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  • Scottish Gov’t Mulls Increasing Offshore Wind Target to 40 GW by 2040

    19 June 2025
    Authorities, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The Scottish government is seeking views on proposals which would see the country’s offshore wind ambition increased to up to 40 GW of new capacity by 2040. The consultation will run until 13 August. The estimate that 40 GW equates to enough renewable energy to power 45 million homes assumes offshore wind capacity in 20240 […]

  • Benthic Survey Underway at SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank Wind Farm Site

    4 April 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is undertaking a benthic survey within a prospective offshore export cable route at the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The survey work is being carried out by Natural Power, utilising the Windcat 20 as the survey vessel. According to a Notice from Mariners from the project, the survey commenced on […]

  • Bubble Curtain Used for First Time in UK as RWE Deploys Noise Abatement Tech at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    11 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Innovation, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    RWE, in collaboration with Hydrotechnik Offshore, a Germany-based bubble curtain developer, has deployed the underwater noise abatement technology during monopile installation at the Sofia offshore wind farm, marking the first time the technology has been used in the UK. Currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres off the UK coast, the 1.4 GW Sofia […]

  • Geophysical Cable Route Survey Completed for Ossian Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ireland-based XOCEAN has completed the geophysical survey along the 420-kilometre cable route for the proposed 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The survey, conducted using uncrewed survey vessels (USVs), took place over a span of 13 months, in water depths ranging from the shoreline to over 100 metres. The gathered data will […]

  • Celtic Sea Floating Wind Seabed Leasing Round Moves to Final Stage

    7 April 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    On 7 April, The Crown Estate announced that the plans for a new generation of floating wind farms off the coasts of Wales and South West England moved a step closer as the leasing round for three sites in the Celtic Sea entered its final stages. Additionally, the companies bidding to build the projects shortlisted […]

  • 1.1 GW Barium Bay Floating Offshore Wind Project All Set for Auction in Italy

    21 May 2025
    Authorities, Environment, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Galileo Energy and Hope Group have received an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) permit from Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security for the 1.1 GW Barium Bay floating offshore wind project. The joint venture partners said that this is the largest offshore wind farm to have achieved this milestone in Italy and the Mediterranean Sea. […]

  • North Sea Ecosystem Regeneration at Heart of Dutch Govt’s New Program

    7 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    Human touch has taken its toll on the delicate North Sea ecosystem. With the growing pressure of climate change and demand for sustainable energy and food, this ecosystem keeps deteriorating. Preventing or preserving the North Sea now has an exclamation point. As a response, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature has […]

  • Two-Year Wind Data Collection Completed for Ossian Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    6 May 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A campaign to gather more than two years of wind data crucial for the development of the Scottish Ossian floating offshore wind farm has been completed. Two floating LiDAR buoys (FLiDAR) have been deployed to survey the 858-square-kilometre site, 84 kilometres off the east coast of Scotland, since August 2022. Using profiling lasers, the buoys […]

  • Freja Offshore Gets Natura 2000 Permit for 2.5 GW Swedish Floating Wind Farm

    7 March 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has been granted a Natura 2000 permit for the Mareld floating offshore wind farm in Sweden by the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland. The project is planned to be built approximately 40 kilometres west of Lysekil, off the coast of Bohuslän, in the […]

  • Benthic Survey Wraps Up for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    3 July 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy from the Ossian floating offshore wind farm off the east coast […]

  • Salt, ZPMC to Design and Build New SOVs Chartered by Vattenfall

    19 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected Salt Ship Design (SALT) as the naval architect and ZPMC as the shipbuilder for the three new service operation vessels (SOVs) for which LDA recently signed contracts with Vattenfall. As reported in January, Vattenfall awarded long-term contracts to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs under which the vessel operator will build, own […]

  • Next Ocean CEO: ‘Offshore Energy Vessel Crews No Longer Have to Operate Blind’

    25 February 2025
    Business development, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Dutch company Next Ocean is looking at a global reach for its technology that predicts waves and vessel motions minutes beforehand. Following a period of demonstration deployments of WavePredictor and the first vessels using it commercially, Next Ocean says it is witnessing the technology becoming standard equipment onboard vessels working in offshore wind and other […]

  • Onshore Consent Application for 1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farm Approved

    20 June 2025
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore consent application for the up to 1 GW Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm has been approved by the Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland. The application covers the floating wind farm’s onshore infrastructure, including underground cabling and a substation. The wind farm is the first fully floating project from the ScotWind leasing process to […]

  • Ofgem Opens Tender for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Transmission Links

    27 February 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate electricity transmission links worth GBP 4 billion (about EUR 4.8 billion), connecting the Sofia offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s mainland energy network. Ofgem has opened the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime Tender Round 12, which invites investors to bid to own and operate infrastructure connecting RWE’s […]

  • 640 MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project Fully Up and Running

    3 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Yunlin offshore wind farm, developed by Yunneng Wind Power in Taiwan, has reached full operation and is generating power at its designed capacity of 640 MW. Yunneng, a joint venture between Skyborn Renewables, TotalEnergies, Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO Group), and Sojitz Corporation, is responsible for the construction and operation of the Yunlin offshore […]

  • WTIV Wind Peak On Its Way to Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Site to Install First Turbines

    21 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak is en route to the site of the Sofia offshore wind farm with the first set of Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD turbine components. The vessel departed the port of Hull on 20 March, according to the available AIS data, and is heading towards the project site […]

  • Crown Estate Confirms Capacity Boost at Seven Existing Offshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate is proceeding with its Capacity Increase Programme to maximise the potential of existing offshore wind lease areas and add 4.7 GW of renewable energy. According to The Crown Estate, an additional 4.7 GW of renewable energy could be generated from the delivery of the programme by amending existing seabed rights to increase […]

  • First Power Flows from China’s Farthest Offshore Wind Farm

    9 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of turbines from an 800 MW offshore wind project in Dafeng, China’s farthest offshore wind farm, has been connected to the grid. The China Three Gorges Corporation confirmed that the offshore wind farm began producing renewable energy on 4 July. The project is located in the northeastern sea area of Dafeng District, […]

  • Five UK Co-Operatives to Buy Electricity from RWE’s London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    1 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    RWE has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with five UK co-operatives for the electricity generated at the 630 MW London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. RWE signed the CPPA with Lincolnshire Co-op, Scotmid Co-op, East of England Co-op, Southern Co-op, and Central Co-op to supply electricity from renewable energy sources […]

  • Vena Energy Plans USD 200 Million Investment in 384 MW Offshore Wind Project in South Korea

    25 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Vena Energy has decided to invest in a 384 MW offshore wind project located in South Korea’s South Gyeongsang Province. The investment includes USD 200 million (approximately EUR 184 million) for the Yokji offshore wind farm, which is being developed 10 kilometres to the west of Yokji island and 10 kilometres east of the Namhae […]

  • Equinor Says US Order on Empire Wind Project Is ‘Unlawful’

    30 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Anders Opedal, CEO and President of Equinor, said on 29 April that the order from the US government to stop construction activities of the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm is “unlawful”. “We have invested in Empire Wind after obtaining all necessary approvals, and the order to halt work now is unprecedented and in our […]

  • 3.2 GW Offshore Wind Projects Secure Feasibility Licences in Australia

    3 March 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Australian government has awarded feasibility licences for two offshore wind projects planned to provide a total of 3.2 GW of capacity off the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria. The licences were granted for a proposed offshore wind farm in the Southern Ocean region, off Victoria’s Southwest coast, and for a project in […]

  • BP, EnBW Tap Interocean for Work on UK Offshore Wind Projects

    4 February 2025
    Business & Finance

    Interocean Marine Services (Interocean) has secured a three-year contract to provide marine vetting and assurance to the Morgan, Mona, and Morven offshore wind projects in the UK. According to Interocean, the company has an extensive track record in delivering complex offshore projects across the offshore energy sectors, including high-value cargo transportation, mooring installation, and walk-to-work […]

  • Portuguese Company Secures First Offshore Wind Contract for 1.5 GW Baltica 2

    20 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Etermar Energia has been awarded a contract by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) for the delivery of secondary foundation structures for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract, which marks Etermar Energia’s first major deal in the offshore wind industry, includes manufacturing and supplying secondary foundation structures for […]

  • EnBW, BP Secure Development Consent for 1.5 GW Mona Offshore Wind Farm

    7 July 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Mona offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture between EnBW and BP, has been granted development consent by the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband. Located in the Irish Sea, the 1.5 GW Mona is the first offshore wind project from the UK’s Round 4 leasing […]

  • Norway Pinpoints Four New Areas for Offshore Wind Development

    25 June 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has identified four more areas as suitable for future offshore wind development, and the government is now conducting consultations on the findings before deciding on which area to move forward. In 2023, the NVE identified 20 offshore wind deployment areas. After evaluating the land, three areas were […]