NextOcean has secured a contract to equip Esvagt’s service operation vessel (SOV) Esvagt Njord with its WavePredictor vessel-motion prediction technology. The system will be used to support offshore operations at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK, where Esvagt Njord has been deployed for oper
Tokyo-based JFE Engineering Corporation has produced what it says is Japan’s first domestically manufactured monopile for an offshore wind farm. The monopile is destined for the 315 MW Oga–Katagami–Akita project, owned by a consortium consisting of JERA Nex BP, Electric Power Development (J-POWER),
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched a tender for preliminary geophysical investigation of offshore wind sites in Zones 3 and 4 of the German North Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The contract, covering work in 2027 and 2028, will enable collecting seabed and subs
Norwegian company Glamox has secured a contract to supply marine lighting for 35 wind turbine foundations at the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company will provide more than 900 marine luminaires for the transition pieces of the turbines under an agreement with ProCon Taiwan and SK oce
Ørsted, on behalf of the joint venture with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, which is building the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea, has selected Northern Helicopter for the provision of medevac services during the project’s construction. The contract, valued at a little ov
MacGregor has received DNV certification for floating-to-floating (F2F) personnel transfers using its Horizon gangway following a sea acceptance test. For F2F operations, the gangway uses a purpose-designed flap at its tip instead of the docking head used for conventional fixed-structure landings. L
A fire was reported on a wind turbine at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan on 8 August after the turbine’s system detected an abnormal condition and automatically stopped its operation. Ørsted said the wind farm team observed the fire shortly after the automatic trip and ext
Jan De Nul has installed all 23 foundation elements for the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first artificial energy island, being built 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast. The project is now entering the next phase of construction, according to the company. Developed by Belgium grid operator
Van Oord has completed the installation of all 111 monopile foundations at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.
Dajin Heavy Industry and Haventus, the owner and developer of Ardersier Port in Scotland, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore combining Dajin’s manufacturing and transport capability with Ardersier’s port infrastructure to support both fixed-bottom and floating wind projects i
Sif has loaded out the final monopiles for Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms, currently under construction in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea. Located approximately 37 and 22 kilometres from the coastline near Ustka and Łeba, the two sites will together comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD
NKT’s new subsea trencher, deemed the world’s most powerful, is approaching final assembly and entering the first round of testing, the Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm reported. NKT announced the investment in the NKT T-3600 trencher in June 2025, as part of its ongoing investm
Arenko has been selected by Ørsted to deploy its Nimbus optimisation, asset management and trading platform at the 300 MW/600 MWh Iceni battery energy storage system (BESS) that will be part of the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The BESS project is scheduled to enter operations in th
