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  • First Turbine Up at Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm

    3 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines has been installed at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. This is according to the information in a Notice to Mariners issued by the project on 2 March, which states the wind turbine installation […]

  • Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt Starts Building First of Four C-CSOVs

    9 March 2026
    Vessels

    This article was updated to add information about Mitsui O.S.K.’s (MOL) acquisition of a stake in Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt and shares in the company’s C-CSOVs. The first steel has been cut for the first of Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt’s (DO) four construction commissioning service operation vessels (C‑CSOVs), ordered by Schoeller Holdings. The vessel, named DO Joule, […]

  • Türkiye Zooms In on Four Offshore Wind Sites Ahead of First Tender

    14 May 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Türkiye plans to launch its first offshore wind Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender after completing processes for four sites the government identified for offshore wind development, according to the country’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar. Speaking at the opening of the 15th Turkey Wind Energy Congress (TÜREK 2026), Bayraktar said the […]

  • First Turbine Installed at Hai Long 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), using the vessel Sea Challenger, has installed the first of the 36 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 wind turbines at the Hai Long 3 project site offshore Taiwan. Hai Long 3 is the third phase of the 1+ GW offshore wind project that the consortium comprising Northland Power, Gentari, and Mitsui & […]

  • First Power Flows from Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm

    24 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, being built by Dominion Energy off Virginia Beach, has produced first power. “Today, CVOW delivered its first power to the grid—right on schedule. This achievement marks another important step forward, adding much‑needed electricity to help meet the fastest‑growing power demand in the country”, Robert Blue, CEO at Dominion […]

  • First Wind Turbine Installed at Hollandse Kust West VI Site

    1 June 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    NOTE: This article was updated on 1 June, following Ecowende’s announcement that the first wind turbine was installed at the offshore project site. The first wind turbine has been installed at the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm site in the Netherlands, where the Ecowende joint venture between Shell, Eneco, and Chubu Electric Power […]

  • Ørsted Launch Customer of UK’s First Commercial Biomethanol Bunkering Service

    11 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    The UK’s first commercially ready biomethanol storage and supply service for shipping has been launched at the Port of Immingham, the largest port by cargo volume in the UK, as part of efforts to advance decarbonisation in maritime transport. The first company to use the new service will be the offshore wind farm owner/operator Ørsted. A three-partite partnership of Exolum, Methanex Corporation and Ørsted is behind […]

  • Turkey Aims to Launch First Offshore Wind Tender This Year – Report

    20 January 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting

    Turkey is looking to open its first offshore wind tender by the end of 2026 and could then see the first wind turbines installed off its coast by 2030-2031, the president of the Turkish Wind Energy Association (TÜREB) told Anadolu Agency. According to the TÜREB President Ibrahim Erden, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources […]

  • First Turbine Being Installed at Ørsted’s New US Offshore Wind Farm

    31 March 2026
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Installation of the first of 84 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines is underway at the Sunrise Wind project site, located approximately 30 miles (around 48 kilometres) east of Montauk, New York. The installation vessel Wind Scylla, owned by Cadeler, arrived at the site on 25/26 March, according to the vessel’s AIS data available online. According […]

  • First Turbine Up at Dieppe-Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm in France

    15 June 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first wind turbine has been installed at the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm, located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe in France. Ocean Winds, the project’s majority shareholder, said on 15 June that the wind farm, whose offshore substation was installed last year, would […]

  • IQIP’s EQ-Piling Set for First Offshore Monopile Installation at EnBW’s Dreekant

    21 April 2026
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Innovation, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology

    IQIP, in partnership with EnBW and Vattenfall, is preparing to carry out the first full-scale offshore installation of its EQ-Piling technology at the Dreekant offshore wind farm site in German waters. The demonstration monopile will be installed by DEME using its installation vessel Orion. The offshore campaign is expected to take place in the coming […]

  • Strategic Marine Delivers First Two Supa Swath Vessels to Mainprize Offshore

    6 March 2026
    Vessels

    Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the first two Supa Swath vessels to UK operator Mainprize Offshore, marking the initial handover under a multi-vessel programme agreed between the companies in 2024. The delivery represents the first milestone in a contract covering six vessels, with options for a further six units. The vessels form part of […]

  • Industry’s Largest Subsea Rock Installation Vessel in Final Preparations for First Job

    9 April 2026
    Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Boskalis’s new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel, described by the company as the largest in the industry, has arrived in the Netherlands for final outfitting and commissioning ahead of its first assignment later this year. Windpiper, whose purchase Boskalis announced in January 2025, was developed by converting an existing vessel into an SRI vessel with […]

  • Final Caissons for World’s First Artificial Energy Island Readying for Spring Installation

    29 January 2026
    Energy Islands, Foundations, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul has constructed and floated the remaining concrete structures for the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Energy Island at the Vlissingen site in the Netherlands. The concrete caissons are now at the Scaldia terminal, where they will undergo final works before being installed offshore this spring. The installation of the caissons started in April last year, […]

  • Riga Port Signs First Investor as It Prepares Kundziņsala for Offshore Wind Industry

    15 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Freeport of Riga Authority has formally engaged its first investor for the planned Kundziņsala wind technology production complex, following the investor’s selection in October. The port authority said on 12 January that an investment agreement was signed at the end of 2025 with a special-purpose company set up by the investor group, marking the […]

  • Maersk Names Its First Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Ahead of Deployment in US

    12 March 2026
    Vessels

    Maersk Offshore Wind has officially named its first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Maersk Viridis, built by Seatrium. The vessel was delivered in late February 2026 from Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore after completing sea trials and readiness checks. The naming ceremony, held on 12 March on the main deck of the WTIV, […]

  • ZPMC, LD Armateurs Start Building First SOV for Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farms

    5 January 2026
    Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Vessels

    ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited) has started the construction of the first of two service operation vessels (SOVs) for the French shipping group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LD Armateurs), which will serve Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms in Germany. LD Armateurs ordered the vessel design at Salt Ship Design and signed a shipbuilding contract with […]

  • Ocean Winds’ First Offshore Wind Farm in France Completed, Moves into Full Operation

    29 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The final wind turbine has been installed at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm in France, owned by Ocean Winds, the 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE. This marks the completion of the construction of the 488 MW offshore wind farm, located 11.7 kilometres from the island of Yeu and […]

  • EEW Loads Out First Monopiles for 1.5 GW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    EEW SPC has loaded out the first batch of monopiles for the Baltica 2 offshore wind project, being built in Poland by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. “Our operations at Rostock harbor provide a key logistical benefit to the project’s supply chain. As a non-tidal port, it allows us to execute safe, high-precision load-outs […]

  • South Korean Company Enters Pre-Qualification for Canada’s First Offshore Wind Auction

    14 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Hanwha Group’s renewable energy arm in France, Q Energy France, together with Hanwha Ocean, has entered the pre-qualification process to participate in the upcoming offshore wind seabed leasing in Nova Scotia, Canada, the South Korean company said on 14 January.   The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) issued a Call for Information and opened […]

  • Thialf Installs First Foundations at Poland’s Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Wind Farms

    26 May 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy-lift vessel Thialf has installed the first foundations at the Bałtyk 2 & 3 offshore wind farms, owned by Equinor and Polenergia, which said on 25 May that “the first dozen sets of monopiles and transition pieces” were in place at the project site in the Polish Baltic Sea. The monopiles, measuring […]

  • China Puts ‘World’s First’ Offshore Wind-Powered Underwater Data Centre into Operation

    18 May 2026
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Innovation, Power-to-X, Research & Development, Technology

    An underwater data centre (UDC) connected directly to an offshore wind farm has been put into operation off the coast of China’s Lingang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Chinese media reports. The project, said to be the world’s first of this kind, was officially launched in June 2025 with the signing of […]

  • Elia Seeks Contractor to Build Onshore Infrastructure on World’s First Artificial Energy Island

    16 February 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has opened a tender for civil construction works on the Princess Elisabeth Energy Island, the world’s first artificial energy island. The TSO is looking for a contractor carry out the works required to host AC and related infrastructure on Princess Elisabeth Island (PEI) in the Belgian exclusive economic zone […]

  • Installation of Inch Cape Monopile TPs About to Start, First Jacket Foundations Arrive in Scotland

    11 March 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway7 is scheduled to start installing monopile transition pieces (TPs) at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm site in Scotland this month. At the beginning of March, the first jacket foundations for the project, which will comprise a combination of monopile and jacket foundations, arrived in the Port of Leith. Heavy-lift vessel Seaway Alfa Lift […]

  • EEW, CS Wind Roll Out First Monopiles, Transition Pieces for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1

    19 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    EEW and CS Wind have produced the first monopiles and transition pieces (TPs) for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm ahead of schedule, the developer said on 19 February. The monopiles are each up to 80.5 metres long and weigh up to 1,290 tonnes, while the transition pieces reach a height of 23.7 metres and […]

  • Formosa 2 Partners Reach Financial Close on ‘Asia-Pacific’s First Offshore Wind Refinancing’

    23 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Formosa 2 consortium, consisting of Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) and JERA Nex BP, has reached financial close on what the project shareholders say is the first offshore wind refinancing in both Taiwan and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Supported by SMBC Group as the financial advisor, the consortium finalised a TWD 58.9 billion (approximately EUR […]