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  • Vattenfall Gets BSH Green Light for 630 MW Nordlicht 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    30 October 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has received the green light from Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) for the construction and operation of the Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea. On 29 October, BSH granted planning approval for Vattenfall’s 630 MW Nordlicht 2, which will be built in area N-6.6, located more than 84 kilometres […]

  • NnG Awards BoP & Maintenance Contract for 450 MW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

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

    ARB Wind has been awarded a multi-year contract for above water foundation inspections and Balance of Plant (BoP) services by Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Limited for the 450 MW offshore wind farm in Scotland. ARB Wind will provide dedicated BoP technicians to deliver a wide range of services across NnG’s offshore and onshore […]

  • Inch Cape Foundation Installation About to Start as First Monopiles Arrive in Scottish Port

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

    The first eight XXL monopile foundations for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, produced by China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI), have arrived in the Port of Leith ahead of the installation work, which will start before the end of the year. CWHI sent off the monopiles on 31 August aboard the […]

  • All Turbine Foundations In Place at 660 MW Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Project

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

    All monopile foundations for the wind turbines have been installed at Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind development in Germany, owned by RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management. Each of the 44 monopile foundations measures approximately 85 metres in length and weighs an average of 1,500 tonnes. Before installation, […]

  • Mingyang Plans to Build ‘Britain’s First Fully Integrated Offshore Wind Manufacturing Facility’

    13 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans to invest up to GBP 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 1.7 billion) in Scotland to create what the company says would be Britain’s first fully integrated offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility, which would provide up to 1,500 new jobs. The three-phased project would create an offshore wind hub to […]

  • Iberdrola Secures EUR 500 Million Green Loan for 315 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    3 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 500 million green loan with Iberdrola for the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. The financing is guaranteed by the Spanish export credit agency, Cesce. This transaction with Iberdrola marks the inaugural use of a guarantee developed by the EIB and Cesce to support green […]

  • Dajin Launches Its First Heavy Deck Carrier for Offshore Wind, Plans 20-Strong Fleet

    14 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Vessels

    Dajin Heavy Industry has launched its first self-built heavy deck carrier designed to transport XXL components and equipment for the offshore wind, oil, and gas industries. The vessel is the first of four of the same type that the company is currently building, and could be the first in a fleet of 20 heavy deck carriers […]

  • Ignitis to Become Sole Owner of Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm as Ocean Winds Plans Exit

    13 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ignitis Renewables has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Ocean Winds to acquire full ownership of the Curonian Nord offshore wind project in Lithuania. Ignitis Renewables, an Ignitis Group subsidiary, plans to acquire 49 per cent of Ocean Winds’ shares at a nominal price in the company developing the 700 MW offshore wind project. […]

  • BW Ideol’s Proposed Factory for Serial Floating Foundation Production Secures EU Grant

    5 November 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Innovation, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    BW Ideol’s project involving a factory for serial production of concrete floating wind foundations in Fos-sur-Mer, France, has been selected for funding by the European Commission under the EU Innovation Fund, for a grant of up to EUR 74 million. The project, named Fos3F, was selected alongside ten other projects in the Cleantech Manufacturing segment […]

  • Vard Starts Building Industry’s ‘First’ Energy Construction Vessel

    8 October 2025
    Vessels

    Vard has cut the first steel for Norwind Offshore’s energy construction vessel (ECV), the first vessel of this category, according to the two companies. A steel-cutting ceremony was held on 6 October at Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam, kicking off the construction of the vessel, which Norwind Offshore ordered last year. Vard says the ECV […]

  • Vestas Puts Polish Offshore Wind Turbine Factory on Hold

    20 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    The Danish wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has decided to put on hold its plans to open its biggest factory in Poland, as European demand falters, according to Reuters. In 2024, Vestas announced that it would build a second offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility in Poland. The factory, which was expected to open in 2026, would […]

  • European Floating LiDAR, Energy Intelligence Providers Join Forces in Brazilian Offshore Wind Market

    27 October 2025
    Business & Finance

    TGS, an energy data and intelligence provider based in Norway and the US, and EOLOS, a floating LiDAR technology provider based in Spain, have partnered to offer wind and metocean measurement campaigns in Brazil. Within the partnership, TGS will manage client contracts, campaign design, deployment and operations, while EOLOS will supply its FLS200 floating LiDAR […]

  • FinalRAVE for First German Offshore Wind Farm as Vattenfall Starts Preparing Decommissioning Tender

    10 October 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is preparing an invitation to tender for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, according to early information that emerged on a European tender website. Meanwhile, the participants of the RAVE (Research at Alpha VEntus) initiative have kicked off finalRAVE, a sub-project with a focus on the offshore wind farm’s final phase and dismantling. According to […]

  • New Name for Oxan Energy’s 900 MW Offshore Wind Project in Estonia

    29 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Oxan Energy, together with its partners Ocean Connect Energy and SNOW, has renamed the Saare 1 offshore wind project to Avara, which the companies plan to build 60 kilometres off the Estonian coast. Covering an area of 88 square kilometres and designed to deliver up to 900 MW capacity, the name Avara draws inspiration from […]

  • Three Consortia Shortlisted for Offshore Wind Transmission Link in Victoria

    22 October 2025
    Authorities, Cables, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    VicGrid, an agency of the Victorian government, has shortlisted three consortia for the development of the transmission infrastructure that will connect the first 2 GW of offshore wind generation to the grid. The Spanish companies, Iberdrola and Acciona, are leading two separate consortia, while the third one is led by AusNet Transmission Group. The consortia […]

  • 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 […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Shelves Esbjerg Offshore Wind Turbine Nacelle Factory

    27 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Spanish-German engineering company Siemens Gamesa has decided to shelve plans for an offshore wind turbine nacelle factory at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. Siemens Gamesa told offshoreWIND.biz that the Port of Esbjerg remains a key hub for its offshore wind activities and that the company continues to assess potential investment options there. “Siemens […]

  • UK’s New Offshore Wind Cable Testing Facility to Speed Up Nationwide Production

    28 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the North East Combined Authority, is investing GBP 2.1 million (around EUR 2.4 million) in a new offshore wind cable testing rig at its facilities in Blyth in North East England. Funded by the North East Combined Authority, the investment will allow ORE Catapult to build […]

  • First Offshore Platform for German Offshore Wind Farm Exits Smulders Hall

    6 October 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two platforms for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm, developed by Skyborn Renewables, has been moved out of the construction hall at the Smulders yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. OSS Darß, which was transported out of the construction hall in September, currently weighs 3,800 tonnes. The unit is 48 metres long, […]

  • Offshore Substations Stand at 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

    29 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Both offshore substations, the first ever in Polish waters of the Baltic Sea, have been installed at the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm, developed by a joint venture between ORLEN Group and Northland Power. OSS West and OSS East are located approximately 20 kilometres from the shore of Choczewo. They gather energy generated […]

  • Kajima Inks Foundation Contract for 315 MW Japanese Offshore Wind Farm

    24 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Oga Katagami Akita Offshore Green Energy has signed a contract with Kajima Corporation for the manufacturing, procurement, transportation, and installation of turbine foundations for the company’s offshore wind project in Japan. The contract covers the core construction of the wind turbine foundations and marks an important milestone as the project enters its full-scale construction phase, […]

  • RWE Pulls Plug on 2 GW Offshore Wind Project in Victoria

    14 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    German renewable energy developer RWE has ceased the development of the Kent offshore wind farm in Victoria, a move that follows the Australian government’s recent decision to push back its first offshore wind tender. After close to a year of feasibility studies, RWE has decided to call off the development of the up to 2 […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farm Now Equipped with Scour Protection Doubling as Marine Life Habitat

    16 October 2025
    Business development, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Innovation, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations, and this represents their first full-scale deployment at […]

  • ‘World’s Largest’ Cable Laying Vessel Launches, Sea Trials on Schedule

    22 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Clean Fuels, Grid Connection, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched its first XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), Fleeming Jenkin, with the final vessel construction phase now starting, including sea trials. Jan De Nul announced in October 2023 that it had placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named William Thomson, last May, deemed the […]

  • IX Renewables, Taiwanese Cement Company Partner on Rui Li 1 Floating Wind Project

    29 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    IX Renewables has signed a cooperation agreement with Asia Cement Corporation (ACC) for the 180 MW Rui Li 1 floating offshore wind project in Taiwan. According to IX Renewables, this adds new momentum to a sector that has, until recently, been slowing, as the country works to advance its energy transition and net-zero ambitions. “This […]

  • Vattenfall Blasts WWII Sea Mines at German Offshore Wind Project Sites

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

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has removed three unexploded sea mines dating from World War II in the area where it will build its Nordlicht offshore wind cluster in the German North Sea. The mines, each with an explosive force comparable to 200-300 kilogrammes of TNT, were first located as anomalies during prior geophysical surveys of […]