The French government has selected five ports to receive nearly EUR 260 million in funding under the France 2030 investment programme to upgrade infrastructure supporting the country’s floating offshore wind industry. The selected ports are Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle, a
The Romanian Ministry of Energy has published a list of six offshore wind development areas, and its decision approving the list, for public consultation. The proposed areas, estimated to be able to accommodate a total of 11.5 GW of installed offshore wind capacity, are planned according to a phased
The Swedish government has approved two offshore wind projects in the country’s exclusive economic zone while rejecting eleven others, completing decisions on all offshore wind permit applications that had been under review. The approved projects are Fyrskeppet Offshore, located around 54 kilometres
BW Ideol and French construction group NGE have signed an exclusive partnership agreement to jointly develop the Fos3F floating wind foundation manufacturing project in Fos-sur-Mer. Under the agreement, the two companies will each hold a 50 per cent stake in Fos3F, which aims to establish a serial p
Wind Multiplikator GmbH has officially changed its name to Semco Maritime Offshore Wind Service GmbH, completing the integration process following Semco Maritime’s acquisition of the German offshore wind service company in 2023. The rebranding brings Wind Multiplikator’s activities under the Semco M
Vattenfall and Dutch AI infrastructure company Project Enki have joined forces on the potential development of offshore AI data centres that would be connected directly to offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The initiative, which also involves ABB, is currently in a feasibility phase assessing the
XOCEAN is set to begin a geophysical survey of a potential offshore export cable corridor for the proposed Bellrock floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. According to a Notice to Mariners, the survey campaign is scheduled to commence no earlier than 26 July and is expected to take around 60 days
Ocean Winds has secured offshore consent from the Scottish government for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm, proposed to be built in the Moray Firth, around 40 kilometres off the coasts of Wick and Banff. The developer submitted consent applications to Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish gove
Nadara has appointed Aker Solutions to undertake electrical infrastructure studies for the Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm through its consultancy arm Entr and wholly owned subsidiary Unitech Power Systems. The work will support the development of a high-level electrical infrastructure concept for Bellr
The 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm, located off France’s Mediterranean coast, has reached full power, Ocean Winds (OW), the owner and developer of the project, said. With three 10 MW turbines located 16 kilometers off the Occitanie coast and installed
South Korea has selected five offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 1,786 MW in its first-half 2026 competitive auction for fixed-price contracts, following bids from nine projects totalling 3,656 MW. According to the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE), the round achieve
The developers of the proposed Gwynt Glas floating wind farm have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to the UK Planning Inspectorate (PINS), Natural Resources Wales and the Marine Management Organisation, marking the start of formal engagement on the project’s environm
