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  • New York to Procure up to 2.5 GW of Offshore Wind in 2020

    24 April 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) authorised the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to issue a solicitation for 1,000 MW or more of offshore wind capacity in 2020. The authorisation comes with the flexibility for NYSERDA to evaluate a range of bids for up to 2,500 MW of capacity. Still, it is […]

  • 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 […]

  • Anbaric Invites New York Bight Offshore Wind Developers to Team Up

    23 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Anbaric Development Partners has released a Notice of Solicitation for offshore wind developers with projects in the New York Bight who wish to deliver energy and renewable energy credits into the New York State Bulk Power System via the transmission facility Juno Power Express. The US electric transmission system developer wants to join forces with developers […]

  • Equinor Deploys Floating LiDAR Offshore New York

    8 February 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor Wind US has deployed a Floating LiDAR at its offshore wind lease site in the New York Bight. The Floating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) device will measure wind speed, wind direction, wave conditions and several other marine characteristics that help inform decisions in regard to the resource potential and eventual development of the […]

  • Sif, Smulders Start Manufacturing Foundations for Dogger Bank C

    17 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore wind foundation manufacturer, Sif, has started the production of monopile foundations for the third phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction. According to a trading update Sif issued on 17 May, the company — which is delivering foundations for all three phases […]

  • APEM Continues Wildlife Surveys Offshore New York

    7 April 2021
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    APEM has commenced the second year of aerial marine wildlife surveys at the Beacon Wind project offshore New York. APEM will design and deliver digital surveys to assess the abundance and distribution of birds, marine mammals, turtles, sharks, and rays present in the lease area over the course of a full year. The data will […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Wins Two Offshore Wind Contracts

    4 April 2022
    Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has won two contracts, one with Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) to supply two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with integrated equipment solution, and the other with Sembcorp Marine to supply the Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) with comprehensive technology package. Under the contract with IWS, KM will supply CSOVs with an integrated […]

  • ‘Targeted Attack’ | US DOI Plans to Revoke More Permits; White House Seeking to Engage Health and Human Services Department?

    5 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    In a matter of months, the US offshore wind industry went from a growing investor and employer to an industry that is now undergoing what Oceantic Network called a “targeted attack” after reports emerged that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) plans to revoke federal permits for two more projects. The Trump administration has […]

  • Equinor Joins Whale Monitoring Effort Offshore New York

    10 April 2019
    Environment

    Equinor Wind US, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have launched a joint project to expand the detection and monitoring of whale species found in the waters of New York Bight. The partners will deploy two acoustic buoys designed to provide near real-time monitoring of species such as […]

  • Equinor, Wood Thilsted Sign Long-Term Foundations Agreement

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Wood Thilsted has signed a five-year framework agreement with Equinor for turbine foundations engineering. The framework agreement covers engineering studies (feasibility, concept, pre-FEED, and FEED), general engineering support, and specialist studies. It also includes detailed engineering and management of project contractors. “We are delighted to be appointed onto this framework agreement with one of our […]

  • New York’s Albany County Eyes Offshore Wind Opportunities

    19 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    In a State of the County Address this month, Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy revealed the intentions for the county to become the manufacturing hub of Upstate New York for the state’s offshore wind programme. The plan for tapping into the offshore wind opportunities is part of the Albany County Economic Recovery Plan to […]

  • New York State Stops Offshore Wind Transmission Development Until ‘Federal Conditions Allow’

    22 July 2025
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has decided to “strategically terminate” the Public Policy Transmission Need (PPTN) process for offshore wind transmission infrastructure. The PSC says this is due to the federal government halting new offshore wind permitting, and that cancelling the process ensures New York State ratepayers are protected by avoiding premature […]

  • Vineyard Wind Reveals New York Bid Details

    23 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vineyard Wind has submitted bids to develop its Liberty Wind offshore wind project in New York in response to the state’s second offshore wind solicitation. Iberdrola, parent company of Avangrid Renewables which is the 50% owner of Vineyard Wind, announced its participation in New York’s second offshore wind solicitation on 20 October. The proposals include […]

  • US Interior Secretary: ‘No Future for Offshore Wind Under This Administration’

    12 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at a press conference on 10 September that offshore wind has no future in the US under the Trump administration and that the government was reviewing five offshore wind projects that are now under construction. Speaking to the press at the Gastech event in Milan, Italy, Burgum said offshore […]

  • BOEM Gives Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind Green Light to Begin Offshore Construction

    24 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Sunrise Wind’s construction and operations plan (COP), marking the final approval needed for the federal agency to move the 942 MW offshore wind project toward the start of offshore construction. Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind project, is being developed by Ørsted and Eversource […]

  • Lawsuit Filed to Stop Avangrid’s New England Offshore Wind Projects

    29 May 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Several fishing and environmental groups in the US have filed a suit in federal court saying that the Departments of Interior and Commerce and their sub-agencies violated the law when they approved the Record of Decision (ROD) for Avangrid’s New England Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. A consortium comprising ACK for Whales, environmental […]

  • First US Subsea Rock Installation Vessel Launches, Delivery Early in 2026

    24 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has launched the first US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), with delivery expected early in 2026. Acadia, launched at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, Pennsylvania, is capable of transporting and installing up to 20,000 tonnes of rock on the seabed, used as critical scour protection for […]

  • 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 […]

  • Eni Completes Dogger Bank Stake Buy

    26 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Italian oil and gas major Eni has completed the acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A and the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank B offshore wind farms in the UK. Eni bought the stakes from Equinor (10 per cent) and SSE Renewables (10 per cent). Following this transaction, the […]

  • TotalEnergies, BP Join Offshore Wind Organisations

    2 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution

    TotalEnergies and BP have decided to partner with several organisations to support their activities in the offshore wind market. To support its offshore wind development ambitions in the Netherlands, such as its participation in the latest tender for the Hollandse Kust West VI and VII offshore wind areas, TotalEnergies is joining forces with Netherlands Wind […]

  • Rystad Energy: Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Rivals Major Oil & Gas Projects

    25 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK North Sea will not only be Norwegian energy major Equinor’s largest project through 2026, it will also rank as the sixth largest offshore development project in the world during this period, according to Rystad Energy. UK authorities announced last week that Equinor and joint venture partner […]

  • Ørsted Becomes Sole Owner of 924 MW Sunrise Wind in US for USD 152 Million

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource have finalized the transaction for Eversource’s share in the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project, initially announced in January. Ørsted has acquired its former partner’s stake for USD 78 million (approximately EUR 72 million) less than the originally agreed price earlier this year. In the agreement signed in January, the two companies agreed […]

  • Shell Exits US Offshore Wind Project, Sells Stake to Ocean Winds

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Shell New Energies, a subsidiary of Shell, has sold its 50 per cent equity share in SouthCoast Wind Energy, established in 2018 to develop wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts, to its joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America for an undisclosed sum. According to Shell, the deal with Ocean Winds was structured to […]

  • Mayflower Aims to Have Massachusetts OWF Running by Mid-2020s

    17 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind Energy could bring its Massachusetts offshore wind farm into operation by the mid-2020s, the company stated following the announcement of the provisional lease winners on 14 December.

  • Marmen Welcon Teams Up with Smulders to Produce TPs for US Offshore Wind Market

    25 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Marmen Welcon, a joint venture between two manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind towers, has entered a strategic alliance with Smulders to produce transition pieces (TPs) for the US offshore wind market at Marmen Welcon facility which will be built in the Port of Albany.  The companies will be the first to manufacture offshore wind towers […]

  • Maersk Offshore Wind Jack-Up to Feature Steerprop Propulsion Package

    16 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Sembcorp Marine has ordered a complete propulsion package from Steerprop for the wind installation vessel (WIV) the Singapore-based company is building for Maersk Supply Service. The order was placed in May 2022. Steerprop specialists worked in close cooperation with Sembcorp Marine throughout the vessel design process, the Finnish designer and manufacturer of propulsion systems said. […]