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  • First CETO 5 Clocks 700 Hours, Second Unit on Its Way

    16 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited’s CETO 5 Unit has now been operating for approximately 700 hours. Also, its second CETO 5 wave energy units is ready for deployment. The first CETO 5 Unit was installed four weeks ago and has now clocked up 700 in ocean operating hours. It has experienced a range […]

  • 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, […]

  • Crown Estate Announces Appointment of First Head of Offshore Wind Energy (UK)

    6 January 2012

    The Crown Estate has today (6 January 2012) announced the appointment of Huub den Rooijen as its first Head of Offshore Wind Energy. Huub will take up the post in the spring of 2012. He has played a major role in some of the biggest offshore wind projects in Europe and advised many of the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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;

  • 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;

  • 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 […]

  • 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

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • First Pin Piles for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm Loaded in South Korea

    28 April 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first pin piles fabricated in South Korea for the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration have been loaded out for transport to Taiwan. As previously reported, Edgen Murray, in collaboration with South Korea’s SeAH, completed the manufacturing of 80 pin piles for the project, also known as Changhua Phase 1, […]

  • 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 […]

  • First Turbine Up at Yangjiang Nanpeng Island Offshore Wind Farm – Video

    11 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) has installed the first wind turbine on the 400MW CGN Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm. The installation of the first 5.5MW turbine off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea was completed on 27 June, CGN said. Also, 16 wind turbine jacket foundations have so far been installed […]

  • 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 […]

  • 200-Turbine Floating Wind Project Off Scotland Selects First Supplier

    30 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Cerulean Winds, a company that recently unveiled a project for the production of green hydrogen and electrification of offshore oil & gas assets with 200 floating wind turbines off Scotland, has named the first of its delivery partners. The company has selected NOV as the exclusive provider of floating and mooring systems for the massive […]

  • Galloper OWF Generates First Power. Turbines Tweaked to Add 17MW More

    7 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Innogy announced three pretty big news about its Galloper offshore wind project today, 7 November. The wind farm generated the first power on 5 November, 38 wind turbines are now installed at the site, and the project’s capacity has increased by 17MW.

  • First of Its Kind Hybrid Floating Wind Project Revealed Offshore China

    3 November 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has unveiled that the world’s first offshore renewable energy project, which combines floating wind power and deep-sea aquaculture, has been completed in China. The project is developed by Longyuan Power Group, with Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group, a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, providing the power generation equipment and towers of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Wins First Firm Offshore Wind Turbine Order in Japan

    29 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the firm order for the 112 MW Ishikari offshore wind power project from Green Power Investment, marking the turbine manufacturer’s first firm offshore order in Japan. The order includes 14 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines, each with a capacity of 8 MW and featuring a 167-metre rotor. Additionally, the […]

  • US Offshore Wind R&D Consortium Issues First Project Call

    1 April 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium is allocating up to USD 7 million in funding for offshore wind technology projects. The announcement represents the consortium’s first comprehensive solicitation for offshore wind technology projects as called for in its Research and Development Roadmap. Under the solicitation, the consortium seeks proposals that foster reductions in the […]