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  • Gemini Starts Producing

    29 February 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands has reached an important milestone after the farm’s first wind turbines started producing electricity and feeding it into the grid. Following the construction of the electric infrastructure last year and the installation of the turbine foundations, contractors Siemens and Van Oord installed […]

  • Photo of the Day: Modulift Engages in Butendiek OWF Heavy Lifting Work

    26 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day:  Heavy lifting and site transport work at the base port for Butendiek offshore wind farm in Esbjerg, Denmark.  Modulift, a specialist in lifting engineering services, is part of the Butendiek offshore wind farm development, providing its expertise in heavy lifting and transport of wind turbine foundations. Ballast Nedam Offshore is contracted to design, supply […]

  • DolWin Beta to Arrive in Haugesund Tonight

    21 August 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DolWin beta high‐voltage direct current (HVDC) platform will arrive at the yard in Haugesund tonight, subject to weather conditions, Aibel announced at its social network page today.  The massive DolWin beta structure is being transported to Haugesund in Norway, where the platform will be commissioned prior to deployment in the German North Sea. With a […]

  • Liebherr Recovers Orion’s Crane Jib, Repair to Be Completed in 2021

    11 November 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The recovery and repair of the crane that collapsed on board the installation vessel Orion during lifting trials in May are progressing at Liebherr facilities in Rostock, where the crane’s auxiliary jib and the jib head have now been transferred. The company started working on getting the crane back into service in September, when the […]

  • Central Industry Group Rebranded

    18 April 2014

    Central Industry Group (CIG) announced a new repositioning and rebranding.  The group has renamed Vuyk Engineering Groningen to CIG Maritime Technology, Shipkits to CIG Shipbuilding and their German subsidiary Shippipe continues as CIG Piping Technology. This reflects their position within the supply chain. According to the company the rebranding exercise is part of CIG’s bigger vision […]

  • More than 25 Pct of Offshore Wind Platforms in EU Designed by Dutch Engineering Company

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Dutch engineering company Iv has designed more than a quarter of all offshore wind platforms in the European Union, the company said on 9 July, citing offshore wind statistics from a WindEurope report. Of the 19 GW of offshore wind energy the EU had installed at the end of 2023, Iv has worked on offshore […]

  • Windfarm Update: Borkum Riffgrund 1

    17 November 2014

    At the end of July all foundations were in place at the 312MW Borkum Riffgrund 1, located 54km off the  German coast and around 37km from the island Borkum and at the end of September, the innovative Suction Bucket Jacket test foundation was also installed. The 850t weighing foundation, consisting of a 3-legged jacket structure on top […]

  • Maritime Training Centre Nearing Completion

    7 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Six months after the beginning of the construction of the innovative Maritime Training Centre (MTC) in German Enge-Sande municipality, offshore training and development cluster OffTEC held a topping out ceremony on 4 April 2014, after successful completion of the first phase of construction. Around 200 guests attended the event, including Mayor of Enge-Sande Carsten-Peter Thomsen […]

  • DolWin Beta En Route to Installation Site

    3 August 2015
    Grid Connection

    The DolWin beta converter platform left Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway on the night of August 1. Following a four-day transport stage, the platform will be installed in the DolWin wind cluster in the German North Sea. The platform concept is based on experience from the oil and gas sector, and has been developed and […]

  • German Next-Gen Floating Foundation Gets EUR 1 Million

    9 May 2016
    R&D, Technology

    ESG Edelstahl und Umwelttechnik Stralsund GmbH, a member of German GICON Group, and the Endowed Chair of Wind Energy Technology at the University of Rostock have secured EUR 1 million for the development and full-scale testing of a sub-structure for third generation wind turbines with a capacity of 6MW or more. The funds for the development of […]

  • Hydrohammer S-4000 Installs First Monopiles

    30 March 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The S-4000 Hydrohammer pile-driving system installed its first monopiles at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, IHC IQIP, a business unit of Royal IHC which recently launched the system, reports. The fully operational S-4000 unit was delivered to DEME Group’s offshore marine engineering division GeoSea for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm project in the German North […]

  • DeBu Team Eyes Suction Bucket Technology

    10 August 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the  252MW DeBu offshore wind project are considering adding two more demonstration wind turbines to test the suction bucket foundation technology at the site in the German North Sea.

  • E.ON Benefits from Offshore Wind Development

    12 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The German energy company, E.ON, has posted half-year EBITDA of €4.3 billion, 13 per cent lower than the same period last year, and underlying net income dropped 21 per cent year-on-year to €1.2 billion. The reduction in EBITDA is primarily attributable to a further decline in wholesale electricity prices, lower oil prices, and a weak […]

  • Ballast Nedam Installs Its 500th Foundation

    13 June 2014

    In just over 2 months Ballast Nedam Offshore has installed 47 out of 80 monopiles on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The installation works started at the 1st of April and on the 10th of June monopile no. 47 was installed. This demonstrates reliable approach based on one of the proven installation concepts in combination with one of […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik on Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    2 June 2021

    Deutsche Windtechnik has signed service agreements for four offshore wind farms in the Netherlands during the first quarter of this year. The four new contracts are for inspection and maintenance of the Balance of Plant (BoP) at the Gemini, Prinses Amaliawindpark, Eneco Luchterduinen, and the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farms. The scope for Deutsche […]

  • Ordtek Expands Mine Map to Cover Danish Waters

    1 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology

    UK-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialist Ordtek has expanded the geographic scope of its interactive online mapping service, Mine Map, to cover Danish waters. The online tool has already been used on the Horns Rev 3 and Kreigers Flak wind sites off Denmark and has helped identify three wartime mines on Horns Rev 3. The biggest […]

  • GeoSea Teams with EMO on Merkur

    20 January 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) from Emden has won a contract to support GeoSea’s marine coordination during the planning and construction phase of the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight. During the construction and commissioning phase, EMO’s nautical team will be in charge of ensuring safety and coordinating sea traffic at the offshore site. […]

  • Offshore Lifts PNE Wind

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    German wind farm developer PNE Wind recorded a solid start in 2017 driven largely by the offshore wind segment.

  • SMC Wrapping Up Veja Mate Work

    8 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    SMC’s technicians will finish work on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea this month and the company’s marine coordinators are expected to finish later in the year.

  • Top News of the Week May 20 – 26, 2013

    26 May 2013

    VIDEO: Load Out of DolWin Alpha Converter Platform The load out of DolWin alpha marks the start of a journey that the platform will make to its final offshore destination, the DolWin area in German North Sea. This operation was performed at the Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthaven. The following is a video […]

  • Highlights of the Month: April 2015

    5 May 2015

    DEME Joins MEG I Crew DEME Concessions has entered into a partnership with Nordsee Offshore MEG I GmbH to co-develop the MEG I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea last Thursday. Siem Offshore Contractors to Deliver Veja Mate’s Inner Array Grid Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore […]

  • Cable Issue to Take Riffgat Off Grid

    29 August 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EWE will have to make an unscheduled shutdown of its 108MW Riffgat offshore wind farm in September. A cable connecting the wind farm to the grid was affected during the work on Dolwin converter station, and, according to TenneT, the cable will need to be stabilised. Given that the cable did not suffered any damage […]

  • Gemini and Westermeerwind Triple Dutch Offshore Wind Capacity in 2016

    28 December 2016
    Grid Connection

    The Netherlands has nearly tripled its installed offshore wind capacity in 2016 due to two major projects coming online during the year. The two wind farms which were hooked up to the grid in 2016 are the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the North Sea and the 144MW Westermeerwind nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer lake. […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg: BLG to Present Implementation of Offshore Wind Logistics Concepts

    27 August 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    BLG WindEnergy Logistics, the youngest division of the international logistics provider BLG LOGISTICS GROUP, is among the pioneers of the German offshore logistics industry. The company has developed a suitable port infrastructure in Bremerhaven with the Offshore-Terminal ABC Peninsula and has also developed innovative logistics concepts and implemented wind energy jointly with leading manufacturers of […]

  • Reetec to Make Wikinger Turbines Visible to Planes

    21 March 2016

    Reetec GmbH will supply aviation obstruction markers for the Wikinger offshore wind farm. Marking 70 Adwen’s wind turbines falls under German guidelines for the identification of aviation obstacles. Reetec will provide identification lights for the nacelles and towers, as well as the accompanying control and accessory components. Due to rotating blades, some identification requirements are specially adapted to the wind industry. Each nacelle will […]

  • Jan De Nul Picks BOW Terminal Eemshaven as Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 Marshalling Yard

    6 February 2023

    Jan De Nul has selected BOW Terminal’s marshalling yard in Eemshaven, the Netherlands for the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind projects. The 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farms are owned and developed by Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted Wind Power A/S. Both wind farms […]