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
More than 40% of existing and planned offshore wind farm sites in Europe and Asia are being exposed to wind speeds above the maximum design load of some classes of turbine, according to a study in Nature Communications. These findings highlight the need for better adaptation of offshore wind energy infrastructure to increase resilience to extreme wind events… Read More
A U.S. District Court judge ruled on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Interior Department may reconsider the Biden administration’s approval of the SouthCoast Wind project planned off the coast of Massachusetts. The order is a victory for the Trump administration, which argued that it had identified issues with the project’s environmental analysis and that a review could… Read More
The 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is set for completion by the end of 2026 despite vessel delays, the utility company said Friday. Dominion Energy provides regulated electric service to about 3.6 million customers in Virginia and the Carolinas, and regulated natural gas service to about 500,000 customers in South Carolina. Its Contracted Energy… Read More
DEME announced today that an ownership realignment has taken place among the shareholders in the ScotWind project. As a result, DEME Concessions and Aspiravi International have become joint owners of the Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm. This strategic realignment is designed to streamline operations and leverage the strengths of the partners in their respective areas of… Read More
Bright ideas from Borssele bound for Baltica While many of his colleagues are busy building Poland’s largest offshore wind farm, Baltica 2, Jakub’s eyes are on what comes next. As Operations Preparation Manager, his focus is on getting operations right from day one, shaping how the wind farm runs when it comes online in 2027…. Read More
We’re thrilled to receive the Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis (German Sustainability Award) for our innovative low-noise installation method for offshore wind foundations By applying jetting technology – using high-pressure water jets – we significantly reduce underwater noise during the installation of large monopile foundations. At our German offshore wind farm Gode Wind 3, the low-noise installation method contributed… Read More
According to WindEurope, European port infrastructure has fallen behind the rapid growth of offshore wind energy. The sector’s expansion is placing new demands on ports, which require more space, stronger infrastructure, and more efficient logistics to accommodate larger turbines and the arrival of new technologies. The development of offshore wind is advancing much faster than port… Read More
Top Maryland Democrats are coming out in full force to support a massive offshore wind project currently tied up in federal court. Baltimore-based US Wind has faced an onslaught of challenges in recent months keeping the company from starting construction on a 114-turbine wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, which is estimated to… Read More
𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿-𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮 When an offshore structure is too large to remove in one piece, it must be cut into sections before it can be lifted from the seabed. That’s exactly what our BOKA Northern Ocean recently did with four subsea structures that needed to be removed as part of a… Read More
Orsted stakeholder Equinor has stuck by wind developer through a mega rights issue and now wants to take its seat on the board Equinor is looking to take a seat on the Orsted board and assume a more active role in running the troubled Danish wind power developer after deciding to back its $9.4bn rights… Read More