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  • OPUS Marine Puts Freshly Named CTV Pair Straight to Work

    19 May 2016
    Vessels

    Hamburg-based OPUS Marine held a naming ceremony for its two newbuilding 26-metre Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) at Wilhelmshaven on 9 May, which have commenced their first charters directly after being named. The vessels were given the names Presto and Vivace as per the company’s tradition to name its vessels after classical musical movements. The German-flagged sister vessels of the […]

  • Siemens to Deliver EnBW Hohe See Turbines & Foundations

    22 February 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has signed a contract with Siemens AG for the supply and installation of 71 wind turbines and foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm. The order, combining the supply and installation of both foundations and wind turbines in one contract, represents the first such deal in German offshore market, according to EnBW. Siemens will provide its […]

  • Nordsee One Refinances Loan Facility

    25 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Nordsee One GmbH, the owner and developer of the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm, has closed the restructuring of its term loan facility, significantly improving pricing conditions, according to Green Giraffe.

  • Arkona Offshore Substation On the Move

    22 March 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside built for the Arkona offshore wind farm has left STX France’s yard in Saint Nazaire and is now en route to the German Baltic Sea.

  • ST3 Offshore Hands Over Final Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets

    14 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s ST3 Offshore has sent off the last shipment of suction bucket jacket foundations built for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Smulders Ships Milestone Transition Piece to Hohe See

    19 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Smulders loaded its 1,500th transition piece at the yard in Hoboken, Belgium, on Wednesday, 18 April, which is destined for the Hohe See offshore wind farm.

  • DolWin Beta Becomes Resident of North Sea (Gallery)

    2 September 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    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.  The operation of moving the platform to its fixed position at sea started on Saturday evening at 6.30 p.m. […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 30, 2013 – Jan 5, 2014

    5 January 2014

    Seven UK’s OW Projects Get Draft Investment Contracts At the beginning of this month, the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published a list of 16 renewable energy projects which achieved the Phase 2 minimum threshold evaluation criteria. International Connection in Baltic Sea Scandinavia and Central Europe are about to connect their offshore […]

  • Windfarm Update: EnBW Baltic 2

    24 November 2014

    On 26 August installation activities started at the 288MW EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm. The installation of the in total 80 Siemens SWT-3,6-120 turbines is being performed by the VIDAR. EnBW Baltic 2 is being constructed 32km north of the island Rügen, in the German Baltic Sea, in an area covering 27km2. The turbines are […]

  • Bladt to Build Foundations for Wikinger OWF

    23 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola and Bladt Industries have signed a contract for the fabrication of 41 jacket foundations and 164 pin piles for the upcoming Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. “We are very pleased that we can continue serial fabrication of foundations at our facilities and hereby build on our strong track record […]

  • South Boats Delivers 26m CTV to Seacat Services

    13 April 2015
    Vessels

    South Boats IOW has delivered its second of class South Cat 26m, ‘Seacat Courageous’ to Seacat Services Ltd., also of Cowes, Isle of Wight. With the first of class, ‘Seacat Intrepid’, currently working in the German North Sea, the qualities and capabilities of the vessel design have been very apparent. Passenger comfort levels, sea-keeping and […]

  • Bladt Loads Out First Sandbank Foundations

    10 June 2015

    Monday afternoon, Bladt Industries started the loadout of the first four finished transition pieces for the Sandbank offshore wind farm project in cooperation with Bilfinger. During Monday night, the first two of the transition pieces were lifted from the harbour to the awaiting barge, and Tuesday morning the last two transition pieces were lifted onto […]

  • USA: Cape Wind, Mass Tank Deal Dead

    12 March 2013

    A deal between Cape Wind and Middleboro-based Mass Tank is dead, reports the Associated Press. In 2010, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that the Mass Tank would build foundations and other steel components for the Nantucket Sound wind farm comprising of 130 wind turbines. Carl Horstmann of Mass Tank commented on Cape Wind’s application for […]

  • RWE Taking Majority Ownership of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    12 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has taken over an additional 20 per cent stake in the Rampion wind farm off the UK from E.ON. Following the closing of the transaction in the first half of 2021, RWE will control a 50.1 per cent stake in the 400 MW wind farm off Sussex. Confidentiality has been agreed […]

  • Wikinger to Keep Viking Neptune Busy During Winter

    27 September 2017
    Vessels

    Adwen has hired Eidesvik’s vessel Viking Neptune to support commissioning activities at the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Merkur Produces First Electricity

    4 June 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Merkur offshore wind farm has produced its first power following a successful test on one of the wind farm’s GE Haliade 6MW wind turbines, according to Merkur Offshore GmbH.

  • Combi Lift Handling Nordsee One Turbine Parts (Gallery)

    22 February 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    German heavy lift specialist Combi Lift has been hired to handle the transport of turbine components for the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

  • VBMS in Action at Sandbank (Video)

    22 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    This summer, VBMS has completed cable installation and post-lay burial work at Vattenfall’s 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm in the German Bight. The company’s scope of work included cable supply, CPS, installation, post lay burial, and termination & testing of 76 infield cables. VBMS deployed its multipurpose vessels Ndurance and Ndeavor in order to simultaneously perform cable […]

  • Siemens Expresses Interest in Alstom’s Power Units

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Siemens, a German energy giant, has expressed its intent about Alstom takeover negotiations. The company released a statement yesterday, saying it had “submitted a letter to the Board of Alstom to signal its willingness to discuss future strategic opportunities.“ This follows the last-week’s news that GE is planning to buy the French company. GE CEO […]

  • FICG Consortium Bags EUR 150 Mln Contract from Van Oord

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Avantha Group Company CG, along with the other consortium partners Fabricom and Iemants, has been selected by Van Oord, for the offshore wind project “Gemini” in the Netherlands. As part of the scope CG, will design, deliver and install 2 high voltage (HV) offshore substations and 1 HV onshore substation. The volume of the order […]

  • Nordsee Ost Hosts Oil Recovery Exercise

    14 May 2014
    Environment, Training & Education

    Under the supervision of the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies, CCME, the crews of two specialized vessels held an oil spill exercise for the first time at an offshore wind farm north off Helgoland. The oil recovery ship Thor and multi-purpose vessel Neuwerk were used in the exercise that took place at the Nordsee Ost […]

  • DONG Energy’s Profit Surges on Wind Power

    4 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy recorded DKK 6.4 billion (EUR 860 million) net profit for the first six months of 2016, up 129% compared to DKK 2.8 billion net profit reported for the first half of 2015, largely driven by a strong growth in the company’s Wind Power division. The Danish energy company reported DKK 12.4 billion operating profit (EBITDA), a 19% increase compared to […]

  • LA NAVAL Shipyard: Spanish shipyard geared for future offshore wind projects

    16 October 2012

    Sestao-based LA NAVAL Shipyard has not been taken aback by the withdrawal of a newbuilding order by the financially troubled German offshore wind farm developer and shipowner BARD Engineering. It continues developing multipurpose vessels fit to assist installations of wind turbines. Relying on capacities and experience in meeting special requirements for jacking systems, huge capacity […]

  • Belgium: Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated

    18 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday, the Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo officially inaugurated the Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. With a capacity of 325 megawatts (MW), the wind farm is the largest in the Belgian North Sea and will provide green electricity to 300,000 households each year. Eight European banks, the German and Danish export credit agencies and […]

  • Highlights of the Month: November 2016

    5 December 2016

    Vattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea with the lowest ever bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, 58% below the original cap of EUR 120 per […]

  • Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla Puts Huisman Crane to Use at Veja Mate

    6 February 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Huisman Equipment has shared a photo of the jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla installing one of the 67 Siemens 6MW turbines at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm using a 1,500mt Huisman Leg Encircling Crane. Seajacks Scylla and Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern started loading the first batch of turbine components from the Port of […]