Offshore Wind News


Borkum Riffgrund 3 Enters Commercial Operation

Aug 31, 2026

Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure’s German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3 has been commissioned and is now in commercial operation. With an installed capacity of 913MW, the project is one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms currently in operation…

California Sues Trump Administration Over Offshore Wind Cancelation

Aug 31, 2026

California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120 million federal reimbursement and a commitment to invest in fossil fuel projects…

Windey Energy Approves Expanded 300MW Offshore Wind Project in China

Aug 28, 2026

Windey Energy Technology Group has approved investment in the 300 MW Cangnan No. 6 offshore wind project in China's Zhejiang Province, with total investment set at $457 million (3.07 billion yuan).The project's approved capacity has been increased…

TotalEnergies Inks PPA for Offshore Wind Power from Irish Sea

Aug 27, 2026

TotalEnergies Gas & Power has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for green electricity from Walney I and II, a combined offshore wind farm with a total installed capacity of 367 MW in the Irish Sea.TotalEnergies signed the PPA with Offshore Partners Walney (OPW)…

Glamox to Illuminate Formosa 4 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Aug 26, 2026

Lighting specialist Glamox has won a contract to provide marine lighting for Formosa 4, one of Taiwan’s most significant offshore wind farms.Glamox signed the contract with ProCon Taiwan and SK oceanplant, and will supply 900 specialized marine lights for the transition pieces of 35 wind turbines…

Victoria Launches First Australian Offshore Wind Auction

Aug 26, 2026

The government of Australia's Victoria state has opened a bidding process for its first 2 GW of offshore wind capacity, marking the launch of the country's first offshore wind auction.Energy and Resources Minister Jaclyn Symes opened the Request for Proposal process on August 26…

MacGregor Advances Floating-to-Floating Transfer and LCO2 Systems

Aug 25, 2026

MacGregor has expanded its offshore technology portfolio with a certified floating-to-floating personnel transfer capability for its Horizon gangway and a new bow transfer system designed for direct ship-to-well transfer of LCO2.The Horizon…

Fire Puts Greater Changhua 4 Offshore Wind Turbine Out of Service

Aug 24, 2026

One turbine at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 4 wind farm in Taiwan has been put out of service after its system detected an abnormal condition, later determined to be a fire that was promptly extinguished by the wind farm team.On 8 August, a wind…

Van Oord Installs Monopiles at 1.5GW Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 24, 2026

Van Oord has installed all 111 monopiles for the Baltica 2 wind farm in Poland, jointly developed by PGE and Ørsted, including 107 for wind turbines and four for offshore substations.Once operational, the 1.5 GW will generate enough renewable electricity to power around 2…

TenneT Completes Drilling, Installation of Protective Conduits for Wind Farms

Aug 21, 2026

TenneT has completed the directional drilling under the beach and part of the seabed at Maasvlakte. Nine plastic protective conduits have now been laid in the boreholes, forming a protected passage for the electricity cables of the offshore wind farms…

Orsted Q2 Beats Estimates

Aug 13, 2026

Danish offshore wind farm developer Orsted reported on Thursday a second-quarter core profit above forecast and maintained its financial outlook for the year.Orsted expanded rapidly over the past decade, but more recently faced higher costs from supply chain disruption and inflation…

CAPE Holland, GBM Works Sign MoU to Commercialize Vibrojet

Aug 12, 2026

CAPE Holland, a Venterra Group company, and GBM Works have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly further develop and commercialize Vibrojet worldwide. Vibrojet is an installation technology for offshore wind monopile foundations…

He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm: Final Turbine Installed

Aug 12, 2026

Cadeler completed the final turbine installation at the 960 MW He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea. The final turbines were installed by Wind Keeper, under its long-term contract with Vestas.Cadeler’s scope of the installation…

Cadeler Acquires Offshore Wind Foundation Specialist

Aug 11, 2026

Offshore wind installation contractor and operator Cadeler has acquired Menck, a global provider of specialist equipment and technology solutions for offshore foundation installation based in Germany.The acquisition strengthens Cadeler’s offshore wind installation capabilities…

OEG to Deliver Subsea Corrosion Protection for German Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 10, 2026

OEG has secured a major contract from OWP Gennaker GmbH to deliver a subsea corrosion protection solution for the Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm in the German Baltic Sea, a project developed by the offshore wind infrastructure platform Skyborn Renewables…

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