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Kongsberg Maritime Develops Simplified Mooring System

Sep 07, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has developed a simplified mooring system for offshore floating structures. Building on its patent-pending integrated tensioning and remote pull-in technologies, the company is now focused on reducing cost, complexity, and environmental impact across the mooring system lifecycle…

Ocean Winds Installs Final Turbine at French Floating Wind Farm

Sep 05, 2025

Ocean Winds (OW), an offshore wind joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has completed the installation of the third and final turbine for its Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project.Developed in partnership with Banque des Territoires…

Orsted Braces for Rights Issue Approval After US Offshore Wind Setbacks

Sep 05, 2025

Danish offshore wind developer Orsted cut its 2025 profit outlook on Friday, just hours before it is poised to secure shareholder approval for a $9.4 billion emergency rights issue as it seeks to avert a looming credit downgrade.Once celebrated as a trailblazer in offshore wind…

Orsted Trims Profit Outlook Ahead of $9.4B Rights Issue Vote

Sep 05, 2025

Danish wind farm developer Orsted cut its operating profit outlook for 2025 on Friday, shortly before shareholders were set to vote on a crucial capital raise as the company battles U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to wind power.Once celebrated as a trailblazer in offshore wind…

Orsted Wind Venture Sues Trump Administration Over Rhode Island Project Halt

Sep 04, 2025

Danish wind farm developer Orsted's Revolution Wind joint venture has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump over the U.S. government's decision to block construction of the project off Rhode Island, a court filing showed on Thursday…

EU Greenlights $755M for Bornholm Offshore Energy Hub

Sep 04, 2025

The European Commission is providing a €645 million ($755.10 million) grant for a renewable energy cluster near Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, Germany's economy ministry said Thursday, a major step towards the creation of a cross-border offshore hub…

James Fisher Makes ‘Historic’ Offshore Wind Monopile Cut

Sep 04, 2025

James Fisher and Sons, a provider of specialist marine and energy solutions, has completed the world’s first abrasive cut on a 10-meter-diameter offshore wind monopile, marking a significant milestone for decommissioning operations in the renewable energy and oil and gas sectors…

Fugro Wraps Up Site Survey for Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farm in Australia

Sep 04, 2025

Fugro has completed a site investigation job for Ørsted at a future offshore wind farm landing site along Victoria’s eastern coastline in Australia.The project featured the first onshore deployment of Fugro’s patented Heat Flow Module (HFM) CPT probe…

NKT to Deliver Cables for Bornholm Energy Island Interconnection

Sep 04, 2025

Danish power cable maker and services provider NKT has signed a contract with Energinet to deliver a HVDC power cable system for the offshore interconnector linking the Bornholm Energy Island to the power grid on Zealand.Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator (TSO)…

US to Revoke Approval for New England Wind Project

Sep 03, 2025

President Donald Trump's administration plans to revoke federal approval of Avangrid's planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on Wednesday.The legal maneuver is the latest move by U.S. authorities to stymie development of offshore wind energy…

SPIE Secures Cabling Job at Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 03, 2025

SPIE Global Services Energy, through its SPIE Wind Connect, has secured termination and testing job of the inter-array cables for the Taiwan Power Company (TPC) offshore wind farm phase II.SPIE Wind Connect signed the contract with Shinfox Far East Energy (SFE) for the 300 MW TPC phase II…

Principle Power’s Floating Wind Tech Surpasses 1TWh Generation Milestone

Sep 03, 2025

Principle Power has reported that offshore wind farms using its WindFloat technology have delivered more than 1 TWh of cumulative power to the grid since the first pilot was installed in 2011, marking a key step toward scaling floating offshore wind to commercial levels…

UK Approves 1.5GW Morgan Offshore Wind Project in Irish Sea

Sep 03, 2025

The U.K. has granted development consent for the 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind farm, being developed jointly by JERA Nex bp and and Germany’s EnBW in the Irish Sea.The project is expected to generate enough electricity to power around 1.5 million homes once its 96 turbines become operational…

Skyborn Hires Contractors for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 02, 2025

Skyborn Renewables has secured contractors for all major packages of the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, set for completion in 2028.The preferred supply agreements (PSAs), completed over the summer of 2025, include…

Cadeler Sets Up New Taipei Office as it Targets Asia-Pacific Market

Sep 02, 2025

Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has opened new, expanded offices in Taiwan's capital Taipei, underscoring the company’s focus on strengthening client collaboration and long-term growth in the Asia-Pacific region.With the opening of this new office…

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