The first wind turbine is now in place at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) site in the US. The 2.6 GW offshore wind farm, owned by Dominion Energy, will comprise 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines and will be able to generate enough electricity to power over 900,000 homes once fully ope
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.
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
Construction work can restart on the 95-per-cent-complete Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm after the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a decision to allow full activities to resume in the Vineyard Wind lease area on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This is the fourth
Orlen Neptun has entered into a land reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Sea Port Authority for a site that will later house an operations and maintenance (O&M) base for its Baltic West offshore wind farm. The Kołobrzeg Sea Port is closest to the project location among all ports available in th
ScottishPower Renewables has submitted onshore and offshore consent applications for the 3 GW MarramWind floating wind project in Scotland, which the company owned together with Shell until late last year. The offshore consent application, including the Environmental Impact Assessment, has been subm
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved a 30-year electricity production licence to the Thor offshore wind farm, under construction at a site located approximately 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland. With a total installed capacity of 1.1 GW, Thor will become Denmark’s largest offshore
Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has offered final feasibility licences to three offshore wind projects in the Bunbury zone off the coast of Western Australia, the federal government said on 23 January. Also on 23 January, the government invited ap
RWE and Nordic renewable energy player Aneo have signed an agreement under which Aneo will acquire RWE’s Swedish wind energy activities, including the Karehamn offshore wind farm. Aneo, headquartered in Norway, is also acquiring RWE’s onshore wind development pipeline of 1.8 GW, its onshore wind far
Wind turbine installation on Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) has started with the first of the project’s 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines currently being erected. Virginia-based broadcaster WAVY reported on 21 January that a wind turbine tower was being installed
