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  • Germany: Nordex Announces 2011 Full Year Results

    28 February 2012

    On basis of its provisional consolidated financial statements, the Nordex Group closed 2011 in line with its current forecast. In November 2011, the Management Board announced that Nordex would be reporting lower sales and an operating loss of around EUR 10 million for the year as a whole. Highlights: Sales down 5% to EUR 921 […]

  • E.ON in Talks with Potential Offshore Wind Investors (Germany)

    21 February 2012
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The energy company Eon is in preliminary talks with financial investors so as to discuss the possibility for potential investors to join the company’s offshore wind projects, reported FTD, quoting Mike Angle, CEO of E.ON Climate & Renewables. The new funding would most probably enable the company to tackle even larger projects in the future. […]

  • Cuxhaven Builds Moorings for Offshore Construction Vessels (Germany)

    17 February 2012

    Cuxhaven is planning to strengthen its position as a location for offshore wind energy with a million euro investment. The mooring in the port should be prepared for the so-called jack-up vessels, said on Thursday the State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation in the North. The ships will be used to […]

  • Germany: ‘INNOVATION’ Sets New Milestone for AREVA Wind

    4 September 2012

    INNOVATION, the new heavy lift jack up vessel inaugurated yesterday in Bremerhaven, will be used for the upcoming installation of AREVA M5000 proven technology. Purpose-built for offshore installation, it sets a new milestone for AREVA Wind’s comprehensive offer and further strengthens the group’s competitive offshore business model.  The powerful vessel was built by HGO InfraSea […]

  • Germany: Palfinger Wind to Exhibit at Husum WindEnergy 2012

    3 September 2012

    PALFINGER WIND will be on site at booth E09 in hall 2 at the wind energy industry’s most important trade show from September 18 to 22. Among other things, the new After Sales and Service division will be presented and visitors will also be able to see the PK 40002 M nacelle crane. Palfinger Marine […]

  • Germany: GL Hellas Committee Celebrates 35th Year

    14 September 2012

    The Hellas Committee of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) met on Wednesday at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens. The annual Committee Meeting, now a longstanding tradition in its 35th year, very much reflected the mood of the industry, with great challenges foreseen for traditional markets, but opportunities on offer for those with expanding perspectives. The Chairman of […]

  • Germany: EnBW to Create Financial Headroom for Offshore Wind Expansion

    5 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) has successfully performed the capital increase adopted by resolution on 14 June 2012. In total, 26,598,504 new no-par value bearer shares were purchased at a subscription price of € 30.90 each in return for cash contributions. Gross issue proceeds thus amounted to € 821,893,773.60. The subscription period for the new […]

  • First XXL Monopile Installed at Arcadis Ost 1

    9 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion has installed the first of 28 monopile foundations at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Manufactured by Steelwind in Germany, the foundation will carry the wind farm’s substation. It has a length of 110 metres, a diameter of 9.5 metres, and a weight of […]

  • German Offshore Wind Industry Model for Massachusetts

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    A delegation from the port city of New Bedford, Massachusetts (United States) is currently visiting the sites of the German offshore industry in Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven, as we recently reported. The 40-member delegation will be informed about the industry directly from local companies in the following couple of days. “The visit of the delegation shows […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2014

    5 September 2014

    Pontoon Loaded with OW Turbine Parts Sinks Off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea, German media informs. Vattenfall Orders Turbines and Servicing from Siemens Vattenfall has awarded Siemens Energy an order for 72 Model SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines for its new Sandbank […]

  • Germany: Grid Connection Remains Great Bottleneck to Offshore Wind Development

    17 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    Grid infrastructure and transmission networks need to continue to develop if Europe is to hit its 40GW offshore wind target. Germany is making headway and recently passed a draft law on offshore wind. The law, due to take effect later this year will give more leeway to grid operators such as TenneT and 50Hertz.  Julia […]

  • Germany to Invest EUR 200 Billion in Offshore Wind Farms Projects

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed her plan to construct offshore wind farms that will stretch over an area six times the size of New York City, reports Bloomberg. The plan expected to cost 200 billion euros ($268 billion), according to the DIW economic institute in Berlin, will also include installation of power lines that could […]

  • Germany: RWE Receives Permit for Innogy Nordsee 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    4 April 2012

    RWE Innogy today received the permit for the construction of the Innogy Nordsee 1 offshore wind farm. The construction field of the wind power plant is located some 40 kilometres north of the island of Juist and covers approx. 34 square kilometres. Together with the wind farms Innogy Nordsee 2 and Innogy Nordsee 3, some […]

  • Vattenfall Seeks Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Investigation Services

    25 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has opened a tender for offshore wind geotechnical and geophysical site investigation works, looking to enter into framework agreements with multiple contractors. Site investigation operations will be carried out during the development/construction phase of the developer’s offshore wind farm projects in the UK and European waters. Following the tender, which is open until 24 November, […]

  • 3sun Gears Up for Deutsche Bucht

    8 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group is set to mobilize its teams to support MHI Vestas during turbine installation at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. According to the UK company, offshore installation and completion teams will shortly be mobilizing for the 269MW project. Deutsche Bucht comprises 33 MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines located some 95km northwest of the Borkum […]

  • Fitch: Renewables Shielded from Pricing Risk

    23 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Fixed-price power purchase agreements and public incentives insulate renewables from pricing risk, according to a new Fitch Ratings report. “In addition to pricing advantages, renewables enjoy increased demand spurred by tighter emission compliance standards,” said Christopher Joassin, Director at Fitch Ratings. “Carbon dioxide compliance costs will also improve renewables’ competitiveness.” Fitch has also recognised offshore wind […]

  • Kentish Flats Extension: Turbine Works on Schedule

    1 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Work on a tower, nacelles and blade sections for the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm are on schedule and the parts are due to be installed end of June/July, Vattenfall reported. The first inspection of the nacelles has been conducted at their manufacturing site in Ringköbing, Denmark. The first tower has been transported to Esbjerg […]

  • Kriegers Flak OWF Generating Electricity for Danish Households

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, where half of the turbines have been installed so far, is already generating electricity for Danish households and has contributed to Vattenfall’s Q1 2021 results. The developer reported a decrease in electricity generation in the first quarter of the year as a result of lower […]

  • Merkur Receives Its First Transition Pieces

    15 November 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has started installing transition pieces at the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm located off the coast of Germany.

  • Bold Tern In the Zone at Borkum Riffgrund 2

    8 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern is completing its fifth run on Ørsted ‘s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm and is currently installing the 19th MHI Vestas 8MW turbine at the site in the German North Sea.

  • DONG Energy Opens Borkum Riffgrund 1 and Gode Wind 1&2 O&M Base

    27 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is officially opening its operation management centre at Norddeich harbour today in the presence of the Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann (Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure), Norden’s Mayoress Barbara Schlag and invited guests from business, public administration and politics. In her welcome speech, Trine Borum Bojsen, Managing Director for Germany of […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 2 – 8, 2013

    8 December 2013

    Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)  DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Competition in Offshore Wind Industry to Intensify  With an expected compound average growth rate of 28.3% […]

  • Technical University Hamburg-Harburg Hosts Travelling Offshore Wind Exhibition (Germany)

    30 April 2013

    The traveling exhibition “Offshore Fascination – Wind and Sea for New Energy in Urban and Rural Areas” will be available to visitors for four weeks, starting April 29, in the foyer of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg. The goal of the exhibition, which is initiated by the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE) and funded […]

  • Alstom Grid wins innovative offshore platform substation contract in Germany

    20 September 2010
    Grid Connection

    The consortium Alstom Grid / WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction Georgsmarienhütte has won a turnkey construction and grid connection contract for a self-floating and self-installing* offshore high voltage substation (OHVS). EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH, Stuttgart, awarded the project to build, install and connect a 155/33 kV substation for their 80-turbines, 288 MW offshore wind farm named […]

  • New Tender Calls Show EU Countries Pressing Ahead with Plans for More Offshore Wind Capacity

    21 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Several EU Member States have increased their offshore wind ambitions – with some also making joint vows to install massive amounts of new capacity by 2030 and beyond – and invitations to tender released this week show Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands are among those that are now actively preparing the stage for the buildout […]

  • AREVA Tests 5MW Turbines in New Test Bench in Bremerhaven (Germany)

    22 November 2011

    All AREVA M5000 5 Megawatt offshore wind turbines are tested from now on in the new full load test bench in Bremerhaven (Germany) to deliver a 100% quality product to the next offshore sites. The test bench offers the possibility to check the functionality under nominal load conditions and is a tool for the qualification […]