Transmission system operators (TSOs) TenneT and National Grid Ventures (NGV) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to advance LionLink, a hybrid interconnector linking the UK and the Netherlands via a future offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The agreement sets out how the two part
Vietnam’s Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) is planning a billion-US-dollar push into offshore wind as part of its renewable energy expansion strategy, according to Vietnamese media. At its 31 March 2026 annual general meeting, REE outlined plans to significantly scale up its po
Half of the 62 jacket foundations have been installed at the Dieppe-Le-Tréport offshore wind project site in France. The first wind turbine foundation was installed at the project site, located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe, by DEME’s installation
Petrobras has awarded a contract to Fugro for a geotechnical site investigation for the Brazilian oil major’s first offshore wind project, a pilot proposed to be built off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to Fugro, the 18 MW Rio de Janeiro offshore wind pilot project is the first
Maersk’s first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Maersk Viridis, has sailed out of Singapore and is on its way to the US, where it will install turbines on Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, under construction in the US federal waters off New York. According to Maersk
Heerema Marine Contractors, using its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir, has completed the installation of the first of the two Hornsea 3 offshore converter stations. As reported recently, Sleipnir started installing the jacket foundation for the Offshore Converter Station 1 (OCS1) at Ør
Installation of the first of 84 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines is underway at the Sunrise Wind project site, located approximately 30 miles (around 48 kilometres) east of Montauk, New York. The installation vessel Wind Scylla, owned by Cadeler, arrived at the site on 25/26 March, according to th
The first preparations ahead of offshore construction work at the OranjeWind project site in the Netherlands have begun, as Jan De Nul has started the filter layer installation campaign. In the coming weeks, the rock installation vessel Simon Stevin will install the first layer of erosion protection
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will launch an auction round for the third phase of its offshore wind zonal development programme in April, offering up to 3.6 GW of capacity. According to a 27 March press release from MOEA, the tender will open for applications on 1 April and run until
Jan De Nul has contracted CRP Subsea to supply protection systems for inter-array cables at Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. CRP Subsea will deliver 141 NjordGuard cable protection systems (CPS), with three NjordGuard CPS designs to be engineered to meet the speci
The installation of wind turbine foundations at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK is scheduled to start in April, with Cadeler’s vessels Wind Ally and Wind Orca, and the service operation vessel (SOV) Esvagt Froude set to mobilise for the work from Dutch and UK ports. Wind Ally will mo
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted planning permission for RWE’s Nordseecluster B, comprising NC 3 and NC 4 sites that will make up the 900 MW offshore wind farm. Nordseecluster B is the second phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster development, located in the German N
The Crown Estate has unveiled plans for the UK’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6 to be held in the first half of 2027, targeting the development of at least 6 GW of new capacity. The upcoming leasing process will focus on areas primarily located in the northeast of England. The sites are expected to b
Smulders HSM, a subsidiary of Eiffage Métal, has commenced the construction of the East Anglia Two offshore substation topside and jacket foundation. ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to HS
