Offshore Wind News


BP Pushes Back Peak Oil Demand Forecast by Five Years

Sep 25, 2025

BP said on Thursday it expects global oil demand to grow until 2030, five years later than its forecast a year ago, stressing slowed efforts to increase energy efficiency.The oil major's latest Energy Outlook, an annual study of energy trends through 2050…

Ørsted Picks Port of Tyne to Support Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 25, 2025

Ørsted has signed a lease agreement for up to 100,000 square meters at the Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports, to support the development of its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.The site, located at Tyne Clean Energy Park in South Shields…

RWE Hires Semco Maritime for Maintenance of German Offshore Substations

Sep 25, 2025

RWE and Semco Maritime have entered into services frame agreement for the maintenance of offshore substations in Germany.The frame agreement runs until end of 2027, with an option for a two-year extension.It covers scheduled and unscheduled…

Cadeler Welcomes First A-Class Offshore Wind Jack-Up Vessel to its Fleet

Sep 25, 2025

Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has taken delivery of its first A-class wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Wind Ally, designed to transport up to six sets of XXL monopile foundations per round trip.Wind Ally has become the…

DEME JV Secures T&I Job at Formosa 4 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Sep 25, 2025

DEME, through its Taiwanese joint venture CDWE with CSBC Corporation, has secured a contract for the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, covering the transport and installation of 35 foundations and the offshore substation, as well as the scour protection works…

Ecowende, Van Oord Start Eco-Friendly Offshore Works at Hollandse Kust West

Sep 24, 2025

Offshore construction has started at the Hollandse Kust West wind farm, where Van Oord and developer Ecowende are installing eco-friendly scour protection designed to improve marine biodiversity.Van Oord’s subsea rock installation vessels Nordnes…

Bowdun Offshore Wind Opens Supply Chain Doors to Scottish O&G Firms

Sep 24, 2025

Bowdun offshore wind farm, developed by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), has launched an initiative to unlock a $1.35 billion (£1 billion) offshore wind opportunity for Scottish oil and gas supply chain companies to diversify into renewables.Bowdun…

TotalEnergies, RWE Win France’s Largest Offshore Wind Tender

Sep 24, 2025

The consortium formed by TotalEnergies and RWE has won the Centre Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind tender to develop 1.5 GW project off the coast of Normandy. However, RWE has expressed its wish to exit the consortium, while TotalEnergies remains committed to pursue the project…

Multisec Builds One of the Largest C-Hooks for Offshore Wind Project

Sep 22, 2025

U.K. engineering company Multisec, in partnership with Durham Lifting, has designed and manufactured one of the largest C-Hooks ever produced for the offshore wind industry.The bespoke lifting tool, developed for SeAH Wind, has a capacity of…

Glamox to Light Up Tennet’s Offshore Wind Power Converter Platforms

Sep 22, 2025

Lighting specialist Glamox has secured contracts from electrical contractors working for three yards to provide connected marine lighting and light management systems for 11 offshore High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter platforms.The…

Fugro Scraps 2025 Outlook, Announces Job Cuts

Sep 22, 2025

Dutch geological data specialist Fugro scrapped its annual outlook on Monday and announced further job cuts, citing an impact from project delays, sending its shares lower.Shares in Fugro were down around 11% to their lowest since March 2022 at 0705 GMT…

Canada Readies for Offshore Wind

Sep 21, 2025

Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, has announced that strategic direction has been given to the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator as a next step toward realizing Canada’s first-ever offshore wind project…

Halt on Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project Unjustified, Developer Says

Sep 18, 2025

The owners of Revolution Wind said the Trump administration's reasons for stopping work on its Rhode Island offshore wind farm were 'factually incorrect' and only disclosed after it had ordered a halt to the project, according to court documents filed on Thursday…

ECITB Unveils Five-Year Plan to Address UK Skills Shortages

Sep 18, 2025

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has unveiled its new strategy, Leading Industry Learning, outlining how it will help to address skills shortages and support industry growth in Great Britain.The strategy sets out a five-year plan…

Dutch Firm to Assess Estonian-Latvian Offshore Wind Grid Link

Sep 18, 2025

ELWIND has signed a contract with Haskoning Nederland to carry out a study on determination and assessment of possible grid connection points, cable routes, as well as network configuration for Estonian-Latvian offshore wind farm ELWIND. The…

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