Skanska completes major upgrades at Portsmouth Marine Terminal, boosting Virginia’s offshore wind project. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A key component of Virginia’s offshore wind industry has received a major upgrade, thanks to a redevelopment project led by construction firm Skanska. The company announced the completion of its work for the Virginia Port Authority, enhancing 72 acres… Read More
Federal officials pulled a permit from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind on Friday in a move that could spell more delays and setbacks for New Jersey’s first offshore wind energy facility. Environmental Appeals Court Judge Mary Kay Lynch ruled Friday to remand a Clean Air Act permit issued last September to Atlantic Shores back to the U.S. Environmental… Read More
On Jan. 20, Donald Trump’s first day in office, the president wasted no time delivering a death knell to the offshore wind industry. He signed an executive order that stopped all new approvals, and renewals, of wind energy projects on federal lands and waters, citing “consequences of which may lead to grave harm — including negative impacts… Read More
Bahren West I is now Ørsted’s largest German onshore wind project in its portfolio. With its 50.4 MW capacity, the project can supply the equivalent of 35,000 German households. With the first stage of the Bahren West wind farms completed, Ørsted now sets its sight on the second phase of the project with construction work of… Read More
The annual general meeting of Ørsted A/S will be held on Thursday, 3 April 2025 at 10:00 CEST. The meeting will be held at Bella Sky Conference & Event in Denmark. The agenda for the annual general meeting is as follows: Approval of the annual report for 2024 and appropriation of profits. Advisory vote on… Read More
German energy group RWE AG (ETR:RWE) will lay off 73 employees at its US offshore business, according to a notice published on the Massachusetts government website. The notice filed by subsidiary RWE Offshore Wind Services LLC states the date of the layoffs as May 6, 2025. The company’s move comes shortly after US President Donald… Read More
Dominion Energy to use 72 acres at Portsmouth Marine Terminal as staging area New York-based construction company Skanska announced Thursday that it has completed a $223 million redevelopment project for the Virginia Port Authority, upgrading 72 acres of Portsmouth Marine Terminal and 1,500 feet of wharf that now serves as an offshore wind staging port…. Read More
Washington, D.C. March 10, 2025 – A broad coalition of commercial fishing industry interests has appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge authorization of the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, which jeopardizes working-families and the iconic coastal communities dependent on our oceans’ fisheries. The commercial fishing industry has fed our country, and the world, since… Read More
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Boreas has arrived in the Netherlands after a smooth voyage from China of almost 14,700 nautical miles. To reach its destination, the gigantic vessel had to navigate through the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden, an impressive sight. Outfitting and finishing will take place in the… Read More
The Trump administration’s ongoing review of offshore wind projects will feature different treatment for projects actively under development versus those that have merely been proposed, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday. Burgum’s comments during a visit to a natural gas export terminal in Louisiana suggest the administration may apply less scrutiny to wind farms that have already secured federal… Read More
In the latest sign of pullback in US offshore wind, Germany’s RWE announced it was reducing staff due to heightened market risk amid President Donald Trump’s mounting hostility toward the sector. RWE, currently the world’s biggest offshore wind developer, has substantial industry-related lease holdings on all three American coastlines. “With the current regulatory and political… Read More
The Portuguese company owns 50% of Ocean Winds with France’s Engie. EDP Renováveis ??(EDPR) is mulling selling its stake in offshore wind company Ocean Winds. The company owns 50% and the remaining 50% is held by France’s Engie. The news was revealed by Bloomberg. No final decision has been made and one possibility is to… Read More
With one swipe of his pen, the rogue Commander-in-Chief who occupies the White House snuffed out the entire US offshore wind industry. Well, almost. A few shreds remain, and one of those shreds has just passed a key milestone on the way to bringing a new offshore floating wind turbine platform to market — if… Read More
Eni says that Saipem and Divento, a partnership between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP, through the “flagship” fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V), GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude (a Company controlled by Eni) and CDP Equity (CDP Group), 7 Seas Wind Power and NiceTechnology, have signed a collaboration agreement involving the application of STAR 1, Saipem’s proprietary… Read More
JERA one of the global leading offshore wind developers known for their engineering, design, construction and project management services joins bp with their long history in the industry to form JERA Nex bp a new entity which will be a leading global offshore wind developments. JERA Nex bp will be led by Nathalie Oosterlinck, currently… Read More