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  • No Bids Submitted for 1 GW Oléron Offshore Wind Site in France

    24 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Plans to develop a 1 GW offshore wind farm off Île d’Oléron have hit a setback, as the tender process closed without receiving any bids. According to the French government, the AO7 tender was not the subject of any offer at the end of the application period. The tender was launched in October 2022. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • ‘One Turbine to Go’ | Stop-Work Order Could Cost Vineyard Wind 1 the Vessel Needed to Install Its Final Turbine

    16 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Only one wind turbine is left to be installed at the Vineyard Wind 1 site off Massachusetts, according to the project owner’s complaint filed with the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The 806 MW offshore wind farm was planned to be completed by 31 March and start delivering power at full capacity […]

  • Vattenfall Takes Final Investment Decision for 1.6 GW Offshore Wind Project in Germany

    13 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has confirmed the permit for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farm. With the permit now irrevocable, the developer has taken the full final investment decision (FID) for the Nordlicht offshore wind cluster, comprising Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht  2, with construction expected to start this year on the first […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order Hits US Offshore Wind Turbine Manufacturer’s Earnings

    30 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The US government’s offshore wind construction pause left a dent in GE Vernova’s numbers for the fourth quarter of 2025, which might get deeper if wind turbine works at the Vineyard Wind 1 site offshore Massachusetts are not completed according to the project’s current schedule. The US wind turbine manufacturer said on 28 January that […]

  • Ten Most Read News on offshoreWIND.biz in 2025

    1 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    OffshoreWIND.biz has millions of views per year and hundreds of thousands per month. In 2025, some stories received significantly bigger attention than others, and in this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in the now-past year. In August, only days after Ørsted reported that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of […]

  • Court Clears 95-Pct-Complete Vineyard Wind 1 to Resume Construction

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

    Construction work can restart on the 95-per-cent-complete Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm after the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a decision to allow full activities to resume in the Vineyard Wind lease area on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This is the fourth of the five offshore wind projects […]

  • TotalEnergies-RWE Consortium Wins France’s Largest Offshore Wind Tender as RWE Signals Exit

    24 September 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    A consortium between TotalEnergies and RWE has won the Centre Manche 2 tender to develop a 1.5 GW offshore wind farm off the coast of Normandy, making it the largest renewable energy initiative in France to date. As part of a strategic review of its investment, RWE has expressed the wish to exit the consortium, […]

  • Google Enters Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement in Germany

    5 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Google has entered into a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EnBW for electricity produced by 100 MW of capacity at the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The He Dreiht offshore wind farm is currently under construction about 85 kilometres northwest of the German island of Borkum and is set to […]

  • EnBW Launches Tender for Subsea Inspection Services at Baltic & North Sea Wind Farms

    7 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    EnBW has issued a tender inviting bids for periodic subsea inspection services at its offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and North Sea. The maximum value of the framework agreement is EUR 6 million. The contracts are expected to run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031, with the option of up to […]

  • All Inter-Array Cables In Place at Germany’s 960 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2025
    Cables, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All inter-array cables have been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Seaway7 said on 1 July it completed the installation of the last inter-array cable, connecting the 13th and last string of the He Dreiht project to the BorWin epsilon converter platform, part of the BorWin5 grid connection. […]

  • Smulders to Build Jackets for French Offshore Converter Stations

    13 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique has awarded Smulders, through its subsidiary Iemants, a contract for engineering, procurement, and construction of the two jackets of the offshore converter stations for the Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 offshore wind farms in France. Chantiers de l’Atlantique acted on behalf of the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de […]

  • France Selects EDF and Maple Power to Build 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    27 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie, a special purpose company of EDF Renouvelables and Canada’s Maple Power, has won the tender to build and operate the 1 GW Centre Manche 1 wind farm project offshore Normandy, France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie was one of the six pre-selected candidates in this tendering round. The other developers […]

  • ABL Secures Work on French Offshore Grid Connections

    9 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Energy and marine consultancy company, ABL, has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) operations for the Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 offshore substations in France. Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 are part of two offshore wind projects – Appel d’Offre 4 (AO4) […]

  • 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, […]

  • SLPE to Design Foundations for Two French Offshore Substations

    19 December 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    SLPE has been awarded a contract to develop detailed foundation designs for HVDC offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in France. The contract represents SLPE’s largest offshore substation project to date, the company said on 19 December. The UK-based engineering company will perform the design work for the French […]

  • RTE Seeks UXO Survey Squad for Two French Offshore Wind Projects

    18 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a tender for offshore unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable routes of the Centre Manche 1 & 2 (AO4 auction) and South Britanny (AO5 auction) offshore wind farm grid connection projects. The aim of the surveys is to identify potential locations of UXOs in the corridors envisaged for […]

  • French TSO Issues Contract Notice for Two Offshore Grid Connections

    29 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a contract notice seeking the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of four HVDC converter stations and two connected offshore platforms. The contract also includes all of the necessary civil works and associated maintenance contracts. The French government will award two projects that aim […]

  • French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the onshore converter stations and the offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1, Centre Manche 2, and Oléron offshore wind projects. The work scope consists of the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and […]

  • Nexans Secures EUR 1 Billion Framework Agreement for HVDC Cables in France

    25 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Nexans has secured a major framework agreement, valued above EUR 1 billion, with Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) for the design, manufacturing, and supply of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for offshore wind farms in France. The framework agreement covers the supply, installation, and commissioning of 450 kilometre of HVDC subsea cables and 280 kilometres […]

  • Vattenfall, Skyborn and Banque des Territoires Submit Bid for Center Manche 2

    8 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall, Skyborn Renewables (formerly wpd), and Banque des Territoires have jointly applied for the competitive bidding procedure for the Center Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind project in Normandy, France. Center Manche 2 has a capacity of 1,500 MW and is located in an area off Barfleur, near the 1.05 GW Centre Manche 1 (AO4) project, […]

  • France Reveals Potential Developers of Two Offshore Wind Farms

    27 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France has selected candidates who will participate in the competitive dialogues for the two offshore wind farm projects located off the Ile d’Oléron (AO7) and Normandy (AO8). The two wind farms will have a combined capacity of 2.5 GW. The candidates selected to participate in the tendering procedure for the 1 GW Ile d’Oléron wind […]

  • UK to Launch Seventh CfD Auction in August, Offshore Wind Has Its Own AR7 Timeline

    30 May 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has published an indicative timeline for the Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), stating that it expects to open the auction in August and announce the results between late 2025 and early 2026. The timeline for offshore wind projects is now separate from that for other technologies, which will enable […]

  • TotalEnergies and RWE Strike Again Offshore France

    17 January 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies and RWE have applied for the competitive bidding procedure for the Center Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind project in Normandy, France. The bid was placed as part of the partnership between the two companies aimed at jointly responding to calls for tenders for the development of wind projects off the coast of Normandy. The […]