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  • IWS Launches First Skywalker Vessel, Cuts First Steel for Third and Fourth from Same Class

    10 November 2022
    Vessels

    The Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has launched IWS Skywalker, the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker series, chartered for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The vessel will now continue outfitting alongside the yard’s quay to be ready for operations next year, IWS said on social media. The […]

  • First Moray East OTM Touches Down

    10 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the three Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs), ME OSP 3, has been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Siemens Energy shipped out the wind farm’s first OTM, ME OSP 2, for offshore installation on 30 June. This OTM will be installed later this week, a spokesperson for DEME […]

  • First Triton Knoll Offshore Substation In Place

    15 April 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first Triton Knoll offshore substation platform (OSP) is now standing at its designated location at the project site.

  • First ScotWind Project Files for Offshore Consent

    4 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind the West of Orkney Windfarm, comprising Corio Generation, TotalEnergies and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has submitted offshore consent applications to Scottish Ministers for the 2 GW offshore wind farm, making this the first ScotWind project to apply for consent. The documentation includes applications under the Electricity Act 1989 and marine licence […]

  • VBMS First to Install 66kV Cables at Blyth

    7 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy Renewables to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the Blyth offshore wind farm. The scope of work for VBMS includes the supply and installation of a total of approximately 14 kilometres of export and inter-array cable, the landfall pull […]

  • Bladt Rolls Out First Kaskasi Steel

    6 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has rolled out the first cans of the transition pieces and monopiles destined for the Kaskasi offshore wind project in Germany. The Danish company will deliver 39 monopiles, 38 transition pieces for the turbines and one specially designed transition piece for the offshore substation. Work will continue until Q3 2021, when the final […]

  • First SeaMade Offshore Substation Touches Down

    5 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm has been installed at the project site in the Belgian North Sea. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. The 1,200t topside, which has four decks and is 14m tall, has been installed […]

  • First Gemini Foundations Grouted with MasterFlow 9800

    10 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Only four months after introduction of the new bulk supplied offshore grout MasterFlow 9800 from BASF, the material is being used during the installation of the offshore foundations at the 600 MW Gemini Offshore Windpark. The specialized grouting equipment of FoundOcean and BASF’s MasterFlow 9800 was mobilized at the harbor of Eemshaven. After installation of the […]

  • France’s First Offshore Substation Touches Down

    19 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has installed the first offshore substation (OSS) in France at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm off the Guérande peninsula. Weighing 2,100 tons, the OSS topside was installed at the site on August 18. The substation’s jacket foundation was installed earlier this week. The electrical substation was constructed by a consortium including Atlantique Offshore Energy, the […]

  • Bladt Pieces Together First Beatrice Jacket

    21 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has completed the stacking of the upper 3D structure to the lower 3D structure on the first of 30 jacket foundations built for the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project.

  • First Race Bank Offshore Substation In Place

    17 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm got the first of two of its offshore substations last week, Smulders reports. The topside and the jacket of the Race Bank 02 substation, loaded out back in June, were successfully installed at the site off Norfolk, UK, by Seaway Heavy Lifting. Iemants and Engie Fabricom are currently building […]

  • ‘Severn Provider’ Excels at Its First Job

    20 October 2015
    Vessels

    Severn Offshore Services’ crew transfer vessel (CTV) Severn Provider is scheduled to complete work at the Meerwind offshore wind farm this month, but the owner already reported that the vessel had shown an exceptional performance at its first job. Severn Provider has been working in the German part of the North Sea since April 2015, following the delivery from Damen Shipyards a month […]

  • Sweden’s SEB Issues First Green Bond

    15 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Swedish bank SEB has issued its first green bond of EUR 500 million last Friday for loans to green initiatives.

  • First Borssele III & IV Monopile In Place

    25 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first monopile for the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. Van Oord will place a total of 77 monopiles for the Borssele III & IV and two for the innovation site Borssele V. The Borssele III & IV wind farm will be built 22 […]

  • Prysmian Loading Out First IFA2 Cables

    27 February 2019
    Grid Connection

    Cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise has arrived at Prysmian Group’s factory in Pikkala, Finland, to load the first batch of cables for the IFA2 (Interconnexion France-Angleterre) interconnector project. Over a ten-day period, over 100 kilometres of ± 320 kV DC submarine cables will be loaded onto the vessel. The IFA2 interconnector is a 1GW high voltage direct […]

  • First Borssele Alpha Cable Makes Landfall

    15 April 2019
    Grid Connection

    The first cable that will connect the Borssele Alpha offshore high voltage substation in the Dutch North Sea to the transformer station at Borssele has made landfall, TenneT said. On Friday, 12 April, Boskalis started to pull in the sea cable on land and early Saturday morning the cable reached the newly built transformer station. […]

  • Louis Dreyfus Unveils First SOV for Ørsted

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has launched its service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change destined to operate for Ørsted.

  • Philippines Takes First Offshore Wind Step

    30 March 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Philippines’ Department of Energy has awarded Triconti Windkraft Group with a contract that gives the Group exclusive rights to study and develop the first offshore wind projects in the country.

  • Iberdrola First in Electric Utilities “Super-League”

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    IBERDROLA, owner of ScottishPower in the UK, has been ranked first in a “Super-League” of European electric utilities compiled by CDP on the basis of their response to the challenges of climate change. The ranking is included in a report ‘Flicking the switch: are electric utilities prepared for a low carbon future’ released recently. The […]

  • USA approves first offshore wind farm

    29 April 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    A whole new way of generating electricity in the U.S. drew a big step closer to reality Wednesday, and it could look like this: 130… [mappress] Source: cbs4denver, April 28, 2010;

  • Natural Power Names First LCoE Director

    3 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Scotland-based renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has appointed Neil Douglas to the newly created role of Director of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE), a move which the company has described as further proof of its commitment to supporting the renewable energy industry achieve cost parity. The new role, Director of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE), has been […]

  • UK: First Subsea Names Managing Director

    25 July 2012

    Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea Ltd has appointed John Shaw as managing director. Previously First Subsea’s global operations director, he will be responsible for the on-going development and growth of the company’s ball and taper connector business in the oil and gas and renewable energy markets. Before joining First Subsea in 2011, Mr Shaw was […]

  • ‘Dalby Swale’ Hits the Water for the First Time

    27 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Dalby Swale, Dalby Offshore Services’ new 23m wind farm support vessel (WFSV) has entered the water for the first time at Alicat Workboats in Great Yarmouth.  The vessel will be delivered to Dalby Offshore at the Seaworks event in June 2014. The Dalby Swale will be identical to Dalby Wharfe in specification, but it is the first of […]

  • Siemens Manufactures First 4MW Turbine in China

    17 November 2014
    Technology

    On November 7, the first SEC – Siemens 4.0MW wind turbine rolled off the assembly line at the production facility at Lingang, Shanghai. The wind turbine is also Siemens’ first localized  4.0MW wind turbine. Its 63-meter-long rotor blades gives it a swept area of 13,300 square meters, which is equal to approximately two football fields, […]

  • XEMC Unveils China’s First 5MW Turbine

    25 October 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Chinese wind manufacturer XEMC has unveiled the country’s first direct-drive 5MW offshore-specific turbine. The company plans to supply the… (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, October 25, 2010;

  • UK: Norstec Network Appoints First Chairman

    12 June 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed the appointment of Julian Brown, AREVA Wind’s Country Director for the UK, as the first chairman of the industry-led Norstec network. Mr Brown is a main Board Director of RenewableUK and brings a wealth of experience to this key role. The news was announced at RenewableUK’s annual Offshore Wind conference in Manchester. […]