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  • 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 […]

  • RWE, Masdar’s Dogger Bank South Eastern Array Geotechnical Surveys Done

    24 November 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed the geotechnical site investigations for the eastern array of the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms in the UK. Geo-data specialist Fugro deployed five vessels to collect core samples and CPT data from up to 50 metres beneath the seafloor. By analysing these samples, the engineers gain insights that are key […]

  • Rock Solid Challenges: How Jack-Ups Are Adapting to Tougher Seabeds

    21 November 2025
    Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    As offshore wind expands into new frontiers, jack-up vessels face increasingly difficult working environments. Beyond the sandy soils of the North Sea, projects are now being built on dense tills, coral limestone, and even exposed bedrock. These hard seabeds are testing the limits of conventional jack-up design and installation practices — and calling for new […]

  • BlueFloat’s Joint Venture Partner Acquires Full Ownership of 10 Floating Wind Projects in UK, Italy

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

    The joint venture (JV) between Nadara and BlueFloat Energy has confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz that Nadara will acquire BlueFloat’s stake in the JV’s floating offshore wind projects in the UK and Italy, and become their sole owner.   “Nadara has reached an agreement with its joint venture partner BlueFloat Energy, to acquire its 50% stake in […]

  • Offshore Wind Developer Gets DNV Concept Certification for Floating Foundation Design

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

    BayWa r.e. has received concept certification from DNV for its BayFloat floating wind semi-submersible concrete substructure and mooring system design. The design was validated using the 22 MW generic reference turbine “IEA-22-280-RWT”. The certification process was conducted in accordance with DNV-SE-0422:2021-09 “Certification of floating wind turbines” scheme, including DNV-ST-0119:2021-06 “Floating wind turbine structures” as the […]

  • TGS Wraps Up Survey for Europe’s First Commercial-Scale Floating Wind Farm

    24 July 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    TGS has completed an ultra-high-resolution 3D (UHR3D) seismic survey for the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by a consortium of Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. According to TGS, the record-breaking survey integrated Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP), Side Scan Sonar (SSS), and magnetometer data into a unified dataset. This dataset […]

  • First Monopiles In at New US Offshore Wind Farm, Saipem 7000 En Route to Install OSS

    20 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first foundations have been installed at the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm site in US federal waters off the coast of New York, and the project’s offshore substation (OSS) is also set to be installed soon. In its report for the first half of the year, the Sunrise Wind owner and developer, Ørsted, said that the […]

  • TotalEnergies Applies for Permits for 3 GW German Offshore Wind Projects

    20 November 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    [NOTE: The article title was updated on 3 February 2026. The previous title was “TotalEnergies Submits Permits for 3 GW German Offshore Wind Projects”.] TotalEnergies has submitted permit applications for two of its offshore wind farms in Germany, totalling approximately 3 GW, to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The projects are the NordseeEnergies […]

  • Denmark Opens 2.8 GW CfD-Based Offshore Wind Tender

    20 November 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched tenders for three offshore wind areas that can house a minimum of 2.8 GW of installed capacity. The process is based on a Contracts for Difference (CfD) model, which the DEA says will increase the likelihood of qualified bids, following the tender launched last year through which the […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up Surveys for 330 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Italy

    20 November 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed geophysical and archaeological surveys for Energia Wind 2020 to support the development of the 330 MW Rimini offshore wind farm.  The survey covered both the wind farm site and the export cable corridor, located approximately 12 nautical miles (approximately 22 kilometres) off the coast of Rimini in the Adriatic Sea.  Fugro deployed […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Iberdrola Moves to Take Full Ownership of Its Brazilian Subsidiary

    25 November 2025
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola has launched a public takeover bid for the remaining 16.2 per cent of its Brazilian subsidiary Neoenergia, aiming to take full control and delist the company.   The Spanish utility and renewable energy developer is offering 32.5 Brazilian reais per share, the same price paid in October when it bought a 30.29 per cent […]

  • NextGeo Pens Eight-Year Deal with 50Hertz for Seabed Surveys Offshore Germany

    23 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has entered into an eight-year framework agreement with the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to provide geotechnical seabed survey services for offshore substation development. Under the agreement, valued at multiple million euros annually over eight years, NextGeo will provide geotechnical seabed survey services to support the development of offshore substations, which […]

  • Decommissioning Journey Commences for Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    19 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall, EWE, and RWE have launched a qualification phase for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm. Work is expected to commence from 2027 onwards, but Vattenfall and its partners are also considering start dates in 2028. The estimated value of the contract is approximately EUR 50 million. Interested parties have until […]

  • The Final Countdown: Preparing for OEEC 2025

    19 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development

    [PRESS RELEASE BY NAVINGO BV] The energy is rising as we enter the final countdown to the 18th edition of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), taking place on 25–26 November at RAI Amsterdam. In less than one week, thousands of professionals from across the offshore energy sector will gather for two days dedicated […]

  • Ørsted Moving Ahead with EUR 8 Billion Rights Issue to Build Sunrise Wind, Shore Up Finances Amid US Market Uncertainty

    25 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Ørsted has appointed a syndicate of BNP PARIBAS, Danske Bank A/S and J.P. Morgan SE as Joint Global Coordinators, next to Morgan Stanley & Co International, for the planned DKK 60 billion (around EUR 8 billion; USD 9.4 billion) rights issue, proceeds of which will be used to fund the construction of the Sunrise Wind […]

  • ORE Catapult, Bladena to Trial Blade Reinforcement Tech

    21 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has signed an agreement with Bladena to test blade reinforcement technology designed to extend the operational life of offshore wind turbines. The full-scale testing programme at ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, the UK, will use an 88-metre blade to carry out full-scale torsional load tests, said […]

  • Offshore and Eastern Europe new growth drivers for wind power in Europe

    31 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and coinciding with today’s publication by the European Commission on financing renewable energy. While offshore wind power […]

  • Orlen Secures Environmental Permit for 1 GW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    18 November 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Orlen Group has secured the environmental permit for its 1 GW Baltic East offshore wind farm in Poland from the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk. This milestone brings the project closer to participation in the first Polish offshore wind auction, scheduled for December this year, according to the developer. “During this auction, the […]

  • NKT Completes Beatrice Export Cable Repair, 588 MW Offshore Wind Farm Returns to Full Capacity

    18 November 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has completed a turnkey repair of one of the 220 kV high-voltage AC subsea export cables connecting the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Scottish Moray Firth to the Aberdeenshire coast. In April 2025, an unplanned transmission outage occurred on one of two of Beatrice’s Transmission Capital Partner (TCP) -owned export cables, bringing renewable […]

  • Orion En Route to Europe

    15 October 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion is on the way to Europe for the final construction phase before heading to its first offshore wind project. According to DEME, Orion will arrive in Rostock, Germany, in a few weeks, where it will be equipped with a Liebherr crane that has a lifting capacity of 5,000t. The […]

  • Berlin Looks to Acquire Minority Stake in TenneT Germany with Multi-Billion Plan

    17 November 2025
    Business & Finance

    Germany has earmarked a budget ceiling of EUR 7.6 billion for the possible purchase of a minority stake in the German arm of transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT, subject to parliamentary approval. Reuters reported on 12 November 2025 that Germany intends to spend over multiple years to acquire a stake in the unit, starting with […]

  • First Polish-Built Vestas Nacelles Standing at Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm Site

    17 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first nacelles from Vestas’ Polish production facility have been installed and are getting ready for commissioning at the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The first three V236-15 MW turbines, consisting of nacelles manufactured at Vestas’ facility in Szczecin, have been installed at the site 23 kilometres off the coast of the Choczewo […]

  • DEME Awards Dogger Bank Termination & Testing Contract

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

    DEME has awarded SPIE Wind Connect, a subsidiary of SPIE, a contract for the full scope of cable termination and testing works on Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Under the agreement, SPIE Wind Connect will carry out 66 kV inter-array cable termination […]