The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched tenders for three offshore wind areas that can house a minimum of 2.8 GW of installed capacity. The process is based on a Contracts for Difference (CfD) model, which the DEA says will increase the likelihood of qualified bids, following the tender launched
OES Group has been awarded a contract by Smulders for the supply and installation of the ICCP system at the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the contract, OES Group will supply and install 53 external and internal ICCP systems to protect the project’s monopiles from corrosion
DEME has awarded SPIE Wind Connect, a subsidiary of SPIE, a contract for the full scope of cable termination and testing works on Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Under the agreement, SPIE Wind Connect will carry out 66 kV inter-array cable te
Ocean Winds has secured the third floating offshore wind site in the Celtic Sea, offered through the Crown Estate’s Round 5 auction earlier this year. The developer is joining Equinor and the Gwynt Glas joint venture, which were awarded rights for two of the three sites offered in Round 5 in June. O
Vattenfall, EWE, and RWE have launched a qualification phase for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm. Work is expected to commence from 2027 onwards, but Vattenfall and its partners are also considering start dates in 2028. The estimated value of the contract is a
Luxcara has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Ørsted for their low-noise jetting-based monopile installation technology platform called Osonic, which will be used for offshore wind turbine foundations across Luxcara’s offshore wind portfolio in Germany. This is the first preferred supplier
The developer of the Gwynt Glas floating offshore wind farm has selected Haskoning to lead the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for the 1.5 GW project in the Celtic Sea. Selected in June as a preferred bidder in Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5, Gwynt Glas is making strong progress with th
Eneco has selected Deutsche Windtechnik as its new maintenance partner for the 120 MW Prinses Amalia offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The contract will run from January 2026 until the offshore wind farm’s end of life. Under the agreement, Deutsche Windtechnik will provide full-scope maintenanc
Palfinger has been contracted by Iemants, a subsidiary of Smulders, to deliver two fully electric jib cranes for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, where the cranes will be installed on the projects’ two offshore substations. According to Palfinger, this the first time that its
German offshore wind industry groups and transmission system operators have called on the federal government to reform the country’s offshore wind auction system, warning that the current framework is deterring investment and slowing project development. The German Offshore Wind Energy Association (
Cadeler has signed two firm contracts covering the transportation and installation (T&I) of turbines and their foundations for an upcoming offshore wind farm project, with a combined value projected to be approximately EUR 500 million. The foundations T&I campaign is scheduled to commence in early 2
ARB Wind has been awarded a multi-year contract for above water foundation inspections and Balance of Plant (BoP) services by Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Limited for the 450 MW offshore wind farm in Scotland. ARB Wind will provide dedicated BoP technicians to deliver a wide range of service
The Dutch government has confirmed that no applications were submitted for the latest offshore wind tender for the 1 GW Nederwiek I-A site in the North Sea. The tender closed on 30 October without bids, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) said in a press release issued the same day. In a letter
AFRY has secured a new framework agreement with Vattenfall, under which the engineering consultancy company will be delivering technical consultancy services to the renewable energy developer. The agreement entails AFRY providing services across multiple competence areas and regions within Vattenfal
Oga Katagami Akita Offshore Green Energy has signed a contract with Kajima Corporation for the manufacturing, procurement, transportation, and installation of turbine foundations for the company’s offshore wind project in Japan. The contract covers the core construction of the wind turbine foundatio
