Fugro will conduct a UXO survey at the Morecambe Bay area this month, ahead of a geotechnical site investigation for the Morecambe offshore wind project that is planned to start in May 2026. The UXO work will be undertaken by the survey vessel Fugro Frontier and is planned to commence around April 1
Chantiers de l’Atlantique, EDF power solutions, Heerema Marine Contractors, Menck, RTE, Sealence and Smulders have formed the Searénité consortium to develop a dedicated solution designed to limit underwater noise generated during offshore construction, particularly for floating wind and substation
The Netherlands will introduce a new offshore electricity bidding zone for wind farms that will be linked to the planned 1.8 GW LionLink hybrid interconnector, which will connect the Dutch and UK grids. The LionLink project was launched in April 2023 and is led by the countries’ transmission system
Vietnam’s Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) is planning a billion-US-dollar push into offshore wind and floating solar as part of its renewable energy expansion strategy, according to Vietnamese media. At its 31 March 2026 annual general meeting, REE outlined plans to significan
Transmission system operators (TSOs) TenneT and National Grid Ventures (NGV) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to advance LionLink, a hybrid interconnector linking the UK and the Netherlands via a future offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The agreement sets out how the two part
Petrobras has awarded a contract to Fugro for a geotechnical site investigation for the Brazilian oil major’s first offshore wind project, a pilot proposed to be built off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to Fugro, the 18 MW Rio de Janeiro offshore wind pilot project is the first
Tekmar Group has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of GBP 2 million (around €2.3 million) for an offshore wind project in Japan, the UK-headquartered company said in an investor update on March 31, leaving the project and the client unnamed. The main contract involves the supply of Te
Installation of the first of 84 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines is underway at the Sunrise Wind project site, approximately 30 miles (approximately 48 kilometers) east of Montauk, New York. The installation vessel Wind Scylla, owned by Cadeler, arrived at the site on March 25/26, according to the
The first preparations ahead of offshore construction work at the OranjeWind project site in the Netherlands have begun, as Jan De Nul has started the filter layer installation campaign. In the coming weeks, the rock installation vessel Simon Stevin will install the first layer of erosion protection
Jan De Nul has contracted CRP Subsea to supply protection systems for inter-array cables at Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. CRP Subsea will deliver 141 NjordGuard cable protection systems (CPS), with three NjordGuard CPS designs to be engineered to meet the speci
An investment of over GBP 30 million (around $40 million) in new facilities that will support offshore wind construction at the Port of Nigg in Scotland has received final approval by Maraen, a new integrated energy infrastructure brand launched by Mitsui & Co. Europe and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL),
The consortium behind the TetraSpar Demonstrator, consisting of TEPCO Renewable Power, RWE, and Stiesdal Offshore, has appointed Global Maritime to support the decommissioning of the demonstration project in Norway. The TetraSpar Demonstrator, which has been in operation at the Marine Energy Test Ce
The first export cable for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm has been laid and pulled into shore, according to an update from Ørsted on March 26. NKT, the project’s export cable supplier, began manufacturing the cables three years ago and will complete them this summer, while Jan de Nul will transpor
The UK energy regulator Ofgem has unveiled its shortlist of bidders under the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round 13, in which five companies and consortia will compete to own and operate the offshore electricity transmission links for the East Anglia Three, Inch Cape and Dogger Bank C o
