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  • MacGregor Subsea Crane for South Korean Floating Wind Construction Vessel

    5 February 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Floating Wind, Supply Chain, Vessels

    MacGregor will supply a 400-tonne active heave compensated (AHC) subsea crane for a new floating wind construction vessel (FWCV) that Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry is building in China for the South Korean company HANA Shipping. MacGregor is scheduled to deliver the crane at the end of 2027, with the vessel’s delivery following in Q2 2028. […]

  • Vattenfall Blasts WWII Sea Mines at German Offshore Wind Project Sites

    15 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has removed three unexploded sea mines dating from World War II in the area where it will build its Nordlicht offshore wind cluster in the German North Sea. The mines, each with an explosive force comparable to 200-300 kilogrammes of TNT, were first located as anomalies during prior geophysical surveys of […]

  • Seatrium Launches Arbitration Against Maersk in WTIV Contract Dispute

    1 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Seatrium has launched arbitration proceedings against an affiliate of Maersk Offshore Wind, escalating a contract dispute over a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that Maersk sought to terminate in October, the shipbuilder said. Seatrium Energy International (SEI) issued its notice of arbitration on 28 November, seeking declarations that Maersk’s affiliate Phoenix II A/S wrongfully […]

  • UK-Slovenian Partnership Targets Seabed Data

    26 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    UK-headquartered Ocean Geophysics and Slovenia-based HighTide have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to combine their seabed and data solutions for offshore wind, cable and pipeline installation, and oil & gas. As part of the partnership, the renewable energy industry suppliers will combine Ocean Geophysics’ large-scale geophysical processing and interpretation with HighTide’s specialist expertise […]

  • EDF Seeks EIA Services for AO9 Offshore Wind Project in France

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

    EDF power solutions, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has initiated a consultation seeking environmental impact assessment (EIA) services to support its bid preparation for France’s AO9 offshore wind tender (Golf de Fos 2). EDF power solutions is a candidate for the AO9 project, which includes three projects defined as extensions of the offshore wind farms […]

  • New Jan De Nul Subsea Rock Installation Vessel to Sport Seatools’ Fall Pipe ROV

    15 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    The Netherlands-headquartered subsea technology company Seatools has secured a contract with Jan De Nul for the design and delivery of a fall pipe ROV for the recently ordered subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV) George W. Goethals. The fall pipe ROV, to be installed at the lower end of the vessel’s vertical fall pipe, is responsible […]

  • Global Maritime to Provide Marine Services for Iberdrola’s Saint-Brieuc

    15 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Iberdrola has selected Norway-headquartered Global Maritime (GM) to provide marine services in support of operations and maintenance (O&M) on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. As part of this agreement, Global Maritime will deliver a range of marine services, including vessel inspections and audit services, general marine support, and Health, Safety, Environment, […]

  • CWHI Completes Delivery of Inch Cape Transition Pieces

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

    CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has delivered all transition pieces (TP) the Chinese company was contracted to manufacture for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm. CWHI said on 10 February that it completed the load-out and on-time departure of the final batch of TPs for Inch Cape from its yard. The final 15 transition pieces have […]

  • RWE Unleashes Autonomous, Heavy Payload Drones at German Offshore Wind Farms

    15 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    RWE said on 15 October it had completed more than 80 successful cargo drone flights to offshore wind turbines in Germany, marking what it described as a milestone for the offshore wind industry. The company said the tests demonstrated the technical feasibility of using drones to deliver tools and spare parts directly to wind turbines […]

  • SMST Mission Equipment for Two North Star SOVs Reserved by RWE

    21 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has ordered two sets of mission equipment from the Netherlands-based SMST for two of North Star’s newbuild service operation vessels (SOVs), which will serve RWE under a long-term charter agreement. The new contract follows an equipment order SMST received from Vard in 2023 for North Star’s two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), […]

  • German TSO Opens EUR 11.7 Million Tender for Marine Warranty Surveyor Services

    13 October 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    50Hertz has launched an EUR 11.7 million call for tenders for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services for offshore wind energy projects in both the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The German TSO is looking to award a framework agreement(s) for MWS services through four lots, with the contract for each lot worth a little […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farm Now Equipped with Scour Protection Doubling as Marine Life Habitat

    16 October 2025
    Business development, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Innovation, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations, and this represents their first full-scale deployment at […]

  • Ignitis to Become Sole Owner of Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm as Ocean Winds Plans Exit

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

    Ignitis Renewables has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Ocean Winds to acquire full ownership of the Curonian Nord offshore wind project in Lithuania. Ignitis Renewables, an Ignitis Group subsidiary, plans to acquire 49 per cent of Ocean Winds’ shares at a nominal price in the company developing the 700 MW offshore wind project. […]

  • USD 475 Million WTIV Dispute Pushes Seatrium, Maersk Offshore Wind to Arbitration Table

    22 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Seatrium has received a notice of arbitration from Maersk Offshore Wind concerning the dispute over the termination of a contract for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), planned to be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in the US. Seatrium Energy International (SEI) received a notice of termination for the USD 475 […]

  • Lamprell, RTE International to Collaborate on Offshore Wind Transmission Projects

    9 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Lamprell, a UK manufacturer of offshore wind foundations with facilities in the Middle East, and RTE International, a subsidiary of RTE France specialising in electricity transmission engineering, have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the two companies plan to team up on offshore wind transmission projects. Lamprell said on 9 March that […]

  • Fabrication of Nederwiek 2 Platform Starts in Singapore, Indonesia

    10 February 2026
    Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has started work on the third offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2 GW programme, having cut the first steel for the Nederwiek 2 platform, which will be installed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The cutting of the steel was celebrated on 5 February at shipyards in Singapore and […]

  • Iberdrola Looking to Sell 49 Pct Stake in UK Offshore Wind Farm – Report

    17 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has begun exploring the sale of 49 per cent of its East Anglia Two offshore wind farm project in the UK, according to a report by the Spanish media outlet Cinco Días citing unnamed sources. The renewable energy developer has already engaged Bank of America and BBVA as financial advisors to assist with the […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK Delays Permit Decision for CIP’s Morecambe Offshore Wind Farm

    14 October 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK government has delayed a consent decision on the 480 MW Morecambe offshore wind farm, being developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The statutory deadline for the decision on the Morecambe offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea was 23 October. According to Labour Minister for Energy Consumers Martin McCluskey, speaking for Energy Secretary […]

  • Greenpeace Threatens Legal Action Against Crown Estate for ‘Profiteering’ from Offshore Wind Auctions

    14 October 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Greenpeace UK has said it plans to take legal action against the Crown Estate, accusing the public body of “monopoly profiteering” from the auctioning of seabed rights for offshore wind projects, a system Greenpeace claims is pushing up energy costs and slowing Britain’s transition to clean power. The environmental group argues that the Crown Estate, […]

  • Swedish Offshore Survey Specialist Nets Contract with 50Hertz

    13 October 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Njord Survey has signed a long-term framework agreement with 50Hertz for survey services that will support offshore wind development in the German Baltic Sea. Under the agreement, the Sweden-based offshore survey provider will deliver geophysical and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) seabed surveys, with biofuel to be used by all vessels, which will minimise emissions. Philip […]

  • FinalRAVE for First German Offshore Wind Farm as Vattenfall Starts Preparing Decommissioning Tender

    10 October 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is preparing an invitation to tender for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, according to early information that emerged on a European tender website. Meanwhile, the participants of the RAVE (Research at Alpha VEntus) initiative have kicked off finalRAVE, a sub-project with a focus on the offshore wind farm’s final phase and dismantling. According to […]

  • Steelwind Loads Out Final Baltic Power Monopiles

    13 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Steelwind Nordenham has loaded out the final three monopiles for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project at its port facility in Germany. Over the course of 26 shipments, all 78 monopiles that the company produced were successfully delivered. The first of the monopiles was installed offshore at the beginning of the year, followed […]

  • Equitix Preferred Bidder for 448 MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Transmission Assets

    15 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection

    The UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has selected Equitix as the preferred bidder to acquire and operate the offshore transmission assets for the 448 MW Nearth na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland. Equitix has been selected in a GBP 450 million (approximately EUR 516 million) tender round for an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO). As an asset […]

  • Cutting Inspection Costs and Risk: How the AXIST Offshore Rover Redefines Monopile Flange Measurement

    9 December 2025
    Equipment, Foundations, Innovation, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology

    Prometeo, the Offshore Rover by AXIST: A Breakthrough That Reinvents Mono-Pile Flange Measurement In the world of offshore wind, precision is non-negotiable. Even the smallest deviation can lead to deformation, reduced performance, and costly corrective interventions. Measuring the flange of a mono-pile immediately after piling is one of the most critical moments in the entire […]

  • WTIV Norse Wind Joins DEME’s Fleet

    16 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    DEME has officially received its new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Norse Wind, from CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. The vessel is set to begin operations in early 2026. Norse Wind is designed for the installation of next-generation offshore wind turbines, capable of handling rotor diameters beyond 300 metres and XXL monopiles up to 3,000 […]