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  • Ramboll to Deliver FEED Design for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    13 January 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ventyr Energy (Ventyr Energi), a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has selected Ramboll for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind farm in Norway. This month, Ramboll will start with the basic foundation design for the project’s anticipated monopile foundations, which will accommodate turbines in […]

  • European TSOs: ‘Energy Independence Must Begin at Sea’

    16 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry

    The Offshore TSO Collaboration (OTC), an initiative established in 2022 that gathers transmission system operators (TSOs) from the European Northern Seas, says that a unified and efficient offshore grid development strategy is needed for the North Sea to maximise benefits for Europe’s energy security, independence and competitiveness. Earlier this month, twelve offshore TSOs said that […]

  • 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 […]

  • Norway Drops Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Plans, Shifts Focus to Floating Wind

    11 February 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting

    The Norwegian government has cancelled plans for another fixed-bottom offshore wind tender in the North Sea due to cost concerns, shifting its focus toward developing floating offshore wind projects. On 10 February, the Ministry of Energy announced that it no longer plans to advertise the Sørvest F later this year, which is an extension of […]

  • Work Kicks Off on Belfast Harbour’s Offshore Wind Terminal

    8 May 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Work has kicked off on Belfast Harbour’s port investment project to create a new cruise and offshore wind energy terminal in Northern Ireland. According to Belfast Harbour, marine works are due to begin this week on the largest single capital investment project ever undertaken by the port, the development of a new deepwater terminal to […]

  • Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Secures EUR 500 Million Worth of SOV Contracts with Vattenfall

    13 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    NOTE: This article was updated on 13 and 14 January to add further information shared by Vattenfall and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.  Vattenfall has awarded three contracts to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs for the provision of service operation vessels (SOVs) in Germany: one for the jointly operated DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms and one for the […]

  • 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 […]

  • TenneT Opens EUR 5.3 Million Tender for CTV Services for Dutch Offshore Substations

    17 March 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    TenneT is seeking crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for its offshore wind grid connections in the Netherlands, with CTVs required to travel between the port of Vlissingen or the port of IJmuiden to offshore high-voltage platforms in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) will award a contract estimated to be worth […]

  • Netherlands Looking at Offshore Hubs and Interconnectors, Where Does Hydrogen Stand?

    20 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Collaboration, Energy Islands, Environment, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Technology, Transition

    Energy islands are no longer being considered in the Netherlands. Instead, the focus has been shifted to offshore energy hubs and interconnectors. With rising (cyber)security concerns as a result of a number of recent incidents in European waters, as well as the Russia-Ukraine war, diversification of the energy system is high on the agenda. Offshore […]

  • Copenhagen Energy, PGEC Progress on 2 GW Philippine Offshore Wind Project

    2 June 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Buhawind Energy Northern Luzon Corporation (BENLC), a joint venture between PetroGreen Energy Corporation (PGEC) and Denmark’s Copenhagen Energy (CE), has been awarded a pre-development environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for its 2 GW Northern Luzon floating offshore wind project in the Philippines. The ECC was granted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Biomethanol-Powered CTV Delivered to N-O-S, Chartered by Vestas

    7 April 2025
    Project Updates, Vessels

    Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has taken delivery of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) converted to run entirely on biomethanol that has been chartered by Vestas. According to N-O-S, this is the world’s first 100 per cent biomethanol-powered CTV. “We now operate the world’s first single fuel biomethanol crew transfer vessel. We are improving our fleet’s […]

  • First Steel Cut for 2 GW German Offshore Grid Connections

    16 June 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first steel has been cut for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 grid connection systems that will be installed in the German North Sea. Last week, Meyer Werft, together with the German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion, Dragados Offshore, and Siemens Energy, celebrated the start of production of the converter platforms for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 […]

  • BuhaWind Energy Philippines’ Floating Offshore Wind Farms Get Gov’t Backing

    9 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    All three offshore wind projects, being developed by BuhaWind Energy Philippines, have been awarded the Certificate of Energy of National Significance (CEPNS) by the Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE). The certificate is said to represent a major milestone, as it ensures accelerated timelines and prioritised permitting across various national and local government agencies. Copenhagen Energy […]

  • Bill Supporting Offshore Wind Port Infrastructure Introduced in California

    10 February 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    A new bill has been introduced in California’s state legislature that would add an assessment of funding opportunities for offshore wind port infrastructure to the Governor’s Five-Year Infrastructure Plan. Introduced on 6 February, Assembly Bill 472 would amend the definition of “infrastructure” in the California Infrastructure Planning Act to include offshore wind port infrastructure as […]

  • Statkraft Drops Plan to Bid in Norway’s Floating Wind Tender, Stops Activities in New Offshore Wind Projects

    18 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Statkraft will stop further activities in new offshore wind projects, including the upcoming allocation round for floating wind projects at Utsira Nord in Norway, but will continue the development of the North Irish Sea Array (NISA), the Norwegian company said on 18 June. The move comes as Statkraft seeks to reduce its annual costs by […]

  • Buss Ports to Further Upgrade Heavy-Duty Offshore Wind Terminal in Eemshaven

    19 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates

    Buss Terminal Eemshaven (BTA), in collaboration with Groningen Seaports (GSP), is set to undertake a new upgrade to further strengthen the heavy-duty quay capacities at Eemshaven’s Buss Terminal to support the offshore wind energy sector in the North Sea. Through the project, named WINdQUAY and co-funded by the European Union through the European Climate, Infrastructure […]

  • Offshore Wind Common Goal in Netherlands as 75 Pct of Electricity in 2032 Expected to Come from Wind Farms in Dutch North Sea

    3 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Vessels

    In 2032, 75 per cent of all electricity produced in the Netherlands will come from offshore wind as the country will continue powering ahead with permitting and deploying wind farms in its North Sea waters, even with the change of cabinet. This is according to Jan Vos, Chairman of NedZero, who discussed the Dutch offshore […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins Contract for 2 GW German Offshore Wind Project

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Spain’s Dragados Offshore to deliver the steel substructure for the 2 GW BalWin1 converter station in the German North Sea. The contract also includes an option for the BalWin2 steel substructure. The contract is worth between NOK 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 130 million) and NOK 2.5 billion (about […]

  • North Star Takes Delivery of Its First Methanol-Ready CSOV

    8 May 2025
    Vessels

    North Star has taken delivery of its first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), Grampian Kestrel, that will be deployed for service on EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The vessel was named at a ceremony at Vard’s shipyard in Tomrefjord, Norway, Vard Langsten, on 6 May. It is the first of two CSOVs […]

  • PGE Baltica Awards Geophysical Survey Contract for 975 MW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    28 April 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    PGE Baltica has signed an agreement with Geofizyka Toruń SA to carry out a geophysical survey, including high-resolution reflection seismic with simultaneous bathymetric measurement for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm in Poland. The geophysical survey is scheduled to commence in the first half of May and is planned to last until mid-June 2025. Completion […]

  • New European Project Sets Out to Develop Liquid Hydrogen-Fueled SOV Design

    21 February 2025
    Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    A consortium led by ArianeGroup, an industrial company handling liquid hydrogen (LH2) for space applications, has launched a new project to develop solutions for storing and using LH2 as an energy carrier for maritime transport. The solution will be integrated into a new zero-emission service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farms. The project named […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Adjusts North Sea Offshore Wind Plans to Preserve Fisheries

    30 April 2025
    Authorities, Environment, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government has revised its offshore wind plans, scaling back its targets and eliminating one proposed development zone to allow greater access for the fishing industry, according to a new draft amendment to the North Sea Programme. The target for offshore wind energy has been adjusted from 50 GW to 21 GW. However, there […]

  • Gazelle Secures New Funding for 2 MW Floating Wind Demo Project

    29 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Gazelle Wind Power has secured an investment for business growth and the development of its 2 MW floating wind demonstrator project in Portugal. The EUR 2 million investment was closed with Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) through the Deal-by-Deal Co-Investment Programme, in partnership with Indico Capital Partners. According to BPF, the investment will allow Gazelle […]

  • Bermuda Seeks Developers for First Offshore Wind Project

    6 May 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Regulatory Authority (RA) of Bermuda has commenced the procurement process for the island’s first offshore wind project. The RA is inviting developers to express their interest in building and operating the offshore wind project, which is expected to be rolled out in phases, beginning with an initial installed capacity of 60 MW and expanding […]

  • BorWin Epsilon Converter Platform En Route to German North Sea

    22 April 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April and is en route to its final location in the German North Sea. The BorWin epsilon platform will make a short stop in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, […]

  • Installation of BorWin Epsilon Offshore Platform Underway in German North Sea

    12 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates

    BorWin epsilon offshore converter platform, which will connect to EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm, arrived at its designated location in the German North Sea several days ago and is now being installed. The offshore HVDC platform, including the topside and the jacket foundation, left Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April. At […]