According to research from Norway-headquartered Rystad Energy, the global offshore wind industry is set for a rebound in 2025, with capacity additions expected to reach 19 GW and sector-wide expenditure projected to hit USD 80 billion (approximately EUR 76 billion). A record wave of lease auctions i
Yunneng Wind Power, the joint venture that built and owns the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, has inaugurated the 640 MW project at a ceremony held at the Santiaolun Beach & Water Park in Sihu Township. After the first turbine was connected to the Taiwanese grid in 2021, the wind farm reached i
Finnish wind energy service provider Arenso and Utilitas Wind have signed an agreement for cooperation on the 1.2 GW Saare-Liivi offshore wind project in Estonia. Arenso was assigned to prepare a basic design for the offshore wind project. The work was launched in February and is planned to be compl
The first steel has been cut for BalWin4, Germany’s first 2 GW offshore grid connection, at Sangsangin Ship Machinery’s factory in South Korea. The fabrication of the foundation for the topside that will later bring renewable energy from the North Sea to Germany has started. According to Daniel Birk
The Colombian government has received nominations for 69 sites from the companies that pre-qualified last year to participate in the country’s first offshore wind tender. The area nomination procedure, whose deadline was 31 January, allowed the pre-qualified companies to propose sites to be evaluate
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has published results from its survey into the lack of bids for the recent 3 GW offshore wind tender in the North Sea. The companies pointed out that, despite generally very good locations in Denmark, with good wind and seabed conditions, they were unable to make a sat
The Australian government has awarded feasibility licences for two offshore wind projects planned to provide a total of 3.2 GW of capacity off the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria. The licences were granted for a proposed offshore wind farm in the Southern Ocean region, off Victoria’s Southwes
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean and Prysmian will soon resume the inter-array cable installation at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm site in France. According to a recent social media post from Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, 5 strings and 37 cables are left to be installed and connected at the si
Venterra Group and Tonkin + Taylor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on offshore wind projects in Australia and New Zealand. With both countries setting ambitious offshore wind targets – Australia aiming for 32 GW by 2030 and New Zealand exploring up to 8 GW – this partnership
Cadeler has signed a firm contract with an undisclosed client for work at an offshore wind project in the US. This will be the first time Cadeler’s second P-class newbuild vessel, Wind Pace, will be deployed following its anticipated delivery. The value of the contract to the Danish offshore wind in
Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR) has approved Blue Mackerel North Pty Ltd’s feasibility stage management plan for the Blue Mackerel offshore wind farm off the coast of Gippsland, Victoria. This is the first offshore wind project in Australia to secure such approval under the Offsh
The European Union has unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal, a transformational business plan outlining concrete actions to turn decarbonisation into ‘a driver of growth‘ for European industries by supporting renewable energy sources. Specifically, the plan aims to lower energy prices, create ‘quality
Construction activities on the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm are scheduled to start this April with construction work within the project’s export cable corridor. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project team, the work will commence with operations at the export cable landfall site
Jan De Nul will deploy its heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés for the monopile installation at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The company was announced as one of the project suppliers at the beginning of this year as ESB and Red Rock Renewables reached financial close on the 1,080 MW Inch C
