Nexans, a leader in the world’s energy transition which invested in the U.S. with its subsea transmission cable manufacturing facility in South Carolina, today announces an innovative partnership with Crowley Wind Services, a leading American shipping and logistics company, to develop and operate a Jones Act compliant cable lay barge. Dedicated to supporting the installation… Read More
The 91-metre-long Marmac 306 barge was built in Louisiana by Norwegian cable company Nexans, and is now digging a trench for the subsea export cables which will transmit the electricity generated by Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project to the Brooklyn power grid. It is the very first vessel built in the US to undertake this… Read More
The Trump Administration is rescinding more than 3.5 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) designated for offshore wind development on the US Outer Continental Shelf in yet another blow for the offshore wind industry. The decision was announced on Wednesday by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Department… Read More
-Ocean Winds has entered into a key agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of SG 14-236 wind turbines and service maintenance, marking a significant step towards the realization of the offshore BC-Wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea. -The implementation of these advanced technological solutions will be essential in generating zero-emission energy, addressing the… Read More
BOSTON — Officials in Massachusetts’ Nantucket island on Tuesday accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since Donald Trump’s election after a massive wind turbine broke apart last year and its fragments washed up on beaches. Nantucket’s select board gave Vineyard Wind two weeks to respond to… Read More
Offshore wind power could provide far more electricity than the U.S. uses for residential, commercial and industrial purposes. But the federal government has recently stopped approving offshore projects in the ocean. Another option is available, though: the Great Lakes, where we are based as water policy researchers, and where state agencies rather than federal officials are the trustees of the lakes…. Read More
The developer behind the Vineyard Wind offshore energy project expects the 62-turbine wind farm off the Island’s south coast could be completed by the end of the year. During a quarterly investor call this week, executives with the project’s parent company said that 23 turbines have been fully built at the farm about 14 miles… Read More
Equinor (NYSE:EQNR) shares waver between modest gains and losses after saying it booked $955M in impairments related to its U.S. offshore wind projects due to regulatory changes affecting the offshore wind industry in the country and increased exposure to tariffs. CFO Torgrim Reitan said a combination of tariffs, the Trump administration’s changing its mind on… Read More
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are attacking the entire wind power industry and throwing into question more than 17,000 offshore jobs and likely thousands more onshore. Introduction and summary On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that paused all federal wind permits. While the order states that the… Read More
The number of Germany’s offshore wind turbines connected to the grid has remained stuck at 1,639 since the end of 2024, the country’s offshore wind association BWO has said. Their combined capacity adds up to 9.2 gigawatts (GW). At the end of June 2025, turbines with a further capacity of 1.9 GW were under construction, while 3.6 GW had received a final investment… Read More
Taipei, July 23 (CNA) Ørsted Energy on Wednesday announced it has delivered first power from its 920-megawatt Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, the first offshore project built to supply renewable energy to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The wind farms, located 35 to 60 kilometers off the coast of Changhua County in… Read More
The new federal budget law narrows tax credits for wind and solar projects. And new presidential actions could make them even harder to build. The budget law Congress passed this month — termed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” — took another swipe at the offshore wind industry, limiting substantial Biden-era tax credits that would allow… Read More
We are is pleased to announce that we have signed a contract for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for an undisclosed international customer. The contract is a large offshore agreement, value between 100 million and 200 million euros. The two CSOVs are of VARD 4 19 design developed by… Read More
The Department of the Environment rejected federal regulators’ argument that there was an error in the state permit issued to US Wind. Maryland environmental regulators who are accused by EPA of making an error in a state permit issued to an offshore wind project are standing their ground. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)… Read More
A new chapter for Bibby Marine – and for offshore wind. Last week, Bibby Marine marked a major milestone in its mission to decarbonise offshore wind operations, holding a keel laying ceremony for its first hybrid-electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) at the Armon Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. The 6,700GT vessel will combine methanol engines… Read More