Vattenfall has awarded contracts to Swire Energy Services and Global Wind Service (GWS) for operations and maintenance (O&M) work on Horns Rev 1, the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, which is operating offshore Denmark. The contracts, worth approximately EUR 15 million in total, cover p
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has awarded Houston-headquartered Helix Robotics Solutions a contract for the burial of inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site in the UK. The contract is expected to last over 300 days and is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2026.
German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched a tender for the N-9.4 offshore wind site in the North Sea which can accommodate 1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. The tender is open for bids until 1 June with the maximum bidding value set at 6.2 eurocents/kWh as per Section 19 of the Off
Innovation in wind energy has been one of the main pillars driving the upscale of the sector, enabling better components, larger and stronger turbines, faster and more cost-effective logistics, but what about its integration into tenders? Innovative approaches in tender designs can have a major impa
Transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed a realisation agreement with the consortium of pension fund ABP, pension investor APG, and wind energy developer SSE for the Dutch offshore grid connection of the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha wind farm. The realisation agreement enables the development
The first of two M-class wind installation vessels, named Wind Maker, has been delivered to Denmark-headquartered Cadeler. The company has also signed the first contracts for its second M-class vessel, Wind Mover. Cadeler, a provider of offshore wind installation, operations and maintenance services
Vattenfall and BASF have signed contracts with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) and CS Wind Offshore for component supply and with DEME and Jan De Nul for installation services for the Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farms in Germany. Germany’s EEW SPC will manufacture 112 monopile
Norway-headquartered DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea survey contract for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia. Under the contract, DeepOcean will carry out geophysical seabed surveys of the export and inter-array cable
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a prior information notice for a tendering procedure the agency plans to organise to procure ecological studies of avifauna and marine mammals in the N-9.5 and N-12.5 offshore wind areas in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in t
Penta-Ocean Construction has awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of a 5,000-tonne tub-mounted crane and a monopile handling system for its new heavy lift vessel (HLV), designed by Ulstein. The HLV is tailored for the Japanese offshore wind market and is said to be “the world’s first fully in
Norway-based Havfram has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for the construction of an offshore wind project in Europe. Havfram said that the “major” project will be executed in 2029, utilising one of the company’s GustoMSC NG-20000X installation vessels, planned to be delivered in the sec
Tekmar Group has been awarded a contract for the delivery of its cable protection system (CPS) and associated ancillaries for a UK-based offshore wind project. The contract is valued in the region of GBP 5 million (approximately EUR 6 million). The UK-based company will be responsible for the design
The first cutting and rolling of monopiles, which will be installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, have been completed by CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) in China. CWHI hosted representatives from Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture company held equally by Red
Estonian developer Sunly Wind has applied for a superficies licence with Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) for an offshore wind farm in the Saare 7 area. The CPTRA has now initiated a procedure for the area under which it invites any competing applications to b
