A new chapter begins at Vard Shipyards Romania – Tulcea. The first steel is cut for NB 996, one of two tailor-made VARD 4 19 Commissioning Service Operation Vessels designed and built by VARD for UPO, the joint venture between 裕民風能航運股份有限公司 U-Ming Marine Offshore and Purus. The 88-metre hybrid vessel is optimized for Taiwan’s offshore… Read More
Rotterdam, the Netherlands – Van Oord’s brand-new offshore wind installation vessel Boreas has successfully completed its first assignment: the installation of 45 monopiles at Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The Boreas is the largest and most sustainable vessel of its kind. Its maiden… Read More
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 For the last few years, our trailing suction hopper dredger Medway has been almost fully dedicated to maintaining the Weser River in northern Germany. Since 2020, the vessel has dredged sand, silt and clay from the access channels to Bremerhaven and the port of Brake, where… Read More
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced two major steps toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. BOEM released the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1), the first of 30 Gulf of America lease sales required by the One Big Beautiful Bill… Read More
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The United States’ largest offshore wind energy project to date is two-thirds complete, however developer Dominion Energy said tariffs and issues with its new ship are challenging their “on-time and on-budget” mission statement. In an earnings call with the publicly traded utilities investors on Halloween, Bob Blue, Dominion’s chairman, president and CEO,… Read More
Belfast Harbour has secured a major investment as developers of the Mona and Morgan offshore wind farms commit over £100 million to the port. The joint venture between EnBW and JERA Nex bp will lease the port’s D1 terminal for assembling and marshalling turbine components. The Mona and Morgan projects, located in the Irish Sea, are expected to… Read More
SupraMarine consortium formed by leading European players to launch an innovation project connecting distant offshore wind farms to land using a superconducting system Air Liquide, CentraleSupélec, ITP Interpipe, Nexans, and RTE have joined forces to develop a superconducting power transmission demonstrator designed to accelerate energy transition Called SupraMarine, the project is key to developing a… Read More
Today, Ørsted’s Board of Directors approved the interim report for the first nine months of 2025. Ørsted has taken significant steps in delivering on its strategic priorities during the third quarter. This includes the strengthening of its capital structure through the completion of the rights issue and the divestment of a 50 % equity stake… Read More
𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗢𝟮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 What to do with a depleted gas field in the North Sea and its associated infrastructure? Porthos has the answer and Boskalis, together with partner Allseas, has worked hard this year to prepare one of those gas fields for a second life as an offshore… Read More
Apollo-managed funds have taken a 50% stake in Ørsted’s Hornsea 3, with a $6.5 billion investment in what is the world’s largest offshore wind development. Located in the North Sea, Hornsea 3 is Ørsted’s third gigawatt-scale project in the area and will provide 2.9 GW or essentially enough energy to power three million U.K. households. The joint… Read More
More than 40% of existing and planned offshore wind farm sites in Europe and Asia are being exposed to wind speeds above the maximum design load of some classes of turbine, according to a study in Nature Communications. These findings highlight the need for better adaptation of offshore wind energy infrastructure to increase resilience to extreme wind events… Read More
A U.S. District Court judge ruled on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Interior Department may reconsider the Biden administration’s approval of the SouthCoast Wind project planned off the coast of Massachusetts. The order is a victory for the Trump administration, which argued that it had identified issues with the project’s environmental analysis and that a review could… Read More
The 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is set for completion by the end of 2026 despite vessel delays, the utility company said Friday. Dominion Energy provides regulated electric service to about 3.6 million customers in Virginia and the Carolinas, and regulated natural gas service to about 500,000 customers in South Carolina. Its Contracted Energy… Read More
DEME announced today that an ownership realignment has taken place among the shareholders in the ScotWind project. As a result, DEME Concessions and Aspiravi International have become joint owners of the Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm. This strategic realignment is designed to streamline operations and leverage the strengths of the partners in their respective areas of… Read More
Bright ideas from Borssele bound for Baltica While many of his colleagues are busy building Poland’s largest offshore wind farm, Baltica 2, Jakub’s eyes are on what comes next. As Operations Preparation Manager, his focus is on getting operations right from day one, shaping how the wind farm runs when it comes online in 2027…. Read More