ZTT’s flagship monopile installation vessel Zhongtian 39 has completed the foundation piling for China Resources Power’s Cangnan No.1 Phase II offshore wind farm expansion project. The 215-metre-long Zhongtian 39 has installed all 13 foundation piles for the 204 MW Cangnan No.1 Phase II offshore win
Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) and NMT-IRO, an organisation established by the Netherlands Maritime Technology and the Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Offshore Energy Industry, will merge as of 1 January 2026. “This is a strategic alliance that unites the strongest players in the Dutch mar
Norway-based vessel operator and service provider, Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), has reported revenue for its business unit providing offshore wind vessels, IWS Fleet, of EUR 14.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 (Q1 2025) and new contracts and contract extensions that were signed during the
The Lillebælt Syd and Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farms are moving forward as planned after the Danish Energy Complaints Board rejected complaints against their establishment permits. The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) and Red Lillebælt and Beskyt Jammerland Bugt have fil
The Romanian Ministry of Energy has launched a call for expressions of interest for a study aimed at identifying suitable areas in the Black Sea for offshore wind development, supporting the rollout of at least 3 GW of capacity by 2035. According to the Ministry of Energy, this marks the first step
Navantia Seanergies has delivered the substation jacket for Ocean Winds’ 496 MW Dieppe le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The jacket departed from the south dock of the Puerto Real shipyard in Spain and is heading to its destination on France’s Atlantic Coast. The offshore wind farm site is lo
Equinor and Polenergia have reached financial close for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, for which the joint venture partners secured two project financing packages of over EUR 3 billion for each wind farm, including ancillary facilities. The finance packages will fund the ca
French renewable energy developer Qair and Italy’s Eni Plenitude have formed a consortium to participate in the French AO9 offshore wind tender, which was opened in July 2024. At the start of 2025, the total capacity allocated via offshore wind tenders in France amounts to around 5.34 GW. With the i
The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that, among other things, rescinds provisions from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that were set up to strengthen the domestic offshore wind supply chain and back the development of new offshore wind transmission infrastructure. Passed o
The jacket foundation and the topside for Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed in the UK. According to the recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir installed the jacket foundation
Cadeler has agreed to acquire a newly constructed jack-up wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry Group, which will be upgraded to support the installation of 15 MW wind turbines. The Boqiang 3060 vessel will be renamed to Wind Keeper, a name symbolising both the
The consortium behind Germany’s first offshore wind farm has decided to decommission the 60 MW Alpha Ventus and is currently developing a concept for an environmentally friendly dismantling of the 15-year-old wind farm with relevant authorities. The news about the Alpha Ventus consortium (EWE, RWE a
Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Sleipnir, has installed the topside for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Beta substation platform in the Netherlands. The installation of the Hollandse Kust West Beta topside took place on 21 May, some 50 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee. From this aut
Developers are losing confidence in floating offshore wind, citing delivery delays, investment risks, and policy uncertainty as key concerns, new research from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) revealed. Westwood polled 166 stakeholders across the global floating offshore wind value chain, inc
