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  • POSH, First Marine Solutions Form European Floating Wind Partnership

    18 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Singapore-based offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Service Holdings (POSH) has partnered with Aberdeen-headquartered mooring and marine service specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) to explore growth opportunities for floating offshore wind in Europe. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on identifying, developing, and delivering on relevant joint tender opportunities. POSH, […]

  • Austal Bags First Contract for Three Offshore Support Vessels (Australia)

    9 September 2011

    Following the launch of Austal’s Wind Express series last year, Austal announces the award of a contract for three purpose-built 21 metre offshore support vessels for Holyhead-based Turbine Transfers Ltd. While Austal had been working with Turbine Transfers for some time to develop a customised wind farm vessel solution, Seawork helped to develop the relationship […]

  • VIDEO: Marine Life Thrives on America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    15 February 2018
    Environment

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), based at the University of Delaware, released a new video that features never-before-seen underwater footage of fish feeding at America’s first offshore wind farm, as well as testimonials from local recreational fishermen and charter captains.

  • UK: South Boats Delivers First 19m WFSV to Turbine Transfers

    2 May 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announce the launch and commissioning of its 57th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Caernarfon Bay’. The vessel is the first of the South Catamaran 19m WFSV designs to be delivered and features a host of developments. Built for Turbine Transfers Ltd. the vessel has passaged to a contract in […]

  • Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Farm to Power Green Ammonia Production

    4 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Colombian producer of fertilizers, Monómeros, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Public Lighting of Barranquilla (APBAQ), which plans to build Colombia’s first offshore wind farm in the waters off the city of Barranquilla together with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Under the MoU, Monómeros will build a new plant worth around USD 300 million […]

  • Nexans to Deliver Cables for New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    12 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    French power cable manufacturer Nexans has received an order to deliver approximately 110 kilometres of high voltage subsea export cables for the South Fork offshore wind project in New York. The three-phase 138 kV high voltage alternative current (HVAC) subsea export cables will be integrated with two fibre-optic cables and transmit 132 MW of electricity […]

  • Finland’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Presses Ahead

    3 December 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development

    Work on Finland’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is moving forward, with geophysical surveys being carried out to examine the seabed at the Korsnäs site. In July 2024, the project’s developers, Vattenfall and the Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus, selected GEOxyz and Arctia to conduct geophysical surveys at the site near Vaasa in Finland. “Geophysical surveys […]

  • First 2017 Edition of Offshore WIND Magazine Set to Reach Japan

    17 January 2017

    Offshore WIND is starting the new year energetically with an aim to cover new topics, bring more relevant news to our readers, further improve all of its products, and thus move forward together with the ever-growing industry.

  • OWI-Lab Large Climatic Chamber Carries Out First Tests

    1 March 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The first climatic tests (extreme temperature tests) have been carried out this week in the Port of Antwerp of a new generation of transformers for large offshore wind turbines. The Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab for short) was built by the Sirris technology research centre and will be used to simulate a range of […]

  • Ireland’s First Wind Farm Service Catamaran Starts Taking Shape

    11 November 2020
    Vessels

    The Dublin-based vessel operator Farra Marine has ordered what will be the first catamaran wind farm service vessel operating under the Irish flag. The Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard started building the 27-metre Farra Orla in early September. The expected delivery is in the second quarter of 2021. Farra Orla is the third in Penguin’s Windflex 27 […]

  • China’s First Foreign-Backed Offshore Wind Farm Spins into Action

    23 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    All 75 4MW turbines at the 300MW Dongtai IV (H2) offshore wind farm have been switched on, China Energy Investment Group said. Dongtai IV is the first offshore wind project in China built in collaboration with a foreign investor. Back in March, China Energy Investment Group and France’s EDF Group signed an agreement to jointly […]

  • Vattenfall Wants to Build World’s First Offshore Hydrogen Cluster in Netherlands

    5 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has submitted a bid in the Hollandse Kust West offshore wind tender in the Netherlands. According to the details of the company’s plan, unveiled on 5 July, the project Vattenfall proposes to build would see Netherlands becoming the home of the world’s first offshore green hydrogen cluster. Vattenfall has filed a proposal for both […]

  • 500 MW for Statkraft and CIP in First Irish Offshore Wind Auction

    11 May 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    Statkraft and its partner Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have been selected in Ireland’s first auction for offshore wind under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) to develop the 500 MW North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind project. NISA was one of seven offshore renewable projects issued with a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) last December. […]

  • Maryland’s First Offshore Wind Staging Center Starts Taking Shape

    18 March 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted and Tradepoint Atlantic have completed the initial phase of Maryland’s first offshore wind staging center at the 3,300-acre global logistics center in Baltimore County. Ørsted has now completed USD 13.2 million in port infrastructure upgrades, establishing both a lift-on/lift-off and roll-on/roll-off berth within Tradepoint Atlantic’s port facility for handling offshore […]

  • First Low-Carbon Floating Installation Vessel Receives UK Funding

    29 January 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Vessels

    The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessels for the floating offshore wind market. The consortium includes Morek Engineering, Solis Marine Engineering, Tope Ocean, First Marine Solutions, and Celtic Sea Power. The consortium has won the funding through the UK Government’s […]

  • FoundOcean to Grout Gemini Foundations. MasterFlow 9800 to Be Used for the First Time

    14 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. The grouting work will take place in June 2015. FoundOcean […]

  • Japan’s First Barge-Type Floating Wind Turbine Enters Commercial Operation

    25 April 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind the Hibiki floating wind turbine in Japan has announced that the 3 MW two-bladed project entered commercial operation. The Hibiki barge-type floating system, the first of its kind in Japan, features the Aerodyn SCD 3 MW two-bladed turbine installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation. Located 15 kilometres off the Kitakyushu coast, the […]

  • Offshore Wind Gets First Guidance for UXO and Boulders Geophysical Surveying

    8 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has published guidance for the geophysical surveying for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and boulders that is being carried out to support subsea cable installation at offshore wind farm sites.

  • James Fisher Done With First Phase of Sofia UXO ID Campaign

    16 November 2021
    Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    James Fisher Renewables has completed the first part of a two-phase campaign to investigate unexploded ordnance (UXO) and potential archaeological features at the site of RWE’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK, ahead of the installation of export cables. During September and October, JF Renewables investigated 35 nearshore targets to assess the need for disposal. […]

  • RollDock, SAL to Set Up World’s First Pool for Dock Vessels

    14 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    RollDock and SAL Heavy Lift will establish the world’s first pool for dock vessels on 1 April to jointly handle Roll-On / Roll-Off and Float-In / Float-Out heavy lift cargoes with six geared dock vessels, all being operated under the RollDock brand. Five of the vessels come from RollDock’s fleet and one from SAL. 

  • Lyme Boats Launches First out of Nine Ordered Boats (UK)

    11 March 2011

    WORKERS at Exeter boat builders Lyme Boats are preparing to bid “bon voyage” to their latest creation, marking a significant milestone for…   (thisisplymouth) [mappress] Source: thisisplymouth, March 11, 2011  

  • First Jones Act Offshore Wind Jack-Up Coming in 2018

    29 June 2017
    Authorities, R&D, Vessels

    Zentech Inc. and Renewables Resources International (RRI) have announced their plans to build the first Jones Act compliant, four legged, self-propelled Dynamically-Positioned Level 2 (DP2) jack-up vessel based on a US-built barge.

  • First-Ever Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Lease Sale Underway

    29 August 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has kicked off the offshore wind energy lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico. As of 9:00 EST (15:00 CET), BOEM will be receiving bids for three areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Louisiana and Texas. Also in this article: Full list of prequalified bidders for […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Subsea Power Hub for Floating Wind to Be Tested in Norway

    3 January 2024
    Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Innovation, Offshore Platforms, R&D, Technology

    Aker Solutions and the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway have signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a pilot project which will see Aker Solutions testing its new power transmission technology at the METCentre’s offshore test area that houses demonstration floating wind turbines. According to Aker Solutions, the new power system […]

  • AXYS About to Ship First Commercial Wind-Assessment Buoy (Canada)

    3 June 2011
    Technology

    Victoria’s AXYS Technologies is on the verge of massive growth that could mean increasing its staff and expanding into its recently built… By Andrew A. Duffy (timescolonist) [mappress] Source: timescolonist, June 03, 2011;

  • Hong Kong Could Get First Offshore Wind Farm in 2027

    9 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The Hongkong Electric Company (HK Electric), one of Hong Kong’s two main electricity providers, has revealed plans to develop and commission a 150 MW offshore wind farm by 2027. The wind farm will be located southwest of Lamma Island in water depths ranging from 17 to 22 metres in an area with average wind speeds […]