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Deutsche WindGuard expands its offer to include drone-based inspection
Deutsche WindGuard Inspection GmbH has expanded its technical inspection portfolio for onshore and offshore wind turbine generators (WTGs) to include drone-based inspection. […]
Bornholm Energy Island – an agreement between Denmark and Germany on implementation of project to supply up to 4.5 million homes with electricity
Denmark and Germany have agreed to complete the planned Bornholm Energy Island, after Ministers Habeck and Jørgensen gave the green light for it to be annexed to their countries. Once established in 2030, the Energy Island [...]
BWO and BDEW analysis: How to increase the amount of offshore wind capacity in Germany to 82 GW?
The key to increasing the amount of German offshore wind power capacity lies in a compromise approach to land use. This is the main conclusion of an analysis prepared by the Fraunhofer IWES research institute on [...]
The Marienborg Declaration: Baltic Sea Countries declare more cooperation in offshore wind
On 30 August 2022 the Heads of Governments and Energy Ministers of the 8 countries around the Baltic Sea signed the Marienborg Declaration. They committed to new volumes for the build-out of offshore wind in the [...]
German offshore wind energy – summary
The following text is published courtesy of the author Benjamin Wehrmann and the Clean Energy Wire website. Author: Benjamin Wehrmann, Clean Energy Wire Offshore wind power has been the last of several renewable power technologies rolled [...]
Polish Pavilion at WindEnergy Hamburg 27-30 September 2022
Two of the biggest global events for the wind industry will take place in September. German Hamburg will host the Expo and the WindEnergy Congress. There will be no shortage of Polish wind industry representatives there. [...]
Monopile installation completed at Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm
A major milestone was achieved at Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm over the weekend when DEME Offshore installed its final XXL monopile in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Rügen. This was the [...]
50Hertz submarine cable successfully pulled into Arcadis Ost substation platform
The offshore platform Arcadis Ost is now connected to the German extra-high voltage grid. The 220 kV submarine cable system required for this was pulled into place on the platform over the past few days. Final [...]
WindEurope: Negative bidding in German offshore wind law threatens supply chain
The German Parliament has adopted a new Offshore Wind Law (WindSeeG). It makes important changes to the design of Germany’s offshore wind auctions. It established two different types of auctions, one of which involves negative bidding with no caps on the [...]
Vos Prodect to be Cable Hang-Off supplier for Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
Vos Prodect continues to support the major offshore wind farm projects in 2022. The company will be the Cable Hang-Off supplier for the TKF cable project Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. […]
Semco wins service contract for offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea
In 2022-2027, Semco Maritime will perform service assignments on the Arcadis Ost 1 project’s offshore substation, which Semco Maritime has been responsible for designing and implementing all electrical systems on during the construction phase. The project is expected to be commissioned [...]
wpd starts implementation of the Gennaker offshore wind project
With the conditional order of 103 Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines with up to 9 MW capacity each and the start of the main soil investigation at each individual turbine location, wpd has started the realization of the Gennaker offshore wind [...]
50Hertz: Starting shot for Ostwind 3 approval procedure
The application documents for the section in the EEZ relate both to the construction and operation of the approximately 24-kilometre-long submarine cable and to 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm. The planning approval authority – the BSH – [...]
Arcadis Ost offshore substation installed
Parkwind, 50Hertz and Bladt Industries are thrilled to announce the successful installation of the Arcadis Ost offshore substation (OSS). The 2380 ton structure was installed by the Scaldis crane vessel Gulliver on its monopile foundation in the wind farm Arcadis Ost [...]
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