Nauticus Robotics, an ocean robotics developer based in Texas, has been awarded a contract to carry out an offshore archaeological investigation along the US East Coast for an offshore wind project. The company said on 23 April that mobilisation was scheduled for early May, with offshore operations
Vattenfall has initiated a transition piece mock-up for its Nordlicht offshore wind project at CS Wind Offshore’s facility in Aalborg, Denmark, as part of preparations for offshore installation works. The onshore testing programme is designed to simulate key installation, safety and working procedur
Vattenfall will sell its stake in the Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm to its joint venture partner in the project, Fred. Olsen Seawind. The deal is subject to approval by Crown Estate Scotland, which holds the seabed lease. Muir Mhòr, located around 63 kilometres off Peterhead, secured seabed
Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm Limited, a project company wholly owned by Nadara, has submitted Section 36 Consent and Marine Licence applications to Scottish Ministers for the 1.8 GW Bellrock floating wind project. The project site is located around 120 kilometres east of Stonehaven, where up to 132 f
Singapore-based offshore wind vessel owner, Cyan Renewables, has christened its new service operations vessel (SOV), Cyan Wind Seeker, which will soon be deployed on the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The vessel, built by Vard at its shipyard in Vietnam and delivered ahead of schedule, will
InterConnect Malta, a government-owned company operating under the Maltese Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness, has launched a tender for metocean surveys for offshore wind resource assessment. According to information on an EU tenders website, the deadline for submission of
The EolMed floating wind pilot project in the south of France has been energised, according to Qair, which has been developing the project together with TotalEnergies and BW Ideol. “This marks the start of a critical phase of technical testing, paving the way for full commissioning and the first kil
The first wind turbine has been installed at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK, the owners of the GBP 4 billion (around EUR 4.6 billion) project, ScottishPower Renewables and Masdar, said on 21 April. The 1.4 GW East Anglia Three, being built 69 kilometres off the coast of Suff
A Massachusetts Superior Court has granted Vineyard Wind a preliminary injunction preventing GE Vernova from terminating its role in the offshore wind project off Martha’s Vineyard, according to the court filing shared by US media outlets. The decision, issued on 17 April after a hearing on 16 April
The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) has completed a site condition monitoring campaign in Liivi Bay, Estonia, for the Liivi offshore wind farm project, commissioned by Enefit. The campaign, conducted from October 2024 to December 2025, involved the deployment of the Stage 3+ Wind
OEG will provide crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during the construction of the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, jointly developed by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted. According to a contract award notice on the EU tenders’ website, on 27 February, Ørsted selected Opus Marine (which was
The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York, Ørsted confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz on 17 April. “As part of ongoing construction at Sunrise Wind, the project has safely and successfully installed its first turbine generator, marking an important step t
US-based Pacifico Energy has received a site survey licence for a 500 MW offshore wind project in Ba Ria–Vung Tau, offshore Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The licence, granted by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), allows the company to carry out site survey assessment activities at
Buss Terminal Eemshaven has completed the expansion of its heavy-lift quay at Julianahaven in the Netherlands, increasing capacity for offshore wind projects. The upgraded quay has a load-bearing capacity of 40 t/m², following reinforcement of the quay structure and ground improvements to handle hea
