934 results found for 'baltic 1'

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  • Germany: GL Garrad Hassan Commissioned for “FINO Wind” Research Project

    28 August 2013
    Environment

    DWD (German Weather Service) has commissioned GL Garrad Hassan to be responsible for an extensive sub-project within the scope of the “FINO Wind” research project. This involves taking an inventory of the metadata, utilisation and collection of LiDAR wind measurement data for the correction of mast effects, as well as the uncertainty estimation and assessment […]

  • Geophysical Survey Needed for 2.5 GW Baltica Offshore Wind Farms

    7 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-3 and Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-2 have issued a tender for a geophysical and 3D Ultra High-Resolution Seismic (UHRS) survey at the 2.5 GW Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 wind farms offshore Poland. The tender is divided into two separate lots. Lot 1 covers a 3D UHRS survey of locations deemed high risk for sub-surface boulders, […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier ‘s Bayards 500 Days without Lost Time Injury

    6 June 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier A/S’s Bayard vessels celebrated 500 days without a lost time injury (LTI) on 2 June 2016. With a total exposure of 115,617 hours, the fleet of seven Bayards have been active at Walney 1+2, Butendiek, Baltic 2, Femern Belt, Borkum Riffgrund, Gwynt y Môr and the Gode Wind 1. During this time, the Bayards […]

  • Two-Turbine Floater Prototype Breezes Through Tests in Baltic Sea

    2 November 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The scaled-down version of the Nezzy² floating wind turbine, a two-turbine floating wind platform, completed its two-month tests in the Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea and has now been dismantled. Over the coming weeks, the recorded data from the tests will be evaluated, with the findings to be incorporated in the design of […]

  • Wikinger Adds to Iberdrola’s Tally

    25 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Spain’s Iberdrola reported a 25.5% increase in the gross operating profit (EBITDA) in its Renewables business unit in the first half of 2018, driven by increased production and the contribution of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

  • 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.

  • First Floating Wind Turbine in Germany to Get EUR 5.25 Mln

    30 April 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The GICON Group will receive a pro-rata funding of EUR 5.25 million from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Ministry of Economy, Construction and Tourism for their floating offshore foundation, the GICON® SOF. The official notification of the funding confirmation secures fabrication, construction and testing of the first floating wind turbine in Germany. In total, EUR 18 million will be […]

  • Germany to Kick Off Geotechnical Surveys in North, Baltic Seas

    7 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued early information about tender calls for geotechnical investigations and monitoring services for offshore wind farm areas in the North and Baltic Seas.  According to BSH’s prior notices from the end of December 2018, the tender calls for the provision of the works should be launched this […]

  • Siemens Picks SMC for Gode Wind Coordination

    4 September 2015
    Vessels

    Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) are providing offshore Marine Coordination for Siemens on Gode Wind 1 & 2. The Gode Wind 1 & 2 project comprises of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines, the first of which was installed in early August. Gode Wind, in the German part of the North Sea, is a DONG Energy project. […]

  • 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.

  • Vattenfall Needs CTVs for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    27 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vattenfall Vindkraft A/S has issued a contract notice for the provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the company’s offshore wind farms in Denmark. The tender is divided into several sub-tenders for specific offshore wind farms, and there is one lot for general ad-hoc and short and long term charters. Lot 1 covers the provision […]

  • N-Sea Wins Baltic Sea UXO Survey & Disposal Contract

    14 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    N-Sea has won a contract with 50Hertz for detection and disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the area of export cable routes off the coast of Lubmin, which will connect future German offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea to the mainland. 

  • Fugro’s Camera Tech Helps Heerema Install Arcadis Ost 1 Wind Turbines

    2 February 2023
    Technology

    Fugro has unveiled that its QuickVision camera technology is supporting Heerema Marine Contractors as they install 27 wind turbines for Parkwind’s Arcadist Ost 1 wind farm offshore Germany. Using a novel floating Rotor-Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method, the Dutch company is installing wind turbines with the blades already pre-assembled on deck, onto the tower fixed […]

  • Aker Solutions Gets Vattenfall Nod to Start Norfolk Vanguard West Offshore Platform

    8 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Aker Solutions has been awarded a limited notice to proceed contract from Vattenfall for the Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract has a balanced risk-reward profile based on principles for long-term collaboration. The scope of work for Aker Solutions includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the high […]

  • 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 Region’s Report Focused on Maritime Sector Spotlights Offshore Wind

    7 June 2023
    Business development, Industry

    A new report from Invest in Pomerania, a Polish investment promotion initiative in the Pomerania region, has been published with a focus on the region’s maritime sector and, within it, the region’s growing offshore wind industry and supply chain capabilities have taken centre stage. “When we decided that the subject of the next FOCUS ON […]

  • Ørsted Hires Solstad Construction Support Vessel for Taiwanese Work

    7 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore has signed an agreement with Ørsted to deploy construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Jarl on the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Normand Jarl is scheduled to begin working offshore Taiwan in the second quarter of 2021. The firm period on the contract is 15 months with options to […]

  • 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.

  • German Ministry Re-Ups FINO2 Tender

    23 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has once again issued a tender for an operator of the FINO2 research platform. BMWi had issued a similar tender back in March which was cancelled in June after none of the offers received met the required conditions. The ministry now intends to commission the operation […]

  • 24Sea to Provide Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Arcadis Ost 1

    28 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has selected 24Sea for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of the structural health monitoring systems on the wind turbine foundations at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The 257 MW offshore wind farm will feature 27 TP-less monopiles, with the towers to be be connected directly to the monopiles. 24Sea […]

  • German Next-Gen Floating Foundation Gets EUR 1 Million

    9 May 2016
    R&D, Technology

    ESG Edelstahl und Umwelttechnik Stralsund GmbH, a member of German GICON Group, and the Endowed Chair of Wind Energy Technology at the University of Rostock have secured EUR 1 million for the development and full-scale testing of a sub-structure for third generation wind turbines with a capacity of 6MW or more. The funds for the development of […]

  • Iberdrola Opens Wikinger O&M Base

    23 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has opened the Operation & Maintenance (O&M) building for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Mukran Port.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]