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  • Germany: Efforts to Improve Offshore Wind Investment Conditions Show First Successes

    17 January 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Following the agreement of the transmission system operator TenneT with Japanese company Mitsubishi through participation in the offshore grid development Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler said: “This is great news. Our efforts to improve conditions for investment in offshore wind show first successes. The offshore development thus takes on full speed. […]

  • EEW OSB Loads Out First Borssele 1+2 Transition Pieces

    22 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) has completed the load-out of the first six transition pieces built for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Teesside-based company will manufacture and deliver a total of 35 transition pieces for Ørsted’s 752MW wind farm. ALE Heavy Lift is providing the transportation services. Denmark’s Bladt […]

  • First Turbines Up at 476 MW Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

    7 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    First Vestas V174-9.5 MW turbines have been installed by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. According to the AIS data available online, the vessel Blue Tern is currently in the Port of Rønne, Denmark, for the next loadout of wind turbines which will be installed […]

  • iXblue DriX USV Completes Work on First French Offshore Wind Farm

    6 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    iXblue has completed the bathymetric survey at the site of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm using its DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV). The purpose of the bathymetric survey inspection was to verify the seabed conditions before the deployment of Jan De Nul Group’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent. Relying on 4G and satellite communication, the operation, […]

  • Ocean Power Technologies to Announce Fiscal First Quarter 2012 Results (USA)

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.  (“OPT” or the “Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announces that it will release its fiscal first quarter financial results before the market opens on Friday, September 9, 2011. A conference call to review these results will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time that day (3:00 p.m. British Summer […]

  • Sleipnir Installs Jacket Foundation for East Anglia Three Offshore Substation

    18 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir has completed the installation of the pin piles and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Three offshore substation at the offshore wind farm’s site in the UK. According to a weekly notice of operations from the developer, ScottishPower Renewables, issued on 11 August, Sleipnir arrived at the East Anglia Three […]

  • EVE Inaugurates World’s First Commercial Wave Power Plant Mutriku (Spain)

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Basque seaport of Mutriku, located between Bilbao and San Sebastian witnessed a historical day in energy generation history. Utility Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant – the first worldwide in commercial operation. Voith Hydro supplied the equipment for Mutriku’s 16 power units that will provide an output […]

  • Thin Red Line Aerospace Works on First Test for Energy Bag (Canada)

    6 June 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Canadian firm Thin Red Line Aerospace is working on the first test deployment of its energy storage system for use with off-shore wind turbines. The Energy Bag provides power storage as “undersea compressed air energy storage” (CAES) to store compressed air deep underwater, and then release it again to drive generators when more power […]

  • First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm to Lower Electricity Bills

    2 August 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm will deliver electricity at a total levelized price of USD 65/MWh for energy and Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), lowering the Massachusetts electricity users’ monthly bills by up to 1.5%, the recent filings by the Massachusetts Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) show.

  • MPSEP SEAFOX 5 Secures First Job in Offshore Wind Sector (Singapore)

    18 April 2011

    The KFELS MPSEP vessel will be deployed for foundation works at DanTysk in the German Sector of the North Sea, starting 4Q2012. Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is pleased to announce that a contract from the joint-venture Aarsleff Bilfinger Berger (ABJV) Dan Tysk, worth in excess of EUR 35 million, has been secured for SEAFOX […]

  • Wind turbine installation as topic on GL First Class Exchange Forum (Germany)

    23 June 2010
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    What are the solutions for offshore installations? What type of vessels are required? What kind of operational experience has been obtained… [mappress] Source: bymnews , June 23, 2010;

  • Seaway 7 Orders Huisman Spreader Bar, First Stop Dogger Bank

    24 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Seaway 7 has awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of a 3,000mt Spreader Bar able to handle monopiles with the largest diameter and length currently available, the Dutch heavy-lift specialist said. Although the Spreader Bar will be built specifically to Seaway 7’s requirements, it is based on a proven Huisman design. The Spreader Bar […]

  • North Star’s CSOVs First Offshore Wind Vessels with Cyber Resilience Classification

    14 May 2025
    Vessels

    North Star’s new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), Grampian Kestrel and Grampian Eagle, have secured Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Cyber Resilience classification. This makes the UK-based offshore wind vessel operator the first organisation in the world to have ships achieve this classification, according to LR. This certification, which is in line with mandatory International Association of […]

  • Work Starts on Brazil’s First Offshore Wind Project, Pilot Expected to Come Online in 3 Years

    26 June 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive an installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it operational within 36 months. In this article: […]

  • Alpha Ventus Consortium Decides to Decommission Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    22 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind Germany’s first offshore wind farm has decided to decommission the 60 MW Alpha Ventus and is currently developing a concept for an environmentally friendly dismantling of the 15-year-old wind farm with relevant authorities. The news about the Alpha Ventus consortium (EWE, RWE and Vattenfall) considering the next steps for the offshore wind farm, […]

  • First Nacelles for Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Arrive in Massachusetts

    22 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first turbine nacelles for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm have arrived at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal in Massachusetts, USA. United Heavy Lift transported the first nacelles for Vineyard Wind 1 from France using its UHL Felicity vessel. The offshore wind farm will feature 62 GE Haliade-X 13 MW turbines to be […]

  • Fabrication Starts on Germany’s First 2 GW Offshore Grid Connection System

    3 March 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first steel has been cut for BalWin4, Germany’s first 2 GW offshore grid connection, at Sangsangin Ship Machinery’s factory in South Korea. The fabrication of the foundation for the topside that will later bring renewable energy from the North Sea to Germany has started. According to Daniel Birkenstock, project director at TenneT, this is […]

  • China Switches On Its First Offshore Wind Turbine Master Control System

    31 May 2021
    Technology

    The first master control system for an offshore wind turbine made in China was put into operation on 29 May at Huadian’s Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind project. The “Huadian Ruifeng” 6.2 MW master control system, installed on one of the offshore wind farm’s turbines, is based on a CPU processor and software developed in […]

  • First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Turbine Installation Phase

    18 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s jack-up Wind Osprey has left Sif’s facility at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam loaded with the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines to be installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The project milestone marks a series of firsts for the […]

  • Power Flows from First French Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    10 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, has produced its first power for the French grid. According to EDF Renouvelables’s latest update, 27 out of 80 GE Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines have been installed by Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent at the offshore wind farm’s construction site which […]

  • First Steel in Water at Ørsted and Eversource’s Two-State Offshore Wind Project

    16 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource’s Revolution Wind offshore wind farm has achieved its “steel in the water” milestone with the installation of the project’s first turbine foundation offshore the US. Located approximately 15 miles (about 24 kilometres) south of the Rhode Island coast and 32 miles (approximately 51 kilometres) southeast of the Connecticut coast, Revolution Wind is […]

  • Pelamis Wave: World’s First Wave Power Generated Ten Years Ago

    19 August 2014
    Technology

    Pelamis Wave Power is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the world’s first offshore wave power generated to the national grid. Following installation of the prototype Pelamis machine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, the first electricity from offshore waves was generated to the UK grid at 9.55pm on Sunday 15th August 2004. […]

  • First Ulstein Wind Farm SOV Breezing Through Sea Trials (Gallery)

    10 June 2016
    Vessels

    Yno 309, Ulstein’s first wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) and the first of two ordered by Bernhard Schulte Offshore, left the yard for sea trials on Tuesday, 7 June, and the results so far are highly satisfactorily, the Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder said. “We are underway in testing for speed and manoeuvring, and will […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Rolls Out First 11 MW Wind Turbine Nacelle

    14 January 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first serially-manufactured SG 11.0-200 DD nacelle left the Siemens Gamesa factory hall in Cuxhaven on Friday, 14 January. The factory has been converted and upgraded for the new product generation over several months since the summer. Now serial production has started and the first turbine has been assembled. ”Rolling out the first serially-manufactured SG […]

  • Carnegie Wave Energy Receives AUD 50,000 for First CETO 6 Milestone

    11 August 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has received its first payment from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for completion of the first milestone of the CETO 6 Project. Carnegie has received $50,000 for the first milestone of the CETO 6 Project, the completion of a Knowledge Sharing Plan and detailed Project Plan. […]

  • World’s First Wind Turbine with Recyclable Blades Starts Spinning Offshore Germany

    1 August 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Gamesa wind turbine equipped with the company’s RecyclableBlades has generated first power at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany. This marks the first commercial installation of Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable wind turbine technology and the first time a wind turbine with recyclable blades is installed worldwide, according to the wind turbine manufacturer […]