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  • Financing wind farms: How the largest project finance in offshore wind was established

    23 July 2014

    On May 14, 2014 the Dutch Gemini project reached financial close. After days and nights of intensive talks, serious negotiations and meticulously reviewing all contracts, all parties reached an agreement. All the ends were tied together, and everyone looked with satisfaction into a large room that was literally stuffed with contracts. Agreements, which made it […]

  • Three Applications Submitted in Malta’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    23 July 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Maltese government has received three submissions in the pre-qualification period for the country’s first offshore wind tender, which will award a concession for a floating wind project with an installed capacity of around 300 MW. The Ministry for the Environment, Energy, and Public Cleanliness said on 22 July that the submission phase for the […]

  • BORSSELE TENDER REVEALED

    28 October 2016
    Contracts & Tenders

    The announcement of the Borssele auction results was greeted by the offshore wind industry with a mixture of astonishment, delight and (from competitors) a little concern. DONG had beaten not just the 37 other bidders but also smashed the €100/MWh levelized cost of energy (LCOE) barrier well ahead of schedule! The offshore wind community was astonished that this […]

  • Subsea Cable Connecting DolWin Epsilon Platform to Land Installed

    23 July 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The laying of the subsea cable that connects the DolWin epsilon platform to land has been completed. The platform and the cables, part of TenneT’s DolWin5 grid connection, will transmit the electricity generated by Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm to the German grid on land. The DolWin epsilon platform was installed this June. […]

  • TÜV SÜD to Certify Vattenfall’s Nordlicht Offshore Wind Farms

    22 July 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    TÜV SÜD will carry out project certification for the implementation phase of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. According to the international certification provider, the Nordlicht 1 and 2 certifications will comply with the standard of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), whose approval covers several phases. […]

  • Rob van der Hage, TenneT: Having Significant Responsibilities Requires a Vision

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Rob van der Hage, Business Manager Offshore at TenneT Netherlands, will be one of the panellists in the closing discussion on short and long term potential at the Offshore WIND Conference and has provided an insight into the sector from an interesting point of view – that of an electricity transmission system operator. Regarding his […]

  • Vestas Partners with Japan’s METI to Advance Wind Energy, Signs Steel Supply MoU with Nippon Steel

    31 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Vestas and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) have signed an agreement to work together through a study group to expand wind power in Japan and look into investing in local wind turbine production. In addition, Nippon Steel signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vestas to supply steel for Vestas’ wind towers […]

  • TenneT to Soon Decide Whether to Launch IPO or Private Share Placement for German TSO; German Gov’t Still Considering Buy-In

    25 July 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    TenneT Holding is exploring two options to meet TenneT Germany’s equity requirements: a private placement of shares and an initial public offering (IPO), and expects to decide on which option to proceed with in September. The German government has not yet excluded the possibility of buying into the German transmission system operator (TSO). On 15 […]

  • Wind Bankers III: Green Giraffe Energy Bankers

    6 February 2013

    Offshore wind deals are happening and project developers that need money are getting it, but sometimes this is overshadowed by a cloud of negativity from banks and the utilities, which complain all too often that the project finance markets are broke or the regulatory frameworks insufficient.  Jérôme Guillet, Managing Director of Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, says: […]

  • Survey to Soon Start at SSE and RWE’s North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Site

    25 July 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Geotechnical survey work will soon commence along the North Falls export cable route and wind turbine array area in the southern North Sea. Mobilisation will commence on 3 August, with the survey lasting approximately two months. The planned survey is expected to conclude no later than 30 September, subject to weather conditions. The work will […]

  • REAL-TIME FEEDBACK ENABLES LEARNING ON THE JOB: How vessel display makes maintenance safer, faster and cost effective

    27 April 2015

    Maintenance of offshore wind turbines is important and necessary. The faster a defect turbine is running again, the faster it produces electricity. Time is money. How do you make sure that the valuable time turbine technicians have, is actually spent on offshore wind turbine maintenance? In practice a lot of valuable time is lost; often […]

  • Cadeler Nabs EUR 120 Million Vestas Contract for Newly Bought Offshore Wind Installation and O&M Vessel

    21 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Cadeler and Vestas have signed a firm contract for Cadeler’s new jack-up wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Keeper, which the company just took over after buying it from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry Group. The contract with Vestas, signed for a firm period of three years, is worth around EUR 210 million. Wind Keeper is […]

  • Acteon to Supply Hydraulic Hammer for Hornsea 3 Monopile Installation

    24 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    UK-headquartered Acteon, through its marine foundations business line, MENCK, has secured a contract to supply pile-driving equipment and operational services for the installation of the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. Acteon will supply its MENCK MHU4400S hydraulic hammer, along with a pile sleeve and an anvil, designed for monopiles of up to eleven […]

  • New Research Project Looking to Minimise Failure and Repair Costs of Floating Wind Dynamic Cables, Mooring Lines

    24 July 2025
    Floating Wind, Research & Development

    A new project has been launched in the UK to improve the effectiveness of mooring lines and dynamic cables on floating offshore wind farms. Historically, mooring repair costs for oil production assets have exceeded GBP 400 million (approximately EUR 461 million) for a single incident, while cable failures have accounted for between 70 and 80 […]

  • Two important new offshore windfarm contracts signed by Nordsee – GeoSea (both DEME Group) in German waters

    1 September 2010
    R&D

    The Joint Venture Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau Gmbh – GeoSea NV, both of them members of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental Group DEME, has been awarded two different contracts for prepiling and installation works to construct both the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm, 32 km north of the island of Rügen, and the Trianel West Borkum II wind farm, 45 km north of the East Frisian Island Borkum in German waters.

  • Scottish First Minister Visits Abu Dhabi (UAE)

    17 January 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond today met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Premier Wen of China and shared his vision of a global society with a secure energy future. The First Minister took part in a majilis – a public audience held by the ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince […]

  • Fugro Completes First Phase of Detailed Geotechnical Surveys at Dogger Bank South East

    22 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed the first phase of geotechnical site investigations at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) East offshore wind farm site, located over 100 kilometres off the northeastern coast of England. The first round of geotechnical surveys started in May and was carried out by the vessel Fugro Revelation, which departed the site on 13 […]

  • Public registry open for business

    14 September 2018

    Blockchain remains a hard to understand concept. Some say it will change the way we do business, others fear what sharing data will mean for future transactions. Offshore WIND spoke to Tom Fürstner founder and CTO of Riddle&Code, who recently cooperated with Brazilian onshore energy provider EDP. So, let us start with: What is Blockchain? […]

  • Lima Talks Set World on Track to New Universal Climate Agreement

    15 December 2014
    Authorities, Environment

    A new 2015 agreement on climate change, that will harness action by all nations, took a further important step forward in Lima following two weeks of negotiations by over 190 countries. Nations concluded by elaborating the elements of the new agreement, scheduled to be agreed in Paris in late 2015, while also agreeing the ground […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Secures Conditional Turbine Order for Skyborn’s German Offshore Wind Farm

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Skyborn Renewables has confirmed the execution of the Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) and the Offshore Long-Term Programme Service Agreement (LTPSA) with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of SG 14-236 turbines for the Gennaker offshore wind project in Germany. Both agreements are based on the Master Supply Agreement signed by Skyborn and Siemens Gamesa in June […]

  • Vattenfall Secures All Major Permits for 1.2 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

    18 July 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All major permits are in place for the 1.2 GW Kattegat Syd offshore wind farm off the coast of Falkenberg in Sweden, according to information in Vattenfall’s latest financial report. This spring, the Swedish government granted permission for the submarine cables for Kattegatt Syd, both export and inter-array, as well as detailed seabed surveys of […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Lowers 2040 Offshore Wind Target | ’50 GW Unrealistic and Unnecessary’

    17 July 2025
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    Dutch Minister for Climate and Green Growth, Sophie Hermans, presented the North Sea Wind Energy Infrastructure Plan (WIN) on 16 July to Parliament and said that the 2040 offshore wind target of 50 GW will be lowered. The new plan and Climate and Energy Memorandum, expected to be released and signed in September, are planned to […]

  • Saipem7 In the Making | Subsea7, Saipem Enter Binding Merger Agreement

    24 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Subsea7 and Saipem have signed a binding merger agreement, kicking off the process of combining the two companies, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 and result in a new offshore energy player named Saipem7. The companies revealed plans to merge in February this year, when they signed a memorandum […]

  • Worley Gets FEED Contract for Green Volt Onshore Substation

    17 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    Worley has been awarded a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the onshore substation of the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. As part of the contract, Worley will lead on developing an all-encompassing design plan for the substation, covering electrical, construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning engineering scopes. A team […]

  • ABL Lands Work on 600 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

    17 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) for the installation of the grid infrastructure at France’s Dunkirk offshore wind farm. ABL’s operation in France has been contracted to support the French transmission system operator RTE with the delivery of […]

  • SPIE Inks Another Contract with Van Oord for Offshore Cable Work in Germany

    16 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Van Oord has signed a contract with SPIE Wind Connect, part of SPIE, for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the contract, SPIE Wind Connect will be responsible for the termination and testing of 21 61 kV inter-array cables on the Windanker offshore […]