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  • TenneT Starts Tendering Procedure for 2 GW German Offshore Grid Connections

    23 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT has launched tendering procedures for the sea and land stations of BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 grid connections in the North Sea off Lower Saxony, each with a transmission capacity of 2 GW. The contracts for all three projects have a combined order volume in the seven-digit range and are expected […]

  • Lower Saxony Calls For More Offshore Wind

    18 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection

    Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Olaf Lies, has called for an increase in Germany’s offshore wind targets following historically low bids in the first auction round in Germany.

  • Jumbo Completes Transportation of Yunlin Foundations from Europe

    9 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Jumbo has completed the transportation of components for 40 foundations for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. For the transportation part of its Transport & Installation contract signed in 2019 with Yunneng Windpower Co. (a Taiwanese subsidiary of the German developer wpd), Jumbo mobilised ships from its own Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) fleet, together […]

  • Germany Powered with almost 3GW of Offshore Wind

    20 July 2015

    In the first half of 2015, another 422 offshore wind turbines, with a combined capacity of 1,765.3 megawatts went on line. Up to 30 June 2015 a total of 668 offshore turbines with an overall capacity of 2,777.8 megawatts fed power into the German grid. With the current offshore wind energy output the system can […]

  • Initiative ‘Renewable Energy Revolution Now!’ Starts in Berlin, Germany

    19 March 2013

    German Renewable Energy Association and its member associations yesterday launched a series of posters across Berlin displaying the slogan “No Hidden Costs: Renewable Energy” within their joint initiative “Renewable Energy Revolution Now!”. The first motives on the posters present the “true” and unembellished cost drivers of Germany’s energy supply: fossil and nuclear energy sources, stressing […]

  • Prysmian Wins Preferred Bidder Status for Transmission Cable Projects Offshore Germany

    22 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Infrastructure

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has been selected by the transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion as the preferred bidder for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 offshore grid connection systems and the underground cable project DC34 in Germany. The final contracts are planned to be signed by 15 January 2024 and they are valued in aggregate at around EUR […]

  • UK Missing out on Investment in Manufacturing, Specialist Says

    12 August 2015

    The UK is missing out on vital investment in manufacturing to support offshore wind to Germany and other countries because of the current lack of clarity in the government’s future strategy for offshore wind, an industry champion claims. Germany and other countries are being allowed to surge ahead threatening the UK’s position as world leader […]

  • UXO Clearance Completed at Iberdrola’s Windanker Site Offshore Germany

    1 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Rovco has completed a critical unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance project for Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The operation, which was Rovco’s first UXO project in Germany, was conducted using the company’s newly chartered multipurpose vessel MV Patriot, equipped with a spacious deck, active heave crane, DP Class 2 […]

  • Austrian Company to Equip TenneT’s Offshore Platforms in Germany with Structural Health Monitoring Systems

    28 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT has been awarded a contract to install Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems on twelve TenneT’s HVDC platforms in Germany. On nine platforms, which are in operation, the installation of the SHM systems will be carried out offshore during operation, while for the three platforms which are under construction or in […]

  • Green Wind to Help Albatros Take Off

    17 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has selected Green Wind to organise and supervise all switching operations during the commissioning of the offshore transformer platform and the wind turbines at the 112MW EnBW Albatros wind farm in the German North Sea. The transformer platform and the wind farm’s 16 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines are scheduled to be commissioned by […]

  • Acta Marine Officially Names New W2W Vessel

    21 June 2018
    Vessels

    Acta Marine has officially named its new walk-to-work (W2W) vessel Acta Auriga at a ceremony held in Emden, Germany.

  • NeuConnect Interconnector Project Gathers Momentum

    6 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The NeuConnect consortium has contracted Primo Marine to assist with the offshore permit application for the 1.4 GW NeuConnect interconnector between Germany and the United Kingdom. The contract’s scope covers work like assistance to the marine permit application, route engineering, burial assessment, seabed mobility studies, and management & maintenance of the georeferenced route database. Primo […]

  • Germany: Strong Demand for PNE WIND’s Projects Continues

    26 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The demand for wind farm projects developed onshore and offshore by PNE WIND AG continues to be strong. This has been confirmed in many discussions held with energy suppliers, insurance companies and also financial investors during the specialist trade fair, Husum Windenergy 2012. “We are well positioned to take advantage of this demand because PNE […]

  • Germany: WAB Organizes Legal Offshore Day

    12 September 2013

    German Wind Energy Agency (WAB), a part of the WAB business network, has organized a symposium about the legal rights relating to offshore wind energy entitled “WAB Legal Offshore Day”.  Today, around 80 experts from the offshore industry are meeting at the ”WAB Legal Offshore Day” in Hamburg to exchange information on practical experiences and […]

  • Elia to Invest EUR 3 Billion in Grid and Offshore Wind Farm Development

    19 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Due to the fact that Elia, transmission system operator in Belgium and Germany, is legally obligated to connect offshore wind turbines to the grid, the company is planning to invest 3 billion euros in grid development over the next 10 years, writes Trends news portal. Jacques Vandermeiren, the newly elected CEO at Elia, said that […]

  • Germany, Denmark to Raise Capacity on Electricity Connections

    15 July 2012
    Grid Connection

    Energinet.dk and the German company TSO TenneT are increasing the transmission capacity on electricity connections between Jutland and Northern Germany. Following a number of conversions of the 400 kV and 220 kV connections across the Danish-German border, the market has now been informed that as from 1 September 2012, opportunities to import electricity from south […]

  • ABL Bags Contract for TenneT’s 2 GW Dutch Offshore Grid Connections

    18 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded ABL a contract to provide marine warranty survey services for the installation of three 2 GW export cable systems in the Netherlands. Under the contract, ABL will work on the IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma, and Nederwiek 2 offshore grid connections, which are all […]

  • Vattenfall Issues Inter-Array Cable Contract Notice for German Offshore Wind Farms

    12 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II Offshore Wind GmbH have issued a contract notice seeking contractors to install inter-array cables for two wind farm projects offshore Germany. The two projects, Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II, are located in the German North Sea, in the N-7.2 and N-6.6 zones. The contract is expected […]

  • Germans Appealing for 2 GW Offshore Wind Tender

    25 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Germany’s WAB, Greenpeace Energy and H2BX are calling for the special 2 GW offshore wind tender to be implemented quickly and that areas be put out to tender before the end of the year. In a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier, the parties claim that long-term framework […]

  • Reach German Market with Offshore WIND Magazine

    19 July 2016

    The next edition of Offshore WIND magazine will be published with more than just a focus on the German sector of this vibrant industry. With at least 2,000 copies of the magazine destined for distribution at WindEnergy Hamburg in September, we are targeting the heart of the German sector. Included in this edition will be […]

  • OWC to Assess Wind Conditions Offshore Germany

    8 September 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) to analyse and assess wind conditions for two future German offshore wind tendering sites. OWC a subsidiary of AqualisBraemar LOC, has selected a team including Fraunhofer IWES and ProPlanEn, to assess the historic wind potential across the German Exclusive Economic Zone in the […]

  • 8 Turbines Left to Go at Deutsche Bucht

    9 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    25 out of 33 MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines have been installed at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany, according to Northland Power. The company emphasized that the construction of the project is progressing according to schedule and is on budget. Deutsche Bucht produced first power to the German grid at the end of July, when the […]

  • Ørsted Says 99 Pct Noise Reduction Achieved with New Installation Method Tested at Gode Wind 3

    12 July 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Technology

    On 12 July, Ørsted revealed the company achieved a significant noise reduction using a new monopile installation method at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Tested during the installation of three of the wind farm’s monopiles, the new method had reduced noise levels by over 99 per cent, to a level only […]

  • Germany: Siemens Tests Smart Grid

    21 June 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens and the utility company Allgäuer Überlandwerk (AÜW) in the city of Kempten, Germany, together with the RWTH university in Aachen and Kempten University, are testing a smart grid in the Allgäu village of Wildpoldsried. The joint project IRENE was launched in 2011 and will run for two years. A smart grid ensures that renewable […]

  • Eurogrid’s Debut Green Bond to Finance German Offshore Wind Connections

    7 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Eurogrid GmbH, the parent company of 50Hertz, has issued its debut green bond in the amount of EUR 750 million, which will finance the Ostwind 1 and 2 grid connections in Germany. The corporate bond with a term of 12 years and an interest rate of 1.113% was issued on the regulated market with the […]

  • Offshore Wind Installations Stabilise in 2014, Says EWEA

    30 January 2015

    The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74 […]