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Ørsted: A major milestone for the offshore wind farm set to become Poland’s largest

Poland

A major milestone for the offshore wind farm set to become Poland’s largest. The first of four horizontal directional drillings for Baltica 2 is now complete, enabling cable installation deep beneath the beach and dunes, protecting sensitive coastal areas and minimising shoreline impact. ZRB Janicki and Romgos Group successfully installed the protective casing pipe, which will… Read More

Ørsted: One year of South Fork Wind!

NY, United States

One year of South Fork Wind! To sum up year one: this project has been delivering affordable, reliable energy. In its first year of operations, South Fork Wind has supplied energy to Long Island Power Authority that New York can depend on. Through heat waves and growing energy demand, this project is generating electricity 92%… Read More

Floating wind power sets sail in Japan’s energy shift

Japan

Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo’s green-energy strategy begins. Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a “trump card” in its drive to make renewables its top… Read More

US challenges Maryland offshore wind approval in court

MD, United States

The United States federal government, under the direction of Donald Trump, has challenged a planned Maryland offshore wind project approval in court. The Trump administration has signed into law several executive orders aimed at reducing the standing of renewable energies in the United States. The Trump administration has implemented a new approach to the energy sector that… Read More

Ottawa and Nova Scotia outline initial steps in developing offshore wind

Canada

HALIFAX — A prequalification process for potential bidders is among the initial steps announced Saturday as Ottawa and Nova Scotia look to kick-start the development of Canada’s first offshore wind projects. Sean Fraser, minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, was in Halifax where he told reporters the idea is to vet the strength… Read More

Vigilant – Dutch owner places coastal and offshore workboat into service

Netherlands

Netherlands-based Groeneveldt Marine Construction has handed over a new workboat to local marine services provider Sleepbedrijf Bootsma. Vigilant belongs to a series designed by Groeneveldt to be operated as seagoing work vessels that are also capable of coastal and nearshore navigation. The hull was built by Pattje Shipbuilders while Groeneveldt was responsible for the final… Read More

US offshore wind farm projects

United States

There are four offshore wind power projects currently producing electricity in the U.S., and four in various stages of construction. Three of the four projects in service are complete and one, Vineyard Wind, is nearing completion. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, meanwhile, has halted work on one of the four projects under construction – Danish… Read More

Offshore wind was supposed to save power-starved New England. Trump blew up that plan

United States

New England, long burdened with some of the nation’s highest electricity costs, is facing a growing energy crisis. Winter cold snaps routinely send utility bills soaring in a region where natural gas fuels most of the grid. Offshore wind was seen as the answer — a long-promised relief for the densely populated, power-hungry states. Instead,… Read More

Jan De Nul set a record at the Fengmiao offshore wind farm in Taiwan

Taiwan

We have set a record at the Fengmiao offshore wind farm in Taiwan, installing two Horizontal Directional Drillings (HDDs) of approximately 1,750 metres each – the longest ever in Taiwan offshore wind industry and in our company’s history. These HDDs are essentially two underground cable tunnels that allow us to bring the wind farm’s export… Read More

Royal IHC: From urgent request to offshore deployment in 31 days!

United Kingdom

From urgent request to offshore deployment in 31 days! When a critical 220 kV export cable failed – impacting a third of a major UK wind farm – the response needed to be fast. Off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland, DOF led the emergency repair project that demanded fast mobilisation and minimal downtime. Royal IHC… Read More

Trump administration seeks to overturn Biden-era permit for US wind offshore project

United States

DELMARVA– The Trump Administration has officially filed a legal request asking a federal court to vacate a permit approved under the Biden Administration for US Wind’s proposed offshore wind farm near Delmarva. The action was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore, where the case is assigned to Judge Stephanie… Read More

NMDC and ADNOC L&S Sign Three-Year Collaboration Agreement for Offshore Development in Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Agreement enables further growth of Abu Dhabi’s offshore energy sector Abu Dhabi, UAE –  NMDC Group PJSC (“NMDC Group”) (ADX: NMDC), a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), and marine dredging, and ADNOC Logistics and Services Plc (“ADNOC L&S”) (ADX: ADNOCLS / ISIN AEE01268A239), a global energy maritime logistics company, announced today a three-year… Read More

Trump Waves Good-Bye To Offshore Wind Jobs, Hello To Glitzy New Ballroom

United States

Anyone who voted Trump into office for a second try at blowing up the US government knew exactly what they were voting for, and that’s exactly what they are getting. The US offshore wind industry is exhibit A. Trump has dumped practically the entire domestic offshore industry into the toilet along with thousands of jobs,… Read More

Ørsted celebrating service operation vessel (SOV) fleet expansion in Germany

Germany

Celebrating our service operation vessel (SOV) fleet expansion in Germany: Welcome to the Wind of Hope 🚢 The service operation vessel the Wind of Hope recently joined the Wind of Change to support our offshore wind farms Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3. After five successful years serving our wind farms on the UK… Read More

Speaker Johnson Backs Virginia’s Offshore Wind Project

VA, United States

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he’s spoken to Cabinet officials in support of an offshore wind project that’s nearly complete. House Speaker Mike Johnson is going to bat for an offshore wind project located off Virginia Beach at a time when the Trump administration has halted the construction of similar projects and the president himself… Read More

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