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Thor Feeds First Power into Danish Grid

17 March 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, Thor, delivered electricity into the national grid, operated by Energinet, for the first time on 16 March. “Reaching this milestone so soon after installing the first turbine demonstrates the exceptional performance of our project teams and partners, and how effectively they collaborate. Thor is progressing exactly as planned”, […]

First Batch of Fengmiao Jacket Foundations Produced

2 February 2026

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

Century Wind Power has produced the first jacket foundations for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The production is ramping up ahead of the foundation installation that is scheduled to start this year, according to a recent social media post by CIP. “This achievement highlights the strong […]

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Export Cable In Place

26 March 2026

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

The first export cable for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm has been laid and pulled into shore, according to an update from Ørsted on 26 March. NKT, the project’s export cable supplier, began manufacturing the cables three years ago and will complete them this summer, while Jan de Nul will transport and install a […]

Australia’s First Offshore Wind Tender Scheduled for August

27 January 2026

Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

The Australian state of Victoria will open an offshore wind tender in August 2026 for an initial 2 GW of capacity, Victoria’s Minister for Energy and Resources announced on 27 January. In December 2025, Australia’s Energy Ministers provided in-principle support for the Electricity Services Entry Mechanism (ESEM), providing a pathway for new renewable energy projects, […]

First Wind Turbine Up at East Anglia Three

21 April 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

The first wind turbine has been installed at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK, the owners of the GBP 4 billion (around EUR 4.6 billion) project, ScottishPower Renewables and Masdar, said on 21 April. The 1.4 GW East Anglia Three, being built 69 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, will […]

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Stands Complete

31 March 2026

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

Heerema Marine Contractors, using its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir, has completed the installation of the first of the two Hornsea 3 offshore converter stations. As reported recently, Sleipnir started installing the jacket foundation for the Offshore Converter Station 1 (OCS1) at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 project site offshore the UK on 19 March. According to a social media […]

Ulstein Launches First of Two J.P. Morgan CSOVs

8 January 2026

Business & Finance, Vessels

Ulstein Verft in Norway has launched Yard no. 322, the first of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) the company is building for investors advised by J.P. Morgan. In July 2023, Bernhard Schulte Offshore ordered the design and construction of two CSOVs from Ulstein under a contract that included options for two + two vessels. In […]

Poland Holds First Offshore Wind CfD Auction

18 December 2025

Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (Urząd Regulacji Energetyki, URE) held the country’s first offshore wind auction on 17 December, offering 4 GW of capacity. The auction was held online, starting at 8:00 and closing at 18:00 (CET). The country’s energy regulator announced a December auction in June this year, saying the maximum total installed capacity that […]

First Turbine Up at Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm

30 January 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

The first wind turbine is now in place at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) site in the US. The 2.6 GW offshore wind farm, owned by Dominion Energy, will comprise 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines and will be able to generate enough electricity to power over 900,000 homes once fully operational, according […]

Acta Marine Takes Delivery of First of Four New CSOVs

6 January 2026

Vessels

Acta Marine has taken delivery of Acta Pegasus, its fourth walk-to-work (W2W) vessel and the first of the four new construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) being built for the company at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. The vessel is currently undergoing mobilisation for its first deployment on an offshore wind project. The 89-metre-long, methanol-ready CSOV was […]

First Turbine Up at RWE’s Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Project

11 June 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

DEME has installed the first wind turbine at RWE’s Nordseecluster A site, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in the German North Sea. Installation is being carried out by DEME’s vessel Norse Wind, which is capable of transporting and installing up to five turbine sets per cycle. The 660 MW […]

Japan’s First Commercial Floating Wind Farm Enters Operation

5 January 2026

Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

The Goto floating wind farm, Japan’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, entered full operation on 5 January 2026, according to the consortium behind the project consisting of Toda Corporation, ENEOS Renewable Energy Corporation, Osaka Gas, INPEX Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO), and Chubu Electric Power. The 16.8 MW wind farm comprises eight Hitachi […]

‘World’s First’ 20 MW Wind Turbine Installed Offshore

15 January 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

A 20 MW wind turbine was installed in the waters off southern Fujian, China, on 13 January as part of a research project. This is the first time a wind turbine with this output was installed at sea, both in China and in the world, according to China Three Gorges (CTG), which designed and built […]

CWHI Delivers First Batch of Inch Cape Transition Pieces

13 January 2026

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

The first batch of 15 fully commissioned transition pieces (TPs) produced by CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm has arrived in the Port of Leith, Scotland. The transition pieces were shipped from CWHI’s yard in China in November 2025 aboard the COSCO heavy-lift vessel Hua Sheng Long. Each TP stands […]

First Monopile Installed at Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

14 May 2026

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

The first of 197 monopiles has been installed at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site, some 120 kilometres off the coast of Norfolk, UK. “A team of more than 200 experts from Ørsted and its contractors, Cadeler and Menck, are working closely together to ensure the safe installation of all 197 monopiles within the […]

First Hornsea 3 Monopiles Arrive in UK from Spain

11 February 2026

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

The first monopile foundations for Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm have arrived at Port of Teesworks in the UK from Bilbao, Spain, where Haizea Wind Group is producing the monopiles for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW project. Six XXL monopiles, of the total 197 that Hornsea 3 will comprise, arrived in two batches, with the load-out and […]

First Turbine Up at New York’s Second Offshore Wind Farm

17 April 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York, Ørsted confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz on 17 April. “As part of ongoing construction at Sunrise Wind, the project has safely and successfully installed its first turbine generator, marking an important step toward delivering first power to New York later this year”, an […]

First Foundations Installed at 1.5 GW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

11 May 2026

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

Major offshore construction work has started on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, developed by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, as Van Oord has installed the first monopile foundations at the project site in the Polish Baltic Sea. The offshore installation campaign, for which Van Oord is using its vessels Aeolus and […]

First US Subsea Rock Installation Vessel Begins Sea Trials

18 March 2026

Cables, Grid Connection, Vessels

Acadia, the first US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first steel cut in July 2023 and the keel laid in May 2024. Acadia was […]

Installation of First Turbine Underway at Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm

22 January 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

Wind turbine installation on Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) has started with the first of the project’s 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines currently being erected. Virginia-based broadcaster WAVY reported on 21 January that a wind turbine tower was being installed at the CVOW site, next to the two existing […]

CIP Secures Project Site in Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Tender

17 December 2025

Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has secured the site for which it placed a bid in Colombia’s first offshore wind tender, according to the latest document issued by the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). ANH released a final eligibility list on 16 December, naming CIP’s subsidiary CI GMF COÖPERATIEF UA as the eligible bidder to receive […]

Sleipnir Installs First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Jacket Foundation

25 March 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the jacket foundation for the first Hornsea 3 offshore substation using its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the project on 20 March, Sleipnir commenced the work at the construction site offshore the UK on 19 March. The notice states that the vessel […]

Subsea Cable Firm XLCC Relaunches as Aquora, Focuses on Installation First

27 January 2026

Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilising a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also provide maintenance services for critical infrastructure, and with cable […]

First Turbine Installed at 1.1 GW Thor Offshore Wind Farm

4 March 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

The first wind turbine is now in place at the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm site in Denmark. Thor will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD wind turbines, of which 40 will feature recyclable rotor blades, with 36 turbine towers to be manufactured with a significantly lower carbon footprint than usual, according to the project […]

Spain Moves Closer to Launching Its First Offshore Wind Tender

4 February 2026

Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has opened a public consultation on a draft ministerial order that will set the regulatory bases for the country’s first (floating) offshore wind tender. The consultation runs from 4 February to 24 February 2026 and invites feedback on key design elements of the […]

Polish TSO Says Grid Ready for First Offshore Wind Farms

7 January 2026

Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

Polish state-owned transmission system operator (TSO), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), has confirmed the technical readiness of the transmission infrastructure to accept power from offshore wind farms. “The new Choczewo station and the expanded Żarnowiec station, as well as the 400 kV line connecting them, are ready to transmit energy from wind farms being built in […]

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