Ørsted has selected Atlas Services Group Energy, UTM Consultants, Boston Energy, and Connected Wind Services Danmark for above-water wind turbine services on its operational offshore wind farms in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. The companies signed five-year framework agreements with Ørsted a
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has approved the grid connection for BuhaWind Energy Philippines’ 2 GW floating offshore wind farm in Northern Luzon. The System Impact Study Final Report for BuhaWind Energy Philippines’ 2 GW offshore wind farm was issued by NGCP and accepted
The Maltese government has launched the country’s first public call for offshore wind development, seeking to pre-qualify potential developers who will then be invited to participate in the next stage(s) of the tender. The developer selected through the procurement process will build Malta’s first f
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over USD 18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies. According to the US DOE, these initiatives, which will be undertaken across 17 universities, including five minority-serving ins
The 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2026 instead of the initially planned fourth quarter of 2025 due to a delay in the grid connection construction. The cause of the grid connection delay can be traced back to 2020/2021 and the cha
A consortium comprising Fred. Olsen Seawind and Hafslund has decided not to participate in the Utsira Nord tender, which is planned to be launched in 2025. The partners, who did not provide an explanation for their decision, said they will still consider offshore wind on the Norwegian continental sh
Two-thirds of wind turbines have been installed at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, which produced its first power in October. According to notices to mariners from the project issued on 20 November and 3 December, 35 wind turbines are up at the project site with three more parti
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) received no offers for any of the three offshore wind farms in the North Sea (North Sea I A1, A2, and A3) that were up for bidding in the country’s latest offshore wind auction. The first 3 GW of Denmark’s 6 GW offshore wind tendering procedure expired on Thursday, 5 [
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE Réseau Transport d’Electricité has signed a contract with Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the design, construction, assembly, and installation of a substation for the 600 MW Dunkirk offshore wind farm in France. RTE selected Chantiers de l’Atlantique to fi
Shell has decided to cease investments in new offshore wind developments as part of a review of the Shell Energy business. The oil and gas major, which has built a significant portfolio of renewable energy and clean fuel projects, will not abandon its existing offshore wind projects, but investing i
Following the Swedish government’s rejection of 13 offshore wind farm proposals last month, including Ørsted’s Skåne Offshore Wind Park, the Danish developer revealed it will pause the development of this specific project. Earlier in 2024, several areas offshore Sweden, where Ørsted is planning to b
Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) will launch again a tender for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Saare 1 area, nearly a year after the initial auction ended without any bids. The auction will take place between 21 January and 23 January 2025. Th
The German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected ABL to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the subsea cable interconnections between two of Germany’s offshore wind farms and the DolWin6 offshore converter station. The three subsea cables to be installed between the N-
RWE and the Whitby Lobster Hatchery have released 2,500 juvenile lobsters at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK in what the wind farm developer says is an industry-first project, through which more than 15,000 lobsters are planned to be released at Triton Knoll. The first batch of 2,500 j
