8360 results found for 'Germany'

8360 results found for 'Germany'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Germany: SCADA International Receives GL RC Certificate for Power Plant Controller

    19 September 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has issued a component certificate to SCADA International for its power plant controller. The GL RC certificate confirms that the power plant controller meets the requirements of the FGW (Federation of German Windpower and other Renewable Energies). The certificate is the first issued to a power plant controller based on […]

  • First TP-Less Monopiles for Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Farm Arrive in Port of Eemshaven

    14 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight foundations for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in Germany have been offloaded at the Buss Terminal in the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The foundations, of the TP-less monopile type, were delivered by Dajin Heavy Industry which manufactured them at its Penglai facility in China. Dajin produced the first foundation for […]

  • Van Oord’s Next-Gen Newbuild to Install Nordseecluster Foundations

    26 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been selected as the preferred supplier for the transport and installation of foundations for RWE and Northland Power’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany. For this work, Van Oord will deploy its brand-new offshore installation vessel Boreas which is currently being built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China. […]

  • OW Industry Brings SMC, SeaRenergy, Con4Mare Together

    30 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC), SeaRenergy and Con4Mare have joined forces to form a one-stop-shop cooperation for the offshore wind industry. All companies will remain independent but will offer their services through the other in their respective country. The scope of services comprises Transport & Installation Engineering Services, Marine Consultancy, Marine Warranty Survey, as well as the […]

  • SGS to Certify Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The certification company SGS has been commissioned for the certification of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm project in the German North Sea. The certification work ranges from the examination of the project’s fundamentals to its final design — in accordance with the standards of the German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). Dr Malte Posewang, Due Diligence Project […]

  • The Netherlands: TenneT Converter Platform Connected at Dockyard Zwijndrecht

    10 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    At Easter Sunday two separate decks of TenneT’s 80 metres high offshore converter platform were successfully mounted on each other in the yard of Heerema Factory Group in Zwijndrecht. The platform of Dolwin1 is currently being built by Heerema Factory Group, subcontractor of TenneT’s main contractor ABB. The HVDC Light converter platform will be installed […]

  • Supply Vessels Wanted for Global Tech I and BARD Offshore 1

    3 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH and Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH have issued a tender for the provision of supply vessels for the Global Tech I and BARD Offshore 1 wind farms in the German North Sea.

  • ERSG to Supply Personnel for Dong Energy’s UK Offshore Wind Projects

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following the award of the German supply contract from Dong Energy in 2012, ERSG has won another contract with the offshore wind energy developer to supply staff, this time to its UK offshore wind projects. Over the next 5 years, Dong Energy estimates the number of contractors required for UK projects alone to be in excess of 500. […]

  • DONG Energy Pumps Up Power Production of Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF

    14 March 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will boost the capacity of its German offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 1, by upgrading the 3.6MW turbines to produce more power and by installing an additional turbine. Initially planned 77 Siemens’ turbines would have produced 277MW of electricity, but with the optimization of turbines and adding one more, the capacity of Borkum […]

  • Ørsted to Put Its First Green Hydrogen Project Into Operation in Next Six Months

    2 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s first green hydrogen project, the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen demonstrator in Denmark, is expected to go into operation in the first half of 2022, the company said in its 2021 annual report. H2RES, which will produce renewable hydrogen for road transport, is being built on Ørsted’s premises on Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen and […]

  • Highlights of the Month: December 2016

    2 January 2017

    As always, we bring you a list of the most read articles of the previous month. Since several news from December 2016 made it to our yearly overviews, also published today, they are omitted in this edition of Offshore WIND’s Highlights of the Month.  Shell to Buy All Egmond aan Zee OWF Power Shell Energy Europe has entered […]

  • Germany: Windkraft Signs Agreement to Construct 5 MW Wind Turbines for XEMC Windpower

    4 March 2012

    On February 28/2012, Windkraft FIT GmbH, XEMC Darwind B.V. and XEMC Windpower Ltd. concluded a Turbine Supply and Erection agreement with regard to the construction and supply of 10 wind turbines of 5 MW each to be installed at a site in the North Sea off the coast of the Federal Republic of Germany. The […]

  • RWE Subcontracts Semco for Nordsee Ost Substation Project (Germany)

    19 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    German energy group RWE has chosen Semco Maritime as subcontractor for design and installation of German utility provider RWE’s substation platform at the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost in the German North Sea region. The project includes offshore commissioning of the electrical and technical systems at the substation. The contract was won in close cooperation […]

  • All Turbines Up at RWE’s Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

    22 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the total of 38 wind turbines at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany has been installed and more than two thirds of the turbines are now feeding electricity into the grid. Kaskasi is expected to be operational by the end of the year, as of when the 342 MW offshore wind […]

  • ST3 Offshore Starts Loading Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets

    20 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    ST3 Offshore is currently loading out the first jacket foundations for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm at its serial manufacturing plant in Stettin, Poland.

  • TÜV Rheinland and HPC Win Bard Offshore 1 Inspection Contract

    4 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Independent inspection services provider TÜV Rheinland and offshore installation project certification specialist Hanseatic Power Cert (HPC) have been awarded a contract for the role of the appointed inspectors at Ocean Breeze Energy’s 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. TÜV Rheinland and HPC will carry out periodic inspections to make sure that the wind farm’s infrastructure is in accordance with the standards set […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 3 – 9, 2014

    9 November 2014

    Siemens Appoints New CEO of Wind Power & Renewables Business Siemens Power Generation Services, Wind Power & Renewables business has a new global CEO. Mark Albenze succeeds Tim Holt who is taking over new responsibilities within Siemens. V164-8.0 MW Breaks All Records At the beginning of October, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s new wind turbine, installed […]

  • Danish Hydrogen Island Could Be First of Its Kind – Video

    26 May 2022
    Technology

    Danish engineering and consultancy company that recently decided not to take on any new oil and gas projects, COWI, is a partner on Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) Hydrogen Island project, announced earlier this month. Together with Danish architectural firm Arkitema, COWI will assist CIP in making this novel concept come to life, the company said. […]

  • UK ‘Export Nation’ in Wind, Wave & Tidal Energy Industries

    18 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Forty-three British companies doing business in wind and marine energy sectors closed 445 deals for 434 projects across the globe and exported goods and services to 44 countries in 2017, with Germany being the leading market, according to RenewableUK’s latest report Export Nation.

  • EPI: Wind Power to Become Foundation of New Energy Economy

    5 June 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Wind power capacity is an indicator of building a sustainable economy because wind is poised to become the foundation of the new energy economy, the Earth Policy Institute (EPI) says. With total capacity exceeding 318,000 megawatts, wind farms generate carbon-free electricity in more than 85 countries. Twenty-four countries have at least 1,000 megawatts. The wind […]

  • BZEE Receives First in Wind Industry to Gain ISO 29990 Certificate (Germany)

    4 May 2011

      The end of 2010 marked the release of the ISO 29990 standard, a quality management and service standard dedicated to the quality of learning services. Education and training centres now have a means of having their core business approved and certified according to internationally recognised standards. The new standard is designed to allow objective […]

  • Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Considers Buying Bard (Germany)

    7 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering said on Monday that it was considering purchasing German wind turbine maker Bard, as the South… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 07, 2011; Image: bard-offshore

  • Windreich Secures Funds for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Willi Balz, Chief Executive Officer of the Windreich AG, has announced that the company has secured total project financing for its first offshore wind park Global Tech I and emphasizes, ‘With its 400 MW capacity, it is the first offshore project worldwide to obtain financing which directly brings the shift to renewable energies one step […]

  • NDE Offshore Starts Inspecting Platform Helideck Substructures off Germany

    20 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore service provider NDE Offshore has started annual inspections of the helideck substructures on three HVDC platforms in the German North Sea for Siemens Transmission.

  • OutSmart to Open First German Offshore Wind Operations Centre

    7 June 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    OutSmart opens the first offshore wind Operations Centre for the German market in Emden at the end of this year. The operations centre will be manned 24/7 to operate offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and coordinate all maintenance and logistic activities. Launching customer is Trianel for wind farm Borkum West II that […]

  • Bard Offshore 1 Hits 2TWh Mark

    10 November 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Bard Offshore 1 has produced more than 2TWh of electricity since the inauguration in 2013, which makes it the first offshore wind farm in Germany to achieve this. From January to October, the wind farm produced 700 gigawatt hours, while in October alone it produced 100 gigawatt hours – enough to power a medium-sized city like […]