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
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
The Crown Estate will launch a competitive tender process next month to bring the 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind project in the Irish Sea back to market, with plans to appoint a new developer by late 2026. The Morgan site was originally awarded through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 in 2021, but develop
Acta Marine has taken delivery of the construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Acta Gemini from Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye. The CSOV is the company’s third vessel in a series of four newbuilds and is bound for the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction in the UK. The vessel will
OranjeWind, the joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies, has signed a five-year charter agreement with Purus for the deployment of the construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Purus Power at the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the agreement, which includes an extensio
A joint venture between JERA Nex BP and EnBW has submitted Section 36 consent applications for the Morven offshore wind farm to the Scottish government. The developer secured the seabed rights for the Morven offshore wind farm as a single project in the ScotWind Leasing Round in 2022 and split it in
Van Oord has completed the inter-array cable installation campaign at the Windanker offshore wind farm site in the Baltic Sea. According to the project owner and developer, Iberdrola, the campaign involved the installation and burial of 21 inter-array cables with a combined length of 28 kilometres.
DNV has certified the third milestone for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, clearing the way for the installation of wind turbines at the site in the German North Sea. The certification, issued under the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) standard, confirms th
A judge at the Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts has denied GE Vernova’s appeal in a case in which Vineyard Wind was recently granted a preliminary injunction that leaves the wind turbine OEM on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project until its completion. Earlier this year, Vineyard
All 54 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, jointly owned by ESB and Red Rock Renewables. The monopiles were installed by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, which has been transporting the foundations from the Port of Leith in Edinb
Seven US states, led by New York, have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s agreement with TotalEnergies to cancel the company’s offshore wind lease off the coast of New York in exchange for reimbursement of the lease payment and commitment to invest in US fossil fuel projects. New
Offshore Energy Amsterdam 2026 has officially opened its Early Bird ticket sales. Industry professionals can now secure their place at Europe’s leading event for the offshore energy and maritime sectors with an exclusive 25% discount, available until 30 June 2026. Taking place on 24 and 25 November
JDR Cable Systems has opened its new cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, UK, which the company says expands its capacity to supply inter-array, interconnector and export cable systems for offshore wind projects. The new plant is aimed at supporting growing demand for offshore wind i
