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  • Denmark to Add up to 3 GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030

    6 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The government of Denmark and several political parties have agreed to add up to 3 GW of new offshore wind capacity to be developed before 2030 as part of the Finance Act 2022. According to the green sub-agreement to the Finance Act 2022, 2 GW of offshore wind capacity must be offered for development before […]

  • Marienborg Declarations: Independence from Russian Fossil Fuels Drives New Offshore Wind, LNG Plans in the Baltics

    31 August 2022
    Authorities

    Eight Baltic Sea countries that yesterday agreed to build sevenfold the offshore wind capacity currently installed in the Baltic Sea by 2030 have outlined their joint path to minimising the reliance on Russian fossil fuels. Along with the offshore wind buildout, the leaders of the eight countries will also cooperate on grid interconnections and LNG […]

  • 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 […]

  • Atlantic Marine Marks Record-Breaking Target Removal Figure with OMM’s Baltic Job

    25 January 2018

    After OMM completed a boulder removal campaign for a German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Marine – which supported the project with its Atlantic Tonjer vessel and ROGE ROV 2 boulder system – announced that the works had taken its total to over 30,000 targets removed, including boulders, UXO, scrap metals, wreckage and disused cables in the past five years.

  • Chancellor Merkel Opens Arkona

    16 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Norwegian Petroleum and Energy Minister Kjell-Børge Freiberg have officially opened the Arkona wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The commissioning comes after transmission system operator 50Hertz connected the Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms to its transmission grid. The projects were connected via the Ostwind 1 grid connection. “I […]

  • Latvia Rejects Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Application

    18 March 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Latvian government has rejected the application by Ørsted for an area in Latvian waters for the potential development of offshore wind, citing the need to find a suitable location for ELWIND, a joint national development between Latvia and Estonia, as the reason for the rejection. Last year, Ørsted signed a Memorandum of Understanding with […]

  • Polish Govt and Wind Energy Industry Sign Offshore Wind Co-Op Deal

    2 July 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Polish government and representatives from the local wind energy industry have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to cooperate on the development of offshore wind in Poland. The letter, signed on 1 July, defines the next steps in the collaboration to jointly develop a strong wind industry in Poland. According to WindEurope, the letter […]

  • Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Phase

    16 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has reached financial close on the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, its first project in Germany, which now officially enters construction phase. Belgian offshore wind developer said the project raised about EUR 570 million of debt from a group of nine lenders. The lenders are KBC Bank, Belfius Bank, Helaba, KfW IPEX-Bank, Coöperatieve […]

  • Energinet.dk Seeks Marine Warranty Surveyor for Kriegers Flak Projects

    10 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Danish transmission systems operator Energinet.dk has invited tenders for a marine warranty surveyor for its Kriegers Flak AC and Combined Grid Solution (CGS) projects. Energinet.dk wants to purchase marine warranty services to ensure that marine operations carried out by sub-contractors are performed in a sound and good manner in accordance with good practice and international standards such […]

  • Windfarm Update: Race Bank, Rampion, Walney Extension, EnBW Baltic 2, Gode Wind 1 & 2, Sandbank

    13 November 2015

    Race Bank In July, A2SEA won a contract to provide the SEA CHALLENGER offshore installation vessel for the installation of wind turbines at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm from early 2017. Also, MMT has been contracted to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) inspections and removal MMT along the export cable routes and within […]

  • Eolus, PNE to Jointly Develop 1 GW Wind Farm Offshore Latvia

    19 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Sweden-headquartered Eolus and PNE Group have created a joint venture for developing the Kurzéme offshore wind project in Latvia. Located in the Baltic Sea outside the west coast of Latvia, the wind farm will have the potential to generate 4.5 TWh of renewable electricity per year. The partners said that the wind farm will have […]

  • Germany Launches 7 GW Offshore Wind Tender

    1 February 2023
    Authorities

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has launched a tender for four areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea with a combined offshore wind capacity of 7 GW. Three areas (N-11.1, N-12.1, and N-12.2), each with an output of 2,000 MW, are located in the North Sea, and one area (O-2.2) with a capacity of […]

  • Iberdrola Adds Three Irish Projects as Its Offshore Wind Pipeline Tops 30 GW

    5 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has agreed to take a majority stake in DP Energy’s 3 GW offshore wind pipeline in Ireland, marking the Spanish energy company’s entry into the Irish offshore wind market. The projects are located in three clusters on the east, west, and south coasts of Ireland, of which some will be eligible for the forthcoming […]

  • 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 […]

  • Vattenfall to Take Care of Power Offtake for Parkwind’s First Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    29 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and Parkwind have entered into a cooperation agreement under which Vattenfall will be a ‘direct marketer’ of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, meaning the company will take on selling the electricity generated by the wind farm through Power Purchase Agreement(s) (PPAs). According to Vattenfall, direct marketing is the PPA variant specific for […]

  • Oleg Strashnov to Install Arkona OSS in April

    27 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    At the beginning of April, Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov will install the 4,000-tonne Arkona topside onto its jacket foundation.

  • Thialf Gearing to Unlock Baltic Sea and Shore Power

    7 February 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors is modifying the giant semi-submersible crane vessel Thialf to be able to access and work on projects in the Baltic Sea such as the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm scheduled to start later this year. Thialf is currently moored at the Calandkanaal, Port of Rotterdam, where the vessel is being fitted […]

  • No Showstoppers for Estonian-Latvian Offshore Wind Development

    14 March 2022
    R&D

    BLIX Consultancy has found no issues stopping Estonia and Latvia from building offshore wind and related transmission infrastructure in the countries’ sectors of the Baltic Sea. This is according to a four-tier study commissioned by Elering AS and Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), which consists of an offshore technology catalogue, review of high-level planning, Pre-FEED study and Right-of-way […]

  • Germany Puts Three New Offshore Wind Sites Out to Tender

    26 February 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) opened tenders for three new offshore wind sites on 26 February. Two of the sites are located in the North Sea and one is situated in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The tenders are open until 1 September, with the maximum value of bids limited to 7.3 eurocents […]

  • Denmark: Port of Roenne Hails Energy Island Plan

    25 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Port of Roenne has welcomed Danish government’s plan to make the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea an energy island, facilitating the connection of 2 GW of offshore wind capacity. “We are pleased that Bornholm has been appointed by the Government to become an energy island, that a 2 GW offshore wind farm is […]

  • CIP, Ignitis to Build Both of Estonia’s Offshore Wind Farms, Plan to Combine Sites Into Single Project

    17 January 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    After winning development rights for the Liivi 2 site, Ignitis Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have now also secured the second offshore wind area offered in Estonia’s first offshore wind tender, having placed the highest bid of EUR 1.16 million for the Liivi 1 site. The partners won the tender for the adjacent Liivi […]

  • Polish Energy Companies to Jointly Build Offshore Wind Farms

    19 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna has signed conditional agreements with Tauron Polska Energia and Enea for the sale of shares in four project companies whose task will be to obtain location permits for the construction of offshore farms in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone in the Baltic Sea. ”Offshore wind will drive Poland’s zero-carbon energy industry. […]

  • Denmark Rolls Out 18 GW Offshore Wind Map

    5 June 2020
    Authorities

    Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing both standalone offshore wind […]

  • Baltic 2 Substation Sets Sail

    8 July 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Baltic 2 wind farm substation was loaded on a special pontoon Offshore BHV 1 in  Labradorhafen Bremerhavener yesterday. The 1,500-ton component will be shipped to Sassnitz, and from there it will sail to the construction site. The wind farm consisting of 80 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines is located 32km north […]

  • EnBW and Aerodyn Venture Into Deeper Waters

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D

    EnBW and aerodyn engineering are testing a 1:10 scale prototype floating wind turbine for the first time in Germany. The 18 meters tall Nezzy2, which comprises two wind turbines on a precast concrete floating platform, is being tested in a flooded gravel pit near Bremerhaven. The next step is testing the turbine in wind and […]

  • Ecosse Subsea Nets Kriegers Flak Contract

    27 June 2016

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been hired by JD-Contractor to perform pre-cut trenching works on the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Energinet.dk plans to install two 220kV submarine export cables and a 9km connecting cable between two offshore platforms. ESS commercial director, Keith McDermott, said: “To support the installation scope ESS […]