€ 6.1 billion was invested in four European offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of around 1.4 GW in 2019, marking the lowest amount invested and the capacity financed in a year since 2012, according to a report by WindEurope. The four wind farms that reached the Final Investment Decision
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a tender for meteorological measurement and reporting services at the N-6.7 offshore wind zone in the German North Sea. BSH plans to carry out a one-year in-situ measurement is planned to enable an assessment of the wind conditions
Northern HeliCopter GmbH has won a contract to provide rescue services for the Riffgat and Alpha Ventus offshore wind farms in Germany. Northern HeliCopter will carry out helicopter rescue services (HEMS) for offshore personnel in connection with the operation of the projects. The contract includes
The UK Environmental Audit Committee has launched the Technological Innovation and Climate Change inquiry, with first focus on offshore wind power. Following the Government’s Offshore Wind Sector Deal in March 2019, the Committee will consider the opportunities that will maximize the industry’s pote
Deugro has completed loading the second shipment of wind turbine towers for the SeaMade offshore wind farm at the Port of Avilés in Spain.
OWP Butendiek GmbH has awarded ENGIE Fabricom with a service contract to perform a SCADA Upgrade and long-term SCADA Service Level Agreement (SLA) of the Butendiek offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) in the German sector of the North Sea. ENGIE Fabricom will be upgrading the Butendiek OHVS SCADA
On Friday, 3 April, EnBW marked the ninth year of operation of its Baltic 1 offshore wind farm – Germany’s first commercial scale offshore wind farm.
Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender for a nearshore geophysical, UXO and geotechnical campaign at the landfall of the Celtic Interconnector. The scope includes integrated nearshore surveys to be performed at the French landfall of the Celtic Interconnector mainly in water dep
The 9th annual Offshore Wind Conference held in 2018, brought together the entire offshore wind value chain to discuss developments and innovations. In addition to key project updates, topics included future-proof business models for subsidy-free offshore wind, redesigning electricity markets for ab
Following innogy’s news on reaching the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Kaskasi project and Bladt Industries being awarded contracts for monopile foundations and offshore substation (OSS), Bladt informed that it will execute the EPCI contract for the OSS in cooperation with Semco Maritime an
German energy company innogy SE has reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm project in the German North Sea. In preparation for the construction, contracts for all major components have been signed, innogy said. Located 35 kilometres north of the island of
Partner companies gathered around the Westküste 100 project in Germany have submitted the full application with a detailed project description to the project management company Jülich. The Westküste 100 project aims to map and bring a regional hydrogen economy in Schleswig-Holstein to an industrial
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has selected the winners of the framework contracts for periodic inspections and tests at the company’s four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender for technical inspection and testing services is divided into two lots and it cove
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has decided not to participate in the tender for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, citing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason. ”In light of the current COVID-19 situation, we have carefully evaluated our risk-reward b
