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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, and faces regulatory challenges in the United States, where President Donald Trump has sought to halt developments.Profit before interest…

Fire Puts Greater Changhua 4 Offshore Wind Turbine Out of Service

9 hours ago

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

10 hours ago

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…

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…

Cadeler Orders More Offshore Wind Installation Vessels

Aug 10, 2026

Cadeler has signed firm contracts with COSCO Shipping Offshore shipyard in Qidong, China, for the construction of two new T-class offshore wind installation vessels, scheduled for delivery in 2030 and 2031.The new T-class series vessels have…

RWE, Trump Reach $1.22b agreement to Cancel Offshore Wind Leases

Aug 06, 2026

German energy company RWE said on Thursday that it had reached a $1.22 billion agreement with the Trump administration to cancel three offshore wind leases in U.S. waters and to direct the funds to LNG and natural gas power plant projects.The arrangement is the fifth…

Export Cables, Offshore Substation In Place at Fengmiao I Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 06, 2026

The 495 MW Fengmiao I offshore wind project offshore Taiwan has reached two key offshore construction milestones, with Jan De Nul completing installation of the project's export cables and CDWE finishing installation of the offshore substation (OSS) and pin piles…

Mermaid Maritime Expands Into US Offshore Market

Aug 06, 2026

Mermaid Maritime is expanding into the U.S. offshore energy market, establishing a wholly owned corporate presence in Delaware as part of a strategy focused initially on opportunities in the Gulf of America.The new U.S. entity will serve as the group's operational and contracting platform…

Dajin Heavy Delivers Second KING-Class Offshore Wind Logistics Vessel

Aug 05, 2026

China-based offshore wind foundations manufacturer Dajin Heavy Industry has delivered KING TWO, the second 40,000 DWT heavy deck carrier in its self-developed and self-built KING series.The delivery represents a step in expanding the company's offshore vessel-building capabilities…

Vattenfall Secures Rights to Build Two Offshore Wind Farms in Denmark

Aug 04, 2026

Vattenfall has been awarded the Hesselø and North Sea I Mid offshore wind projects in Denmark's latest offshore wind tender, adding at least 1.8 GW of new capacity to its development portfolio.The Hesselø project, located in the Kattegat Sea between Denmark and Sweden about 30 kilometres offshore…

Dominion Targets End-2027 Completion for Virginia Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 03, 2026

Dominion Energy has updated the construction schedule for its 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, with installation of the 176th and final wind turbine now expected by the end of 2027, while reporting the project was approximately 81% complete as of July 31…

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