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
Ørsted has completed the 2025 foundation installation campaign at the Sunrise Wind offshore project site in the U.S. and is now commencing cable installation works on both its projects under construction in the Northeast U.S., Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind. According to the latest Notice to Marin
Shell has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Nordsee One GmbH, a joint venture between Northland Power (85%) and RWE (15%), for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the PPA, which will take effect from June 2027, Shell will offtake approximately one-third of the a
NKT has completed a turnkey repair of one of the 220 kV high-voltage AC subsea export cables connecting the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Scottish Moray Firth to the Aberdeenshire coast. In April 2025, an unplanned transmission outage occurred on one of two of Beatrice’s Transmission Capital Pa
Preliminary seismic and geotechnical surveys of the seabed have been completed at the Baltic East offshore wind farm site in the Polish Baltic Sea. Preliminary seabed surveys for the Baltic East project began at the end of June and lasted over 15 weeks, said Orlen Group, the developer of the offshor
Fulan Offshore Engineering’s cable-laying barge (CLB) Ai Lan Yi Hao (AL-1) has completed the installation of the first circuit of the 500 kV export cable for the Yangjiang Fanshi 1 offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China. The 1,176 MW offshore wind project, developed by CGN Wind Energy, includes two
UK-headquartered Acteon and Taiwan-based marine solutions provider Wynnergy Marine have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly deliver renewable energy projects across the region. The partnership supports offshore wind growth in Taiwan by providing integrated solutions that
Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has completed its 700 MW offshore grid connection program with the grid readiness certification now in place for the Hollandse Kust West Beta connection, the company said on October 28. The certification marks the completion of the last three 700 MW Ho
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has appointed the UK-based renewable energy consultancy OWC, part of ABL Group, to support the geophysical and geotechnical surveys at two offshore wind farm areas in Portugal. ABL Group’s Portugal-based water and environmental consultancy, Hidr
The first of the two 85-kilometre export cables for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm has been installed by Enshore Subsea using the cable laying vessel (CLV) CMOS Installer. Operating from the Port of Blyth, the vessel laid the 220 kV, three-phase cable manufactured by Ningbo Orient Wires &
A prototype of a floating wind platform integrated with an aquaculture system, developed under the European project AquaWind, was towed and installed at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) test site on 18 October. The prototype combines the W2Power (Wind to Power) twin-turbine floati
Venterra Group has launched the Venterra V-LiDAR, a global fleet of dual LiDAR buoys designed for metoocean measurement campaigns. The launch of this fleet, following a £10 million investment, represents the first of its kind to be designed and manufactured in the UK, according to Venterra. The V-Li
Ocean Winds, a joint venture of EDPR and Engie, has decided to sell a minority stake in the 500 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France to Allianz Global Investors. Under the agreement, Ocean Winds will sell a 20.25% stake in the project for an equity value of €200 million, implyi
Fugro UST21, a joint venture between Fugro and Underwater Survey Technology 21 (UST21), has completed offshore geotechnical site investigations for Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Incheon offshore wind farm in South Korea. Fugro’s geo-data will support the design of foundations and cable routes across the whole dev
