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  • All XXL Monopiles for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Delivered

    16 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has shipped the final eight XXL monopiles for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm, completing the delivery of all 32 monopiles it was contracted to produce for the project. The last batch has departed CWHI’s Qinzhou yard aboard the COSCO Shipping vessel Xiang Taikou and is on its way […]

  • 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 […]

  • First Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Section Built Locally in Poland

    19 September 2025
    Equipment, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The first offshore wind tower section has been produced at the new Baltic Towers facility in Gdańsk, Poland. The event was attended by Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Pomeranian Voivode Beata Rutkiewicz, Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Mieczysław Struk, Mayor of the City of Gdańsk Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, and representatives of the Government of […]

  • Dongfang Installs ‘World’s Largest Single-Capacity’ Offshore Wind Turbine for Testing

    3 September 2025
    R&D, Technology

    Dongfang Electric Corporation has completed the installation of a 26 MW offshore wind turbine, which the Chinese company claims is the world’s largest in terms of single-unit capacity and rotor diameter. The offshore wind turbine was installed at the Wind Power Equipment Testing and Certification Innovation Base in Dongying, Shandong province, China. The unit features […]

  • DEME’s New WTIV Stretches 124-Metre-Long Legs Ahead of Delivery in Q4 2025

    8 August 2025
    Project Updates, Vessels

    DEME’s new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Norse Wind has completed a full-height jacking test at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore’s shipyard as part of the vessel’s commissioning phase, before it is delivered to DEME in the fourth quarter of this year. During the test, the vessel’s legs were extended to their full length of 124 […]

  • EU Approves EUR 11 Billion French Plan for 1.5 GW Floating Offshore Wind Farms

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

    The European Commission has approved an EUR 11 billion French scheme to support the construction and operation of three floating offshore wind farms with a total generating capacity of 1.5 GW. The 20-year scheme was approved under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) and is said to contribute to France meeting its 2030 […]

  • Offshore Substation for Windanker Project En Route to Baltic Sea Site

    5 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The HSI consortium, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv, has sent off the Jasmund offshore substation (OSS), which will connect the Windanker offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the German electricity grid. The 4,500-tonne OSS topside, measuring 48 metres in length, 33 metres in width, 17.5 metres in height, has sailed out […]

  • Final Caissons for World’s First Artificial Energy Island Readying for Spring Installation

    29 January 2026
    Energy Islands, Foundations, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul has constructed and floated the remaining concrete structures for the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Energy Island at the Vlissingen site in the Netherlands. The concrete caissons are now at the Scaldia terminal, where they will undergo final works before being installed offshore this spring. The installation of the caissons started in April last year, […]

  • Ocergy’s Floating Platform Selected for Japan’s Offshore Wind Observation Project

    10 September 2025
    Floating Wind, R&D, Technology

    US-based Ocergy has been selected by Kyuden Mirai Energy Corporation as the floater provider for an offshore wind observation project being implemented under Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) programme. The floating wind project is being developed by Kyuden Mirai Energy, Kobe University, Rera Tech, and Cosmo Eco Power. Ocergy’s OCG-data floating platform […]

  • Gazelle Teams Up with LiDAR Tech Company to Develop Smart Floating Wind Platforms

    6 November 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain, Technology

    Portugal-based floating wind foundation developer, Gazelle Wind Power, has entered into a strategic partnership with Blue Aspirations, a Chinese company specialising in floating LiDAR and seabed observation systems. The new partners plan to develop smart floating offshore wind platforms. According to a press release Blue Aspirations issued on 30 October, the partnership will bring together […]

  • Seatrium Launches Arbitration Against Maersk in WTIV Contract Dispute

    1 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Seatrium has launched arbitration proceedings against an affiliate of Maersk Offshore Wind, escalating a contract dispute over a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that Maersk sought to terminate in October, the shipbuilder said. Seatrium Energy International (SEI) issued its notice of arbitration on 28 November, seeking declarations that Maersk’s affiliate Phoenix II A/S wrongfully […]

  • Eiffage Wins €1.5 Billion Contract for French Offshore Substations

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

    Eiffage, through Smulders, has been awarded a contract by the French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE to develop and build three substations for the Bretagne Sud, Narbonnaise Sud-Hérault, and Golfe de Fos French offshore wind farms. Overall, the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning contract is worth more than EUR 1.5 billion. The contract covers […]

  • Navantia and Windar Complete East Anglia Three Monopiles

    22 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The business alliance formed by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has completed the manufacturing of 45 monopiles for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola in the UK North Sea. The Navantia-Windar consortium is delivering 45 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm under a contract with ScottishPower Renewables, […]

  • UK Competition to Award Funding for New Offshore Wind Foundation, Substation Solutions

    27 January 2026
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Innovation, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million (around EUR 1.2 million) funding competition to accelerate innovation in industrial foundations and substructures, and substations and electrical design. “Industrial opportunity in the UK offshore wind sector has never been greater. The recent results of Allocation Round 7 have added 8.4GW to the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ulstein Launches First of Two J.P. Morgan CSOVs

    8 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Ulstein Verft in Norway has launched Yard no. 322, the first of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) the company is building for investors advised by J.P. Morgan. In July 2023, Bernhard Schulte Offshore ordered the design and construction of two CSOVs from Ulstein, a contract that included options for two + two vessels. In 2024, […]

  • Geotechnical Surveys Start at 165 MW Lillebælt Syd Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

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

    Geotechnical surveys have commenced for the Lillebælt Syd offshore wind farm in Denmark, owned by TotalEnergies, European Energy, and Danish utility company SONFOR. In the coming months, a jack-up will conduct test drilling for the eleven turbine locations at the Lillebælt Syd wind farm site. The purpose of these surveys is to obtain detailed knowledge […]

  • Windward Offshore Takes Delivery of Its First Commissioning Service Operation Vessel

    1 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vard has delivered the first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Windward Offshore, Windward Athens, which marks the German company’s entry into the offshore wind operations & maintenance (O&M) market. Windward Offshore has three more CSOVs under construction at Vard. Built by Vard in Norway and delivered on schedule at Vard Brattvaag, the vessel is […]

  • Cerulean Submits Offshore Consent Application for 1 GW Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    9 September 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Cerulean Winds has submitted offshore consent applications to the Scottish Government for its 1 GW Aspen project, one of three floating offshore wind farms the company is developing in the Central North Sea. Lodged with the Scottish government’s Marine Directorate Licensing Operations Team, the applications are a key statutory milestone in securing offshore consent for […]

  • Petrofac Files for Administration After Lost TenneT Contracts

    27 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Following the termination of Petrofac’s scope of work on the 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in the Netherlands by the Dutch TSO TenneT, the UK engineering and consultancy provider has filed for administration. In an update on 27 October, Petrofac said the Directors of Petrofac Limited, the Group’s ultimate holding company, applied to the […]

  • Manufacturing Update: Davi Plate Rolling Machines for GS Entec – FAT Successfully Completed

    28 August 2025
    Business development, Equipment, Industry, Innovation, Project Updates, Research & Development, Technology

    We are pleased to share a milestone in the important collaboration between Davi and GS Entec in the wind energy sector: the successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for the two massive plate rolling machines ordered by the Korean company. The FAT took place a few weeks ago at our facilities and was […]

  • Final Monopiles Delivered for Iberdrola’s 315 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    6 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has delivered the last monopiles to Iberdrola for the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The monopile foundations have been produced at the factory that both companies operate jointly at the Navantia Seanergies shipyard in Fene, Spain. Each of the units measures […]

  • Germany’s Offshore Wind Industry, Grid Operators Call for Reform of Auction Rules

    11 November 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    German offshore wind industry groups and transmission system operators have called on the federal government to reform the country’s offshore wind auction system, warning that the current framework is deterring investment and slowing project development. The German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO), the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), VDMA Power Systems, and […]

  • Brazilian Gov’t Forms Offshore Wind Working Group

    6 October 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Brazilian government has taken the next step towards realising its plan to establish a regulatory framework that will facilitate planning and permitting offshore wind projects, as the country’s National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved a resolution to form an Offshore Wind Working Group (GT-EO). The Offshore Wind Working Group, to be coordinated by the […]

  • First Batch of Baltica 2 Monopile Foundations Rolls Off Production Line

    29 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of monopile foundations for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind project in Poland has rolled off the factory floor. A total of 111 monopiles are planned to be installed at the Baltica 2 site, 107 for wind turbines and four for the offshore substation. The units are up to 100 metres […]

  • Azerbaijan Gov’t Signs Agreement to Develop 600 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    1 December 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy and Clean Energy Capital, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Green Energy Company, have entered into an agreement on the assessment, development, and implementation of an offshore wind energy project. Signed on 28 November, the Implementation Agreement involves an offshore wind energy project with an initial capacity of 200 MW and a total […]