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  • Consent Granted for Substation to Connect Three New Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms to UK Grid

    23 June 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    National Grid has received planning consent for the new Birkhill Wood substation in East Yorkshire, which will connect 4.22 GW of offshore wind capacity from three planned North Sea wind farms to the UK grid. Birkhill Wood will serve as the grid connection point for RWE and Masdar’s Dogger Bank South East and Dogger Bank […]

  • Danish Test Centre Launches Main Bearing Testing Facility for Offshore Wind Turbines of Up to 25 MW

    30 March 2026
    Business development, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Lindø Offshore Renewables Center (LORC) has inaugurated a new main bearing test facility capable of full-scale validation of wind turbine bearings for units of up to 25 MW. R&D Test Systems was in charge of the design, engineering, and delivery of the complete facility, while Schaeffler provided application knowledge, which formed the foundation for the […]

  • Orient Cable Installs ‘China’s First’ 66 kV Dynamic Line for Floating Wind

    26 June 2026
    Cables, Floating Wind, Foundations, Grid Connection, Wind Turbines

    Orient Cable (NBO) has installed the subsea cable for China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation’s 16 MW floating wind demonstration platform, said to be the world’s largest single-unit floating wind turbine. NBO says this is the first 66 kV dynamic cable for floating wind installed in China. The company’s scope encompassed the design, supply and installation […]

  • First Monopile In at Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I Offshore Wind Farm

    2 July 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    DEME installed the first monopile at the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm site in the German North Sea on 1 July, marking the start of offshore construction on Vattenfall’s 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster. The Belgian contractor is responsible for transporting and installing the monopile foundations and transition pieces for both the 980 MW Nordlicht I […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs Export Cables for Taiwan’s Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    27 April 2026
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of two export cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm, being built by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) 35 kilometres off the coast of Taichung, Taiwan. The two high-voltage subsea cables, measuring 45 kilometres and 44 kilometres, have been installed and are currently wet stored offshore, awaiting installation […]

  • France to Launch Massive Offshore Wind Tender as Gov’t Bundles AO9 and AO10 into Single Round

    3 April 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    France plans to award around 10 GW of offshore wind capacity through the combined AO9 and AO10 tenders, with the procedure to be launched in the coming months and results expected by the end of 2026 or early 2027. The two tenders have been grouped into a single large-scale procurement forming the core of a […]

  • New Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    6 July 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 760 MW Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm is now connected to TenneT’s offshore grid and has produced its first carbon-free energy. The wind farm is being developed 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast by Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell, Chubu and Eneco. It consists of 52 wind turbines, each with a […]

  • Dutch Company Deploys Floating Wind Turbine Prototype for Testing

    28 May 2026
    Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    TouchWind has installed a floating wind turbine prototype at Fieldlab Green Economy Westvoorne in the Netherlands, marking the start of the in-water testing phase of the POWER demonstration project. The installation at the test site enables the POWER project consortium to begin operational trials under real conditions, according to TouchWind. The POWER project (POsitive Wake […]

  • Haizea Delivers Largest Monopiles Ever Built in Southern Europe for Hornsea 3

    6 August 2026
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Haizea Wind Group has delivered what it says are the largest monopiles ever manufactured in Southern Europe for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. Produced at the company’s facility at the Port of Bilbao, the monopiles measure over 105 metres in length, have a diameter of 11 metres, and weigh more than […]

  • RWE Opens New Offshore Wind Control Centre in Germany

    25 June 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates

    RWE has officially opened a new offshore wind control centre in Jemgum, East Frisia, from which the company will monitor and operate its offshore wind farms in Germany and continental Europe around the clock. The new facility, inaugurated on 25 June, will serve as a key operational hub for RWE’s growing offshore wind fleet and […]

  • Italian Startup Testing Offshore Wind Energy Storage Technology Off Calabria

    3 August 2026
    Business development, Innovation, Power-to-X, Storage, Technology

    Italian startup Sizable Energy has begun testing an offshore energy storage technology designed to store electricity generated by offshore wind farms and other renewable energy sources at the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory (NOEL) off the coast of Calabria, Italy. The demonstrator, installed in April at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria’s offshore test site, consists […]

  • DEME’s Next-Gen Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Officially Named

    9 April 2026
    Vessels

    DEME recently held a naming ceremony for its new offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Norse Wind, at the Port of Oslo, Norway. The new vessel was ordered from CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China by Norwegian offshore wind contractor Havfram, which DEME acquired in April 2025, and was delivered in October last year. The vessel […]

  • Smulders HSM Starts Building East Anglia Two Offshore Substation

    26 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders HSM, a subsidiary of Eiffage Métal, has commenced the construction of the East Anglia Two offshore substation topside and jacket foundation. ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to HSM Offshore Energy for the offshore substation and jacket foundation in 2025, around the same time Eiffage […]

  • 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 […]

  • ZPMC Starts Building Multipurpose CLV for Far East Cable

    23 July 2026
    Business development, Cables, Vessels

    Chinese cable manufacturer Far East Cable has started construction of a new large-capacity multipurpose cable-laying vessel (CLV) at ZPMC’s shipyard in Shanghai, with the vessel set to support offshore wind, subsea interconnectors, and telecommunication cable installation projects. According to ZPMC and Far East Cable, the vessel has been designed for unrestricted ocean navigation and will […]

  • Renexia Deploys Floating LiDAR at 2.8 GW Med Wind Site

    24 February 2026
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Renexia has deployed an AXYS FLiDAR WindSentinel in the Strait of Sicily, at the site of its proposed Med Wind floating wind farm, for a twelve-month measurement campaign. The metocean data will support the layout design of Med Wind and provide essential inputs for engineering structures, moorings, installation planning, and future maintenance activities, the developer […]

  • Nadara Files for Consent for 1.8 GW Floating Wind Farm in Scotland

    22 April 2026
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm Limited, a project company wholly owned by Nadara, has submitted Section 36 Consent and Marine Licence applications to Scottish Ministers for the 1.8 GW Bellrock floating wind project. The project site is located around 120 kilometres east of Stonehaven, where up to 132 floating wind turbines, along with floating substructures, mooring […]

  • SPIE Secures Cable Termination Work on Poland’s Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Wind Farms

    7 May 2026
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    SPIE Global Services Energy has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 to deliver inter-array cable termination and testing works for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland.   The work will be carried out by SPIE Wind Connect, the group’s specialist high-voltage wind power business unit, with the offshore campaign scheduled […]

  • Virginia Governor Enacts Offshore Wind Workforce Bill Into Law

    30 April 2026
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed House Bill 67 (HB67), which introduces a measure focused on assessing workforce and training needs for the offshore wind sector and aligning workforce development efforts with its specific demands. The bill, which passed both the Virginia House of Delegates and the State Senate in March, requires the Virginia Department of […]

  • Trump Administration Withdraws Appeal, Leaving Wind Energy Leasing and Permitting Freeze Vacated

    16 June 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Trump Administration has withdrawn its appeal of a federal court ruling that vacated the section of its January 2025 Presidential Wind Memorandum that halted federal leasing and permitting activities for onshore and offshore wind projects, leaving the court’s decision in place and the wind permitting and leasing freeze overturned. The US Court of Appeals […]

  • Van Oord Completes Installation of Nature-Inclusive Scour Protection at New Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    23 July 2026
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has wrapped up the rock installation works at the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, owned and developed by Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco, and Chubu Electric Power. Using its vessels Bravenes and Nordnes, Van Oord installed a total of 300,000 tonnes of rock that will protect turbine foundations and […]

  • Floating Wind Turbine that Will Power UK Gas Platform Ready for Tow to Offshore Site

    31 July 2026
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The Culzean floating wind turbine, which will supply electricity to the Culzean gas platform in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland, will soon be towed to its offshore location as the integration of the wind turbine with the floating foundation has been completed. Archer, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the […]

  • ScotWind Developers Fund Study to Find Out More About Minke Whale Activity

    11 May 2026
    Environment, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Underwater acoustic monitoring equipment has been deployed off Scotland’s east coast as part of a two-year study aimed at improving the understanding of minke whale activity in areas being considered for offshore wind farms’ export cable routes. The work, led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), is focused on the Southern Trench Marine […]

  • Sweden Greenlights Two, Rejects 11 Offshore Wind Farms Over Defence Concerns; Vattenfall Halts Approved Project?

    24 July 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Swedish government has approved two offshore wind projects in the country’s exclusive economic zone while rejecting eleven others, completing decisions on all offshore wind permit applications that had been under review. The approved projects are Fyrskeppet Offshore, located around 54 kilometres east of Söderhamn in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, and Vidar, planned around […]

  • Føn Energy Services Mobilises for ‘Busiest Season to Date’ on 14 Offshore Wind Farms

    13 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Føn Energy Services has launched what it says will be its busiest offshore wind season to date, with inspection and repair campaigns underway across 14 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and Poland. The company has mobilised technicians, vessels, diving teams, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) spreads, and survey equipment to support above- and below-water […]

  • Construction of Vineyard Wind 1 Completed

    16 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All wind turbines have been installed at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, according to US media and Oceantic Network, the country’s offshore renewable energy industry organisation. Located approximately 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the 806 MW project features 62 GE Vernova Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines, each equipped with a […]