfall ”for a […]

  • Helicopter Services Required at Global Tech I

    25 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    German law firm Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte, on behalf of Gobal Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH, has invited helicopter services providers to tender for the transport of passengers and cargo to and from the 400MW offshore wind farm.

  • EnBW Fights for Offshore Wind Network Connection

    19 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    On the recommendation of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), in consultation with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), have entered into an arrangement with respect to the capacity allocation for German offshore wind farms. The reason for this decision was an urgent motion by […]

  • Drochtersen Committee Axes Areva’s 8MW Project

    24 February 2014
    Authorities

    Drochtersen political leaders have axed  Areva’s project to deploy its 8MW wind turbine in Asselermoor, Drochtersen, in Lower Saxony. According to the German media, the Administrative Committee unanimously  voted against this project, giving priority to A26 motorway link and, small scale industry over wind power. For this project, Areva teamed up with Bremen-based company, Energiekontor. […]

  • Siemens Hands Over BorWin2 to TenneT

    30 January 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has handed over the first North Sea grid connection, BorWin2, to TenneT following successful completion of test runs. The offshore platform of the BorWin2 grid connection is located around 100 kilometers off the German coast – northwest of the island of Borkum, after which the project was named. “This is the first offshore grid […]

  • TenneT Starts Laying DolWin6 Export Cables

    29 June 2021
    Grid Connection

    Offshore cable-laying work to link the DolWin6 grid connection in the North Sea to the German grid has started, TenneT said. The cable-laying work follows an unexploded ordnance removal campaign where a total of twelve UXOs identified along the sea cable route were removed in May 2021. The 39-kilometre export cable section is expected to […]

  • Iberdrola Building Offshore Wind Powerhouse in German Baltic Sea

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has been awarded the rights to construct two offshore wind farms totalling 486MW in German waters in the Baltic Sea.

  • Photo of the Day: Gemini’s Substation at Dawn

    8 October 2015

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: One of the two offshore high voltage substations (OHVS) at the Gemini offshore wind farm.  Gemini offshore wind farm has two substations for each of the two wind farm parts, Buitengaats (300MW) and ZeeEnergie (300MW). The first offshore substation at the offshore wind farm was placed on top of the […]

  • RWE Freezes US Offshore Wind Activities, Citing Political Uncertainty

    28 April 2025
    Business & Finance

    German renewable energy developer RWE has stopped all its offshore activities in the US for the time being, said Marcus Krebber, CEO of RWE, in a transcript of a speech planned to be delivered to shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting on 30 April. Krebber added that the US stands out for its increasing […]