Project Updates

Corio Withdraws Application for Irish Offshore Wind Farm

Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), a company owned by Corio Generation that was developing the 450 MW Sceirde Rocks offshore wind project in Ireland, withdrew the consent application for the wind farm on 17 December 2025, according to a notice issued by Ireland’s national planning body, An Coimiúsin

ZPMC, LD Armateurs Start Building First SOV for Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farms

ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited) has started the construction of the first of two service operation vessels (SOVs) for the French shipping group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LD Armateurs), which will serve Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms in Germany. LD Armateurs ordered the vess

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Japan’s First Commercial Floating Wind Farm Enters Operation

The Goto floating wind farm, Japan’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, entered full operation on 5 January 2026, according to the consortium behind the project consisting of Toda Corporation, ENEOS Renewable Energy Corporation, Osaka Gas, INPEX Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEP

Equinor Sues US Gov’t Over Empire Wind 1 Construction Halt

Equinor has filed a civil suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the order that suspended construction on five offshore wind projects, including its Empire Wind 1, which is now more than 60 per cent complete. As part of the case, Empire Offshore Wind LLC, an Equinor subsi

Ørsted-Skyborn JV Takes Legal Action Against US Gov’t Over Stop-Work Order; Seven Turbines Left to Install on Revolution Wind

On New Year’s Day, Revolution Wind LLC, the 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables, filed a supplemental complaint in the US District Court for the District of Columbia and plans to move for a preliminary injunction to block the lease suspension order recently imposed by the US go

Ten Most Read News on offshoreWIND.biz in 2025

OffshoreWIND.biz has millions of views per year and hundreds of thousands per month. In 2025, some stories received significantly bigger attention than others, and in this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in the now-past year. In August, only days after Ørsted reported that Revolu

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Apollo Becomes Co-Owner of Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Ørsted has completed the divestment of a 50 per cent stake in the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm to Apollo-managed funds, the company said on 30 December, following the announcement of the sale in November and the closing of the transaction. Last month, the companies announced that they had ent

Formosa 4 Output Sold Out, Developer Urges Gov’t to Resolve Key Project Financing Requirements

The output of the 495 MW Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan has been fully subscribed, according to its developer Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) Group, which signed three corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) this month. “With this milestone, the ready-to-build Formosa 4 now calls for suppo

CLV Seaway Aimery Leaves US Revolution Wind Site to Work on UK East Anglia Three

Cable-laying vessel (CLV) Seaway Aimery is en route from the US to Europe for work that the vessel has scheduled on the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. According to a Notice to Mariners from the East Anglia Three project, inter-array cable installation is set to commence around 12 Ja

Vestas Receives Order for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

Vestas has received a wind turbine order for the Shinan-Ui offshore wind project, which marks the company’s first offshore wind order in South Korea. The 390 MW Shinan-Ui will be built off Jeollanam Province by a consortium consisting of Hanwha Ocean, SK Eternix, KOMIPO (Korea Midland Power Co., Ltd

US Offshore Wind Developer Sues Gov’t Over Stop-Work Order

Dominion Energy has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order issued on 22 December that directed all major US offshore wind projects under construction to pause while federal agencies review alleged national security risks, AP and US media report. In its complai

Ørsted Sells Majority Stake in Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm to Cathay

Ørsted has signed an agreement with Cathay Life Insurance, and its affiliate Cathay Power, under which Cathay will acquire a 55 per cent ownership stake of Ørsted’s 632 MW Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind farm. Located approximately 50–60 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County, the Greater Chan

US Government Sends Stop Work Order to All Offshore Wind Projects Under Construction

The US Department of Interior has paused the leases and suspended construction at all large-scale offshore wind projects currently under construction in the United States, citing ”national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports.” The five projects

Van Oord to Deploy Vibro Tech at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Van Oord, which recently started installing monopiles at the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, will soon deploy two pieces of equipment that allow monopiles to be installed using vibration technology and minimise noise disturbance for underwater life. The technology will be used during

Navantia and Windar Complete East Anglia Three Monopiles

The business alliance formed by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has completed the manufacturing of 45 monopiles for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola in the UK North Sea. The Navantia-Windar consortium is delivering 45 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Thr