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  • 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 […]

  • First EolMed Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Heads to Installation Site

    10 December 2025
    Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the three Vestas V164-10.0 MW wind turbines has left the Port of Port-La Nouvelle to be installed at the EolMed floating offshore wind farm some 20 kilometres off the coast of Port-La Nouvelle and Gruissan, France. Guided by the port tugs to the exit of the port, the wind turbine was then taken […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 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 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 […]

  • 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 High-Voltage Transformer Installed on Baltica 2 Offshore Substation

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

    The first high-voltage transformer has been placed on one of four offshore substations that will be installed at the Baltica 2 offshore wind project site in the Polish Baltic Sea. The substations will collect electricity from the 107 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW-222 turbines, stepping up the voltage, and transmitting the electricity to shore. “Installing the transformer […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ocean Winds’ First Offshore Wind Project in Poland Enters Construction Phase

    1 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has secured around EUR 2 billion in project finance and reached financial close for the 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Baltic Sea, moving the project into the construction phase. The project finance is supported […]

  • 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 […]

  • NYK Names Its First Japan-Built Crew Transfer Vessel for Offshore Wind

    15 December 2025
    Vessels

    Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) has named and launched a new crew transfer vessel (CTV) aimed at supporting offshore wind power projects in the country. The vessel, Alfonsino Arrow, was named at a ceremony held on 12 December at Kosaba Shipbuilding in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, NYK said. The vessel is NYK’s first crew […]

  • EirGrid Completes First Phase of Surveys at Ireland’s 900 MW Offshore Wind Area

    25 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has completed the first phase of marine and coastal surveys along Ireland’s south coast, which includes cable route corridor options from Maritime Area A, or Tonn Nua, offshore wind area of the Irish Government’s South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP). The survey work is being carried out by […]

  • First Export Cable In at China’s New 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    29 October 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fulan Offshore Engineering’s cable-laying barge (CLB) Ai Lan Yi Hao (AL-1) has completed the installation of the first circuit of the 500 kV export cable for the Yangjiang Fanshi 1 offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China. The 1,176 MW offshore wind project, developed by CGN Wind Energy, includes two circuits of 500 kV export cable […]

  • 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 […]

  • Smulders Delivers First TPs for Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Wind Farms in Poland

    27 November 2025
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has completed the first load out and sail away of the transition pieces for the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The transition pieces departed from Smulders’ Hoboken yard at the end of October and were transported to the company’s Vlissingen yard, where they will be stored before their upcoming offshore […]

  • 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 […]