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  • Vattenfall Starts First Ever Offshore Wind Farm Dismantling

    4 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Sweden’s Vattenfall has started dismantling the 10MW Yttre Stengrund offshore wind farm after thirteen years of operating in the waters of Kalmar Sound, the company confirmed to Offshore WIND. Yttre Stengrund consisted of five 2MW NEG Micon turbines. Only 50 of such turbines were ever made. The last turbine at Yttre Stengrund stopped turning on 2 November. The four other wind […]

  • World’s First Energy Island Starts Taking Shape – Video

    23 April 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X

    The first of the 23 caissons being built for Princess Elisabeth Island in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost finished and will be immersed in the North Sea this summer. The artificial Belgian energy island is a world first. A Belgian consortium comprising DEME and Jan De Nul (TM Edison) is building the foundations of the […]

  • First CVOW Offshore Substation Jacket En Route to US

    4 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The first of three offshore substation jacket foundations has departed from the Danish Port of Esbjerg and is en route to the US, where it will be installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. In 2021, a consortium comprising Semco Maritime and CS Wind Offshore (previously Bladt Industries) was awarded a […]

  • First Steel Cut for IWS Second Skywalker Class CSOV

    2 March 2022
    Vessels

    The first steel has been cut for the second Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) ordered by IWS Fleet, a fully owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CHMI) facility in Jiangsu, China. The vessel, which will be named IWS Windwalker, is scheduled to be ready for […]

  • Seaway 7 Secures First Wind Turbine Installation Contract

    8 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 ASA has been selected as a preferred contractor by Ørsted for the transport and installation of wind turbines for part of the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. The installation will utilise the company’s jack-up installation vessel VIND1, and the projects are expected to be fully commissioned […]

  • Yunlin’s First Locally-Produced TPs Ready for Load Out

    29 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has completed the first transition pieces ready to be loaded out for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first batch of transition pieces will be loaded out on a barge by wpd in early August from CTCI MAC’s Ta-Lin Shop in Kaohsiung to the offshore site for installation. […]

  • Westermost Rough OWF: First 6MW Turbine Standing Up

    15 August 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 35 Siemens 6MW turbines has been successfully erected at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The Westermost Rough offshore wind farm marks the first time that the next generation Siemens 6MW turbine will be used on a commercial scale – an important step on DONG Energy’s cost of energy reduction strategy. The […]

  • First Vineyard Wind 1 Blades Touch Down in Massachusetts

    7 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first GE Haliade-X blades for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm have arrived at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal in Massachusetts, USA. The 107-metre-long blades arrived on the Rolldock Sky heavy load vessel, which is currently docked in the Port of New Bedford, according to the latest AIS data. A couple […]

  • Germany’s first offshore wind park experiencing turbine failure

    23 June 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Germany’s first offshore wind park was dealt a blow with the failure of two turbines due to inferior materials.   [mappress] Source: spiegel, June 23, 2010;

  • First Renewable Apprenticeship Scheme Launched at RenewableUK Event (UK)

    3 November 2010

    The UK’s first apprenticeship scheme for the renewable energy sector has been launched today (November 2) at the RenewableUK event in…   (newenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, November 03, 2010;

  • First Jacket In at Deepest Fixed Bottom Offshore Wind Farm

    11 October 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest, fixed bottom offshore wind farm, SSE Renewables said. Two jackets operated by main contractor Seaway 7 made their way on a barge from Global Energy Group’s Port of Nigg in the Highlands of Scotland to […]

  • Navantia Completes First Saint-Brieuc OWF Jacket Foundation

    30 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Navantia has completed the construction of the first jacket foundation for the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm at its shipyard in Fene, Spain. The completion of the first jacket follows the reception of the first batch of components manufactured at the French port of Brest. The components have been assembled to the main blocks manufactured […]

  • Lithuania Officially Confirms Winner of First Offshore Wind Tender

    12 October 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The Lithuanian National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has confirmed the joint venture between Ocean Winds and Ignitis Renewables as the winner of Lithuania’s first offshore wind tender after the partnership was selected in the auction in July and declared the provisional winner. Ignitis Group, the parent company of Ignitis Renewables, says that the two companies […]

  • First offshore wind power plant in Japan starts operation

    23 July 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Wind Power Kamisu in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture started operating from July as the first offshore wind power plant in Japan. Plant… (shimbun) [mappress] Source: shimbun, July 23, 2010;

  • First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Bucket Jacket In Place

    5 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed the first out of a total of 20 suction bucket jacket foundations at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • First Gravity-Based Foundation Loaded and Ready for Fécamp Site

    1 July 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 71 gravity-based foundations for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm has been placed on its transport barge at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France, ahead of transport and installation at the project site off the coast of Normandy. The consortium of Boskalis, Saipem, and Bouygues Construction […]

  • CS Wind UK Completes First Offshore Wind Tower

    14 September 2017

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has completed the first offshore wind tower at its fabrication plant in Machrihanish, Scotland.

  • AMSC Receives First Offshore Wind Order from Doosan

    25 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    South Korean wind turbine manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has ordered first 5.5MW electrical control systems from Massachusetts-based AMSC.

  • First Turbine Stands at Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farm

    12 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the total of 62 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines has been installed at the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. The installation vessel Bold Tern left the Port […]

  • First Moray West Transition Pieces Arrive at Port of Nigg

    28 November 2023
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of transition pieces (TPs), that will be installed at the Moray West offshore wind farm, has arrived at Port of Nigg in the Cromarty Firth. The first delivery to Nigg included two TPs for the offshore substations, allowing progress on the export electrical infrastructure to be made, said Ocean Winds. As part […]

  • Photo of the Day: First EOWDC Suction Buckets at Peterhead Port

    23 March 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first two suction bucket jacket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) have arrived at Peterhead Port, UK.

  • Tideway Lays First Hornsea One Export Cable Section

    18 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV, part of DEME Group, has laid the first offshore export cable section at Hornsea Project One, Ørsted’s 1.2GW wind farm offshore Yorkshire, UK.

  • EEW SPC Loads Out First Deutsche Bucht Steel

    17 August 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore foundations manufacturer EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has loaded out the first monopiles built for the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm.

  • First Offshore Windfarm Project of India Reports a Busy October

    22 September 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    A Fugro vessel will start a geophysical survey at the site of the 200MW First Offshore Windfarm Project of India (FOWPI) located some 25 kilomeres off the shore of Gujarat, India, in early October, COWI A/S, the project manager, said.

  • BOW Terminal Receives First East Anglia ONE Piles

    2 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The first piles for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm have arrived at the BOW Terminal in the port of Vlissingen, North Sea.

  • Ulstein’s SX163 Vessel First to Be Built at External Yard in Norway

    26 October 2012

    Siem Offshore has ordered an installation support vessel from ULSTEIN to be built by the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, with an option for an additional vessel. This is a new segment for ULSTEIN, and the vessel will be the first to be built by an external yard in Norway. The vessel of SX163 design will be […]