More than 100 employees, consultants, suppliers, customers and collaboration partners were gathered for the inauguration event. The ribbon was cut by (from left to right) Test rig project Manager (Hvejsel Advise), Christian Frier Hvejsel; Head of Technology Development Blades (Siemens Gamesa), Peter Fuglsang; Chairman of the Board (Blaest), Kim Sandgaard-Mørk; Chairman of the Board (Port [...]
NKT has been awarded a combination of five on- and offshore power cable projects embedded in a long-term framework agreement by the German TSO 50Hertz. With a combined value of approx. EUR 3.5bn, the order is a new company record for NKT. 50Hertz, a German transmission system operator, has selected NKT to provide several 525 [...]
Blades Europe 2023, a premier event in the wind energy sector, is set to unfold in Amsterdam on the 28th and 29th of November. This year, the event is in partnership with Sensoria by MISTRAS, a recognized name in the industry, promising a convergence of thought leaders and technical experts who will share valuable insights [...]
The peak of the energy crisis may be over, but not the challenges to Europe’s decarbonisation and security of supply. Homegrown clean and renewable electrification remains THE answer, but higher investments and upgraded infrastructure are urgently needed to enable a tripling in electrification rates by 2050. With 6½ years until 2030, Europe must attract unprecedented [...]
Momentum behind low-emissions hydrogen continues to grow despite the slow roll-out of financial incentives and stubborn cost pressures that threaten to delay projects, says new IEA report. But production levels can still increase substantially by 2030 if all announced projects are realised and greater efforts are made on encouraging uptake. The number of announced projects [...]
In a recent interview with BalticWind.eu, Valery Godinezazcuaga, Director at the Sensoria™ Center of Excellence, shed light on the pivotal role of the Fourth Industrial Revolution's technological advancements in accelerating wind farm development. "If we put the development of wind energy in the context of the historic industrial revolutions, we can say that the modern [...]
Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, was awarded a contract by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH for the turnkey delivery of two export cable systems for the interconnection to the German grid of the Western Offshore Sub Station of Gennaker, an offshore wind farm with capacity of approx. 927MW located in the German Baltic Sea, [...]
In the ever-evolving world of offshore renewable energy, innovation is the driving force behind progress. Ocean Winds, a prominent industry leader and a partner of the ELBE alliance in leading European regions, recognizes the significance of research and development (R&D) in shaping the future of the offshore wind sector. In their pursuit to strengthen small [...]
Ørsted and DHI have developed a bat and bird monitoring guidance document to support protection of vulnerable bat and bird species in the acceleration of the offshore wind industry. An accelerated deployment of offshore wind is necessary to halt the worst impacts of climate change, including habitat loss for bird and bat species across the [...]
PGE Baltica announced the completion of the first full year of wind measurements in Baltica 1 project area, and thus successfully completed Phase I of a measurement campaign aimed at capturing the full seasonality in recorded measurement data. As analysts point out, the consistency of the measurements was undisturbed, and the required threshold for data [...]
Green hydrogen from offshore wind: create concrete foundations for investments now! "It is good that the German government has updated ist national hydrogen strategy. This provides more planning security for the offshore wind industry. However, based on the strategy, it is now important to establish concrete measures for the production of green hydrogen from offshore [...]
Earlier this year, Benthic, a Geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, completed a site investigation comprising cone penetration tests (CPTs) using its portable remotely operated drill (PROD) that has enabled the design of foundations for about 100 wind turbines and two offshore substations for the Baltyk II and III wind farms offshore Poland [...]
Green hydrogen is essential for Poland's energy transition, argued Kamil Kobyliński of TotalEnergies Poland during the annual PWEA conference. BalticWind.EU was a media partner of the event. With the following editorial, we continue our series of publications on technologies that will play a key role in the green reindustrialisation of Europe and the implementation of the [...]
Vulcan Training & Consultancy (VTC) is building the first commercial fire training ground in Poland with a helicopter landing pad. VTC announced the opening of a new and innovative fire training ground. This commercial facility, which is the only one of its kind in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, will provide the highest quality [...]
DSV, the global Danish transport and logistics company, and Ørsted, the world-leading Danish energy company, will test long-distance drone transport of spare parts and tools in the Kattegat Sea in Denmark. Ørsted has the ambitious goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2025 and is continually exploring new ways to ensure high wind farm availability and reduce [...]
Large rocks, which will form a kind of artificial rock reef at Aflandshage Havvindmølle Park, will help to strengthen the marine environment. The mills will supply green electricity for what is equivalent to the consumption of 300,000 households when they are ready in 2026. The 26 offshore wind turbines that will make up Aflandshage Windmill [...]
BalticWind.EU has initiated the debate on how the green reindustrialization in Europe, implemented under the "Net-Zero Industry Act", should take place. In a series of interviews, podcasts and webinars, we are presenting the potential of various technologies that are key to the wind industry. We spoke to Helene Bøhler, Co-Founder & CEO at Vind, about [...]
The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, the President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Andreas Bovenschulte, and the Senator for Science and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Claudia Schilling, met in Bremerhaven today to inaugurate the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy [...]
With this interview, BalticWind.EU is starting a debate on how the green reindustrialization in Europe implementation under the "Net-Zero Industry Act" should take place. In a series of interviews, podcasts and webinars, we will show the importance of developing various technologies that are key to the wind industry. We spoke with Valery Godinez-Azcuaga, Director at [...]
At the beginning of June, the experts from Deutsche Windtechnik were among the first to carry out a large-scale offshore inspection campaign using automated drone technology. The deployment included the periodic inspection of the rotor blades at the Butendiek offshore wind farm, which is fitted with 80 Siemens SWT 3.6-120 wind turbines. The novel approach [...]
Baltic Workboats (BWB) and Damen Shipyards have signed a partnership agreement for a program of building Damen’s popular crew transfer vessel, the Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710, at BWB’s facility on Saaremaa Island in Estonia. With the Baltic Sea joining the North Sea as an area of rapid expansion for the offshore wind industry, building [...]
Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. Working in collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES), Fugro’s Geo-data will be integrated with its [...]
Energinet has awarded Fugro a new contract to provide floating wind lidar measurements for five offshore wind projects in Denmark. Fugro will install and operate ten SEAWATCH® Wind Lidar Buoys across three main locations, namely the Kattegat Sea, Baltic Sea, and North Sea. These buoys will provide real-time metocean and environmental monitoring data to support [...]
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has awarded Ørsted a 20-year contract for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project ‘Ørsted Kalundborg Hub’. The project entails that Ørsted will establish carbon capture at its wood chip-fired Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg in western Zealand and at the Avedøre Power Station’s straw-fired boiler in the Greater Copenhagen [...]
When significantly more offshore wind turbines are to be built in Danish waters in the coming years, it must be done in harmony with nature. But if it is up to Ørsted, it is not enough to avoid leaving a mark. Energy projects should play an active role in promoting biodiversity. Therefore, Ørsted will deliver [...]
ABB is collaborating with Lhyfe, a world pioneer in the production of renewable hydrogen, and Skyborn, a global leader in renewable energy, to jointly realize and optimize one of Europe’s most ambitious renewable hydrogen projects ever, SoutH2Port. The new hydrogen production plant, operated by Lhyfe and Skyborn, will be located in the municipality of Söderhamn, [...]
As the global shift towards renewable energy gains momentum, wind turbines have become an integral part of the sustainable energy landscape. However, monitoring and diagnosing blade damage present ongoing challenges for wind farm operators. In response, Sensoria by Mistras has introduced an advanced blade monitoring system that harnesses the power of acoustic emission (AE) technology. [...]
Permitting remains the biggest bottleneck for deploying wind at scale. Approximately 80 GW of wind power capacity is currently stuck in permitting procedures across Europe. It takes too long for developers to receive permits – up to nine years in some countries. This is incompatible with the EU’s climate & energy ambitions – last year [...]
The Danish Energy Agency is opening its solicitation of offers as part of its Power-to-X (PtX) state aid scheme for the production of PtX in Denmark It is now possible to submit a bid in the solicitation of offers as part of a PtX subsidy scheme for the production of PtX in Denmark (the PtX [...]
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard and Germany's Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, on 24th of March signed an agreement to work together to enable a land-based hydrogen pipeline from Denmark to Germany. From 2028, it will be possible to transport hydrogen across the Danish-German border in a [...]
OX2 has initiated the development of the offshore energy hub Neptunus in southern Baltic Sea. The energy hub is estimated to have a total installed capacity of 1.9 GW and will produce both electricity and hydrogen. The project will be included in OX2’s project development portfolio for the first quarter, 2023. The energy hub will [...]
The international partnership combines two decades of experience from offshore wind and fixed-bottom offshore substations with strong competencies in marine structures. The aim is to commercialize a robust and cost-effective concept for floating offshore substations. Copenhagen/Esbjerg, Denmark / Oslo, Norway - Semco Maritime, ISC Consulting Engineers, Aalborg University, Energy Cluster Denmark and Norwegian-Swedish Inocean have [...]
How can fossil-free offshore wind power and sustainable food be produced – all while improving the marine environment and biodiversity in the same marine area? This is what the new collaboration 'Win@Sea' between Danish universities, companies and Vattenfall hopes to investigate. Offshore wind is an efficient and fossil-free energy source, and in recent years many [...]
Underwater robots scanning bases of offshore wind turbines and aerial drones checking their blades by air – this is a way to reduce costs of offshore wind farms operations using high-tech solutions. However, it is still unclear if robots, equipped with lasers, will be reliable and effective enough to replace human inspectors and manually installed [...]
Energy Technology Perspectives 2023 highlights major market and employment opportunities, as well as the emerging risks, for countries racing to lead the clean energy industries of today and tomorrow. The energy world is at the dawn of a new industrial age – the age of clean energy technology manufacturing – that is creating major new [...]
Vestas is presenting a new solution that renders epoxy-based turbine blades as circular, without the need for changing the design or composition of blade material. Combining newly discovered chemical technology developed within the CETEC initiative, and partnerships with Olin and Stena Recycling, the solution can be applied to blades currently in operation. Once matured, this [...]
The BalticSeaH2 hydrogen valley project will develop the first significant cross-border hydrogen valley in Europe. The goal is to create an integrated hydrogen economy in the Southern Finland and Estonian region, which enables the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from various industries and the region’s energy self-sufficiency. The area is connected to the wider market [...]
AI, cameras, radars, data tracking software and risk modelling can help not only to detect damages on blades, but also to reduce bird deaths on the offshore wind farms. While renewable energy brings enormous benefits to the climate, birds deaths resulting from collisions with blades of wind turbines remain a concern among environmentalists. “The rapid [...]
Vestas has finalised installation of the V236-15.0 MW prototype turbine at the Østerild National test centre for large wind turbines in Western Jutland, Denmark. The prototype has successfully produced its first kWh of power and will now undergo an extensive test and verification programme to ensure reliability before full type certification and serial production begins. “This [...]
Ørsted’s Board of Directors has taken final investment decision (FID) on the 50,000 tonnes/year FlagshipONE e-methanol project. FlagshipONE will be Ørsted’s first commercial-scale Power-to-X facility and is an important steppingstone towards Ørsted’s ambition of taking a leading position in renewable hydrogen and green fuels. Reinforcing the commitment to the FID, Ørsted has taken full ownership [...]
Blades are essential part of wind turbines, which are susceptible to various damages caused by environmental factors such as lightning strike or a simple wear-and-tear process leading to corrosion, cracking, and perforations. Sometimes, the major cause of blade damage is undetected manufacturing defects. Regardless of the source of damage, if left unattended, it worsens with [...]