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  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ramboll to Deliver FEED Design for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    13 January 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ventyr Energy (Ventyr Energi), a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has selected Ramboll for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind farm in Norway. This month, Ramboll will start with the basic foundation design for the project’s anticipated monopile foundations, which will accommodate turbines in […]

  • Global Wind Turbine Order Intake in First Half Decreases by 30 Pct

    26 July 2012

    Impacted by regulatory uncertainty in Europe and tightening policy measures in China, global wind turbine order intake in 1H/2012 decreased by 30% year-over-year, consistent with MAKE’s expectations of a 5% decline in 2013 installations globally. Despite these conditions, there was good activity in emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe which partially offset […]

  • Goldwind Goes International as First Offshore Wind Turbine Outside China Stands

    25 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has marked the installation of its first offshore wind turbine outside China. The turbine in question was erected in Vietnam in the waters off the Soc Trang province. ”Goldwind’s Bac Lieu Phase III and Soc Trang Phase I offshore wind power projects in Vietnam are expected to produce 490 million […]

  • First Order for Sea Puffin SES Daughter Craft Lands on ESNA’s Desk

    23 August 2017
    Vessels

    Esbjerg Shipyard in Denmark will build the first ordered ESNA Sea Puffin Surface Effect Ship (SES) Daughter Craft, to be delivered in early 2018 to WindPartner, an independent shipowner and ship manager based in Kristiansand, Norway.

  • Fugro Performs World’s First Fully Remote Offshore Wind Farm Inspection

    1 May 2023
    Business development, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Fugro has completed what is said to be the world’s first fully remote ROV inspection of an offshore wind farm using its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The operations were carried out at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in the North Sea, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) using one […]

  • Costa Rica Taking Steps Towards Its First Offshore Wind Project

    1 February 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) is set to launch studies to identify the potential of offshore wind energy in the country as well as the challenges, risks and opportunities in the development, installation, and operation of offshore wind farms in the near future. The studies, which are expected to start during the second quarter […]

  • Longyuan Power Hooks Up First Four Turbines off Nanri Island

    5 January 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese utility Longyuan Power Group Corp connected to the grid the first four wind turbines at the 400MW Longyuan Putian Nanri Island wind farm on December 21, the company’s parent said in a release.  The four 4MW Siemens SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines are situated in the waters off the city of Putian, Fujian Province, China Guodian Corp said in […]

  • First Phase of RWE’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Project Approved

    25 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued the planning approvals for Nordseecluster A, the first phase of RWE’s Nordseecluster offshore wind project. The Nordseecluster offshore wind project is being built around 46 kilometres north of the German island of Borkum and approximately 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist. The […]

  • First Floating LiDAR Deployed Offshore Sardinia for 500 MW Wind Project

    15 June 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    A floating LiDAR device has been deployed at the Ichnusa Wind Power Project site some 35 kilometres off the coast of Sardinia to monitor wind and wave conditions. The floating LiDAR campaign, the first of its kind for an offshore wind project in Sardinia, is being managed by Akrocean. Monitoring will last for twelve to […]

  • Heerema’s Thialf Soon to Install First He Dreiht Foundations Offshore Germany

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

    Construction work has started on one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms, the 960 MW He Dreiht project. In the next few days, Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Thialf, will install the first foundations at EnBW’s offshore wind farm, being built in the German North Sea. The He Dreiht offshore wind farm is located approximately […]

  • USV AS Orders Its First Hybrid Unmanned Surface Vessel at Astilleros Gondán

    18 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    USV AS, a joint venture (JV) company established by DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø, has contracted Astilleros Gondán shipyard to build its first unmanned surface vessel (USV). Expected to enter service in 2025, the USV will be utilised for subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) work at offshore wind farms. It is estimated that the […]

  • Plan Set Forth for New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Cable Plant

    15 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Rise Light & Power and Delaware River Partners (DRP) have partnered up to collaborate on developing the first offshore wind cable manufacturing facility in New Jersey, the US. The development of the manufacturing facility at the Repauno Port & Rail Terminal in Greenwich Township is subject to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approval of the […]

  • UK: New Project Pass ‘First Hurdle’ in Securing Government Infrastructure Guarantee

    22 October 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Energy, road and rail projects worth £33 billion have passed the first hurdle in getting a government infrastructure guarantee, Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced today. Forty projects are now at the stage known as pre-qualification, meaning they are eligible for the UK Guarantee scheme. Over half that have pre-qualified are energy projects, helping ensure […]

  • Equinor Forms Union Alliance for New York’s First Offshore Wind Hub

    28 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    Empire Wind and the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Vicinity (BCTC) have signed a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SMBT). The revitalized SMBT will play a key role in Equinor’s development of the Empire Wind offshore wind project as a staging and assembly […]

  • Sif Rolls Out First Hollandse Kust Zuid TP-Less Monopiles

    10 March 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Sif Group has completed the first two of the 140 monopiles to be manufactured for Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 wind farm. With a combined weight of 115,000 tons, the 140 monopiles are designed in such a manner that they do not require transition pieces. The design is said to allow faster installation […]

  • Sif Receives Order for First Dutch Zero-Subsidy Offshore Wind Project

    11 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Sif Holding has secured a contract to manufacture 114 monopiles for three out of four zones of Vattenfall’s 1.4GW Hollandse Kust (Zuid) offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Under the contract, Sif will use 113KTon of steel for manufacturing the monopiles and will store them at the MV2 facility in Rotterdam in 2020-2021. “Our manufacturing facilities […]

  • The Netherlands: First Offshore Wind Farm Has Positive Impact on Marine Life

    31 October 2012
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A five-year scientific study has revealed the first offshore wind farm near Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands has positively impacted life in and around the sea, and has had hardly any adverse effects. The wind farm was constructed in 2006 by NoordzeeWind – a joint venture between Shell and Nuon – and has been […]

  • US Offshore Wind Industry Getting First Subsea Rock Installation Vessel

    4 December 2020
    Vessels

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) is developing the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act compliant vessel for subsea rock installation. Ulstein Design and Solutions is in charge of the conceptual and regulatory design engineering of the inclined fallpipe vessel. GLDD’s vessel will be built by a U.S. shipyard on the Gulf Coast. While it would […]

  • First Offshore Wind Research Buoys Deployed Off US West Coast

    13 October 2020
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office has deployed two offshore wind research buoys off the coast of California. The buoys come as part of the research funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to gather data to support decisions on potential leasing of wind energy sites offshore California. Managed by […]