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  • Niagara County Legislature’s special committee meets today (USA)

    12 August 2010
    Authorities

    The Niagara County Legislature’s special committee examining offshore wind farming’s effects on the local economy will have its first… By Joyce Miles (niagara-gazette) [mappress] Source: niagara-gazette, August 12, 2010;

  • Carnegie Activates CETO Unit off Garden Island Ahead of Schedule (Australia)

    20 April 2011

    Carnegie Wave Energy has notched up a major win in the race to commercialise new renewable energy technologies, after becoming the first…   By Rachel Donkin (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, April 20, 2011;

  • Alpha Ventus Achieves Positive Interim Results (Germany)

    30 June 2011

      Germany’s first offshore wind farm alpha ventus is generating more power than expected.While the first half of 2011 was disappointing for onshore wind farms, the constant and strong winds on the open sea over the last nine months have produced more than 190 gigawatt hours of electricity. The alpha ventus consortium, consisting of the […]

  • Scotland: Four Firms Compete for GBP 10 Million Saltire Prize

    28 August 2012
    Authorities

    Two tidal energy and two wave power developers have entered into the race for Scotland’s £10 million Saltire Prize as the competition’s Grand Challenge phase begins. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed senior representatives of the four teams to a Grand Challenge launch event in Orkney, where MeyGen was unveiled as the fourth Saltire Prize […]

  • Norwind’s Newly Delivered SOV Chartered for Hornsea Two

    31 May 2022
    Vessels

    Norway-based Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of Norwind Breeze, a former Platform Suply Vessel (PSV) that was converted into a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) by Vard. The vessel will soon be deployed on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm under a contract with Ørsted, according to the vessel’s owner and operator. Hornsea Two, which is […]

  • Jones Act Subsea Rock Installation Vessel to Carry ABS Class Notation

    13 January 2022
    Vessels

    A Jones Act-compliant Subsea Rock Installation Vessel, the first such ship to enter the US market, is to be built to ABS Class by Philly Shipyard, Inc. for the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. The vessel will transport and strategically deposit loads of up to 20,000 MT of rock on the seabed, laying […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Receives Firm Order for 14 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    31 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order from RWE to supply wind turbines for the 1.4 GW Sofia wind farm offshore the UK. Located 195 kilometers off the northeast coast of the United Kingdom on Dogger Bank, Sofia will feature 100 SG 14-222 DD wind turbines. Under the contract, Siemens Gamesa will also service and […]

  • Highlights of the Month – May 2020

    1 June 2020

    Orion’s Heavy Lift Crane Collapses – Video A heavy-lift crane installed on the offshore installation vessel Orion has collapsed while undergoing load tests at the Liebherr construction yard in Rostock, Germany. Siemens Gamesa Cranks It Up to 15 MW with Offshore Behemoth Siemens Gamesa has launched a new SG 14-222 DD offshore Direct Drive wind […]

  • One-Offs Lower EDP Renewables’ Profit

    27 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    EDP Renewables, part of EDP, posted total revenue of EUR 889 million in the first half of 2016, a 15% increase compared to the same period a year earlier, on the back of the increase in installed capacity and a higher load factor, both offsetting a 7% drop in average selling price during the first six months. However, […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Makes Progress on Commercial Demonstration Project

    30 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    During the quarter Carnegie Wave Energy Limited made significant progress on its commercial demonstration project, the Perth Wave Energy Project. In addition, Carnegie continued to make technical and commercial progress on its proprietary CETO wave energy technology and commercial site development. Highlights from this quarter include: $9.9m in grant funding from the Australian Government’s Emerging […]

  • Blyth Foundations Stand Ready, Cable Laying Work In Progress

    11 September 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine foundations are now in place off the coast of Blyth to mark the latest stage of the 41.5MW Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm project.

  • Germany: PNE WIND Releases H1 Report

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has published its results for the first half of 2012. The reporting period was characterised by ntensive onshore and offshore project development activity which required advance payments and investments in projects whose realisation will lead to future sales and earnings. Providing further evidence to the strength of […]

  • Jet Suit Crews Might Service World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farms

    22 March 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    In an industry first, the leading offshore wind developer Ørsted is exploring the use of Jet Suit paramedics to support its operational staff working out at sea on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Ørsted has partnered with Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) and Gravity Industries in the UK to trial onshore the viability […]

  • UK: North Wales AM Supports Wind Turbine Apprenticeship Programme

    25 February 2013
    Training & Education

    Assembly Member for North Wales, Aled Roberts, has praised the partnership between RWE npower renewables and Grŵp Llandrillo Menai for establishing Wales’ first wind turbine apprenticeship programme and dedicated training centre. Mr Roberts was commenting during his first tour of the dedicated training centre at Rhos-on-Sea, where he also met with the course tutors and […]

  • MPI Resolution to load replacement blade for one turbine at Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 September 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    The world’s first purpose-built vessel for installing offshore wind turbines, foundations and transition pieces, the MPI Resolution weighs… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, September 01, 2010;

  • 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 […]

  • USA Needs Its Alpha Ventus to Kick Start Offshore Wind Industry

    13 October 2011

    The U.S. needs its own version of Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, to drive the industry on this side of the Atlantic, wind… By Will Wade and Charles Siler (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek, October 13, 2011

  • Fishermen’s Energy Secures Environmental Approval for Offshore Wind Farm (USA)

    7 April 2011
    Environment

    A Cape May County company took another step Wednesday toward building the nation’s first offshore wind farm off Atlantic City.   By Michael Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, April 07, 2011

  • Millom Port Docks Great Potential (UK)

    12 May 2011

    PORT MILLOM is a 16-acre site on the Duddon Estuary which was first used to transport pig iron from the town and bring iron ore to be…   By Ann McVea (nwemail) [mappress] Source: nwemail, May 12, 2011;

  • Foundations for World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm Ready for Load-Out

    21 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first three floating foundations built by the Navantia-Windar consortium for the Kincardine offshore wind farm are ready to be loaded out from Navantia’s yard in Fene, Spain. The first of the wind farm’s five floating foundations will be loaded onto Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Fjord on Tuesday, 22 September, Navantia said. Fjord will […]

  • PPAs Signed for Three Offshore Wind Projects in Taiwan

    21 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Taipower has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with China Steel Corp (CSC) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for three offshore wind projects, the local media reported. The PPAs were signed for the 300MW Chong Neng project, developed jointly by CIP and CSC, as well as for CIP’s 552MW ChangFang and 48MW Xidao, all located offshore the Changhua County. Under […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]