The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has started work on the third offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2 GW programme, having cut the first steel for the Nederwiek 2 platform, which will be installed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The cutting of the steel was celebrated on 5 February at ship
Mammoet has completed the transport, load-out and mooring of the jacket foundation for the BorWin kappa offshore converter platform at McDermott’s yard in Dubai, UAE. BorWin kappa is part of TenneT’s 980 MW BorWin6 offshore wind grid connection in the German North Sea. The Dutch company has been sel
Mammoet has signed an agreement with Seatrium for the load-out of three substations for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind grid connection programme. In 2023, TenneT signed a five-year Framework Cooperation Agreement with the GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium and awarded the consortium with contracts for thre
TenneT Holding has reached an agreement with Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) on behalf of the German State to sell a 25.1 per cent equity interest in TenneT Germany for approximately EUR 3.3 billion. The agreement with the German State was reached some four months after three major institutiona
Dutch shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine has launched the hull of the dual-fuel cable installation and repair vessel destined for compatriot N-Sea Group. The hull of the 100-metre-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera hit the water last weekend, starting its journey from the shipyard in Poland
Smulders has contracted KCI Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of Sif Group, for the design of the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation (OSS) for the 600 MW Dunkerque offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, KCI will perform the basic and detailed design, including fa
The HSI Joint Venture, comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv, has rolled out the topside of the second offshore substation (OSS) for the German offshore wind farm Gennaker at HSM Offshore Energy’s yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The joint venture will now work toward the upcoming load-
Jan De Nul has constructed and floated the remaining concrete structures for the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Energy Island at the Vlissingen site in the Netherlands. The concrete caissons are now at the Scaldia terminal, where they will undergo final works before being installed offshore this spring.
DeepOcean has upgraded a multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel it chartered from Olympic Subsea with dedicated cable-lay and installation capacity for offshore wind. The two Norwegian companies entered into a two-year time charter agreement for Olympic Ares in March 2023, with an op
The consortium between Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction has cut the first steel for the Formosa 4 offshore substation (OSS) at PTSC M&C’s fabrication yard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Under a contract awarded in late August 2025, the consortium is responsible for the design, procurement, c
Denmark and Germany reached an agreement on Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea, including the allocation of costs related to offshore wind, at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on 26 January. The two countries signed an agreement for the Bornholm Energy Island in 2023, which was the first legall
Skyborn Renewables and the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz, which is leading the development of the grid connection (OST-6-1) for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm, have signed an agreement that clears the way for the commissioning of the entire system by mid‑2028. The contr
UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilising a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million (around EUR 1.2 million) funding competition to accelerate innovation in industrial foundations and substructures, and substations and electrical design. “Industrial opportunity in the UK offshore wind sector has never been gre
