TotalEnergies has been selected as the winner of the latest German tender for the N-9.4 offshore wind site in the North Sea, which can accommodate 1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. TotalEnergies, through its subsidiary Offshore Wind One GmbH, submitted the winning bid in an auction that attr
Africa’s first offshore wind farm is set to be built in Morocco, according to plans unveiled on 10 June at the Third United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC3) in France. The project, planned to have an installed capacity of 1 GW, will be built near Essaouira, with construction beginning by 2029. This
The Delaware State Senate has passed a bill which would allow US Wind to continue planning its onshore substations for the Maryland offshore wind project in Delaware’s Sussex County, whose council denied US Wind the permit last year. Senate Bill 159, introduced in the Delaware Senate on 21 May and d
The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has launched its Fifth Green Energy Auction (GEA-5), the first to focus exclusively on offshore wind, offering 3,300 MW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity. Energy delivery from the auctioned offshore wind projects is planned to start from 2028 through
Poland is set to hold its first auction for offshore wind farms in December 2025, the country’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) announced this week. Equinor and Polenergia have submitted a pre-qualification application to ERO for the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm project to participate in the first off
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has submitted a request to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), seeking that the existing offshore renewable energy certificate (OREC) order, issued by the NJBPU in 2021 for 1,509.6 MW of generation capacity at Atlantic Shores Project 1, be terminated. The
The Maryland Department of the Environment’s Air and Radiation Administration (ARA) has issued an air quality permit-to-construct, New Source Review (NSR) approval, and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) approval to US Wind for its offshore wind project off Maryland, which received federa
Statutory consultation for the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm will open on 10 June, as the co-owners of the project, SSE Renewables and Equinor, are working towards applying for development consent. According to information on the UK Planning Inspectorate’s website, the application for a Developme
The Lithuanian government has decided that the tender for the right to develop a second 700 MW offshore wind farm will be relaunched on 9 June. The tender will be implemented by the National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC). Registration of participants and submission of documents will be open until
A new bill passed by Japan’s House of Representatives on 3 June will enable offshore wind projects to be built in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), beyond the 22-kilometre (12-nautical-mile) line of Japan’s territorial waters. The bill, which was approved by the House of Councillors on 11
A new bill that has been introduced in the Delaware Senate could bring US Wind’s plan to build onshore substations for its offshore wind farm(s) in Sussex County back on track. Introduced on 21 May and discussed by the Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee on 2 June, the bill would v
Legislation that will pave the way for the development of offshore renewable energy in Canada’s province of Newfoundland and Labrador has been put into force. This follows the passage of the federal Bill C-49 in October 2024 and Newfoundland and Labrador’s mirror legislation, Bill 90, in March 2025.
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has extended the electricity production permit for the 23 MW Samsø offshore wind farm by ten years, the first such extension for an older offshore wind farm in Denmark. The electricity production permit for the Samsø offshore wind farm, built in 2002, was limited to 25
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has invited potential bidders in Denmark’s relaunch of the 3 GW offshore wind tender to participate in the market dialogue on procurement procedures. The draft procurement material for the upcoming tender is largely based on the material of the procurement procedures o
