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  • Siemens Halts Skerries Project Development

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Siemens halted development of tidal energy 10MW Skerries tidal array two months after UK Government withdrew £10m. The company said in its statement: “Following discussion with our partners we have decided to suspend our work on the Skerries Tidal Array Project in Anglesey, Wales.” Siemens has been developing Skerries project through its Bristol-based subsidiary Marine Current […]

  • Siemens Extends CWind’s London Array Contract

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    CWind Athenia and CWind Endeavour will provide further logistical support at world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array.  CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has been awarded a second contract extension by Siemens at London Array. CWind Endeavour and CWind Athenia have been on site since late spring this year and are set to […]

  • Siemens Hires Dalby for London Array

    24 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The Dalby Swale has been contracted by Siemens to work on the London Array Wind Farm. The Swale was chosen for her versatility in carrying cargo and passenger comfort. The vessel is 23m long with a residual mounted wheelhouse and saloon, and a sprint speed of 30knts and cruises at 24knts. The Dalby Swale is the […]

  • Siemens to Deploy 6MW Turbines at Veja Mate

    13 March 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has signed a turbine supply agreement with Highland Group Holdings Limited (Laidlaw Capital Group) for the 402 MW Veja Mate offshore wind power plant. The contract for the project, on which the investment decision is yet to be made, was signed at EWEA Offshore in Copenhagen this week. The project will consist of 67 […]

  • Veja Mate Turbine Supply Deal World’s Fastest

    24 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Earlier this month, Highland Group Holding signed a contract with Siemens Wind Power, supplying the 400 MW offshore Veja Mate project with 67 6.0 MW wind turbines and a 15 year service contract. K2 Management stressed that this is one of the world’s fastest contract negotiations in the offshore wind industry, as they lasted just little over […]

  • Able UK, Siemens Back Offshore Wind Connections 2015

    1 April 2015

    Leading renewables businesses and industry figures are backing the Offshore Wind Connections 2015 conference and exhibition to be held on June 4 at the Spa, Bridlington. Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) has just announced headline lead sponsorship by Able UK, and by Siemens and East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Mark O’Reilly, chairman of the business […]

  • Siemens Files New Plans for Alexandra Dock

    22 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Siemens submitted further reserved matters planning application for its Green Port Hull project, developed in partnership with Associated British Ports (ABP), to Hull City Council’s Planning Department on March 27. The new application confirms the company’s plan to build wind turbine blade manufacturing, assembly and servicing facilities at Alexandra Dock, instead of the originally planned […]

  • TenneT Takes Over SylWin1 Offshore Grid Connection

    27 April 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has handed over SylWin1, the third North Sea grid connection this year, to its customer TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission grid operator has now put the world’s most powerful grid connection to date into commercial operation, Siemens said in a press release issued Friday, April 25. The offshore platform of the SylWin1 grid connection is […]

  • Prysmian Commissions SylWin1

    28 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Following news that Siemens handed over the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection SylWin1 to TenneT yesterday, Prysmian Group announced that it has successfully commissioned the project in a contract with TenneT.  Prysmian secured this project in January 2011 as part of overall contracts awarded to consortium between the Group and Siemens Energy for […]

  • X-STERN Nominated for Prestigious Award

    4 May 2015
    Vessels

    X-STERN™ has been nominated as one of the top four candidates for the Next Generation Ship Award. The Next Generation Ship Award recognizes achievements in innovative ship designs. The winner will be announced at the Nor-Shipping Opening Conference in June. The X-STERN, having much of the same characteristics as the X-BOW, can stay in position […]

  • DNV GL OKs Siemens’ 7MW Prototype for Testing

    19 May 2015
    R&D, Technology

    DNV GL has awarded Siemens Wind Power with offshore prototype certification for its new 7-megawatt offshore wind turbine SWT-7.0-154 which will now undergo field testing in Østerild, Denmark. The prototype certificate confirms the compliance of the wind turbine design with the mandatory prototype requirements of the IEC 61400-22 standard and the Danish Executive Order (DEO). […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Handles 420 Tons of Siemens’ Prototype

    28 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the recent news about Siemens 7MW turbine being installed in Østerild for field testing, Blue Water Shipping reported that it had been in charge of the loading, shipping and discharging of the new turbine. The company handled nearly 420 tons of cargo with the largest unit weighing 155 tons. The units were discharged by combining the lifting capacity of […]

  • VIDEO: Green Port Hull Development Progressing

    29 June 2015

    Construction work at Alexandra Dock is well underway. ABP & Siemens are working together to establish Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire as a world class centre for renewable energy, creating wealth and employment for the region. The two companies are investing £310 million in offshore wind turbine production at Hull’s Alexandra Dock, directly […]

  • EEEGR Hosts East Anglia ONE Supply Chain Event

    23 July 2015
    Training & Education

    Contract opportunities on the £2bn East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm were outlined by ScottishPower Renewables and turbine suppliers Siemens to more than 500 business people at an event in Norfolk. East Anglia ONE aims to create up to 3,000 jobs with at least 50% of its content sourced in the UK. The blades for […]

  • CWind to Temporarily Power Gode Wind

    16 September 2015
    Vessels

    CWind has been awarded a contract for the supply of temporary power supply services to Siemens at Gode Wind offshore wind farm (OWF). Gode Wind 1 (252 MW) and Gode Wind 2 (330 MW) wind power plants are being erected off the North Sea island of Juist, around 45 kilometers from the German coast in […]

  • E.ON Unveils Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Plans (UK)

    7 February 2012

    Energy company E.ON is presenting its plans for a 700MW offshore wind farm in Albourne. The Rampion offshore wind farm will be located 13-23km off the Sussex coast upon being installed in water depths of 19 to 50 meters, covering area of 167 square kilometers. Construction and operation of this wind farm is 100% owned […]

  • UK: ABB Receives USD 15 Million Order from E.ON

    7 March 2012

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $15 million from E.ON UK, to supply the power export cables for the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. ABB will design and supply 2×14 kilometer (km) circuits of 132 kilovolts (kV) three-core AC submarine cable, with integrated fiber optics, to connect […]

  • UK: E.ON Extends Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Consultation

    14 June 2012

    After the 12-week community consultation ended on May 6, E.ON has launched a further eight-week public consultation on the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The company has extended the consultation period after a senior Conservative MP stated that residents should be ‘bribed’ to accept wind turbines in their areas, the Argus news portal reports. Namely, the […]

  • Germany: E.ON’s Net Income Up to EUR 3.3 Billion

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    For the first 6 months of 2012 E.ON expects its group EBITDA to be around EUR 6.7 billion (prior year: around EUR 4.3 billion) and its underlying net income to be around EUR 3.3 billion (prior year: around EUR 0.9 billion). The extraordinary increase results from the positive effect published with our ad-hoc announcement as […]

  • UK: SAS, E.ON Solve Rampion’s Impact on Local Surfing Waves

    10 December 2012

    Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has announced that after its crucial intervention with E.ON, the Rampion offshore wind farm developers, potentially catastrophic damage to local surfing waves has now been averted. E.ON initially identified a potential reduction in wave height of up to 22% for surfing beaches in and around Brighton as a result of the […]

  • UK: E.ON Resubmits Planning Application for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    6 March 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate received an application from E.ON Climate and Renewables for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project on March 1st. A couple of months ago, E.ON decided to temporarily withdraw its application for the Development Consent Order in order to tackle some remaining issues voiced during the previously held consultation process. The application, […]

  • Germany: E.ON Announces EBITDA of around EUR 10.8 Billion

    13 March 2013

    Düsseldorf-based E.ON SE posted EBITDA of about €10.8 billion and underlying net income of about €4.2 billion in the 2012 financial year.  “Our solid results, which also reflected a number of positive one-off effects, are gratifying and a tribute to our employees’ outstanding dedication and performance, particularly in difficult times,” said E.ON CEO Dr. Johannes […]

  • Romax Technology, E.ON Work on Forecasting Wind Turbine Lifespan

    17 March 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Romax Technology and E.ON Climate & Renewables are working to develop a joint programme to predict the life and maintenance needs of wind turbine driveline components. Operations and maintenance can account for up to 25 per cent of the cost of a wind energy project, and with the number of these projects increasing, spiraling costs […]

  • German Trailblazer Beats Forecast Annual Yield

    18 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, generated 242.176 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2015, surpassing the forecast yield in its fifth year of operation by 3.1 percent. The power generated by the 60 MW Alpha Ventus is equivalent to the annual power consumption of 69,000 average households. The wind farm, jointly owned by EWE, E.ON and […]

  • New Consortium Ensuring German Energy Transition

    7 April 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    A consortium behind a project called “ENSURE – New Energy Network Structures for the Energy Transition” has been selected by German federal government as one of four Copernicus projects. The consortium, led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, consists of core partners E.ON, RWTH Aachen University, TenneT TSO, Siemens and ABB, and 15 other partners. The ENSURE project aims […]

  • Humber Gateway Community Support Fund Gives Back

    22 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    17 organisations in the Holderness area of East Yorkshire are set to benefit from additional Community Support Funding associated with E.ON’s 219MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Following the successful allocation of GBP 100,000 to 20 local groups in 2015, an independent panel made up of local representatives has recommended that a further 17 organisations should […]