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  • New Jersey Moves to Terminate Offshore Wind State Agreement Approach with Regional Grid Operator

    23 April 2026
    Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) has requested to terminate the State Agreement Approach (SAA) it signed with PJM Interconnection (PJM) in 2021 to develop offshore wind transmission projects in a more streamlined and cost-efficient way that also allow for minimal disruption to communities and nature while providing certainty for offshore wind […]

  • Scotland Invests GBP 1.7 Million in Offshore Wind Skills Development

    23 June 2026
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    The Scottish government has awarded nearly GBP 1.7 million (approximately EUR 2 million) to three projects aimed at strengthening skills development for Scotland’s growing offshore wind sector. Announced on 22 June, the funding will support the establishment of a regional skills hub for the Highlands and Islands, the expansion of engineering construction programmes, and offshore […]

  • TenneT Selects NjordIC for Doordewind UXO Consultancy Work

    23 December 2025
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    NjordIC has been awarded the UXO Consultancy Services Contract for the Doordewind 1 & 2 Grid Connection System, commissioned by TenneT and forming part of TenneT’s offshore HVDC program supporting the Netherlands’ ambition to deliver 21 GW of offshore wind capacity. Under the contract, NjordIC will provide full-scope UXO consultancy covering survey preparation, offshore survey […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Fed 26.1 TWh of Electricity Into Grid in 2025

    11 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s total offshore wind power generation in 2025 amounted to 26.1 TWh, of which 20.8 TWh came from the North Sea and 5.38 TWh from the Baltic Sea, according to TenneT Germany, the transmission system operator (TSO) in charge of the country’s North Sea grid. In this article: With onshore wind farms contributing 106.5 TWh […]

  • UK Continues Offshore Wind Expansion with 6 GW Leasing Round Planned for Early 2027

    27 March 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate has unveiled plans for the UK’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6 to be held in the first half of 2027, targeting the development of at least 6 GW of new capacity. The upcoming leasing process will focus on areas primarily located in the northeast of England. The sites are expected to be […]

  • National Grid Updates Plan for UK-Netherlands Interconnection via Nederwiek 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    9 January 2026
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates

    National Grid Ventures (NGV) has published updated proposals for the LionLink interconnector, which will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK and Dutch grids. NGV, responsible for building and operating the UK side of LionLink, has now opened an eight-week public consultation for the revised plan that, among […]

  • GWEC Calls for Faster Offshore Wind Deployment as Global Capacity Nears 100 GW

    15 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has called on governments worldwide to accelerate offshore wind deployment and treat offshore wind projects as critical energy infrastructure, warning that a faster build-out is necessary to strengthen energy security and reduce exposure to future energy market shocks. The industry is approaching a major milestone of 100 GW of […]

  • Trump Administration Files Appeal Against Court Ruling in Multi-State Offshore Wind Lawsuit

    19 February 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The US Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, filed a Notice of Appeal on 17 February in the case in which a federal judge ruled in favour of 18 states that sued the Trump administration over the sweeping ban on wind energy projects. In May 2025, seventeen US states and the District of […]

  • Davi Rolling Technology Powers Sif Group’s Manufacturing Ramp-Up at Maasvlakte II

    11 March 2026
    Business development, Equipment, Foundations, Industry, Project Updates, Research & Development, Technology, Wind Turbines

    As Sif Group announces the successful ramp-up of its Maasvlakte II facility in Rotterdam, reaching a target output of four monopiles per week, the role of manufacturing equipment has taken center stage. Key to this production milestone is the integration of four Davi heavy-duty plate rolls, engineered to handle the massive dimensions of next-generation offshore […]

  • Cadeler’s 11th Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Launched

    17 December 2025
    Project Updates, Vessels

    Cadeler’s new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Wind Ace, has been launched at the COSCO Qidong yard. The hull was fully erected and completed inside the dry dock in just four months, the company said via social media. With the launch complete, Wind Ace moves to the installation of the remaining leg sections, the main […]

  • 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 York Attorney General Files Lawsuits Against Trump Admin’s Stop-Work Orders for Empire Wind, Sunrise Wind

    12 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James has filed two lawsuits against what the AG says is “the Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to halt construction” on Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, two large-scale offshore wind projects being built in the US federal waters off New York. In the lawsuits, filed simultaneously for the two […]

  • Polish Gov’t Flags Low Domestic Share in Offshore Wind as It Rolls Out Local Content Framework

    13 April 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting

    The Polish government has introduced a new “local content” framework designed to increase the share of domestically generated value in large-scale investments, including energy projects, by modifying procurement practices and evaluation criteria. Speaking on 10 April, Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the government would strive to ensure that, wherever possible, Polish companies are prioritised […]

  • Baltica 2 Onshore Substation Taking Shape

    19 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Four transformers and other high-voltage power equipment necessary for power transfer to the Polish national grid have been delivered to the construction site of the onshore substation for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, being built by a joint venture of PGE and Ørsted in the Polish Baltic Sea. The onshore infrastructure for the offshore […]

  • US Judge Overturns Trump’s Ban on Wind Energy Project Permits

    9 December 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    A federal judge has struck down the US President Donald Trump’s indefinite halt of all federal approvals and permitting for new wind energy projects. In a ruling on 8 December, Judge Patti Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favour of 17 US states and the District of Columbia, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • JERA Nex BP’s Australian Offshore Wind Farm Awarded Major Project Status

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

    The Blue Mackerel offshore wind project, being developed by JERA Nex BP (a 50:50 joint venture between JERA Co. and BP), has been awarded Major Project Status (MPS) by the Australian federal government. With the MPS recognition, the proposed 1 GW project secures dedicated support from the Federal Major Projects Facilitation Agency (MPFA), which will […]

  • Davi Completes FAT for Titan Wind Energy’s Four Heavy-Duty Plate Rolls, First Delivery Imminent

    10 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Davi has reached another milestone in the project it’s carrying on with Titan Wind Energy, completing the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for four heavy-duty plate rolls designed for offshore wind tower and monopile manufacturing. The FAT took place in Week 46 at Davi’s headquarters in Cesena, Italy, where a delegation from Titan Wind Energy visited […]

  • Another Developer in Australia Drops Offshore Wind Project

    5 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium led by AGL Energy has discontinued feasibility studies for the Gippsland Skies offshore wind project and will surrender its feasibility licence for the proposed 2.5 GW development off Victoria’s Gippsland coast, Australian media reports. The move makes this the third project in the Gippsland zone to be abandoned this year.   The consortium, […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund 3 Feeds First Power Into German Grid

    4 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm fed its first power into the German grid on 3 December, according to Ørsted, which owns the project together with Nuveen Infrastructure. Once fully commissioned, which is expected in the first quarter of 2026, the 913 MW offshore wind farm will become the largest in Ørsted’s German portfolio. […]

  • First Monopile In at ‘Most Ecological Offshore Wind Farm Yet’

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

    Van Oord, using its installation vessel Boreas, installed the first monopile at the Ecowende offshore wind farm on 3 December. The project, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco and Chubu Electric Power, is being built off the coast of the Netherlands and is said to become the most ecological offshore wind farm to date. The […]

  • Stillstrom, Danish Port Exploring Large-Scale Maritime Electrification at Energy Island Bornholm

    2 December 2025
    Business development, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X, Research & Development, Vessels

    Stillstrom and Port of Roenne have teamed up on a study looking into integrating offshore wind energy with maritime electrification. Maersk’s offshore power and charging solutions developer and the Danish port have initiated a joint white paper to explore how Energy Island Bornholm could serve as a blueprint for this kind of integration. The study, […]

  • Zephyr Acquires Statkraft’s Former Swedish Offshore Wind Portfolio

    26 November 2025
    Business & Finance

    Zephyr Renewable has entered into an agreement that will see it become the largest owner of a portfolio of offshore wind projects previously owned and developed by the Norwegian utility Statkraft. Zephyr will be responsible for the continued development of offshore wind projects, including the Bothnia Offshore Sigma and Lambda North areas, located in the […]

  • Port of Rotterdam Authority Launches RFI for New Offshore Wind Terminal at Maasvlakte

    26 November 2025
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority has opened market consultation for a new 45-hectare terminal at the north-western corner of the Maasvlakte, intended to support offshore wind activities. The new terminal is planned to feature logistics infrastructure for storage, transport, (pre-)assembly and delivery of wind turbine and foundation components. Under the plan, the terminal will feature […]

  • Dajin Bags Transition Piece Contract for 976.5 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    24 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Skyborn Renewables has signed a contract with Dajin Heavy Industry for the supply of transition pieces for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany. “We are excited to advance into the execution phase with Dajin. Their proven offshore manufacturing experience and strong delivery record will help ensure the success of the Gennaker project,” […]