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Goodbye to traditional turbines—Norway unveils an innovative “upside-down” turbine that promises to transform marine energy

Norway

If Don Quixote believed that the windmills in La Mancha were giants, we don’t want to imagine what he would think of the innovative turbines that have been installed in the Norwegian Sea. Offshore wind power seems to be one of the cornerstones of the global energy transition. After all, offshore turbines do not bother… Read More

UK marks 25 years of offshore wind

United Kingdom

The UK today marks 25 years since the Blyth offshore wind farm in Northumberland began generating clean power, launching an industry which has become one of the country’s biggest sources of renewable electricity. The sector said offshore wind provided over 34% of renewable electricity in 2024 and produced a record 17% of total UK power… Read More

Federal judge denies Trump Administration’s attempt to withdraw US Wind approval

MD, United States

OCEAN CITY, Md. – A federal judge has denied a motion by the Trump Administration to remand and vacate the previous Biden Administration’s approval of US Wind’s proposed project off the coast of Delmarva, according to court documents obtained by WBOC. U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Stephanie Gallagher’s order, handed down… Read More

Offshore wind in free fall as AGL abandons Victorian project

Australia

Energy giant AGL has walked away from its proposed multibillion-dollar offshore wind energy project in Victoria’s Gippsland region in a move that casts fresh doubt over the economics of an industry that is central to the Allan government’s energy plans. The AGL-backed consortium behind the proposed 2.5-gigawatt Gippsland Skies offshore wind project has surrendered its… Read More

BOEM to consider revoking New England Wind 1 approval

MA, United States

This story originally ran in The New Bedford Light. The federal agency regulating offshore wind development asked a federal judge on Tuesday to allow it to reconsider a key approval — one the same agency granted just last year — for New England Wind 1, a project planned off the Massachusetts coast. If the federal government’s… Read More

Borkum Riffgrund 3, Ørsted’s largest offshore wind farm in Germany, produces first power

Germany

A new milestone for Ørsted in Germany: Borkum Riffgrund 3 is feeding power into the grid. Ørsted and Nuveen have leveraged leading European suppliers to deliver the 913 MW offshore wind farm, which will enable German industry to decarbonise at a large scale once fully operational. The offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3, jointly owned… Read More

Van Oord successfully completes monopile installation at Windanker offshore wind farm

Netherlands

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 4 December 2025 – Van Oord has completed the transport and installation of all 21 monopiles at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm, a key milestone in the construction of the project. This achievement involved the largest monopiles Van Oord has ever installed, made possible by earlier upgrades to its heavy lift installation… Read More

Van Oord installs first monopile at Ecowende wind farm

Netherlands

Van Oord has installed the first monopile of Ecowende’s offshore wind farm on Wednesday 3 December. The project, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco and Chubu, is set to become the most ecological offshore wind farm to date. Van Oord used its new state-of-the-art offshore wind installation vessel Boreas for the installation, marking the successful… Read More

New England Offshore Wind Projects 1 & 2 Stalled by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Filed Motion

MA, United States

More than a year after the Biden administration issued the final permit for a pair of proposed offshore wind projects near Massachusetts, the Trump administration is trying to take it back. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to “remand,” or reconsider, its approval of the… Read More

Ministry of Energy and Clean Energy Capital LLC sign implementation agreement on offshore wind energy

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan”s Ministry of Energy and Clean Energy Capital, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Green Energy Company, have signed an implementation agreement for the assessment, development, and execution of an offshore wind energy project. The Ministry of Energy told Renewables.az that the project envisions a total capacity of 600 MW, with an initial phase of 200 MW. Under the… Read More

Vestas announces 660 MW offshore order in EMEA

Germany

Vestas is proud to announce the following order as part of our Q4 order intake: Country Region Customer Project name MW Service agreement Delivery & commissioning Undisclosed EMEA Undisclosed Undisclosed 660 MW Undisclosed Undisclosed For more information, please contact: Yannick Kramm External Communications Specialist, Vestas Northern & Central Europe Mail: yankr@vestas.com Tel: +44 (0)77 9528 4694… Read More

Germany’s largest offshore wind farm fires up its first turbine

Germany

Germany’s largest offshore wind farm hit a big milestone: The first turbine at EnBW’s He Dreiht project has produced its first kilowatt-hour of electricity and sent it into the grid. More turbines are expected to come online over the coming weeks. European energy provider EnBW has already installed 27 of the wind farm’s 64 turbines,… Read More

Cadeler expands fleet with delivery of 10th wind turbine installation vessel, Wind Mover

Denmark

Copenhagen, 28 November 2025 – Cadeler today announces the successful delivery of Wind Mover, the tenth vessel to join the company’s growing fleet of next-generation wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs). The vessel is delivered ahead of schedule and will, following her mobilisation, head directly into operations in Europe. Wind Mover becomes the tenth vessel on… Read More

Norwegian energy firms buys up two offshore wind projects

Norway

Norwegian energy firm Zephyr Renewable has become one of the country’s largest offshore wind developers after acquiring two projects from a compatriot company. Under the sale with Oslo-based Statkraft, Zephyr will take charge of advancing the Bothnia Offshore Sigma and Lambda North regions located in Sweden’s Bothnian Sea. Applications for necessary permits related to these… Read More

Siemens Gamesa is still testing giant offshore wind turbine

Denmark

The large offshore wind turbine is currently being tested in Østerlid, Denmark, where Siemens Gamesa has a test center. (Updated and corrected) (Correction: It was previously stated in the article that Siemens Gamesa had decided to market the large offshore wind turbine. However, that decision has not yet been made.) ”The situation remains unchanged, and our… Read More

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