Swedish utility Vattenfall has greenlit construction of the Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms off the northern coast of Germany. Together the two projects will become the country’s largest off-shore wind park. With construction to begin in 2026 the project is expected to be operational by 2028.
https://gcaptain.com/vattenfall-greenlights-construction-of-germanys-largest-offshore-wind-farm/
Swedish-headquartered energy company Vattenfall has selected France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to build, own, and operate up to three Service Operation Vessels under long-term contracts.
LDA was selected following a complex and competitive European tender process that took place throughout 2024 and that concluded late December. The terms include two firm SOVs and one optional SOV, which will be deployed to support offshore wind farm operations and maintenance in the North Sea.
The first SOV...
(Bloomberg) — Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall AB is planning further investments in offshore wind energy in Germany, showing confidence in the country’s market soon after shelving a project in the UK. The…
https://gcaptain.com/vattenfall-plans-german-offshore-wind-farm-after-uk-project-exit/
Kylie Minogue has a new pop single out this week, called Tension, which is most appropriate. There’s tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, tension across the offshore wind industry, as another major operator takes a big write off, and tension in Maersk Supply Service, where 130 British staff face redundancy, the COO has been let go, […]
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Another month, another record auction for offshore wind farm concessions in Europe, this time in Germany. The tender allowed bidders to compete on their willingness to pa ..
Sometimes it seems that nothing makes sense when it comes to energy transition. Global warming induces more coal to be burnt, Saudi Aramco reports record profits as wind ..
(Bloomberg) — Vattenfall AB halted the development of an offshore wind project in the UK after costs surged, posing a major setback for a key part of Britain’s climate and…
https://gcaptain.com/key-uk-offshore-wind-project-axed-in-blow-to-climate-plans/
The money is still pouring into new wind vessels, even as the wider orderbook for new vessels to work in offshore oil and gas remains at zero, and has been for the best p ..
Offshore wind energy critics often cite the risk of collision with birds as an argument against the use of wind power. But a new study conducted by European energy company Vattenfall shows that offshore wind turbines at one UK wind farm are much less dangerous to birds than previously thought, a step towards debunking common claims that turbines are a major contributor to bird mortality. Vattenfall’s study looked at seabird behavior over a period of two years at the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm...
https://gcaptain.com/new-study-finds-seabirds-birds-avoid-offshore-wind-turbines/
Much of the recently awarded offshore projects involve transport and installation works in support of renewables and oil and gas operators in the UK, the European mainlan ..