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  • Empire Energy, Kuehne+Nagel Join Forces on Offshore Wind

    17 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    New York-headquartered Empire Energy and Kuehne+Nagel have joined forces to enhance offshore wind logistics and project delivery. From turbine assembly, commissioning, and operations through to heavy-lift transport, port staging, and international freight forwarding, customers will benefit from an integrated solution that reduces complexity and risk, according to the companies. “Offshore wind OEMs and developers want […]

  • China Accelerates Offshore Wind Growth as US Faces Headwinds

    7 October 2025
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    As the US seeks to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains by prioritising domestic oil and gas, its offshore wind sector has faced many challenges, from policy setbacks to rising inflationary costs. Meanwhile, Rystad Energy projects that China will account for 45 per cent of global offshore wind capacity by 2030. Despite unfavourable conditions in […]

  • Titan Wind Orders ESAB Welding Equipment for XXL Monopile Factory in Germany

    7 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Titan Wind Energy has signed a contract with ESAB for the delivery of welding and handling equipment for its new manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany. The agreement covers a full suite of high-capacity welding and handling solutions designed specifically for extra-large monopiles for offshore wind. The China-based Titan Group made the final investment decision (FID) […]

  • Cadeler Takes Delivery of Wind Ally, Set for First Mission at 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 Project in UK

    25 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Cadeler has taken delivery of its first A-class vessel, Wind Ally, which will begin operations installing foundations at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea following mobilisation. The new vessel has been under construction for two years at the Cosco shipyard in Qidong, China. It has been delivered ahead of schedule […]

  • Preliminary Seabed Surveys Completed at Orlen’s Baltic East Site Offshore Poland

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

    Preliminary seismic and geotechnical surveys of the seabed have been completed at the Baltic East offshore wind farm site in the Polish Baltic Sea. Preliminary seabed surveys for the Baltic East project began at the end of June and lasted over 15 weeks, said Orlen Group, the developer of the offshore wind farm. The surveys […]

  • Australia’s ‘Most Advanced Offshore Wind Project’ Files for Environmental Approval

    17 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Star of the South, said to be Australia’s “most advanced offshore wind project”, has submitted its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for approval, the primary environmental approval required for the project to proceed. According to the developer, this comes off the back of a few other milestones the project recently achieved, one of which is the […]

  • TenneT’s 2 GW Contract Termination Derails Petrofac’s Restructuring Plans

    24 October 2025
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac’s planned financial restructuring can no longer proceed as originally intended following the termination of its scope of work by TenneT for an offshore wind project, the company announced on 23 October. Petrofac said that its board has determined that the restructuring, which had reached an advanced stage, is no longer deliverable in its current […]

  • Davi Completes FAT for Titan Wind Energy’s Four Heavy-Duty Plate Rolls, First Delivery Imminent

    10 December 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Davi has reached another milestone in the project it’s carrying on with Titan Wind Energy, completing the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for four heavy-duty plate rolls designed for offshore wind tower and monopile manufacturing. The FAT took place in Week 46 at Davi’s headquarters in Cesena, Italy, where a delegation from Titan Wind Energy visited […]

  • JERA Nex BP Acquires Full Ownership of Mona Offshore Wind Project from Partner EnBW, 1.5 GW Morgan Discontinued

    19 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    After EnBW decided to exit the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the UK, totalling 3 GW, the company’s joint venture partner, JERA Nex BP, is acquiring EnBW’s stake in 1.5 GW Mona, while the joint venture will not continue with the Morgan offshore wind project. On 15 January, EnBW announced it was withdrawing […]

  • GE Vernova to Pay Nantucket USD 10.5 Million for Losses Caused by Blade Debris

    14 July 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The Town and County of Nantucket in Massachusetts and GE Vernova have reached a settlement agreement worth USD 10.5 million (approximately EUR 9 million), which the wind turbine OEM will pay to compensate the Town and local businesses for losses resulting from the failure of a turbine blade on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind […]

  • Indian Company Joins Hitachi Energy to Deliver HVDC Systems for TenneT’s Offshore Wind Programme

    30 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    India-headquartered Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been contracted to deliver high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for Dutch-German grid operator TenneT’s offshore wind transmission programme. Collaborating with Hitachi Energy, L&T has been nominated by TenneT to deliver HVDC converter stations. The initiative aims to accelerate the integration of large-scale renewable energy into the European power […]

  • Petrofac Files for Administration After Lost TenneT Contracts

    27 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Following the termination of Petrofac’s scope of work on the 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in the Netherlands by the Dutch TSO TenneT, the UK engineering and consultancy provider has filed for administration. In an update on 27 October, Petrofac said the Directors of Petrofac Limited, the Group’s ultimate holding company, applied to the […]

  • Ocean Winds to Consider Next Steps as US Court Rules BOEM Can Reevaluate SouthCoast Wind Approval

    6 November 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A US federal judge has ruled in favour of the motion filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in an ongoing case in Massachusetts, which requested that the case be paused as they will voluntarily remand the approval given to the SouthCoast Wind project earlier, so it could […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tariffs Hit US Offshore Wind Project, Costs Rise by USD 443 Million Mid-Construction

    3 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Energy said in its third-quarter 2025 results that recently imposed US tariffs have been incorporated into the updated cost estimate for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The company now places total capital costs for the 2.6 GW offshore wind farm at approximately USD 11.2 billion (approximately EUR 9.7 billion), up from about […]

  • MoU Signed to Develop Scottish Highlands as Offshore Wind and Renewables Hub

    29 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK and Scottish governments and The Highland Council, creating a formal framework for cooperation in developing the Highlands as a major international hub for the offshore wind and renewable energy sector. The agreement is said to unlock GBP […]

  • Ørsted Raises EUR 7.98 Billion in Oversubscribed Rights Issue

    7 October 2025
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has completed its rights issue, raising DKK 59.56 billion (approximately EUR 7.98 billion) with a subscription rate of approximately 99.3 per cent, the company said on 6 October. Existing shareholders were offered new shares at DKK 66.60 (EUR 8.92) each. The demand for shares not taken up via the rights issue was “extraordinarily high,” […]

  • Trump Administration Requests Remand of Federal Approval for Another Offshore Wind Farm

    3 December 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal court to remand the federal approval of the New England Wind offshore wind project to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which issued it last year and now wants to conduct further review, according to a filing submitted on 2 December in the US […]

  • 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, […]

  • Victorian Gov’t Delays Launch of First Offshore Wind Auction

    16 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Victorian government has postponed its first offshore wind auction, which was originally set to launch in September, according to Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio. Victoria has set a target of at least 2 GW of offshore wind energy by 2032, raising this up to 4 GW by 2035 and 9 GW by 2040. Energy Minister […]

  • ‘Disappointing’ AR7 Budget Undermines UK’s Offshore Wind 2030 Target, Says Industry

    28 October 2025

    Several industry organisations expressed dissatisfaction with the UK government’s offshore wind budget for Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), with WindEurope calling it “disappointing”. WindEurope described the UK government’s GBP 1.08 billion budget as disappointing, saying it undermines the growth of the country’s offshore wind sector and could affect the wider European industry. […]

  • Germany Pushes Back Offshore Wind Tenders to 2027

    29 January 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    The German government has decided to postpone the tenders for the N-10.1 and N-10.2 offshore wind sites, which were planned to be put up for auction this year after not receiving any bids in 2025. The sites are now planned to be tendered out in 2027, with the exact date to be determined by the Federal […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Fed 26.1 TWh of Electricity Into Grid in 2025

    11 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s total offshore wind power generation in 2025 amounted to 26.1 TWh, of which 20.8 TWh came from the North Sea and 5.38 TWh from the Baltic Sea, according to TenneT Germany, the transmission system operator (TSO) in charge of the country’s North Sea grid. In this article: With onshore wind farms contributing 106.5 TWh […]

  • All Five Halted US Offshore Wind Farms Resume Construction

    3 February 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All five US offshore wind farms under construction that received stop-work orders from the US government have been cleared to continue building, with Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind project the fifth project to be granted a preliminary injunction as part of a lawsuit challenging the order issued by the Director of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau […]

  • Contracts for Difference Bumped Up to EU Level as Commission Releases New Grids Package

    10 December 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The European Commission just published a European Grids Package that includes Guidance on Contracts for Difference (CfDs), making the offshore wind industry’s much-sought-after procurement model soon to be mandated by the EU. While the new package has yet to be adopted and will serve as a foundation for EU and national legislation moving forward, a […]

  • US Floating Wind Platform Developer Issues RFI to Fabricators Worldwide

    12 August 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Aikido Technologies, which recently secured a spot at a Norwegian offshore demo site, has released an RFI for its 15 MW ‘AO60’ floating wind platform to offshore wind fabricators. The California-based floating wind foundation developer said on social media that it had issued the RFI to more than ten “top-tier offshore wind fabricators from around […]