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• Fugro Wins Geotechnical Site Investigation Work on CIP’s New Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan

  

  29 April 2026

  Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

  Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has awarded Fugro a geotechnical site investigation contract for the Fengmiao 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, Fugro will deliver a full suite of geotechnical investigation services to support the design and development of the wind farm, with offshore fieldwork scheduled for completion in the third quarter of […]

• French Consortium Launches Floating HVDC R&D Project for Deepwater Offshore Wind

  

  19 May 2026

  Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Research & Development

  A consortium comprising Chantiers de l’Atlantique, France Energies Marines, Fondation OPEN-C, GE Vernova, Nexans, RTE and SuperGrid Institute has launched the RHODÉ research and development project focused on floating high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grid connection technology for deepwater offshore wind farms. According to the consortium, the project aims to prepare for the deployment of the […]

• Akrocean to Start Floating LiDAR Campaign at 500 MW Vietnamese Offshore Wind Site

  

  28 May 2026

  Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

  REE Corporation will soon begin a wind measurement and metocean campaign at the site where it plans to build its 500 MW Nam Bo 3 offshore wind project. The developer has contracted Akrocean to deploy its floating LiDAR at the project site, in partnership with the Vietnamese company Phuc Anh JSC. The measurement campaign, which […]

• China’s Farthest Offshore Wind Farm at Full Power

  

  16 December 2025

  Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  The Three Gorges Jiangsu Dafeng project, China’s farthest offshore wind farm, is now operating at full capacity, Chinese media reported on 15 December. The 800 MW offshore wind farm has been built in the northeastern sea area of Dafeng District, Yancheng City, and consists of four sites, with the farthest site (H8-1) located 85.5 kilometres offshore. The Three […]

• Dajin Working on DNV-Certified Offshore Wind Jacket Prototype Built to European Standards

  

  22 May 2026

  Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

  Dajin Heavy Industry has started work on what the company describes as China’s first DNV-certified three-legged offshore wind jacket designed to European standards for the North Sea market. The Chinese manufacturer has supplied monopile foundations and other offshore wind components for several European projects, including developments in Germany, Denmark, Poland and the UK.   READ […]

• Germany, Denmark Reach Agreement on Offshore Wind Cost-Sharing for Bornholm Energy Island

  

  28 January 2026

  Authorities, Business & Finance, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  Denmark and Germany reached an agreement on Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea, including the allocation of costs related to offshore wind, at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on 26 January. The two countries signed an agreement for the Bornholm Energy Island in 2023, which was the first legally binding cooperation agreement in […]

• All Five Halted US Offshore Wind Farms Resume Construction

  

  3 February 2026

  Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  All five US offshore wind farms under construction that received stop-work orders from the US government have been cleared to continue building, with Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind project the fifth project to be granted a preliminary injunction as part of a lawsuit challenging the order issued by the Director of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau […]

• Construction of Formosa 4 Offshore Substation Starts in Vietnam

  

  29 January 2026

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

  The consortium between Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction has cut the first steel for the Formosa 4 offshore substation (OSS) at PTSC M&C’s fabrication yard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Under a contract awarded in late August 2025, the consortium is responsible for the design, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the offshore substation’s jacket […]

• DeepOcean Contracted for Inter-Array Work on New Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

  

  22 April 2026

  Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain, Vessels

  DeepOcean has secured a contract for the installation support of inter-array cables at the TPC offshore wind farm phase 2 (TPC-II) offshore Taiwan. The Norwegian company’s scope encompasses the installation of inter-array cables, as well as engineering and project management services. The offshore work will be carried out with Dong Fang Offshore using the chartered […]

• Navantia Seanergies Trials Drone Inspection Technology on Jacket Foundation

  

  12 May 2026

  Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Technology

  Navantia Seanergies has carried out its first visual inspection of an offshore wind foundation structure using an autonomous aerial drone at its Fene shipyard in Spain. The demonstration was conducted in the presence of representatives from offshore classification societies Bureau Veritas, DNV and Lloyd’s Register, which validated the technology during the inspection campaign. Navantia Seanergies […]

• Tekmar Bags EUR 2+ Million in Contracts for Japanese Offshore Wind Project

  

  31 March 2026

  Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

  Tekmar Group has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of GBP 2 million (around EUR 2.3 million) for an offshore wind project in Japan, the UK-headquartered company said in an investor update on 31 March, leaving the project and the client unnamed. The main contract involves the supply of Tekmar’s 10th-generation cable protection systems […]

• Boskalis Orders New Cable-Laying Vessel for Offshore Wind, Interconnector Markets

  

  18 May 2026

  Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Vessels

  Boskalis will invest in a new high-capacity cable-laying vessel (CLV) targeting the offshore wind and interconnector markets, the company said on 18 May. According to the company, the vessel is designed to support growing demand for long-distance cable installation, particularly for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables, driven by the electrification of energy demand and grid […]

• Bilfinger to Supervise Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Construction

  

  24 March 2026

  Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

  Bilfinger has been selected to provide supervision services for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea, developed by Equinor and Polenergia. The company’s scope covers supervision of the installation of offshore substations, wind turbines and more than 120 kilometres of export cables, including landfall connections to the onshore […]

• Siemens Gamesa, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Enter 10-Year O&M Agreement

  

  16 March 2026

  Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

  Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Siemens Gamesa have signed a long-term agreement, under which Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s vessels will be deployed for operations and maintenance (O&M) work on offshore wind farms featuring Siemens Gamesa turbines. The agreement, which has a firm duration of ten years with additional optional periods, covers the provision of offshore wind O&M […]

• Jumbo Orders Two New Offshore Wind Heavy-Lift Vessels at Dajin Heavy Industry

  

  26 May 2026

  Business & Finance, Business development, Vessels

  Dajin Heavy Industry has signed a contract with Dutch heavy-lift shipping and offshore engineering company Jumbo Maritime for the construction of two high-end heavy-lift vessels (HLVs). The vessels, which will be used for offshore wind heavy-lift operations and deepwater offshore construction work, will feature two 1,200-tonne cranes, with a combined lifting capacity of up to […]

• Foundation Installation at New French Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Halfway Mark

  

  1 April 2026

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

  Half of the 62 jacket foundations have been installed at the Dieppe-Le-Tréport offshore wind project site in France. The first wind turbine foundation was installed at the project site, located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe, by DEME’s installation vessel Innovation in September 2025. By February […]

• Siemens Gamesa Orders Baltica 2 Wind Turbine Towers from Polish Manufacturer

  

  20 March 2026

  Contracts & Tenders, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

  Polish offshore wind tower manufacturer Baltic Towers has signed a cooperation agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of the largest batch of wind turbine towers for the Baltica 2 offshore wind project in Poland, jointly developed by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted.  Baltic Towers was established in 2023 as a joint venture between […]

• Acta Marine Takes Delivery of CSOV Chartered for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

  

  8 June 2026

  Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

  Acta Marine has taken delivery of the construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Acta Gemini from Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye. The CSOV is the company’s third vessel in a series of four newbuilds and is bound for the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction in the UK. The vessel will soon mobilise for the Sofia […]

• Ecowende Takes Delivery of Hollandse Kust West VI O&M Base

  

  10 June 2026

  Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  Ecowende, the joint venture between Shell, Eneco, and Chubu Electric Power, has taken delivery of the service base for its 760 MW Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the Dutch coast near IJmuiden. Located in the Port of IJmuiden, 53 kilometres from the offshore wind farm, the onshore service base […]

• National Grid Updates Plan for UK-Netherlands Interconnection via Nederwiek 3 Offshore Wind Farm

  

  9 January 2026

  Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates

  National Grid Ventures (NGV) has published updated proposals for the LionLink interconnector, which will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK and Dutch grids. NGV, responsible for building and operating the UK side of LionLink, has now opened an eight-week public consultation for the revised plan that, among […]

• Norwind Takes Delivery of CSOV Chartered for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Farm

  

  21 January 2026

  Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

  Vard has delivered a new vessel built for Norwind Offshore, Norwind Maestro, which will be deployed on a German offshore wind farm. The new commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) is built to the VARD 4 19 design and constructed at Vard Shipyards Romania, with final outfitting, commissioning, and completion carried out at Vard Søviknes in […]

• US Company Granted Offshore Wind Survey Licence in Vietnam

  

  16 April 2026

  Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  US-based Pacifico Energy has received a site survey licence for a 500 MW offshore wind project in Ba Ria–Vung Tau, offshore Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The licence, granted by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), allows the company to carry out site survey assessment activities at the proposed project site. According to Pacifico […]

• All 100 Siemens Gamesa Turbines In Place at RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

  

  12 June 2026

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

  Siemens Gamesa and Cadeler have completed the installation of wind turbines at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, located approximately 195 kilometres off the UK north-east coast. Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak, operated by Siemens Gamesa, installed the 100th SG-14 222 DD turbine on 10 June, RWE said on 12 June […]

• OWA Becomes Second US Organisation to Receive IACET Accreditation for Offshore Wind Training Programmes

  

  12 May 2026

  Industry, Training & Education

  The Offshore Wind Academy (OWA) has received accreditation from the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), becoming the second organisation in the US offshore wind sector to obtain the certificate. The accreditation allows the Massachusetts-based training provider to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for learning programmes that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing […]

• Dutch Start Building Enshore’s Specialist Shallow Draft Cable Lay Barge

  

  16 March 2026

  Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

  Holland Shipyards Group is constructing a specialist shallow draft cable lay barge, purpose-built to support nearshore and inshore cable installation and marine support operations, for Enshore Subsea, with delivery expected this summer. Enshore Advantage is being built at Holland Shipyards Group’s yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and will, once delivered, mobilise for its first project supporting Nexans in the […]

• Fugro Wins Work on Irish Offshore Wind Project

  

  9 March 2026

  Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

  Oriel Windfarm Ltd, a joint venture between ESB and JERA Nex BP, has awarded a contract to Fugro for a detailed geotechnical site investigation for the Oriel offshore wind project in Ireland. The work will inform the design and installation of foundations for 25 offshore wind turbines that will make up the 375 MW offshore […]