F.lli Righini S.p.A., a leading engineering and manufacturing company specialized in offshore equipment, has successfully designed, tested and delivered advanced Secondary Structure Installation Tools (SSIT) for Van Oord’s Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Project. The supplied systems were developed to suppo
Edinburgh-headquartered Flotation Energy and Harbour Energy, based in London, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on assessing opportunities for powering oil and gas assets in the North Sea with floating offshore wind energy. “The agreement brings together Harbour Energy’s
The German Federal Cabinet has approved a draft amendment to the Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG), sending the legislation to the Bundestag for parliamentary consideration ahead of the planned entry into force of the revised legislation on 1 January 2027. The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stif
The Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye has laid the keel for the cable-laying vessel (CLV) it is constructing for South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution. LS Marine Solution and the shipyard signed a contract for the construction of the vessel in June 2025, followed by the start of
California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and RWE of the intention to sue over the USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.05 billion) agreement to cancel three offshore wind leases, including one in federal waters off California. A separate 60-day pre-suit period is also running over t
Jan De Nul’s extra-large cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin has started sea trials, soon to be followed by its twin, William Thomson. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for William Thomson in May the following y
The offshore foundation installation campaign has been completed at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, with 100 turbine foundations and two offshore substation jackets installed. Working for the Equinor-Polenergia joint venture, Heerema Marine Contractors completed the
German company EWE, through Offshore-Windpark Riffgat GmbH, has launched a tender for helicopter services to support planned maintenance and unplanned repair and troubleshooting work at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender is divided into four lots, covering different h
Foundation installation has started at the 795 MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, with the first of 53 monopiles now in place. The foundations are being supplied by Sif and installed by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés. The installation campaign is expected to be compl
Ørsted has marked the completion of major construction works at its 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan, with the combined project now in the final commissioning phase and expected to enter full commercial operation in late Q3 2026. The company held a completion ceremony a
The Windanker offshore wind farm has started feeding electricity into the German grid, according to the transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz, which built the Ostwind 3 grid connection that links Iberdrola’s Baltic Sea offshore wind farm to the grid. 50Hertz said on 31 August that in coordinati
Twenty-two wind turbines are in place at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm site, around 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist, where 44 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines are being installed by DEME’s vessel Norse Wind. The wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which is capable of tra
ABS and Japan Blue Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on strategic studies for a floating wind pilot in Brazil.
Nadara, the developer of the Bellrock floating wind farm in Scotland, has confirmed the project’s landfall location and submitted a Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report for the project’s offshore transmission infrastructure to the Marine Directorate, with a plan t
Edinburgh-headquartered Flotation Energy and Harbour Energy, based in London, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on assessing opportunities for powering oil and gas assets in the North Sea with floating offshore wind energy. “The agreement brings together Harbour Energy’s
California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and RWE of the intention to sue over the USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.05 billion) agreement to cancel three offshore wind leases, including one in federal waters off California. A separate 60-day pre-suit period is also running over t
ABS and Japan Blue Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on strategic studies for a floating wind pilot in Brazil.
The offshore foundation installation campaign has been completed at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, with 100 turbine foundations and two offshore substation jackets installed. Working for the Equinor-Polenergia joint venture, Heerema Marine Contractors completed the
The German Federal Cabinet has approved a draft amendment to the Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG), sending the legislation to the Bundestag for parliamentary consideration ahead of the planned entry into force of the revised legislation on 1 January 2027. The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stif
German company EWE, through Offshore-Windpark Riffgat GmbH, has launched a tender for helicopter services to support planned maintenance and unplanned repair and troubleshooting work at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender is divided into four lots, covering different h
Foundation installation has started at the 795 MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, with the first of 53 monopiles now in place. The foundations are being supplied by Sif and installed by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés. The installation campaign is expected to be compl
Twenty-two wind turbines are in place at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm site, around 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist, where 44 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines are being installed by DEME’s vessel Norse Wind. The wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which is capable of tra
Norway’s energy company Equinor has awarded Proserv with a contract for the deployment of cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Proserv’s ECG Business Unit will deploy its advanced monitoring technology to provide continuous visibility of cable and terminati
The offshore foundation installation campaign has been completed at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, with 100 turbine foundations and two offshore substation jackets installed. Working for the Equinor-Polenergia joint venture, Heerema Marine Contractors completed the
Nadara, the developer of the Bellrock floating wind farm in Scotland, has confirmed the project’s landfall location and submitted a Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report for the project’s offshore transmission infrastructure to the Marine Directorate, with a plan t
The Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye has laid the keel for the cable-laying vessel (CLV) it is constructing for South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution. LS Marine Solution and the shipyard signed a contract for the construction of the vessel in June 2025, followed by the start of
Jan De Nul’s extra-large cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin has started sea trials, soon to be followed by its twin, William Thomson. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for William Thomson in May the following y
The German Federal Cabinet has approved a draft amendment to the Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG), sending the legislation to the Bundestag for parliamentary consideration ahead of the planned entry into force of the revised legislation on 1 January 2027. The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stif
German company EWE, through Offshore-Windpark Riffgat GmbH, has launched a tender for helicopter services to support planned maintenance and unplanned repair and troubleshooting work at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender is divided into four lots, covering different h
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched a tender for preliminary geophysical investigation of offshore wind sites in Zones 3 and 4 of the German North Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The contract, covering work in 2027 and 2028, will enable collecting seabed and subs
BW Ideol’s 2 MW Floatgen floating wind turbine has been in operation for eight years at the SEM-REV offshore test site off Le Croisic, France, with cumulative electricity production now exceeding 40 GWh. The turbine, installed on BW Ideol’s concrete Damping Pool floating foundation, entered operatio
Stillstrom by Maersk has completed a trial of an automated cable control system for its offshore charging technology using a vessel operating on dynamic positioning (DP). According to the company, this removes a key operational barrier to charging hybrid and electric support vessels at offshore wind
Cierco Energy has signed an Agreement for Lease with the Crown Estate for its two test and demonstration projects off Wales, named Llŷr 1 and Llŷr 2, which are expected to use two different types of floating wind technology. The Llŷr projects were selected for development in 2021 in the Crown Estate
Edinburgh-headquartered Flotation Energy and Harbour Energy, based in London, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on assessing opportunities for powering oil and gas assets in the North Sea with floating offshore wind energy. “The agreement brings together Harbour Energy’s
Trianel Windpark Borkum I (TWB I) has prequalified around 70 MW of capacity for Germany’s balancing energy market and began supplying negative secondary control reserve in July 2026. The marketing of the balancing capacity started on 22 July, allowing the offshore wind farm to provide an additional
This article comprises round-by-round updates from the New York Bight lease sale’s second and third day, and a link to Day 1 updates. For the news on the auction results, go to the news below: Round 63: The asking price for the biggest site has now climbed to USD 1.1 billion with one bidder in, [&he
This is an article following Day 1 updates of the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale. To read the updates from Day 2 and Day 3, or news on the final results of the lease sale, go to the articles below: The biggest offshore wind lease sale ever organised in the US is resuming […]
By: Jason Deign, for New Energy Update The US offshore wind sector ended 2017 on a slightly ironic note. Plans for Cape Wind, which was supposed to have been the country’s first offshore wind farm, were finally shuttered after a long period of uncertainty.[1] But prospects for the rest of the market
The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining
