114 results found for 'Maasvlakte 2'

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  • Sif and Smulders to Produce Siemens’ Foundations for EnBW Hohe See

    22 February 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea, DEME Group’s subsidiary appointed by Siemens to supply and install foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, has awarded Sif the production of all 71 monopiles and, in joint venture with Smulders, all the transition pieces for the project.

  • Sif and Smulders Supplying All Foundations for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    12 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium between Sif and Smulders has signed a contract for the manufacture of all 87 monopiles and transition pieces for Dogger Bank C, the third and final phase of what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The contract follows the same work awarded to the Sif-Smulders consortium a year ago, when the […]

  • Seaway Strashnov Returns to Dogger Bank Wind Farm for Monopile Installation, First OSS Jacket In Place

    18 April 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov has returned to the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm site to resume the installation of monopile foundations. Meanwhile, the crane vessel Thialf has installed the jacket foundation for the Dogger Bank A offshore substation and will soon move on to the installation of the topside. The foundation installation on […]

  • Dogger Bank Adds Sif and Smulders to Tier 1 Roster

    17 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Sif Netherlands and Smulders Projects Belgium will manufacture all the monopiles and transition pieces for the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind farm project. Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, awarded the consortium with the contract to manufacture and deliver 190 monopiles and transition pieces […]

  • Sif, Verbrugge to Join Forces at New Rotterdam Terminal

    30 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following today’s news that Sif Group is expanding its business to Rotterdam, the Port of Rotterdam Authority released more details about the planned facilities in Rotterdam, which reveal that Sif Group and Verbrugge are planning to set up a joint venture to bring the storage and logistics of foundations under one roof. The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Sif Group, […]

  • Sif: First Monopile Load-Out from Rotterdam by Year End

    25 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Dutch foundation components manufacturer Sif Holding N.V. plans to load out the first monopiles from its new facility at Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam in the last quarter of this year. The production of the first monopiles in Rotterdam is expected to start in the second half of September 2016, the company said in its financial […]

  • Sif Expects to Greenlight Production Capacity Expansion Plan in July

    12 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Netherlands-based offshore foundations manufacturer Sif Group is on track to take a Final Investment Decision on the investment plan to expand its production capabilities in July. According to Fred van Beers, CEO of Sif Group, market demand has made the need to increase the production of foundations, both in size and quantity, ”more obvious […]

  • Electron Beam Welded Foundation to Debut at Dogger Bank in Late 2023

    11 May 2023

    A collaboration between SSE Renewables, Sif Group, Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), and TWI, has resulted in the first-ever electron beam welded section to be incorporated in an offshore wind turbine monopile foundation. The resulting can was incorporated into a monopile transition piece in January 2023 and is scheduled to be installed offshore as part of […]

  • Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm to Feature UK Steel

    22 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Steel manufactured in Wales and processed in Corby and Hartlepool is set to play a role in the foundations that will support the world’s largest offshore wind farm – the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank. Sif and Smulders were awarded contracts to provide the monopiles and transition pieces for the first two phases of Dogger Bank […]

  • The Netherlands: Van Oord Records Increased Turnover in Difficult Year

    9 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord’s turnover in 2011 was EUR 1,715 million (2010 EUR 1,578 million) and was evenly attributable to activities performed by Van Oord’s divisions and areas. The net profit for 2011 amounted to EUR 118 million (2010: EUR 165 million, including an extraordinary tax gain of EUR 40 million). CEO Pieter van Oord: ‘Given the […]

  • Sif Greenlights World’s Largest Monopile Factory

    14 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure

    Sif Holding has made a Final Investment Decision to construct the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The construction of the EUR 328 million facility is expected to start in April 2023, Sif said. The plant will be built at the 62-hectare Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam as anextension of Sif’s […]

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY: The next generation

    6 October 2015

    The offshore wind industry is not really doing anything exceptional when it comes down to the basics. Wind turbine generators, WTGs, have been around onshore since one of the first electricity-generating wind turbines was built to power a holiday home in 1887 in Marykirk, Scotland. Offshore platforms were built in the early 20th century for […]

  • Installation Vessels: Reaching the Limit and Beyond

    27 March 2017

    Fourteen years ago in 2002 the Sif Group made 80 monopiles for the Horns Rev wind farm off the Danish coast near Esbjerg. These piles were four metres in diameter, the thickness of the steel was five centimetres, and they weighed between 180-230 tonnes depending on their length. In 2016, Offshore WIND was invited to visit the new Sif Group production, storage and load-out terminal built on Maasvlakte 2, the new area of reclaimed land extending the Port of Rotterdam even further out into the Southern part of the North Sea.

  • TenneT Issues Cable Link Tender for IJmuiden Ver 2 GW Offshore Wind Connections

    6 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has launched the tender for the 525 kV DC cable system for the Dutch IJmuiden Ver projects, which will see the transmission system operator (TSO) building at least two 2 GW offshore grid connections to link the wind farms in this wind energy zone to the national grid. The TSO, which expects to award […]

  • Sif Secures First Monopile Contract with Ørsted

    25 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Sif Holding N.V. with a contract to produce 47 monopiles for the Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Top News of the Week Apr 14 ‒ 20, 2014

    20 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    40th AREVA Wind Turbine Installed at Global Tech I The construction of towers and nacelles in the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is running in full gear: During the weekend the 40th AREVA Wind turbine has been installed. Siemens Bags BorWin3 Contract from TenneT Siemens has received an order from TenneT for an […]

  • Iv-Offshore to Design IJmuiden Ver Beta Offshore Converter Platform

    18 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Engineering company Iv-Offshore & Energy has signed a contract with Seatrium for the design of the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore converter platform in the North Sea. Under the contract, Iv will be responsible for the detailed engineering of the offshore converter platform for both the topside and the jacket as well as for […]

  • Vattenfall and TenneT Ink Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4 Grid Deal

    17 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Vattenfall and TenneT have signed an agreement for the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 & 4 wind farm in the Netherlands. Vattenfall secured the rights fo build the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1 & 2 and the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 & 4 wind farms in the first two subsidy-free offshore wind tenders […]

  • Vattenfall, Subsea 7 Sign Hollandse Kust Zuid Deal

    24 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has signed a contract with Vattenfall for the developer’s four offshore wind farms at the Hollandse Kust Zuid zone in the Netherlands. Subsea 7 will transport and install 140 monopile foundations and 315 kilometres of 66 kV inner-array cables. Offshore installation is scheduled for 2021 and 2022. The company will carry out the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Use Sif’s Site for Hollandse Kust Zuid Marshalling Activities

    15 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a contract with Sif for marshalling activities at Sif’s site in the Port of Rotterdam. The site will be used to support wind turbine installation at the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. The contract, under which Siemens Gamesa’s wind turbines for Hollandse Kust Zuid will arrive and be handled at […]

  • TenneT Awards EUR 23 Billion in Contracts for 22 GW of Offshore Wind Grid Connections in North Sea

    30 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has signed multiyear agreements with three consortia for the delivery of eleven 2 GW grid connections in the North Sea that will connect German and Dutch offshore wind farms to their respective grids on land. Under the eleven contracts – worth EUR 23 billion in total – Hitachi […]

  • Vattenfall Orders Souped-Up Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Hollandse Kust Zuid

    30 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has placed a firm order with Siemens Gamesa for 140 SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines to be installed at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm off the Netherlands. The Swedish offshore wind developer opted for Siemens Gamesa’s 11 MW turbine model with a 200-metre diameter rotor, and not the SG 11.0-193 DD Flex model […]

  • Dutch Government Launches Consultation on IJmuiden Ver Gamma Project

    22 April 2021
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT have opened consultation on the IJmuiden Ver Gamma 2 GW offshore wind connection project, the third offshore grid in the wind farm zone along with IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta. Local residents, companies and other parties have until 21 May […]

  • The Netherlands: Boskalis and VolkerWessels Team Up in Cable Installation Market

    4 June 2013
    Grid Connection

     Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Royal Volker Wessels Stevin N.V. (VolkerWessels) have signed a Letter of Intent to set up a joint venture combining their forces in the field of cable installation. Boskalis and VolkerWessels will each hold a 50% stake in Visser & Smit Marine Contracting Holding B.V. (currently a 100% subsidiary of […]

  • RVO Talks 6 GW for IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Zone

    26 October 2021
    Grid Connection

    The Dutch IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone, which is set to house TenneT’s next-generation offshore grid solution with a capacity of 2 GW per connection, is likely to incorporate three instead of two 2 GW grid connection systems and have 6 GW instead of 4 GW of total installed offshore wind capacity. This is according […]

  • Dutch to Start Investigating New Sites at IJmuiden Ver

    3 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, through the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has launched a tender for geophysical investigations in an extended area in the North of the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (WFZ), where an additional 2 GW of offshore wind capacity could be accommodated on top of the 4 GW […]