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  • First Offshore Wind-Focused Auction Launched in Philippines

    12 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has launched its Fifth Green Energy Auction (GEA-5), the first to focus exclusively on offshore wind, offering 3,300 MW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity. Energy delivery from the auctioned offshore wind projects is planned to start from 2028 through 2030. GEA-5 forms part of the DOE’s broader strategy to […]

  • Gone with the Wind: Overcoming Europe’s Offshore Project Obstacles

    20 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Research & Development

    Offshore wind will be key to the EU’s ambitious plans to double its share of renewables, but challenges including grid connections and supply chain issues may hinder the rapid progress required to achieve this target. Michel Maaskant, Sector Sales Specialist for Offshore Renewables at Aggreko, explores the topic further, and how the sector’s construction and […]

  • BOEM Seeks Public Feedback on Offshore Wind Leasing in Guam

    6 January 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has launched a call for information and nominations for possible wind energy leasing off the coast of the US Pacific Territory of Guam. The Call requests information on one contiguous area around the island that comprises approximately 2.1 million acres. The area begins about 3 nautical miles […]

  • Tidal Transit Signs South Korean Offshore Wind MoU

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    UK-headquartered Tidal Transit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore’s Britoil Offshore Services and Sky Offshore to develop, fund, build, and operate offshore support vessels for the South Korean offshore wind industry. South Korea has set a nationwide goal of reaching 14.3 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. “South Korea is fast […]

  • Dutch Zeevonk Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Gains Ground

    20 February 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Zeevonk, a joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and developer of a large-scale project blending offshore wind, floating solar, and green hydrogen, has moved on to the next phase with the front-end engineering design (FEED) work assigned to the UK-based company Wood. Under the contract, Wood will conduct FEED work for the […]

  • Skyborn, TotalEnergies and Partners Inaugurate Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Yunneng Wind Power, the joint venture that built and owns the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, has inaugurated the 640 MW project at a ceremony held at the Santiaolun Beach & Water Park in Sihu Township. After the first turbine was connected to the Taiwanese grid in 2021, the wind farm reached its full operational […]

  • Cerulean Adds Ocean Installer to Aspen Floating Wind Team

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Ocean Installer, a marine construction and operations provider, has been appointed by Cerulean Winds to join the alliance of companies developing the 1 GW Aspen floating offshore wind farm in the central North Sea. Ocean Installer will provide engineering expertise and installation services, post-FID, for the mooring system installation, inter-array cables, and marshalling of the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Japan’s Floating Wind Tech Research Association to Cooperate with DNV

    3 June 2025
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Technology

    Global wind energy technology certification organisation, DNV, and Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the possibilities of collaboration in floating wind technology development. “Floating offshore wind is poised to play a crucial role in Japan’s energy landscape. With ambitious renewable energy targets, Japan is focusing […]

  • TotalEnergies Winner of German 1 GW Offshore Wind Auction

    17 June 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting

    TotalEnergies has been selected as the winner of the latest German tender for the N-9.4 offshore wind site in the North Sea, which can accommodate 1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. TotalEnergies, through its subsidiary Offshore Wind One GmbH, submitted the winning bid in an auction that attracted multiple zero-subsidy offers, initiating a dynamic […]

  • Cenos Floating Wind Farm Wraps Up NorthConnect Deal

    16 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    NorthConnect has been acquired by the developers of the Cenos Offshore Windfarm, a 1.4 GW floating wind project in Scotland led by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. In a recent social media post, Vårgrønn said that the acquisition of NorthConnect marks a key milestone in the development of the floating wind project, as it already holds […]

  • 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 […]

  • Åland Government Working Towards Offshore Wind Auction

    27 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Government of Åland is working on establishing an auction process for seabed leasing and concession allocation for offshore wind in the northern maritime areas of Åland. The Åland government recently issued a notice seeking a commercial advisor who would prepare, administer, and manage the auction process for developers interested in building and operating an […]

  • Maritime Organisations Launch Strategic Cooperation in Offshore Wind

    16 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN), the Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO), Innovation Norway, the Dutch development agency NOM, the Province of Groningen, and Danish Maritime have launched a strategic cooperation with a goal of strengthening the cross-border maritime economy in the context of offshore wind expansion. Germany, Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands are pursuing […]

  • DEME’s Second Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Launched

    4 July 2025
    Vessels

    The second wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore for DEME Group, has been launched. Norse Energi, like its sister vessel Norse Wind, is engineered to install turbines with rotor diameters over 300 metres and XXL monopiles up to 3,000 tonnes, even in water depths of 70 metres. The first steel […]

  • Havfram Hired for ‘Major’ European Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Norway-based Havfram has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for the construction of an offshore wind project in Europe. Havfram said that the “major” project will be executed in 2029, utilising one of the company’s GustoMSC NG-20000X installation vessels, planned to be delivered in the second half of 2025. The installation work is anticipated […]

  • Netherlands Consulting Developers on 2026 Offshore Wind Tender

    30 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth is currently exploring which procedure to choose for the permitting of the Nederwiek II and Nederwiek III offshore wind sites that are planned to be put out to tender in 2026. The Ministry has now opened a market consultation period for wind farm developers to provide feedback […]

  • Portugal Lays Groundwork for First Offshore Wind Auction

    23 April 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Portuguese government has outlined the framework for the country’s first auction of commercial-scale offshore wind farms, which is expected to take place later this year. Published on 21 April in the Diário da República, the order sets out a centralised sequential model for allocating offshore wind development areas, in alignment with the National Energy […]

  • 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 […]

  • Scottish Floating Wind Project Completes Metocean Campaign

    22 January 2025
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 has retrieved floating LiDARs and wave buoy equipment as part of the metocean campaign for the proposed Salamander floating offshore wind farm off the North East of Scotland. The campaign started in October 2023 with the deployment of two floating SEAWATCH Wind Lidar Buoys and […]

  • Wind and Ocean Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Germany

    13 February 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    At the end of last year, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) launched a multi-year measurement campaign to collect wind and sea data in an area approximately 280 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. Since mid-December 2024, Fugro Norway, contracted for this purpose, has been collecting comprehensive wind […]

  • Surveys for Ørsted’s Australian Offshore Wind Projects Completed

    14 May 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has completed geotechnical and geophysical investigations at two Gippsland offshore wind farm sites in Australia. Using specialist vessels and equipment, the developer tested approximately 60 locations across its two feasibility licence areas by scanning and sampling the seabed in the Bass Strait off the Gippsland coast. The data should help Ørsted understand the composition […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Japan Form Offshore Wind Alliance

    25 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Siemens Gamesa have established a cooperative framework to facilitate dialogue and collaboration on developing offshore wind turbine supply chains, both within Japan and in international markets. The aim of this cooperation framework is the participation of Japanese companies in the wind turbine supply chain, the development […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]