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  • Van Oord Bags EUR 1.3 Bln Gemini Contract

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Gemini offshore wind project shareholders, headed by Canada’s Northland Power Inc., reached an agreement with the banks on the project’s financing. The financial close will contribute EUR 2.3 billion to the overall construction costs of EUR 2.8 billion. Van Oord has a 10% equity stake in this project. The other shareholders are Northland Power Inc. (60%), Siemens Project Ventures […]

  • Alpha Ventus Surpasses Expectations

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind farm, Alpha Ventus achieved 16,582 full capacity hours and generated 994.9 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from 2011 to 2014, thus exceeded the generation forecasts by around seven per cent. According to the operators, EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, the wind farm production for 2014 was 235.6 GWh, lower than four-year average of 248.73 GWh, but […]

  • EnBW Inviting Tenders for Hohe See Project

    29 August 2014
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW is inviting tenders for the certification services for Hohe See wind farm located in the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea. The company is seeking assistance in preliminary design of wind turbines together with supporting structure/foundations, as well as their certification. Hohe See substation design and its certification is a part of […]

  • Danish-German Joint Venture Foundations Specialist Launches New Website

    24 November 2011

    Aarsleff Bilfinger Berger Joint Venture, also called ABJV, is a Danish-German joint venture between two of the world’s leading contractors – Per Aarsleff A/S from Aarhus and Bilfinger Berger GmbH from Hamburg. Both companies have extensive experience in and knowledge of the execution of demanding marine construction work. ABJV specialises in the installation of foundations […]

  • Wind Power Holds Great Potential for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions (Switzerland)

    20 June 2011

      The primary use of wind power of relevance to climate change mitigation is to generate electricity from larger, grid-connected wind turbines, deployed either on- or offshore wind farm. Wind energy offers significant potential for near-term (2020) and long-term (2050) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. A number of different wind power technologies are available across […]

  • Ten Turbines to Go at Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm

    10 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Enterprise has installed 44 out of 54 Senvion 6.2M126 wind turbines at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Canada’s Northland Power reports.

  • Turbine Installation Progressing at Sandbank

    18 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The 10th turbine has been installed at Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm, the company informed via its social media pages.  The first of 72 Siemens 4MW wind turbines at the 288MW offshore wind farm was installed at the end of July. The erection of the towers on the foundations and the installation of the nacelles and rotor blades […]

  • Susie S Sails to Meerwind Ost/Sud Substation

    29 June 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Susie S has mobilised to Cuxhaven to start a new role providing 24hr support for Alstom. The vessel will be supporting a team of Alstom engineers who are working on the Meerwind Ost/Sud Substation. The offshore wind farms Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost are a 288 MW project located in the German Bight in the North […]

  • Guardian Powers Maintenance Work at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    4 July 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Providing power for offshore operations on a transition piece in the construction phase is an essential service when working on the lifeless transition piece. Recently GeoSea chartered the Guardian, Braveheart Shipping’s survey vessel, to provide power by cable to the transition piece in the Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm on which they were carrying out […]

  • VSMC Halves Butendiek OWF Cabling Work

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The cabling work at the Butendiek offshore wind farm is half done, VSMC informed via social media. The company said that 6 strings and 42 cables with a total length of 40km have been installed at the offshore wind farm site in the German Bight some 34 km west of the island Sylt. A total […]

  • Bard Offshore 1 Clocks Up 3 TWh of Generated Power

    17 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Bard Offshore 1 marked another first for German offshore wind farms after recently generating 3 TWh of electricity since first starting to produce power in 2013. The wind farm has generated 1 TWh of electricity since November 2015, when Ocean Breeze Energy announced the wind farm reaching the 2 TWh mark. Bard Offshore 1 is located […]

  • The Netherlands: Riffgat Substation Lifted on Board Oleg Strashnov

    13 February 2013

    The topside for Riffgat offshore transformer substation is lifted on board the Oleg Strashnov yesterday. The barge with the topside arrived last Saturday at the terminal at the Maasvlakte. The vessel is scheduled to sail away today and offshore installation is scheduled for later this week. The topside will be transported to the Riffgat wind […]

  • RWE, Acta Marine Team Up to Build ‘Green’ SOVs

    27 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Infrastructure, Vessels

    German offshore wind developer RWE and maritime support provider Acta Marine have signed a long-term vessel supply agreement which they say will pave the way for the decarbonisation of offshore wind farm operations. According to the companies, the agreement is to build and operate two ‘green’ service operation vessels (SOVs), which will be among the […]

  • Danish Foreign Minister Visits HUSUM Wind

    17 September 2015
    Authorities

    Denmark’s foreign minister, Kristian Jensen, is visiting HUSUM Wind today. Besides attending a reception at the Danish pavilion, he will also be visiting a number of other exhibitors. All in all there are exhibitors from 25 countries at the fair. In addition to Denmark there are a number of exhibitors from two other neighbouring countries […]

  • Senvion Appoints New CEO

    17 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Jürgen Geissinger joined the wind turbine manufacturer Senvion as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on 17 December. Stefan E. Kowski, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Senvion, said: “We are delighted to welcome Jürgen Geissinger to Senvion as CEO. He has the proven capabilities required to drive exceptional business growth by creating strategic clarity, driving innovation and quality, while […]

  • NDE Offshore Inspecting HVDC Platform Helidecks in North Sea

    10 June 2016
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    NDE Offshore AB has recently been awarded a contract by Siemens to conduct periodic inspections of the helidecks on three offshore HVDC platforms in the North Sea. The grid connections are owned by German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT. Already completed is the Helwin1 platform, where inspections were carried out in April. At the end of […]

  • Photo of the Day: Bladt Waves Goodbye to Final Baltic 2 Foundations

    28 January 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Last of the total 41 jacket foundations for the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm leaving Bladt Industries site in Denmark.  A little over a week ago, Bladt carried out the load out of these foundations and wrapped up the work that started in May last year. This job enabled the company to […]

  • ILG to Provide Nordsee Ost Foundation Steel

    27 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following AMBAU’s announcement about winning a Nordsee Ost job, the company awarded Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH (ILG), a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG, a contract for the delivery of around 47,900 tons of plate for monopiles and transition pieces for the “Nordsee One” offshore wind project. ILG will be delivering the plate to AMBAU’s production just in time in Bremen […]

  • DNV GL and Cosco Team Up to Install BorWin Gamma

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    DNV GL has been awarded a contract by Cosco Shipping Company Limited of China for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform. The Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT is developing the offshore AC/DC converter platform BorWin gamma as part of the grid connection project BorWin3. A consortium […]

  • Sure Wind Receives Second Damen Twin Axe FCS (UK)

    27 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    British company Sure Wind Marine Ltd. has taken delivery of its second Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier – the Sure Swift – in a little over a month after the first joined the company’s fleet. Established in 2009, Sure Wind is a specialist in the German offshore wind market and now has 10 dedicated […]

  • Merkur Turbines One Third Done

    17 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    22 out of 66 GE HaliadeTM 150-6MW turbines have so far been installed on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Merkur Offshore GmbH reports.

  • Herman Sr. Orders Damen Shoalbuster 3514 for Offshore Wind Ops

    25 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Dutch marine services provider Herman Sr. and Damen Shipyards Group have signed an order for the first Damen Shoalbuster 3514  at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2018 in Amsterdam. Herman Sr. intends to use the newly-developed DP2 vessel for various works in the offshore wind sector. 

  • UK: Natural Power Published Ecological Monitoring Programme for Marine Life on Wind Farm

    17 May 2013
    Environment

    The UK’s most comprehensive ecological monitoring programme for marine life on a wind farm published – provided by Natural Power, on behalf of E.ON, at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (Reporting on Operational Year 1). International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has published a report on the marine environment at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm, […]

  • 6 Alpha Associates Secures Contract with TenneT

    28 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing high risk offshore initiatives, has signed a long-term framework contract with TenneT, the European grid operator responsible for connecting offshore wind projects to the German electricity network. The agreement will see 6 Alpha Associates provide complex survey and risk management advice for unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk in […]

  • Eqin Gives Merkur a Boost

    10 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of 30kVA power generators built by Eqin for the Merkur offshore wind farm’s turbines is now in place, the Dutch manufacturer said.

  • Offshore-Terminal Bremerhaven Gets Building Approval

    2 December 2015

    The construction of Offshore-Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB), a EUR 180 million project that will serve the offshore wind industry, has been approved. On 27 November, bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, a company responsible for the planning of the project, received the approval from the Authority for the Environment, Construction and Transport. As a modern facility with a high heavy-duty […]