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  • Work Starts on Brazil’s First Offshore Wind Project, Pilot Expected to Come Online in 3 Years

    26 June 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive an installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it operational within 36 months. In this article: […]

  • DNV to Certify Ventyr’s Offshore Wind Farm in Norway

    10 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    DNV has been awarded a contract by Ventyr, a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, for the Design Certification of the Sørlige Nordsjø II wind turbines and offshore substation in Norway. “Certification plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, quality, and reliability of offshore wind infrastructure. Our certification helps confirm that critical components […]

  • First Offshore Wind-Focused Auction Launched in Philippines

    12 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has launched its Fifth Green Energy Auction (GEA-5), the first to focus exclusively on offshore wind, offering 3,300 MW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity. Energy delivery from the auctioned offshore wind projects is planned to start from 2028 through 2030. GEA-5 forms part of the DOE’s broader strategy to […]

  • Ventyr Awards Substation Contract for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    19 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Ventyr, a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has awarded Worley Rosenberg a preferred contractor agreement for the development of the offshore substation of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind farm in Norway. In addition to the preferred contractor agreement, Worley Rosenberg also signed an early works agreement for design […]

  • Dajin Heavy Industry Rolls Out First Inch Cape Monopiles

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

    Dajin Heavy Industry has produced the first three monopiles for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, the company said on 16 June, a few days after CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) announced it had completed the first monopiles from the batch it is delivering for the 1 GW project in Scotland. Dajin cut the first steel for […]

  • Belgium Delays Tender for Offshore Wind Farm in Princess Elisabeth Zone Until 2026

    1 July 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Belgian Council of Ministers has decided to postpone the tender for an offshore wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone I until 2026. According to Mathieu Bihet, Federal Minister of Energy, the offshore wind tender for the first lot of the Princess Elisabeth Zone involved several risks: major legal uncertainties, an unrealistic calendar, and a […]

  • First Steel Cut for 2 GW German Offshore Grid Connections

    16 June 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The first steel has been cut for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 grid connection systems that will be installed in the German North Sea. Last week, Meyer Werft, together with the German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion, Dragados Offshore, and Siemens Energy, celebrated the start of production of the converter platforms for the BalWin1 and BalWin2 […]

  • Local Manufacturer to Supply Foundations for Taiwan’s Formosa 4 Offshore Wind Farm

    3 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has awarded a contract to Century Wind Power (CWP) to supply wind turbine foundations for the 495 MW Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, the Taiwan-based company will supply 35 jacket foundations for Formosa 4 and be responsible for the overall coordination of the foundation package in […]

  • LS Cable & System Signs Contracts for 532 MW Offshore Wind Farm in South Korea

    11 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    LS Cable & System and its subsidiary LS Marine Solution have won contracts for the supply and installation of cables for the 532 MW Anma offshore wind project in South Korea. The contracts are worth KRW 255 billion (approximately USD 185 million). LS Marine Solution will be responsible for laying the submarine cables that will […]

  • Thor Offshore Substation En Route to Denmark

    17 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has left HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands and is on its way to the project site in the Danish North Sea. “[The] sail-away of the fully assembled substation for THOR is an important step for us in the project team”, said […]

  • CWHI Completes First XXL Monopiles for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2025
    Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has completed the manufacturing of the first monopiles for the 1,080 MW Inch Cape offshore wind project in Scotland. The monopiles are 11.5 metres in diameter, up to 110 metres in length, and have a maximum weight of 2,300 tonnes. The first cutting and rolling of monopiles was carried out […]

  • HSM Offshore Energy Loads Out Thor Offshore Substation

    4 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The fully assembled offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has been loaded out at HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands. Both the jacket and the topside are now on the barges, and the structures are being prepared for sail-away to their destination off the Danish coast. In 2022, RWE, […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Fully Remote Ecology Survey Done at 759 MW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    18 June 2025
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The BeWild project, led by the Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro, has completed what they claim to be the world’s first fully remote ecology survey at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Nord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Together, the BeWild partners integrated computer vision and environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling into Fugro’s Blue Volta electric remotely operated […]

  • Taihan Completes Export Cable Installation at 364.8 MW South Korean Offshore Wind Farm

    15 July 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Taihan Cable & Solution has completed the installation of export cables for the 364.8 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind project in South Korea. The export cable installation, covering two 28-kilometre lines and carried out by Taihan’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) PALOS, was performed in two phases. The first phase took place over two weeks in mid-May, […]

  • Heerema’s Aegir Installs All Foundations at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Wind Farms

    11 July 2025

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy-lift vessel Aegir has installed the final suction bucket jacket foundation at Ørsted’s 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. According to the company’s latest social media post, the crew onboard Aegir installed a total of 66 foundations at the site located 35-60 kilometres off the coast […]

  • Taipower Phase II Offshore Substation Topside En Route to Taiwan

    1 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Phase II) has been completed in Vietnam and is now on its way to Taiwan. The topside weighs 3,900 tonnes and integrates all electrical systems, transformers, control systems, and operational utilities. On 26 June, the handover and the launching ceremony of the […]

  • 1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project Delivers First Power

    12 June 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project, jointly developed by Northland Power, Gentari, and Mitsui & Co., has produced its first power, marking the successful energisation of the project and connection to Taipower’s grid in Taiwan. The milestone comes ahead of schedule, initially planned for the second half of 2025, according to the developers. […]

  • First Floating Offshore Wind Farm in France Fully Commissioned

    5 June 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 25 MW Provence Grand Large, the first floating offshore wind farm in France and the wider Mediterranean, has been fully commissioned. The floating offshore wind project is owned by Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large – a subsidiary of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge Eolien France 2 S.à.r.l (EEF2), a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., and […]

  • Cierco Energy, MPS Enter Partnership for Celtic Sea Floating Wind Demo Project

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Cierco Energy and Marine Power Systems (MPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which is said to be the first step towards deploying MPS PelaFlex technology at one of the Llŷr demonstration project sites in the Celtic Sea. Cierco Energy was chosen to build the Llŷr 1 and Llŷr 2 floating wind projects in 2021 in […]

  • Agreement Signed for First Offshore Wind-Powered Underwater Data Centre in China

    11 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Innovation, Technology

    A newly launched project in China is set to build what the project partners say will be the world’s first commercial underwater data centre powered by offshore wind. The project will be developed in two phases, with the first phase being a demonstration facility and the second phase scaling up the capacity to commercial scale. […]

  • Half of Monopile Foundations In Place at Thor Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Half of the monopile foundations are now in place at the Thor offshore wind farm site, as Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés installed the 36th of the project’s total 72 monopiles on 15 July. “With Thor we are constructing Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. Reaching halfway in the safe installation of […]

  • First 10 MW Turbine Assembled for New Floating Wind Farm in Mediterranean Sea

    11 June 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first floating wind turbine for the Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in France, developed by Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires, has been assembled at Port-La Nouvelle ahead of its installation at the project site located 16 kilometres offshore Leucate and Barcarès. The 10 MW Vestas turbine has been mounted on […]

  • ‘World’s First’ E-Methanol-Fuelled SOV Begins Sea Trials

    5 June 2025
    Vessels

    The “world’s first e-methanol-powered service operation vessel (SOV)”, built by Cemre Shipyard for Danish offshore services firm ESVAGT, is undergoing sea trials in Türkiye, the shipyard said in a recent social media post. The NB1094 SOV is equipped with dual-fuel pure methanol engines and batteries. Powered by renewable e-methanol produced from wind energy and biogenic […]

  • Ørsted Finalises EUR 2.6 Billion Financing for Taiwan’s Greater Changhua 2 Offshore Wind Project

    10 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has secured a finance package of approximately TWD 90 billion (about EUR 2.64 billion) for the 632 MW Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The developer reached financial close on the project finance package with 25 banks and five Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). This is part of the financing structure for the […]

  • Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Foundation Installation in Home Stretch

    27 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation installation at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farms is nearing completion, with 61 out of 66 foundations already installed at the site in Taiwan. Additionally, a third of the wind turbines for the project are now in place. Offshore construction of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 […]

  • All Inter-Array Cables In Place at Germany’s 960 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2025
    Cables, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All inter-array cables have been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Seaway7 said on 1 July it completed the installation of the last inter-array cable, connecting the 13th and last string of the He Dreiht project to the BorWin epsilon converter platform, part of the BorWin5 grid connection. […]