WINDEA Offshore

🇳🇱 Amsterdam has been the final highlight of the Offshore Exhibition Seasons for many years now and an essential gathering point for professionals, experts and companies active in the offshore energy sector and beyond. We at WINDEA are looking forward to connecting with old friends and making new contacts at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (#OEEC) 2024. Björn Schulz and Thomas van der Laan will team up with Nicholas Fitt from Bernhard Schulte Offshore GmbH, Jan Hattermann from Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO) and Haaye-Paul Ravensbergen from Buss Terminal Eemshaven BV. 🗣️ Let's talk about Agency Services in Eemshaven, Marshalling Project Logistics or the new CSOVs that we'll start delivering as of 05/2025. 🤩

👏 Winner of the "Product Innovation of the Year" is 📢 This evening, the Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg (EEHH) Cluster honored ideas and innovations for the 13th time with the German Renewables Award at the Elb-Panorama in Hamburg. 27 applications were received for the Award 2024 - drone inspection of wind turbines, new types of eFuels, mobile storage for hydrogen transportation and much more In the “Product Innovation of the Year” category, our shareholder Buss Energy Group applied with the Aero Flight Intelligence System for the optimized drone inspection of wind turbines using an adaptive flight system. And we are pleased to announce ... the company is the WINNER 🤩🎆 Congratulations on this great recognition of the work together with Aero Enterprise GmbH on this system.

🌬️ EXITING MILESTONES We at WINDEA would like to congratulate our shareholder Buss Ports for its key role in two monumental offshore wind projects being carried out with RWE and Mammoet. 💪⚡ 📢 Nordseecluster A & Thor Offshore Wind Farm In collaboration with Mammoet, Buss Ports will handle the marshalling of 116 XXL monopiles weighing up to 1,700 tons and measuring 96 meters in length at Buss Terminal Eemshaven BV for these projects. 🏋♂️ At Thyboron Port, Buss Ports will handle secondary steel structures for RWE’s 1.1 GW Thor wind farm ➡ the largest in Denmark. For this purpose, Buss Ports will lease and operate an area of approximately 100,000 square metres and the corresponding quay in the southern part of the port. 🇩🇰 These projects highlight Buss Ports' expertise, experience and safety mindset gained through more than a decade of supporting the industry. 🌱💚 #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #BussPorts #Thor

Belgium assumes the presidency of the North Seas Energy Cooperation 🌍 From January 2025, Belgium will take over the rotating presidency of the North Sea Energy Cooperation (NSEC) from Denmark. This is a significant moment as Belgium seeks a green transformation across the North Sea with three key objectives: 1️⃣ Fully exploiting the North Sea's renewable energy potential 2️⃣ Strengthening European supply chains and industry 3️⃣ Accelerating offshore green hydrogen projects Preparations for this presidency are already in full swing, a program framework has been established and initial partnerships with Germany have been concluded. Belgium has committed to supporting Germany in the organization of the upcoming North Sea Summit in Hamburg in June 2025, which will be an important milestone for sustainable energy cooperation in the region. 💡The NSEC itself provides a voluntary, collaborative EU framework to drive the development of offshore renewable energy in all North Sea countries and regions. Its members include Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the European Commission. #RenewableEnergy #NSEC #NorthSea #GreenHydrogen #Belgium

🌊 Congratulations on the milestone for the Thor offshore wind farm Congratulations to our partner Buss Terminal Eemshaven BV on the successful arrival and storage of the first monopile foundations for RWE's ambitious Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea! These first eight foundations, each up to 100 meters high and weighing 1,500 tons, mark the start of a project in which the Buss Terminal Eemshaven will handle a total of 72 foundations. With a capacity of over 1 gigawatt, the Thor offshore wind farm will eventually supply the equivalent of more than one million Danish households with electricity - that's almost the energy consumption of all the households in a city the size of Copenhagen! Congratulations once again to the skilled team at Buss Ports for efficiently completing this crucial phase. To the exciting journey ahead! #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #RWE #BussPorts #ThorWindFarm #SustainableFuture

📢 Wind industry shows determination for domestic production - BMWK meets with industry representatives Last week, Federal Minister Dr. Robert Habeck received representatives of the wind industry at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK – Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz). The goal: a strong expansion of wind energy in Germany – and the industry is ready to drive this forward. 🌬️ Five key areas of action have been identified: 🔒 (Cyber)security of wind turbines 🚀 Fair international competitive conditions 🔋 Reduction of dependency on critical components 🏦 Financing security for production ramp-up 💼 Review of public subsidies in the event of distortions of competition To ensure the production ramp-up, the industry will need around EUR 16 billion in guarantee and protection instruments by 2030. An expansion of the KfW program “Consortium Loan Sustainable Transformation” could play a key role here. The EU bank EIB has also submitted a complementary offer. Voices from the industry: IG Metall is calling for a redesign of the tenders with a higher German value-added share and jobs protected by collective agreements. The Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE welcomes the BMWK measures, but is calling for additional reforms to the tender design for offshore wind areas. 🔄 A strong plan - but only a first step. The transformation of the wind industry is crucial for a sustainable future!

Currently, not only our "WINDEA Leibniz" is in operation for Ørsted, but also our "WINDEA one" for over a year now. Last year, our shareholder Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO) launched its first hybrid CTV, the "WINDEA one", for transporting personnel as well as construction and spare parts to the offshore wind turbines. The vessel is 31.8 m long, 10 m wide and has a draft of 1.8 m. In addition to an innovative drive concept, the new design offers a modern active fender system, which offers more stability when approaching an offshore wind turbine at sea and thus ensures more safety when the technicians climb over it.

📣 If you still haven't read it 👉 During an interview with the Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg (EEHH), our colleague Thomas van der Laan gave an insight into our services and international activities, particularly in the USA. He also explains our vision of how #WINDEA can offer holistic logistics solutions in connection with the construction and operation of offshore wind farms in the future by combining the various services of all our shareholders and partners. ➡ We think it's worth reading 😉 https://lnkd.in/e9uvQYuF

Once again they have done a great job 👌🏻👏🏻

It's like the Olympic spirit with passing the baton. 🏅 And we continue the exciting journey towards the finish line! 🚢🏁 #OffshoreWind #CSOV #OlympicSpirit