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![Ā© Jƶrge Schneemann [2024] Scanning Lidar device temporarily installed on the nacelle of a wind turbine at RWEās offshore wind farm Amrumbank West as part of the CĀ²-Wakes project.](https://balticwind.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Zrzut-ekranu-2024-06-7-o-00.59.50-320x202.png)
Optimized Yield in Offshore Wind Farms: Measurement Campaign in CĀ²-Wakes Project Gets Underway
The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES, together with its project partners RWE, ForWind (University of Oldenburg ā Institute of Physics), and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, is investigating how to optimize the total energy yield of offshore wind farms in the "CĀ²-Wakes [...]
BEMIP Offshore Wind priorities for 2024
The BEMIP Offshore Wind Working Group is implementing strategic priorities for 2024 to further advance offshore renewable energy in the Baltic Sea region. With a substantial potential of over 93 GW for offshore wind energy, the focus is on capitalizing on [...]
RWE to build wind farms with capacity of 1.6 GW off German coast
RWE has made the investment decision for its Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1.6 gigawatts (GW). The wind farms will be built in the North Sea, about 50 kilometres north of the island of Juist. Suppliers [...]
Van Oord secures Baltic Sea wind farm contract for Iberdrola’s Windanker project
Van Oord has been contracted by the Spanish energy company Iberdrola for the constructionof the German Windanker offshore wind farm. Yet another addition to Van Oordās portfolio of offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea, highlighting its experience in the area [...]
50Hertz Receives Green Light for Ostwind 3 Grid Connection Project in the Baltic Sea
50Hertz can finally begin work on theĀ Ostwind 3Ā grid connection for the offshore wind farmĀ WindankerĀ in the Baltic Sea. The Ministry for Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has issued the permits for the onshore route of four kilometers as well [...]
First wooden wind turbine blades installed in Germany
The worldās first wooden wind turbine blades have been installed in Germany, promising to produce 78% fewer CO2 emissions during construction and reduce production costs by 20% compared to current turbine blades. Designed and manufactured by Voodin Blade Technology, a German [...]
GERMANY: Onshore wind sees record auction volumes, permitting improvements and crucial new port investments
Things are really looking up again for onshore wind in Germany. Last year they were building over twice as much new onshore wind as they were each year over 2018-22. Permitting reforms mean more new projects are being approved than at [...]
First wind turbine installed at Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
The first of a total of fifty wind turbines has been successfully installed at the 476MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, a joint venture between Iberdrola, a world leading clean energy company, and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company ā Masdar, the [...]
RWE signs Framework Agreements for HVDC systems with HitachiĀ Energy and Aibel to secure capacity for future offshore wind farms
RWE, one of the worldās leading players in offshore wind, signed Framework Agreements with Hitachi Energy and Aibel for the joint supply of three high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems for RWE offshore wind farms. The agreements are long-term in nature as [...]
Allseas wins Contract for Germany Gennaker offshore wind farm
Allseas has been contracted for the transport and installation (T&I) of two major substations (so called OSS) for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, developed by transmission operator 50Hertz. Located 15 kilometres off the German coast near [...]
BWO: The expansion targets for offshore wind energy are a political commitment – and then what?
German Offshore Wind Energy Association (Bundesverband Windenergie Offshore e.V, BWO) indicates that the statutory expansion target for 2035 is "at least 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035", however, there are delays in grid expansion and challenges along the value chain. [...]
BEMIP Offshore Wind priorities for 2024
The BEMIP Offshore Wind Working Group is implementing strategic priorities for 2024 to further advance offshore renewable energy in the Baltic Sea region. With a substantial potential of over 93 GW for offshore wind energy, the focus is on capitalizing on [...]
50Hertz begins work on theĀ Ostwind 3Ā grid connection for the offshore wind farmĀ Windanker
50Hertz can finally begin work on theĀ Ostwind 3Ā grid connection for the offshore wind farmĀ WindankerĀ in the Baltic Sea. The Ministry for Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has now issued the permits for the onshore route of four kilometers as [...]
Baltic Sea countries pledge closer collaboration to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure
The Energy Ministers of 8 Baltic Sea countries - Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland and Sweden - agreed the Vilnius Declaration, pledging closer collaboration to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the Baltic Sea region. This comes after the [...]
IWES offshore: Boulder detection for monopile foundations and submarine cables for Baltic Power
The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES has conducted a boulder detection campaign in the Baltic Sea on behalf of Baltic Power for the foundations of the planned wind turbines. It also applied the surveying technology along the planned subsea [...]
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