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  • Scotland’s First Near Shore Commercial Wave Power Array Gets Approval

    14 February 2012

    Scotland’s first near shore commercial wave power array, which will power more than 1,000 homes, has been approved by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. Two new Oyster wave energy converters will be added to an existing device at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) at Billia Croo, Orkney, to allow operators Aquamarine Power to test the […]

  • Lower Saxony Prime Minister in Clean Energy Talks with Scottish First Minister

    8 June 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister David McAllister yesterday discussed co-operation opportunities in the developing European clean energy market. Mr McAllister arrived in Edinburgh yesterday, where he joined Energy & Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing for the official opening of new premises for Germany’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Enercon, which is headquartered […]

  • Sheringham Shoal gets it’s first offshore wind farm foundation (UK)

    28 June 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of 90 foundations has today  been installed at the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, off the coast of Norfolk, by Danish…   [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, June 28, 2010;

  • Marine Current Turbines Aiming for First Tidal Energy Farm in Scotland by 2013

    7 January 2011

    UK tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines, is targeting 2013 to install Scotland’s first tidal energy farm. The company, which… (marineturbines) [mappress] Source: marineturbines, January 07, 2011

  • 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 […]

  • Statoil considers developing world’s first floating offshore wind farm in Scotland

    1 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Norwegian energy company Statoil is considering developing the world’s first floating offshore wind farm in Scotland following early success…   (theengineer) [mappress] Source: theengineer, September 01, 2010;

  • Europe update: First half year gives mixed image for offshore wind

    10 October 2013

    A report from the European wind agency EWEA shows mixed statistics for the offshore wind industry so far this year. The first six months of 2013 saw a record high for installed and grid-connected turbines. Newly installed capacity doubled compared to last year, with 1,045MW. But investment and financing options are in sharp contrast with […]

  • 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 […]

  • Germany: SgurrEnergy’s Galion Lidar Produces First Image of Multiple Offshore Wakes

    10 January 2013
    Technology

    SgurrEnergy’s 2nd generation wind Lidar, the Galion, has produced the first image of multiple offshore wind turbine wakes ever captured by a scanning Lidar device. The unique image was revealed by the wind Lidar research group at the Stuttgart Wind Energy Department (SWE) at Stuttgart University in Germany, which is using SgurrEnergy’s Galion Lidar in a ground-breaking […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ocean Winds, Martifer Join Forces for Portugal’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    24 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Ocean Winds and Martifer Renewables & Energy have formed a strategic partnership to jointly participate in Portugal’s first tender for offshore wind farms, set to take place this year. As the industry anticipates the final criteria for the tender, Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, and Martifer are preparing comprehensive proposals, […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Readies For First Above-Water Hardware

    30 June 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of monopiles at Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases comprising the world’s largest wind farm under construction, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank, is scheduled to start in the first half of July. DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Innovation is expected to start installing the first three of the 95 monopiles […]

  • Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

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

    The first Siemens Gamesa’s SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbine has been installed at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. In addition, the 253 MW project has started producing electricity for the first time and delivering it to the transmission network. On 23 April, the first of 23 Siemens Gamesa turbines was installed […]

  • Photo of the Day: First Ulstein Wind Farm SOV Heads for Sea Trials

    7 June 2016
    Vessels

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has sent its first ever wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) on sea trials. The SOV is the first of two being constructed for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service. She will be deployed at the Gemini offshore wind farm off the Netherlands once delivered in the […]

  • First Power Flows from 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm in China

    13 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 1 GW Qingzhou offshore wind project in China started producing green power from the first batch of wind turbines on 7 December, according to Guangdong Energy. The Qingzhou offshore wind farm is located in deep waters offshore Guangdong Province. The project water depth ranges from 37 to 44 metres and the centre is 50 […]

  • Crane for First US Wind Turbine Installation Vessel on Its Way to Texas

    24 February 2023
    Vessels

    Stars have aligned today, 24 February, for the first wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) being built in the US as Huisman loaded the vessel’s crane onboard BigLift Shipping’s Happy Star and sent it off to the Lone Star State. In Texas, Huisman’s US team will commission the crane at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard, which is […]

  • Babcock to Build World First Offshore Reactive Compensation Station at Hornsea One

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded a multi-million pound contract to the UK-based engineering support services company Babcock for the construction of the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The reactive compensation station, which will be constructed in Babcock’s Rosyth facilities, will enable the high voltage AC system to work […]

  • Sea Installer Loading First Burbo Bank Extension Turbine Parts in Belfast

    2 September 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has arrived to Belfast Harbour, the load out port for DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project, and is currently loading components which will make up the first four of the wind farm’s 32 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines. Sea Installer is expected to sail out from the Belfast Harbour on the night of […]

  • Airbus Delivers First Five-Bladed H145 Helicopter for Offshore Wind Ops

    18 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance

    Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first five-bladed H145 aircraft for use in the offshore wind sector to HTM Helicopters, a Germany-based offshore helicopter service provider which will deploy its new aircraft on offshore wind projects from its bases at Norden-Norddeich, Emden, Borkum and Helgoland. The new version of Airbus’s H145 light twin-engine helicopter features a […]

  • 1.6 GW of Offshore Wind Went into Operation in First Six Months of 2021

    27 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Industry

    A little more than 1.6 GW of offshore wind capacity became operational worldwide in the first half of 2021, which demonstrates a slowdown in global offshore wind growth likely caused by the impacts of COVID-19, according to the latest update by World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) published in its Global Offshore Wind Report for the first half of this year.  Six offshore wind farms went into […]

  • Keel Laid for First Jones Act Compliant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    17 December 2020
    Vessels

    Dominion Energy has laid the keel for the first Jones Act compliant installation vessel for the U.S. offshore wind sector. The vessel, designed by GustoMSC, is being constructed by Keppel AmFELS at its Brownsville, Texas shipyard. It will base operations out of Hampton Roads in Virginia and is expected to be available to support turbine […]