10000 results found for 'first'

10000 results found for 'first'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Construction Begins on World’s Largest Monopile Factory

    5 May 2023
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The construction of the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant has begun with the first pile being driven into its position in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The plant will be built at the 62-hectare Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam as an extension of Sif’s existing facilities. The company made the final investment decision to construct the […]

  • Shell’s South Korean Floating Wind Project Cleared for 1.3 GW Capacity

    8 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Shell and CoensHexicon have secured further two Electricity Business Licenses (EBLs) from South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy for their floating wind project off the coast of Ulsan. The joint venture obtained the first EBL for the MunmuBaram project in November 2021, when 420 MW of its capacity was approved, marking the first […]

  • France Pre-Selects EDF Renewables, Maple Power for Floating Wind Tender

    16 September 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The French government has selected Eoliennes Flottantes Bretagne Grand Large, a company owned by EDF Renewables and Maple Power, to participate in the tender for building France’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm. BW Ideol, which reported earlier that it had entered into an agreement with an unnamed partner to build a floating wind farm in […]

  • Equinor Sets Up French Floating Wind Company Together with RES and Green Giraffe

    20 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Equinor, RES, and Green Giraffe have established a joint company named Océole, one of whose first missions will be to evaluate and work towards submitting bids in the country’s upcoming floating wind tenders. “Together with RES and Green Giraffe, we are ready to contribute long term to the country’ ambitious offshore wind plans and develop […]

  • Saipem Orders Calvados Monopiles at EEW SPC

    9 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem has selected EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH to manufacture 64 monopile foundations at their Rostock site for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in Normandy, France. The contract signing for the wind farm, also known as Courseulles-sur-Mer, took place at the beginning of April 2021. In total, EEW SPC will process about 50,000 […]

  • Van Oord Seals Nordseecluster Foundations Deal

    28 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has awarded a contract to Van Oord for the transportation and installation of the monopile foundations for the Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany. Van Oord’s scope of work includes the installation of 104 extended monopiles as well as the installation of scour protection. In 2025, there are plans to install 44 monopiles, with […]

  • Smulders Set to Send Off Last TPs for Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    1 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has completed the fabrication of transition pieces (TPs) for the Taiwanese Yunlin offshore wind project. The company loaded out the last two of the total 40 TPs on 31 August, thus marking the final step in its part of the project. Currently, the final batch of nine transition pieces is standing ready at the […]

  • Top News of the Week, 10 – 16 October 2016

    16 October 2016

    Vattenfall Bids for Borssele III & IV Vattenfall, a Swedish wind energy developer which could build the cheapest nearshore project off the coast of Denmark, has disclosed that it is taking part in the Borssele III and IV tender. Photo of the Day: Extra Muscle Needed for Nordsee One Monopiles Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG […]

  • Maryland PSC Schedules Public Hearings on Offshore Wind Projects

    28 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Maryland’s Public Service Commission will hold two public hearings on two offshore wind farm projects proposed by US Wind and Deepwater Wind in March.

  • Maersk Training Completes 1st GWO BMT Course with MHI Vestas Technicians

    3 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Esbjerg has conducted the first Basic Maintenance Training (BMT) course with attendees from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The first Basic Maintenance Training (BMT) was carried out in late November, after Maersk Training in Esbjerg became the first Global Wind Organisation (GWO) certified training centre in the world to be approved to deliver the course. […]

  • Photo of the Day: Maasvlakte Getting Ready for Haliade-X 12MW

    12 April 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    GE Renewable Energy is currently preparing the site in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, for installation of its Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine prototype. Preparations of the site which will host the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine are being carried out in partnership with Future Wind. The two companies signed an agreement at the beginning of the year […]

  • Top News of the Week, 18 – 24 September 2017

    24 September 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 18 to 24 September 2017.

  • Bay State Wind Launches New Bedford Office

    3 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bay State Wind, a partnership between Ørsted (DONG Energy) and Eversource developing the Bay State Wind offshore wind farm offshore Massachusetts, has opened an office in New Bedford.

  • Windea La Cour Visits Niestern Sander for Maintenance Works

    22 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Offshore support vessel (OSV) Windea La Cour has completed repair and modification works at Niestern Sander Ship Repair in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, prior to returning to the Gemini offshore wind farm.

  • France Aims for Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power

    28 May 2013

    At the National Wind Energy Conference in Kalmar of 22-23 May Jean-Yves Grandidier, Secretary-General of FEE (French Wind Power Association), presented the French program for offshore wind power. Under the theme “Offshore Wind Power Creates regional growth in France” Jean-Yves Grandidier presented the ambitious French program to introduce large-scale offshore wind power off the coast […]

  • USA: MassCEC Announces Studies to Help Facilitate Offshore Wind Projects

    24 December 2013
    R&D

    As part of the Patrick Administration’s efforts to support the development of an offshore wind industry hub in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has announced the preliminary results of a multi-year study of marine wildlife and launched an effort to study the logistics of interconnecting offshore wind to the New England power grid. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Starts Rolling Out Rentel Nacelles

    16 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has rolled out the first D7 nacelle for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm from its new production facility in Cuxhaven, Germany.

  • Hywind Tampen Now Delivering to Second Oil and Gas Field

    17 May 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation, has started delivering electricity to the Snorre oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea. The 88 MW Hywind Tampen delivered first power in November 2022. The electricity was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform. Now the wind farm is delivering electricity […]

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    23 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 300 MW Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind farm has entered the trial operation stage after the first MySE5.5MW wind turbines came online, MingYang Smart Energy said. In total, MingYang will deliver 55 MySE5.5MW units for the project, with the delivery now ”well on track”, the turbine maker said. The first wind turbine was installed at […]

  • Sing Da Marine Opens Jacket Foundation Plant in Taiwan

    30 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The mass production is expected to start in the third quarter of 2020. The factory will have an expected annual output of up to 50 jackets.

  • Jan De Nul Adds Private 5G to Northwester 2

    31 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    nCentric has won a contract by Jan De Nul to deliver a wireless communication system for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium. nCentric will provide a solution with its Mesh technology in combination with private 5G on four of Jan De Nul’s installation vessels during the offshore installation works at the 219MW wind farm. Under […]

  • ABP Setting Stage for Siemens Blade Factory in Hull (VIDEO)

    25 April 2016
    R&D

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has shared the latest drone footage of the enabling works on Alexandra Dock in Hull where Siemens is to build the UK’s first offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, service and installation facility. The 54-acre site, which ABP and its main contractor GRAHAM Lagan Construction Group Joint Venture (JV) are preparing for Siemens’ facility, […]

  • Merkur Turbines Halfway There (VIDEO)

    11 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Turbine installation team working on the Merkur offshore wind farm has reached a halfway point on this 396MW project in the German North Sea.

  • Prysmian Profit Down 25 Pct

    10 November 2014
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Cable manufacturer, Prysmian, has reported net profit of EUR 135 million for the first nine months of 2014, which is 25.1% lower comparing to the same period last year. “The results for the first nine months of 2014 show generally stable profitability, excluding the adverse impact of the Western Link project,” explains CEO Valerio Battista. […]

  • BZEE to Hold Service Technician for Wind Turbines Course in Husum

    13 May 2014
    Training & Education

    From September the 8th 2014 to December the 5th 2014 BZEE will run the first English language Service Technician for Wind Turbines course in Husum, Germany. Course contents: – Fundamentals of wind energy technology – Work safety – First aid – Working at heights and rescue training – Wind turbine electronics, mechanics and hydraulics – […]

  • France to Announce Second Offshore Wind Tender Winners

    7 May 2014
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The French government is going to announce results of the second offshore wind tender round later today. Energy minister Ségolène Royal will hold a press conference at 16:30, when she will announce the winners for the 500MW Le Treport and Noirmoutier development sites. Le Tréport area was opened for competition during the first call for […]