DEME has been awarded a contract to carry out the transport and installation of inter-array cables and secondary steel for the 800 MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Scheduled to start in the second half of 2026, DEME will deploy offshore and cable installation vessels, a hopper dr
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
Van Oord’s new, next-generation cable-laying vessel (CLV) Calypso has begun installing cables at its first offshore wind project, marking its official debut. Calypso’s first project is RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm, being constructed on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the
Following over two years of ongoing monitoring, no bird collisions with the TetraSpar floating offshore wind turbine have been reported at the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway. Since January 2022, the Norwegian company Spoor has mapped bird activity at the floating offshore wind turbi
Dutch engineering company, TWD, and its compatriot IX Renewables have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen both companies’ presence in the offshore wind sector in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Under the agreement, IX Renewables will focus on the management of offshore wind deve
Following a July blade failure incident, GE Vernova plans to remove some blades and strengthen others at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The companies are implementing the incident and response action plan, which was announced in August. The plan outlined steps to safely remove the
Hengtong Group’s large-capacity wind installation jack-up has commenced its wind turbine installation works for the very first time in China. The Hengtong Haiyue jack-up is responsible for installing a total of twelve turbines at the Hainan Danzhou CZ3 offshore wind project in Hainan, China. Once fu
TGS has carried out a three-dimensional Ultra High-Resolution Seismic (3D UHRS) soil survey in the Doordewind Wind Farm Zone in the Netherlands. Commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the 3D UHRS soil survey was conducted in the North Sea for the first time from mid-June to the end
Germany-based PNE AG is set to invest USD 4.6 billion to build an offshore wind farm with a capacity of up to 2 GW in Vietnam’s Binh Dinh province. On 22 October, PNE CEO Per Hornung Pedersen visited the province and engaged with local officials to explore ways to advance the project, according to a
Dominion Energy has closed on a transaction to sell a 50 per cent noncontrolling interest in the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project to Stonepeak. Dominion Energy will retain full operational control of the construction and operations of the offshore wind project, and Stonepeak will
Stiesdal Offshore and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have entered into a partnership to drive innovation and cost efficiency in floating offshore wind. According to the companies, the partners will work to establish Stiesdal Offshore as a long-term leader in the floating wind industry. As
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, and Eletrobras have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study the development of offshore wind in Brazil. The agreement was signed during a ceremony attended by Elio Wolff, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of
The German Ministry for Economy and Energy (BMWK) has issued a package of measures that are said to ensure a level playing field between European and international wind turbine manufacturers which, in a few instances, specifically mentions Chinese suppliers. Brought through a five-point action plan,
The first batch of eight monopiles for RWE’s Thor offshore wind project, being built in the Danish North Sea, have been offloaded and stored at the base Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands. Buss Terminal Eemshaven, part of the Hamburg-based terminal operator Buss Ports, provides storage space, heav
