DNV has certified the third milestone for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, clearing the way for the installation of wind turbines at the site in the German North Sea. The certification, issued under the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) standard, confirms th
A judge at the Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts has denied GE Vernova’s appeal in a case in which Vineyard Wind was recently granted a preliminary injunction that leaves the wind turbine OEM on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project until its completion. Earlier this year, Vineyard
All 54 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, jointly owned by ESB and Red Rock Renewables. The monopiles were installed by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, which has been transporting the foundations from the Port of Leith in Edinb
Ming Yang Smart Energy and Canada’s Oceanic Wind Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a strategic investment partnership for a large-scale offshore wind project in the Hecate Strait off the northwest coast of British Columbia. The project is being developed by Oceanic Wi
DEME has secured a contract for the offshore installation of wind turbines at the Oga–Katagami–Akita offshore wind project site in Japan through its joint venture with Penta-Ocean Construction, called Japan Offshore Marine (JOM). Under the contract, JOM will carry out engineering works and provide v
REE Corporation will soon begin a wind measurement and metocean campaign at the site where it plans to build its 500 MW Nam Bo 3 offshore wind project. The developer has contracted Akrocean to deploy its floating LiDAR at the project site, in partnership with the Vietnamese company Phuc Anh JSC. The
TotalEnergies has filed for authorisation for the 1.5 GW Centre Manche 2 offshore wind farm, planned to be built off the Normandy coast in France. The application, submitted to the French government through the project company Centre Manche Energies, includes the environmental impact assessment, tec
UK-based CRP Subsea has secured a contract from Seaway7 to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea. Under the contract, CRP Subsea will provide 142 NjordGuard cable protection systems for inter-array cable termination
A pre-installation survey campaign is set to begin at RWE’s 1.4 GW Vanguard West offshore wind site in the UK. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the developer, the survey vessel Breaker is expected to mobilise on or around 15 June to carry out a pre-installation survey within the project’s
Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy-lift vessel Thialf has installed the first foundations at the Bałtyk 2 & 3 offshore wind farms, owned by Equinor and Polenergia, which said on 25 May that “the first dozen sets of monopiles and transition pieces” were in place at the project site in the Polish Balti
All inter-array cables at the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan have been installed and energised, and all 42 wind turbines at the project’s second phase, the 583 MW Greater Changhua 4, are now connected to Taipower’s grid and generating electricity. “We’re continuing co
Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak has installed 91 turbines at the Sofia offshore wind farm, under construction approximately 195 kilometres off the UK north-east coast. The first of the project’s 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines was installed in March 2025, and the work
