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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 Invests EUR 221 Million in New High-Spec Cable Laying Vessel

    2 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Vessels

    South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution is investing KRW 345.8 billion (approximately EUR 221 million) in a cable laying vessel (CLV) with a load capacity of 13,000 tonnes. The company said on 27 May that the decision to invest in the new CLV comes as LS Marine Solution aims to expand its […]

  • Pacifico Energy Korea Partners with Local Governments on 3.2 GW Offshore Wind Project

    20 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    Pacifico Energy Korea has signed an agreement with three local governments to explore practical cooperation measures for administrative support of its 3.2 GW offshore wind cluster project currently under development in Jundo-gun, Jeollanam-do, and to help establish an offshore wind industry ecosystem in the region. The cooperation agreement for the development of the offshore wind […]

  • Wind Energy Ireland Warns Offshore Targets at Risk Without Urgent Government Action

    27 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry

    Ireland’s offshore wind energy ambitions are in jeopardy unless the government takes immediate and decisive action, Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) has warned. The industry organisation issued the warning at the launch of its new Offshore Wind Action Plan on 27 May, at the start of its annual Offshore Wind Conference in Dublin. While acknowledging policy […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Consortium Forms to Bid in French AO9 Offshore Wind Tender

    23 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    French renewable energy developer Qair and Italy’s Eni Plenitude have formed a consortium to participate in the French AO9 offshore wind tender, which was opened in July 2024. At the start of 2025, the total capacity allocated via offshore wind tenders in France amounts to around 5.34 GW. With the inclusion of the AO9 and […]

  • 18 GW of New Offshore Wind Could Be Developed Off Ireland’s Coast

    28 May 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Ireland’s Department of Environment, Climate and Communications has released the Offshore Wind Technical Resource Assessment, providing detailed analysis and recommendations that estimate an additional 3.5 GW to 18 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind could be developed around the country’s coast. The assessment concludes that there could be an additional 3.5-18 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind […]

  • Ørsted Preparing Seabed for Hornsea Three Export Cable

    28 May 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Preparation work for the installation of the Hornsea Three export cable is underway with boulder and debris relocation, and a geophysical survey starting this month, following the completion of UXO clearance work. An installation campaign to replace blanking plates from the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) ducts with bell-mouths is scheduled to begin in June. Export […]

  • Ventyr Taps Norconsult for Sørlige Nordsjø II Onshore Grid Design

    11 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Ventyr Energy (Ventyr Energi), a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has selected Norconsult to carry out the design and planning of the onshore grid infrastructure for the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind farm in Norway. Just over a year after Ventyr secured the rights to develop Norway’s first large-scale […]

  • 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 […]

  • Equinor May Ditch Empire Wind 1 ‘in Coming Days’ Unless Stop-Work Order Lifted – Reports

    12 May 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor could abandon the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project “in the coming days” if the stop-work order, issued by the US government soon after the project started offshore construction work, is not lifted, the president of Equinor Renewables Americas, Molly Morris, recently shared in an interview. Morris told Politico that the standstill was costing […]

  • Equinor: ‘Situation for Empire Wind Unsustainable, We Need to Find Way Forward for Project Quickly’

    13 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following reports saying Equinor may pull the plug on the Empire Wind 1 project if the US government does not lift the order halting the construction soon, a company spokesperson confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz it was costing Equinor USD 50 million (around EUR 45 million) per week to keep the project on hold and said the […]

  • BREAKING: 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 […]

  • Lautec Bags Inspection Deal for 495 MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    1 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Supply Chain

    Lautec has been awarded a consultancy framework agreement for inspection services for the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As part of the agreement, Lautec will provide fabrication supervisors, quality inspectors, and HSE inspectors to oversee fabrication and construction quality throughout the manufacturing phase. The company will be responsible for ensuring that […]

  • SK Oceanplant Starts Manufacturing Foundations for CIP’s Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    23 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    SK oceanplant has started the production of jacket foundations that will be installed on the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. SK oceanplant announced today (23 April) that it held a ceremony for the offshore wind project at its yard in Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The jacket foundations will […]

  • CS Wind Offshore to Make Job Cuts in Odense

    23 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Denmark-based CS Wind Offshore has announced it is contemplating the layoff of approximately 220 employees at its Odense Port facility due to recent offshore wind project cancellations and market challenges. According to the company, several offshore wind projects are being either postponed or cancelled due to political interventions and unfavourable terms of business cases, which […]

  • New Geotechnical Investigation Contract to Keep Fugro Busy Offshore Australia

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has been awarded a contract for soil investigation services for Parkwind’s Blue Mackerel offshore wind farm in Australia. Fugro will execute offshore geotechnical investigations to support the Blue Mackerel project being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex. For this project, the company will deploy its specialist geotechnical vessel, Fugro Mariner, to collect […]