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  • First Stage of Beatrice Export Cable Installation Starts

    23 May 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has started the first stage of export cable works for the Beatrice offshore wind farm at Portgordon near Buckie, as it plans to install the export cables beneath Portgordon Beach.

  • First Serco Wind Farm Radar Fully Operational

    8 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Serco has received confirmation from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) that the first of the company’s five new or upgraded Air Defence radars which prevent wind farms interfering with the UK’s air defence capability is now fully operational. Trials and analyses have shown that the Remote Radar Head (RRH) Trimingham in Norfolk provides acceptable […]

  • Pacific Orca Loads First Galloper Turbine Parts

    4 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca has arrived to the Peel Ports Great Yarmouth to load Siemens wind turbine components ahead of her first trip to the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm.

  • Ming Yang Reports Lower First Quarter Profit

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, Ming Yang, reported a lower Q1 profit of USD 6.57 million compared to USD 30.12 million last year. The profit slump is mainly due to last year’s USD 20 million gain on losing control of GWPL subsidiary. The revenue was up 9.36% reaching a figure of USD 215.33 million. “We are […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Battery Now Installed

    27 June 2018
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Masdar have installed the Batwind battery system at the Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, which represents the first ever battery for offshore wind. 

  • First Minister Wants 100pct Renewable Scotland by 2020

    15 April 2011
    Authorities

    ALEX Salmond launched his bid for a second term in office yesterday, by declaring Scotland can be powered entirely by renewable energy in just nine years, provoking… By Eddie Barnes (thescotsman) [mappress] Source: thescotsman, April 15, 2011

  • Nordergründe First to Sport ADLS Kit Offshore Germany

    9 February 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Windtechnik has won a contract to equip the entire Nordergründe offshore wind farm (OWF) with an Aircraft Detection Light System (ADLS). Deutsche Windtechnik will equip the 111 MW wind farm with an ADLS, which comprises a total of 18 Senvion 6.2M 126 wind turbines. All services related to the ADLS equipment’s installation, including the […]

  • Equinor Takes First Offshore Wind Step in Brazil

    24 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has submitted an application to the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) for an environmental impact assessment needed to further look into the possibility of developing an offshore wind project in Brazil. A spokesperson from Equinor told Offshore WIND that it is too early to provide details on a potential project and development […]

  • CIP Places First Offshore Wind Order in Taiwan

    4 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has contracted Century Wind Power to manufacture jacket foundations for two offshore wind farms in Taiwan.

  • First Baltic Power Transition Pieces Ready for Delivery

    3 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has completed the first loadouts of the transition pieces (TPs) to be installed at the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The loadouts started in January 2025 from the Smulders yard in Newcastle, the UK. Each TP weighs 350 tonnes and is 27 metres high. According to Smulders, this marks a […]

  • First Jacket In at 300 MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    21 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 19 March, Shinfox Far East Energy announced that the company installed the first jacket foundation at the 300 MW Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. The jacket, taller than a 20-storey building and heavier than 10 Boeing 747s, will provide solid support for the wind turbines, Shinfox Far […]

  • DEME Installs First Coastal Virginia Offshore Substation in US

    14 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of three offshore substations has been installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, located 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach, the US. The 3,907-metric tonne lift marks the completion of the installation of the first topside onto the jacket, which was previously installed by DEME. According to […]

  • First Flight Wind Convenes 4th Stakeholder Panel

    24 October 2014
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The fourth independent community stakeholder panel meeting for the First Flight Wind offshore wind farm was held at the Life Adventure Centre in Annalong. At the meeting, the panel was updated on key project milestones for First Flight Wind, including the conclusion of some offshore surveys. They were also presented with proposals for community engagement […]

  • Denmark: First Group of Technicians Starts in Grenaa this Month

    5 March 2012
    Training & Education

    As the construction of the wind farm proceeds, the construction of the operations organisation to be in charge of operation and maintenance of the wind farm for the next 25 years has been started. The first posts were advertised in autumn 2012, and the first team of 11 wind technicians has started in Grenaa on […]

  • Siem Offshore Reports First Quarter Results (Norway)

    10 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Siem Offshore, an international supply and subsea shipping company, today announced results for the first quarter of 2011. The operating revenue for the first quarter was USD 68.9 million compared to USD 49.8 million for the same period of 2010. The operating margin was USD 21.8 million compared to USD 12.0 million for the […]

  • Germany: First Voith Linear Jet Takes Shape

    4 September 2012
    Technology

    The new vessel propulsion system Voith Linear Jet (VLJ) literally takes shape. The Dutch foundry Drunen has cast the rotor of the first VLJ. Two of these propulsion systems will be used in a newly designed vessel supplying offshore wind farms with staff and equipment, even at high seas. Turbine Transfer Ltd. expands its fleet […]

  • Gamesa Inaugurates Spain’s First Offshore Wind Turbine

    22 October 2013

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, inaugurated the company’s maiden offshore wind turbine – and the first to be installed in Spain – in Arinaga Quay (Gran Canary Island). The inauguration ceremony was attended by the President of the Canary Islands regional government, Paulino Rivero, the Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism, José […]

  • Gamesa Commissions Spain’s First Offshore Wind Turbine

    25 July 2013

    The first offshore wind turbine installed in Spain has been commissioned this morning. It is also Gamesa’s first offshore prototype, with 5 MW of nominal power and installed at the Arinaga Quay in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). This turbine, with a rotor diameter of 128 meters and a total height of 154 meters, will generate […]

  • First Turbine Up at Chinese Offshore Wind Farm

    23 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has installed the first out of the 36 5.5MW wind turbines on the 198MW Guangdong Yudean Zhanjiang Wailuo offshore wind farm. CCCC installed the first Mingyang Wind Power MySE5.5/7.0MW unit at the site offshore Guangdong Province, China, in six days, the company said. The project is being developed by Guangdong Yuedian Qujie Wind Power, […]

  • CMHI Cuts First Steel for Dogger Bank CSOV

    17 January 2022
    Vessels

    The first steel has been cut for the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) ordered by IWS Fleet,  a fully owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions, at the China Merchants Heavy Industry facility in Jiangsu, China. The vessel, to be named IWS Skywalker, will commence its first contract in the summer of […]

  • Maersk Presents First Aid Course with MHI Vestas

    8 October 2015
    Training & Education

    In response to growing industry demand, Maersk Training, in partnership with offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, has become the first to offer an Advanced First Aid course specifically tailored to the needs of personnel working in the wind energy sector. Due to the increasing distance from shore to turbine and the prolonged […]

  • DEME Takes Delivery of Its First-Ever SOV

    8 June 2021
    Vessels

    Cemre Shipyard has delivered Groenewind, DEME’s first-ever service operations vessel (SOV), to its owner. “DEME’s first dedicated and world’s first SWATH type service operation vessel Groenewind that will serve 3 different windfarm sites is delivered to her client”, the Turkish shipbuilder said via social media on 6 June. Groenewind (green wind) features a Small Waterplane Area […]

  • PCK Assembles First Zhuhai Gui Shanhai Jacket

    28 November 2014

    The first jacket for Zhuhai Gui Shanhai wind energy project has been assembled. Two crawler cranes lifted 400-tone jacket into crane, allowing Zhujiang Steel Pipe (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. to undertake the assembly work. The four-legged jacket structure, with a vertical height of 30m, is 9 x 9m at the top and 15 x 15m at […]

  • Offshore Wind Vessel First to Feature Electric VSPs

    10 March 2021
    Vessels

    The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are ready to be installed prior […]

  • Greece: Emergence of First Wave Power Station on the Mediterranean

    14 May 2013

    The governor of the Greek island of Crete Stavros Arnautakis met with representatives of the Russian company Ocean RusEnergy. The question of the possible construction of the first on the Mediterranean sea wave power. The island of Crete is interested in alternative sources of energy as tourism on the island is the main source of […]

  • First Kentish Flats Extension Monopiles Good to Go

    28 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The first two foundations sets for Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) offshore wind farm were lifted on board Osprey Carrier II barge on Saturday morning. With the barge fully loaded it was towed to Vlissingen in the Netherlands where the first load out will take place. The first set of foundations are due to hit the […]