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German Offshore Wind Industry Urges Gov’t to ‘Quickly Reform’ Tendering System

Germany’s offshore wind industry is calling on the federal government to urgently reform the tendering system after a failed auction and slow grid connections in 2025 made it clear that the country will miss its offshore wind target for 2030. Industry associations BWE, BWO, VDMA Power Systems, WAB e

UK Getting Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland is working on setting up a deepwater and floating wind test facility off Orkney. After securing a 50 per cent match funding through The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator, the organisation has commenced an 18‑month project to move the develop

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Petrovietnam, Vietnam Electricity Assigned Sea Areas for Offshore Wind Site Investigations

The Government of Vietnam has assigned sea areas for offshore wind surveys to two state-owned companies, Petrovietnam and Vietnam Electricity (EVN), which are allowed to conduct site investigations for their projects for up to three years without needing to pay concession fees. EVN has been granted

Subsea Cable Firm XLCC Relaunches as Aquora, Focuses on Installation First

UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilising a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also

UK Competition to Award Funding for New Offshore Wind Foundation, Substation Solutions

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million (around EUR 1.2 million) funding competition to accelerate innovation in industrial foundations and substructures, and substations and electrical design. “Industrial opportunity in the UK offshore wind sector has never been gre

UK, German TSOs Unveil Plan for 2 GW Offshore Wind Interconnector

UK’s National Grid and TenneT Germany will together develop a multi-purpose interconnector designed to connect offshore wind generation in Britain and Germany to both countries’ electricity systems, the companies said on 26 January. The interconnector, called GriffinLink, could link up to 2 GW of of

Hamburg Declaration: North Sea Countries Target 100 GW of Cross-Border Offshore Wind, Boost to Offshore Hydrogen

Energy ministers from nine North Sea countries signed the ‘Hamburg Declaration’ at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on 26 January, agreeing to work towards up to 100 GW of cross-border offshore wind capacity in the North Seas by 2050, while also advancing offshore renewable hydrogen as part of a more

ScottishPower Renewables Files for Planning Consent for 3 GW Floating Wind Farm

ScottishPower Renewables has submitted onshore and offshore consent applications for the 3 GW MarramWind floating wind project in Scotland, which the company owned together with Shell until late last year. The offshore consent application, including the Environmental Impact Assessment, has been subm

Korean Company Building Floating Wind Construction Vessel

Kongsberg Maritime said on 26 January that the company would support a floating wind construction (FWCV) vessel by HANA Shipping “with a complete deck machinery package designed for demanding offshore operations”. The new 127-metre vessel is being built for the Ulsan floating wind projects in South

Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Granted 30-Year Electricity Production Licence

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved a 30-year electricity production licence to the Thor offshore wind farm, under construction at a site located approximately 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland. With a total installed capacity of 1.1 GW, Thor will become Denmark’s largest offshore

‘Mobilising EUR 1 Trillion in Investments’ | North Sea Countries, Industry, TSOs to Ink Offshore Wind Pact

Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmissi

Australian Gov’t Awards Final Feasibility Licences to Three Offshore Wind Projects in Bunbury Zone

Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has offered final feasibility licences to three offshore wind projects in the Bunbury zone off the coast of Western Australia, the federal government said on 23 January. Also on 23 January, the government invited ap

Seatrium, Aibel Launch Arbitration to Settle Differences on DolWin Epsilon Project

Seatrium’s wholly owned subsidiary, Seatrium New Energy, and its consortium partner Aibel have filed for arbitration proceedings in connection with DolWin epsilon, the offshore converter platform of TenneT’s DolWin5 grid connection. The arbitration was initiated under the consortium agreement and fi

Cargo Drone Takes Trial Run at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Ampelmann Operations, in collaboration with Siemens Gamesa, tested a cargo drone at the Hollandse Kust Nord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands this winter, with the drone successfully moving materials from a service operations vessel (SOV) to offshore wind turbines and back again. According to Am

DeepOcean Concludes Operations at US Offshore Wind Project

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed trenching and survey operations at a US offshore wind project under a contract awarded by what it says is a global provider of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI). DeepOcean’s scope of work included trenching and surveying of