355 results found for 'Arkona'

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  • Ramboll Gets Foundation Design Contract for 945 MW German Offshore Wind Project

    8 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Ramboll has been selected as the foundation designer for the Gennaker offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea, owned by Skyborn Renewables. Under the contract, Ramboll will be responsible for developing the basic and detailed design of 63 monopile foundations supporting Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-236 DD wind turbines. In addition, the company’s role extends […]

  • 27 GE Haliade-X Wind Turbines Installed at Dogger Bank A

    26 July 2024
    Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    More than a quarter of wind turbines at Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed. So far, 27 of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines that Dogger Bank A will comprise are in place, according to information in Equinor’s results for the […]

  • Van Oord to Install Windanker Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations, Inter-Array Cables

    22 May 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has contracted Van Oord for the installation of wind turbine foundations and the supply and installation of inter-array cables for the Windanker offshore wind farm that the Spanish renewable energy company is building in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. Under the contract, the Dutch offshore construction specialist will transport and install 21 […]

  • Sweden Rejects 13 Offshore Wind Farms, Greenlights Vattenfall’s Poseidon Project

    4 November 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Swedish government has rejected 13 applications to build offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defence concerns while approving one project on the west coast, being developed by a joint venture between Vattenfall and Zephyr. On 4 November, the Swedish government announced that 13 submitted applications to build offshore wind farms in […]

  • OEEC 2024: A Lot to Talk About

    24 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Clean Fuels, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Research & Development, Storage, Transition

    In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding renewable energy target for […]

  • Eolus and Simply Blue Group Part Ways in Nordics

    22 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Eolus and Simply Blue Group have agreed to transfer the full ownership of the joint venture SeaSapphire to Eolus. The joint venture SeaSapphire, owned 50/50 by Eolus and Simply Blue Group, was established in 2022 to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the Nordics, based on floating technology. The cooperation includes projects, which are in […]

  • California ISO Unveils USD 6.1 Billion Transmission Plan, Spotlights Offshore Wind

    4 April 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Research & Development

    The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has unveiled its draft 2023-2024 Transmission Plan, which includes 26 proposed projects worth USD 6.1 billion (approximately EUR 5.6 billion), with a majority of the investment related to offshore wind. According to the California ISO, the plan is based on the state projections that California needs to add more […]

  • 50Hertz Moves Forward with Ostwind 3 Grid Connection

    13 February 2024
    Authorities, Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has received planning approval decisions for the offshore route of the Ostwind 3 grid connection project in the Baltic Sea. The planning approval refers to the section in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the section in the territorial sea, the so-called 12 nautical mile zone. The Ministry of […]

  • Engie Signs Arkona Power Purchase Agreement

    20 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    French energy company Engie has signed a 4 year power-purchase agreement with OWP Arkona, a joint venture of E.ON and Equinor.

  • Germany Gives Thumbs Up to 50Hertz 300 MW Offshore Grid Connection Project

    8 January 2024
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BHS) has issued a planning approval decision for 50Hertz’s Ostwind 3 offshore wind grid connection in the Baltic Sea. According to BHS, the new standard for connecting offshore wind farms, the so-called 66 kV direct connection concept, is being implemented, that does not require the construction of additional substation platforms […]

  • Arkona Offshore Substation Topside Changes Scenery

    30 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has moved the offshore substation topside for the Arkona wind farm from the Forme B dock in Saint-Nazaire to the Forme 1 dock belonging to the Port Authorities.

  • Eolus Files for Permit for 1.4 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

    24 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish company Eolus Vind has submitted a permit application for a 1,400 MW offshore wind project in Sweden. Named Arkona, the offshore wind farm is planned to have between 50 and 70 turbines that would together be able to produce around 5.5 TWh of renewable electricity per year. The Swedish Arkona project (as there is […]

  • RWE Hires ALL NRG for German Offshore Wind Farms

    19 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    RWE Renewables has selected ALL NRG to service the high voltage systems at the Arkona and Amrumbank West offshore wind farms in Germany. Under the recently signed contracts, the Danish high voltage specialist will provide HV and MV maintenance at the two projects. “We are very proud that RWE has chosen ALL NRG to perform […]

  • STX France Gives Arkona Offshore Substation Construction Update

    3 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France AS has lowered the third and final block of the offshore substation topside, being constructed for the Arkona offshore wind farm, onto a transportation barge in the drydock of the company’s yard in St. Nazaire.

  • Arkona Sprints to Finish Line

    24 October 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation on the Arkona offshore wind farm has been completed ahead of schedule and in record time, E.ON said.

  • Top News of the Week Apr 25 – May 1, 2016

    1 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and service them for an initial period of five years. […]

  • STX France Moves Arkona Offshore Substation to Dry Dock

    12 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France AS has completed the steel works on the offshore distribution station for the 385MW Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

  • Jumbo’s Fairplayer Installing Arkona TPs, Equipped with SMST Gangway

    4 December 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jumbo’s Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) Fairplayer is now installing transition pieces (TPs) at the Arkona offshore wind farm. The vessel was outfitted with an SMST gangway shortly before the works started in early November, according to SMST.

  • STX France Hands Over Arkona Offshore Substation

    2 March 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has organised a delivery ceremony for the Arkona offshore substation in Saint-Nazaire, France.

  • 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 […]

  • First Turbine Up at Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    5 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the total of 60 wind turbines has been installed at the Arkona offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Rügen in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Opus Marine Nets Arkona Crew Transfer Contract

    30 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Hamburg-based Opus Marine has won a contract to provide crew transfer services during the construction of the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • First Arkona Transition Pieces Arrive to Mukran Port

    17 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first set of transition pieces built by Bladt Industries for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm has arrived to the Mukran Port on Germany’s Rügen island.

  • VOS Stone Books Another Arkona OWF Gig

    10 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has awarded Vroon’s subsea-support walk-to-work vessel VOS Stone a contract to support inter-array cabling operations at the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm from spring 2018.

  • First Arkona Monopiles In Place

    24 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has kicked off the offshore construction phase on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind project with the installation of the first of the 60 monopile foundations in the German Baltic Sea. 

  • Arkona OWF to Create Jobs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

    18 July 2016

    At an event held today, E.ON, with the support of WindEnergy Network and Invest in MV, has put together a supplier agreement that will enable companies from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to participate in the construction and operation of the Arkona offshore wind farm.  More than 170 representatives of companies in the area are using the platform to network […]