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  • RWE, North Star Sign Multi-Million-Pound Offshore Wind Vessels Deal

    5 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    German renewable energy developer RWE has entered into a long-term partnership with the UK’s shipowner-operator North Star for the charter of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The two companies have also signed reservation agreements for two newbuild SOVs delivered by the Norwegian Vard Group. The Grampian Eagle CSOV is chartered for at least twelve years. […]

  • Geotechnical Surveys Start at 165 MW Lillebælt Syd Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

    30 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Geotechnical surveys have commenced for the Lillebælt Syd offshore wind farm in Denmark, owned by TotalEnergies, European Energy, and Danish utility company SONFOR. In the coming months, a jack-up will conduct test drilling for the eleven turbine locations at the Lillebælt Syd wind farm site. The purpose of these surveys is to obtain detailed knowledge […]

  • DEME’s New WTIV Stretches 124-Metre-Long Legs Ahead of Delivery in Q4 2025

    8 August 2025
    Project Updates, Vessels

    DEME’s new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Norse Wind has completed a full-height jacking test at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore’s shipyard as part of the vessel’s commissioning phase, before it is delivered to DEME in the fourth quarter of this year. During the test, the vessel’s legs were extended to their full length of 124 […]

  • Haizea Rolls Out First Monopile for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    4 August 2025
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Haizea Wind Group has rolled out the first monopile for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The monopile will now undergo its surface treatment before being shipped to the offshore wind farm project, located approximately 120 kilometres off the Norfolk Coast in the North Sea. In September 2022, Haizea […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Install Turbines at Skyborn’s German Offshore Wind Farm

    29 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Skyborn Renewables has signed a preferred supply agreement with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier for the transportation and installation of turbines for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The charter party agreement is expected to be signed later in 2025. Offshore installation of the 63 wind turbines is planned to commence in 2028 […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 14 MW Turbines to Spin at Ocean Winds’ Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

    29 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Ocean Winds has entered into an agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of 26 SG 14-236 wind turbines, which are capable of being boosted to 15 MW, for its BC-Wind offshore wind project in Poland. The companies have also signed a long-term service and maintenance agreement for the 390 MW project. The agreement, which […]

  • TenneT Picks Asso.subsea for 2 GW Cable Installation Work in Germany

    29 July 2025
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Asso.subsea has been awarded a nearshore cable installation contract for three projects under TenneT’s 2 GW programme in Germany. The projects are BalWin4, LanWin1, and LanWin5, located off the northwestern coast of Baltrum Island, in northern Germany. The contract marks the beginning of a new collaboration with Jan De Nul, acting as the main contractor, […]

  • Germany: TÜV SÜD Increases Revenue and Income

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    In 2011 TÜV SÜD set new records for revenue, income and headcount. Last year the international service corporation increased its revenue to almost EUR 1.7 billion (2010: EUR 1.55 billion); compared to the prior year, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by 12 per cent to around EUR 160 million (2010: EUR 143 million). […]

  • Substation Installed at Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    28 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation and the substation topside have been installed at the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm site in Denmark. Following the jacket and topside’s sail-away from HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands, the installation of the 2,600-tonne topside was executed offshore, with the heavy-lift vessel Gulliver of Scaldis SMC placing the […]

  • Fugro Bags Geotechnical Survey Contract for 700 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

    6 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Dutch Fugro has secured a geotechnical site investigation contract for the 700 MW Youde offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, Fugro will deliver comprehensive geotechnical services to support the development of the Youde project, owned by Shinfox Energy. “By leveraging our ISO-accredited local laboratory, we will deliver integrated high-quality services. This milestone reinforces […]

  • First Monopile Stands at 660 MW Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    28 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first turbine foundation has been installed at Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind development in Germany. The monopiles were shipped from the heavy-lift terminal in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to the construction site in the German North Sea by Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel Boreas. Four monopiles can […]

  • Air Liquide Takes Final Investment Decision on Electrolyser That Will Link to Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    31 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide has taken the final investment decision (FID) to build ELYgator, a large-scale electrolyser in the Netherlands, which will be connected to OranjeWind, a soon-to-be-built Dutch offshore wind farm owned by a joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies. The company will invest more than EUR 500 million to build, own […]

  • Navantia-Windar Consortium Sends Off First Dieppe Le Tréport Jackets

    31 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has shipped the first batch of jacket foundations from Spain for the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm. The first four jackets are currently en route to their destination in France. The four-legged jackets were manufactured at Navantia Seanergies facilities in Fene, while the pin […]

  • The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (Interview with Vattenfall)

    17 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    When you are talking with people working in real estate, there is a small chance you would not hear them saying: “Location, location, location!” at some point. In offshore wind, the same could be said for cost reduction.

  • Hornsea 3 Monopile Production Begins at SeAH Wind’s New UK Facility

    30 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    SeAH Wind has commenced commercial production for its inaugural project, delivering monopile foundations for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The milestone was marked by cutting the first steel plates. This signifies the beginning of operations at SeAH Wind’s facility on Teesside, the first UK purpose-built factory for XXL monopile […]

  • Scale Up Smarter, Not Harder – Why Offshore Wind Ambitions Can Be Met More Efficiently if Turbine Growth Is Paused

    28 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Manufacturing, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology, Vessels, Wind Turbines

    The following article is a guest post by Fred van Beers, CEO Sif Netherlands B.V., & Anne Vedel, SVP Product Solutions & Integration, Vestas. The looming climate crisis and an acute need for independence from Russian oil and gas have massively accelerated European appetite for offshore wind. Governments keep raising ambitions and underlining the importance […]

  • Prysmian Contracts NextGeo to Survey Export Cable Routes for New Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    30 July 2025
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Prysmian has awarded two contracts to Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), one of which is in the Dutch offshore wind market, where NextGeo will carry out export cable route surveys for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore wind sites. The second contract NextGeo secured with Prysmian is for the Bay of Biscay interconnection project, an […]

  • Scotland Greenlights SSE’s 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    31 July 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish government has granted a consent order for SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank in the UK, which, if fully developed, would become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The Section 36 consent determination by Scottish ministers approves the project’s main offshore wind array in the outer Firth of Forth off the East Lothian coast. The […]

  • Inch Cape Substation En Route to Project Site Offshore Scotland

    31 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The substation platform and jacket foundation for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm have departed from the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle, and are en route to their site off the Angus coast in Scotland. The Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) and its jacket foundation sailed at sunset yesterday (30 July) down the River […]

  • New Hybrid Utility Vessel for Offshore Ops Now Managed by Inyanga Marine Energy

    28 July 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vessels

    UK-based Inyanga Marine Energy Group has assumed operational management of the newly built Tor Boreas, a hybrid utility vessel developed for offshore wind operations. According to Inyanga, the 26.95-metre vessel will be operated in partnership with compatriot company, Tor Group, and is designed for a range of offshore tasks, including geotechnical seabed surveys, remotely operated […]

  • UK Port Set for Expansion with New Deep-Water Terminal

    28 July 2025
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Great Yarmouth in the UK is set to undergo a major expansion, with plans announced to develop a new deep-water terminal at the port. The port operator is moving forward with plans to develop the southern terminal of its outer harbour in response to growing demand from developers and construction contractors involved […]

  • EWEA: Is German Offshore Wind Under Threat?

    12 April 2013

    European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) spoke to Andreas Wagner, CEO of the Offshore Wind Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie) and part of the team negotiating with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, trying to find out what is the future of German offshore wind power, as the country is said to be facing support cuts, besides the already known […]

  • Scotland’s 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational

    25 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm has become fully operational, with Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney visiting Eyemouth on 24 July to mark the launch of the country’s newest offshore wind project. Located 15.5 kilometres off the coast of Fife, NnG is co-owned by EDF power solutions UK and Ireland and […]

  • Scottish Gov’t Grants Go-Ahead for 100 MW Salamander Floating Wind Farm

    24 July 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Salamander floating offshore wind farm has secured the offshore consent award from the Scottish government, granting approval to build and operate the project. The 100 MW floating wind farm, developed jointly by Simply Blue Group, Ørsted, and Subsea7, has been awarded Section 36 consent and associated Marine Licences. Combined with the recent award of […]

  • France: Alstom Inaugurates Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    20 March 2012

    On 19 March, Alstom inaugurated the largest offshore wind turbine in the world, at Carnet in the Loire-Atlantique. The ceremony was attended by Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, and Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom. The 6 MW Haliade 150 wind turbine has been developed in response to a […]

  • Nexans, Crowley Wind Services Partner on US Cable Lay Barge

    1 August 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    France’s cable systems designer and manufacturer, Nexans, has partnered with Crowley Wind Services to develop and operate a Jones Act-compliant cable lay barge, aiming to support subsea transmission work for offshore wind and other industries across the US. The 300-foot barge, flagged and crewed in the US, is being built in Louisiana and tested in […]