Several Democratic governors have complained that Trump has imposed a moratorium on the development of offshore wind farms. A temporary halt to the development of offshore wind farms off the coast of the US state of New Jersey will become permanent. This is what US President Donald Trump says, according to the Reuters news agency…. Read More
Offshore wind had been poised to take off along the East Coast, with about 30 utility-scale farms planned. But the Trump administration’s opposition to wind power has caused most of those projects to be abandoned, with only seven farms now moving ahead or in operation. ach year, the Sweeney Center for Public Policy at Rowan… Read More
JERA Nex BP is ending activities in the US after concluding there “is no viable path for development” of its Beacon Wind offshore project. The decision to shutter its American operations ends an adventure that began when oil giant BP entered the US offshore wind market to great fanfare in 2020 but has now been… Read More
News comes after Mingyang announced plan to open huge factory in Scotland to serve fixed bottom and floating offshore wind farm projects in UK and Europe China’s Mingyang, which recently announced plans to open an factory in the UK, is launching a colossal 24.5MW floating offshore wind turbine… Source
The Interior secretary predicted that the Republican megalaw would kill the U.S. industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum painted a dim picture of offshore wind Monday, asserting that passage of the Republican megalaw was the end of an industry that “makes no sense.” At a panel hosted by the American Petroleum Institute, Burgum ticked through a… Read More
The offshore wind sector continues to scale with strategic acquisitions, infrastructure milestones and eco-friendly solutions. From major offshore infrastructure milestones in the North Sea to vessel deliveries and biodiversity innovations, the offshore wind sector continues to scale up in scope and ambition. This roundup highlights key developments, including the completion of 2025 caisson installations at… Read More
Under the Trump administration, there’s been a relentless effort to halt wind projects that have already been researched, financed and permitted. When I think of the changes I’ve seen in New Bedford this last quarter century, none has stirred me to greater hope or greater emotion than the site of the massive wind turbine components… Read More
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has shelved plans to open its biggest factory in Poland, the company said in an emailed statement to Reuters on Saturday, citing weaker-than-expected demand in Europe. Vestas announced plans for a second offshore wind turbine plant in Poland last year. The factory, which was expected to create more than 1,000… Read More
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026. About 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, workers have been building America’s largest offshore wind farm at a breakneck pace. The project will start feeding power to the grid… Read More
A major Dutch port has received a multi-million-pound investment to overhaul its offshore wind offering. Quay reinforcements and seabed improvements will place Buss Terminal Eemshaven ahead in the roll-out of commercial-scale renewable energy projects in the North Sea and beyond, bosses have said following the announcement. While the exact number was not revealed, as many… Read More
The Trump administration has said it plans to revoke US Wind’s permit for the project, which aims to power more than 718,000 homes. CLIMATEWIRE | The developer of an offshore wind project near Maryland is asking a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from revoking its permit, asserting that the move could force the company… Read More
TOKYO – The International Energy Agency cut its five-year prediction for global offshore wind power generation by more than a quarter, citing policy shifts in the United States, as well as project cancellations in Japan and elsewhere. The expansion in offshore wind capacity is estimated to reach 140 gigawatts over the five-year period through 2030,… Read More
The tender has been allowed to proceed after the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator received joint strategic direction to formally initiate the process. It concerns three areas in the Canada-Nova Scotia offshore zone, with exact locations yet to be defined as the call for information seeks to properly identify them. The energy regulator is asking… Read More
Rotterdam – Van Oord has been awarded the prestigious Jan Agema Award 2025 for its contribution to the offshore wind project Borssele III, IV and V. The jury praised the project for its technical innovation, societal relevance, and future-proof design, highlighting it as a powerful response to the urgent energy transition in the North Sea…. Read More
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻 There are people who love to prepare a project, and there are finishers. That also applies for the vessels operating on a project. The current dredging works for the development of the Hai Long Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan is a telling example. Our water injection dredger Terra Plana prepares the… Read More