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  • EnBW, TotalEnergies Win in 2.5 GW German Offshore Wind Auction as RWE Bows Out

    24 June 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has awarded 2.5 GW of offshore wind across two areas in its latest auction that saw two bidders collectively pay EUR 3 billion for the opportunity to develop in the North Sea. EnBW has secured the 1 GW N-12.3 area in the German North Sea. The company won the site at […]

  • Amprion Selects Owner’s Engineer for BorWin4 & DolWin4 Converter Platforms

    17 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion has selected TÜV SÜD as the Owner’s Engineer to supervise the construction of the converter platforms for the BorWin4 and the DolWin4 offshore grid connection systems. The contract covers overseeing the fabrication of the platforms’ individual components at several locations worldwide, such as supervision of the fabrication of large […]

  • Petrobras to Start Major Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign Using Brazil-Made Floating LiDARs

    30 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Brazil’s oil and gas major, Petrobras, will deploy five new units of a Brazil-made floating LiDAR for wind measurements off the country’s coasts starting this December. The company will invest BRL 60 million (approximately EUR 9.6 million) in the new measurement campaign which follows a one-year deployment of the first floating LiDAR buoy, called Bravo, […]

  • New Contract with Tennet Takes Glomar Offshore to German North Sea

    13 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Glomar Offshore has been awarded a multi-year framework contract by TenneT for the supply of Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and Safety Standby Vessels (SSVs) in the German sector of the North Sea. Under the terms of the contract, Glomar Offshore will provide fully equipped ERRVs to ensure the highest levels of safety for […]

  • Windar Renovables Starts Work on New Monopile Factory in Spain

    24 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Foundations, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    Windar Renovables has started preparatory work to construct a new monopile factory in Asturias, Spain. Windar Renovables acquired the construction site on the right bank of the Avilés estuary last March. This land, with a surface area of more than 400,000 square metres, includes several manufacturing warehouses with direct access to the Port of Avilés, […]

  • Estonian Offshore Wind Developer Seeks Geotechnical Survey Services

    8 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Enefit Green, a renewable energy developer based in Estonia, has issued a call for tenders for geotechnical surveys at the project site of its Liivi offshore wind farm, located ten kilometres off the island of Kihnu in the Estonian part of the Gulf of Riga. The call was published on 8 July with the deadline […]

  • Steelwind Sends Off First Monopiles for 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm

    15 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The first set of monopiles for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project has been shipped from Steelwind Nordenham’s manufacturing plant in Germany. The first monopiles have been shipped from Steelwind’s facility in Nordenham and are on their way to the installation terminal. The Baltic Power offshore wind farm will consist of 78 monopiles […]

  • Vattenfall, BASF Pick Vestas for 1.6 GW Nordlicht Offshore Wind Project

    18 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has revealed the client and project details for an agreement first announced on 13 June. This conditional agreement, signed with Vattenfall and BASF, involves supplying 112 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. Within the scope of the contract is furthermore a 5-year […]

  • Vattenfall and BASF Hire Havfram for Nordlicht Offshore Wind Project

    25 September 2024
    Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Havfram has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall and BASF for their Nordlicht offshore wind farm cluster in the German North Sea. The Nordlicht wind farm zone, located 85 kilometres north of the island of Borkum, consists of two separate sites: Nordlicht I, with an expected capacity of 980 MW, and Nordlicht II, with an […]

  • Foundation Fabrication Kicks Off for TotalEnergies’ Culzean Pilot Project

    20 November 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Archer Wind has started the fabrication of the foundation which will be installed as part of the Culzean floating offshore wind pilot project. This single-turbine, 3 MW pilot project, owned and developed by TotalEnergies, will provide power to the Culzean gas platform in the UK North Sea. According to Archer Wind’s recent social media post, […]

  • Cable Production Kicks Off for TenneT’s 2 GW Grid Connection Projects

    31 May 2024
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German […]

  • All Foundations Installed at 960 MW He Dreiht Wind Farm Offshore Germany

    28 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Thialf, has installed all 64 foundations at EnBW’s 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Heerema Marine Contractors, headquartered in the Netherlands, was contracted by EnBW in April 2022 to install monopiles and transition pieces at the offshore wind farm. According to our previous news, […]

  • DeepOcean Secures Inter-Array Cable Contract for RWE’s Nordseecluster A Project

    3 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, covering trenching, transport, and installation of inter-array cables. RWE has recently made the final investment decision for its entire Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind projects with a total of 1.6 GW. Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases, […]

  • Navantia Produces First East Anglia Three Monopile

    27 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Navantia Seanergies has manufactured the first monopile foundation for Iberdrola’s UK offshore wind project East Anglia Three at Navantia-Windar’s monopile factory in Fene shipyard, in A Coruña, Spain. The Navantia-Windar consortium will deliver 45 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm under a contract with ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK arm, signed […]

  • Sarens, Empire Energy Offshore Team Up for US Offshore Wind Projects

    1 October 2024
    Business & Finance

    Belgium-headquartered Sarens has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) framework agreement with Empire Energy Partners’ Offshore Division to support the development of offshore wind projects in the US. The collaboration, which combines Empire Energy’s engineering, procurement, and construction capabilities with Sarens’ knowledge in large-scale heavy lifting and transport, aims to create a unified solution for […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Green Fuel SOV Hits the Water

    4 June 2024
    Vessels

    The “world’s first” e-methanol-fueled service operation vessel (SOV) was launched at Cemre Shipyard in Türkiye on Saturday, 1 June. In April 2022, Esvagt and Ørsted decided to invest in what the companies described as the world’s first SOV that can operate on green fuels. A month later, Cemre Shipyard received an order to build the […]

  • TenneT Launches EUR 3 Million Offshore Cable Survey Tender

    18 October 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Dutch offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has opened an application period for a EUR 3 million tender for surveys of cables installed in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. Work will start in 2025 and will be performed on the export cables at the Borssele and the Hollandse Kust offshore wind farm zones […]

  • Van Oord Installs First Monopile at RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    21 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, has installed the first of 100 monopile foundations at the 1.4 GW Sofia project in the UK, RWE’s largest offshore wind farm to date. The Sofia offshore wind farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. […]

  • Construction Begins on Amprion’s DolWin4 and BorWin4 Offshore Grid Connection Projects

    19 June 2024
    Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    The construction of the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection projects in Northern Germany has commenced, Amprion said on 18 June. Work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections, which will transport power from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the mainland, has started in Lingen and Wietmarschen, where construction camps are […]

  • Bluestream to Perform Remedial Campaign at Two German Offshore Wind Farms

    16 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München have awarded Dutch company Bluestream Offshore, an OEG Renewables business, a contract for a remedial campaign on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Bluestream will provide specialist subsea and topside services for the remedial campaign which will run for around 35 days. The work includes […]

  • CHC Helicopter to Transport Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Crew During Construction

    9 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    RWE has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopter for crew change support at the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. According to CHC Helicopter, this is the first time RWE has contracted a helicopter service during the construction phase of an […]

  • SeaRenergy to Provide Offshore Infrastructure Services to Siemens Energy

    27 September 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    SeaRenergy has been awarded a multi-year contract by Siemens Energy to provide offshore infrastructure services for a minimum of thirteen converter platforms – nine in the German Bight, starting with BorWin5, and four in the UK sector of the North Sea. The scope of work covers integrated onshore and offshore logistic and support services, which […]

  • SSE, Dutch Pension Fund Expect to Reach FID on IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Farm by Late 2025

    9 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    SSE and APG (acting on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP), which last month jointly secured the rights to develop the IJmuiden Ver Alpha offshore wind site in the Netherlands, now confirmed they are moving forward with the 2 GW project whose focus, in line with the tender requirements, is biodiversity. The two partners, who […]

  • Axess Wins Cable Work on Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Axess Technologies has secured a cable installation contract with HSM Offshore Energy for the Thor offshore wind farm located off the Danish west coast. The scope of work includes project management, engineering, pulling, terminating, and testing the internal platform cables into the Thor offshore substation topside, covering both 66 kV and 275 kV cable systems. […]

  • Petrobras to Explore Potential Wind Pilot Project Offshore Rio de Janeiro

    19 June 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Brazilian state-run oil company, Petrobras, has signed a Protocol of Intentions with the Rio de Janeiro state government to conduct joint studies to assess the feasibility of implementing an offshore wind pilot project. According to Petrobras, the agreement establishes cooperation mechanisms, aligns the project with state programmes and policies, and stimulates actions to improve the […]

  • Vårgrønn Debuts in German Offshore Wind Market with Baltic 2 Acquisition

    7 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vårgrønn has agreed to acquire a 27.4 per cent stake in the 288 MW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from PGGM Infrastructure Fund, marking its entry into the German market. Following the deal closing, Vårgrønn and EnBW will own 27.4 per cent and 50.1 per cent, respectively, with EnBW responsible for operations and maintenance activities. […]