10000 results found for 'first'

10000 results found for 'first'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Borkum Riffgrund II Turbines Reach Halfway Mark

    2 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has installed the 28th MHI Vestas 8MW turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund II offshore wind farm, marking the halfway milestone.

  • Last Horns Rev 3 Turbines Buy One-Way Ticket

    10 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has loaded the last turbines for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. The vessel loaded the final batch of the MHI Vestas units on 10 January and is now set to head towards the project site 25-40km west of Houstrup Strand on […]

  • Mexico In Line for Wave Energy Farm

    1 December 2015

    Wave energy technology company AW-Energy Oy and Mexican renewable energy developer ENAL have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop, design and deploy a 10MW wave farm off the Pacific coast of Mexico. This wave farm will at its inception represent the first wave farm in operation in the Americas as well as one of […]

  • Andritz Receives Order for MeyGen

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, part of international technology Group Andritz, has received an order from MeyGen Ltd. to supply three 1.5-megawatt tidal current turbines to the planned tidal array in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland. Tidal current turbines are anchored to the sea bed in coastal waters and driven by rising and falling […]

  • Rampion Go-Ahead Secures Largest Ever Order for MHI Vestas

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received the largest order in the companies’ history for the 400 MW Rampion offshore wind power plant in the UK. The order comprises 116 V112-3.45 MW wind turbines and a full scope service contract. Installation of the 116 wind turbines will commence in the first quarter of 2017, with commissioning […]

  • WERPO Musters Wave Energy Troops in Sri Lanka

    26 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Blackbird International Corporation, the sole shareholder of WERPO, has officially entered into an agreement with Sri Lankan company Help Mankind for a twofold joint venture. The first is the implementation of a manufacturing plant for the production of the equipment used by WERPO in its wave energy technology. Secondly, WERPO will construct the first of a […]

  • Preparations Underway for Turbine Installation at Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm, Germany

    9 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Preparations for the installation of wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm have begun in early April. Transport and loading of heavy components of the Siemens SWT 3.6, such as towers, nacelles, blades and turbines, have been performed with a special installation vessel, the “Bold Tern” from Esbjerg. “Bold Tern”, owned by Fred Olsen, […]

  • Falck: Training = Awareness = Minimising risks

    13 August 2013

    When working offshore there should be one golden rule: Safety first! All kinds of legislation and regulations have been set up to ensure that both the health and safety of the employees are respected, in facet of their work, and rest time, offshore. However these rules can vary by country and also by the different […]

  • Xodus Group to Carry Out EIA for Statoil’s Potential Floating Wind Farm (Norway)

    18 May 2011
    R&D

      Aberdeen headquartered energy consultancy Xodus Group today announced that it will plan and carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Statoil for a potential pilot park for the world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine. Xodus made the announcement at the All Energy conference in Aberdeen and First Minister Alex Salmond welcomed the news. […]

  • MEO Group and Taihan Cable & Solution Sign Offshore Wind MoU

    10 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Myclin Express Offshore (MEO Group) and South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind projects. Together, MEO Group and Taihan plan to foster collaboration on offshore wind projects, especially in South Korea, with the deployment of the Group’s vessels and Taihan’s cable-laying vessels (CLVs). Based […]

  • Massachusetts Chooses Hydropower Over Offshore Wind

    26 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The State of Massachusetts has passed over Deepwater Wind’s Revolution Wind offshore wind project in the first of two requests for proposals under the Massachusetts Clean Energy initiative.

  • Tekmar Enters Asian Offshore Wind Market through Formosa 1

    9 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based Tekmar Energy has supplied its TEKLINK Cable Protection System (CPS) to protect the underwater power cables as they enter the wind turbine foundations on the Formosa 1 Phase 1 project, the first offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

  • CIP’s Second Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan Produces Power

    26 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan, jointly developed by Taiwan-based China Steel Corporation (CSC) and Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has produced first power. A third of the project’s wind turbines are now in place, CIP said in a press release on 26 June. Offshore installation work is expected to be […]

  • Onshore Wind Farm to Be Built Using Offshore Techniques

    11 May 2022
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch energy company Eneco has started the construction of the Maasvlakte 2 onshore wind farm in the Rotterdam harbour area, with a portion of turbine components to be installed using offshore installation techniques. The wind farm covers a total length of approximately 7.5 kilometres. The 2.5-kilometre-long hard sea defences consist of a dyke body with […]

  • Star of the South to Help Local Businesses Enter Offshore Wind Market

    30 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Contribution

    Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind project, has launched a study to connect local businesses with future opportunities in Gippsland’s emerging offshore wind sector. The project is seeking out local businesses that supply goods and services needed for offshore wind projects and opportunities to grow local capabilities. Star of the South has […]

  • 100th Turbine Stands at Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    1 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    100 out of 114 Vestas V164-10 MW wind turbines have been installed at what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm – Seagreen – off the coast of Angus. According to AIS, Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Orca is at the offshore construction site 27 kilometres from the coast of Angus where it will […]

  • Cable Laying Begins at Vietnam’s Binh Dai Wind Farm

    23 June 2021

    China-based Orient Cable has started the first subsea cable laying work at the Binh Dai offshore wind project in Vietnam. The scope of work includes pre-survey and post-survey, pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR), cable burial to a depth of 2.5 metres to 1.5 metres, inspection, and testing of the cable post burial. So far, the civil […]

  • AEG Bags Dogger Bank A & B Contract with Aibel

    2 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Aibel has awarded AEG Power Solutions with a contract for the supply of its Protect 8 UPS and Protect RCS rectifiers to secure power on the HVDC offshore converter platforms for Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B. AEG PS will deliver two Protect RCS 110TPRE1200 rectifiers, two Protect 8 inverters 60KVA, distribution cabinets and […]

  • Walney Extension Lifts UK Wind Capacity Past 20GW

    17 September 2018

    The UK has reached over 20 gigawatts (GW) of wind generation capacity following this month’s opening of Ørsted’s 659MW Walney Extension wind farm off the coast of Cumbria, RenewableUK said. Total operational capacity of onshore and offshore wind in the UK currently stands at 20,128MW, which is enough to meet the annual power needs of […]

  • Lamprell Ships Last Fully-Assembled EA1 Jackets from UAE to UK

    18 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Lamprell has sent off the last fully-assembled jacket foundations for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm from its yards in the United Arab Emirates to ScottishPower Renewables’s marshalling port in Vlissingen.

  • Pipeshield Adds to East Anglia One To-Do List

    14 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Pipeshield International Ltd has won a contract by DeepOcean to supply the second phase scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. The award follows the delivery of the first phase of scour protection for the 714MW project which took place at the end of last year. Similar to the […]

  • Supergen ORE Hub Allots GBP 1 Million for Offshore Renewables Research

    26 July 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub has awarded UK universities with nearly GBP 1 million to support research projects on offshore renewable energy in the first round of its Flexible Fund. The Flexible Fund has been established to allow UK researchers to assess a number of key offshore renewables engineering challenges. Its aim is supporting […]

  • Taipower, TIPC Building Offshore Wind Terminal at Port of Taichung

    26 July 2017
    Ports & Logistics

    On 21 July, Taipower and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) officially signed an agreement on the development of three sites at the Port of Taichung for offshore wind farm construction. Works already started on 11 June and are now well under way.

  • Hutchinson Ships Out MHI Vestas Blade Frames

    14 July 2017
    Technology, Vessels

    Hutchinson Engineering Ltd has sent out seven sets of root & tip blade frames ordered for the MHI Vestas V164 turbine blade global deployment programme.

  • Ideol Raises EUR 8 Million, Attracts Familiar Names

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    French floating offshore wind developer Ideol has raised an additional EUR 8 million in financing to boost growth and accelerate international development.

  • 4.9 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity Under Construction in Europe

    14 July 2014

    The European Wind Energy Association released a report on the European offshore wind industry’s key trends and statistics 1st half 2014. “Despite offshore wind power installations being lower than in the first six months of last year, it remains the fastest growing power sector in Europe” said Justin Wilkes, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at EWEA. […]