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  • First Turbine Jacket Foundation In Place at Dieppe Le Tréport

    10 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine foundation has been installed at the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The foundations are steel jackets fabricated in Spain, being delivered by a consortium of […]

  • Føn Energy Services Wins Five-Year Maintenance Deal Covering Six Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    26 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Føn Energy Services has secured a five-year contract to provide inspection, repair and maintenance services across six Dutch offshore wind farms after winning a combined tender issued by their owners, the company revealed on 26 November at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam. The award covers Borssele 3&4, owned by the Blauwwind […]

  • All Turbine Foundations In Place at 660 MW Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Project

    7 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    All monopile foundations for the wind turbines have been installed at Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind development in Germany, owned by RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management. Each of the 44 monopile foundations measures approximately 85 metres in length and weighs an average of 1,500 tonnes. Before installation, […]

  • Ørsted to File for Another Preliminary Injunction Against Stop-Work Order in US

    7 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted will submit a motion for a preliminary injunction against the recently imposed construction halt for its Sunrise Wind project in the US, the company said on 7 January, several days after announcing the same legal action in relation to Revolution Wind, which the developer is building through a joint venture with Skyborn Renewables. For Sunrise Wind, Ørsted […]

  • California Commits USD 225 Million Into Offshore Wind Port Development

    15 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The California Legislature has allocated USD 225.7 million in the current budget bill to upgrade port infrastructure to support the development of offshore wind off the state’s coast. The legislature voted to approve Proposition 4 funding for offshore wind port development in the SB 105 budget bill. “Oceantic commends Governor Newsom, the California Legislature, and […]

  • Polish TSO Says Grid Ready for First Offshore Wind Farms

    7 January 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Polish state-owned transmission system operator (TSO), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), has confirmed the technical readiness of the transmission infrastructure to accept power from offshore wind farms. “The new Choczewo station and the expanded Żarnowiec station, as well as the 400 kV line connecting them, are ready to transmit energy from wind farms being built in […]

  • Netherlands Opens 1 GW Nederwiek I-A Offshore Wind Tender

    16 October 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The tender for the 1 GW Nederwiek I-A offshore wind energy site, located in the North Sea, has been opened, with the winner expected to be announced in the spring of 2026. The wind farm will be located approximately 95 kilometres off the coast of the northernmost tip of the province of North Holland, in […]

  • SeaRenergy Acquires German Offshore Maintenance and Repair Company

    13 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    SeaRenergy Offshore Holding has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in hemmerschütz Solution, an offshore maintenance and repair services provider based in Germany. SeaRenergy, which took over hemmerschütz Solution on 28 November 2025, says this enables the company to complement its established offerings in engineering, marine services, QHSE and offshore experts with the direct […]

  • Vattenfall, CIP Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Delayed to 2032, Project to Be Built in Two Phases

    11 August 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Green Hydrogen, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The completion date for Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ offshore wind farm at the IJmuiden Ver Beta site in the Netherlands has been pushed from late 2029 to 2032 due to the delayed completion of the Delta Rhine Corridor (DRC). In addition, the 2 GW offshore wind project will now be built in two phases. […]

  • Van Oord to Deploy Vibro Tech at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    23 December 2025
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord, which recently started installing monopiles at the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, will soon deploy two pieces of equipment that allow monopiles to be installed using vibration technology and minimise noise disturbance for underwater life. The technology will be used during installation work at selected locations. Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel […]

  • Ørsted to Lay Off 2,000 People as Developer Focuses on Offshore Wind and European Market

    9 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Ørsted will lay off around 500 people by the end of this year and a total of approximately 2,000 towards the end of 2027. Of the 500 employees who will be made redundant in Q4 2025, some 235 are in Denmark. The company said on 9 October that the move to reduce the number of […]

  • TotalEnergies-RWE Consortium Wins France’s Largest Offshore Wind Tender as RWE Signals Exit

    24 September 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    A consortium between TotalEnergies and RWE has won the Centre Manche 2 tender to develop a 1.5 GW offshore wind farm off the coast of Normandy, making it the largest renewable energy initiative in France to date. As part of a strategic review of its investment, RWE has expressed the wish to exit the consortium, […]

  • Tariffs Hit US Offshore Wind Project, Costs Rise by USD 443 Million Mid-Construction

    3 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Energy said in its third-quarter 2025 results that recently imposed US tariffs have been incorporated into the updated cost estimate for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The company now places total capital costs for the 2.6 GW offshore wind farm at approximately USD 11.2 billion (approximately EUR 9.7 billion), up from about […]

  • Two UK Floating Wind Tender Winners Enter Lease Agreements with Crown Estate

    7 October 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The two developers that the Crown Estate selected this year to build floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea, Equinor and a joint venture between EDF and ESB, have now entered into lease agreements for their floating wind projects with the UK seabed manager. Equinor and the EDF-ESB joint venture, named Gwynt Glas, were […]

  • Offshore Fabrication: Lessons from IDESA and Davi

    31 October 2025
    Business development, Contribution, Foundations, Industry, Supply Chain

    IDESA’s Modernization Journey IDESA, based in Avilés, Spain, is well known in the heavy fabrication sector for its work in offshore energy and pressure vessels. Facing growing demand and increasingly complex projects, the company sought to modernize its production line. A central focus was the rolling stage, where inefficiencies had been limiting throughput and precision. […]

  • Californian Port Secures USD 20 Million in State Funds for Floating Wind Terminal Development

    9 October 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded USD 20 million (approximately EUR 17 million) to the Port of Long Beach to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed USD 4.7 billion (approx. EUR 4 billion) terminal that would serve the floating wind industry. CEC has awarded the grant through the Offshore Wind Energy […]

  • Zero Bids in 1 GW Dutch Offshore Wind Tender

    31 October 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government has confirmed that no applications were submitted for the latest offshore wind tender for the 1 GW Nederwiek I-A site in the North Sea. The tender closed on 30 October without bids, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) said in a press release issued the same day. In a letter to Parliament, Dutch […]

  • 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. […]

  • First Monopile Stands at 660 MW Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

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

    The first turbine foundation has been installed at Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind development in Germany. The monopiles were shipped from the heavy-lift terminal in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to the construction site in the German North Sea by Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel Boreas. Four monopiles can […]

  • Full Production Ramp-Up at Sif’s New Monopile Mega-Factory Delayed Until First Half of 2026

    2 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Dutch offshore wind foundation manufacturer, Sif Group, is facing a delay in the ramp-up of production at its new monopile production facility at Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and expects to achieve this in the first half of 2026, instead of this year. Also in this article: In its half-year results for 2025, the company reported a […]

  • New Research Project Looking to Minimise Failure and Repair Costs of Floating Wind Dynamic Cables, Mooring Lines

    24 July 2025
    Floating Wind, Research & Development

    A new project has been launched in the UK to improve the effectiveness of mooring lines and dynamic cables on floating offshore wind farms. Historically, mooring repair costs for oil production assets have exceeded GBP 400 million (approximately EUR 461 million) for a single incident, while cable failures have accounted for between 70 and 80 […]

  • Rock Solid Challenges: How Jack-Ups Are Adapting to Tougher Seabeds

    21 November 2025
    Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    As offshore wind expands into new frontiers, jack-up vessels face increasingly difficult working environments. Beyond the sandy soils of the North Sea, projects are now being built on dense tills, coral limestone, and even exposed bedrock. These hard seabeds are testing the limits of conventional jack-up design and installation practices — and calling for new […]

  • Haizea & Faccin: Plate Rolling Solutions for XXL Monopiles in Wind Industry

    29 September 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Equipment, Foundations, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    In the fast-moving world of wind energy manufacturing, innovation isn’t optional — it’s essential. For years, HAIZEA GROUP has been at the forefront of change, consistently pushing boundaries to stay ahead of market demands. As global demand for offshore wind power skyrocketed, Haizea made a bold move: expanding its production portfolio beyond onshore and offshore […]

  • 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, […]

  • Research Project Proves Large-Scale Oyster Reef Restoration at Offshore Wind Farms Feasible

    22 July 2025
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development

    A research project carried out by The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC) and supported by RWE has established that large-scale native oyster reef restoration at offshore wind farms in the North Sea is feasible. “Flat oysters are an important species because they can create reefs that provide food and breeding grounds for many other species. Due […]

  • GE Vernova to Build Up to 18 MW Offshore Wind Test Turbine in Norway

    4 July 2025
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted GE Vernova’s subsidiary Georgine Wind permission to build and operate an 18 MW test turbine in Gulen municipality. The project, which is part of a test programme to advance offshore wind technology, will feature an up to 18 MW turbine, with a maximum tip height […]