Boskalis in consortium with TKF Subsea Solutions B.V. (TKF) recently signed a contract for the supply and installation of 140 kilometers of inter-array cables for the Genakker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea developed by Skyborn Renewables. As part of the scope, Boskalis and TKF will deliver the complete inter-array cable system, connecting [...]

Subsea7 announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a substantial1 contract by OWP Gennaker, part of Skyborn Renewables, for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany. Seaway7’s scope of work includes the transportation and installation of the 63 monopiles and transition pieces. Offshore activities are expected to commence in 2027. Stuart Fitzgerald, [...]

Platform agreement lays the foundation for a seamless grid connection of the Gennaker offshore wind farm. 50Hertz CEO Stefan Kapferer: “By the end of 2028, more than three gigawatts of wind power capacity will be connected to the transmission grid in the German Baltic Sea.” Skyborn Renewables CEO Patrick Lamers: “Gennaker relies on 50Hertz as its trusted partner [...]

National Grid and TenneT Germany announce our cooperation on GriffinLink, a planned GB-Germany multi-purpose interconnector (MPI). GriffinLink would support energy security, accelerate the connection of offshore wind and mark a coordinated approach on supply chains and infrastructure. Announced at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg, the project could maximise shared offshore wind resources in the [...]

Windanker wind farm is to feed electricity into the 50Hertz transmission grid from October. Stefan Kapferer: "50Hertz is making a significant contribution to tapping the great wind energy potential of the Baltic Sea." Work on the OST-6-1 grid connection project for the Gennaker wind farm is also well advanced. The expansion of the grid connection systems for connecting offshore [...]

Newly developed terminal crane and SPMT saddles safely handle XXL monopolies for Windanker offshore wind farm. Wind turbine sizes are increasing at an unprecedented rate and for clear reason: the bigger the turbine, the more power it can generate and the fewer are needed per wind farm. Taller turbines require larger foundations to withstand heavier [...]

Skyborn’s Gennaker offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea, has received its state planning approval Decision opens the route to FID and the start of construction activities, with scheduled commissioning in 2028 The Gennaker offshore wind farm, the is currently the largest project in the German Baltic Sea and will provide green electricity [...]

Iberdrola Deutschland, Iberdrola's international business in Germany, has reached an important milestone in the construction of the Windanker offshore wind farm, successfully installing the project's 21 monopile foundations. This marks the start of the next phase of construction. The monopiles were manufactured at a state-of-the-art production plant in Spain, specifically equipped for large monopile foundations as part of a strategic alliance between [...]

Van Oord has completed the transport and installation of all 21 monopiles at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm, a key milestone in the construction of the project. This achievement involved the largest monopiles Van Oord has ever installed, made possible by earlier upgrades to its heavy lift installation vessel Svanen, which is now equipped to [...]

Both the jacket and the topside of OSS Jasmund have sailed away for their installation site as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea. The complete substation is now ready for offshore installation. The HSI consortium, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv, is pleased to announce the successful [...]

Karlsruhe/Hamburg. The first wind turbine on the EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm generated the first kilowatt-hour of electricity yesterday evening and fed it into the grid. Further turbines will gradually follow suit over the coming weeks. EnBW has so far built 27 out of a total of 64 wind turbines, which are all set [...]

The state government approved the draft amendment to the regulation on the levying of trade tax and property tax in unincorporated areas for association participation. The aim of the amendment is to secure trade tax revenue for Lower Saxony's municipalities, particularly for offshore wind farms off the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony. The amendment [...]

Luxcara has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Ørsted for their low-noise, jetting-based monopile installation technology platform called Osonic. It is intended to be used for offshore wind turbine foundation installation across Luxcara’s offshore wind portfolio in Germany. This preliminary agreement builds on Luxcara’s interest since 2022 in applying low-noise installation methods for European offshore [...]

TotalEnergies, in partnership with RWE, has been awarded the “Centre Manche 2” offshore wind tender as operator. The project will represent an overall investment of approximately €4.5 billion, the largest made by TotalEnergies in the country in the past 30 years. TotalEnergies made commitments on job creation in France, especially in Normandy, and chose to [...]

Aldenhoven wind farm: six 5.7 MW wind turbines have the capacity to supply up to24,000 households with green electricity RWE makes investment decision to build two additional wind turbines near the Inden opencast mine in Düren-Merken Essen, 20 August 2025 Wind energy for the region: RWE has commissioned the Aldenhoven wind farm in the Düren district, [...]

The next stage of developing the Baltic Sea’s largest offshore wind energy hub has been reached, as the massive monopile foundations for the upcoming Windanker offshore wind farm are now ready for deployment. These colossal structures, which will serve as the base for the project’s wind turbines, were jointly manufactured by Windar Renovables and Navantia [...]