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  • First OW Jack-Up Vessel Built in Germany Travels to Bremerhaven

    18 February 2014
    Technology

    Aeolus, the first jack-up vessel specialized for work on offshore wind farms to be designed and built in Germany, has left the shipyard and is now sailing along the river Elbe to Bremerhaven. The vessel was built at Sietas shipyard for the renowned Dutch marine engineering company Van Oord. The offshore wind jack- up vessel […]

  • Qingdao Hanhe Delivers First Cable for Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm

    18 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Qingdao Hanhe Cable has delivered the first lot of 220kV submarine cable for the Jinwan offshore wind project in China. According to the China-based company, the cable was delivered on 5 March. In total, Hanhe Cable will provide 34 kilometers of 220kV submarine cable and 76.92 kilometers of 35kV submarine cable. The Zhuhai Jinwan project […]

  • Ørsted Showcases First Taiwan-Made Transition Piece Mock-Up

    6 September 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Ørsted has marked the completion of the first made-in-Taiwan transition piece mock-up with Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Steel Corporation. The mock-up, fabricated by SDMS in Kaohsiung, has demonstrated that local suppliers are on track to prepare for delivery of jacket foundations for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1&2a projects, the world’s […]

  • Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Syd Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    13 November 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 170 MW Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farm, developed by Vattenfall in Denmark, has delivered its first green power. The installation of 20 8.4 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines took place from July to September this year, and Vattenfall’s initial plan was to connect the turbines to the grid immediately after the installation. However, the plan […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Innovators Sets Up First Innovation Award

    13 November 2017

    Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has launched its first ever innovation award.

  • First US Wind Turbine Installation Vessel to Feature Kongsberg Tech

    17 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Keppel AmFELS has awarded Kongsberg Maritime with a contract to provide its technology for the first Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for the U.S. offshore wind sector. The agreement will see Kongsberg supply a comprehensive technology package for the new WTIV which is being constructed at Keppel AmFELS’ Brownsville shipyard in Texas. The […]

  • Avangrid, Invenergy Winners of First Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Auction

    30 October 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Avangrid and Invenergy have each secured two lease areas in the Gulf of Maine auction, where total bids exceeded USD 21.9 million (approximately EUR 20 million), marking the first lease sale in the region and the first for floating offshore wind on the US Atlantic coast. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held […]

  • Japanese Shipping Major Adds First Crew Transfer Vessel to Fleet

    6 May 2021
    Vessels

    Japanese shipping company NYK and Sweden’s Northern Offshore Service AS (N-O-S) have concluded a bareboat charter contract for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service offshore wind farms. The CTV, named Energizer, is owned by NYK and will be chartered to N-O-S through a 10-year bareboat charter contract to transfer crews to offshore wind farms, […]

  • World’s First Commercial Wave Power EmployesVariohm EuroSensor’s Technology (UK)

    30 January 2012

    Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Inverness based marine renewable wave power specialists recently completed installation of the world’s first commercial wave power plant. Located in Mutriku in Northern Spain the 300 kW plant is based upon Wavegen’s Nearshore Oscillating Water Column (OWC) technology which employs Novotechnik RFC4800 series ‘touchless technology’ non contacting angle sensors supplied by […]

  • World’s First Offshore Vessel Charging System Completes Harbour Trials

    15 March 2023
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    MJR Power and Automation, together with Blackfish Engineering and Tidal Transit, have completed the harbour trials of the company’s platform-mounted automated offshore power and charging system. The harbor trials were carried out at the Port of Blyth in the UK using the Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) Tia Elizabeth, owned and operated by Tidal Transit. The […]

  • China’s First 8 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Enters Operation

    16 June 2020
    Technology

    Shanghai Electric has commissioned China’s first 8 MW offshore wind turbine, which is now entering operation. The 8MW-167 offshore turbine, which features the “black start” technology, produces 20% more electricity and reduces the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) by around 11% compared to the 7MW-154 wind turbine, Shanghai Electric said. The 8 MW turbine is […]

  • First New York Offshore Wind Auction Set For Late 2018

    13 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) will procure approximately 800MW of offshore wind through a solicitation issued in the fourth quarter of 2018. 

  • South West MEP Elects First Chairman, Secures Funding (UK)

    29 October 2012

    At a meeting in Bristol this week, the South West Marine Energy Park (MEP) board has elected Peter Kydd, director of strategic consulting at Parsons Brinckerhoff, as its first chairperson. Peter, who has over 30 years experience working in the engineering and energy sector will now chair the board which is made up of representatives […]

  • First Floater for 30 MW French Pilot Wind Farm Launched

    12 May 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first floater for the Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm has been launched at the Port of Marseille Fos in France. Eiffage Métal, Smulders, and their subcontractor Geodis, in coordination with Ocean Winds, launched the wind farm’s first floating platform on the Fos-sur-Mer industrial site. The floater is now being […]

  • MingYang Receives First Order for 14 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    21 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Mingyang Smart Energy has won the bids from China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) for two sections totaling 700 MW of the 1 GW Fanshiyi 1 offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. The Fanshiyi offshore wind farm is located 60 kilometres off the coast and has an average water depth […]

  • The first turbine installation at the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    19 May 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    The 500-megawatt Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, around 25 kilometres from Sizewell, is expected to be complete in two years’ time.   [mappress] Source: eadt, May 19, 2010;

  • UK: Tidal Transit Achieves Its First 10,000 Safe Transfers

    17 June 2013

    Tidal Transit has just celebrated the completion of 10,000 safe passenger transfers from its two personnel transfer vessels to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. The Ginny Louise and Eden Rose sail to the wind farms on most days from either Wells-next-the Sea or Great Yarmouth to transfer wind farm maintenance technicians and their […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall Reports Underlying Operating Profit for First 9 Months

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is reporting an underlying operating profit for the nine-month period 2012 that is nearly on par with 2011 for continuing operations – despite a challenging market. The industry is under continuous pressure from overcapacity, low prices and low margins, especially for electricity generation based on natural gas. Vattenfall has therefore recognized impairment losses of […]

  • Germany: Abeking & Rasmussen Names Its First SWATH Survey Vessel

    20 April 2012

    On 18th April 2012, the delivery and naming ceremony of the new SWATH hydrographic survey vessel “Jakob Prei” took place at the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen Schiffs- und Yachtwerft Aktiengesellschaft inGermany. The godmother of the vessel was Woman of the Year2011 in Estonia, Mrs Tea Varrak, who is Director for Innovation and Business Centre at […]

  • Agreement Signed for First Offshore Wind-Powered Underwater Data Centre in China

    11 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Innovation, Technology

    A newly launched project in China is set to build what the project partners say will be the world’s first commercial underwater data centre powered by offshore wind. The project will be developed in two phases, with the first phase being a demonstration facility and the second phase scaling up the capacity to commercial scale. […]

  • Vattenfall, CIP Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Delayed to 2032, Project to Be Built in Two Phases

    11 August 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Green Hydrogen, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The completion date for Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ offshore wind farm at the IJmuiden Ver Beta site in the Netherlands has been pushed from late 2029 to 2032 due to the delayed completion of the Delta Rhine Corridor (DRC). In addition, the 2 GW offshore wind project will now be built in two phases. […]

  • First Turbine Up at CECEP Yangjiang Nanpeng Offshore Wind Project

    11 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) has installed the first turbine at its 300MW Yangjiang Nanpeng offshore wind project. The first MySE 5.5-155 turbine was installed on 8 March at the project site some 28km off the coast, Ming Yang Smart Energy reported. The installation of all of the wind farm’s 55 turbines […]

  • Fukushima Floating Wind Farm Uses First Subsea’s Cable Connectors

    14 November 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Cable connectors for the Fukushima floating wind farm project, offshore Japan, are supplied by First Subsea to connect 66kV and 22kV cables to a 2MW wind turbine and floating substation. The facility’s floating 66kV power substation is the first of its kind for the offshore wind energy industry. Three First Subsea cable connectors have been […]

  • Vineyard Wind to Feed First Power Into Massachusetts Grid by Year-End

    7 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have installed the first five GE Haliade-X turbines at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project and are preparing to deliver first power from their wind farm to the electric grid in Massachusetts, the US. Once energized in the coming weeks, Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale offshore wind project […]

  • First Flight Wind Completes 2nd Round of Working Group Meetings

    18 February 2014
    R&D

    First Flight Wind recently completed its second round of technical working group meetings. These meetings are designed to allow First Flight Wind and stakeholders to discuss issues and exchange information related to the offshore project’s environmental impact. There are six working groups in total. The four most recent meetings were held in January and February […]

  • Bird and Marine Mammal Surveys Underway at First Flight Wind’s Site

    19 May 2014
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Natural Power, a renewable energy consultancy headquartered in Scotland, is conducting surveys of birds and marine mammals at the First Flight Wind offshore wind farm site in the Irish Sea. Natural Power’s team of ornithologists and marine mammal observers commenced survey work in July 2013, using a local Kilkeel vessel, the Glenravel. The last from […]