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  • All Monopiles Up at New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    10 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    All 13 monopile foundations have been installed at the South Fork Wind Farm site offshore New York, the state’s first offshore wind farm. Boskalis’s offshore installation vessel Bokalift 2 was responsible for the transporting and installation of the foundations, as well as the one for the substation, the first American-built offshore wind substation. More than […]

  • First-Ever Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Farm Halfway Done

    1 November 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey has installed the 70th Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbine at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The installation of the 70th turbine marks the halfway milestone on the 140-turbine project, Cadeler said. Once fully installed and commissioned in the […]

  • First UK-Made Offshore Wind Tower Sections Ready to Roll

    3 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    CS Wind UK is commencing the transportation of the first nine offshore tower sections from its Machrihanish factory in Campbeltown, Scotland, to the local harbour on 8 January.

  • First Power Flows from 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine at Hunterston

    14 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Electricity was exported for the first time from SSE Renewables’ offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston, North Ayrshire. The Siemens SWT-6.0-154 wind turbine is 177 metres high, and incorporates the latest offshore turbine technology to generate six megawatts (MW) of electricity. The Hunterston site, on the North Ayrshire coast, has similar wind conditions to […]

  • Taiwan Gets First Locally-Assembled Offshore Wind Pin Piles

    14 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Century Iron & Steel Industrial has completed the first pin pile assembly for the offshore wind sector in Taiwan. A ceremony to mark the completion of the first pin pile assembly was held on 12 October at the Port of Taipei. According to Lai Wen-hsiang, Chairman of Century Iron & Steel Industrial, the company invested NT$6 billion […]

  • Prysmian Picks First Subsea CPS for Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

    20 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    First Subsea has won the contract to provide the cable protection systems (CPSs) for the inter-array cables at the 71-turbine Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. Prysmian Group will manufacture and deliver the inter-array cables for the project. The Italian cable maker selected First Subsea CPSs to protect the cables from burial to the entry […]

  • UK: BaltShip Delivers First Foundations for Gwynt Y Môr Windfarm

    30 April 2012

    BaltShip has successfully delivered the first of 80 shipments with offshore foundations for the Gwynt Y Môr Windfarm located in the Irish Sea. The first shipment was loaded in Germany on 11 April and 5 days later the vessel arrived safely into Liverpool (Cammell Laird) where the foundations will be temporarily stored before the final […]

  • Photo of the Day: First EOWDC Jacket Top Sections Arrive in Newcastle

    5 October 2017
    Vessels

    Osprey Construction and Marine Logistics has posted a photo of the Osprey Carrier II barge entering the Tyne, Newcastle, with the first two jacket top sections for the 92.5MW Aberdeen offshore wind farm on 30 September.

  • GE Takes Delivery of First Made-in-France Crew Transfer Vessel

    10 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    GE Renewable Energy has taken delivery of its first of two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) dedicated to the operations and maintenance of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The announcement was made by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and Tidal Transit which were selected by GE Renewable Energy in December 2020 to provide two CTVs for the […]

  • Sweden: First Vestas’ V112-3.0 MW Offshore Turbines Installed

    3 July 2013
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight V112-3.0 MW offshore turbines have been successfully installed on the 48MW offshore project in Kårehamn, Sweden. In addition, the turbines were also part of the first shipment of turbines from Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Esbjerg, Denmark. Senior Vice President of Vestas Offshore Uffe Vinther-Schou says installing the first V112-3.0 MW offshore turbine […]

  • First Steel Cut for Acta Marine Second Methanol-Powered CSOV

    5 April 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    The first steel has been cut for the second Construction Service Operations Vessel (CSOV) NB1121 ordered by Acta Marine at Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye. Tersan Shipyard is building two DP2 CSOVs powered with methanol and MDO/HVO. The Dutch vessel owner signed a contract with the shipyard in June 2022. Acta Marine has also reserved options […]

  • Vestas Ships First V112-3.0 MW Offshore Turbines to Sweden

    25 April 2013

    Vestas ships first ever V112-3.0 MW offshore turbines to the 48 MW Kaarehamn project in Sweden. The shipment consists of 16 turbines, all pre-assembled onshore at the harbour in Esbjerg, Denmark. The shipment confirms Vestas’ strong presence in the offshore-market with the highly competitive V112-3.0 MW offshore specific turbine. It also marks the first shipment […]

  • UK: Natural Power to Conduct Ecological Survey for First Flight Wind

    7 August 2013
    Environment

    Leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been appointed by First Flight Wind Ltd, the developers of Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm, to provide bird and marine mammal advisory and survey works over the Wind Resource Zone off the Co. Down coast of Northern Ireland. First Flight Wind, a consortium comprising of B9 Energy, […]

  • Vard Launches Its First CSOV Hull for Rem Offshore’s Newbuild

    12 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vard has launched the hull for the first of the two construction service operations vessels (CSOVs) ordered by Rem Offshore at its yard in Romania. Both CSOVs are based on Vard 4 19 design and tailor-made for worldwide services and maintenance operations at offshore wind farms, Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, said. The CSOV hull, […]

  • Lithuania Receives Two Bids in Country’s First Offshore Wind Auction

    31 May 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    Lithuania’s first offshore wind auction has concluded, with two bidders submitting offers, announced the National Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) yesterday. The auction started on 31 March and was open until 29 May. The 137.5-square-kilometre site in the Baltic Sea, which the Lithuanian Government identified two years ago, is located some 29 kilometres off the country’s coast, […]

  • Ningbo Orient Delivers First Cables to Chinese Offshore Wind Project

    11 October 2019
    Grid Connection

    Orient Cable’s Ningbo Orient has delivered the first batch of subsea cables for China General Nuclear Power Corporation’s (CGNPC) Daishan 4 offshore wind project in China. According to the Chinese company, the first batch of 35kV subsea cables, totaling 23.8 kilometers and weighing more than 1,800 tons, was delivered on 7 October. Orient Cable said it will continue providing […]

  • Butendiek OWF: All Foundations Installed, First Wind Turbines Up

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Wpd, the project developer and operator located in Bremen, reports that the installation of the first three wind turbines at the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm has been successfully completed. At the end of last week the rotor blades were fixed to the nacelles immediately after the installation of all 80 foundations and transition pieces, the […]

  • First US High-Voltage Subsea Cable Plant Opens for Business

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Nexans has officially opened its high-voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston, South Carolina, the first such facility in the United States. From the new facility, Nexans will deliver subsea cables up to 525kV HVDC and 400kV HVAC, covering the full range of needed products for export cables for offshore wind and subsea interconnections. The first […]

  • SMart Wind Submits First Response for Hornsea OWF Project One

    22 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    SMart Wind Limited, on behalf of the joint applicants Heron Wind Limited, Njord Limited and Vi Aura Limited has submitted its first written response in support of the Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One Application to the Planning Inspectorate. The Response was submitted on 20 January 2014 as prescribed by the Planning Inspectorate’s Rule 8 […]

  • Iberdola’s Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    6 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, has produced its first green power. The project is Iberdrola’s first in France and only the second offshore wind farm to produce power in the country, according to the press release. […]

  • First Siemens Gamesa 7MW Turbines Start Producing on Walney Extension

    22 January 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Power is now being generated from the final phase of Walney Extension which will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm on completion later this year, Ørsted, the developer of the wind farm, said.

  • Gamesa Narrows List for First UK Offshore Wind Turbine Factory

    4 February 2011

    Harwich, Humber and Tyneside are battling it out to host one of Britain’s first offshore wind turbine factories, to be built by the Spanish… (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, February 04, 2011

  • China Gets Its First Gigawatt-Range Offshore Wind Farm

    23 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    China Three Gorges (CTG) Renewables has announced that its Shaba (Shapa) offshore wind project, currently under construction off the city of Yangjiang in Guangdong Province, surpassed an installed capacity of 1 GW on 15 July, making it China’s first GW-range offshore wind farm. Once fully built, the company’s Yangjiang Shapa project will have a total installed […]

  • Japanese Kick-Start First Overseas Offshore Wind Investment Fund

    18 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Development Bank of Japan have established their first fund dedicated to overseas offshore wind projects. Established through the fund management company Spring Infrastructure Capital, the fund will acquire the assets Sumitomo Corporation holds in the Race Bank and Galloper offshore wind farms in the UK as seed assets. […]

  • EDF to Test First Tidal Turbine Near Island of Brehat (France)

    30 August 2011

    French energy group EDF (EPA:EDF) plans to test tomorrow its first out of four tidal turbines with an overall capacity of 2 MW near the… [mappress] Source: SeeNews, August 30, 2011

  • Fishermen’s Energy Could be First to Spin Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    31 January 2012

    A small South Jersey energy company could become the first in the country to generate power with off-shore wind turbines.   By Pat Loeb (philadelphia.cbslocal) [mappress] Source: philadelphia.cbslocal, January 31, 2012; Image:  fishermensenergy