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  • Equinor Sues US Gov’t Over Empire Wind 1 Construction Halt

    5 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has filed a civil suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the order that suspended construction on five offshore wind projects, including its Empire Wind 1, which is now more than 60 per cent complete. As part of the case, Empire Offshore Wind LLC, an Equinor subsidiary that filed the civil suit on […]

  • Maersk’s WTIV Delivered, Ready for Empire Wind

    27 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seatrium handed over the Maersk wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to its owner on 26 February, the Singapore-based shipbuilder said. The new WTIV is scheduled to sail for its first assignment at the Empire Wind project offshore New York in March 2026. The WTIV recently completed sea trials in the South China Sea and final […]

  • Maersk Terminates Seatrium Deal for WTIV Bound for Empire Wind Project in US

    10 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Singapore’s Seatrium has received a notice of termination regarding the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that was planned to be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in the US. In March 2022, Seatrium’s subsidiary Seatrium Energy International (SEI) secured a contract for the construction of a WTIV for Maersk Offshore […]

  • Seatrium Launches Arbitration Against Maersk in WTIV Contract Dispute

    1 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Seatrium has launched arbitration proceedings against an affiliate of Maersk Offshore Wind, escalating a contract dispute over a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that Maersk sought to terminate in October, the shipbuilder said. Seatrium Energy International (SEI) issued its notice of arbitration on 28 November, seeking declarations that Maersk’s affiliate Phoenix II A/S wrongfully […]

  • Another US Offshore Wind Project Cleared to Resume Construction

    16 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction sought by Equinor for its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, allowing construction activities to resume on the project that was more than 60 per cent complete at the time when the US government issued a stop-work order in December 2025. […]

  • Maersk and Seatrium Settle Offshore Wind Dispute

    22 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Singapore-based Seatrium Limited and Phoenix II A/S, an affiliate of Maersk Offshore Wind, have settled their dispute over a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) ordered at Seatrium by Maersk, with Maersk agreeing to accept the delivery of the vessel next year. Back in early October, Maersk terminated the USD 475 million (approximately EUR 409 million) […]

  • US Government Sends Stop Work Order to All Offshore Wind Projects Under Construction

    23 December 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Safety, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of Interior has paused the leases and suspended construction at all large-scale offshore wind projects currently under construction in the United States, citing ”national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports.” The five projects have a combined capacity of 5.8 GW and include Coastal Virginia Offshore […]

  • Empire Energy, Kuehne+Nagel Join Forces on Offshore Wind

    17 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    New York-headquartered Empire Energy and Kuehne+Nagel have joined forces to enhance offshore wind logistics and project delivery. From turbine assembly, commissioning, and operations through to heavy-lift transport, port staging, and international freight forwarding, customers will benefit from an integrated solution that reduces complexity and risk, according to the companies. “Offshore wind OEMs and developers want […]

  • New York Attorney General Files Lawsuits Against Trump Admin’s Stop-Work Orders for Empire Wind, Sunrise Wind

    12 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James has filed two lawsuits against what the AG says is “the Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to halt construction” on Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, two large-scale offshore wind projects being built in the US federal waters off New York. In the lawsuits, filed simultaneously for the two […]

  • USD 475 Million WTIV Dispute Pushes Seatrium, Maersk Offshore Wind to Arbitration Table

    22 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Seatrium has received a notice of arbitration from Maersk Offshore Wind concerning the dispute over the termination of a contract for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), planned to be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in the US. Seatrium Energy International (SEI) received a notice of termination for the USD 475 […]

  • Trump Administration Files Appeal Against Court Ruling in Multi-State Offshore Wind Lawsuit

    19 February 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The US Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, filed a Notice of Appeal on 17 February in the case in which a federal judge ruled in favour of 18 states that sued the Trump administration over the sweeping ban on wind energy projects. In May 2025, seventeen US states and the District of […]

  • Maersk WTIV Completes Sea Trials, Delivery Scheduled for February

    9 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The Maersk wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), being built by Seatrium, has recently completed sea trials and is due for delivery at the end of February, according to the vessel owner. The new WTIV, which is planned to be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in the US, was launched to sea at […]

  • Court Allows Construction of Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm to Continue

    17 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has granted Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project while the company’s lawsuit challenging the stop-work order proceeds. “Our team will now focus on safely restarting work to ensure CVOW begins delivery of […]

  • ELWIND Contracts Haskoning to Design Estonian-Latvian Offshore Wind Project

    20 February 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    ELWIND has signed a contract with Haskoning for the design phase of the joint Estonian-Latvian state-run offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea. Haskoning’s work will include layout optimisation, transmission grid studies and integration of site investigations and environmental assessment. The Dutch company will carry out the project together with subconsultant partner Empire Engineering, which […]

  • US Judge Overturns Trump’s Ban on Wind Energy Project Permits

    9 December 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    A federal judge has struck down the US President Donald Trump’s indefinite halt of all federal approvals and permitting for new wind energy projects. In a ruling on 8 December, Judge Patti Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favour of 17 US states and the District of Columbia, […]

  • Trump Administration to Appeal Court Rulings Allowing Offshore Wind Projects to Resume Construction – Report

    12 February 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US government will fight the federal court decisions to grant preliminary injunctions in cases challenging the stop-work orders for offshore wind projects under construction, issued on 22 December 2025. The injunctions allowed the construction to resume while the underlying lawsuits are underway. The US Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, told Bloomberg Television the […]

  • Bowdun Offers GBP 1 Billion Supply Chain Opportunity to Scottish Oil & Gas Firms

    25 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Bowdun, a 1 GW offshore wind farm being developed by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), has launched an initiative to unlock a GBP 1 billion (approximately EUR 1.1 billion) offshore wind opportunity for Scottish oil and gas supply chain companies to diversify into renewables. Bowdun will work with its partner DEME Offshore to pre-qualify firms as […]

  • US: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Engages CDC, Surgeon General to Study Alleged Harms of Offshore Wind Farms – Reports

    29 October 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the potential negative impacts of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. According to Bloomberg’s report, HHS tasked the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health […]

  • US Federal Court Clears Revolution Wind to Resume Construction as Ørsted, Skyborn’s Lawsuit Against Stop-Work Orders Progresses

    13 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the preliminary injunction sought by the joint venture between Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables for the Revolution Wind project, which was ordered to pause construction by the US government. When the stop-work order was issued on 22 December 2025, the 704 MW project had seven […]

  • Ørsted-Skyborn JV Takes Legal Action Against US Gov’t Over Stop-Work Order; Seven Turbines Left to Install on Revolution Wind

    2 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On New Year’s Day, Revolution Wind LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables, filed a supplemental complaint in the US District Court for the District of Columbia and plans to move for a preliminary injunction to block the lease suspension order recently imposed by the US government that stopped construction on its […]

  • US Offshore Wind Developer Sues Gov’t Over Stop-Work Order

    29 December 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Energy has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order issued on 22 December that directed all major US offshore wind projects under construction to pause while federal agencies review alleged national security risks, AP and US media report. In its complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District […]

  • Vineyard Wind Files for Preliminary Injunction in US Court

    16 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All five developers with offshore wind farms under construction in the US are now fighting the suspension order issued by the US Department of the Interior (DOI) in December 2025, as Vineyard Wind, a company owned 50:50 by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), said on 15 January that it filed for a temporary restraining […]

  • ‘Targeted Attack’ | US DOI Plans to Revoke More Permits; White House Seeking to Engage Health and Human Services Department?

    5 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    In a matter of months, the US offshore wind industry went from a growing investor and employer to an industry that is now undergoing what Oceantic Network called a “targeted attack” after reports emerged that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) plans to revoke federal permits for two more projects. The Trump administration has […]

  • Longer Lifespan for Offshore Wind Farms Could Improve Returns and Reduce Costs, German Study Finds

    10 September 2025
    Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    According to a study done by the Fraunhofer IWES, coordinated continued operation of existing offshore wind farms for up to 35 years, followed by decommissioning and new construction, could increase energy yields while reducing economic costs over the entire period. In a recent study, commissioned by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), […]

  • All Five Halted US Offshore Wind Farms Resume Construction

    3 February 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All five US offshore wind farms under construction that received stop-work orders from the US government have been cleared to continue building, with Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind project the fifth project to be granted a preliminary injunction as part of a lawsuit challenging the order issued by the Director of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau […]

  • US Interior Secretary: ‘No Future for Offshore Wind Under This Administration’

    12 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at a press conference on 10 September that offshore wind has no future in the US under the Trump administration and that the government was reviewing five offshore wind projects that are now under construction. Speaking to the press at the Gastech event in Milan, Italy, Burgum said offshore […]