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  • Australia’s ‘Most Advanced Offshore Wind Project’ Files for Environmental Approval

    17 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Star of the South, said to be Australia’s “most advanced offshore wind project”, has submitted its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for approval, the primary environmental approval required for the project to proceed. According to the developer, this comes off the back of a few other milestones the project recently achieved, one of which is the […]

  • Australia’s First Offshore Wind Tender Scheduled for August

    27 January 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The Australian state of Victoria will open an offshore wind tender in August 2026 for an initial 2 GW of capacity, Victoria’s Minister for Energy and Resources announced on 27 January. In December 2025, Australia’s Energy Ministers provided in-principle support for the Electricity Services Entry Mechanism (ESEM), providing a pathway for new renewable energy projects, […]

  • Ørsted, JERA Nex BP Submit Environmental Applications for Offshore Wind Projects in Australia

    9 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and JERA Nex BP have applied for federal environmental approval under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for their Gippsland 1 and Blue Mackerel offshore wind projects, respectively. According to information on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) website, the developers’ applications, comprising Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), […]

  • Victorian Gov’t Delays Launch of First Offshore Wind Auction

    16 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Victorian government has postponed its first offshore wind auction, which was originally set to launch in September, according to Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio. Victoria has set a target of at least 2 GW of offshore wind energy by 2032, raising this up to 4 GW by 2035 and 9 GW by 2040. Energy Minister […]

  • TechWorks Marine Kicks Off Survey at 900 MW Irish Offshore Wind Site

    5 November 2025
    Business development, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Research & Development

    TechWorks Marine has started a year-long metocean survey in Maritime Area A – Tonn Nua on Ireland’s South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP) to support EirGrid’s Powering Up Offshore South Coast project. The company was commissioned by Fugro, EirGrid’s appointed marine survey supplier, to deliver baseline oceanographic and environmental data for offshore substations and […]

  • Korea Getting WTIV Capable of Installing 15 MW Wind Turbines

    6 February 2026
    Vessels

    Hanwha Ocean has secured an order from Ocean Wind Power 1 for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) worth KRW 768.7 billion (approximately EUR 444 million). Scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2028, the new vessel will be the first WTIV in Korea capable of installing 15 MW-class offshore wind turbines, and is […]

  • Vestas Receives Order for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

    29 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a wind turbine order for the Shinan-Ui offshore wind project, which marks the company’s first offshore wind order in South Korea. The 390 MW Shinan-Ui will be built off Jeollanam Province by a consortium consisting of Hanwha Ocean, SK Eternix, KOMIPO (Korea Midland Power Co., Ltd.), Future Energy Fund, and Hyundai Engineering […]

  • Korea Midland Power Invests in 390 MW Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind Project, Construction to Start in April

    12 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Korea Midland Power Company (KOMIPO) is investing KRW 96.1 billion (about EUR 56 million) in the 390 MW Shinan-Ui offshore wind project, the company said on 11 February. Financing for the offshore wind farm has been secured, and offshore construction is scheduled to begin in April, according to KOMIPO. The offshore wind farm, which will […]

  • Vestas, Korean Companies Team Up to Strengthen Offshore Wind O&M Capabilities

    23 March 2026
    Collaboration, Industry, Operations & Maintenance

    Vestas, KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering (KPS) and KMC Line have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Korea’s offshore wind sector, specifically, the operation and maintenance (O&M) segment of the market. According to Vestas, the MoU aims to accelerate the development of a skilled workforce and high‑quality offshore wind O&M capabilities in Korea. […]

  • Fugro to Start Geophysical Surveys at 2 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm Site

    10 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is scheduled to soon start conducting geophysical surveys at a site in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, where Ocean Winds plans to build its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm. The work, to be carried out within the wind turbine array site, will be conducted by the vessels Fugro Pioneer and Kommandor Iona. Fugro […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Equipment Ordered for South Korean Cable Laying Vessel

    25 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has been appointed to deliver an integrated technology package for what is said to be South Korea’s first specialised HVDC installation vessel, being built in Türkiye. South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution signed a contract with Türkiye’s Tersan Shipyard for the construction of the ultra-large cable laying vessel (CLV) at […]

  • TenneT’s 900 MW German Offshore Grid Connection System Fully Energised

    17 October 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT Germany has commenced the commissioning of the 900 MW DolWin5 offshore grid connection system. Following the completion of the installation campaign in the summer, the consortium of Aibel and Seatrium, together with Hitachi Energy and TenneT, started commissioning as planned in the autumn, said the TSO. In addition […]

  • CIP Secures Project Site in Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    17 December 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has secured the site for which it placed a bid in Colombia’s first offshore wind tender, according to the latest document issued by the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). ANH released a final eligibility list on 16 December, naming CIP’s subsidiary CI GMF COÖPERATIEF UA as the eligible bidder to receive […]

  • Fugro Secures Offshore Wind Work in Brazil as Petrobras Moves Forward with 18 MW Pilot Project

    1 April 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Petrobras has awarded a contract to Fugro for a geotechnical site investigation for the Brazilian oil major’s first offshore wind project, a pilot proposed to be built off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to Fugro, the 18 MW Rio de Janeiro offshore wind pilot project is the first offshore wind […]

  • Equinor Sues US Gov’t Over Empire Wind 1 Construction Halt

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

    Equinor has filed a civil suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the order that suspended construction on five offshore wind projects, including its Empire Wind 1, which is now more than 60 per cent complete. As part of the case, Empire Offshore Wind LLC, an Equinor subsidiary that filed the civil suit on […]

  • 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 […]

  • 500 MW South Korean Offshore Wind Farm Secures Power Purchase Agreements

    9 September 2025

    Taean Wind Power, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Vena Energy, has signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) totalling 500 MW for its offshore wind project in South Korea. The agreements cover 300 MW with Korea West Power and 200 MW with Gangneung Eco Power. “This milestone secures the long-term power offtake for […]

  • South Korean Companies Enter Offshore Wind Partnership

    19 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vessels

    Korea-headquartered Hanwha Ocean has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its compatriot Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) to strengthen the country’s offshore wind supply chain and promote localisation. Through this MoU, the two companies agreed to establish a domestic offshore wind engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partnership, starting with the Shinan Ui offshore […]

  • Trump Administration Stops Construction on 80-Pct-Complete Offshore Wind Farm

    23 August 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Only days after Ørsted reported in its half-year results that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of completion, the US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a stop-work order halting all offshore construction activities on the 704 MW project that is scheduled to start feeding electricity into Connecticut […]

  • Fugro Completes First Phase of Detailed Geotechnical Surveys at Dogger Bank South East

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

    Fugro has completed the first phase of geotechnical site investigations at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) East offshore wind farm site, located over 100 kilometres off the northeastern coast of England. The first round of geotechnical surveys started in May and was carried out by the vessel Fugro Revelation, which departed the site on 13 […]

  • Canada’s First Designated Offshore Wind Zones Located Off Nova Scotia

    30 July 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia have designated the first four offshore wind areas to be made available for development, with a call for bids expected by the end of the year. Three of the identified areas are situated south of Nova Scotia’s eastern mainland, while the fourth is located to […]

  • Construction of ‘Asia’s Largest HVDC Cable Facility’ Wraps Up

    21 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has completed the construction of what it says is the largest high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable production facility in Asia. LS Cable & System announced on 16 July that it had completed the construction of its fifth submarine cable plant in Donghae-si, Gangwon-do, more than quadrupling […]

  • Equinor Books USD 955 Million Empire Wind Impairment

    23 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has reported a net operating income of USD 5.72 billion (around EUR 4.88 billion) in the second quarter of 2025, down from USD 7.66 billion (around EUR 6.53 billion) in the same quarter last year, with this quarter’s figures including an impairment of USD 955 million (around EUR 814 million) related to the company’s […]

  • Fugro to Survey Irish Seabed for Future Offshore Wind Farms

    15 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Environment, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Fugro has secured a seven-year framework agreement with Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid to perform surveys for a project that will develop offshore electricity substations and export cable routes to connect Ireland’s future offshore wind farms on the south coast to the national grid. For the Powering Up Offshore – South Coast project, Fugro […]

  • RWE, Masdar Move Forward with 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms

    15 July 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, being developed by RWE and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar. Since the start of the examination this January, the Planning Inspectorate has assessed the environmental, socio-economic, and technical attributes of the DBS projects […]

  • LS Marine Solution to Install Cables at 390 MW South Korean Offshore Wind Farm

    9 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    LS Marine Solution has been selected as the preferred bidder for the submarine cable installation work at the Shinan Ui offshore wind project in South Korea. The 390 MW offshore wind farm is being developed by a consortium led by Hanwha Ocean and SK Eternics. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2025, with submarine cable […]