The Irish government has published the National Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) proposal and accompanying Public Participation Statement (PPS), outlining plans to develop and manage offshore renewable resources along Ireland’s coast. According to the governme
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at a press conference on 10 September that offshore wind has no future in the US under the Trump administration and that the government was reviewing five offshore wind projects that are now under construction. Speaking to the press at the Gastech event in Mila
The UK government has extended the deadline by three months for a decision on the development consent order for RWE’s 1.1 GW Five Estuaries offshore wind farm. The statutory deadline for the decision on the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm was 17 September 2025. However, the UK Energy Secretary, Ed
Seaway7’s Seaway Strashnov has installed the final monopile at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction, in the UK. This marks the completion of 277 monopile foundations installed by Seaway7 across Dogger Bank A, B,
Swiss-based Allseas has placed an order with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International for a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, which the company plans to use in executing TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind programme. The vessel, named Grand Tour, will have a load capacity of 40,000 tonnes, designed t
Design and engineering consultancy Longitude and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) have partnered to provide developers and operators of offshore wind farms with an integrated technical offering in offshore wind design. Under the terms of the agreement, Longitude and NGI will collaborate in
HydePoint, Subsea7, and EnBW have launched a joint initiative to investigate the potential integration of offshore hydrogen production systems with offshore wind infrastructure in the Dutch North Sea. “This collaboration brings together complementary expertise to tackle one of the key challenges in
Construction of an operations and maintenance (O&M) base to serve the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm is underway at Montrose Port in Angus, Scotland. Montrose-based main contractor Pert Bruce Construction is building the O&M base office, a 600-square-metre warehouse, and quayside facilities, as
The Port of Waterford, the oldest port in Ireland, has lodged a direct planning application with An Coimisiún Pleanála for its Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Capable Terminal at Belview, County Kilkenny. The application follows the recent granting of Maritime Area Consent (MAC) by the Maritime Area
The first wind turbine foundation has been installed at the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The foundations are steel jackets fabricat
Korean Register has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for Samsung Heavy Industries’ newly developed next-generation floating offshore wind substructure, capable of supporting 15 MW turbines. Samsung Heavy Industries has designed the SnapWindFloat, a floating substructure capable of supporting u
US-based Ocergy has been selected by Kyuden Mirai Energy Corporation as the floater provider for an offshore wind observation project being implemented under Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) programme. The floating wind project is being developed by Kyuden
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has delivered the first batch of 500 kV three-core AC submarine cables for the Yangjiang Fanshi II Offshore Wind Farm in China. According to the company, the production process integrated smart manufacturing lines, industrial robots, smart warehousing, and AI-bas
According to a study done by the Fraunhofer IWES, coordinated continued operation of existing offshore wind farms for up to 35 years, followed by decommissioning and new construction, could increase energy yields while reducing economic costs over the entire period. In a recent study, commissioned b
