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  • Bluestream to perform remedial work at two German offshore wind farms

    16 July 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München have awarded Dutch company Bluestream Offshore, an OEG Renewables business, a contract for a remedial campaign on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Bluestream will provide specialist subsea and topside services for the remedial campaign which will run for around 35 days. The work includes […]

  • Green finance: Swedbank adopts climate target for shipping portfolio

    30 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Nordic-Baltic banking group Swedbank has set a climate target for its shipping portfolio by integrating climate considerations into its loan decisions for ship finance.

  • Swedbank commits to shipping’s decarbonization as newest signatory of Poseidon Principles

    28 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Nordic-Baltic banking group Swedbank has signed the Poseidon Principles, a global framework for integrating climate considerations into lending decisions within ship finance.

  • Sandbank UXO Work Done

    1 June 2015

    Fendercare Subsea Services has completed the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) project at the Sandbank offshore wind site. The UXO project was conducted at the Sandbank offshore wind farm, which is the second largest power generation project undertaken by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München in the German North Sea. The operation itself identified 120 potential contacts of which 26 […]

  • First Sandbank Turbine Up

    29 July 2016

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have now erected the first of 72 Siemens SWT- 4.0 130 wind turbines at the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm being built 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea. The erection of the towers on the foundations and the installation of the nacelles […]

  • Turbine Installation Progressing at Sandbank

    18 August 2016

    The 10th turbine has been installed at Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm, the company informed via its social media pages.  The first of 72 Siemens 4MW wind turbines at the 288MW offshore wind farm was installed at the end of July. The erection of the towers on the foundations and the installation of the nacelles and rotor blades […]

  • Seaway in Sandbank Substation Setup

    4 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Bladt Industries, Aalborg, Denmark has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of the Sandbank substation. The substation platform consists of a jacket, skirt piles and deck and requires to be installed in the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm. At the substation, electricity from the individual wind turbines will be collected and […]

  • Stadtwerke München Looks to Acquire Sandbank OWF

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    German utility, Stadtwerke München GmbH, is planning to acquire a stake in Sandbank offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The 288MW project is located in the German Bight area, around 90 kilometers west of the Island of Sylt, directly on the border between Germany and Denmark. Currently, the sole shareholder Vattenfall is in […]

  • ‘Gentle Giant’ to Work on Sandbank OWF

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Subsea pile driving specialist MENCK, an ACTEON company, is providing its largest and most powerful hydraulic hammer to assist Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems with the installation of subsea foundations for Project Sandbank, a new 72-turbine strong wind farm in the North Sea. Known as the ‘Gentle Giant’, the MENCK MHU 3500S hydraulic hammer exerts a […]

  • VBMS in Action at Sandbank (Video)

    22 August 2016
    Storage

    This summer, VBMS has completed cable installation and post-lay burial work at Vattenfall’s 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm in the German Bight. The company’s scope of work included cable supply, CPS, installation, post lay burial, and termination & testing of 76 infield cables. VBMS deployed its multipurpose vessels Ndurance and Ndeavor in order to simultaneously perform cable […]

  • Bladt Working on Sandbank’s Substation

    12 October 2015

    On Friday morning, Bladt Industries carried out the upending of the jacket foundation for the topside of the Sandbank offshore wind farm’s substation. At Bladt’s quay in Aalborg, the 96 metres tall crane easily upended the two sides for the jacket each weighing 525 tonnes. Once both sides were in upright position, they were joined together with remaining […]

  • Sandbank Fully Up and Running

    27 January 2017
    Storage

    The 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm has been fully commissioned, Vattenfall reports. Sandbank, located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea, delivered its first power to the German national grid as a fully constructed wind farm on Wednesday, January 25, Vattenfall said. The wind farm was commissioned less […]

  • Sandbank Fully Up and Running

    27 January 2017
    Storage

    The 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm has been fully commissioned, Vattenfall reports. Sandbank, located 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea, delivered its first power to the German national grid as a fully constructed wind farm on Wednesday, January 25, Vattenfall said. The wind farm was commissioned less […]

  • Construction Starts at Sandbank OWF

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall and SWM have begun the pile driving on monopile “SB 62”, marking the start of construction of the Sandbank wind farm 90 km off the coast of Sylt. After the DanTysk offshore wind farm, Sandbank is now the second infrastructure project that Vattenfall and SWM are realizing together. The sister project, DanTysk, which is […]

  • Boating pair stranded on sandbank

    23 April 2008

    A rescue operation has been mounted on the River Ouse near Goole after a 40 foot pleasure craft got stuck on a sandbank at low tide. The Humber Inshore Rescue team said a couple from Bradford, West Yorkshire, had become stranded on the vessel near the village of Airmyn.

  • Vattenfall Recruiting for Sandbank Project

    30 October 2015

    Vattenfall is seeking specialists for quality control and site representation for the Sandbank offshore wind farm construction. According to the developer, the contract shall comprise pre-assembly, installation and commissioning phase. The Port of Esbjerg will serve as the pre-assembly site while the wind turbines will be installed 90 kilometres off the coast of Sylt in […]

  • Sandbank OSS Installed (Gallery)

    10 May 2016

    The installation of Sandbank offshore wind farm’s offshore substation has been completed. It took around three hours to lift the topside from the transport ship and place it on the 51 metres high jacket foundation. The positioning and installation of the substation at sea, placed in water depth of 28 metres, was carried out by the installation vessel Stanislav Yudin. The 288MW Sandbank […]

  • Sandbank OSS Hits the Road

    20 April 2016

    The offshore substation for Sandbank offshore wind farm left Bladt Industries early this morning and is now on its way to the wind farm construction site.  On Friday morning, load out of the substation took place, while the jacket foundation load out  Saturday morning. Bladt’s part of the project includes design, construction and installation (EPCI […]

  • Sandbank OSS Hits the Road

    20 April 2016

    The offshore substation for Sandbank offshore wind farm left Bladt Industries early this morning and is now on its way to the wind farm construction site.  On Friday morning, load out of the substation took place, while the jacket foundation load out  Saturday morning. Bladt’s part of the project includes design, construction and installation (EPCI […]

  • WINDFARM UPDATES: Sandbank & Wikinger

    23 February 2015

    Sandbank  Foundation construction work has started for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm, approximately 100km North West of the island Sylt, which will comprise 72 Siemens 4MW turbines. The 72 steel monopile foundations, with diameters of up to 6.8m and lengths of up to 70m, are built by EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock. Depending […]

  • Vattenfall Recruiting for Sandbank Project

    30 October 2015

    Vattenfall is seeking specialists for quality control and site representation for the Sandbank offshore wind farm construction. According to the developer, the contract shall comprise pre-assembly, installation and commissioning phase. The Port of Esbjerg will serve as the pre-assembly site while the wind turbines will be installed 90 kilometres off the coast of Sylt in […]

  • Fabrication of Sandbank OWF’s Foundations Starts

    18 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have announced the start of manufacturing of the components for the Sandbank offshore wind farm. The fabrication of 72 steel monopile foundations for wind turbines has started at EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock.  Depending on their location within the wind farm, monopiles will have a diameter of up to 6.80 meters and will […]

  • Stadtwerke München Looks to Acquire Sandbank OWF

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    German utility, Stadtwerke München GmbH, is planning to acquire a stake in Sandbank offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The 288MW project is located in the German Bight area, around 90 kilometers west of the Island of Sylt, directly on the border between Germany and Denmark. Currently, the sole shareholder Vattenfall is in […]

  • Inter Array Cabling Starts at Sandbank OWF

    14 September 2015

    By laying in the first power cable between the monopiles “SB 28C” and “SB 29C”, Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have started the inter array cabling of the Sandbank offshore wind farm, 90 km west of the coast of German island Sylt. Approximately 96 km of cables are to be installed within the wind farm. […]

  • Vattenfall Seeking Supervisor for Sandbank Substation Work

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is inviting tenders for work on the Sandbank offshore wind farm substation construction. The contractor will be in charge of supervising the steelwork fabrication and corrosion protection of an offshore wind farm substation. The 288MW project is located in the German Bight area, around 90 kilometers west of the Island of Sylt. The wind […]