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  • Ulstein Orders Red Rock Crane for Merkur SOV

    18 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has contracted Red Rock to deliver a 3D-motion compensated knuckle jib crane for the service operations vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte for the Merkur offshore wind farm. Red Rock also delivered cranes and davits for the two previous vessels, Windea La Cour and Windea Leibniz, that Ulstein built for Bernhard Schulte. To remind, Bernhard […]

  • Blanke Meier Evers Advises on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm Turbine Contracts

    16 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The law firm Blanke Meier Evers has advised the project company behind the Merkur offshore wind farm with respect to drafting, negotiation and conclusion of the turbine supply agreement and the service and maintenance agreement with GE Renewable Germany GmbH.  Last week, Merkur Offshore GmbH reached financial close for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm, […]

  • EMO’s Merkur Service Base Right on Time

    11 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its second building for the Merkur offshore wind farm service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, and expects to have it fully built on time with no delays despite winter weather.

  • Merkur Brings GE and RTS Together

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    GE Renewable Energy has hired specialists from RTS Wind AG to work on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm, which marks the first cooperation between the two companies.

  • Californian Port Secures USD 20 Million in State Funds for Floating Wind Terminal Development

    9 October 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded USD 20 million (approximately EUR 17 million) to the Port of Long Beach to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed USD 4.7 billion (approx. EUR 4 billion) terminal that would serve the floating wind industry. CEC has awarded the grant through the Offshore Wind Energy […]

  • Windea Jules Verne Arrives in Eemshaven

    29 June 2020
    Vessels

    The new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne arrived in Eemshaven on 29 June, according to the vessel’s AIS data and social media posts from DHSS. The vessel will soon start working at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany, under a charter with GE Renewable Energy, whose 66 Haliade 150-6 MW turbines are […]

  • Merkur SOV Leaves Poland

    13 September 2019
    Vessels

    The service operations vessel (SOV) destined for the Merkur offshore wind farm has left the Crist shipyard in Poland. GE Renewable Energy contracted Bernhard Schulte Offshore to provide the newbuild vessel for the 396MW wind farm in July last year, after which the German company placed an order with Ulstein Verft. The NB 315 vessel will have an elevator […]

  • Iberdrola Launches Site Assessment Campaign at 3 GW Offshore Wind Project in Australia

    23 September 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has launched floating LiDAR and metocean measuring equipment at its Aurora Green offshore wind project site, located within the Gippsland offshore wind area in Australia. The equipment will collect data on wind, waves, currents, and other atmospheric and oceanographic parameters for 12-24 months. The measurement campaign will inform project development and design, allowing Iberdrola […]

  • GeoSea Puts A2SEA Straight to Work

    6 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA has signed an agreement to install 66 transition pieces (TPs) on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm for its new parent company – GeoSea.

  • Photo of the Day: Vestland Cygnus Reports For Merkur Duty

    16 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Service operations vessel (SOV) Vestland Cygnus has arrived at DHSS’ new supply base in the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, where it will mobilize for the Merkur offshore wind farm. 

  • GE Rolls Out First Merkur OWF Nacelle

    5 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first out of the total of 66 GE Haliade 6MW nacelles for the Merkur offshore wind farm has recently left the manufacturer’s assembly line in France, GE Renewable Energy reported on 5 April.

  • Merkur OSS Topside to Marry Its Foundation Today

    12 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 2,660t topside for the Merkur offshore substation was lifted yesterday, 11 January, from a transport barge to the Oleg Strashnov heavy lift vessel, which is expected to install it on its foundation today. 

  • First Merkur Nacelles Arrive in Eemshaven

    6 November 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    BigLift’s heavy load carrier Big Sky has arrived in the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands loaded with the first six of the sixty-six GE Haliade nacelles to be installed on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Last Turbine Up at Merkur

    14 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the 66 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines has been installed at the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Oleg Strashnov Gets Back to Beatrice After Merkur OSS Gig

    15 January 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov has returned to the Beatrice project after having installed the substation topside at the Merkur offshore wind farm site in German part of the North Sea.

  • Merkur SOV Readying For Sea Trials

    11 February 2020
    Vessels

    GE Renewable Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV) is undergoing final tests at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard in Norway in preparation for sea trials. Ulstein has now floated out the vessel from the outer dock to start the final tests. The sea trials are expected to start in early March. The SOV, owned and operated by Bernhard […]

  • Northern HeliCopter to Provide WINDEAcare Services for Merkur OWF

    9 January 2017

    GeoSea has contracted Northern HeliCopter (NHC) for the provision of medical services during the installation and commissioning phase of the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight. GeoSea NV has chosen different services of NHC’s holistic medical care concept WINDEAcare according to the individual construction phases. Beside Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), VENTUSmedic, the Emergency Dispatch […]

  • Photo of the Day: Normand Jarstein and Ampelmann in German Connection

    16 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    Tideway B.V., part of DEME Group, has shared a photo of the DP2 Accommodation and Walk-to-Work (W2W) vessel Normand Jarstein working on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm.

  • Seafox 5 Leaves Eemshaven with Merkur Turbine Parts

    23 February 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Seafox 5 jack-up has left the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands loaded with the first set of turbine components to be installed on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • TenneT Selects UXO Consultants

    22 September 2017
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator TenneT has awarded UK companies RPS Energy Limited and Ordtek Limited with contracts to provide consultancy and QA/QC services for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey campaigns on two separate projects.

  • NHC Serves Innovation with Ad Hoc Flights to Merkur OWF

    17 May 2017
    Vessels

    Northern HeliCopter (NHC), which was contracted for the Merkur offshore wind farm by GeoSea in January, recently carried out an ad hoc flight as the Innovation vessel called for urgently needed spare parts.

  • RollDock On Merkur Run

    15 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    RollDock is currently transporting the transition pieces (TPs) for the Merkur offshore wind farm from Aviles, Spain, to the Buss Orange Blue Terminal in the Eemshaven port, the Netherlands.

  • First Monopile In at Iberdrola’s Third Offshore Wind Farm in German Baltic Sea

    1 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile has been installed at the Windanker offshore wind project site in the German Baltic Sea, marking the start of construction on Iberdrola’s third large-scale offshore wind project in the region, the company said via social media on 1 October. The monopiles are being installed by Van Oord using its heavy-lift installation vessel […]

  • Photo of the Day: GE’s Haliade Nacelles Waiting for Merkur

    24 October 2017

    GE Renewable Energy has published a photo showing its Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm being assembled at the company’s Saint-Nazaire site in France.

  • Prysmian Scores North Sea Offshore Wind Brace

    10 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-based cable manufacturer to deliver inter-array cable systems for the 400MW Merkur and the 407MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm

  • Palfinger Marine Nets Merkur Crane Deal

    5 October 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has won a contract for delivery of 66 PSM 400 cranes to the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Merkur will feature 66 Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines installed around 45 kilometres off Borkum. Merkur Offshore GmbH is the developer and the future operator of the wind farm. The turbines will be […]