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Contact(s) Jennifer Russo (202) 412-6561 WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced key developments in its offshore critical minerals planning, with the completion of Area Identification offshore American Samoa and the release of a Request for Information and Interest for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These actions mark significant progress in… Read More
A planned supersized floating wind turbine with two spinning heads will generate nearly double the amount of energy as the current record-holder The world’s largest wind turbine—currently being tested off the coast of China—has blades that are more than twice as long as a Boeing 777’s wingspan. It can generate 26 megawatts (MW) of energy,… Read More
Energy and wind power industry associations have urged changes to Germany’s 2026 auctions for offshore wind energy to overcome the sector’s stagnation. In a joint appeal, energy industry group BDEW, offshore wind power association BWO, engineering association VDMA and grid operators proposed to move the next auction from June 2026 to the end of next year. The delay would give bidders time to… Read More
Salem residents worked for years on plans for a port that offered economic development and other community benefits. Then the Trump administration canceled funding. Barbara Kelley remembers when her car and windows were routinely coated with a thin film of coal dust that had drifted over from the power plant on the edge of her… Read More
President Donald Trump’s anti-wind energy agenda is harming Louisiana businesses that form the backbone of America’s offshore oil and gas industry, which stands to lose billions if the president fulfills his campaign promise to end construction of offshore wind turbines. In recent years, offshore leases have opened in state and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico… Read More
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