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  • Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Granted 30-Year Electricity Production Licence

    26 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved a 30-year electricity production licence to the Thor offshore wind farm, under construction at a site located approximately 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland. With a total installed capacity of 1.1 GW, Thor will become Denmark’s largest offshore wind project once fully operational in 2027, generating […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Plans Single-Site Tender in September, Temporary Subsidy Mechanism to Support 1 GW of Offshore Wind

    19 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government plans to launch a subsidy-based, 1 GW offshore wind tender in September to ensure its success before the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme, on which the government is working, is implemented from mid-2027. According to the Dutch Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth, the temporary measure is necessary to maintain the momentum […]

  • Industry’s Largest Subsea Rock Installation Vessel in Final Preparations for First Job

    9 April 2026
    Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Boskalis’s new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel, described by the company as the largest in the industry, has arrived in the Netherlands for final outfitting and commissioning ahead of its first assignment later this year. Windpiper, whose purchase Boskalis announced in January 2025, was developed by converting an existing vessel into an SRI vessel with […]

  • NKT Eleonora Enters New Construction Phase as Its Hull Makes a Splash

    8 April 2026
    Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    The hull of NKT’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora has been launched into the water at Vard’s shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. The official keel laying for the vessel took place in January 2025, some two months after the first steel was cut. NKT Eleonora will be able to run on both methanol and HVO/marine diesel oil and […]

  • Orlen Neptun Selects Technical Planning Team for 900 MW Wind Farm Offshore Poland

    7 April 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Orlen Neptun has selected a consortium of Ramboll, Projmors ASE Group, and Enprom to advance the technical planning and permitting for its 900 MW Baltic East offshore wind farm in Poland. Ramboll’s Polska team will oversee the overall management of the project, perform FEED design of the offshore components, and the detailed design of the […]

  • Seabed Preparation Starts Ahead of Construction of New Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    30 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first preparations ahead of offshore construction work at the OranjeWind project site in the Netherlands have begun, as Jan De Nul has started the filter layer installation campaign. In the coming weeks, the rock installation vessel Simon Stevin will install the first layer of erosion protection, which is essential to enable the subsequent installation […]

  • RWE Opens O&M Base for Thor Offshore Wind Farm

    25 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has officially opened the new operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 1.1 GW Danish Thor offshore wind farm at Thorsminde Port. “The port of Thorsminde provides the quickest sea and air access to Thor offshore wind farm, making it the perfect location for our new service hub. Our first team members are already […]

  • Thor Feeds First Power into Danish Grid

    17 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, Thor, delivered electricity into the national grid, operated by Energinet, for the first time on 16 March. “Reaching this milestone so soon after installing the first turbine demonstrates the exceptional performance of our project teams and partners, and how effectively they collaborate. Thor is progressing exactly as planned”, […]

  • Bernhard Schulte Offshore Takes Delivery of Third Methanol-Ready CSOV

    12 March 2026
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has delivered a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO). The CSOV, named Windea Carnot, is the third of three sister vessels built by the Norwegian shipbuilder for the German offshore wind vessel operator and the first of two ordered by investors advised by J.P. Morgan under options included […]

  • Interocean Signs Marine Services Agreement with JERA Nex BP

    10 March 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Supply Chain

    Interocean Marine Services has signed a master services agreement with JERA Nex BP to provide marine consultancy and assurance services in support of offshore wind operations in the North Sea and globally. Under the agreement, Interocean will deliver a range of marine services from its base in Aberdeen, Scotland, including marine assurance, engineering, offshore operations […]

  • Norway Launches Competition to Fund Small-Scale Floating Wind Projects

    15 December 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation

    Norwegian state enterprise Enova, owned by the Ministry of Climate and Environment, has launched a call for applications for a competition round to award funding to small-scale floating wind projects. Projects that can apply are those looking to test and demonstrate new solutions that can lower the cost of floating offshore wind energy, with the […]

  • First EolMed Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Heads to Installation Site

    10 December 2025
    Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the three Vestas V164-10.0 MW wind turbines has left the Port of Port-La Nouvelle to be installed at the EolMed floating offshore wind farm some 20 kilometres off the coast of Port-La Nouvelle and Gruissan, France. Guided by the port tugs to the exit of the port, the wind turbine was then taken […]

  • 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 […]

  • OES Wins Monopile Protection Contract for 795 MW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    20 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    OES Group has been awarded a contract by Smulders for the supply and installation of the ICCP system at the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the contract, OES Group will supply and install 53 external and internal ICCP systems to protect the project’s monopiles from corrosion throughout their service life. Smulders is […]

  • Great British Energy Acquires Stake in Scottish Floating Wind Project

    20 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm, a Scottish project developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has secured investment from Great British Energy, National Wealth Fund and Scottish National Investment Bank, each with the option to invest up to GBP 50 million (approximately EUR 58 million), the developer said on 19 November. Each of the investors has […]

  • Odfjell Oceanwind Granted DNV’s Basic Design Approval for Deepsea Star Floater

    12 November 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain, Technology

    Norwegian floating wind platform developer Odfjell Oceanwind has received a Basic Design Approval (BDA) from DNV for its Deepsea Star semi-submersible floater design. The BDA covers the use of the design with the SG 14‑236 DD 15 MW turbine from Siemens Gamesa in a wide range of offshore conditions. The approval was granted in accordance […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Both Nordseecluster A Offshore Substations In Place

    14 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has completed the installation of two offshore substations at its Nordseecluster A wind farm site in the German North Sea. The platforms, each around 40 metres long and 22 metres high, were manufactured by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at its yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and were placed onto their foundations by Scaldis using its floating […]

  • 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 […]

  • AFRY Nets Technical Consultancy Framework Agreement with Vattenfall

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

    AFRY has secured a new framework agreement with Vattenfall, under which the engineering consultancy company will be delivering technical consultancy services to the renewable energy developer. The agreement entails AFRY providing services across multiple competence areas and regions within Vattenfall’s operations. According to the consultancy services provider, the deal gives Vattenfall access to AFRY’s expertise […]

  • Wescott Successfully Completes Coating Repair Campaign at East Anglia One (EA1) Offshore Wind Farm

    31 October 2025

    Over a two-year period, Wescott Industrial Services – specialists in integrated industrial solutions such as access and protective coatings – successfully delivered a major coating repair campaign on all 102 Main Access Platform (MAP) cranes on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The campaign was carried out on behalf of ScottishPower Renewables, ensuring safe […]

  • Smulders Taps KCI for Dunkerque Offshore Substation Jacket Design

    2 February 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has contracted KCI Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of Sif Group, for the design of the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation (OSS) for the 600 MW Dunkerque offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, KCI will perform the basic and detailed design, including fabrication-suitable design and certification of the OSS jacket […]

  • Final Caissons for World’s First Artificial Energy Island Readying for Spring Installation

    29 January 2026
    Energy Islands, Foundations, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul has constructed and floated the remaining concrete structures for the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Energy Island at the Vlissingen site in the Netherlands. The concrete caissons are now at the Scaldia terminal, where they will undergo final works before being installed offshore this spring. The installation of the caissons started in April last year, […]

  • ProCon and Hyndla Complete Merger Under IWS Services Banner

    6 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business development

    Danish electrical engineering specialist ProCon Group and Norwegian company Hyndla have completed an all-share merger to form an integrated electrical solutions provider targeting the offshore wind industry, IWS Services, the 75-per-cent-owner of ProCon said on 5 January.   The combined business will operate under the parent company brand. Following the transaction, IWS Services, the offshore […]

  • Apollo Becomes Co-Owner of Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Ørsted has completed the divestment of a 50 per cent stake in the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm to Apollo-managed funds, the company said on 30 December, following the announcement of the sale in November and the closing of the transaction. Last month, the companies announced that they had entered into an agreement […]