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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Gamesa Commissions the Calheta III Hydropower Plant on Madeira

  Empresa de Electricidade da MadeiraCalheta, Madeira, Portugal

  Starts 09/17/2020CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoGamesa Electric's^[3] own commissioning announcement dates the Calheta III plant's commissioning to 17 September 2020.

  Gamesa Electric commissioned two 18.75MW generators at the Calheta III plant, more than tripling the hydroelectric capacity fed by Madeira's centuries-old levada channels. The upgrade backs the island's push to raise its share of renewable electricity.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Meyer Werft Delivers the AIDAnova, the World's First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

  Meyer Werft Shipyard, Industriegebiet Süd, Papenburg, GermanyMeyer Werft

  

  Starts 12/12/2018CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE7.8 years agoMeyer Werft’s^[2] own press release "AIDAnova handed over to AIDA Cruises" gives 12 December 2018 as the delivery date, corroborated by Seatrade Cruise^[3] News.

  Meyer Werft handed over the AIDAnova, built at its Papenburg shipyard as the world's first cruise ship able to run on liquefied natural gas, to AIDA Cruises. The 337-metre ship carries up to 6,600 passengers and was assembled from roughly 15 million individual parts.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Stad Ship Tunnel Construction Pushed to Early 2027

  Stadlandet, Norway

  

  Starts 01/01/2027DELAYED3 years late64% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "the aim of starting construction in the beginning of 2027."

  Norway's plan to blast the world's first full-scale ship tunnel through the Stad peninsula has cleared its funding hurdles, with construction now set to begin in early 2027.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Is Formally Opened in the North Sea

  VattenfallNorth Sea, ~70 km west of Sylt, Germany

  Starts 04/30/2015CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE11.4 years agoVattenfall's^[3] press release "DanTysk offshore wind farm formally opened" states the formal opening took place on 30 April 2015 in Hamburg.

  Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München formally opened the 288MW DanTysk wind farm, built with 80 turbines 70km west of Sylt using the jack-up vessel Pacific Osprey.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Damen Delivers Heavy-Lift Vessel Fairplayer to Jumbo Maritime

  Damen Shipyards Galați, Strada Alexandru Moruzzi 132, Galați, RomaniaJumbo Maritime

  

  Starts 01/01/2008ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE18.7 years agoVessel registries and marine trade press list Fairplayer's (IMO 9371579) build year as 2008 at Damen Shipyards Galați; no exact delivery day is published, so the date is estimated to the year.^[1]

  Fairplayer's twin 900-tonne cranes combine for an 1,800-tonne tandem lift, among the largest of any heavy-lift ship afloat. Built by Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, she entered service with Dutch heavy-lift specialist Jumbo Maritime in 2008.

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• Marine07/23/2017@ThePinGang

  Naval architect says 3D printing entire superyachts will be a reality by 2030

  Starts 01/01/2030UNVERIFIED72% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 years

  A leading naval architect recently gave some predictions for the future of 3D printing in the yacht manufacturing industry. The technology stands to hugely improve efficiency in the manufacturing process, an industrial-grade printer should be ready by the end of this year, and 3D printing entire yachts will be possible by 2030

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  IHC Merwede Delivers the Oleg Strashnov Crane Vessel to Seaway Heavy Lifting

  Van Cralingenweg 1, Krimpen aan den IJssel, NetherlandsIHC Merwede

  

  Starts 04/01/2011CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE15.5 years agoOffshore Energy^[3] reported Seaway Heavy Lifting took delivery of the new-build Oleg Strashnov crane vessel on 1 April 2011.

  Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede delivered the Oleg Strashnov, a 183-metre DP3 crane vessel able to lift 5,000 tonnes, to Seaway Heavy Lifting on 1 April 2011. The ship went on to become one of the most powerful monohull crane vessels used in offshore construction.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Crane Clean Energy Center Targets 2027 Restart

  Constellation Energy·…Crane Clean Energy Center, Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

  Starts 12/31/2027SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "we continue to expect to start this unit in 2027".

  Constellation Energy is working to bring the former Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor back online to supply carbon-free power under a 20-year deal with Microsoft.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Wilhelmsen Launches Tønsberg as the World's Largest Ro-Ro Ship

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  Starts 10/02/2010CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE16.0 years agoWikipedia's^[4] MV Tønsberg article gives the launch date as 2 October 2010, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Group and noted as the largest RoRo ship in the world when built.

  Wilh. Wilhelmsen launched the 265-meter Tønsberg at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagasaki shipyard, the largest roll-on/roll-off vessel ever built at the time. The ship carries luxury cars, SUVs, and outsized construction equipment across the world's oceans.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Le Commandant Charcot Becomes First LNG-Powered Ship to Reach the North Pole

  Geographic North Pole, Arctic OceanPonant

  

  Starts 09/06/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.0 years agoConfirmed by Cruise Industry News^[4] and Seatrade Cruise^[2], which both report Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021.

  Ponant's hybrid-electric icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021, the first French vessel and the first LNG-propelled ship ever to do so.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Vadhavan Port's First Phase Opens on Maharashtra's Coast

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  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsUnion shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal is reported as saying the first phase of Vadhavan is "on track to become operational by 2029", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin takes the last day of 2029.^[1]

  India's first offshore port built on reclaimed land off Vadhavan, with a 20 m draft deep enough for 233,000 DWT container ships, is being built by Vadhavan Port Project Limited, a company of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (74 per cent) and the Maharashtra Maritime Board. The 76,220 crore rupee port broke ground on 30 August 2024 and its first phase is to handle 6.85 million TEUs by 2030.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  New Wharf Completed at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

  Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, AntarcticaRoyal BAM Group

  

  Starts 04/16/2020CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE6.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "For the first time, polar ships have moored at a new £40 million wharf".

  BAM completed a new £40 million, 74-metre steel wharf at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station so the new polar vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough could dock and resupply the base.

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