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  • Ampyx Power Taking First Steps Towards MW-Scale Kite

    4 December 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Ampyx Power has partnered with DSM to develop a tether for its Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES) that is sized to generate a capacity of up to 2MW.

  • Wales’ First Floating Offshore Wind Farm Gets Marine License

    23 February 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, has secured a marine license for the 100 MW Erebus floating offshore wind project in Wales. Working with OWC, MarineSpace, ITPEnergised, and Burges Salmon, and following a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, Blue Gem Wind was granted a marine license for the […]

  • World’s First Offshore Green Hydrogen Plant to Go Online in France

    4 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    An offshore hydrogen production plant powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine is scheduled to be put into operation next year in France. The hydrogen production system will be installed at the SEM-REV demonstration site, off the coast of Le Croisic in France where it will be linked with the Floatgen wind turbine. According […]

  • Vole au vent Installs First Monopile on Borkum Riffgrund 2

    6 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s offshore installation vessel Vole au vent has installed the first monopile on Ørsted’s 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • BREAKING: Parkwind Consortium Wins Norway’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    20 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Norwegian government has unveiled Ventyr Energi, a consortium of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, as the winner of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind auction round in Norway. The winning bid in the auction was NOK 1.15 (EUR 0.099) per kilowatt hour. “This is a milestone in the government’s offshore wind […]

  • First Hybrid Chartwell 24 CTV Heads to East Anglia 1

    13 August 2021
    Vessels

    HST Marine has taken delivery of HST Ella, a new hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed by Chartwell Marine. HST Ella is the first hybrid Chartwell 24 vessel to hit the water, following her completion at the Isle of Wight shipyard Diverse Marine. ”Rapidly maturing hybrid technology means that environmental consciousness can sit hand in […]

  • Seacat Services Setting Stage for First High Speed Utility Vessel

    14 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Cowes-headquartered offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, is preparing to launch its first High Speed Utility Vessel (HSUV), Seacat Enterprise. The 27m South Boats IoW catamaran is a new category of vessel for the offshore wind market, designed to provide both crew transfer and logistical support for extended periods at sea, according to Seacat. […]

  • First Mediterranean Sea Offshore Wind Project Switches Turbine Supplier

    25 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    MingYang Smart Energy has received an order from Renexia to supply turbines for the first offshore wind project in the Mediterranean Sea. MingYang will deliver 10 MySE3.0-135 turbines with a 25-year full O&M service contract for the Beleolico project located in the Apulia Region off Taranto harbor of Italy. Deliveries are expected to begin in the […]

  • Sure Wind Says Hello to Its First StratCAT 26 CTV

    6 January 2016
    Vessels

    Sure Diamond, a 26m wind farm crew transfer vessel, has been delivered to its owner Sure Wind. The StratCAT 26 vessel, built by Strategic Marine in Vietnam, completed sea trails in September 2015 and will be operating in Heligoland, Germany. Sure Wind’s second StratCAT 26 vessel, Sure Dynamic, has also completed sea trials in Vietnam and is […]

  • Wilton Ships Out First Hornsea One Transition Pieces (VIDEO)

    20 August 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Teesside-based Wilton Engineering has sent off the first four transition pieces built for Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. 

  • Huisman’s New Muscle Performs First Offshore Wind Lift (Video)

    4 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Huisman’s 2,600mt Skyhook crane has performed its first lift of offshore wind monopiles at a facility in China. Skyhook was dedicatedly designed for load-outs of heavy equipment, like the 10,000mt tub mounted cranes for Heerema’s Sleipnir and the 3,000mt offshore mast crane for Boskalis, Huisman said. The crane is located at its own facility near […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Releases First Offshore Wind Index for German Bight

    8 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer IWES has released an Offshore Wind Energy Index, the first wind index for offshore wind farms, or more specifically, for wind farms in the German Bight in the North Sea.

  • Subsea Investigations Kick Off at Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project

    6 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Underwater investigations have kicked off on Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project. Over two weeks, a crew will complete 24-hour seabed investigations including mapping the seafloor, measuring water depths and identifying buried infrastructure such as cables or shipwrecks. The work is being carried out from Lakes Entrance using the local vessel the […]

  • Date Set for First-Ever Wind Lease Sale Offshore Oregon

    30 August 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has released the scheduled date for the first-ever offshore wind energy lease auction off southern Oregon. The two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in Oregon, the Coos Bay WEA and the Brookings WEA, will be auctioned on 15 October 2024 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The […]

  • Aeolus Picks Ulstein Design for First Jones Act-Compliant SOV

    16 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    US-based Aeolus Energy has signed an agreement with Norway’s Ulstein Design & Solutions, B.V. to design a Service Operations Vessel (SOV).

  • Fugro Quest Launches, First Stop Norfolk Offshore Wind Project

    1 December 2022
    Vessels

    Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, has added a new geotechnical vessel, equipped with advanced deep-water technology, to its fleet. According to Fugro, the vessel, named Fugro Quest, provides increased personnel and operational safety, whilst its energy-efficient design results, on average, in significantly lower fuel consumption than for other geotechnical vessels. Moreover, its ability to take […]

  • Vattenfall Wraps Up First Ever Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning

    25 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s Yttre Stengrund wind farm has disappeared from the horizon in Kalmar Sound, Sweden, the power company said in a statement. Work on dismantling the five wind turbines with a total capacity of 10 megawatt (MW) which made up the Yttre Stengrund wind farm in Kalmar Sound began at the end of November. The job of […]

  • Great Lakes Could Host First Offshore Wind Turbines in USA

    22 June 2011

    States along the Atlantic Coast are racing to be first in the country to put wind turbines offshore. But a group in Ohio says the first … Read more at WKSU [mappress] Source: WKSU, June 22, 2011;

  • First Transition Piece Installed at DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    8 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first transition piece (TP) was grouted at the DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm on location DT01 on the 1st of May. Since the Seafox 5 first entered the DanTysk field it has been too cold for the installation of the TPs. Monopiles have been left standing, just barely visible above the waters surface. For the installation of the TPs, grout (concrete) has […]

  • Sinovel to Announce the Completion of China’s First 6 MW Turbine in June

    14 February 2011
    Technology

    Sinovel Wind Group Co., China’s largest wind power generator manufacturer, announced Monday it will finish production of the country’s first…   (english.peopledaily) [mappress] Source: english.peopledaily  , February 14, 2011

  • FERC Approves License for Nation’s First Tidal Energy Project (USA)

    1 February 2012

    As a new federal report touts the potential for tidal energy and a license has been approved for the nation’s first such project… By Judy Benson ( theday ) [mappress] Source: theday, February 1, 2012

  • Five Students to Take First Steps in Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    16 December 2011
    Training & Education

      Five young men have taken their first steps into a new career in the offshore wind energy industry having been accepted as trainees.   By Richard Evans ( northwalesweeklynews ) [mappress] Source: northwalesweeklynews , December 16, 2011; Image: repower

  • The Netherlands: Airborne Manufactures First Commercial RTM Performance Blades for Tocardo

    14 February 2013
    Technology

    Airborne Marine has manufactured the first commercial Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) performance blades for Tocardo, a leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines. The blades will be shipped to the Tocardo assembly site in Den Oever, The Netherlands. The RTM performance blades will be mounted on Tocardo’s commercially available turbines which will be shipped […]

  • World’s First Offshore Green Hydrogen Production Platform Launched in France

    22 September 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    French waters offshore Saint-Nazaire are buzzing with inaugural activity today (22 September) as the country’s first offshore wind farm was officially put into operation and, in a separate event, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production platform was launched. As reported earlier today, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Saint-Nazaire project site this morning […]

  • Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm Ready for First Jackets

    4 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s installation vessel Apollo has completed the pre-piling campaign at the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. Starting in June 2024, the campaign involved the transport and installation of 248 pin piles at the site located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of […]

  • UK: Alicat Equips Major Utility with First of Four Wind Workboats

    6 September 2013

    Alicat Workboats, a full service offshore wind farm workboat manufacturer and repair business, has successfully completed and launched the first of four offshore wind farm workboats for a major energy utility. The vessel has been named ‘Solway Challenger’, following a naming ceremony that took place today at the dedicated seven-acre manufacturing and full-service workboat site […]