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  • Nature Organisations Join Forces to Scale Up Oyster Reef Development in Offshore Wind

    8 April 2026
    Environment

    Three organisations for nature conservation and restoration have launched a new collaborative project to accelerate the large-scale development of native oyster reefs at offshore wind farms in the North Sea.  The initiative, called TOPPING (The Oystrification Program for Practical Integrated Nature Gain), gathers The Rich North Sea, based in the Netherlands, the Germany-based Native Oyster […]

  • ‘Mobilising EUR 1 Trillion in Investments’ | North Sea Countries, Industry, TSOs to Ink Offshore Wind Pact

    26 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Turbines

    Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmission system operators (TSOs) that is said to […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Wind Turbine with CO2-Reduced Steel Tower and Recyclable Blades Installed Offshore Denmark

    9 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Waters off Denmark’s west coast are now home to what RWE says is the world’s first offshore wind turbine featuring a CO2‑reduced steel tower and recyclable rotor blades. The 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction some 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland, will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD […]

  • Vestas Ends 2025 with All-Time High Revenue and EUR 10.1 Billion Offshore Wind Turbine Order Backlog

    5 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas’s offshore wind turbine order backlog was worth EUR 10.1 billion as at 31 December 2025, according to the company’s annual report, which shows that for both onshore and offshore, the turbine order backlog amounted to 31,026 MW and a value of EUR 33.2 billion at the end of the year, EUR 1.6 billion more […]

  • Jan De Nul Launches Second Cable Laying Giant

    7 April 2026
    Cables, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched William Thomson, the second of two identical subsea cable‑laying vessels currently under construction. Both vessels have a cargo capacity of 28,000 tonnes and a length of 215 metres. This makes them the largest of their kind, Jan De Nul said. Jan De Nul’s two new cable-laying vessels have been specially […]

  • Chinese Company Launches Second Vessel Designed to Transport 25 MW Wind Turbine Components

    20 April 2026
    Business development, Vessels

    Dajin Heavy Industry has launched King Two, its second self-built heavy deck carrier that can transport components for offshore wind turbines of up to 25 MW, at its Panjin shipbuilding facility. The company’s first vessel of this type, King One, was launched in October 2025 and has already completed its maiden voyage as it shipped monopiles […]

  • Contracts for Difference Bumped Up to EU Level as Commission Releases New Grids Package

    10 December 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The European Commission just published a European Grids Package that includes Guidance on Contracts for Difference (CfDs), making the offshore wind industry’s much-sought-after procurement model soon to be mandated by the EU. While the new package has yet to be adopted and will serve as a foundation for EU and national legislation moving forward, a […]

  • Multi-Million Financing Secured to Upgrade Buss Terminal Eemshaven Infrastructure

    17 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Buss Terminal Eemshaven is receiving a multi-million investment to reinforce the quay and improve the seabed at the Julianahaven area in the Netherlands. The joint financing is made possible by Groningen Seaports, Rabobank, the Groninger Groeifonds, and NV NOM, with additional support from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) grant. The upgrade […]

  • Steelwind Loads Out Final Baltic Power Monopiles

    13 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Steelwind Nordenham has loaded out the final three monopiles for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project at its port facility in Germany. Over the course of 26 shipments, all 78 monopiles that the company produced were successfully delivered. The first of the monopiles was installed offshore at the beginning of the year, followed […]

  • Ten Most Read News on offshoreWIND.biz in 2025

    1 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    OffshoreWIND.biz has millions of views per year and hundreds of thousands per month. In 2025, some stories received significantly bigger attention than others, and in this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in the now-past year. In August, only days after Ørsted reported that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of […]

  • Hamburg Declaration: North Sea Countries Target 100 GW of Cross-Border Offshore Wind, Boost to Offshore Hydrogen

    26 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X

    Energy ministers from nine North Sea countries signed the ‘Hamburg Declaration’ at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on 26 January, agreeing to work towards up to 100 GW of cross-border offshore wind capacity in the North Seas by 2050, while also advancing offshore renewable hydrogen as part of a more integrated regional energy system. […]

  • RWE Unleashes Autonomous, Heavy Payload Drones at German Offshore Wind Farms

    15 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    RWE said on 15 October it had completed more than 80 successful cargo drone flights to offshore wind turbines in Germany, marking what it described as a milestone for the offshore wind industry. The company said the tests demonstrated the technical feasibility of using drones to deliver tools and spare parts directly to wind turbines […]

  • Both Nordseecluster A Offshore Substations In Place

    14 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has completed the installation of two offshore substations at its Nordseecluster A wind farm site in the German North Sea. The platforms, each around 40 metres long and 22 metres high, were manufactured by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at its yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and were placed onto their foundations by Scaldis using its floating […]

  • Gazelle Partners with Chinese Manufacturer on Industrialisation of Floating Wind Tech

    15 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Floating wind foundation developer, Gazelle Wind Power, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Titan Wind Energy, a Chinese manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbine components, which also has offices in Denmark and Germany. The two companies signed the MoU while a delegation from Gazelle was recently visiting Titan Wind’s Nantong facility in […]

  • CS Wind Gets Go-Ahead for Nordlicht 2 Transition Piece Contract

    10 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    CS Wind Offshore has received the Final Notice to Proceed for the Nordlicht 2 transition pieces (TPs) from Vattenfall, which made the full final investment decision (FID) for its Nordlicht offshore wind projects in January. For the 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster, CS Wind Offshore will deliver 68 TPs for the 980 MW Nordlicht 1 and […]

  • First Monopile In at Iberdrola’s Third Offshore Wind Farm in German Baltic Sea

    1 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile has been installed at the Windanker offshore wind project site in the German Baltic Sea, marking the start of construction on Iberdrola’s third large-scale offshore wind project in the region, the company said via social media on 1 October. The monopiles are being installed by Van Oord using its heavy-lift installation vessel […]

  • Dajin Launches Its First Heavy Deck Carrier for Offshore Wind, Plans 20-Strong Fleet

    14 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Vessels

    Dajin Heavy Industry has launched its first self-built heavy deck carrier designed to transport XXL components and equipment for the offshore wind, oil, and gas industries. The vessel is the first of four of the same type that the company is currently building, and could be the first in a fleet of 20 heavy deck carriers […]

  • Jan De Nul Orders Nordlicht I Cable Protection Systems at CRP Subsea

    30 March 2026
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul has contracted CRP Subsea to supply protection systems for inter-array cables at Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. CRP Subsea will deliver 141 NjordGuard cable protection systems (CPS), with three NjordGuard CPS designs to be engineered to meet the specific installation requirements for both monopile and J-tube […]

  • Three Institutional Investors Back TenneT’s German Unit in EUR 9.5 Billion Deal

    24 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    TenneT Holding has reached an agreement with APG (acting on behalf of pension fund ABP), Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC to invest a total of EUR 9.5 billion in the German transmission system operator (TSO). The three institutional investors are set to acquire around 46 per cent of […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines in 2025: China Continues Leading in Single-Unit Capacity, Vestas’s 15 MW Turbine Installed at Offshore Wind Farms

    1 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    In offshoreWIND.biz‘s 2024 annual wind turbine overview, you could have read about the first 16 MW floating wind platform installed offshore and a 26 MW prototype under construction, both in China, and a 21 MW prototype being assembled in Europe. Wind turbine generator (WTG) technology did not stop progressing in 2025, with Chinese OEMs still leading capacity-wise, […]

  • FinalRAVE for First German Offshore Wind Farm as Vattenfall Starts Preparing Decommissioning Tender

    10 October 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is preparing an invitation to tender for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, according to early information that emerged on a European tender website. Meanwhile, the participants of the RAVE (Research at Alpha VEntus) initiative have kicked off finalRAVE, a sub-project with a focus on the offshore wind farm’s final phase and dismantling. According to […]

  • First Steel Cut for TenneT’s 2 GW LanWin2 Offshore Grid Connection in Germany

    30 September 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first has been cut for TenneT’s LanWin2 offshore grid connection at Dragados Offshore’s facilities in Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The milestone marks the beginning of block construction at Dragados Offshore’s yards in Cimolai, Italy, and Eversandai, in the UAE. The first steel blocks will be delivered in the coming months, which will […]

  • DEME to Install Inter-Array Cables on New German Offshore Wind Farm

    3 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain, Vessels

    DEME has secured a contract for the transport and installation of inter-array cables on the 900 MW Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, owned by RWE (51 per cent) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49 per cent). Under the contract, the Belgian offshore construction specialist will transport and install a total […]

  • Mingyang Plans to Build ‘Britain’s First Fully Integrated Offshore Wind Manufacturing Facility’

    13 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans to invest up to GBP 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 1.7 billion) in Scotland to create what the company says would be Britain’s first fully integrated offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility, which would provide up to 1,500 new jobs. The three-phased project would create an offshore wind hub to […]

  • Second Gennaker Offshore Substation Rolls Out at Dutch Yard

    2 February 2026
    Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The HSI Joint Venture, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv, has rolled out the topside of the second offshore substation (OSS) for the German offshore wind farm Gennaker at HSM Offshore Energy’s yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The joint venture will now work toward the upcoming load-out, sail-away, and offshore installation. The substation, named […]

  • NextGeo Pens Eight-Year Deal with 50Hertz for Seabed Surveys Offshore Germany

    23 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has entered into an eight-year framework agreement with the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to provide geotechnical seabed survey services for offshore substation development. Under the agreement, valued at multiple million euros annually over eight years, NextGeo will provide geotechnical seabed survey services to support the development of offshore substations, which […]