California remains committed to deploying 25 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2045, according to state officials who were at the recently held 2026 Pacific Offshore Wind Summit, hosted by Offshore Wind California. David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission, reiterated California’s of
Denmark has received bids for both the Nordsøen Midt and Hesselø offshore wind areas, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) confirmed after the deadline for bids for the first two of the three areas that the government is auctioning expired on 20 May. The DEA launched tenders based on a Contract for Differ
New legislation aimed at accelerating offshore wind development while expanding environmental compensation options has come into effect in the UK, the government announced on 21 May. “After two fossil fuel crises in five years, we are driving further and faster for clean homegrown power that we cont
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent for two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, Dogger Bank South West and Dogger Bank South East, which are planned to have a combined installed capacity of 3 GW. RWE and Masdar, which acquired a 49 per cent sta
The Buchan Offshore Wind consortium, comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has received planning consent from Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore infrastructure that will connect the proposed 1 GW Buchan floating wind farm to the grid. The consortium submitted the onshore planning applicati
The North Falls Offshore Wind Farm joint venture between RWE and SSE Renewables has been granted development consent for its 1 GW project by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DSNEZ). The approval was issued the same day RWE received consent for its Dogger Bank South project, which
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture owned by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has received full onshore planning consent for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm following approval by Aberdeenshire Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee on 14 May. According to the company, the approval covers around t
Türkiye plans to launch its first offshore wind Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender after completing processes for four sites the government identified for offshore wind development, according to the country’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar. Speaking at the op
Offshore wind accounted for 19 per cent of the UK’s electricity generation in 2025, producing 52 TWh of power, according to the latest UK Offshore Wind Report from the Crown Estate. “In just 25 years, offshore wind has grown from an emerging technology into a core part of the UK’s energy mix,” said
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed House Bill 67 (HB67), which introduces a measure focused on assessing workforce and training needs for the offshore wind sector and aligning workforce development efforts with its specific demands. The bill, which passed both the Virginia House of Dele
The State of Massachusetts has activated long-term contracts for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, securing fixed electricity pricing for 20 years and projected customer savings of USD 1.4 billion (around EUR 1.2 billion) over that period, according to the state government. The contracts, anno
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has reached agreements with Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind developers to voluntarily terminate their offshore wind leases in exchange for a total of USD 885 million (around EUR 756 million) that they paid in lease fees, which the US will return to the de
“The European offshore wind industry is gearing up to deliver”, WindEurope said on 23 April as energy ministers from the North Sea countries, together with the industry, transmission system operators (TSOs), and NATO, met in Madrid to discuss the next steps on implementing the Hamburg Declaration, s
The European Commission has identified offshore wind repowering as one of the key measures to strengthen energy security and reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports, as part of its newly unveiled AccelerateEU strategy. Announcing the strategy on 22 April, the Commission highlighted the rapid repoweri
