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  • Thialf Gearing to Unlock Baltic Sea and Shore Power

    7 February 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors is modifying the giant semi-submersible crane vessel Thialf to be able to access and work on projects in the Baltic Sea such as the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm scheduled to start later this year. Thialf is currently moored at the Calandkanaal, Port of Rotterdam, where the vessel is being fitted […]

  • Vattenfall to Take Care of Power Offtake for Parkwind’s First Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    29 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and Parkwind have entered into a cooperation agreement under which Vattenfall will be a ‘direct marketer’ of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, meaning the company will take on selling the electricity generated by the wind farm through Power Purchase Agreement(s) (PPAs). According to Vattenfall, direct marketing is the PPA variant specific for […]

  • Baltic Workboats Builds OWF Service Catamaran for German Owner

    26 June 2013

    The Christening ceremony of Wind Force II, a wind farm catamaran built by Baltic Workboats, occurred end of May 2013 in Norddeich, the homeport of FRISIA Offshore (FO) vessels in Northern-Germany. Wind Force II is a sistership of FO-s Wind Force I and also the fifth vessel within the FO fleet. Although, Baltic Workboats has […]

  • RWE Enters Latvian Offshore Wind Market, Finds Local Partner

    16 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE and Latvenergo, one of the largest power suppliers in the Baltic States, have joined forces to develop, construct, and operate offshore wind projects off the Latvian coast. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has now been signed between the two companies. The equal partnership is said to represent a strong combination of experience and […]

  • Germany: Grid Connection for 3rd Windreich Offshore Wind Farm on Right Track

    13 September 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The on-schedule connection with the grid for the offshore wind park ‘Deutsche Bucht’ is now a good deal closer. At the hearing with the Federal Network Agency yesterday, it became clear in intensive negotiations over several hours that both sides – the wind park builder Windreich AG and the network operator TenneT – have a […]

  • First XXL Monopile Installed at Arcadis Ost 1

    9 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion has installed the first of 28 monopile foundations at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Manufactured by Steelwind in Germany, the foundation will carry the wind farm’s substation. It has a length of 110 metres, a diameter of 9.5 metres, and a weight of […]

  • Denmark Moves Forward with Energy Islands

    23 November 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish government has identified areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of the energy island projects. Back in June, Denmark approved the development of the two energy islands, one in the North Sea and one in the Baltic Sea, with a combined capacity of 5 GW. Both energy […]

  • Ecosse Subsea Nets Kriegers Flak Contract

    27 June 2016

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been hired by JD-Contractor to perform pre-cut trenching works on the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Energinet.dk plans to install two 220kV submarine export cables and a 9km connecting cable between two offshore platforms. ESS commercial director, Keith McDermott, said: “To support the installation scope ESS […]

  • Heerema Shows XXL Offshore Wind Turbine Floating Installation Method – Video

    4 February 2022
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Vessels

    Following the recent completion of the first offshore test, Heerema Marine Contractors has issued a video showing a novel method of assembling and installing XXL wind turbines onboard a floating, dynamically positioned (DP) vessel. The method was tested in the Dutch North Sea onboard the largest semi-submersible crane vessel in the world, Sleipnir. Heerema performed […]

  • Germany Needs Further Research During Offshore Wind Farms Operation

    18 May 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    On 14 May 2012, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, represented by Joergen Thiele and Phd. Silke Eckardt, held a workshop on the need for further research during the operation of offshore wind farms (OWF). The workshop was held at the House of Science in Bremen. Around twenty-five participants from industry and academia […]

  • Baltic 2 Substation Sets Sail

    8 July 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Baltic 2 wind farm substation was loaded on a special pontoon Offshore BHV 1 in  Labradorhafen Bremerhavener yesterday. The 1,500-ton component will be shipped to Sassnitz, and from there it will sail to the construction site. The wind farm consisting of 80 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines is located 32km north […]

  • Danish Port Starting New Upgrade to Meet Increased Offshore Wind Demand in Baltic Sea

    30 June 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Roenne, located on the Danish island of Bornholm, has started working on an upgrade to meet the upcoming increased demand from the offshore wind sector in the Baltic Sea. On 29 June, the port said it was advancing its planned future security from the Master Plan 2050 which will begin in 2023, at the […]

  • Energinet Seeks Seabed Survey Squad

    20 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Energinet has launched a tender seeking a contractor to carry out a seabed survey for an offshore wind farm in Denmark. Energinet is looking for a company to conduct site investigations at the site of the 800MW project and its export cable route in the North Sea and Baltic Seas, respectively. The tender is divided […]

  • General Cable Announces Baltic Sea Offshore Wind High Voltage Project Award

    14 October 2010
    Grid Connection

    General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) (the Company), a global leader in the wire and cable industry, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), has been awarded a major order by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH, a subsidiary of the German-based transmission network operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, to provide a complete turn-key solution including the supply and […]

  • Economic benefits of accelerating submarine cable repairs – interconnector case study

    27 October 2020

    By Jakub Vastmans, Senior Manager Service Product Management at NKT Over the past decades, thousands of kilometres of high-voltage submarine cables have been installed, making them a critical element of our electricity infrastructure. Most prominently, they enable the transmission of offshore-generated wind energy by serving as array and export cables. However, the main application of […]

  • Denmark Rolls Out 18 GW Offshore Wind Map

    5 June 2020
    Authorities

    Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing both standalone offshore wind […]

  • Belgium: MPI Resolution to Work on GeoSea’s Offshore Wind Projects

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    MPI Offshore announces the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Resolution by GeoSea N.V., subsidiary of the Belgian based DEME Group.  MPI Resolution is scheduled to commence work on a series of GeoSea projects situated in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area as from the middle of June 2013 for a […]

  • CIP Chooses Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore for Fengmiao 1 CSOV

    22 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has been awarded a charter for a newbuild Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2027, the new CSOV will be used to support the Fengmiao 1 project’s operations […]

  • Steelwind Starts Working on Arcadis Ost 1 Foundations

    20 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Steelwind Nordenham GmbH has started manufacturing the monopile foundations for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm. After a preparation phase, the first plates were recently delivered to Steelwind by its parent company Dillinger Hütte. Steelwind will manufacture 28 single-piece foundations for the project. The units will have a diameter close to 10 […]

  • Lithuanian Parliament Gauging New Offshore Wind Scheme

    30 September 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A draft offshore wind bill in Lithuania that recently began its journey through the system to get approved is now before the Lithuanian parliament (the Seimas), which is considering its amendments to the current laws that would set up conditions for the development of offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. Early this summer, the […]

  • 600 MW Kriegers Flak Project Up for Grabs

    6 May 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched a tendering process for country’s largest offshore wind farm, Kriegers Flak. The deadline for prequalification for the 600MW project is 1 October 2015, after which up to 10 applicants will be invited to submit the full tender by 8 November 2016. According to the document published by DEA, […]

  • Benthic Completes Site Investigation for Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    26 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Benthic, a geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, has completed a site investigation comprising cone penetration tests (CPTs) at the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farm sites in the Polish Baltic Sea. The tests were done using the company’s portable remotely operated drill (PROD) that has enabled the design […]

  • Prysmian to Supply Belwind 2 Inter-Array Cables

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Prysmian Group has been awarded contracts by Nobelwind NV, an offshore wind farm developer, to supply wind turbine inter-array cables for the Bligh Bank 2 (Belwind 2) offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarine cables with various […]

  • 50Hertz Pushes Ahead with Ostwind 3 Project

    29 June 2022
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has submitted application documents to construct and operate a submarine 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 application documents for the approximately 24-kilometre submarine […]

  • Germany Ports Awaiting Offshore Wind Boom

    29 November 2011

    As Germany prepares for a major expansion of offshore wind to replace nuclear power, companies like French giant Areva and US-based General Electric (GE) have flocked to the German coastlines. With wind parks planned for both the North Sea and Baltic Sea, the buildup can be felt in the country’s seaports and hinterlands. Germany Trade […]

  • CIP, Ignitis to Build Both of Estonia’s Offshore Wind Farms, Plan to Combine Sites Into Single Project

    17 January 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    After winning development rights for the Liivi 2 site, Ignitis Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have now also secured the second offshore wind area offered in Estonia’s first offshore wind tender, having placed the highest bid of EUR 1.16 million for the Liivi 1 site. The partners won the tender for the adjacent Liivi […]