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Jan De Nul Orders New XL Cable-Laying Vessel

Jan De Nul Group has ordered an additional XL cable-laying vessel, identical to its ship, Fleeming Jenkin, set to be delivered in 2026. The company...

Fon Energy Services Merges with C-Ventus

Føn Energy Services and Netherlands-based C-Ventus are merging, with the aim of becoming a European-based O&M player in the offshore wind market. Føn is backed...

Salamander Offshore Wind Farm Submits Offshore Consent Application

Salamander has submitted an offshore consent application for its proposed 100 MW floating offshore wind farm, located 35 km off the coast of Peterhead,...

Cadeler Secures Vessel Reservation Agreements for Equinor, Polenergia Joint Ventures

Cadeler has secured vessel reservation agreements for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects, situated in the Baltic Sea.  The joint venture projects...

Dogger Bank Makes Statement on Site Incident

On May 1, damage was sustained to a single blade on an installed turbine at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm.  In line with...

Chubu Acquires Shares in Ecowende

Chubu Electric Power is set to participate in the offshore Hollandse Kust West Site VI wind power project, located approximately 53 kilometers off the...

RWE, Port of Karlshamn Partner on Baltic Sea Offshore Hub Exploration

RWE and the Swedish Port of Karlshamn have signed an MOU aimed at exploring whether the port could be a suitable harbor for the logistics,...

ACP Reports Strong Q1 U.S. Clean Energy Growth

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) reports that the U.S. utility-scale wind, solar and storage sectors added a combined 5,585 MW of new capacity...

TGS Launches Multi-Client Wind and Metocean Measurement Campaign Offshore Germany

TGS has commenced its latest multi-client wind measurement campaign using two LiDAR buoys in Germany’s North Sea. The buoys, supplied by Green Rebel, are equipped...

BOEM Completes Environmental Review of Beacon Wind Proposal for Additional Site Testing

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of Beacon Wind’s proposal to test suction bucket foundations on its lease...

Ingeteam Claims to Capture One-Third of Wind Market Share in the U.S.

Ingeteam attributes the diversification of its manufacturing activity to 55 GW of converters, control systems and wind generators for the U.S. market being equipped...

Ocean Winds Awarded Feasibility License for Project Off Gippsland, Australia Coast

Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has been granted a feasibility license by the Australian government for a 150...

Masdar, Bapco Energies to Develop 2 GW of Wind in Bahrain

Masdar has signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Bapco Energies to jointly explore the development of and investment in 2 GW of...

NJBPU Opens Fourth Solicitation for Up to 4 GW of Offshore Wind

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation guidance document (SGD), as well as opened its...

Bibby Marine, Gondan to Build Electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel

Bibby Marine has signed a contract to build a zero-emission, electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) with Gondan. The vessel is set to be built...

First Moray West Wind Turbines Installed

The first turbines for ENGIE’s Moray West Wind Farm have been installed. The company has nicknamed the 882 MW project the “little” brother of Moray...

Orsted Inaugurates Greater Changhua 1 and 2a Offshore Wind Farms

Ørsted has completed the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a projects in Taiwan, which are now both operational and connected to the grid. The...

TransAlta Achieves Commercial Operation of 300 MW White Rock Project

TransAlta’s combined 300 MW White Rock East and White Rock West wind facilities, located in Caddo County, Okla., and fully contracted to Amazon Energy,...

Oceantic Network Quarterly Market Report Details Construction, Commercialization

The Oceatic Network’s Q1 2024 U.S. Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report has been released, highlighting announced investments, review process advancement for certain projects and...

LS C&S Receives $99M Investment Tax Credit Under Inflation Reduction Act

LS Cable & System (LS C&S) subsidiary LS GreenLink USA has received $99 million in investment tax credits under Section 48C of the Inflation...

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