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OSLO, May 19 (Reuters) – Norway has launched the first part of its long-awaited inaugural floating wind tender, it said on Monday, offering subsidies to the winners despite the challenges faced by the global offshore wind industry. The industry has grappled with skyrocketing costs, higher interest rates and supply chain bottlenecks, prompting governments to halt… Read More
Windea CTV, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind, has taken delivery of the third vessel in a series of windfarm crewboats to be built by St Johns Ship Building (SJSB) of Palatka, Florida. Windea Reliance is a sister of Windea Courageous, which was delivered by SJSB in January 2024, and Windea Enterprise, which was handed over later that… Read More
Indonesia and Denmark have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in offshore wind development, aiming to support Indonesia’s transition to renewable energy and advance marine spatial planning efforts. The discussions took place between Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and representatives of the Danish government, focusing on how Denmark’s decades-long experience in offshore wind… Read More
WASHINGTON — Advancing President Donald J. Trump’s strategic focus on domestic critical mineral development, the Department of the Interior today announced it is initiating the process to evaluate a potential mineral lease sale in the waters offshore American Samoa. This marks the first such action by Interior in over 30 years and could pave the way… Read More
Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire), a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, has been informed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that the stop work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction activities to resume. “We appreciate the fact that construction can now resume on Empire Wind,… Read More
Donald’s Trump’s administration has further threatened the US offshore wind industry by auditing £11.3bn of green energy grants previously awarded by Joe Biden. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced yesterday that projects which won funding under the former president are financially sound, aligned with US economic interests and consistent with current policies, according to Bloomberg. The… Read More
Our jack-up installation vessel Vole au vent successfully installed the first wind turbine at the EMYN Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farm, located off the French coast. Between now and September, 61 turbines will be installed for this project with Vole au vent. Ahead of this phase, our cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck… Read More
In a cavernous testing facility on England’s windswept northeast coast, engineers are thrashing a 50-ton, multimillion-dollar wind turbine blade around like a giant sword—on purpose. The blade is being tested to destruction at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) in Blyth. It tells one small part of the story of the energy transition. This… Read More
At a recent offshore wind industry conference, speakers had lots of advice on how to make the case for President Trump’s least favorite form of energy. There were boat rides to see an offshore wind farm — America’s largest — being constructed. An exhibit space greeted attendees with German beer, Danish cuisine, undersea robots, and free… Read More
HOUSTON, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott announces the safe, successful completion of fabrication, construction, and offshore floatover of the Scarborough floating production unit (FPU) topside and hull structures for Woodside Energy. The contract, awarded in 2021, followed the successful delivery of front-end engineering design for the Scarborough Energy Project’s FPU and includes engineering, procurement, construction, installation and… Read More
Today, Ørsted’s Board of Directors approved the interim report for the first quarter of 2025. In Q1 2025, we have focused on the execution of our four strategic priorities, which aim at solidifying Ørsted’s leading position in offshore wind towards the end of the decade. The offshore wind industry is challenged in the short term… Read More
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has agreed to acquire a 10 per cent stake in CI Fengmiao from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Danish renewable energy fund, in order to, “gain insights by participating in the offshore wind power business from the construction phase.” CI Fengmiao is the 100 per cent shareholder of the Feng Miao… Read More
King Charles III’s Crown Estate, which owns Britain’s seabed, has given the go-ahead to expand high-density wind farms on current seabed leases, supposedly seeking a “rapid and space-efficient way” to raise capacity and support the country’s problematic energy transition that has seen prices skyrocket to record levels. Conflict of interest and honesty concerns have often… Read More
The Norwegian energy company Equinor said Friday it will be forced to terminate an offshore wind project for New York within days unless President Donald Trump ‘s administration relents on its order that stopped construction. Work on Empire Wind has been paused since April 16, when Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to… Read More
In a significant blow to the government’s clean energy ambitions the Danish energy company Orsted has cancelled plans for a huge windfarm off the coast of East Yorkshire. The Hornsea 4 project would have become one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world with a potential capacity of 2.4GW – enough to power… Read More