The Dutch company, N-Sea Group, has been awarded a contract to repair one of the four export cables that connect the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the UK to the National Grid. N-Sea will be responsible for replacing a five-kilometre section of 132 kV export cable from the onshore transiti
Cerulean Winds has completed 72 digital aerial surveys for its Aspen, Beech, and Cedar floating offshore wind farms in Scotland. The ecological data was collected across an area of 2,784 square kilometres, which is equivalent to the combined area of Perth, Kinross, and Angus, said Cerulean Winds. Th
The UK government has announced GBP 300 million (approximately EUR 350 million) of funding through the country’s publicly owned clean energy company, Great British Energy, to invest in domestic offshore wind supply chains. The funding, which was brought forward by the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Iberdrola has closed a strategic agreement with Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kansai) to co-invest in the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. After obtaining all the necessary regulatory approvals, Iberdrola will have a majority stake of 51 per cent in the assets
After installing all 95 monopiles at Dogger Bank B, the offshore installation vessel Seaway Strashnov has moved on to the third phase of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, where it has now begun foundation work at Dogger Bank C. Seaway Strashnov and Seaway Alfa Lift commenced the installation work at D
Denmark-based CS Wind Offshore has announced it is contemplating the layoff of approximately 220 employees at its Odense Port facility due to recent offshore wind project cancellations and market challenges. According to the company, several offshore wind projects are being either postponed or cance
The Portuguese government has outlined the framework for the country’s first auction of commercial-scale offshore wind farms, which is expected to take place later this year. Published on 21 April in the Diário da República, the order sets out a centralised sequential model for allocating offshore w
SK oceanplant has started the production of jacket foundations that will be installed on the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. SK oceanplant announced today (23 April) that it held a ceremony for the offshore wind project at its yard in Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South
A new trial will be launched at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to test whether red blades improve vi5sibility for birds and reduce collision risks. Vestas is supplying one red-coated blade for each of the seven turbines involved, replacing the standard grey d
UK-based Offshore Solutions Group (OSG) has signed a two-year Exclusivity Agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for areas in the Moray Firth to develop its FLOW-Park. The Moray FLOW-Park aims to provide temporary safe anchorage (wet storage) for floating offshore wind foundations, optimising risk man
The offshore supply vessel (OSV) Glomar Venture has hit the base of an offshore wind turbine in the Dutch North Sea, leaving two crewmen injured in the accident. The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) revealed that it received a call for a medical evacuation from Glomar Venture at aroun
Luxcara has awarded a contract to Geoquip Marine to perform the main geotechnical investigation for its Waterekke offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Geoquip Marine’s scope of work includes a detailed geotechnical campaign to characterise subsurface conditions, providing data to support the
EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) has delivered the first monopiles for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. In March 2025, the first of twelve shipments for the 1.1 GW Thor project was completed at Rostock Port. So far, 15 out of the total 36 monopiles being produced by EEW SPC have bee
The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April and is en route to its final location in the German North Sea. The BorWin epsilon platform will make a short stop in the
