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By Ting Nan Wang A South Korean offshore and marine contractor has clinched a deal to build the country’s first installation vessel able to install 15MW offshore wind turbines. Hanwha Ocean clinched the newbuild contract to build a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for its affiliate Ocean Wind Power 1. Hanwha, formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding &… Read More
The North Sea Summit of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) took place in Germany at the end of January this year. Europe’s offshore wind potential is at the heart of its efforts to achieve climate neutrality, affordability and energy independence amid turbulent geopolitical conditions. This is a significant development for an energy-intensive industry such as the European steel… Read More
The first set of ten concrete working platforms for our Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm are headed to the UK’s Port of Tyne from Świnoujście, Poland. The platforms are an integral part of the foundations of an offshore wind farm, designed to withstand the harsh weather conditions out at sea and keep our workers safe. Those are some extreme working conditions! This is the… Read More
By Georgina Jedikovska The world’s first 20-megawatt (MW) wind turbine, which is capable of powering more than 44,000 times a year, has finally been connected to the Chinese’s grid. China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC), the Chinese state-owned clean energy giant behind the project the world’s largest hydropower developer, the colossal turbine was connected to the… Read More
Even though the energy industry enthusiasts are commending Poland for the amount of progress that it is making in executing projects flawlessly, the European nation is not slowing down anytime soon. In the latest events that unfolded, ENGIE finalized project financing for Poland’s first utility-scale offshore wind development. This development was well-received as it signals Poland’s commitment to… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, today announced another major step 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 2 (BBG2), the second of 30 Gulf of America lease sales required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public… Read More
Earlier this week, Fritz Wiedemann (Director Van Oord Germany) joined an insightful panel discussion following the Hamburg North Sea Summit 2026. The session brought together industry leaders to reflect on the future of the offshore wind supply chain, including its challenges, opportunities, and the shifts needed to accelerate Europe’s energy transition. We look back on… Read More
Our jack-up Innovation has returned to France for the second jacket foundation installation campaign at the Dieppe – Le Tréport offshore wind farm. Following the successful installation of 11 jackets in autumn 2025, Innovation will install 51 jackets at the 496 MW wind farm, with the first two jackets of the new campaign completed in… Read More
Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind, has signed an agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its fifth flagship fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), to divest its entire European onshore business. The total value of the transaction is EUR 1.44 billion (DKK 10.7 billion) with expected closing in Q2 2026, subject to regulatory… Read More
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the preliminary injunction sought by Sunrise Wind LLC (‘Sunrise Wind’) regarding the 22 December 2025 suspension order issued by the Director of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (‘BOEM’). The court’s action will allow the Sunrise Wind Project (the ‘Project’)… Read More
Washington, DC: Today, Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Sunrise Wind, aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes, can resume construction. This marks the fifth time in a row that a federal court has allowed one of the five offshore wind projects suspended in December to move forward. Since December, Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts, Revolution Wind off… Read More
The first production wind turbine for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project was installed Jan. 27, less than two weeks after developer Dominion Energy won a temporary injunction against the Trump administration’s stop-work order. Dominion’s 472’x184’ wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Charybdis, built at Seatrium’s AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, is the first Jones Act-compliant WTIV under the U.S. flag. After the… Read More
HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott has been awarded a decommissioning definition engineering contract by QatarEnergy for the State of Qatar’s inaugural offshore decommissioning initiative. Under the contract scope, McDermott will develop a comprehensive technical and commercial framework and conduct detailed techno-economic studies to ensure the safe and systematic retirement and removal of 27 aging offshore platforms. This encompasses… Read More
What do our fabrication managers do? We asked Olga Alieksieienko. At Baltica 2 in Poland, Olga helps to deliver 1.5 GW by the end of 2027. But before any component is installed in the Baltic Sea this spring, it must go through a thorough inspection process to confirm that it meets our strict requirements for quality and safety. That’s… Read More
By Nate Delesline III, The Virginian-Pilot The cost of Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has risen by roughly $300 million. “Estimated total project costs for CVOW, inclusive of contingency and excluding financing costs, have increased from approximately $11.2 billion to approximately $11.5 billion,” Dominion said in a Friday regulatory filing. The utility said… Read More