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  • 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 […]

  • Bluefort Drops Anchor at Wikinger

    4 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The M/V Bluefort floatel has arrived at the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea to provide a home for up to 200 workers as they commission the project’s 70 Adwen 5MW turbines.

  • Ostwind 1 Export Cable Installation Reaching Halfway Mark

    18 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the Ostwind 1 offshore cable system that will link the 385MW Arkona and the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farms in the German part of the Baltic Sea to an onshore substation in Lubmin is progressing as planned, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH reports. The UK-flagged cable lay vessel Cable Enterprise laid a 27-kilometre segment of […]

  • Prysmian Picks Tekmar Cable Protection Systems for Rentel

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Cable protection systems (CPS) supplier Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply Prysmian PowerLink with 84 of its TekLink CPS units for the 3o9MW Rentel offshore wind farm project in Belgium. The supply for the contract will be executed in Tekmar’s production facility in the North East of England and manufacturing is expected to be completed […]

  • World Marine Offshore Finds Work for CTV Newbuilds at Wikinger

    28 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Danish shipping company World Marine Offshore has been contracted by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland to provide crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during O&M for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany. Iberdola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH is developing Wikinger in the German Baltic Sea. The wind farm is located in water depths around 30-40m and […]

  • Germany Marks Three Areas as Suitable for Offshore Wind

    30 March 2020
    Authorities

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has marked three new areas as suitable for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms.

  • SMST Unveils New Cargo and Crew Transfer System

    28 September 2016

    Following the launch of the Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB) M series, with which Windforce’s personnel working on the Wikinger offshore wind farm clocked more than 200 safe transfers this summer, SMST has expanded the product range with the SMST Access & Cargo Tower. The Access & Cargo Tower covers a complete package of tower with elevator and […]

  • Bladt First Foundation Manufacturer with 100 Produced Jackets

    3 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bladt Industries reported that it had fabricated its 100th jacket foundation, stating that the company is now first in the world to complete the fabrication of 100 offshore jacket foundations.

  • Gridin’s Group and Levator Reveal Beatrice Role

    16 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Lithuania’s Gridin’s Group and Finnish Levator Oy have been working on primary steel structures for 30 transition pieces (TPs) to be installed at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Scottish North Sea. The two companies were hired to manufacture the steel components by Denmark’s Bladt Industries last autumn. The three companies had previously collaborated on a similar […]

  • Navantia Rolls Out East Anglia ONE Offshore Substation

    4 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Navantia has completed the construction of the East Anglia ONE offshore substation (topside), which is scheduled to set sail from the shipyard at Puerto Real in Spain in early August and arrive at the UK construction site in early September. 

  • 15 Injured After CTV Collides with Cargo Ship Off Rügen

    19 February 2019
    Vessels

    All 15 people aboard the crew transfer vessel (CTV) World Bora were injured after the CTV collided with a cargo ship several nautical miles northeast of the Rügen island in the German Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning, 19 February. Several people sustained serious injuries in the collision, according to the German Maritime Search and Rescue Association […]

  • Bilfinger to Test Wikinger Steel Foundations

    16 June 2014

    The engineering and services group Bilfinger will test steel foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea on behalf of Spanish energy supplier Iberdrola. Beginning in 2016, a total of 70 wind turbines are planned to be installed in water depths of up to 42 meters North East of the German […]

  • Offshore WindForce Using LDD’s Pre-Piling Template at Wikinger

    15 June 2016

    LDD, in collaboration with its sister companies from Acteon Group, UTEC and MENCK, has delivered a subsea Pre-Piling Template (PPT) to Offshore WindForce (OWF), which is installing 70 foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm. LDD’s PPT is being used by OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and Volker Stevin International, to pre-install foundation piles into the […]

  • Swiss Energy Investor Buys Into German Offshore Wind Farm

    14 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) for the sale of a 49 per cent stake in the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The transaction is valued at around EUR 700 million, and Iberdrola will maintain a majority stake of 51 per cent. […]

  • Asso.subsea to Install Export Cable for Ostwind 3

    9 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Asso.subsea for the transportation, installation, and protection of the 220 kV submarine export cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connection system. The overall system will consist […]

  • Germans Issue Offshore Wind Geological Modelling Tender

    17 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) has issued a tender for geological modeling and reporting on wind areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender is part of preliminary geological investigations on the N-3 zone in the German North Sea, and the O-1 zone in the German […]

  • SafeWay in Overdrive at Borkum West

    17 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    SafeWay has reached record transfer speeds during its latest charter at the Borkum West offshore wind farm, performing over ten average daily cargo transfers and topping at 13 transfers in 12 hours. The transfers were performed using the tip hoist of the gangway, which acted as a 3D lift, SafeWay said, emphasizing that the shift […]

  • Eidesvik Returns to Ampelmann

    11 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore access solutions provider Ampelmann has secured a contract with the Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik for supporting works at the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • ASIME: Offshore Wind Could Create 10,000 Jobs in Galicia

    13 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind industry could potentially create 10,000 jobs in the Spanish region of Galicia in the coming years, Enrique Mallon, the Secretary General of the association of metal workers of Galicia (ASIME), said during Galician Offshore International HUB 2016 forum held in Ferrol on 12 and 13 May. “If we do things right, both the administration […]

  • Iberdrola’s Renewables EBITDA Rises in Q1 2016

    28 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Renewables brought EUR 441.6 million net operating profit (EBITDA) to the Spanish utility Iberdrola in the first quarter of 2016, a 3.1% jump compared to the same period a year earlier, as the company’s renewables business reached 14,812 MW of installed capacity by the end of the first quarter.  Overall, the company’s EBITDA stood at EUR 2 billion in the first three months, […]

  • Germany: Iberdrola Completes Geotechnical Studies for Wikinger OWF

    13 May 2013

    Key geotechnical feasibility studies on the site of Wikinger offshore wind farm have been successfully concluded, with a total cost of €20 million. The studies comprised a full geological survey of the seabed in an area of some 34 square kilometres. Also, stratigraphic samples of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks were drilled out and seismic surveys […]

  • Iberdrola Returns to Navantia for East Anglia ONE Offshore Substation

    6 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has awarded the compatriot Navantia with a EUR 65 million contract to construct an offshore substation for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in the UK’s North Sea.   Under the terms of the contract, Navantia’s shipyard in Puerto Real ”will be responsible for the construction of the various elements […]

  • Navantia-Windar to Build XXL Monopile Factory in Spain After Striking EUR 400 Million Deal with Iberdrola

    2 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Navantia and Windar announced today (2 July) that they will build a factory for XXL monopiles on the grounds of the Fene shipyard in Spain after Iberdrola closed a framework agreement with the partnered companies for future offshore wind farms, valued at EUR 400 million. The framework agreement between Iberdrola and Navantia-Windar involves the manufacture […]

  • Prysmian Selects Ecosse Subsea for Wikinger Trenching Scope

    1 October 2015

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded its second Baltic Sea renewables project. The Scottish subsea technology company has been appointed by main contractor Prysmian Group to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching prior to Prysmian’s cable laying on the Wikinger offshore wind farm. The 350 MW Wikinger project is Iberdrola’s first offshore project in Germany. Located in […]

  • Next Geosolutions, RMS Surveying West of Adlergrund OWF Cluster Cable Routes

    20 September 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Next Geosolutions and RMS Submarine are some two months away from wrapping up a 17-month project involving marine surveys for cable route design and engineering of multiple 220kV HVAC grid connections for Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms in the western Baltic Sea. Next Geosolutions has been hired by Prysmian, which was awarded a contract to deliver and install the power […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2016

    1 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media on 18 August. Bilfinger Exits Offshore Wind Foundations Business Germany’s VTC Group Munich has bought Bilfinger’s share in Bilfinger Mars Offshore, a Poland-based manufacturer of steel foundations for offshore […]