The Lithuanian government has decided that the tender for the right to develop a second 700 MW offshore wind farm will be relaunched on 9 June. The tender will be implemented by the National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC). Registration of participants and submission of documents will be open until
A new bill passed by Japan’s House of Representatives on 3 June will enable offshore wind projects to be built in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), beyond the 22-kilometre (12-nautical-mile) line of Japan’s territorial waters. The bill, which was approved by the House of Councillors on 11
A new bill that has been introduced in the Delaware Senate could bring US Wind’s plan to build onshore substations for its offshore wind farm(s) in Sussex County back on track. Introduced on 21 May and discussed by the Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee on 2 June, the bill would v
Legislation that will pave the way for the development of offshore renewable energy in Canada’s province of Newfoundland and Labrador has been put into force. This follows the passage of the federal Bill C-49 in October 2024 and Newfoundland and Labrador’s mirror legislation, Bill 90, in March 2025.
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has extended the electricity production permit for the 23 MW Samsø offshore wind farm by ten years, the first such extension for an older offshore wind farm in Denmark. The electricity production permit for the Samsø offshore wind farm, built in 2002, was limited to 25
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has invited potential bidders in Denmark’s relaunch of the 3 GW offshore wind tender to participate in the market dialogue on procurement procedures. The draft procurement material for the upcoming tender is largely based on the material of the procurement procedures o
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on its updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, seeking input on how offshore wind projects are developed in the country. The draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy aims to balance the needs of nature, communities
Offshore wind developers, suppliers, ports, and industry associations have called on the Dutch Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth to safeguard the deployment of offshore wind capacity to reach 21 GW under the Netherlands’ roadmap by accelerating the electrification of Dutch industry and imp
Buhawind Energy Northern Luzon Corporation (BENLC), a joint venture between PetroGreen Energy Corporation (PGEC) and Denmark’s Copenhagen Energy (CE), has been awarded a pre-development environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for its 2 GW Northern Luzon floating offshore wind project in the Phili
The UK government has published an indicative timeline for the Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), stating that it expects to open the auction in August and announce the results between late 2025 and early 2026. The timeline for offshore wind projects is now separate from that fo
Several fishing and environmental groups in the US have filed a suit in federal court saying that the Departments of Interior and Commerce and their sub-agencies violated the law when they approved the Record of Decision (ROD) for Avangrid’s New England Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. A consortium
Ireland’s Department of Environment, Climate and Communications has released the Offshore Wind Technical Resource Assessment, providing detailed analysis and recommendations that estimate an additional 3.5 GW to 18 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind could be developed around the country’s coast. The a
South Korea’s Energy Agency has announced a competitive bidding for offshore wind projects with a capacity of 1.25 GW and 1 GW solar projects in the first half of 2025. The offshore wind tender for the first half of this year will focus on fixed-bottom projects. Out of the total 1.25 GW capacity, 50
The Lillebælt Syd and Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farms are moving forward as planned after the Danish Energy Complaints Board rejected complaints against their establishment permits. The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) and Red Lillebælt and Beskyt Jammerland Bugt have fil
