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  • Portugal: ABS Certifies First WindFloat Facility

    15 August 2012

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has provided certification services for the design, fabrication and installation for the first WindFloat facility. The WindFloat Aguçadoura unit is a 2 MW floating wind turbine moored in slightly less than 50 m water depth 4 km offshore the northern Portuguese coast. The […]

  • Ulstein Verft Launches Olympic’s First CSOV

    9 April 2024
    Vessels

    The construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Olympic Boreas was launched on Saturday, 6 April, from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft, Norway. The vessel is being built for Norway-based shipowner Olympic. The Olympic Boreas is yard number 318 and the first of two sister vessels for Olympic. The first steel for the vessel was cut […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Takes on First Apprentice

    9 November 2012

    With apprenticeships and careers in the UK’s rapidly expanding offshore wind industry currently high on the national training agenda, Tidal Transit has been able to take on its first young apprentice. Kerry Crompton, who is from Docking, joined the company three weeks ago to undertake an 18 month apprenticeship in Administration. Her training will be […]

  • First OK for New Lightweight Gravity Foundation

    23 June 2014

    The Maritime Offshore Group GmbH (MOG) from Bremen (Germany) performed successful the first stability calculations together with the Technical University of Central Hessen, “Civil Engineering and Architecture” (Professor Dr. Christine Doebert) for a gravity base offshore foundation in a new lightweight design. Although the combination of characteristics may not make any sense, the new foundation […]

  • Sea Challenger Loads First Dudgeon Kit

    5 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger is preparing to sail out of the port of Hull with the first load of turbine components to be installed at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Sea Challenger was loaded with components of four Siemens 6MW turbines on Wednesday, 4 January. The vessel will make 17 runs […]

  • First Wave Craft Christened ‘Umoe Ventus’

    27 February 2015
    Vessels

    The first Wave Craft vessel has been christened and is now undergoing sea trials outside the yard in Mandal. Owned by Umoe Wind and built by Umoe Mandal, the vessel, Umoe Ventus, was christened by CEO Jens Ulltveit- Moe’s wife earlier this month. If everything goes as planned, the vessels will head out to Dong […]

  • Ulstein Cuts First Steel for Merkur SOV

    10 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has cut the first steel for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte. The SOV yard number 315 is of the SX195 design from Ulstein, and is destined to operate for GE Renewable Energy on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The vessel […]

  • Sif Showcases First BLUE Hammer Steel

    27 January 2017
    Technology

    The first segments for the BLUE Hammer by Fistuca BV, which Sif is manufacturing in collaboration with Huisman, are ready at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility. The hammer will be the world’s largest pile-driver hammer, being specially designed to drive the largest monopiles in the world. BLUE Piling Technology is an alternative to current pile-driving technology […]

  • Jumbo Picks Up First Yunlin Monopiles

    21 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jumbo’s heavy-lift carrier has arrived at Steelwind Nordenham’s quayside to pick up the first four monopiles destined for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. According to Steelwind, the Jumbo Jubilee arrived at the heavy-lift terminal Blexen, Germany, on 19 October and the loadout operations started immediately. In total, Steelwind will manufacture and deliver 40 complete monopiles from Nordenham, as […]

  • Vietnam Gets First Offshore Wind Turbines

    25 May 2012

    The first two offshore wind turbines have been installed off the south coast of Bac Lieu Province, reports TuoiTre News. General Eclectic Company (GE) provided the turbines, which have been installed by the Cong Ly Construction and Trading Co Ltd, based in Bac Lieu. This action is a part of the Bac Lieu Province Wind […]

  • First Turbine Stands at Dutch Lake Farm

    24 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines has been installed at Windpark Fryslân, the world’s largest wind farm in inland fresh waters. Located in the IJsselmeer Lake and some six kilometres off the Frisian coast, the Netherlands, the 382.7 MW Windpark Fryslân wind farm is being constructed by the Zuiderzeewind consortium […]

  • MPI Discovery Installs First Rampion Turbine

    10 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s jack-up vessel MPI Discovery installed the first of 116 3.45MW MHI Vestas wind turbines at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm off Sussex in the early morning hours of Friday, 10 March.

  • PGS Wins First Offshore Wind Contract

    25 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Norwegian marine geophysical company PGS has been awarded its first ultra-high resolution wind farm site characterization project, marking its entry into what the company described as ”a strategically important new energy market.” The survey will cover two European wind farm sites, both of which are in the development phase. PGS will mobilize a 3D vessel […]

  • First Ostwind 2 Cable Section In Place

    12 March 2021
    Grid Connection

    The first cable section for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection was installed in the German part of the Baltic Sea in recent weeks, the transmission system operator 50Hertz said. In the coming months, further cables will be laid in individual sections along the 90-kilometre-long route. The work is being carried out by a consortium […]

  • Worley Helps Design Spain’s First Floater

    16 July 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Australian engineering company Worley has completed the accessibility design assessment for Saitec Offshore Technologies’ DemoSATH floating wind turbine. DemoSATH is a 2 MW turbine mounted onto a concrete floating foundation which will be deployed at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) open sea test site off the Basque Coast in northern Spain. The project will […]

  • Meet VindØ – The World’s First Energy Island

    15 January 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The VindØ consortium has revealed its vision of the world’s first energy island. The VindØ consortium comprises two of Denmark’s largest pension funds, PensionDanmark and PFA, and Denmark’s largest utility company, Andel. The artificial island, made of submersible concrete boxes, is to be built in the Danish part of the North Sea, around 100 kilometres […]

  • Bladt Reports First Net Loss in Decade

    5 June 2015

    Danish steel contractor, Bladt Industries, has reported its first net loss in a decade due to “large projects that have gone wrong.” In spite of increasing revenue by 8%, to Dkr3.2bn in 2014, the company reported a net loss of Dkr6.7m, compared with a profit of Dkr186.2m the year before. “While the majority of Bladt […]

  • Brazil Promotes First Wave Power Generator

    23 July 2012
    R&D, Technology

    The first Brazilian generation of power from ocean waves was obtained in a prototype of the Research and Technological Development Program of the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL). The generation lasted 10 minutes on June 24th, and powered the auxiliary systems of the plant – lightning and air conditioning. Operations and trials continue in order […]

  • RenewableUK Announces First Energy Awards Winners

    28 June 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has announced the winners of the association’s inaugural Energy Awards.  More than three-hundred guests, including business leaders and politicians, attended the awards ceremony at the Intercontinental Park Lane last night (27th June). Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive said: “We created these awards […]

  • SgurrEnergy Appoints Its First Senior Advisor

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, has appointed David Blunt as Senior Advisor to the business at their headquarters office in Glasgow, Scotland. David has been appointed, with immediate effect, in a newly created position and will support the development of new markets for the growing business, the company said. Blunt joins SgurrEnergy after three years with […]

  • Hitachi Installs Its First 5MW Turbine

    24 March 2015
    Technology

    Japanese company Hitachi has completed the installation of  its 5MW downwind offshore wind turbine in Ibaraki prefecture. The turbine, featuring permanent-magnet generator, medium-speed gearbox and a rotor diametre of 126 metres, will undergo testing throughout the summer. The installation of the HTW 5.0-126 turbines next to the port of Kashima was delayed several times. Hitachi […]

  • Greece to Get First Offshore Wind Farm

    24 June 2012
    Authorities

    Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has approved a production licence for a EUR 2 billion offshore wind project. Namely, the application for installing 81 wind turbines in the Aegean Sea northeast of Lemons Island was submitted by RF Energy’s subsidiary City Electric S.A., the AMNA news site reports. This 498.15 MW offshore wind farm will […]

  • First Turbine Up at 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

    7 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 76 Vestas 15 MW turbines has been installed at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by a joint venture between the Orlen Group and Northland Power. Cadeler has been selected as the transport and installation contractor by the joint venture. The O-Class jack-up vessel Wind Osprey will lead the […]

  • US Sets Date for First-Ever Offshore Wind Lease Sale on West Coast and First-Ever to Support Floating Wind

    19 October 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind lease sale in California on 6 December. This will be the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country will support commercial-scale floating wind farms. On 6 December, BOEM will offer five areas […]

  • First Turbine Up at Hornsea Project One

    11 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed the first turbine at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Bold Tern arrived at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm site last week carrying the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines. The vessel is in charge of transporting and installing half of the […]

  • Arcadis Ost 1 Produces First Power

    17 January 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind’s first offshore wind farm outside Belgium, the 247 MW Arcadis Ost 1 in Germany, has started producing first electricity and feeding it into the grid after the first set of wind turbines were powered up. The installation of wind turbines started in November 2022, when the crane vessel Thialf installed the first of the […]