Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has formally designated a 711.4-square-kilometre water area in the country’s sector of the Caspian Sea for offshore wind development. The designation was made through Cabinet Decision No. 251, signed by Prime Minister Ali Asadov on 31 July 2026. The decision identif
The Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan has secured TWD 55 billion (nearly EUR 1.5 billion) in incremental financing, with eleven banks joining its financing structure for the first time. The additional financing has been arranged within the project’s existing project finance framework and invo
OEG has secured a contract to provide a subsea corrosion protection system for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, developed by Skyborn Renewables. The company will supply an Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) system for the wind turbine foundations and is re
EnBW expects to soon complete the installation of all wind turbines at the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm, according to information the company provided in its half-year results. As reported in July, a section of a damaged rotor blade from one of the wind turbines at He Dreiht offshore wind far
Installation of all 54 transition pieces for the monopile foundations at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland has been completed. Seaway7’s heavy lift crane vessel Seaway Alfa Lift transported the transition pieces from the marshalling yard at Forth Port’s Leith facility and installed
Cadeler has signed firm contracts with COSCO Shipping Offshore shipyard in Qidong, China, for the construction of two T-class offshore wind foundation installation vessels for a total of approximately EUR 805 million. The new vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2030 and 2031. Cadeler said the agre
RWE and the US Department of the Interior (DOI) have reached a settlement agreement under which RWE will relinquish its offshore wind leases in the New York Bight and off the coasts of California and Louisiana in exchange for USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.06 billion) in settlement funds. The agreem
Spain-based floating LiDAR specialist EOLOS has partnered with Vietnamese marine services company Enviros to provide wind resource and metocean measurement services for offshore wind projects in Vietnam, with the first deployments planned from September 2026. Under the agreement, EOLOS will combine
Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica – 2, the project company developing the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, has awarded contracts for two walk-to-work (W2W) accommodation vessels that will support construction and offshore operations at the project in the Polish Baltic Sea. The contracts were awarded
Haizea Wind Group has delivered what it says are the largest monopiles ever manufactured in Southern Europe for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. Produced at the company’s facility at the Port of Bilbao, the monopiles measure over 105 metres in length, have a diameter of 11 metres, and wei
Two offshore construction milestones have been completed at the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, with Jan De Nul finalising the export cable connection to the offshore substation and CDWE completing the installation of the offshore substation and its foundation. Jan De Nul said on 5 A
Steelwind Nordenham has completed the delivery of all monopiles under its contract for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea, with the final two foundations shipped from the company’s port facility. Under its scope, Steelwind manufactured and delivered 34 monopiles for the
Offshore wind generated a record 17.7 per cent of the UK’s electricity in 2025, producing an all-time high of 52 TWh, according to the latest Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The record generation increased from 17.1 per cen
