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  • Lithuania’s Second Offshore Wind Tender to Be Reopened Next Week

    5 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Lithuanian government has decided that the tender for the right to develop a second 700 MW offshore wind farm will be relaunched on 9 June. The tender will be implemented by the National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC). Registration of participants and submission of documents will be open until 8 September. The offshore wind farm […]

  • All Round 3.2 Offshore Wind Contracts Submitted in Taiwan

    13 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    All five projects that were awarded capacity in Taiwan’s 3.2 offshore wind tender round have submitted their contracts to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOE). According to MOE, one developer had already submitted its contract, while the remaining four filed their contract applications for the signing process on 9 May. Taiwan’s Energy Department under the […]

  • EDF Files Applications for 10+ GW of Offshore Wind in Brazil, Lists 21 MW Turbines as Preferred

    16 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    EDF Renewables has applied for environmental investigations for five offshore wind projects in Brazil, totalling over 10 GW in potential installed capacity. The developer also plans another 2 GW project in the country in partnership with the Brazilian company Internacional Energias Renováveis. According to documents from Brazil’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA), […]

  • Macquarie Finalizes Acquisition of Offshore Wind O&M Company Ziton

    9 January 2025
    Business & Finance

    Macquarie Asset Management, through Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, has completed the acquisition of Ziton, a provider of operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the offshore wind industry. “This is a significant milestone for ZITON, as Macquarie’s investment validates the strong company we have built. With our solid market position, excellent customer relationships, and some […]

  • Estonia Grants First Offshore Wind Farm Building Permit

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

    The Estonian government has approved a draft bill granting the first building permit for the construction of an offshore wind farm in the country. The permit will be granted to Saare Wind Energy OÜ, which plans to build a wind farm on the west coast of Saaremaa. The company seeks to build an offshore wind […]

  • 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 […]

  • Scottish Council Greenlights Onshore Plans for Salamander Floating Wind Farm

    27 March 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, being developed by a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7, has been awarded planning permission in principle for the onshore aspects of its proposed floating project in Scotland. The submission was made to Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore substation and associated infrastructure in August 2024 under the Town […]

  • Aikido Floating Wind Platform Receives Statement of Maturity from ABS

    6 February 2025
    Floating Wind, Technology

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued a statement of maturity, the latest stage in new technology qualification, for the floating wind platform design developed by the US-based floating wind technology company Aikido Technologies. ABS says that as part of the process, it witnessed an upending demonstration of Aikido One, a 1:4 scale floating […]

  • Venterra Wraps Up Metocean Study for Wind Areas Offshore Ireland

    5 May 2025
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development

    Venterra Group has completed a regional metocean characterisation study for the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP), commissioned by Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC). The study utilised numerical modelling techniques and provided a 40-year hindcast dataset of metocean conditions across the SC-DMAP and its four maritime areas planned for offshore […]

  • Poland to Launch 4 GW Offshore Wind Auction in December, Bałtyk 1 Project Makes Early Move

    11 June 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Poland is set to hold its first auction for offshore wind farms in December 2025, the country’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) announced this week. Equinor and Polenergia have submitted a pre-qualification application to ERO for the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm project to participate in the first offshore auction in Poland. The first auction for […]

  • 12 Hours of Rough Weather Cause 30 Pct of Blade Damage per Year, Research Shows

    19 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Wind Turbines

    According to new research conducted by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in collaboration with offshore wind farm operators such as Eneco, Shell, and Equinor, a substantial part of the damage that wind turbine blades suffer per year occurs across twelve hours of harsh weather conditions. “We already knew that heavy rain significantly […]

  • New Research Project Aims to Create More Accurate Wake Modelling for Offshore Wind

    26 May 2025
    Research & Development

    A new research project – which gathers industry and academia partners from Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark – is said to enable a more accurate modelling of offshore wind energy wake effects in the North Sea. The joint research project, named EuroWindWakes, launched in late 2024 with the aim of significantly increasing the accuracy of […]

  • UK’s NOC Develops Roadmap for Offshore Wind Environmental Monitoring

    27 February 2025
    Environment, R&D

    The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has delivered a roadmap to improve ocean observation and enhance understanding of the potential impacts of expanding offshore wind developments on the marine environment. The Scoping an Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme report was commissioned by the Scottish Government’s Scottish Marine Energy Research (ScotMER) programme, to help inform the […]

  • New Research Project to Study Offshore Wind Energy Yield in UK

    13 March 2025
    Business development, Industry, Research & Development

    The University of Manchester has been awarded funding to lead a twelve-month research project to improve the understanding of the energy yield from offshore wind in the UK. The Prediction Of UnqualifieD losseS from offshore wind farm wakes (POUNDS) project aims to provide a national-scale assessment of interactions between offshore wind farms, supporting policymakers and […]

  • New European Project to Tackle Offshore Energy Storage Challenges

    13 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Power-to-X, R&D, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Sixteen partners from across the European offshore renewable energy sector have launched the Offshore Electricity Storage Technology Research (OESTER) project to accelerate the development of offshore electricity storage. Several major energy industry players, such as RWE, Vattenfall, and the Dutch research organisation TNO, are part of this three-year initiative, which aims to accelerate the development […]

  • ZTT’s Flagship Monopile Installation Vessel Gets Major Overhaul

    2 January 2025
    Vessels

    ZTT’s flagship monopile installation vessel, Zhongtian 39, has received key upgrades to enhance its capabilities in offshore wind projects, according to a recent social media post from the China-based Tier 1 supplier. The vessel, launched in October 2023, now features a DP2 dynamic positioning system for precise, anchorless positioning in challenging offshore environments, said ZTT. […]

  • Baltic Power Launches Scheme to Pay Fishermen Affected by Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    2 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    The developers behind the Baltic Power project have made the initial compensation payments to fishermen who conducted fishing activities in the wind farm area off the coast of Poland. The transitional compensation scheme is valid for the construction of the offshore wind farm or until ministerial regulations are in place, said Baltic Power, a joint […]

  • TenneT Selects NKT Power Cable Systems for Two Projects in Germany

    27 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    The Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected NKT to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) on- and offshore power cable systems for two projects that are part of TenneT’s 2 GW programme. The contracts, valued at approximately EUR 1 billion, are set to be completed between 2026 and 2027, encompassing cable design, engineering, production, […]

  • Smulders Putting Together Final Transition Piece for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    8 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Production of the last transition piece (TP) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, is underway at Smulders facility in Hoboken, Belgium. The consortium comprising Sif and Smulders was awarded contracts for the manufacture of all monopiles and transition pieces for the three-phased Dogger Bank Wind […]

  • California Ports Forge Partnership to Advance Floating Offshore Wind

    19 December 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    The California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt have joined forces to advance floating offshore wind development off the California coast. Through this collaboration, they aim to develop critical port infrastructure for wind turbine assembly, with installations planned 20-30 miles offshore Humboldt County and Morro Bay. “This important agreement parlays […]

  • Ocean Winds Hires Føn Energy Services in Scotland

    11 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance

    Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted Føn Energy Services to provide a fully integrated Balance of Plant (BoP) operations and maintenance (O&M) service programme for the Moray East and Moray West offshore wind farms in Scotland. The contract is valid for three years, with an option to extend […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Soon Install 21 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype at Danish Test Site — Reports

    10 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa is transporting a nacelle from its facility in Brande, Denmark, to the Østerild wind turbine test centre, a company spokesperson confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz. The spokesperson declined to reveal any specifics about the wind turbine but Danish media writes that it is the new prototype which Bloomberg reported earlier this year to have a […]

  • Vard Receives AiP for North Star’s Two Methanol-Ready CSOVs

    2 December 2024
    Vessels

    Norwegian Vard has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the methanol fuelling system of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) currently under construction for North Star. The AiP is awarded by Lloyd’s Register and applies to two of the vessels designed and under construction for North Star. The approval has been through two levels of […]

  • Monopile Installation Continues at Vineyard Wind 1 Site Offshore US

    28 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The DP3 installation vessel Orion, owned and operated by the Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME, is scheduled to begin installing the remaining monopile foundations at the Vineyard Wind 1 site in the US on or around 28 October, as disclosed in the project’s recent offshore wind mariner update. Prior to installation, the POLARIS and HOS RUGER […]

  • GE Vernova Removing More Vineyard Wind Blades While Strengthening Others Following Inspections

    24 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following a July blade failure incident, GE Vernova plans to remove some blades and strengthen others at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The companies are implementing the incident and response action plan, which was announced in August. The plan outlined steps to safely remove the remainder of the damaged blade […]

  • First Commercial-Scale Seaweed Farm Between Wind Turbines Fully Operational in Netherlands

    19 November 2024
    Environment, R&D

    The world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm within the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Netherlands is fully operational. According to the non-profit organisation North Sea Farmers (NSF), the final deployment step was completed one week ago by deploying the seeded substrate. North Sea Farm 1, initiated by NSF with funding from Amazon’s Right […]