Siemens Gamesa and Cadeler have completed the installation of wind turbines at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, located approximately 195 kilometres off the UK north-east coast. Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak, operated by Siemens Gamesa, installed the 100th SG-14 2
Envision Energy has sent the first four sets of its EN-226/8.X MW offshore wind turbines for the 128 MW Vinh Long nearshore wind project in Vietnam, developed by REE Group. According to the wind turbine supplier, this marks the start of equipment delivery for the project, which will comprise 16 turb
Updated on 12 June 2026 with reader’s photo. The Danish Maritime Authority has detained the wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Brave Tern following a collision in the Port of Esbjerg that damaged turbine components for the Thor offshore wind farm. According to the Danish newspaper JydskeVestkys
DEME has installed the first wind turbine at RWE’s Nordseecluster A site, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in the German North Sea. Installation is being carried out by DEME’s vessel Norse Wind, which is capable of transporting and installing up to five turbine sets
South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Belgium’s Jan De Nul and the Netherlands’ Boskalis to cooperate on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable projects. The agreements were signed on 10 June during the Korea-EU Energy Transition Cooperation
All monopile foundations have been installed at the Yeonggwang Nakwol project site in South Korea, where Nakwol Blue Heart (Nakwol Wind) is building a 364.8 MW offshore wind farm. Located off the coast of Nakwol-myeon in Jeollanam-do Province, the offshore wind farm will comprise 64 Vensys wind turb
Orlen Neptun and the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority have signed a letter of intent to explore the expansion of the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal, Poland’s first installation terminal dedicated to offshore wind projects. The move comes one year after the facility entered operation and am
Towers, nacelles and blades for SG 14-236 DD wind turbines are arriving at Mukran Port on the German Baltic Sea coast, from where they will be installed at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm. The 315 MW Windanker will comprise 21 turbines, equipped with Siemens Gamesa’s Power Boost, which will
Seatrium has ordered six Liebherr RL 2600 offshore cranes for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection projects in the Netherlands. The cranes will be installed on the IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek Beta offshore converter platforms, with two units allocated to each platform. Acco
Ecowende, the joint venture between Shell, Eneco, and Chubu Electric Power, has taken delivery of the service base for its 760 MW Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the Dutch coast near IJmuiden. Located in the Port of IJmuiden, 53 kilometres from the offshor
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers has completed a floatover installation of the converter platform for the Qingzhou V & VII offshore wind project in China, which features a 2 GW offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. The Three Gorges Qingzhou V & VII offshore wind project
Twenty wind turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, according to a recently issued operations notice. The 1.2 GW Dogger Bank B will comprise 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. The installation
Hydrogen of Dutch Origin (H2DO) and its partners have launched a feasibility and concept study for a 30–50 MW offshore green hydrogen project linked to offshore wind generation in the Dutch North Sea. The project will examine the development of an offshore hydrogen production installation designed t
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured another contract for offshore wind site characterisation in Europe, for which the company will deploy its seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard. Under the latest contract, announced on 9 June, Ramform Vanguard will begin data acquisition work
