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California investigates Trump administration’s deal to end an offshore wind project

CA, United States

California is investigating one of the Trump administration’s deals to end an offshore wind project. Golden State Wind was a floating offshore wind project proposed off California’s central coast. The California Energy Commission said Monday it issued an administrative subpoena to Golden State Wind. The commission said it is seeking documents and information about the company’s recent agreement… Read More

Trump just blocked 165 US wind projects – here’s what’s behind it

United States

By Michelle Lewis The Trump administration has effectively frozen 165 new onshore wind farm developments in the US, leaving the projects on private land in limbo, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Combined, they represent around 30 gigawatts of electric generating capacity. The Financial Times, citing the American Clean Power Association and other sources, reports that the Pentagon is holding… Read More

Offshore wind firm that took Trump payout hits a milestone in Europe

World ,

By Maria Gallucci The developer Ocean Winds cut controversial deals with the Trump administration last week to abandon two U.S. offshore wind developments. But across the Atlantic, it’s making big strides — especially with floating wind. On Monday, Ocean Winds said its 30-megawatt project in the south of France has started delivering power to the country’s grid. The wind farm includes… Read More

Windward Appoints Ron Kraitsman as Chief Financial Officer as Demand for Maritime AI Grows

WA, United States

LONDON and WASHINGTON, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Windward, the leading Maritime AI™ company, announced the appointment of Ron Kraitsman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kraitsman brings over 25 years of financial leadership experience scaling high-growth SaaS companies and will play a key role in supporting Windward’s continued global expansion across commercial and government markets. Kraitsman joins Windward… Read More

Ørsted completes divestment of its European onshore

Denmark

Further to the announcement issued on 3 February 2026, Ørsted has today completed the divestment of its European onshore business to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). For further information, please contact: Global Media Relations +45 99 55 95 52 Globalmedia@orsted.com Investor Relations Rasmus Keglberg Hærvig +45 99 55 90 95 IR@orsted.com About Ørsted Ørsted is a global leader… Read More

Jan De Nul: Vole au vent installs final turbine for wind farm in France

France

Last Monday, our jack-up installation vessel Vole au vent installed the final of 61 wind turbines at the Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France, developed by EMYN, a local player in offshore renewable energy. This marks the completion of the installation works, with all turbines now operating at full capacity. The… Read More

Dominion Energy Weighs Offshore Wind Progress And 20 GW Storage Mandate

United States

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has surpassed 75% completion, with progress and budget outcomes improving versus prior expectations. Virginia has increased its grid scale energy storage requirement from 3 GW by 2035 to… Read More

Trump official signals turnaround on blocked wind and solar projects

United States

By Tim Ferry With permitting reform on the line, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has promised to unblock solar and wind projects that have been held up by his office, in line with a federal court order. Speaking before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on 2027 budget requests Wednesday, Burgum replied… Read More

Wind power off Virginia causes turbulence for Republicans

VA, United States

Donald Trump doesn’t like solar fields or wind turbines. His attempt to stop offshore wind turbines off the US east coast is also meeting with resistance within his own ranks. Donald Trump’s move to stop five huge offshore wind power projects along the US east coast did not just attract the attention of environmentalists. Protest… Read More

Van Oord: VO:X Barentsz successfully completes first multi-day offshore operation

Netherlands

VO:X Barentsz, Van Oord’s first unmanned survey vessel purpose-built for offshore operations, has completed its first multi-day deployment at Ecowende‘s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm. The vessel supported the monopile and cable installation works executed by installation vessels Boreas, Nexus and Subsea Viking. This marks an important milestone in the further roll-out of remote,… Read More

Ocean Winds Completes Final Turbine Installation of its First Offshore Wind Farm in France

France

Vendée – 29 April 2026. Ocean Winds (OW), the 50-50 joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE dedicated to offshore wind energy, celebrates the installation of the final turbine at its Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm and the completion of construction works, marking the transition into the project’s full operational phase. This milestone… Read More

Expansion wind terminal at Port of Cuxhaven

Germany

Together with consortium partners Depenbrock Bau, TAGU Tiefbau Unterweser and Boskalis, DEME is working on the expansion of the offshore wind terminal at the Port of Cuxhaven. The project will deliver three new berths (5–7) with 1,350 meters of heavy‑load quay wall and 38 hectares of terminal space, closing the gap between berth 4 (Europakai)… Read More

Trump administration’s wasteful deal to abandon California offshore wind project undermines clean, homegrown power

CA, United States

SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration announced another wasteful deal to pay an energy company nearly $900 million in taxpayer funds to abandon its offshore wind projects off the coast of New York and New Jersey, as well as off the coast of California. California is the only West Coast state with offshore wind leases. One of… Read More

2 more offshore wind projects scrapped under Trump administration pressure

United States

By Meris Lutz DOI said the projects have “agreed to voluntarily end their offshore wind leases.” EDP, a Portuguese company with stakes in both projects, said it has “agreed to settle imminent claims.” Dive Brief Two U.S. offshore wind projects totaling up to 4.4 GW of planned capacity will not move forward after the developers… Read More

VARD: NB 979 delivered to Cyan Renewables

Taiwan

Vard Vung Tau has successfully delivered NB 979, a tailor-made Service Operation Vessel (SOV), to Cyan Renewables, around six weeks ahead of the contractual delivery date of 16 June. Based on the VARD 4 19 design, the vessel is purpose-built for offshore wind operations in Taiwan and will go directly from a short stay at… Read More

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