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  • Burbo Bank 2 to Feature First “Made in UK” Blades

    22 July 2016

    The first six 80-metre long blades for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project that yesterday arrived at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will be the first locally built blades to be installed at a UK offshore wind farm. The blades for the V164-8.0 MW turbines were designed, tested and manufactured at the […]

  • First Turbine Stands at Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

    18 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 100 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines has been installed at the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The installation of the wind turbines is being undertaken by MHI Vestas, using Global Energy’s facility at the Port of Nigg in North East Scotland as the onshore pre-assembly port. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up […]

  • First Giant Haliade-X 12MW Blade Rolls Out

    21 June 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    LM Wind Power has rolled out the first blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine at its factory in Cherbourg, France. According to the company, the 107m long blade, the world’s largest, has made its first trip outside the factory. Final preparations for the shipment of the LM 107.0 P blade to Maasvlakte-Rotterdam in the Netherlands are now […]

  • First Vineyard Wind 1 Transition Piece Rolls Out

    5 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 62 transition pieces to be built for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States, has been transferred on 2 December from the Windar Renovables’ offshore facilities (Tadarsa Eólica 4) to the Port of Avilés, Spain. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, […]

  • First Made-in-USA Offshore Wind Service Vessel Delivered

    11 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-built offshore wind service vessel, was delivered to Atlantic Wind Transfers over the last weekend. The 21-meter crew transfer vessel was built by the Rhode Island-based Blount Boats to service a 20-year crew transfer contract with Deepwater Wind for its 30MW Block Island offshore wind farm. During the ceremony, Atlantic Pioneer crossed paths […]

  • First Borssele 1&2 Inter-Array Cable In Place

    27 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first inter-array cable has been installed at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Nexans is providing up to 190km of inter-array cable rated at a maximum operating capacity of 72.5kV for the 752MW project, while Van Oord is in charge of the transport and installation. Van Oord is deploying its […]

  • Ørsted Taiwan Sends First WTG Technicians for Training in UK

    5 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Ten wind turbine generator (WTG) technicians Ørsted Taiwan recently recruited have departed for training in the UK, the company reported on 5 May. The team of ten technicians, who will be on their training secondment in the UK until the end of the year, were recruited in January, when the offshore wind developer hired 22 […]

  • DEME’s First Service Operation Vessel Starts Sea Trials

    5 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    DEME’s first service operation vessel (SOV), Groene Wind, is currently undergoing sea trials in Turkey. Built by Cemre Shipyard, the 60-metre SOV has already been signed up for a multi-year contract with Siemens Gamesa. She will be deployed for the maintenance of the 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. Groene Wind features a […]

  • World’s First Community-Owned Tidal Turbine Produces Power

    21 May 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The world’s first community-owned tidal power turbine in Scotland has started exporting electricity to the local grid, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has revealed. The turbine will power up to 30 homes, a locally owned ice plant and Cullivoe Harbour Industrial Estate on North Yell, Shetland. The turbine sits on the seabed at a depth of […]

  • Fugro to Work on First Mediterranean Floating Offshore Wind Project

    1 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has won a contract with Renexia to carry out surveys at the 2.8 GW Med Wind project, the first floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean. Fugro will perform marine geophysical and environmental surveys to acquire comprehensive geo-data at the proposed wind farm location in water depths of 300 to 900 metres and along the […]

  • Shandong Province Gets Its First Offshore Wind Turbine

    19 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first turbine has been installed at the Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind farm off Shandong Province, China. This is the first wind turbine to be installed off Shandong, the Chinese province which aims to develop 12.6 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. The 301.6 MW Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 wind […]

  • All Turbines Up at Trianel Windpark Borkum’s First Phase

    3 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    All 40 wind turbines of the first phase of Trianel Windpark Borkum (formerly known as  Borkum West II) offshore wind farm are now installed. MPI Adventure jack-up vessel has been working for eleven months to install forty Areva M5000-116 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 200 MW. “Now, the only thing missing is the […]

  • DEME Returns to Scotland, Announces Offshore Wind Industry Firsts

    12 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has won the contract to install foundations at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm offshore Scotland. DEME Offshore’s scope on Moray West includes the installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces. The contract is valued between EUR 50 million and EUR 150 million. This marks the return of DEME to the Moray Firth, […]

  • French Government Pinpoints Location of First Floating Wind Farm

    28 September 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The first floating offshore wind farm in France will be built more than 20 kilometres from Pointe des Poulains, a peninsula located at the northwestern end of Belle-Île. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition, and Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for the Sea, announced the specific location of the country’s first 250 MW floating wind […]

  • Parkwind’s First Move Outside Europe Made Down Under

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Parkwind is entering the offshore wind market in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, and has made its first move outside of Europe by naming a country manager in the two countries. The Belgium-based offshore wind developer, which says its move reflects the high potential in the region, has appointed Peter Lars Spencer as country manager […]

  • BOEMRE Gets First Application for Ocean Current Testing (USA)

    24 May 2011
    Authorities

    The Interior Department today said it is beginning an environmental review for a first-ever leasing proposal to turn ocean currents… (nytimes) [mappress] Source: nytimes, May 24, 2011;

  • First Minister Backs Offshore Wind Farm Development (Scotland)

    12 August 2011
    Authorities

    First Minister Alex Salmond was in Fraserburgh to discuss plans for an offshore windfarm which is helping Scotland meet its renewable…   (stv) [mappress] Source: stv, August 12, 2011

  • First Minister’s Statement on Renewable Energy Development in Wales (UK)

    20 June 2011
    Authorities

    First Minister Carwyn Jones has said he will not support the construction of large pylons in Montgomeryshire and has told his ministers to… [mappress] Source: newswales, June 20, 2011;

  • Siemens Receives First Belgian Offshore Wind Turbine Order

    21 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Rentel NV has placed an order with Siemens for the 309MW Rentel wind project. The contract includes the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of 42 SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines and marks the first order of Siemens offshore wind turbines in Belgium. In April, Rentel NV and Siemens signed a contract for the supply and maintenance of 42 offshore wind […]

  • First French Saint-Brieuc Foundation Parts Arrive in Spain

    16 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of foundation components for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project has arrived from France to Navantia’s Fene shipyard in Spain for final assembly. The vessel BBC Belem left the port of Brest, France, on 2 April carrying the components for two jacket foundations set to be installed at the French 496 MW project. […]

  • First Tower Sections for Burbo Bank Extension Reach Belfast

    13 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The first tower components for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project have begun arriving at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly site in the Belfast Harbour.  The middle tower sections which arrived this week will support the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank wind farm located in Liverpool Bay, west of the existing 90MW […]

  • Massachusetts Could Host First Offshore Wind Farm (USA)

    22 November 2010

    Massachusetts could soon be home to the nation’s first offshore wind farm – and state officials are hoping to use the Cape Wind project to… (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, November 22, 2010;

  • Seajacks Scylla Loading First Walney Extension Turbine Components

    1 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks’ wind farm installation vessel, Seajacks Scylla, has arrived in Belfast and is being loaded with the first batch of turbine components to be installed at the 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, DONG Energy told Offshore WIND.

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Generates First Power

    29 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The North East’s first large scale offshore wind farm has now started to produce electricity as work continues towards completion of the project. The first three wind turbine generators at the EDF Energy Renewables Teesside offshore wind farm have now been fully commissioned and are supplying electricity to the National Grid. When complete the 27 […]

  • ASM Industries Floats Out First WindFloat Atlantic Foundation

    23 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Portugal’s ASM Industries has tested and floated out the first of the two floating foundations being built for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic wind farm. “The tests were very successful and totally safe, and were the culmination of several months of hard and continuous work,” Adelino Costa Matos, CEO of ASM Industries, said. ”This is a project […]

  • Smulders Sends Off First Akita-Noshiro Transition Pieces

    6 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has shipped off the first four transition pieces built for Akita-Noshiro, Japan’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm. The transition pieces are now en route from the Smulders yard in Hoboken, Belgium to Sif Group in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Smulders is building 33 transition pieces for the 139 MW wind farm. Sif signed the final […]