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  • Massachusetts, Nova Scotia Partner on Offshore Wind Development

    6 February 2026
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The US state of Massachusetts and the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation on offshore wind development, seeking to align planning, workforce training, transmission planning and supply chain development across the North Atlantic region. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston signed the […]

  • Navantia and Windar Ship Last Batch of Monopiles for East Anglia Three

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

    Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables have shipped the final monopiles for East Anglia Three directly to the offshore project site in the UK. The monopiles for the 95-turbine offshore wind farm are being supplied by Haizea Wind Group and the Navantia-Windar consortium, with Windar also delivering the transition pieces for the project. Navantia and Windar’s share of […]

  • European Consortium Developing Underwater Noise Reduction System for Floating and Jacket Foundations

    8 April 2026
    Business development, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Industry, Innovation, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain, Technology

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique, EDF power solutions, Heerema Marine Contractors, Menck, RTE, Sealence and Smulders have formed the Searénité consortium to develop a dedicated solution designed to limit underwater noise generated during offshore construction, particularly for floating wind and substation foundations. While noise mitigation systems already exist, the Searénité consortium says it aims to introduce advanced […]

  • Ming Yang, Canadian Developer Eye Teaming Up on Large-Scale Wind Project Offshore British Columbia

    1 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates

    Ming Yang Smart Energy and Canada’s Oceanic Wind Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a strategic investment partnership for a large-scale offshore wind project in the Hecate Strait off the northwest coast of British Columbia. The project is being developed by Oceanic Wind Energy and Coast Tsimshian Enterprises (CTE), a 50/50 […]

  • Poland Awards 3.4+ GW of Offshore Wind Capacity to Three Developers, PGE Moves to Acquire RWE’s Project

    19 December 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), Orlen Group, and a consortium of Equinor and Polenergia have secured more than 3.4 GW of capacity in Poland’s first-ever offshore wind auction held on 17 December. The projects the Polish government awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) are Baltica 9 (PGE), Baltic East (Orlen Group), and Bałtyk 1 (Equinor and […]

  • Orlen Neptun Eyes Expansion of Polish Offshore Wind Terminal

    10 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates

    Orlen Neptun and the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority have signed a letter of intent to explore the expansion of the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal, Poland’s first installation terminal dedicated to offshore wind projects. The move comes one year after the facility entered operation and amid growing demand for offshore wind logistics infrastructure in the Baltic […]

  • Ocean Winds Completes Minority Stake Sale in îles d’Yeu & Noirmoutier to Allianz

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

    Ocean Winds, the 50:50 joint venture owned by EDPR and ENGIE, and Allianz Global Investors have completed the transaction through which Allianz acquired a 20.25 per cent stake in the îles d’Yeu & Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. The global investor bought the minority stake for an equity value of EUR 200 million, implying […]

  • Virginia Passes Bill to Advance Offshore Wind Workforce Development

    31 March 2026
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment

    Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry. The bill (HB67), which passed both the Virginia House of Delegates and the State Senate in March and is now awaiting the Governor’s signature, introduces a measure focused on assessing workforce and training needs for the offshore wind sector. The […]

  • Fabrication of Nederwiek 2 Platform Starts in Singapore, Indonesia

    10 February 2026
    Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has started work on the third offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2 GW programme, having cut the first steel for the Nederwiek 2 platform, which will be installed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The cutting of the steel was celebrated on 5 February at shipyards in Singapore and […]

  • 20 Turbines Installed at Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Twenty wind turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, according to a recently issued operations notice. The 1.2 GW Dogger Bank B will comprise 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. The installation of foundations across all […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines in 2025: China Continues Leading in Single-Unit Capacity, Vestas’s 15 MW Turbine Installed at Offshore Wind Farms

    1 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    In offshoreWIND.biz‘s 2024 annual wind turbine overview, you could have read about the first 16 MW floating wind platform installed offshore and a 26 MW prototype under construction, both in China, and a 21 MW prototype being assembled in Europe. Wind turbine generator (WTG) technology did not stop progressing in 2025, with Chinese OEMs still leading capacity-wise, […]

  • EU, France Grant EUR 126 Million for BW Ideol’s Floating Foundation Factory

    25 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    BW Ideol has signed the final grant agreement for up to EUR 74 million from the EU Innovation Fund for a factory in Fos-sur-Mer, France, that will produce concrete floating wind foundations. The factory, dubbed Fos3F, has also secured up to EUR 52 million from the French State. The final agreement for the EU Innovation […]

  • All Monopiles Installed at South Korea’s 365 MW Offshore Wind Farm

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

    All monopile foundations have been installed at the Yeonggwang Nakwol project site in South Korea, where Nakwol Blue Heart (Nakwol Wind) is building a 364.8 MW offshore wind farm. Located off the coast of Nakwol-myeon in Jeollanam-do Province, the offshore wind farm will comprise 64 Vensys wind turbines, each with a capacity of 5.7 MW, and […]

  • Seatrium Orders Six Liebherr Cranes for TenneT’s 2 GW Dutch Offshore Grid Platforms

    10 June 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Seatrium has ordered six Liebherr RL 2600 offshore cranes for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection projects in the Netherlands. The cranes will be installed on the IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek Beta offshore converter platforms, with two units allocated to each platform. According to Liebherr, the cranes will be delivered in […]

  • China Three Gorges Installs ‘World’s Largest’ Single-Unit Floating Wind Platform Offshore Yangjiang

    6 May 2026
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation has completed the installation of a 16 MW floating offshore wind turbine, described as the world’s largest single-unit floating wind turbine platform, off Yangjiang, Guangdong. The Sanxia Linghang (Three Gorges Pilot) platform was installed on 2 May in waters located more than 70 kilometres offshore at depths exceeding 50 metres, […]

  • Vattenfall Kicks Off EUR 3 Million Blade Repair Tender for Three Offshore Wind Farms

    12 January 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has started a tendering process that will award a EUR 3 million contract for blade repair services on three offshore wind farms that the company operates in Denmark and Germany. According to an early information notice issued on 8 January, interested parties can submit a request to participate until 2 February, with all contract […]

  • DEME’s New Jack-Up to Be Deployed on Windanker and Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Projects

    14 May 2026
    Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s new jack-up offshore installation vessel Norse Energi is preparing to begin work on offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea and North Sea, with its first assignments lined up for Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany and Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 in the UK. The vessel, officially named on 12 May at DEME’s base […]

  • CDWE to Use CAPE Holland’s Vibro Lifting Tool at Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    5 February 2026
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CAPE Holland, a Venterra Group company, has secured a contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) to supply its CAPE VLT-640 Tandem Vibro Lifting Tool for the installation of pin piles for the offshore wind turbine and substation jacket foundations at the Fengmiao 1 project site in Taiwan. CDWE, a joint venture between Belgian offshore construction […]

  • Marco Polo Marine Raises EUR 14 Million to Accelerate Business Expansion in Offshore Wind

    11 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business development, Vessels

    Singapore-based shipbuilder and vessel owner Marco Polo Marine has secured approximately SGD 21 million (around EUR 14 million) through a private share placement, with the company planning to channel the funds toward expanding its capabilities in the offshore wind market. The placement involved the issuance of 144,865,920 new ordinary shares at SGD 0.145 (approx. EUR […]

  • Vestas Receives Order for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

    29 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a wind turbine order for the Shinan-Ui offshore wind project, which marks the company’s first offshore wind order in South Korea. The 390 MW Shinan-Ui will be built off Jeollanam Province by a consortium consisting of Hanwha Ocean, SK Eternix, KOMIPO (Korea Midland Power Co., Ltd.), Future Energy Fund, and Hyundai Engineering […]

  • Australian State Sets Aside AUD 124.5 Million for Offshore Wind Terminal

    6 May 2026
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The Government of Australia’s state of Victoria has committed AUD 124.5 million in the 2026/27 budget to progress environmental assessment of the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal at the Port of Hastings – an important piece of infrastructure to support the state’s offshore wind ambitions. This funding will progress the Environmental Effects Statement (EES) process for […]

  • Abu Dhabi Investor Acquires Hornsea 3 Stake

    13 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Mubadala Investment Company has invested USD 325 million (approximately EUR 300 million) in the UK’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, being built by Ørsted at a site located around 120 kilometres off the Norfolk coast. The Abu Dhabi-based investor is joining a consortium led by Apollo-managed funds, which also includes USS and La Caisse. The […]

  • CWHI Completes Delivery of Inch Cape Transition Pieces

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

    CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has delivered all transition pieces (TP) the Chinese company was contracted to manufacture for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm. CWHI said on 10 February that it completed the load-out and on-time departure of the final batch of TPs for Inch Cape from its yard. The final 15 transition pieces have […]

  • Dominion Energy, NextEra Energy Agree Merger Deal

    18 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy, the developer of the biggest US offshore wind farm, have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction that would create what the companies describe as the world’s largest regulated electric utility business. Under the agreement, Dominion Energy shareholders will receive 0.8138 shares of NextEra Energy for […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Polish Bałtyk 2 & 3 Wind Farms

    18 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has begun on the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, developed by Equinor and Polenergia, which will together have 100 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.4 GW. The 2026 offshore construction campaign will see the installation of 100 monopiles, transition pieces (TPs), offshore substation components, subsea cables […]

  • Google Enters Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement in Germany

    5 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Google has entered into a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EnBW for electricity produced by 100 MW of capacity at the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The He Dreiht offshore wind farm is currently under construction about 85 kilometres northwest of the German island of Borkum and is set to […]