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DEME secures foundation and cable installation contracts for BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland

Poland

DEME has been awarded three contracts1 for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. These new contracts position DEME as a key contributor to Poland’s renewable energy build-out, supporting the country’s energy transition.  BC-Wind, developed by international offshore wind company Ocean Winds, a… Read More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Completes Conversion and Delivers First-of-Its-Kind Service Operation Vessel to Hornbeck Offshore Services

FL, United States

Panama City, FL  — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) today announced the successful completion and redelivery of the HOS Rocinante, a first-of-its-kind U.S.-flagged Service Operation Vessel (SOV) converted for Hornbeck Offshore Services. The vessel marks a major milestone in the evolution of the U.S. offshore service fleet to be future-ready for both the offshore wind and petro-energy sector… Read More

DEME Lands Multi Scope Contract for Polish Wind Farm

Poland

Belgian marine contractor DEME has secured a major role in Poland’s offshore wind expansion after winning three contracts covering foundation and cable installation work for the BC-Wind project in the Baltic Sea. The combined awards are worth €150m–300m, ($175m–$350m). BC-Wind is being developed by Ocean Winds, the EDP Renewables–ENGIE joint venture, about 23 km off… Read More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Redelivers HOS Rocinante to Hornbeck Offshore Services

FL, United States

The Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) based in Panama City, Florida, has completed and redelivered HOS Rocinante, a US-flagged service operation vessel (SOV) belonging to Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS). Originally built by ESG as an offshore supply vessel, HOS Rocinante has undergone an extensive conversion at ESG’s Allanton and Port St Joe Shipyards in Panama City. The project transformed… Read More

Launch of advanced simulator for wind farm installation at sea

Belgium

In December, Jan De Nul is commissioning two high-tech simulators at its Aalst office. The eye-catcher is the crane simulator designed for the installation of wind farms at sea. With wind turbines reaching tip heights of 300 metres and beyond, installation has become a highly complex operation. The new simulator will help prepare all project… Read More

Judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking wind farm approvals

United States

A coalition of 18 attorneys general prevail in their lawsuit, saying Trump’s freeze will raise their states’ energy costs and jeopardize climate goals. President Donald Trump’s freeze on approvals of new wind energy projects has been deemed ​“unlawful” in a federal court. On Monday, Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled in favor of 18 state attorneys general… Read More

Goodbye to traditional turbines—Norway unveils an innovative “upside-down” turbine that promises to transform marine energy

Norway

If Don Quixote believed that the windmills in La Mancha were giants, we don’t want to imagine what he would think of the innovative turbines that have been installed in the Norwegian Sea. Offshore wind power seems to be one of the cornerstones of the global energy transition. After all, offshore turbines do not bother… Read More

UK marks 25 years of offshore wind

United Kingdom

The UK today marks 25 years since the Blyth offshore wind farm in Northumberland began generating clean power, launching an industry which has become one of the country’s biggest sources of renewable electricity. The sector said offshore wind provided over 34% of renewable electricity in 2024 and produced a record 17% of total UK power… Read More

Federal judge denies Trump Administration’s attempt to withdraw US Wind approval

MD, United States

OCEAN CITY, Md. – A federal judge has denied a motion by the Trump Administration to remand and vacate the previous Biden Administration’s approval of US Wind’s proposed project off the coast of Delmarva, according to court documents obtained by WBOC. U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Stephanie Gallagher’s order, handed down… Read More

Offshore wind in free fall as AGL abandons Victorian project

Australia

Energy giant AGL has walked away from its proposed multibillion-dollar offshore wind energy project in Victoria’s Gippsland region in a move that casts fresh doubt over the economics of an industry that is central to the Allan government’s energy plans. The AGL-backed consortium behind the proposed 2.5-gigawatt Gippsland Skies offshore wind project has surrendered its… Read More

BOEM to consider revoking New England Wind 1 approval

MA, United States

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

Borkum Riffgrund 3, Ørsted’s largest offshore wind farm in Germany, produces first power

Germany

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

Van Oord successfully completes monopile installation at Windanker offshore wind farm

Netherlands

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 installs first monopile at Ecowende wind farm

Netherlands

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

New England Offshore Wind Projects 1 & 2 Stalled by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Filed Motion

MA, United States

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

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