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  • REpower Publishes Preliminary Results for First Half of Fiscal Year 2011/12 (Germany)

    21 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    According to initial calculations, REpower Systems SE generated revenues of EUR 626.1 million in the first half of fis-cal year 2011/12 (1 April 2011 – 30 September 2011) – compared to EUR 499.0 million in the same period of the previous year. This corresponds to an increase of more than 25 percent. Total performance rose […]

  • Starting shot fired for work on RWE’s first own offshore installation ship (Germany)

    9 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    After successful completion of the detailed planning, construction has begun of RWE’s first own offshore installation ship with today’s steel cutting ceremony at the Korean shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. The first steel sections of the 100 metre long and 40 metre wide ship were cut to size under the eyes […]

  • Green Giraffe: 2016 First to See Over 10 Offshore Wind Financings

    7 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    2016 will be the first year in which we will see over ten offshore wind financings, according to Jérôme Guillet, Managing Director at Green Giraffe, a specialist advisory boutique focused on the renewable energy sector. These financing projects may not close until 2017, but they will certainly start in 2016, said Guillet. ”There are projects in Belgium, Germany, […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Reaches Construction Milestone, First Nacelles Arrive in Scotland

    13 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first eight of the 54 wind turbine nacelles for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm have arrived at the Port of Dundee marshalling yard in Scotland. At the same time, the pre-assembly of the first wind turbine towers has also commenced on land for the Scottish project. Each of the […]

  • Five Turbines Spin at America’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    23 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, has begun delivering energy to the New England grid from five of its planned 62 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines. The units are currently generating 68 MW of energy, enough to power 30,000 homes in Massachusetts, according to the developers of the project, Avangrid and […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Loads First Gwynt Y Mor Turbine on Seatruck Pace

    4 February 2013

    In January, Blue Water Shipping loaded the ro/ro vessel “Seatruck Pace” at the Port of Esbjerg with the first turbines for the Offshore Wind Farm Gwynt Y Mor in Great Britain where a total of 160 turbines are to be installed. Blue Water has been awarded the transport contract of 130 turbines from Esbjerg to […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Wave Energy Receives First Payment for CETO Seawater Desalination Plant

    8 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) announces that it has received $142,692 as the first payment of its $1.27m AusIndustry grant to support a CETO Seawater Desalination Demonstration Pilot Plant. The first and subsequent grant payments support the design, construction and operation of a CETO powered Desalination Plant which will desalinate seawater to […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Investment Up 52 Pct in First Half of 2022

    3 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Industry

    Investment in the offshore wind sector in the first half of this year amounted to USD 32 billion, 52 per cent more than in the same same period in 2021, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF). The financing of the 1 GW China Three Gorges (CTG) Yangjiang Yangxi Shapa Qingzhouwu Offshore Wind Farm for USD 2.1 billion […]

  • Wood Thilsted to Perform Ground Modelling for Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    9 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Wood Thilsted is starting ground modelling and foundation concept design work for the first offshore wind farm in Lithuania, on behalf of Ignitis Renewables. The work, taking place this year, consists of developing a site ground model, support to the geotechnical campaign and a variety of foundation concept assessment activities, including structural design, corrosion protection […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall Presents First Annual Report for Ocean Energy R&D Programme

    21 May 2012
    R&D

    Since 2006, Vattenfall AB R&D Projects has been investigating the potential for ocean energy to offer a major new renewable energy source. In 2009 Vattenfall established a formal ocean energy programme.  Now – six years later – a first annual report has been created for the Ocean Energy Development Programme (OEDP). The report describes 2011’s achievements […]

  • Wave Power Machine Celebrates First Anniversary Since Grid Connection (UK)

    24 November 2011

    The world’s first wave power machine to be sold to a utility company has celebrated its first anniversary since grid connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) with a series of technical achievements and no lost time incidents. The E.ON machine was installed in October 2010. Since then a dedicated team of four Pelamis […]

  • Abu Dhabi Jack-Up Owner Wins First Offshore Wind Contract in China

    12 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    The UAE-based Zakher Marine International (ZMI) has secured its first contract to provide a jack-up vessel for an offshore wind project in South China. Mobilized from the shallow waters of Abu Dhabi, ZMI’s jack-up QMS Gladiator arrived at the deeper South China Sea loaded on a heavy lift on 10 March. With the USD 100 […]

  • First Nacelles for Hywind Tampen Floating Offshore Wind Farm Arrive in Norway

    2 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The first turbine nacelles for the 88 MW Hywind Tampen wind farm arrived at the Wergeland Base in Gulen in western Norway, Equinor, the developer of what will be the largest floating wind farm in operation, said. The wind farm’s 11 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines will be assembled here and towed to the installation […]

  • First Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Bucket Jacket Marries Its Turbine

    11 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed the first MHI Vestas 8MW turbine on a suction bucket jacket foundation at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Centrica’s Offshore Wind Project Remains on Track to Generate First Power in 2012 (UK)

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    As a result of the unusually warm weather experienced in the UK in recent months, and the corresponding impact on consumption, it is currently anticipated that Centrica’s 2011 earnings may be marginally lower than current market expectations, with the reduction in operating profits offset in part by lower interest and tax charges. Subject to weather […]

  • Photo of the Day: OSB’s First Walney Extension TPs Waiting for Load-Out

    12 January 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Load-out of the first six transition pieces (TPs) built by Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd. for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm is expected to start around 16 January, according to a spokesperson from OSB. The company, a Teesside-based joint venture between EEW SPC and Bladt Industries, will deliver a total of 40 transition pieces for […]

  • ‘Victoria Mathias’ Installs First Foundations at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    19 December 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    The first foundations at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been installed. The main crane of the Victoria Mathias lifts the 550-tonne steel foundations into the water. Whith roughly 40- to 50-metre-long steel piles the foundations are fixed into the seafloor. Then a hydraulic hammer knocks them 40 metres into the earth. After that […]

  • Onshore Cable Route Surveys to Start for Australia’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    1 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Star of the South is set to start detailed ground investigations along the project’s proposed transmission route on 4 April, shortly after completing two years of marine environmental surveys in Bass Strait, where the offshore wind farm is planned to be built. Investigations at approximately 180 sites will take two to three months and will […]

  • Vattenfall Inks First Power Sale Deal for Hollandse Kust Zuid OWF

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Air Liquide has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm, the first such contract for the 1.5 GW project and also the first PPA Air Liquide signed in the Netherlands. Under a 15-year agreement, Air Liquide will purchase 100 GWh of renewable electricity per year generated […]

  • First Wind Turbine Foundation In Place at Greater Changhua 1 & 2a OWF

    27 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the construction site of the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project, being built by Ørsted in the Taiwan Strait, some 35 to 50 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County. According to earlier information, Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) vessel Aegir, which recently installed the two jackets […]

  • Nexans Officially Inks Deal for First OWF to Use 66kV Cable System

    15 September 2016
    Grid Connection

    Nexans has officially signed a contract for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm Project after VBMS selected its 66kV cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the project. This will be the first project to use the new 66kV cable technology. The standard voltage for array cables […]

  • Western Australia’s First Full-Scale Tidal Energy Project Receives Green Light

    22 July 2013
    Authorities

    Environment Minister Albert Jacob has given the green light to a proposal for Western Australia’s first full-scale tidal energy power station. The Tidal Energy Australia (TEA) proposal to build a station at Doctor’s Creek, near Derby, is designed to generate 40 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 10,000-15,000 homes. The proposal also includes the […]

  • John Laing Makes First Offshore Wind Investment by Buying into Nordergründe OWF

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    John Laing Group, a London-based international originator, investor and manager of infrastructure projects, has acquired a 30% stake in the 110.7MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm, which saw its first turbine going up on Tuesday. The Nordergründe project is John Laing’s second German wind investment and its first investment in offshore wind. Ross McArthur, Managing Director […]

  • World-First Hybrid Daughter Craft Coming to Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    30 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Great Yarmouth-based marine and engineering specialist Alicat has won a multi-million-pound contract with North Star Renewables to build a hybrid-powered daughter craft fleet to be used on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Following a competitive tender involving multiple UK shipyards, Alicat has been awarded North Star’s initial contract to bring its first two daughter […]

  • All Turbines Up at First South Korean Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    18 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The final wind turbine has been installed at the Jeonnam 1 offshore wind farm in South Korea, the project’s wind turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa said via social media on 18 December. Jeonnam 1, which has a nominal installed capacity of 96 MW, features Siemens Gamesa SG 10.0-193 DD wind turbines and is expected to provide enough […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund 1 First German Offshore Wind Farm Balancing Grid

    20 May 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    As of this month, Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has been providing system-stabilising balancing power for the German power grid, making it the country’s first offshore wind farm taking up this task. Bringing the electricity from Borkum Riffgrund 1 as balancing energy for the German electricity grid was implemented by Energy2market and Ørsted. […]