A pre-installation survey campaign is set to begin at RWE’s 1.4 GW Vanguard West offshore wind site in the UK. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the developer, the survey vessel Breaker is expected to mobilise on or around 15 June to carry out a pre-installation survey within the project’s
Skyborn Renewables has awarded Semco Maritime and its subsidiary Wind Multiplikator a long-term integrated service contract for the Nordergründe offshore wind farm in Germany. The 5.5-year contract, which starts on 1 June 2026 and includes an extension option, covers operations and maintenance (O&M)
Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy-lift vessel Thialf has installed the first foundations at the Bałtyk 2 & 3 offshore wind farms, owned by Equinor and Polenergia, which said on 25 May that “the first dozen sets of monopiles and transition pieces” were in place at the project site in the Polish Balti
All inter-array cables at the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan have been installed and energised, and all 42 wind turbines at the project’s second phase, the 583 MW Greater Changhua 4, are now connected to Taipower’s grid and generating electricity. “We’re continuing co
Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak has installed 91 turbines at the Sofia offshore wind farm, under construction approximately 195 kilometres off the UK north-east coast. The first of the project’s 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines was installed in March 2025, and the work
Haesong Offshore Wind has signed preferred supplier agreements (PSAs) with LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution, alongside a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LS Cable & System and KEPCO Engineering and Construction (KEPCO E&C), for its Haesong Offshore Wind 1 and 3 projects in S
Dajin Heavy Industry has started work on what the company describes as China’s first DNV-certified three-legged offshore wind jacket designed to European standards for the North Sea market. The Chinese manufacturer has supplied monopile foundations and other offshore wind components for several Euro
Denmark has received bids for both the Nordsøen Midt and Hesselø offshore wind areas, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) confirmed after the deadline for bids for the first two of the three areas that the government is auctioning expired on 20 May. The DEA launched tenders based on a Contract for Differ
Offshore surveys are now underway at the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm in Wales following the project securing a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the UK’s seventh allocation round (AR7). RWE said the work marks the first package of contracts placed since the CfD award, with contractors Geo and TGS c
New legislation aimed at accelerating offshore wind development while expanding environmental compensation options has come into effect in the UK, the government announced on 21 May. “After two fossil fuel crises in five years, we are driving further and faster for clean homegrown power that we cont
Fabrication of transition pieces (TPs) for two Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind projects in the UK is underway at Lamprell’s yard in the UAE. The company cut the first steel for the Norfolk Vanguard West TPs in December 2025, with manufacturing now underway and the first load-out of completed TPs expe
Global Port Services Shipping (GPSS) is providing marine logistics and vessel support services to Seaway7 for work on the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, GPSS said on 20 May. The Port of Cromarty Firth in Invergordon is serving as an intermediate port for Seaway7’s heavy lift vessel Seaway
Italy-based offshore survey specialist Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has been awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 9 million by Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for marine survey work on the Nederwiek 3 offshore wind grid connection in the North Sea. According to the company, the
Gulf Development Public Company Limited has established a new wholly owned subsidiary in the UK, Gulf Energy Development Limited (GUK), to support its operations and business development activities across the UK and Europe. According to the company, GUK was incorporated on 18 May and will serve as a
