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  • UK Gov’t Pushes Back Ruling on RWE’s Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm

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

    The UK government has extended the deadline by three months for a decision on the development consent order for RWE’s 1.1 GW Five Estuaries offshore wind farm. The statutory deadline for the decision on the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm was 17 September 2025. However, the UK Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, decided to allow an […]

  • 1.1 GW Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Granted Development Consent

    18 December 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm, owned by a consortium led by RWE. Five Estuaries is a proposed extension to the existing, operational 353 MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK and is part of the […]

  • More Than GBP 1 Billion Up for Grabs in UK’s AR7 for Offshore Wind

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

    The UK government has set a total budget of GBP 1.08 billion (approximately EUR 1.24 billion) for offshore wind and floating wind in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) renewables auction. A total of GBP 900 million has been set for fixed-bottom projects in Pot 3, with delivery years of 2028/29, 2029/30, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Irish Regulator Publishes Competitive Maritime Area Consent Framework

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

    Ireland’s Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) published a Competitive Maritime Area Consent (MAC) Framework to guide the allocation of rights for the development of offshore renewable energy projects. The framework, released on 9 January, complements Ireland’s plan-led approach to offshore renewable energy development and stems from the Offshore Renewable Energy Future Framework Policy Statement 2024, […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK Gov’t Tweaking CfD Rules Ahead of 8th Allocation Round, Proposes ‘Other Deepwater Offshore Wind’ Category

    18 December 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has launched a consultation on proposed refinements to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme ahead of Allocation Round 8 (AR8) and future rounds, including targeted changes to the terms concerning offshore wind and floating wind projects. The consultation, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, seeks industry feedback on […]

  • Two Consortia Submit Applications in Norway’s Floating Wind Tender

    15 September 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Two consortia have applied for offshore sites in the Norwegian area designated for floating wind projects, Utsira Nord. The bidders are Harald Hårfagre, a joint venture between Deep Wind Offshore and EDF Renewables, and a consortium of Equinor and Vårgrønn. Norway’s Ministry of Energy will now begin the work on assessing the applications and plans […]

  • Iberdrola Launches Site Assessment Campaign at 3 GW Offshore Wind Project in Australia

    23 September 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has launched floating LiDAR and metocean measuring equipment at its Aurora Green offshore wind project site, located within the Gippsland offshore wind area in Australia. The equipment will collect data on wind, waves, currents, and other atmospheric and oceanographic parameters for 12-24 months. The measurement campaign will inform project development and design, allowing Iberdrola […]

  • Norway’s Two Floating Wind Tender Applicants to Be Awarded Project Sites

    12 December 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Harald Hårfagre, a joint venture between Deep Wind Offshore and EDF Renewables, and a consortium of Equinor and Vårgrønn, which were the only developers to submit applications in Norway’s first floating wind tender, will each be awarded a project area, the Norwegian Ministry of Energy said on 11 December. In September, the Ministry announced that it […]

  • Californian Port Secures USD 20 Million in State Funds for Floating Wind Terminal Development

    9 October 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded USD 20 million (approximately EUR 17 million) to the Port of Long Beach to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed USD 4.7 billion (approx. EUR 4 billion) terminal that would serve the floating wind industry. CEC has awarded the grant through the Offshore Wind Energy […]

  • Van Oord to Deploy Vibro Tech at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    23 December 2025
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord, which recently started installing monopiles at the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, will soon deploy two pieces of equipment that allow monopiles to be installed using vibration technology and minimise noise disturbance for underwater life. The technology will be used during installation work at selected locations. Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel […]

  • EnBW Drops Morgan & Mona Offshore Wind Projects After Not Securing CfDs

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

    EnBW has decided to withdraw from the Mona and Morgan offshore wind projects in the UK after not securing Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in the UK’s seventh allocation round. The company says that in a challenging investment environment, the two projects are no longer economically viable as per EnBW’s criteria. EnBW has been developing the […]

  • ABL Companies Supporting Geoscience Work at Two Offshore Wind Areas in Portugal

    27 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has appointed the UK-based renewable energy consultancy OWC, part of ABL Group, to support the geophysical and geotechnical surveys at two offshore wind farm areas in Portugal. ABL Group’s Portugal-based water and environmental consultancy, Hidromod, is also engaged in the project. IPMA is currently leading a geophysical […]

  • JB Energy, FibreMax Sign Floating Offshore Wind MoU

    26 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    The Japanese offshore engineering and consulting company, Japan Blue Energy (JB Energy), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FibreMax to strengthen collaboration on synthetic mooring line solutions for JB Energy’s Raijin Float offshore wind design. The Raijin Float is a semi-submersible floating platform for offshore wind turbines, manufactured using precast and prestressed concrete. […]

  • UK’s New Offshore Wind Cable Testing Facility to Speed Up Nationwide Production

    28 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the North East Combined Authority, is investing GBP 2.1 million (around EUR 2.4 million) in a new offshore wind cable testing rig at its facilities in Blyth in North East England. Funded by the North East Combined Authority, the investment will allow ORE Catapult to build […]

  • Australian Gov’t Awards Final Feasibility Licences to Three Offshore Wind Projects in Bunbury Zone

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

    Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has offered final feasibility licences to three offshore wind projects in the Bunbury zone off the coast of Western Australia, the federal government said on 23 January. Also on 23 January, the government invited applications for research and demonstration (R&D) licences that allow trials […]

  • Global Investor Joining RWE on Two Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Projects, FID Expected in Summer

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

    Global investment firm KKR and RWE have signed an agreement under which KKR acquire a 50 per cent stake in each of RWE’s Norfolk Vanguard East and Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind projects, totalling 3.1 GW in installed capacity. The wind farms were just awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in the UK’s seventh CfD allocation round […]

  • Offshore Construction Work Resumes on Revolution Wind After US Judge’s Ruling

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

    A US judge in Washington has cleared the way for work to resume on the 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm after granting a temporary injunction that lifted the federal stop-work order imposed in August. On 22 August, the US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a stop-work […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • First Monopile In at ‘Most Ecological Offshore Wind Farm Yet’

    5 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord, using its installation vessel Boreas, installed the first monopile at the Ecowende offshore wind farm on 3 December. The project, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco and Chubu Electric Power, is being built off the coast of the Netherlands and is said to become the most ecological offshore wind farm to date. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • Poland’s Orlen Neptun Gets Green Light for Baltic East Offshore Transmission Infrastructure

    16 October 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s Orlen Neptun has secured permits for the offshore transmission infrastructure for the 1 GW Baltic East offshore wind farm. The newly secured permits allow for the installation of artificial islands, structures, facilities, and submarine cables. The 1 GW Baltic East offshore wind farm is planned to be built within the 46.E site, located close […]

  • Fire-Damaged Turbine Being Removed at RWE’s UK Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    More than two years after a fire caused damage, a wind turbine at the Scroby Sands offshore wind farm in the UK is being removed by RWE. In August 2023, turbine T06 at the 58 MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm caught fire in the nacelle, with the fire extinguishing on its own. Work to […]

  • ‘Disappointing’ AR7 Budget Undermines UK’s Offshore Wind 2030 Target, Says Industry

    28 October 2025

    Several industry organisations expressed dissatisfaction with the UK government’s offshore wind budget for Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), with WindEurope calling it “disappointing”. WindEurope described the UK government’s GBP 1.08 billion budget as disappointing, saying it undermines the growth of the country’s offshore wind sector and could affect the wider European industry. […]