Offshore construction has begun on the up to 1.2 GW Baltic Power wind farm, a joint venture between PKN Orlen and Northland Power, with the installation of the first monopiles. Preparatory and trial operations for offshore construction began in January, with several vessels involved, including Van O
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has awarded Houston-headquartered Helix Robotics Solutions a contract for the burial of inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site in the UK. The contract is expected to last over 300 days and is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2026.
ABL Group has established a business unit specialising in offshore wind foundation design. The new unit will be part of Longitude, the Group’s design and engineering arm. The foundation design division will bring together multi-disciplined engineering and offshore wind foundation design expertise fr
German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched a tender for the N-9.4 offshore wind site in the North Sea which can accommodate 1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. The tender is open for bids until 1 June with the maximum bidding value set at 6.2 eurocents/kWh as per Section 19 of the Off
DEME’s installation vessel Apollo has completed the pre-piling campaign at the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. Starting in June 2024, the campaign involved the transport and installation of 248 pin piles at the site located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilom
On 3 February, Dominion Energy announced that the estimated total costs for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have increased by nine per cent. In addition, the developer said that the 2.6 GW wind farm is now approximately 50 per cent complete and remains on track for on-time completi
Mitsubishi Corporation is reevaluating its offshore wind projects in Japan, planned to be built in the waters off the coasts of Akita Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture. The Japanese energy company said on 3 February it put the business plans for the projects under review “due to material changes in th
In 2032, 75 per cent of all electricity produced in the Netherlands will come from offshore wind as the country will continue powering ahead with permitting and deploying wind farms in its North Sea waters, even with the change of cabinet. This is according to Jan Vos, Chairman of NedZero, who discu
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has issued the planning approval decision for the construction and operation of Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. On 31 January, the BSH handed over the planning approva
The Yunlin offshore wind farm, developed by Yunneng Wind Power in Taiwan, has reached full operation and is generating power at its designed capacity of 640 MW. Yunneng, a joint venture between Skyborn Renewables, TotalEnergies, Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO Group), and Sojitz Corporat
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have entered into agreements with the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm developer(s) to provide a total of EUR 600 million in financing for the 1.5 GW Polish offshore wind project, EUR 400 million coming fr
Shell has decided to pause its involvement in the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project in the US, which received federal approval in October 2024, the company’s CFO said during a press call after Shell posted its Q4 2024 financial results on 30 January. In its report for the fourth quarter, Shell i
Rasmus Errboe, Ørsted’s current Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer, has been named Group President and CEO and will assume the role held by Mads Nipper for the last four years on 1 February. “The renewable energy market has fundamentally changed since January 2021. The impacts on our business o
The Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth is currently exploring which procedure to choose for the permitting of the Nederwiek II and Nederwiek III offshore wind sites that are planned to be put out to tender in 2026. The Ministry has now opened a market consultation period for wind farm develo
