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Key highlights: Offshore wind companies continue to invest across the value chain, from new installation and support vessels to cable manufacturing, grid infrastructure and project execution. Developers advanced major projects through new wind farm milestones, operations bases, power purchase agreements and grid connection initiatives. Technology innovation remains a focus, with new floating wind platform designs… Read More
Eighty-five kilometers out in the North Sea intense work is ongoing. Monopile foundations up to 80 meters tall and giant transition pieces are being installed and vessels are moving between ports and the construction site, turning years of planning and manufacturing into Germany’s largest offshore wind farm, Nordlicht I. The Nordlicht cluster consists of two… Read More
An offshore wind turbine facility is to be created at the Port of Montrose, supporting about 80 jobs. The factory, which will make components for off-shore wind turbines, is to be run by engineering firm Subsea Micropiles following a £5m investment. A further £6.7m is being provided by the state-owned Scottish National Investment Bank, with… Read More
By Tom Hale China is the world’s biggest generator of wind energy by a long shot, and its capacity just keeps on growing and growing. In its latest flex, the east Asian powerhouse has just activated an offshore wind farm in the South China Sea featuring 33 wind turbines of monstrous proportions, as well as… Read More
By Kim LaCapria A growing legal fight over offshore wind could have consequences far beyond the coastline. California and New York are challenging President Donald Trump’s administration over its efforts to pay energy companies to cancel projects, arguing the move could leave families with higher power bills and fewer clean energy options, ABC News reported…. Read More
By Anke Maree A Swedish company has created a pioneering floating wind turbine design to address standard barriers. In Sweden, the shift offshore has gained significant traction to overcome a growing energy supply gap. Now, the nation is moving clean power generation into deeper waters. Projects faced unique challenges like limited space, heavy maritime traffic,… Read More
Vietnam needs a comprehensive policy framework to remove legal and procedural bottlenecks and create conditions for offshore wind power projects to access long-term investment capital, helping to unlock the country’s substantial offshore wind potential, said insiders. With a coastline of more than 3,260 km, an exclusive economic zone of nearly 1 million sq.km and favourable,… Read More
During WindEnergy Hamburg, Van Oord officially revealed the names of its two next-generation flexible fallpipe vessels: Vindnes and Vestnes. Scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029, the purpose-built vessels will strengthen Van Oord’s subsea rock installation capabilities and support the continued growth of offshore wind, interconnector and critical energy infrastructure projects worldwide. As offshore wind… Read More
How do we bring down the cost of offshore wind by 30 % over the next decade? That was one of the key questions being discussed at WindEnergy Hamburg this week. With 1,600 exhibitors from 40 countries, the event brought together suppliers, developers, and partners from across the industry to discuss the future of offshore… Read More
In the spring of 2023, our subsea rock installation vessel Rockpiper had the honor of being the first Boskalis vessel to contribute to the development of the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Now, more than three years later, Ørsted’s offshore wind farm has been inaugurated and is… Read More
The 913 MW offshore wind farm will provide large-scale, home-grown renewable electricity from the German North Sea, strengthening energy security, supporting industrial competitiveness, and advancing the decarbonisation of essential German industries and the digital economy. Today, Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind… Read More
The 913 MW offshore wind farm will provide large-scale, home-grown renewable electricity from the German North Sea, strengthening energy security, supporting industrial competitiveness, and advancing the decarbonisation of essential German industries and the digital economy. Today, Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind… Read More
By Taylor Mills A coalition of states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over three separate settlements with offshore wind companies to cancel their project leases in exchange for over $1.5 billion in taxpayer funds. California, New York, New Jersey, and six other states alleged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management unlawfully bought out leases with… Read More
Cadeler A/S (“Cadeler”), through Nexra, its dedicated offshore wind service platform, and Vattenfall Vindkraft AB have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a strategic collaboration to explore the development of next-generation operations & maintenance (O&M) solutions for the offshore wind industry. The collaboration will focus on advancing innovative Major Component Exchange (MCE) capabilities,… Read More
If US President Donald Trump really wants to annex Canada, he’ll have a big problem on his hands. The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is laying plans to begin exploiting its copious offshore wind resources, and if it’s one thing Trump can’t stand, it’s wind turbines, especially offshore turbines. Clearly, Trump is deathly afraid of… Read More