OEG will provide crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during the construction of the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, jointly developed by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted. According to a contract award notice on the EU tenders’ website, on 27 February, Ørsted selected Opus Marine (which was
The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York, Ørsted confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz on 17 April. “As part of ongoing construction at Sunrise Wind, the project has safely and successfully installed its first turbine generator, marking an important step t
US-based Pacifico Energy has received a site survey licence for a 500 MW offshore wind project in Ba Ria–Vung Tau, offshore Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The licence, granted by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), allows the company to carry out site survey assessment activities at
Eighty wind turbines have been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, where 100 units of the Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD model will be installed for a total capacity of 1.4 GW. The vessel deployed for the work, Cadeler’s Wind Peak, installed
ABL has been appointed marine warranty surveyor (MWS) on the Shinan Ui offshore wind project in South Korea. The energy and marine consultancy, part of Norwegian ABL Group, will provide marine warranty survey services to support the transportation and installation operations, as well as marine assur
RWE has completed the installation of two offshore substations at its Nordseecluster A wind farm site in the German North Sea. The platforms, each around 40 metres long and 22 metres high, were manufactured by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at its yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and were placed onto their
Evolve Energy, a UK-based energy supplier offering solutions for direct access to renewable energy for industrial and commercial businesses, has entered into a nine-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shell for electricity generated by the Race Bank offshore wind farm, with which Shell has an o
Cadeler’s second M-class vessel, Wind Mover, which was delivered by the South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean to Cadeler in November 2025, has been deployed on its first project, the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The new vessel, designed to install the next generation of offshore
Geoquip Marine Operations and GEO Denmark are set to start a geotechnical investigation campaign at the Bowdun offshore wind farm site in Scotland, developed by Thistle Wind Partners. Two vessels, Geoquip Seehorn and Geo Connector, will be used to perform the surveys, with the work expected to comme
Van Oord has completed the installation of monopiles at the Hollandse Kust West Site VI, developed by a joint venture between Shell, Eneco and Chubu Electric Power. The Dutch offshore contractor installed three of the project’s 52 monopiles using GBM Works’ VibroJet technology in combination with CA
South Korea has completed the financial close structure for the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project, with funding set to begin flowing into construction from the second quarter of 2026. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced on 9 April that a project financing agreement has been signed
Fugro will conduct a UXO survey at the Morecambe Bay area this month, ahead of a geotechnical site investigation for the Morecambe offshore wind project that is planned to start in May 2026. The UXO work will be undertaken by the survey vessel Fugro Frontier and is planned to commence around 10 Apri
Waters off Denmark’s west coast are now home to what RWE says is the world’s first offshore wind turbine featuring a CO2‑reduced steel tower and recyclable rotor blades. The 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction some 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland, will comprise 7
A 504 MW offshore wind farm developed by China Huaneng Group (CHNG) was fully commissioned on 7 April. The Shandong Peninsula North wind farm has been built at a site located some 70 kilometres off the coast of Shandong Province, where water depth ranges between 52 and 56 metres, making this China’s
