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  • Jan De Nul, LS Cable Complete First Subsea Cables for Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    22 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    LS Cable & System and Jan De Nul have completed the first lot of submarine power cables for the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind projects in the Netherlands.

  • US Shipbuilder Faces Legal Challenge Over Construction of the States’ First Subsea Rock Installation Vessel

    22 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Philly Shipyard is facing legal hurdles as the US dredging services provider Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) is seeking injunctive relief concerning the construction of what is said to be the first US offshore wind subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV). GLDD ordered the vessel in 2021, with the first steel cut in July […]

  • New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Gets Final Federal Go-Ahead to Start Building

    20 January 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm, has received the final decision from the federal level needed to move the project toward the start of construction as the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has now given its final approval of the project’s Construction and Operations Plan (COP). […]

  • RWE, National Grid JV and NOAA Form ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Marine Monitoring & Research Partnership

    15 September 2023
    Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, R&D

    Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE and National Grid Ventures, has entered into a five-year partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to promote the exchange of data and expertise that could transform environmental monitoring for offshore wind projects. Community Offshore Wind says that, for the first time, an offshore wind […]

  • BP, Equinor Request to Delay Putting One of New York’s First Offshore Wind Farms in Operation

    21 October 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    BP and Equinor, through their joint company Empire Offshore Wind, have filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to postpone the deadline for putting their 816 MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm into commercial operation by a year and a half. In the request, filed on 13 October, Empire Wind is […]

  • UK: GME Lands First Export Cable at Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm

    22 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd., (GME) the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide has landed the first export cable at the Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm. The cable was landed by GME’s recently launched vessel, Cable Enterprise, and is the first of four export cables to […]

  • Sri Lanka Offshore Wind Roadmap Launched, Two Sites Identified for First Project(s)

    28 August 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The World Bank Group has published the Offshore Wind Roadmap for Sri Lanka, commissioned by the Government of Sri Lanka and funded by the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and PROBLUE. The roadmap estimates the country’s locational offshore wind potential to be 56 GW and identifies two sites where Sri Lanka could build […]

  • First Siemens Gamesa Blades Ready to Set Sail for Moray West Site Offshore Scotland

    20 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first Siemens Gamesa 108-metre-long wind turbine blades have left its manufacturing factory in Hull for the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. Nine of the 180 blades destined for the 882 MW offshore wind farm were loaded onto the Rotra Mare transporter ship at the Siemens Gamesa blade factory in Hull, and are […]

  • Siemens Gamesa’s Cuxhaven Factory Produces First 14 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Nacelles

    26 February 2024
    Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa has rolled out the first 14 MW wind turbine nacelles at its Cuxhaven plant in Germany as the production of wind turbine components for the Moray West offshore wind farm is currently underway. The first batch of nacelles is now awaiting shipment and installation at the Moray West project site offshore Scotland, Siemens […]

  • Steelwind Dispatches First Batch of XXL Monopiles for Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    28 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind foundation manufacturer Steelwind has shipped off the first three monopile foundations for Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 project in Germany. The offshore wind farm will comprise 23 XXL monopiles which will be connected to the wind turbines without transition pieces (TPs).  The first batch of the TP-less foundations was shipped from Steelwind’s manufacturing […]

  • First Offshore Wind Project Announced for Bulgaria to Use Floating Wind Technology and Power Gas Platform

    25 January 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    France-based floating wind technology developer, Eolink, and 15 European renewable energy partners have launched an EU-backed project named Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind (BLOW). The project aims to install a 5 MW floating wind turbine offshore Bulgaria and link it to a gas platform in the Black Sea. BLOW will use Eolink’s floating offshore wind […]

  • Taiwan Sets Local Content Rules for First Phase of Round 3 Offshore Wind Tender

    8 December 2021
    Authorities

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has published a localisation policy for the first phase of its Round 3 offshore wind tenders which will be procuring project development for wind farms scheduled to go online from 2026 to 2035, with the first phase to be held for projects that will be put into operation in 2026/2027. […]

  • Orion Installs Its First XXL Monopile at Moray West Wind Farm Offshore Scotland

    20 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s vessel Orion has installed its first XXL monopile foundation at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The company’s jack-up vessel Apollo is also joining the offshore work, taking care of installing the transition pieces at the construction site. Orion is performing monopile installation in addition to Bokalift 2, which kicked […]

  • Bord Gáis Energy Commits €2million to OpenHydro Plans for Ireland’s First Tidal Energy Farm

    14 January 2011

    OpenHydro, the Irish tidal renewable energy company and Bord Gáis Energy have concluded an agreement for Bord Gáis Energy to become a shareholder in OpenHydro. In addition to the investment, OpenHydro and Bord Gáis Energy have formed a joint venture focused on the development of a utility scale tidal farm off the coast of Ireland. […]

  • Northern Offshore Services Launches First I-Class CTV with Volvo Penta Propulsion System

    4 September 2024
    Technology, Vessels

    Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has launched Impresser, the first of its I-class crew transfer vessels (CTVs) and the first commercial ship to be equipped with Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform. The 34-metre-long CTV began operating in a UK offshore wind farm on September 1. Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform is said to enhance the efficiency, […]

  • EOLOS Nets Its Largest Floating LiDAR Contract with RVO, Secures First Project in Japan

    7 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Supply Chain

    EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions has been awarded three of the four lots in the Dutch government’s tender for wind and ocean site assessments at two new offshore wind areas. This is the largest single project award for EOLOS to date, according to the Spain-based company, which recently also secured a contract in Japan. The Netherlands Enterprise […]

  • New York’s Project First in US to Facilitate Fossil Fuel-to-Offshore Wind Workforce Transition

    5 July 2023
    Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    The joint venture between TotalEnergies and Rise Light & Power, which is developing the 1.4 GW Attentive Energy One offshore wind project in New York, has signed a labour agreement that will see the staff at the Ravenswood Generating Station becoming the first in the country to transition from work in fossil fuel power generation to […]

  • Middle East Could Get Its First Offshore Wind Turbine with New Desalination Project

    17 February 2021
    Technology

    A new technology development could soon bring a floating offshore wind turbine to Middle East as part of a desalination project that combines a seawater desalination plant and a wind turbine, both supported by a floating semi-submersible structure. The development of Floating WINDdesal (FWD), a “floating water utility” supplying potable water to coastal regions, is […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm First to Use Low-Carbon Copper for HVDC Cables

    20 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    NKT is set to produce the HVDC power cables for the Dogger Bank C offshore wind project using low-carbon copper, representing the world’s first. The initiative is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of the cables by more than 35 per cent. The low-carbon copper cathodes are sourced from the Boliden Aitik mine in Northern […]

  • Prysmian’s Monna Lisa Picks Up Its First Cable for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm-To-Be

    21 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Vessels

    Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has been loaded for the first time with submarine cable, destined for what will become the largest US offshore wind farm once operational. Prysmian reported two days ago that the submarine cable for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project was being loaded on Monna Lisa […]

  • TGS Performing Geophysical Survey for Floating Wind Farm Planned to Power Oil & Gas Platforms

    6 June 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    TGS is conducting a geophysical survey at the site of the Green Volt floating offshore wind project in Scotland, one of the Scottish INTOG round winners and projects planned to provide electricity to oil and gas platforms. The seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard has mobilised from Aberdeen and is scheduled to carry out the survey work at […]

  • US Warns UK Over Mingyang’s Proposed Wind Turbine Factory, Chinese Analyst Says National Security Concerns ‘Guise for Protectionism’ – Reports

    23 June 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The Trump administration has warned the UK government about security risks as Mingyang Smart Energy plans to build a factory in Scotland to manufacture wind turbines for North Sea offshore wind farms, according to a report by the Financial Times, citing a US official. A Chinese analyst has commented on the news, saying the talks […]

  • Norwegian Sovereign Fund Completes EUR 1.4 Billion Thor, Nordseecluster Buy-In

    4 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) have closed a transaction worth approximately EUR 1.4 billion, through which NBIM has acquired a 49 per cent equity stake in RWE’s Thor and Nordseecluster offshore wind projects in Denmark and Germany, respectively. The developer and NBIM, which manages the international investments of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, […]

  • Bernhard Schulte’s Newly Delivered CSOV Starts North Sea Operations for TenneT

    27 June 2025
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has delivered the first of two commissioning service vessels (CSOVs) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO). The vessel is now being deployed for the Dutch-German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to support its offshore grid connection facilities in the North Sea. The Windea Curie CSOV, which was christened on 26 June, features an […]

  • USA: ORPC Submits First Annual Environmental Report for Commercial, Grid-Connected Tidal Energy Project

    10 April 2013

    On March 26th, the Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) submitted its first annual environmental monitoring report for the Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which details the 2012 construction, installation, and operational activities of ORPC’s grid-connected TidGen™ Power System in Maine. The report describes environmental monitoring conducted during the […]

  • “Wind Lift I” reached the project site of the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea

    29 March 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday the BARD-jack-up-barge “Wind Lift I” reached the installation site of BARD Offshore 1, the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea. The Windlift I left the Emden harbour in the late evening of  March 27th. to set for the project site, located about 100 km northwest of the island of Borkum where […]