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  • FIRST U.S. OFFSHORE WIND FARM LEASE IS SIGNED BY SECRETARY SALAZAR , ISSUED TO CAPE WIND

    7 October 2010
    Authorities

    The developers of a planned wind farm off the Massachusetts coast have signed a 28-year lease with the federal government. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Cape Wind President Jim Gordon signed the first lease for an offshore wind farm in the federal waters of the United States this morning at the American Wind Energy […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Hull Factory Sends Off Its First Blades to Race Bank

    19 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    ​The first ever wind turbine blades manufactured at Siemens (now Siemens Gamesa) blade factory in Hull have been loaded onto A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Installer at the Port of Hull and are en route to the Race Bank site for installation.

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Nets First UK Installation Deal with Hornsea Project One

    12 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has won a contract for transport and installation of Siemens 7MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will install approximately half of the 174 turbines, while the remainder will be installed by A2SEA, which was awarded the contract on Tuesday, 10 May. “This is a […]

  • First Made-in-Taiwan Jacket Foundations Installed at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Farm

    22 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir has installed the first three 100 per cent made-in-Taiwan wind turbine jacket foundations at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms. The first batch of jacket foundations fully manufactured in Taiwan by Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS) were loaded out of the Port of […]

  • Ørsted to Put Its First Green Hydrogen Project Into Operation in Next Six Months

    2 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s first green hydrogen project, the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen demonstrator in Denmark, is expected to go into operation in the first half of 2022, the company said in its 2021 annual report. H2RES, which will produce renewable hydrogen for road transport, is being built on Ørsted’s premises on Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen and […]

  • GVSU Completes First Phase of their Offshore Wind Assessment Campaign on Lake Michigan (USA)

    24 January 2012

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) congratulated Grand Valley State University (GVSU) on the successful completion of the first phase of their offshore wind resource assessment campaign on Lake Michigan. The WindSentinel™ has been retrieved from its offshore deployment location and returned to its home base, where it will spend the next 3 months. During this time […]

  • Belgians to Start Building World’s First Artificial Energy Island Next Year (VIDEO)

    2 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Infrastructure

    Belgian offshore construction companies Jan De Nul and DEME, through their consortium TM EDISON, have won the tender for the construction of the Princess Elisabeth Island in their home country, which will be the first artificial energy island in the world. The artificial island, which will be built some 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast […]

  • EEW Ready to Dispatch First Pin Piles for Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm

    2 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) has loaded out the first twelve pin piles for the jacket foundations that will be installed at the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The first batch of pin piles, whose load-out took place at the quayside in the port of Gwangyang on 31 January, will soon […]

  • RWE Installs First Foundation at Thornton Bank 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium

    23 June 2011
    Wind Farm Update

      The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pontoons through the Scheldt […]

  • New York Kicks Off Its First Offshore Wind Competition, Seeks 800MW

    9 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued a solicitation seeking 800MW or more of new offshore wind projects, which will lead to the state having its first large-scale offshore wind development contracts in place in the spring of 2019.

  • Marineco UK orders first-ever Damen High Speed Support Vessel 2610

    3 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Damen Shipyards Group announced the sale of its first-ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry. Marineco UK, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently signed for the new HSSV 2610 with an option for a second. The Scottish firm already has an extensive […]

  • Global Wind Service Appoints MHI Vestas’ First CEO to Its Board of Directors

    30 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Jens Tommerup, the former CEO of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, has joined the board of directors at Global Wind Service (GWS). 

  • All Inter-Array Cables In Place at First Dogger Bank Wind Farm Phase

    24 July 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Delivery partners have completed the installation of over 328 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables for Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, marking the completion of all inter-array cable work for this phase. The 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables were manufactured by Hellenic Cables under a contract with […]

  • Portugal: EDP Renewables Announces First Quarter 2011 Results with EBITDA up by 19pct

    27 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    EDP Renewables, a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, today announced that an additional 1.37 GW of capacity were installed over the last 12 months, of which 486 MW were added in 1H 2011 (around 60% of the expected installation for FY 2011). Electricity output in 1H […]

  • Morocco Eyes Development of Its First Offshore Wind Project Off Atlantic Coast

    10 September 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a tender notice for technical assistance to conduct a feasibility study in an area off Morocco’s Atlantic coast for the country’s first offshore wind project. According to the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), studies have shown that the country has a high potential to exploit offshore wind, […]

  • IberBlue Unveils First Floating Wind Project, Plans 990 MW Offshore Andalusia

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    IberBlue Wind, a joint venture recently established by Ireland-based floating wind developer Simply Blue Group and Spanish companies Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Ventures, announced it will develop the first of its floating wind projects in Spain, offshore Andalusia. The wind farm, named Nao Victoria, is planned to be built off the coasts of […]

  • Navantia-Windar JV Receives First ‘Made in France’ Jacket Components for Saint-Brieuc OWF

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

    The Navantia-Windar joint venture has received its first jacket foundation components for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm manufactured in the Brest polder, France. Navantia-Windar established the manufacturing hub in the Brest polder in 2019, subcontracting multiple local companies for its first French project and the largest jacket foundation contract for the joint venture. According to […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Using 16 MW Turbines Enters Construction in China

    6 February 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has started construction of the second phase of its offshore wind farm Zhangpu Liuao. The project will be both China’s and the world’s first wind farm to use 16 MW wind turbines. CTG will build the wind farm off the southeast side of the Liu’ao Peninsula in Zhangpu, in the […]

  • ‘World’s First’ In-Situ Generator Swap on Floating Wind Turbine Completed Offshore Scotland

    20 September 2024
    Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A generator on a turbine at the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland has been replaced, in what is being claimed as the “world’s first” in-situ major component exchange at a floating offshore wind farm. The work on the Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbine was carried out using an offshore support vessel […]

  • GL Garrad Hassan Issues First Market Report on High Altitude Wind Energy (Germany)

    25 August 2011
    R&D, Training & Education

      The world’s demand for safe and clean energy continues to grow, with renewable sources playing an every greater role. Wind power generation, having expanding offshore, is now not only looking out but up. International renewable energy consultancy, GL Garrad Hassan, has issued the first market report which analyses the burgeoning new industry of High […]

  • Polish Offshore Wind Farm ‘First In the World’ to Utilise Low-Emission Steel in Wind Turbines

    16 January 2024
    Business development, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm, developed by a joint venture between PKN Orlen and Northland Power in Poland, will comprise wind turbine tower sections made with low-emission steel manufactured by ArcelorMittal for the project’s wind turbine supplier Vestas. According to the Baltic Power joint venture, this is the first offshore wind farm in […]

  • CSBC-DEME Starts Working on First Taiwan-Built Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    30 April 2020
    Vessels

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started working on a floating heavy-lift installation vessel to be named Green Jade. According to CDWE, this will be the first Taiwan-built offshore wind installation vessel. CDWE, a joint venture between Taiwan’s shipbuilder CSBC and Belgian offshore construction company DEME Offshore, informed on 30 April that it had initiated the […]

  • GWEC: India Could Have First Wind Turbines in Water by 2020 (Expertise Hub Video)

    29 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    First wind turbines could be installed offshore India by as early as 2020, however, several pre-conditions must be met for this to be achieved, Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said.

  • Atlantic Wind Connection Files First Unsolicited Right-of-Way Application with BOEM (USA)

    31 March 2011
    Authorities

    Building on the significant momentum in support of the development of the Mid-Atlantic region’s abundant offshore wind energy resource, the… (atlanticwindconnection) [mappress] Source: atlanticwindconnection, March 31, 2011  

  • Coming Up This Spring: First Seaweed Harvest at Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm

    19 January 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom

    Vattenfall and its partners in the WIN@sea project are preparing to harvest the first seaweed grown at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark. After the harvest, scheduled for this Spring, the seaweed will be analysed for its quality as a foodstuff. Win@Sea, including Vattenfall, Aarhus University, the Danish Technological University, the University of […]

  • Nordsee One OWF First to Use JDR’s New Aluminium Core Inter-Array Cable

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    JDR has signed a contract with Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, currently being developed by RWE Innogy GmbH and forming part of Germany’s largest offshore wind farm cluster. JDR will provide over 70 kilometres of aluminium core inter-array cable, cable accessories and post-delivery offshore services. The Nordsee One Offshore […]