2317 results found for 'baltic power'

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  • Wikinger Substation Stands in the Baltic Sea

    29 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation Andalucía, built for Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm, has been installed in the German zone of the Baltic Sea. The 4,550 tonne offshore substation, built by Navantia at the Puerto Real shipyard, departed from Cadiz, Southern Spain, mid-August. Andalucía is the first offshore substation to include two topsides, as it will also be used by […]

  • Germany: OHB Group Develops Solutions for Information Exchange in Ofshore Wind Farms

    15 February 2013

     According to the plans of the German federal government, offshore wind power is to make a crucial contribution to the national and international energy balance in the future. Work has already commenced on building up the capacity in the North and Baltic Seas for the production of regenerative energies, with new wind farms being added […]

  • Van Oord Wins Seabed Protection Work on Polish Offshore Wind Farms

    17 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    The Dutch company Van Oord has signed a contract with Equinor and Polenergia to perform seabed protection work at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The contract covers the supply, transport, and installation of stone ripraps on the seabed to protect the cables and foundations. “The implementation of the agreement will allow us […]

  • German Offshore Wind Yield Drops in 2021

    14 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms produced 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2021, a 10.75 per cent decrease compared to the record-breaking 26.89 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. The wind farms in the North Sea generated around 20.3 TWh of electricity in 2021, the transmission system operator TenneT said. This is some 10.8 per cent […]

  • Windar to Produce Towers for 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbines in Poland

    16 January 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Windar Renovables has obtained the final approval for its new manufacturing facility in Poland as the Spanish company and Szczecin Port Authority today (16 January) ratified the concession agreement for the port site where the facility will be built. The new offshore wind turbine tower factory was announced in February 2022, when Windar said it decided […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Installs Nacelle on Prototype Turbine in Denmark

    28 October 2022
    Technology

    Shortly after installing the towers for the SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine prototype at the test center for large wind turbines in Oesterild, Denmark, Siemens Gamesa has placed the nacelle at the top of the tower – an exercise known as ‘the big lift’, the company wrote in an update on social media. The […]

  • Welsh Government Greenlights Erebus Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    13 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Welsh Government has granted consent for the country’s first floating offshore wind farm located 40 kilometres off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Project Erebus will feature seven next-generation 14 MW turbines on floating platforms, providing enough renewable energy to power 93,000 homes. Erebus is part of a first phase of a 4 GW renewable energy […]

  • Germany: Siemens’ Safety Training Certified by GWO

    14 March 2013
    Training & Education

    Siemens Energy has been granted certification by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) for its training facilities in Denmark, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. The international industry certificate, granted earlier this year, empowers Siemens to educate and train wind energy workers according to the highest industry standards for basic safety training. Acting as chairman of […]

  • Analyzing the Offshore Wind Power Market in EU

    5 March 2013

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Offshore Wind Power Market in EU” report to their offering. In many parts of the world, wind energy has already grown to be a mainstream energy source. This growth has long been driven by concerns about global climate change, mainly in the developed world […]

  • Cloudberry Finds Partner for Swedish Lake Wind Farm

    6 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Cloudberry Clean Energy AS has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Downing LLP for the construction and ownership of a 100 MW nearshore, shallow-water wind farm in Lake Vänern in southern Sweden. Back in September, Cloudberry acquired Scanvind2 AS, the holding company of the Rewind Vänern offshore wind project. Rewind Vänern will comprise 16 wind […]

  • UK: Blue Offshore Finalises Turntable I Construction

    22 June 2012

    The Blue Offshore management team announced that it has succesfully finalised the construction phase of the company’s first self-owned cable carousel system, Turntable I. Turntable I has positively passed Factury Acceptance Testing (FAT) to ensure it meets the design and performs as required. Turntable I was designed by the Blue Offshore in-house engineering department in […]

  • UK: Ampair Nabs Offshore Wind Met Mast Power Contract for GL Garrad Hassan and Celtic Array

    27 November 2012

    Dorset- based small wind turbine and power system manufacturer Ampair announced that it has won a major contract to supply GL Garrad Hassan with a hybrid renewable energy system and control room for Celtic Arrays potential wind farms in the Irish Sea. The equipment will be manufactured at Ampair’s factory in Dorset. Ampair’s sales & […]

  • Novel Wedge Connection Passes Offshore Test

    7 November 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Heerema Marine Contractors and C1 Connections have tested the C1 Wedge Connection offshore that can be used for offshore wind turbines. The partners said that the conventional bolted L-flange connections are reaching their capacity limits and are complex to design, install, and maintain and this is where their technology is supposed to make a difference. […]

  • German Conference to Focus on Challenges and Future Development of Offshore Cabling

    24 February 2012
    Grid Connection

    One of the key elements in the successful construction of an offshore wind park is the skilful installation of cables – a complicated task that is often subject to huge repair costs. Cable damage causes over 70% of all insurance claims on installed wind parks, which shows that there is great need for improving the […]

  • Celtic Sea Floating Wind Seabed Leasing Round Moves to Final Stage

    7 April 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    On 7 April, The Crown Estate announced that the plans for a new generation of floating wind farms off the coasts of Wales and South West England moved a step closer as the leasing round for three sites in the Celtic Sea entered its final stages. Additionally, the companies bidding to build the projects shortlisted […]

  • Ofgem Launches Probe into Whether Moray East Was Charging ‘Excessive’ Grid Balancing Prices

    15 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has opened an investigation into whether Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd was charging excessive prices for reducing power output on the request of the National Energy System Operator (NESO) as part of the grid-balancing mechanism. The Moray East offshore wind farm, owned by a consortium comprising Ocean Winds, DGL (Inpex, […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video)

    6 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby built in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland in 1991.

  • Germany: Grid Connection for 3rd Windreich Offshore Wind Farm on Right Track

    13 September 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The on-schedule connection with the grid for the offshore wind park ‘Deutsche Bucht’ is now a good deal closer. At the hearing with the Federal Network Agency yesterday, it became clear in intensive negotiations over several hours that both sides – the wind park builder Windreich AG and the network operator TenneT – have a […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Passes into History

    15 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has started dismantling the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby located in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland.

  • MAN Gear for DONG’s German Wind Service Operation Vessel

    31 May 2017
    Vessels

    Cemre Marin Endüstri has ordered four MAN 8L21/31 variable-speed GenSets for a wind service operation vessel (WSOV) currently under construction at the Turkish shipyard for France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA).

  • STX France Lands Arkona Offshore Substation Contract

    26 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France SA has won the contract to design, build and install a HVAC offshore substation for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm. STX France will perform an EPCI contract for the jacket foundation, the piles, and the substation topside. The contract includes a one year maintenance period, following the substation’s delivery in 2018. The company has already selected […]

  • Tideland Lights Up Germany’s FINO1 Research Platform

    15 April 2014

    The Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH has chosen Tideland’s Nova-65HI LED lanterns to mark its FINO1 research platform in the North Sea approximately 45 kilometres offshore from Borkum. The research platform is in the immediate vicinity of Alpha Ventus, the first German offshore wind farm and it was built to measure and analyse ambient […]

  • DNV KEMA Report Reveals Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Norway

    9 January 2013
    R&D

    DNV KEMA has analysed changes in Europe and the impact on the Norwegian electricity market. The study is based on ‘Roadmap 2050’ and ‘Power Perspective 2030’ commissioned by the European Climate Foundation (ECF). DNV KEMA has conducted further analysis and simulated three scenarios. “The energy and power situation in Europe is changing. What opportunities and […]

  • Windar and Polish City Strengthen Ties for New Offshore Tower Facility

    23 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    A letter of intent has been signed between the City of Szczecin and Windar Polska, strengthening the company’s cooperation for the construction of its new facility in Poland. “The signing of the letter is another important step for the economic development of Szczecin. We want to be actively involved in the process of building a […]

  • Smulders Begins Assembling EOWDC Foundations

    10 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has started the assembly of the suction bucket jacket foundations for Vattenfall’s 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in its manufacturing facility in Newcastle, UK.

  • TEPCO Joins Japanese Floating Wind Research Project

    7 September 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) to join a floating wind technology project. As part of the project titled Research and Development on Technologies to Lower the Cost of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, TEPCO will examine the basic design and construction methods for […]