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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
Taiwanese owner and operator Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has ordered another commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) from Fincantieri-controlled Norwegian shipbuilder Vard. The vessel will be a sister ship to the two CSOVs contracted in May 2024, and follows the order of a subsea construction vessel from the yard last month. The CSOV is based on the… Read More
A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during his first day in office, pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy projects both onshore… Read More
𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱-𝗼𝗳𝗳 💪 With the start of scour protection works, the offshore construction works for the first phase of RWE’s German 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project has kicked-off. A milestone for the project! The scour protection provides full protection for the monopiles that will be installed later this year…. Read More
Solstad Offshore ASA announced multiple contract awards with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras, subject to board approval. The awards encompass two large Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels and one Construction Support Vessel (CSV). According to a statement from Solstad Offshore, the two AHTS vessels have been awarded new contracts, each with a… Read More
Dominion Energy says if Trump’s tariffs continue, they could add up to $500 million in costs to its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. Off the coast of Virginia, Dominion Energy is building what will be the largest offshore wind facility in the U.S., a 2.6-gigawatt project that will provide energy to as many as 660,000… Read More
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻 With our semi-submersible heavy transport vessels Mighty Servant 3, Transshelf, Blue Marlin and Black Marlin, Boskalis started transporting 66 suction bucket jacket foundations and an offshore substation for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Recently, a fifth and a sixth Boskalis vessel joined in: our… Read More
On 29 April 2025, Jan De Nul kicked off the installation campaign of the monopile foundations for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm. Heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés installed the first of 72 monopiles for Denmark’s largest wind farm to date. When finished, the wind farm will provide enough renewable energy to power more than a million… Read More
Ørsted has completed a farm-down for a 24.5% stake in West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm to funds managed by Schroders Greencoat. The value of the transaction is GBP 456.1 million (approx. DKK 4 billion) on a debt-free basis. The transaction closed on 30 April 2025. Located approximately 14 km off the UK west… Read More