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  • RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Preps for First Turbine Installation

    17 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK has reached several major milestones in the construction of foundations and onshore and offshore electrical systems and is now preparing for the first turbine installation expected in the coming weeks. Last week, Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak arrived, ready to transport the first set […]

  • 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 […]

  • 18-State Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over Block on Wind Energy Projects

    6 May 2025
    Authorities, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    A coalition of 18 state attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s directive to stop federal approvals for both onshore and offshore wind energy developments, warning that the policy could seriously damage the wind industry and hinder progress on renewable energy. The coalition alleges that the administration’s directive and federal agencies’ subsequent […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on 1.4 GW East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK, with the first of 95 monopile foundations now installed by the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus. Standing at 83.89 metres tall, 10.6 metres in diameter and weighing 1,800 tonnes, the monopile also represents a new offshore wind industry record – […]

  • Leading Light Wind Requests Another Delay Due to Equipment Challenges

    6 January 2025
    Authorities, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The developer of the 2.4 GW Leading Light Wind project off the coast of New Jersey, the US, is requesting an additional delay for the project’s contract due to difficulties in securing essential equipment. Leading Light Wind, developed by Invenergy and its partner energyRe, already received one pause on its project from the New Jersey […]

  • Europe Installed 15 GW of Wind in 2024, But Needs More to Meet Its 2030 Targets, WindEurope Says

    10 January 2025
    Business development, Industry, Research & Development

    Europe installed 15 GW of new wind energy in 2024, with the EU accounting for 13 GW, yet 30 GW per year is required to meet the 2030 climate and energy targets, according to WindEurope’s initial estimates. According to WindEurope, Europe built 15 GW of new energy last year: 13 GW onshore and 2.3 GW […]

  • Vattenfall Reaches Final Investment Decision to Build Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Vattenfall has made the final investment decision on the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea, with the construction scheduled to begin in 2026. In addition, the Swedish utility has decided to repurchase the shares in the Nordlicht cluster that BASF acquired in 2024. The final investment decision for Nordlicht […]

  • 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 […]

  • Cadeler Takes Delivery of First M-Class Vessel, Signs Contracts for Second Unit

    3 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The first of two M-class wind installation vessels, named Wind Maker, has been delivered to Denmark-headquartered Cadeler. The company has also signed the first contracts for its second M-class vessel, Wind Mover. Cadeler, a provider of offshore wind installation, operations and maintenance services, celebrated the naming of Wind Maker at the Hanwha Ocean shipyard in […]

  • New Jersey Cancels Fourth Offshore Wind Solicitation Amid Federal Shifts and Shell’s Exit

    4 February 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has cancelled the bidding process for the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation, citing uncertainty caused by recent federal actions and Shell’s withdrawal from the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project. The state’s fourth round of offshore wind solicitation was launched in May 2024, initially aimed at awarding between […]

  • 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 […]

  • Denmark Targets This Autumn for Offshore Wind Tender Reboot with State Support

    20 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Danish government will launch a 3 GW offshore wind tender this autumn, providing support through two-sided Contracts for Difference (CfD), following the suspension of the previous auction round earlier this year. The tender will open in autumn 2025 and will cover three areas, two in the Danish North Sea and one separating Denmark from […]

  • AI-Powered Cargo Drones Tested at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    25 February 2025
    Business development, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore service provider Ampelmann, Dutch Applied Scientific Research Institute (TNO), and offshore wind developer Vattenfall recently tested AI-powered cargo drones at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms DanTysk and Sandbank in the German North Sea.  Cargo drones can transport materials and equipment from a service operation vessel (SOV) to wind turbines, reducing the need for vessels to go […]

  • New Taskforce Enters Subsea Scene to Enhance Cable Performance for Offshore Wind

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Global Underwater Hub (GUH) has launched a new initiative to tackle subsea cable reliability, a critical factor in offshore wind development, as the UK pushes to meet its clean energy targets. The industry body, representing the UK’s GBP 9.2 billion (around USD 11.3 billion) underwater sector, has published a white paper outlining the need for […]

  • First Turbine Up at 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

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

    The first of 76 Vestas 15 MW turbines has been installed at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by a joint venture between the Orlen Group and Northland Power. Cadeler has been selected as the transport and installation contractor by the joint venture. The O-Class jack-up vessel Wind Osprey will lead the […]

  • Offshore Energy Amsterdam 2025 Exhibition Floor 70 Pct Booked

    24 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Innovation

    This is an article by Navingo, owner of the offshoreWIND.biz media brand and the organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam.  The year has just started but the exhibition floor for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2025 in November is filling up quickly. Only around 30 per cent of the […]

  • Norwegian floating offshore wind companies optimistic about the industry’s future

    25 March 2025
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    It’s no secret that in 2025, a few stubborn obstacles have slowed the anticipated pace of floating offshore wind development. Some are economic, while others are bureaucratic. But the hurdles only serve to motivate Norwegian wind energy companies, which are tackling industry challenges one innovation at a time with full confidence in floating wind’s future. […]

  • Atlantic Shores Requests to Terminate 1.5 GW OREC Contract with New Jersey | ‘Presidential Wind Memorandum, Subsequent Actions Directly Impacted Project Feasibility’

    10 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has submitted a request to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), seeking that the existing offshore renewable energy credit (OREC) order, issued by the NJBPU in 2021 for 1,509.6 MW of generation capacity at Atlantic Shores Project 1, be terminated. The developer, which planned to take the final investment […]

  • Saipem and Subsea7 Unveil Merger Plan

    24 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the possible merger with global energy player Subsea7. The two players reached an agreement in principle on the key terms of a possible merger, which is expected to result in the creation of a global market leader in the […]

  • TenneT Opts for Nokia Optical Network Tech for Eight 2 GW Dutch Offshore Platforms

    14 January 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Technology

    TenneT has contracted Nokia to provide optical networking technology for eight new 2 GW offshore converter platforms in the Dutch North Sea that will transmit electricity generated by offshore wind farms to the Netherlands. The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) will use the communication network to monitor and manage the remote and uncrewed 2 GW […]

  • Heerema to Deliver Flat-Over Barge for TenneT’s 2 GW Offshore Topsides

    6 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with the German/Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for the delivery of a float-over barge, designed to install 2 GW offshore substations weighing more than 30,000 tonnes. According to Heerema, the new float-over barge will be a vital asset in the installation of ultra-heavy topsides, such as TenneT’s […]

  • 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 […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Introduces Transport & Installation Solutions for Floating Wind

    6 February 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development

    Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled a range of methods designed to transform and industrialize the transportation and installation (T&I) of floating offshore wind turbines. According to the Norway-headquartered company, the new solutions promise to streamline the entire process, from anchor and mooring installation to electrical cable pull-in, ensuring that turbines are ready to be connected to […]

  • Delaware, US Wind Sign USD 128 Million Worth of Agreements

    7 January 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Delaware Governor John Carney and officials from the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) have signed three agreements valued at more than USD 128 million (approximately EUR 123 million) with US Wind, which recently received federal approval for its Maryland offshore wind development that will power the Delmarva Peninsula. The Delaware state […]

  • “Little Giants” of Tower & Foundation Production: Defying Expectations Without Compromising Expertise 

    30 April 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Industry

    The BIG 5 alliance defies all odds without compromising on quality or expertise. This bold coalition, featuring LINSINGER Maschinenbau GmbH, MIBA Group, HAEUSLER AG, ENABL A/S, and partners, unites decades of expertise to transform manufacturers’ production efficiency, enhance their competitiveness, and reduce the levelized cost of energy. Producing wind turbine towers and foundations is no […]

  • 1 Pct of Global Offshore Wind Investments Could Restore Millions of Square Kilometres of Marine Ecosystems, Study Finds

    8 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Allocating just 1 per cent of the global offshore wind investments from now until 2050, which are projected to be USD 6 trillion (approximately EUR 5.1 trillion), to marine conservation and restoration could restore millions of square kilometres of marine ecosystems, a new international study has found. The scientists who conducted the study have urged […]