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  • DNV GL Opens First CHIL Test Facility for Renewable Energy Systems

    8 September 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    DNV GL has opened the first control hardware in loop (CHIL) test facility for renewable energy generation plants.

  • Aleron Hybrid ROV Books First Work on Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    16 August 2018
    Technology

    Aberdeenshire-based remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and tooling engineering firm, Aleron Subsea, has won its first contract for its new hybrid TRACKROV technology which will see it supporting unexploded clearance work on an offshore wind project in the Netherlands.

  • First Inter-Array Pre-Trenching Campaign Completed at Saint-Brieuc OWF

    16 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The pre-trenching campaign along the inter-array cable routes in the northern part of the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has been completed, Ailes Marines reported, adding that the work was done five weeks ahead of schedule. The Aethra vessel, chartered by the inter-array cable supplier Prysmian, left the site on 14 August after completing all […]

  • First US Floating Wind Project Progressing Through Federal Permitting System

    20 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed a draft environmental assessment (EA) of the potential issuance of a research lease to the State of Maine that would grant the State the exclusive right to submit plans for a twelve-turbine, 144 MW floating wind farm for BOEM’s approval. The federal agency is set […]

  • Marubeni Opens First Office in Scotland in Pursuit of Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen

    25 November 2022
    Business & Finance

    Marubeni Corporation, a Japan-based company operating globally, took a step forward in supporting Scotland in achieving net zero through the development of offshore wind farms and green hydrogen projects by opening its first office in the country. The premises are situated in Glasgow, where the corporation and its partners aim to establish a Green Energy […]

  • MUA: Energy Minister Holding First Australian Offshore Wind Project Back

    21 February 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Development of Australia’s first offshore wind farm, the 2GW Star of the South, has been stalled by Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s failure to sign off on an exploration license allowing a detailed assessment of the wind resource to commence, according to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). The Department of the Environment and Energy confirmed […]

  • Cadeler Takes Delivery of First M-Class Vessel, Signs Contracts for Second Unit

    3 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The first of two M-class wind installation vessels, named Wind Maker, has been delivered to Denmark-headquartered Cadeler. The company has also signed the first contracts for its second M-class vessel, Wind Mover. Cadeler, a provider of offshore wind installation, operations and maintenance services, celebrated the naming of Wind Maker at the Hanwha Ocean shipyard in […]

  • France’s First and Only Operational Floating Wind Turbine Gets Lifetime Extension

    1 February 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Floatgen, the demonstration floating wind turbine installed at the SEM-REV offshore test site in France, has completed its planned five-year run but will operate for another five years as the demo project was decided to get a lifetime extension. The floater, which consists of a 2 MW Vestas V80 wind turbine mounted on BW Ideol’s Damping Pool […]

  • First Jones Act Compliant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel Coming in 2023

    8 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    A consortium led by Dominion Energy is developing a Jones Act compliant installation vessel for the U.S. offshore wind sector. Funded by the consortium, the vessel is set to enter service in 2023 and operate on offshore wind projects located off the East Coast. According to the company, it will be equipped to handle all […]

  • Zero Subsidy Bidders to Take First Stab at Dutch Offshore Wind Zones

    29 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands will allow companies interested in developing the 700MW Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II offshore wind farm zones without government subsidies to submit their bids prior to the subsidy and permit tender planned for this autumn.

  • Keppel bags first major newbuild contract for German offshore wind farm

    23 March 2010

    Keppel Verolme BV (Keppel Verolme) and consortium partner AREVA Energietechnik GmbH, a German subsidiary of French energy company AREVA, have secured a EUR 62 million (S$117.6 million) contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy GmbH (Wetfeet Offshore) to build a Mobile Offshore Application Barge (MOAB) for a new offshore wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone […]

  • First MingYang 7 MW Turbine Up at Fujian Fuqing Haitan Strait OWF

    7 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MingYang Smart Energy has installed the first turbine at the Fujian Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind project in China. MingYang will deliver 22 MySE7.0-158 turbines with a rated power of 7 MW and rotor diameter of 158 meters for the Fujian Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind project. The 300 MW wind farm is being developed by […]

  • A successful 2010 first half for PNE WIND AG in its operational business (Germany)

    11 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Wind farm developer PNE WIND AG closed the first half year of 2010 very successfully. Operating profit (EBIT), the decisive indicator for a wind farm developer, amounted to € 8.2 million following € 8.0 million in the period of the previous year. PNE WIND AG thus generated earnings before taxes (EBT) of about € 6.0 […]

  • 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    3 January 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, being developed by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has delivered its first power to the New England grid in Massachusetts. As part of the initial commissioning process, on Tuesday 2 January 2024, one turbine delivered approximately 5 MW of power, with additional testing expected to happen both on and […]

  • Siemens 6MW Offshore Wind Turbines Produce First Power at Gunfleet Sands (UK)

    18 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The two next-generation Siemens 6MW offshore wind turbines at the Gunfleet Sands demonstration project in the UK have produced the first power. DONG Energy will use Siemens 6MW wind turbines commercially for the first time at Westermost Rough off the Yorkshire coast in the United Kingdom and has recently entered an agreement with Siemens to […]

  • Windar Completes First Turbine Tower for 2.6 GW US Offshore Wind Project

    12 December 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Windar Renovables has completed the fabrication of the first of 90 offshore towers included in an order from Siemens Gamesa for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US. The first shipments for the 2.6 GW offshore wind farm are scheduled for the summer of 2025. The CVOW project will feature […]

  • HOFOR Preparing First Aflandshage Supplier Tender as Development Consent Process Gets Underway

    10 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish utility company HOFOR is preparing to launch its first supplier tender for the Aflandshage offshore wind farm, a project that could power the production of sustainable fuels in the Greater Copenhagen area. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by […]

  • McNulty Offshore Construction Finishes First Peace of Narec’s Offshore Monitoring Platform (UK)

    14 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Narec has taken receipt of the first of the rolled ‘cans’ for the tripod foundation structure of its offshore monitoring platform, part of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project. Fabricated by McNulty Offshore Construction Limited on the River Tyne, the installation of the complete platform structure is expected to occur in the early Autumn of this […]

  • ECTS First in UK to Launch Unique Quay Side Offshore Turbine Transfer Training

    19 July 2011
    Training & Education

    Later this month East Coast Training Services (ECTS) will launch a professional training course to support the fast growing offshore wind energy sector. ECTS, based at Trinity Quay in Great Yarmouth will provide a unique facility which will be used to train offshore wind farm maintenance and services crews to transfer safely between vessels and […]

  • Denmark Could Build Its First and World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm at Bornholm

    23 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has submitted an application for a gigawatt-scale floating wind farm near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, which could also include Power-to-X (green hydrogen) capabilities.

  • WATCH: First Production Line at ‘World’s Largest Monopile Factory’ to Go Live in July

    15 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The first production line at the new manufacturing halls Sif is building at its Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam is scheduled to go into operation in July 2024, according to the Dutch manufacturer, which is building the new halls as an extension to its existing facilities.  Sif made the final investment decision (FID) to build […]

  • China: Sea off eastern Jiangsu province chosen for first offshore wind projects

    25 April 2010

    Beijing – China will choose the sea off eastern Jiangsu province to build the country’s first batch of offshore wind power projects, an…   [mappress] Source: chinadaily, April 24, 2010;

  • Vattenfall to Take Care of Power Offtake for Parkwind’s First Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    29 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and Parkwind have entered into a cooperation agreement under which Vattenfall will be a ‘direct marketer’ of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, meaning the company will take on selling the electricity generated by the wind farm through Power Purchase Agreement(s) (PPAs). According to Vattenfall, direct marketing is the PPA variant specific for […]

  • France Names Winner of Country’s First Large-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Tender

    16 May 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    A consortium between Belgium-based Elicio and BayWa r.e. has won the AO5 tender in France to develop and operate the country’s first floating offshore wind farm, the 250 MW Pennavel project, off the south coast of Brittany. In 2021, France opened the first tender for a commercial floating offshore wind project off the south of Brittany with […]

  • Japan’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Starts Receiving Turbine Parts

    15 December 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    A ship carrying the first batch of wind turbine parts for the 140 MW Akita Noshiro, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, entered the Akita Port on Sunday, 12 December. SAL’s vessel, loaded with 11 wind turbine tower sections, departed from Taicang Port in China in early December, Akita Offshore Wind Corporation, the developer of […]

  • Ørsted First Energy Company to Set 100 Pct Renewable Electricity Requirement for Suppliers

    10 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution

    Ørsted has set expectations for all its suppliers to use 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2025, becoming the first energy company in the world to do so, according to Ørsted. The commitment builds on learnings from Ørsted’s existing supply chain decarbonisation programme, established in 2020, which targeted its strategic suppliers to use 100 per […]