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  • 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 […]

  • French Gov’t Tweaks 2035 Offshore Wind Target, Adds Two More Years to Reach 18 GW

    13 February 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    The French government will publish its third Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE3) on 13 February and establish the country’s energy strategy for the period 2026-2035, which includes a 3 GW lower target for offshore wind by the end of that period than initially planned. PPE3 includes an adjustment to the timeline for the previous 2035 target […]

  • Danish Test Centre Launches Main Bearing Testing Facility for Offshore Wind Turbines of Up to 25 MW

    30 March 2026
    Business development, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Lindø Offshore Renewables Center (LORC) has inaugurated a new main bearing test facility capable of full-scale validation of wind turbine bearings for units of up to 25 MW. R&D Test Systems was in charge of the design, engineering, and delivery of the complete facility, while Schaeffler provided application knowledge, which formed the foundation for the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Ships First 115-Metre Blades Produced in Le Havre to Thor Offshore Wind Farm

    19 May 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa has dispatched the first B115 blades manufactured at its expanded Le Havre facility in France to RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. The 1 GW Thor offshore wind, located off the west coast of Jutland, will feature 72 SG 14-236 DD wind turbines. According to Siemens Gamesa, 63 115-metre blades will be […]

  • Crown Estate to Re-Tender 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Site Relinquished by EnBW and JERA Nex BP

    8 June 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate will launch a competitive tender process next month to bring the 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind project in the Irish Sea back to market, with plans to appoint a new developer by late 2026. The Morgan site was originally awarded through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 in 2021, but development was discontinued […]

  • Crown Estate Grants GBP 13 Million to New Offshore Wind Supply Chain Projects

    12 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Innovation, Supply Chain

    The Crown Estate, through its Supply Chain Accelerator programme, has awarded GBP 13 million (nearly EUR 15 million) to 16 UK offshore wind supply chain projects in the early stage of development to help de-risk them and accelerate their path to the market. The second round of the Supply Chain Accelerator, which is awarding nearly […]

  • Taiwan’s First Offshore Power Cable Factory Inaugurated (Gallery)

    8 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    A joint venture (JV) between Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT and Taiwanese cable company Walsin Lihwa has inaugurated Taiwan’s first offshore power cable factory. Operated by the JV Walsin Energy Cable System (WECS), the factory was inaugurated on Saturday, 6 December, in Kaohsiung, spanning 231,000 square metres. The factory has a 50-metre […]

  • Floating Offshore Wind’s International Growth and Progressive Maturity – And Obvious Need for Constructive Exchanges Between Global Experts

    10 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Industry

    The following article is a contribution by Bruno Geschier, the Chairman of WFO’s Floating Offshore Wind Committee and the Chairman of FOWT’s Scientific and Technical Committee. Floating offshore wind stands at a pivotal juncture in its evolution. In just over a decade, it has progressed from an intriguing engineering concept to a strategic pillar of […]

  • JERA Nex BP’s Australian Offshore Wind Farm Awarded Major Project Status

    11 December 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Blue Mackerel offshore wind project, being developed by JERA Nex BP (a 50:50 joint venture between JERA Co. and BP), has been awarded Major Project Status (MPS) by the Australian federal government. With the MPS recognition, the proposed 1 GW project secures dedicated support from the Federal Major Projects Facilitation Agency (MPFA), which will […]

  • Cyan Renewables, Blue Water Shipping, LX International to Develop Offshore Wind Marshalling Port in South Korea

    24 February 2026
    Collaboration, Ports & Logistics

    Singapore-based offshore wind vessel owner Cyan Renewables, Danish company Blue Water Shipping, and LX International, a global trading company with headquarters in South Korea, have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of an offshore wind port facility in South Korea. According to the partners, the port facility will be […]

  • Crown Estate Launches New Funding Round, GBP 15 Million Available for Offshore Wind Supply Chain

    12 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    The Crown Estate has launched the third funding round of its Supply Chain Accelerator programme, making GBP 15 million (approximately EUR 17 million) available to support early-stage offshore wind supply chain projects across the UK. Under the new round, businesses can apply for match funding covering up to 50 per cent of eligible early-stage development […]

  • Korea Midland Power Invests in 390 MW Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind Project, Construction to Start in April

    12 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Korea Midland Power Company (KOMIPO) is investing KRW 96.1 billion (about EUR 56 million) in the 390 MW Shinan-Ui offshore wind project, the company said on 11 February. Financing for the offshore wind farm has been secured, and offshore construction is scheduled to begin in April, according to KOMIPO. The offshore wind farm, which will […]

  • Van Oord’s First Sea-Going USV Completes Multi-Day Operation at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    4 May 2026
    Business development, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Van Oord’s first uncrewed survey vessel (USV) specialised for operations at sea has completed its first multi-day offshore operation at a wind farm in the Netherlands. VO:X Barentsz was deployed at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm, where it supported monopile and cable installation works carried out by installation vessels Boreas, Nexus and Subsea […]

  • German Offshore Wind Industry Organisation Calls for Return of 2023-2025 Sites for Projects Yet to Reach FID

    21 May 2026
    Industry, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO) has proposed that the government introduce a legally regulated mechanism allowing developers to voluntarily return offshore wind sites that are unlikely to be realised, which would enable a rapid re-tendering of the sites. According to the association, this would prevent long-term blockage of offshore wind areas and grid […]

  • 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 […]

  • RWE Secures Almost 7 GW as UK Awards 8.4 GW in ‘Europe’s Biggest Ever Offshore Wind Auction’

    14 January 2026
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has awarded a record 8.4 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7), including two floating wind projects. The biggest winner of the UK’s latest CfD round is RWE, which secured contracts for almost 7 GW of offshore wind projects. RWE has been awarded CfDs at a strike price […]

  • UK Gov’t Tweaking CfD Rules Ahead of 8th Allocation Round, Proposes ‘Other Deepwater Offshore Wind’ Category

    18 December 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has launched a consultation on proposed refinements to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme ahead of Allocation Round 8 (AR8) and future rounds, including targeted changes to the terms concerning offshore wind and floating wind projects. The consultation, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, seeks industry feedback on […]

  • Vestas Ends 2025 with All-Time High Revenue and EUR 10.1 Billion Offshore Wind Turbine Order Backlog

    5 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas’s offshore wind turbine order backlog was worth EUR 10.1 billion as at 31 December 2025, according to the company’s annual report, which shows that for both onshore and offshore, the turbine order backlog amounted to 31,026 MW and a value of EUR 33.2 billion at the end of the year, EUR 1.6 billion more […]

  • Repowering Existing Offshore Wind Farms Part of New EU Strategy ‘to Protect Europeans from Fossil Energy Crisis’

    23 April 2026
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The European Commission has identified offshore wind repowering as one of the key measures to strengthen energy security and reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports, as part of its newly unveiled AccelerateEU strategy. Announcing the strategy on 22 April, the Commission highlighted the rapid repowering of large renewable assets, including offshore wind farms, as a […]

  • DEME Takes Delivery of Second New WTIV, Both Vessels to Start Offshore Wind Work in First Half of 2026

    16 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    DEME has taken delivery of its second new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Norse Energi, at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China, after the first WTIV, Norse Wind, was delivered last year. The company’s new vessels are already contracted on offshore wind projects and will start working in the first half of 2026. Norse Energi […]

  • New EU-Backed Project Aims to Establish Offshore Test Sites for Floating Wind Turbines of Up to 25 MW

    17 February 2026
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Innovation, Research & Development, Wind Turbines

    A new European project focused on offshore testing infrastructure for high-power floating wind turbines was officially launched at a kick-off meeting in Nantes, France, this month. The project is co-financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme through the European Regional Development Fund. Named HiPoTeSis (High Power Test Sites to consolidate industrialisation of Floating Offshore Wind […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Plans Single-Site Tender in September, Temporary Subsidy Mechanism to Support 1 GW of Offshore Wind

    19 January 2026
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government plans to launch a subsidy-based, 1 GW offshore wind tender in September to ensure its success before the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme, on which the government is working, is implemented from mid-2027. According to the Dutch Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth, the temporary measure is necessary to maintain the momentum […]

  • Cranemaster raises the bar with the world’s largest 3000T Passive Heave Compensator with Heerema pushing the limits of offshore heavy lifting

    14 April 2026
    Business development, Collaboration, Equipment, Industry, Research & Development, Technology

    Porsgrunn, Norway – Cranemaster has developed the world’s largest Passive Heave Compensator (PHC) and shock absorber, engineered to safely manage dynamic loads of up to 3500 tonnes during offshore lifting operations. The new unit, CM3-3000T-5500-A, was developed in close collaboration with Heerema Marine Contractors, one of the world’s leading offshore installation contractors, in response to […]

  • Dong Fang Offshore Orders Cable Laying Vessel to Meet Needs in Taiwan

    9 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has signed a shipbuilding contract with Norwegian shipyard Westcon for the delivery of a subsea and cable laying vessel (CLV), a move said to come due to the need for installation capacity in Taiwan, as another DFO vessel will be working in Europe until the end of 2028. Under the […]

  • Haesong Offshore Wind Signs Supply Chain Agreements with LS Cable, LS Marine Solution, KEPCO E&C

    25 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Haesong Offshore Wind has signed preferred supplier agreements (PSAs) with LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution, alongside a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LS Cable & System and KEPCO Engineering and Construction (KEPCO E&C), for its Haesong Offshore Wind 1 and 3 projects in South Korea. According to the company, the agreements […]

  • Another Developer in Australia Drops Offshore Wind Project

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

    A consortium led by AGL Energy has discontinued feasibility studies for the Gippsland Skies offshore wind project and will surrender its feasibility licence for the proposed 2.5 GW development off Victoria’s Gippsland coast, Australian media reports. The move makes this the third project in the Gippsland zone to be abandoned this year.   The consortium, […]