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  • Ørsted Initiates EUR 8 Billion Rights Issue to Build Sunrise Wind, Cover Revolution Wind Halt Impact

    15 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Ørsted is launching the rights issue announced last month, offering new shares with pre-emptive rights to existing shareholders during the period from 19 September to 2 October 2025. The company is looking to raise DKK 60 billion (around EUR 8 billion) to fund the construction of the Sunrise Wind project in New York and enhance […]

  • Marco Polo Marine Unveils Next-Gen CSOV for Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas

    8 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Marco Polo Marine has contracted Norway’s Salt Ship Design to develop what the Singapore-based company says is a next-generation commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV), dubbed CSOV Plus, set to serve offshore wind and oil & gas markets. The new vessel is expected to enter service in 2028. The deal was signed by Marco Polo Marine’s […]

  • Origin-RES Joint Venture Puts 1.5 GW Australian Offshore Wind Project on Hold

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

    The developers behind the 1.5 GW Navigator North offshore wind farm in Australia have announced that they do not plan to participate in the state’s first round auction. The Navigator North offshore wind farm is being developed by a joint venture between Origin Energy and Renewable Energy Systems (RES). In July 2024, the project was […]

  • Cerulean Submits Offshore Consent Application for 1 GW Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    9 September 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Cerulean Winds has submitted offshore consent applications to the Scottish Government for its 1 GW Aspen project, one of three floating offshore wind farms the company is developing in the Central North Sea. Lodged with the Scottish government’s Marine Directorate Licensing Operations Team, the applications are a key statutory milestone in securing offshore consent for […]

  • 30 MW French Floating Offshore Wind Pilot Project Stands Complete

    4 September 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has completed the installation of the third and final turbine at the 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in France. Developed by Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires, EFGL is now the first floating offshore wind farm in the Occitanie region to complete its offshore turbine installation phase. “EFGL […]

  • Haizea & Faccin: Plate Rolling Solutions for XXL Monopiles in Wind Industry

    29 September 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Equipment, Foundations, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    In the fast-moving world of wind energy manufacturing, innovation isn’t optional — it’s essential. For years, HAIZEA GROUP has been at the forefront of change, consistently pushing boundaries to stay ahead of market demands. As global demand for offshore wind power skyrocketed, Haizea made a bold move: expanding its production portfolio beyond onshore and offshore […]

  • All Monopiles Installed at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    12 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway7’s Seaway Strashnov has installed the final monopile at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction, in the UK. This marks the completion of 277 monopile foundations installed by Seaway7 across Dogger Bank A, B, and C throughout the project’s […]

  • Damaged Cable Delays Greater Changhua 2b Commissioning Until Third Quarter of 2026

    8 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind project in Taiwan will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2026 instead of later this year due to a damaged export cable. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is part of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project, currently under construction 35-60 kilometres off the coast of Changhua […]

  • MODEC’s New Floating Wind Platform Design Gets ABS Approval in Principle

    4 September 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain, Technology

    Japanese floating wind technology developer MODEC has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its iTLP2-FOWT concept, a new generation of the company’s tension leg platform (TLP) type floating offshore wind foundation. In 2020, MODEC obtained AiP for the first iteration of its TLP floating wind platform from DNV […]

  • California Commits USD 225 Million Into Offshore Wind Port Development

    15 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The California Legislature has allocated USD 225.7 million in the current budget bill to upgrade port infrastructure to support the development of offshore wind off the state’s coast. The legislature voted to approve Proposition 4 funding for offshore wind port development in the SB 105 budget bill. “Oceantic commends Governor Newsom, the California Legislature, and […]

  • Inter-Array Cable Installation Starting at Dogger Bank C

    3 September 2025
    Cables, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Viking Neptun is scheduled to start installing the first inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm site in the UK on or around 7 September. The vessel will lay the inter-array cable onto the seabed, where the cable will remain exposed until trenching is performed, which is scheduled […]

  • Ireland Unveils National Plan for Offshore Wind Development

    12 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Irish government has published the National Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) proposal and accompanying Public Participation Statement (PPS), outlining plans to develop and manage offshore renewable resources along Ireland’s coast. According to the government, the proposed National DMAP and PPS accelerate the country’s offshore renewable energy ambition via a […]

  • Work Starts on Jacket Foundation for BalWin Delta Offshore Platform

    8 September 2025
    Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The first steel has been cut for the jacket foundation that will support the BalWin delta offshore converter platform in the German North Sea. The jacket foundation, which weighs around 13,000 tonnes, will be delivered under a contract GE Vernova and McDermott International signed with the German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT in 2023. Under […]

  • Marco Polo’s First CSOV Starts Bringing In Revenue

    18 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Marco Polo’s first commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV), named Wind Archer, has started generating income for the Group after being deployed for work in mid-April, the Singapore-based company said in a financial update on 18 August. In September 2022, Marco Polo Marine unveiled plans to build, own, and operate a CSOV to meet the increasing demand for […]

  • Bernhard Schulte Offshore Takes Delivery of CSOV Windea Clausius

    8 September 2025
    Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has delivered the second methanol-ready TWIN X-STERN commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore. Windea Clausius, the second vessel in the SX222 series for Bernhard Schulte Offshore, follows the recent delivery of Windea Curie, which has already started its first job for the Dutch-German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to […]

  • Construction of Inch Cape O&M Base Kicks Off

    11 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance

    Construction of an operations and maintenance (O&M) base to serve the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm is underway at Montrose Port in Angus, Scotland. Montrose-based main contractor Pert Bruce Construction is building the O&M base office, a 600-square-metre warehouse, and quayside facilities, as well as the communications systems for the Scottish offshore wind […]

  • South Korea Awards 689 MW of Offshore Wind Projects, Favours Domestic Turbine Technology

    3 September 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    South Korea has awarded 689 MW of offshore wind projects in the competitive tender for fixed-bottom offshore wind organised in the first half of 2025, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea Energy Agency (KEA) said on 1 September. Earlier this year, KEA announced that the tender offering an offshore wind […]

  • Allseas Orders Heavy-Transport Vessel to Support TenneT’s 2 GW Offshore Wind Programme

    11 September 2025
    Vessels

    Swiss-based Allseas has placed an order with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International for a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, which the company plans to use in executing TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind programme. The vessel, named Grand Tour, will have a load capacity of 40,000 tonnes, designed to carry the world’s largest offshore structures across oceans and […]

  • First Monopiles In at New US Offshore Wind Farm, Saipem 7000 En Route to Install OSS

    20 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first foundations have been installed at the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm site in US federal waters off the coast of New York, and the project’s offshore substation (OSS) is also set to be installed soon. In its report for the first half of the year, the Sunrise Wind owner and developer, Ørsted, said that the […]

  • Longer Lifespan for Offshore Wind Farms Could Improve Returns and Reduce Costs, German Study Finds

    10 September 2025
    Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    According to a study done by the Fraunhofer IWES, coordinated continued operation of existing offshore wind farms for up to 35 years, followed by decommissioning and new construction, could increase energy yields while reducing economic costs over the entire period. In a recent study, commissioned by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), […]

  • Van Oord Wraps Up Inter-Array Cable Installation at UK’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    9 September 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometres of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines to the project’s offshore converter […]

  • Cadeler Completes Wind Ally Testing, Begins Building Second A-Class Vessel

    5 September 2025
    Vessels

    Cadeler has concluded all testing procedures for its upcoming A-class vessel, Wind Ally. Additionally, the keel has been laid for its second A-class vessel, Wind Ace. Wind Ally returned after a sea trial and the completion of its crane load test and jacking trial. After 25 days of testing, Cadeler returned to the quayside, having […]

  • Virtus Data Centres Buys Power from UK Offshore Wind Farms

    4 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    UK data centre provider Virtus Data Centres has agreed to purchase electricity generated from the 194 MW Lynn and Inner Dowsing (LID) offshore wind farms in the UK. The tri-party corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) was signed between Virtus, an energy and sustainability advisory company, Inspired, and the LID offshore wind farms. Virtus has subscribed […]

  • ‘Largest Drone Cargo Delivery Programme Ever Done Outside Military’ Underway at UK Offshore Wind Farms

    29 August 2025
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Ørsted and the UK-based drone operator Skylift have launched what Ørsted says is the largest drone delivery programme ever attempted to offshore wind sites, with over 550 flights to more than 400 turbines at four UK offshore wind farms: Hornsea One and Hornsea Two on the east coast, and Walney 1 & 2 on the west coast. According to the offshore wind developer, this is […]

  • Vattenfall Secures Eemshaven O&M Site for New German Offshore Wind Farms

    29 August 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed a contract with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO), under which EMO will build and lease an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to Vattenfall for its Nordlicht offshore wind farms in Germany. According to the offshore wind developer, an advantage of the future O&M base is the existing infrastructure, which […]

  • Dongfang Installs ‘World’s Largest Single-Capacity’ Offshore Wind Turbine for Testing

    3 September 2025
    R&D, Technology

    Dongfang Electric Corporation has completed the installation of a 26 MW offshore wind turbine, which the Chinese company claims is the world’s largest in terms of single-unit capacity and rotor diameter. The offshore wind turbine was installed at the Wind Power Equipment Testing and Certification Innovation Base in Dongying, Shandong province, China. The unit features […]