Orlen Group has secured the environmental permit for its 1 GW Baltic East offshore wind farm in Poland from the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk. This milestone brings the project closer to participation in the first Polish offshore wind auction, scheduled for December thi
NKT has completed a turnkey repair of one of the 220 kV high-voltage AC subsea export cables connecting the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Scottish Moray Firth to the Aberdeenshire coast. In April 2025, an unplanned transmission outage occurred on one of two of Beatrice’s Transmission Capital Pa
Both the topside and the jacket foundation of the 300 MW Jasmund offshore substation have been loaded out and are ready to set sail to the Baltic Sea for offshore installation. The topside, constructed at HSM Offshore Energy’s Stormpolder yard in the Netherlands, measures 48 metres long, 33 metres w
Germany has earmarked a budget ceiling of EUR 7.6 billion for the possible purchase of a minority stake in the German arm of transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT, subject to parliamentary approval. Reuters reported on 12 November 2025 that Germany intends to spend over multiple years to acquire
Korea Floating Wind (KF Wind), a joint venture between Ocean Winds and Mainstream Renewable Power, has completed the Marine Traffic Safety Examination (MTSE) for its offshore wind project in South Korea. MTSE is a vital regulatory step for permitting an offshore wind farm, in which the Ministry of O
The first nacelles from Vestas’ Polish production facility have been installed and are getting ready for commissioning at the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The first three V236-15 MW turbines, consisting of nacelles manufactured at Vestas’ facility in Szczecin, have been installed at the s
Haewoori Offshore Wind has obtained approval for the Marine Traffic Safety Assessment (MTSA) from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries for its 1.5 GW floating wind project in South Korea. The developer said that this is a result of years of close collaboration with the ministry and related authoriti
The developer of the 2.4 GW Leading Light offshore wind project has informed the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) that it will not move forward with the project. In a letter filed with NJBPU, the developers, Invenergy and energyRE, said that the company has faced a series of obstacles in
Luxcara has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Ørsted for their low-noise jetting-based monopile installation technology platform called Osonic, which will be used for offshore wind turbine foundations across Luxcara’s offshore wind portfolio in Germany. This is the first preferred supplier
The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) has teamed up with France’s BrestPort and Ireland’s Shannon Foynes Port to establish the Global Floating Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (FLOW Ports Alliance) to help bring together major floating offshore wind ports across the world and unlock the technology’s f
The slower-than-expected turbine commissioning at the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan could impact Northland Power’s pre-completion revenues by approximately CAD 150 million to CAD 200 million in 2026, the company announced in its third-quarter 2025 results. Over half of the turbines are now i
The developer of the Gwynt Glas floating offshore wind farm has selected Haskoning to lead the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for the 1.5 GW project in the Celtic Sea. Selected in June as a preferred bidder in Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5, Gwynt Glas is making strong progress with th
Eneco has selected Deutsche Windtechnik as its new maintenance partner for the 120 MW Prinses Amalia offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The contract will run from January 2026 until the offshore wind farm’s end of life. Under the agreement, Deutsche Windtechnik will provide full-scope maintenanc
Ørsted has reduced its carbon emissions by 98%, becoming the first energy company in the world to achieve its science-based 2025 decarbonisation target, the Danish firm announced on 12 November. Renewable energy accounts for 99 per cent of the company’s energy production, while its scope 1 and scope
