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  • RenewableUK Welcomes UK’s First Marine Energy Park

    25 January 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave & tidal industry, has welcomed the announcement by Climate Change Minister Greg Barker of the UK’s first Marine Energy Park (MEP). Covering an area stretching from Bristol to Cornwall as far as the Isles of Scilly, the MEP will be a partnership between local and national Government, […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Appoints First Female Instructor

    3 October 2013
    Training & Education

    Newcastle based Maersk Training has appointed its first female instructor to work within its thriving wind energy division – a move that it says will help dismiss many preconceptions about this being a male dominated industry sector. Lynn Lowes from Washington, Tyne and Wear joins the company, which offers state-of the-art training facilities and a […]

  • Prysmian Announces Results for First Half of 2011 (Italy)

    29 August 2011

    The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved the consolidated results for the first half of 2011. “The first half of 2011 has confirmed the signs of recovery in demand seen from the second half of last year, resulting in a volume increase for the majority of businesses”, states CEO Valerio Battista. “The half-year […]

  • Windwave Workboats Acquires Damen’s First FCS 2008

    30 April 2014

    Damen announced that Windwave Workboats will be the launching customer of the Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. The Twin Axe FCS 2008 is a smaller version of Damen’s successful FCS 2610 which launched in 2011 and has subsequently become the industry standard for the offshore wind market, given its capability of operating further […]

  • First Group Graduate Offshore Marine Academy (UK)

    18 October 2011
    Training & Education

    The first group of trainees to complete the inaugural 12-month training programme with the UK’s only dedicated academy for the offshore… (eeegr) [mappress] Source: eeegr, October 18, 2011

  • Germany starts up first offshore wind farm

    3 May 2010
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Bremen/Norddeich: The time had come. On 27 April 2010 Federal Environment Minister Dr. Norbert Röttgen started up the first German wind park [mappress] Source: ambau-hb, April 27, 2010;

  • Verbrugge Terminals Loads-In First Eneco Luchterduinen Monopile

    4 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On Tuesday May 20th, Verbrugge Terminals in the Port of Vlissingen successfully completed the first load-in for the Dutch offshore wind farm ‘Eneco Luchterduinen’. The monopiles are constructed by SIF Group and Smulders Group and are transported to Vlissingen for intermediate storage. In July 2014 the first monopiles will be shipped out and installed by […]

  • First Foundations for Block Island OWF on Their Way (VIDEO)

    7 July 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Loading the first jacket foundations for Block Island offshore wind farm onto a barge that will ship them to the installation site started on Friday, according to social media posts by Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeff Grybowski. Subject to weather conditions, the barge is expected to arrive to the offshore construction site by mid-July. All five foundations are […]

  • First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundation Stands Complete

    9 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first complete monopile foundation has been installed on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Ørsted, the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.

  • Navantia & Windar Ready to Load First Wikinger Jacket

    28 June 2016

    Joint venture partners Navantia and Windar will load the first of 29 jacket foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm onto a barge this week. The foundations for Iberdrola’s 350MW offshore wind farm in Germany are being constructed at the Navantia facilities in Fene, Northern Spain. After the first jacket is placed on a barge, the remaining foundations […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Fund Reaches Close

    1 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has announced that its FCA regulated subsidiary, UK Green Investment Bank Financial Services Limited (GIBFS), has reached first close on commitments of £463m on its planned £1bn fund to invest in operating offshore wind farms in the UK. First close marks the completion of the first stage of […]

  • Texas to Install First Offshore Wind Farm in USA

    8 August 2011

      Texas has pulled ahead in the final stretch of getting the nation’s first offshore wind farm and will win the race against long-announced project, Cape Wind. After achieving a major milestone in 2010 with more than 10,000 MW of installed onshore wind energy capacity, the state will now erect the first offshore production wind […]

  • First TP Installed at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm

    9 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of a total of 80 transition pieces (TP) at the Butendiek offshore wind farm has been installed.  Transition pieces, manufactured by Bladt Industries in Esbjerg, Denmark, are being installed by the DP heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Javelin from Jumbo Shipping. Each TP weighs approximately 330 tons, it measures 31m in height and has a diameter of 5.5m. To install […]

  • Siemens Installs First 6MW Wind Turbine (Germany)

    9 June 2011

    Siemens Energy has installed the first prototype of its next generation offshore wind turbine in Høvsøre, Denmark, and has today initiated the first trial operation. The new SWT-6.0-120 wind turbine with a power rating of 6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 metres uses the innovative Siemens direct drive and proven rotor technology. […]

  • First Made-in-Taiwan Jacket Foundations Head Offshore

    15 August 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS) have loaded out the first batch of jacket foundations fully manufactured in Taiwan out of the Port of Kaohsiung. The first six jacket foundations will be transported to the 900 MW Changhua 1 and 2a wind farm in two shipments this week, Ørsted said. There, they will be […]

  • South Boats Welcomes First US CTV Order

    19 May 2015

    South Boats IOW Ltd., the UK’s manufacturer of Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV’s), has welcomed Rhode Island Fast Ferry’s order for a South Boats 21m with US licensee from Blount Boats Inc. Ben Colman of South Boats IOW Ltd said: “We have been working with Blount Boats for over 3yrs and it is fantastic that […]

  • First Saint-Nazaire Blades Touch Down in France

    31 May 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first shipment of wind turbine blades for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm has arrived in France. United Wind Logistics’ module deck carrier Vestvind arrived at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port loaded with six sets (18 units) of wind turbine blades. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, also known as Parc du Banc de Guérande, […]

  • First Monopile Stands at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    4 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Sapura Energy Berhad has installed the first of the 80 monopiles at the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. The installation of the first monopile marks the official start of the project’s offshore construction phase. The contract to transport and install the wind turbine foundations at Yunlin is the Malaysian oil and gas specialist’s […]

  • Smulders Sends Off First Yunlin Transition Pieces

    27 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has sent off the first four transition pieces destined for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first four out of 40 transition pieces left the company’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium, towards Vlissingen, the Netherlands, last week. In Vlissingen, the units will be loaded for their voyage to Taiwan. The Yunlin offshore wind farm will […]

  • Seacontractors’ Vessel Duo Completes First Gig in Taiwan

    24 September 2020
    Vessels

    Seacontractors’ multi-purpose vessels Sea Charlie and Sea Buffalo, chartered by Jan de Nul, have completed their first job in Taiwan at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind farm. The vessels were assisting Jan De Nul, which is responsible for the design, fabrication and installation of the foundations, the installation of the wind turbines, […]

  • First Turbine Up at Trianel Windpark Borkum II

    15 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s vessel Taillevent has installed the first turbine at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm. The 200MW TWBII wind farm will comprise 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines installed on monopile foundations at the site some 40km north of the island of Borkum in the German North Sea. Taillevent is loading the turbine components in sets […]

  • Manor Inks First Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    4 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has secured a contract to provide temporary power during the turbine installation phase at the Yunlin offshore wind project. The contract was signed with Yunneng Wind Power, the project company belonging to developer wpd, and represents MRE’s first in Taiwan. “We’re hugely excited about establishing an office in Taipei and working […]

  • MECAL to Advise on First Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    11 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The developer of what is expected to be the first offshore wind farm in Taiwan, Formosa Wind Power Co. Ltd., has hired a Dutch-based company MECAL to act as technical advisor for the project. MECAL’s involvement focuses on wind turbine generator (WTG) procurement including technology evaluations of the various proposed WTG models, WTG tender analysis, […]

  • Siemens Delivers First Moray East Onshore Transformer

    30 October 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has delivered the first of the three onshore transformers to the onshore substation at New Deer, Scotland, for the Moray East offshore wind farm development. Once the transformer has been skidded into position, the installation of associated electrical equipment will begin. Moray East is Siemens’ largest grid connection project in the UK and needs three transformers […]

  • First Haliade-X 12MW Blade Goes for Testing

    14 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    LM Wind Power has sent off the first 107m long blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW turbine from its factory in Cherbourg, France, to the UK where it will undergo testing. The LM 107.0 P blade, the world’s largest, was loaded onto a vessel on 13 August in the Cherbourg harbor and began its journey to the […]

  • First Flight Wind Gets Overall Positive Feedback

    17 April 2014
    Environment

    First Flight Wind has released results of the survey of public views on offshore wind turbines. Recently, they completed a second round of public consultation, during which they held a variety of community consultation events and used them to administer a questionnaire surveying the views of the public. The purpose of the second round of […]