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  • SPIE Inks Another Contract with Van Oord for Offshore Cable Work in Germany

    16 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Van Oord has signed a contract with SPIE Wind Connect, part of SPIE, for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the contract, SPIE Wind Connect will be responsible for the termination and testing of 21 61 kV inter-array cables on the Windanker offshore […]

  • Half of Monopile Foundations In Place at Thor Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Half of the monopile foundations are now in place at the Thor offshore wind farm site, as Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés installed the 36th of the project’s total 72 monopiles on 15 July. “With Thor we are constructing Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. Reaching halfway in the safe installation of […]

  • Otto Wulf ‒ A family running their own show

    14 August 2012

    The offshore wind industry is very much dictated by large conglomerates. How is it for smaller companies to keep on their feet in this competitive environment when the stakes are not particular in their favour? Offshore WIND visited family-run towage and salvage company Otto Wulf GmbH and heard how the fourth generation Wulf is running […]

  • OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE: O&M is Still Evolving

    11 May 2015

    Servicing around 2,200 wind turbines and 56 substations under fixed maintenance contracts, as well as repairs and assessments for a further 1,500 plants, Deutsche Windtechnik AG has experienced rapid growth since being established in 2007. Last year, the company experienced a near 40% in turnover, which passed the 70 million Euro mark for the first […]

  • Construction Starts on ‘World’s First eCSOV’

    21 July 2025
    Vessels

    The keel for Bibby Marine’s hybrid methanol battery-powered commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV), which will serve the offshore wind industry, has been laid at the Armon Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. When announcing the vessel construction in early 2024, Bibby Marine said this would be “the world’s first truly zero-emission” eCSOV. The vessel, designed in collaboration […]

  • Cierco Energy, MPS Enter Partnership for Celtic Sea Floating Wind Demo Project

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Cierco Energy and Marine Power Systems (MPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which is said to be the first step towards deploying MPS PelaFlex technology at one of the Llŷr demonstration project sites in the Celtic Sea. Cierco Energy was chosen to build the Llŷr 1 and Llŷr 2 floating wind projects in 2021 in […]

  • Estonia Halts Saare 7 Licensing as No Bidders Qualify

    14 July 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has refused to initiate the superficies licence proceedings for the Saare 7 offshore wind farm area, as the auction process did not result in a winning bidder. In May, CPTRA announced an auction for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Saare 7 area. OÜ […]

  • Equinor Books USD 955 Million Empire Wind Impairment

    23 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has reported a net operating income of USD 5.72 billion (around EUR 4.88 billion) in the second quarter of 2025, down from USD 7.66 billion (around EUR 6.53 billion) in the same quarter last year, with this quarter’s figures including an impairment of USD 955 million (around EUR 814 million) related to the company’s […]

  • Germany: Wind Blades in Global Sea

    24 January 2013

    The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing with offshore and new countries coming into the marketplace. […]

  • Germany: Wind Blades in Global Sea

    12 March 2013

    The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing with offshore and new countries coming into the marketplace. […]

  • Thor Offshore Substation En Route to Denmark

    17 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has left HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands and is on its way to the project site in the Danish North Sea. “[The] sail-away of the fully assembled substation for THOR is an important step for us in the project team”, said […]

  • Dong Fang Offshore Orders Cable-Lay System at Huisman

    23 July 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Huisman has signed a contract with Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the delivery of a modular cable-lay system that will be fitted onto DFO’s vessels, including the construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) being built by Vard for the Taiwan-based offshore wind vessel provider. For Huisman, this marks the company’s first cable-lay system, built on its […]

  • East Anglia Three Export Cable Makes Landfall in Suffolk

    16 July 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first section of the export cable for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been pulled ashore, making landfall at Bawdsey in Suffolk. NKT, which is supplying and installing the export cable for the project under a turnkey contract secured in 2022, started working on East Anglia Three in June, following […]

  • Van Oord Orders Two Methanol-Capable Subsea Rock Installation Vessels from China

    21 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Van Oord has placed an order with a Chinese shipyard for two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels that will be capable of operating on methanol. The DP2 vessels, to be constructed by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China, will be equipped with a loading capacity of 35,000 tonnes and capable of handling large rock sizes. […]

  • Portuguese Conglomerate Investing in Gazelle Wind Power, Group Company to Manufacture Steel Structures for Floating Wind Demo Project

    16 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Floating wind technology developer Gazelle Wind Power has entered into a strategic agreement with the Portuguese conglomerate dstgroup, which will see dstgroup’s corporate venture capital firm, dstventures, investing EUR 1.5 million in Gazelle. Furthermore, dstgroup’s steel engineering and manufacturing subsidiary, bysteel, will fabricate and construct the modular steel structures for Gazelle’s Nau Azul floating wind […]

  • Van Oord Installs All Monopiles at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Project

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

    All 100 monopile foundations have been installed at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm site, located 195 kilometres off the northeast coast of the UK. The achievement concludes a 14-month foundation installation campaign carried out by Van Oord as part of a joint engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for both wind turbine […]

  • Ørsted Selects Construction Base for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    16 July 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has selected Steel River Quay on the Teesworks site on the south bank of the River Tees in the northeast of England as the construction base for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. Ørsted signed a lease agreement for up to 300,000 square metres at Steel River Quay, which will be used to collect […]

  • KN Helicopters Wins EUR 30 Million Air Transport Tender for Vattenfall’s Danish, German Offshore Wind Farms

    15 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall has selected Danish helicopter operator KN Helicopters for air transport to and from four of its offshore wind farms, two in Denmark and two in Germany. The contracts, which already started this summer, are estimated to be worth EUR 30 million (excluding VAT) in total. In Germany, KN Helicopters will provide offshore transport to […]

  • Entrion Wind TMA Monopile Tech Gets DNV Nod

    11 July 2025
    R&D, Technology

    Entrion Wind’s Top Mooring Assembly (TMA) Monopile technology has completed the Technology Qualification (TQ) process and has received a formal Statement of Feasibility from DNV. The Statement of Feasibility was awarded following an evaluation under DNV-SE-0160, passing “a rigorous vetting process” for qualifying novel technologies for offshore use, said Entrion Wind. This milestone follows an […]

  • RWE, Masdar Move Forward with 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms

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

    The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, being developed by RWE and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar. Since the start of the examination this January, the Planning Inspectorate has assessed the environmental, socio-economic, and technical attributes of the DBS projects […]

  • DNV to Certify Ventyr’s Offshore Wind Farm in Norway

    10 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    DNV has been awarded a contract by Ventyr, a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, for the Design Certification of the Sørlige Nordsjø II wind turbines and offshore substation in Norway. “Certification plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, quality, and reliability of offshore wind infrastructure. Our certification helps confirm that critical components […]

  • Italy’s Ports of Augusta, Taranto to Become Offshore Wind Hubs

    10 July 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    A decree has been approved by the Italian government to establish offshore wind manufacturing and assembly hubs at the ports of Augusta and Taranto. The total investment amounts to EUR 78.3 million, to be distributed over three years starting in 2025. Funding will come from the reallocation of revenues generated by CO2 emission allowance auctions. […]

  • Fugro, TGS to Carry Out Detailed Surveys for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Fugro and TGS have been awarded contracts for detailed site investigations at the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) site, where Norway’s first commercial offshore wind farm will be built by a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments. Fugro, which already performed surveys at the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind site for the […]

  • Offshore Work Starts at PGE and Ørsted’s 1.5 GW Project Site in Poland

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

    The vessel Olympic Electra has begun relocating boulders at the Baltica 2 project site, marking the start of the preparatory work ahead of offshore construction of what will be the biggest offshore wind farm in Poland. Boulder relocation is a key stage in preparing for the installation of foundations and underwater infrastructure, Ørsted, which owns […]

  • 1 Pct of Global Offshore Wind Investments Could Restore Millions of Square Kilometres of Marine Ecosystems, Study Finds

    8 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Allocating just 1 per cent of the global offshore wind investments from now until 2050, which are projected to be USD 6 trillion (approximately EUR 5.1 trillion), to marine conservation and restoration could restore millions of square kilometres of marine ecosystems, a new international study has found. The scientists who conducted the study have urged […]

  • First Turbine Up at 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

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

    The first of 76 Vestas 15 MW turbines has been installed at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by a joint venture between the Orlen Group and Northland Power. Cadeler has been selected as the transport and installation contractor by the joint venture. The O-Class jack-up vessel Wind Osprey will lead the […]