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  • Cape May in Race to Install First Offshore Wind Farm in US

    24 October 2011

    Fishermen’s Energy of Cape May is hoping to get its last approvals to break ground on what would be the nation’s first offshore wind farm.   By Michael Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, October 24, 2011

  • Construction Starts on First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm

    19 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has broken ground for its 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project in Barnstable, Massachusetts, setting the US on a road to its first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which is also the first such project in the Americas region. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 18 November at Covell’s Beach, where the offshore wind […]

  • UK: Stanislav Yudin Installs First Gwynt y Môr Foundation

    14 August 2012

    The first of 160 steel foundations that will make up Gwynt y Môr, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms has been successfully installed off the north Wales coast. The achievement has been celebrated by RWE npower renewables, which is constructing the wind farm over the next two years, to generate enough energy from the […]

  • CS Wind UK Starts Building First Offshore Wind Towers

    30 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has started producing first offshore wind towers at its facilities in Machrihanish, Scotland.

  • Smulders Sends Off Its First Batch of Moray East Jackets

    25 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has loaded the first two jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm onto a barge and dispatched them from its facility in Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundations are being sent to the Port of Nigg, from where DEME Offshore will transport them to the Moray East site and install the jackets at […]

  • Germany: Brancor, HYSSING Postpone First Payment for Gode Wind II

    1 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has not received the first payment from the sale of the “Gode Wind II” offshore wind farm project which was originally scheduled for the 29th February 2012. PNE WIND AG now expects this payment on 23rd March 2012 together with the second installment from the buyer, HYSSING […]

  • TenneT to Launch First 2 GW Offshore Grid Tenders in March

    18 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    CORRECTION NOTE: The article has been updated to say that the tenders to be launched in March will be for offshore grid connections in the Netherlands. Tenders for 2 GW offshore grids in Germany will follow later. TenneT will launch tenders for at least two new offshore grid connections in the Netherlands in March – […]

  • The Netherlands: First Service Vessels for Offshore Wind Farms on Drawing Board

    12 December 2010
    Technology

    Responding to demand from the rapidly expanding European wind energy market, the shipping entrepreneurs J.R. Arends and S. Schakelaar decided to establish SeaZip Offshore Service BV. Started in December 2010, the company focuses on the development and operation of specialised service vessels, mainly for the transfer of personnel and goods to and from offshore wind […]

  • Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid

    13 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for grid connections and funding for existing offshore wind farm projects, with one of the operators offering the lowest price bid of 0.00 Euro cents per kilowatt-hour.

  • Huisman Muscle for First Japanese-Built Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    25 October 2016
    Vessels

    Lifting, drilling and subsea solutions provider Huisman has secured a contract  for the delivery of one 800mt pedestal mounted crane (PMC) to be installed on a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) being built by Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) for Penta-Ocean Construction. The crane will be built at Huisman China, with the delivery planned for April 2018. […]

  • UK: Fugro Congratulates London Array Team on Completion of First Phase

    25 April 2013

    Fugro congratulates the London Array project team on completion of the first 630 MW phase of the Thames estuary development. The project, jointly owned by DONG Energy, Masdar and E.ON, has set a new world record for the largest offshore wind farm, according to the World Record Academy.  ‘Fugro has played various roles throughout the […]

  • US Proposes First Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Lease Sale

    22 February 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The US Department of the Interior has proposed the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) includes a 102,480-acre area offshore Lake Charles, Louisiana, and two areas offshore Galveston, Texas, one comprising 102,480 acres and the other comprising 96,786 acres. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) […]

  • Race Bank Powers UK’s First Offshore Wind Corporate PPA

    28 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a long-term agreement with Northumbrian Water that will see the water company take almost a third of its renewable energy demand from Race Bank offshore wind farm. The 10-year deal is the first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) of its kind in the UK and is an expansion of a renewable electricity supply […]

  • 2.4 MW Turbine Produces First Power Off Choshi, Japan

    4 March 2013
    Technology

    A big turbine started spinning off Choshi in Chiba prefecture, writes Kyodo News. The 2.4 MW turbine produced its first power on Monday, as it was previously announced that the operation will commence this month. It has been installed within a research project with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). This 126 meter high turbine has […]

  • Weeks Marine to Build First US Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    3 September 2012

    Even though Weeks Marine Inc. has not signed any contracts with offshore wind farm developers, the company is investing in a barge called R.D. MacDonald. When completed, this will be the first U.S. vessel specifically built for offshore wind construction. The vessel is docked at Weeks Marine’s shipyard in Camden as a giant crane is […]

  • Fujian Datang to Invest in First Southern China’s Offshore Wind Farm

    28 January 2013

    A subsidiary of China Datang Corporation, Fujian Datang International Wind Power Development, intends to invest up to 6 billion yuan (USD 952 million) in an offshore wind farm off Chinese southern coast, which would be the first one there, according to DesignBuild Source news site. The company has already submitted the results of the project’s […]

  • First Part of Cable Laying Done at Nordsee Ost OWF, Germany

    11 September 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Last week, VSMC completed the first part of laying 52 infield cables for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. VSMC started their work on 3 August and completed the installation of the 25 cables within a month and ahead of schedule. VSMC was able to bring the start of the project forward by temporarily using […]

  • Svanen Installs First Foundation at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    3 January 2012

    While others were about to enjoy their New Year’s Eve dinner, the installation vessel Svanen started installation of the first monopile at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and the construction of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm has now started. According to the original schedule, Svanen was supposed to start work on 1 January, but the mobilisation […]

  • VIDEO: First Fully Autonomous Flight of Airborne Wind Generation System

    24 May 2013
    R&D, Technology

    On May 3rd, 2012, Makani drafted specifications for a ground station from which its 30 kW airborne wind turbine could be deployed. On May 9th, 2013, after a year of mechanical design, fabrication and testing, the team completed the first-ever fully autonomous flight of a kite power system. The airborne wind turbine eliminates 90% of […]

  • Drydocks World Cuts First Steel for Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Substations

    18 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Drydocks World has hosted a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the official start of work on the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind platforms project. The steel cutting ceremony for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East HVDC Platforms was held at Drydocks World’s yard in Dubai and included the joint venture partner for the project, Aker Solutions, the […]

  • alpha ventus – Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm is Formally Commissioned

    27 April 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Today, Federal Environment Minister Dr. Norbert Röttgen together with Chief Executive Officers Dr. Werner Brinker of EWE, Dr. Wulf Bernotat of E.ON and Tuomo Hatakka of Vattenfall Europe are commissioning Germany’s first offshore wind farm during a ceremony in Norddeich. Alpha ventus is the first open sea wind farm of its kind in Germany’s territorial […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs First Kriegers Flak Substation Foundation

    19 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has installed the first of the two gravity-based foundations that will support the offshore substations on the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea.

  • Huisman to Deliver Cranes for Taiwan’s First Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    2 July 2020
    Vessels

    Huisman has secured a contract by CSBC Corporation to deliver a 4,000mt Offshore Mast Crane (OMC) for Green Jade, the first Taiwan-built floating heavy-lift offshore wind installation vessel. The crane will be built at Huisman’s production facility in China and is scheduled for delivery in 2022 when the CSBC-DEME Wind Energy (CDWE) joint venture will […]

  • UK: Hull University to Launch First Renewables Masters Degree Programme

    10 May 2012
    Training & Education

    The University of Hull’s Department of Geography will start the UK’s first masters degree programme in September, as the This is Scunthorpe news portal reports. It will prepare students for the onshore and offshore wind, wave and tidal power sectors and teach them how to run operational wind and tidal stream power installations based on […]

  • Sinovel Wins Bid for China’s First Marine Wind Power Auction

    22 July 2011

    Sinovel Wind Group plans to move its wind power packaging and transportation base from Changxing Island Industrial Park in Dalian city, Liaoning province, to Sheyang Port District in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, reports yicai.com, citing a company filing. The move comes after the Beijing-based wind turbine producer won contracts for 600,000 kilowatts in the coastal […]

  • Forewind Announces First Four Dogger Bank Project Boundaries (UK)

    15 November 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Forewind has announced the project boundaries of the first four offshore wind farm projects to be developed in the Round 3 Dogger Bank Zone. The identification of the boundaries for these four offshore wind farms, two that will connect into the national grid in Yorkshire and two into Teesside, is a significant step towards finalising […]