The EEW Group is expanding its South Korean plant, EEW KHPC, in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do Province, to meet the growing demand for offshore wind foundations in Southeast Asia and further expand its capacities. The production site is already specialized in the manufacture of foundation components with
Cadeler and COSCO Shipping Offshore have held a keel-laying ceremony for Wind Apex, an A-class wind farm installation vessel, in Qidong, China. The keel laying marks the completion of the vessel’s first hull block and the official start of hull assembly, Cadeler said in a social media post. ”Schedul
Ignitis Renewables has received a positive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) decision for its 700 MW Curonian Nord offshore wind farm in the Lithuanian sector of the Baltic Sea. The Environmental Protection Agency of Lithuania issued the decision based on the project’s EIA report, which assessed
Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) has taken delivery of Windea Clarke, the fourth and final commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) in its latest newbuild series. The vessel was christened on 30 June at Ulstein Verft in Norway and will immediately begin its first seasonal charter on an offshore
JERA Nex BP has completed the acquisition of Sumitomo Corporation’s stakes in the Belgian offshore wind farms Northwester 2 and Nobelwind. The transaction gives JERA Nex BP full ownership of the 219 MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm through the acquisition of Sumitomo’s 30 per cent stake. The comp
The second export cable installation campaign for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland has been completed, the cable supplier Orient Cable (NBO) said via social media. The export cables were installed by Enshore Subsea, with NBO now moving onto the next stage of works, including offshore joi
DEME installed the first monopile at the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm site in the German North Sea on 1 July, marking the start of offshore construction on Vattenfall’s 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster. The Belgian contractor is responsible for transporting and installing the monopile foundations and tran
South Korea has selected five offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 1,786 MW in its first-half 2026 competitive auction for fixed-price contracts, following bids from nine projects totalling 3,656 MW. According to the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE), the round achieve
LS GreenLink, the US subsidiary of South Korean LS Cable & System, has started the construction of a 201-metre vertical continuous vulcanisation (VCV) tower for cable insulation at its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable factory in Virginia. The construction of the factory started in Apr
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The developers of the proposed Gwynt Glas floating wind farm have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to the UK Planning Inspectorate (PINS), Natural Resources Wales and the Marine Management Organisation, marking the start of formal engagement on the project’s environm
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Aker Solutions has secured what the company says is a substantial contract under which it will deliver an HVDC substructure for an undisclosed offshore wind project in Europe. The contract covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work and will be booked as order intake in the second qu
Buchan Offshore Wind, a joint venture between BayWa r.e., BW Ideol and Elicio, has appointed Kent as Owner’s Engineer for its floating wind project off the coast of Scotland. According to Buchan Offshore Wind, the appointment supports the project’s next stage of development as it moves into the Fron
