DEME has taken delivery of its new wind turbine installation vessel Norse Wind at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard. Designed to install the next generation of offshore wind turbines, the vessel combines advanced technology and sustainable design features to offer unrivalled installation capability. Marking another important milestone in DEME’s continued expansion of its offshore installation fleet,… Read More
Staff at monopile plant SeAH Wind walk out today but developer insists Hornsea 3 stays on track Workers are going on strike at a key factory supplying Orsted’s largest project globally, Hornsea 3, as the developer insisted it will keep the project on track. Source
The United States has reached a milestone in its offshore wind ambitions as the Charybdis, the nation’s first Jones Act-compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV), has arrived at Portsmouth Port, Virginia, ready to begin operations at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The Charybdis, commissioned by Dominion Energy, entered Portsmouth Port on 17 September, according to vessel… Read More
State and industry leaders argued that the funds are needed to establish California as a hub for floating offshore wind. Dive Brief: The California Energy Commission authorized $42.75 million in grants for offshore wind port development on Wednesday, in what commission staff described as the first appropriation of the state’s Climate Bond funds for offshore wind…. Read More
Over the past couple of years, the global offshore wind sector has been facing growing pains, with supply chain constraints, policy volatility, and economic headwinds threatening a power segment that has been slated to become the most dominant wind energy source in many regions. These challenges are increasingly forcing companies in the space to abandon… Read More
Rotterdam, 14 October 2025 – Van Oord has been awarded the prestigious Jan Agema Award 2025 for its contribution to the offshore wind project Borssele III, IV and V. The jury praised the project for its technical innovation, societal relevance, and future-proof design, highlighting it as a powerful response to the urgent energy transition in… Read More
By Sarah Shemkus / Canary Media Barbara Kelley remembers when her car and windows were routinely coated with a thin film of coal dust that had drifted over from the power plant on the edge of her neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts. She remembers the noise as a conveyor belt lifted the coal into the building. She also… Read More
Dutch dredging and offshore energy service provider Boskalis has taken delivery of a 100 tonne Tadano GR-1000EX-4 Rough Terrain crane for its central distribution centre in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands. The two axle GR-1000EX-4 has a 51 metre five section boom with a twin cylinder telescope system – one cylinder extends the first section while the… Read More
The first wind farm slated to plug into New York City’s grid has already endured one political catastrophe this year. Now, a logistical crisis looms on the horizon. Equinor’s Empire Wind is a 810-megawatt project being built about 20 miles off the shore of Long Island, promising enough energy to power 500,000 homes once completed… Read More
Jan De Nul signed a contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the installation of export cables on the Taiwanese wind farm Formosa 4. To bring the green energy ashore, Jan De Nul will transport, install and protect 60 kilometres of subsea cables. 55 kilometres southwest of Formosa 4, the company was also selected as… Read More
An ambitious plan to create a 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines at the Port of Long Beach has received $20 million from the California Energy Commission, POLB officials announced on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The announcement came about a month after the Trump administration said it would move to cancel federal funding for… Read More
Danish renewable power developer Ørsted has successfully raised DKK60 billion (US$9.4 billion) through a rights issue, where current stockholders are given the right to purchase additional shares in the company. Ørsted announced on 6 October that shareholders had subscribed to 99.3% of the new shares at DKK66.6 per share as part of the fully underwritten… Read More
COPENHAGEN – (This Oct. 7 story has been corrected to clarify that Revolution Wind is expected to begin operations in the second half of 2026, not the second quarter, in paragraph 3) Danish offshore wind developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab maintains a plan to complete its offshore Sunrise Wind project in the United States in the… Read More
New vessels to operate in Gulf of Mexico with Woodside Energy Damen Shipyards Group and Chomex Marino signed a contract for the construction of two Damen Offshore Support Tugs (OST) 120. Damen has developed the vessels in response to the operational requirements of end-user Woodside Energy. The new vessels will play a key role in… Read More
Hamburg/Brattvaag, Windward Offshore has officially taken delivery of its first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), Windward Athens. Built by VARD in Norway and delivered on schedule at Vard Brattvaag, the vessel represents a major milestone on Windward Offshore’s growth path and marks the company’s entry into operations with its dedicated CSOV fleet. The Windward Athens… Read More