The Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth is currently exploring which procedure to choose for the permitting of the Nederwiek II and Nederwiek III offshore wind sites that are planned to be put out to tender in 2026. The Ministry has now opened a market consultation period for wind farm develo
On 30 January, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) published a new Site Development Plan for offshore wind which paves the way to reaching the country’s targets of having 40 GW of offshore wind capacity in operation by 2035 and 70 GW by 2045. According to the new plan, Germany
The Lithuanian government has temporarily suspended the tender process for an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea to re-evaluate the conditions and minimise the impact on electricity prices for consumers. Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) launched the country’s second offshore w
Ireland’s Department of the Environment Climate and Communications (DECC) has contracted BVG Associates to provide technical advisory services to assess the potential to deploy offshore renewable energy including floating wind at scale in Ireland. The contract was signed in August 2024, according to
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has awarded US Wind additional offshore wind renewable energy credits (ORECs) for the company’s projects off the Maryland coast, which now total 1.7 GW in generation capacity. The PSC announced on 24 January that it approved US Wind’s rebid application an
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has marked two areas, N-10.1 and N-10.2, as suitable for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. On 28 January, BSH issued the 5th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Offshore W
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a prior information notice for a tendering procedure the agency plans to organise to procure ecological studies of avifauna and marine mammals in the N-9.5 and N-12.5 offshore wind areas in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in t
The Government of Åland is working on establishing an auction process for seabed leasing and concession allocation for offshore wind in the northern maritime areas of Åland. The Åland government recently issued a notice seeking a commercial advisor who would prepare, administer, and manage the aucti
Taean Wind Power, a joint offshore wind project between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Vena Energy, has secured a fixed-price offtake contract in South Korea, with commercial operations expected to begin by late 2029. The 500 MW offshore wind project has been awarded an offtake contrac
Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has selected Oxan Energy, a French-based offshore wind developer, as the winner of the auction for the Saare 1 area. The company plans to install as many as 60 floating wind turbines, with a combined capacity of 900 MW. The Fre
The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled new measures to minimise underwater noise levels during the construction of offshore wind projects. As part of the government’s Plan for Change, the measures should reduce noise levels in the sea to allow new offshore wind
A joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 has retrieved floating LiDARs and wave buoy equipment as part of the metocean campaign for the proposed Salamander floating offshore wind farm off the North East of Scotland. The campaign started in October 2023 with the deployment of two
The Lithuanian Ministry of Energy has proposed temporarily suspending the ongoing offshore wind tender in the Baltic Sea to review its terms and conditions, aiming to minimise the impact on electricity prices for consumers once the tender is completed. A draft government resolution has been prepared
US President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order pausing offshore wind leasing on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and mandating a review of the federal government’s leasing and permitting practices for wind projects. The Order also stops all relevant agencies from issuing approvals, eith
