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  • Australia Starts Process to Designate First Offshore Wind Zone

    5 August 2022
    Authorities

    The Australian government has nominated the Bass Strait off Gippsland, Victoria, as the first offshore wind area to be formally assessed under its new Offshore Electricity Infrastructure framework. A map detailing the declared area off Gippsland has been released for public comment. The government has invited the public to comment on the notice for the […]

  • Three Turbines to Go at Italy’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    14 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Seven wind turbines have been installed at the Beleolico offshore wind farm in Italy, with three more to go to full array. The turbines are being installed by Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution, which put the first 3 MW unit in place in February and installed four MingYang wind turbines by mid-March. Located in Italy’s […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up First Phase of Rampion Cable Laying

    22 November 2016

    Fugro has completed the first phase of cable laying works at the Rampion offshore wind farm, after installing 60 cables – three more than originally planned. The operations started in August, with the subsea construction vessel Fugro Symphony transporting some 75km of cable to the Rampion site. Its sister vessel Fugro Saltire completed cable burial in November using […]

  • SMM Hamburg Messe organizes first offshore workshop (Germany)

    17 August 2010
    Training & Education

    At this year’s SMM Hamburg Messe, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, is organising a two-day SMM Offshore Dialogue. This will take place on 8th and 9th September as part of the side programme at the world’s leading international shipbuilding exhibition at Hamburg Fair site. With its main themes of […]

  • Norwind Offshore, Vard to Build First ‘Energy Construction Vessel’

    5 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Vard has signed a contract for an energy construction vessel (ECV) with Wind Energy Construction, a Norwegian company partly owned by the founders and owners of Norwind Offshore. According to the two companies, this is a whole new vessel category, developed jointly by Vard and Norwind Offshore. Under the contract, Vard will design and build […]

  • First Horns Rev 3 Monopiles Ready to Leave Esbjerg

    2 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile foundations have been scheduled for shipping from the Port of Esbjerg to the site of Vattenfall’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm on 9 October.

  • First Formosa 1 Phase 2 Blades Taking Shape

    19 February 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has started producing the blades for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company said the blades were cast at its Aalborg factory in Denmark using Swancor resin and hardener. Siemens Gamesa won the contract to supply 20 SWT-6.0-154 turbines, which will produce a capacity of 120MW, for the project in April last […]

  • First SOV for Siemens’ Offshore Wind Farms Delivered (Gallery)

    23 June 2016
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft today delivered a service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte in 2015 to operate on Siemens’ offshore wind projects. The SOV is the first of two being constructed for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service. It will be deployed at the Gemini offshore wind farm off the Netherlands, while the second […]

  • MAKE: Siemens First on Global Wind Turbine OEM List

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Siemens and GE led a group of multinational industrial conglomerates that improved their positioning within MAKE’s top 15 global rankings, according to MAKE’s Global Wind Turbine OEM 2014 Market Share analysis. Multi-industrial turbine OEMs accounted for 37% of the global market in 2014, an increase of twelve percentage points YoY. All pure play turbine OEMs […]

  • Ingeteam Takes Part in Spain’s First Offshore Wind Turbine

    15 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Ingeteam has provided supervision and electrical work analysis services on Spain’s first offshore wind turbine, the 5MW Elisa prototype. At the request of project leader Esteyco, Ingeteam worked on the connection of the medium voltage submarine cable for the transmission to land, as well as on the production of an exclusive part to secure the power […]

  • DONG Establishing Foothold in Asia-Pacific, First Stop Taiwan

    28 April 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    DONG Energy is setting up an office in Taiwan to explore offshore wind opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. The company is turning its attention to Asia-Pacific as the area has large potential for the development of offshore wind, Martin Neubert, the Chief Strategy Officer at DONG Energy Wind Power, told Offshore WIND. “Taiwan has an ambitious renewable strategy and […]

  • Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project Secures Exploration Licence

    29 March 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Australian Government has approved a deed of licence to allow Offshore Energy Pty Ltd (OEPL) to undertake resource exploration for the Star of the South, the country’s first offshore wind farm. The licence will allow the developer to undertake exploration in Commonwealth waters about eight to 13 kilometres off the Gippsland coast in Victoria, […]

  • First Fécamp Gravity-Based Foundation Starts Taking Shape

    23 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the first concrete gravity-based foundation for the Fécamp offshore wind farm has started at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France. The consortium of Bouygues Construction, Saipem, and Boskalis will supply and install the wind farm’s 71 gravity-based foundations. Each weighing up to 5,000 tonnes, the foundations […]

  • First Hollandse Kust Noord Turbine Parts Arrive in Eemshaven

    30 January 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine parts for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind project arrived in the Dutch Port of Eemshaven last week. The tower sections were transported on the roll on/roll off (Ro-Ro) vessel Rotra Vente, operated by Deugro. The vessel arrived at the port under the agency of Amasus Agency Eemshaven, Delfzijl. […]

  • ABS Grants AIP to Vard for First Jones Act SOV

    6 December 2019
    Vessels

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted the first Approval in Principle (AIP) to Vard for its design of a Jones Act service operations vessel (SOV). The AIP addresses a customized version of VARD 4 07 US SOV design, with primary functions including accommodation, transferring technicians to installations, as well as storing spare parts […]

  • Kentish Flats Extension Breaks Ground, First Monopile in Water

    4 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile foundation at Kentish Flats Extension was installed yesterday morning. GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune, carrying two foundations, arrived on site on Friday afternoon, while the construction kicked off later that evening. “This is a great start to the project and puts us nicely on schedule which is a good sign for […]

  • Cable Team Returning to France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) plans to start the second inter-array cable installation campaign at the Saint-Nazaire offshore France in mid-March. Back in September 2018, a consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the France offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, Prysmian is responsible for […]

  • Spain’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm Presses Forward

    2 December 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Greenalia has obtained the authorization in terms of aeronautical easements by AESA (State Aviation Safety Agency) for the assembly of four 12.4 MW wind turbines at the Gofio floating wind farm off the Gran Canaria. With this permit, Greenalia has the approval for Gofio floating offshore wind farm in the port of Arinaga and […]

  • Western Newfoundland Eyes First Mover Advantage in Offshore Wind

    16 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Developers of the Bay St. George demonstration wind project off western Newfoundland, Canada, have met with the Mayors of Corner Brook, Burgeo, Deer Lake, Stephenville and Port Aux Basques to discuss the impact the offshore wind industry could have on the region.

  • RIDG Signs Its First Offshore Wind Seabed Agreement

    13 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), TotalEnergies, and Corio Generation have signed an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for their 2 GW offshore wind project, West of Orkney Windfarm, which was selected in the ScotWind leasing round at the beginning of this year. “This is a significant milestone for RIDG as it represents our first […]

  • USA: First Offshore Renewable Energy Bidding Starts This Week

    29 July 2013
    Authorities

    The bidding for the two federal lease areas offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts will start this week. Nine companies, including Deepwater Wind, which is planning to develop a wind farm offshore Block Island, will bid for the 164,750 acres for commercial wind energy leasing. The minimum bid for the south area, which covers an area […]

  • Guangdong Province to Build First Offshore Wind Farm (China)

    31 January 2012

    South China’s Guangdong province will construct a 198-megawatt (mw) offshore wind farm this year and connect…   (china) [mappress] Source: china, January 31, 2012

  • Ørsted’s First US-Made CTV Starts Sea Trials

    17 July 2020
    Vessels

    WindServe Marine has floated out crew transfer vessel (CTV) Windserve Odyssey destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Windserve Odyssey is about to start sea trials at Ørsted’s Block Island wind farm, after which it will travel from Rhode Island to Virginia to join the closeout of construction and commissioning of CVOW. “We’re […]

  • Community First for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    30 September 2015

    As part of its ongoing partnership with the local community, RWE Innogy UK’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has donated five DVD/Blu Ray players to be shared amongst local charitable organisations. The organisations were asked to nominate themselves along with a brief description of how the players would be used. After being inundated with […]

  • CWHI Cuts First Steel for Inch Cape XXL Monopiles

    20 January 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    The first cutting and rolling of monopiles, which will be installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, have been completed by CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) in China. CWHI hosted representatives from Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture company held equally by Red Rock Power and ESB, at its Qinzhou […]

  • First Turbine Up at Zhuhai Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm

    8 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first Ming Yang turbine has been installed at the Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind project in China. The first of the project’s 55 MySE5.5MW turbines was installed on 6 May at the site located in the southern part of Sanzao Island, Zhuhai City. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is being developed by Guangdong Yudean […]