The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York, Ørsted confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz on 17 April. “As part of ongoing construction at Sunrise Wind, the project has safely and successfully installed its first turbine generator, marking an important step t
US-based Pacifico Energy has received a site survey licence for a 500 MW offshore wind project in Ba Ria–Vung Tau, offshore Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The licence, granted by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), allows the company to carry out site survey assessment activities at
The UK’s state-owned railway owner and operator, Network Rail, has signed a five-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with RWE for 300 GWh of electricity annually to be supplied from RWE’s Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. “We are delighted to have concluded the first public sector PPA under
A Russian naval vessel was recently observed “loitering” near UK offshore wind farms in the English Channel, according to a NATO source cited by iPaper. iPaper reports that the vessel was seen at the eastern entrance of the English Channel, around 50 kilometres off the coast of Colchester, and that
Eighty wind turbines have been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, where 100 units of the Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD model will be installed for a total capacity of 1.4 GW. The vessel deployed for the work, Cadeler’s Wind Peak, installed
ABL has been appointed marine warranty surveyor (MWS) on the Shinan Ui offshore wind project in South Korea. The energy and marine consultancy, part of Norwegian ABL Group, will provide marine warranty survey services to support the transportation and installation operations, as well as marine assur
RWE has completed the installation of two offshore substations at its Nordseecluster A wind farm site in the German North Sea. The platforms, each around 40 metres long and 22 metres high, were manufactured by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at its yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and were placed onto their
Evolve Energy, a UK-based energy supplier offering solutions for direct access to renewable energy for industrial and commercial businesses, has entered into a nine-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shell for electricity generated by the Race Bank offshore wind farm, with which Shell has an o
Cadeler’s second M-class vessel, Wind Mover, which was delivered by the South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean to Cadeler in November 2025, has been deployed on its first project, the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The new vessel, designed to install the next generation of offshore
Geoquip Marine Operations and GEO Denmark are set to start a geotechnical investigation campaign at the Bowdun offshore wind farm site in Scotland, developed by Thistle Wind Partners. Two vessels, Geoquip Seehorn and Geo Connector, will be used to perform the surveys, with the work expected to comme
US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit against GE Vernova seeking to prevent the turbine supplier from terminating its contracts and withdrawing from the Vineyard Wind 1 project off Massachusetts. According to reports by Reuters and Associated Press (AP), the complaint was lodg
Part of the operative management of Arenso Oy has acquired the company’s offshore wind business, including its brand, bringing a new reshuffle following the 2024 demerger of Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. Under the transaction, Arenso’s offshore wind team, along with its foundation technology and bird radar
South Korea has completed the financial close structure for the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project, with funding set to begin flowing into construction from the second quarter of 2026. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced on 9 April that a project financing agreement has been signed
Fugro will conduct a UXO survey at the Morecambe Bay area this month, ahead of a geotechnical site investigation for the Morecambe offshore wind project that is planned to start in May 2026. The UXO work will be undertaken by the survey vessel Fugro Frontier and is planned to commence around 10 Apri
