This story originally ran in The New Bedford Light. The federal agency regulating offshore wind development asked a federal judge on Tuesday to allow it to reconsider a key approval — one the same agency granted just last year — for New England Wind 1, a project planned off the Massachusetts coast. If the federal government’s… Read More
A new milestone for Ørsted in Germany: Borkum Riffgrund 3 is feeding power into the grid. Ørsted and Nuveen have leveraged leading European suppliers to deliver the 913 MW offshore wind farm, which will enable German industry to decarbonise at a large scale once fully operational. The offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3, jointly owned… Read More
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 4 December 2025 – Van Oord has completed the transport and installation of all 21 monopiles at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm, a key milestone in the construction of the project. This achievement involved the largest monopiles Van Oord has ever installed, made possible by earlier upgrades to its heavy lift installation… Read More
Van Oord has installed the first monopile of Ecowende’s offshore wind farm on Wednesday 3 December. The project, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco and Chubu, is set to become the most ecological offshore wind farm to date. Van Oord used its new state-of-the-art offshore wind installation vessel Boreas for the installation, marking the successful… Read More
More than a year after the Biden administration issued the final permit for a pair of proposed offshore wind projects near Massachusetts, the Trump administration is trying to take it back. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to “remand,” or reconsider, its approval of the… Read More
Azerbaijan”s Ministry of Energy and Clean Energy Capital, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Green Energy Company, have signed an implementation agreement for the assessment, development, and execution of an offshore wind energy project. The Ministry of Energy told Renewables.az that the project envisions a total capacity of 600 MW, with an initial phase of 200 MW. Under the… Read More
Vestas is proud to announce the following order as part of our Q4 order intake: Country Region Customer Project name MW Service agreement Delivery & commissioning Undisclosed EMEA Undisclosed Undisclosed 660 MW Undisclosed Undisclosed For more information, please contact: Yannick Kramm External Communications Specialist, Vestas Northern & Central Europe Mail: yankr@vestas.com Tel: +44 (0)77 9528 4694… Read More
Germany’s largest offshore wind farm hit a big milestone: The first turbine at EnBW’s He Dreiht project has produced its first kilowatt-hour of electricity and sent it into the grid. More turbines are expected to come online over the coming weeks. European energy provider EnBW has already installed 27 of the wind farm’s 64 turbines,… Read More
Copenhagen, 28 November 2025 – Cadeler today announces the successful delivery of Wind Mover, the tenth vessel to join the company’s growing fleet of next-generation wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs). The vessel is delivered ahead of schedule and will, following her mobilisation, head directly into operations in Europe. Wind Mover becomes the tenth vessel on… Read More
Norwegian energy firm Zephyr Renewable has become one of the country’s largest offshore wind developers after acquiring two projects from a compatriot company. Under the sale with Oslo-based Statkraft, Zephyr will take charge of advancing the Bothnia Offshore Sigma and Lambda North regions located in Sweden’s Bothnian Sea. Applications for necessary permits related to these… Read More
The large offshore wind turbine is currently being tested in Østerlid, Denmark, where Siemens Gamesa has a test center. (Updated and corrected) (Correction: It was previously stated in the article that Siemens Gamesa had decided to market the large offshore wind turbine. However, that decision has not yet been made.) ”The situation remains unchanged, and our… Read More
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is planning to develop a 45-hectare site in the north-western corner of the Maasvlakte for offshore wind activities. The terminal will offer opportunities for storage, transport, (pre-)assembly, and delivery of components for both wind turbines and foundations. The terminal will have direct nautical access to the sea and will be… Read More
Earlier this week, Dominion Energy announced that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is now 66% complete, aiming to supply clean energy to hundreds of thousands of homes by the end of 2026 and expanding generation capacity for local data centers. This milestone highlights Dominion’s progress in grid modernization and renewable infrastructure, drawing attention to… Read More
Today, the Irish Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment has provisionally awarded the joint venture, formed by ESB and Ørsted, the rights to develop the Tonn Nua site which is off the coast of County Waterford and spans 306 km2. Tonn Nua has been designated by the Irish government as the only site for… Read More
Companies will look to leverage combined strengths to accelerate technologically advanced, sustainable solutions Abu Dhabi, UAE – AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), a global enabler of integrated trade, transport, industry, and logistics solutions, and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, a global clean energy leader, have signed a Partnership Agreement to collaborate on… Read More