Repowering Existing Offshore Wind Farms Part of New EU Strategy ‘to Protect Europeans from Fossil Energy Crisis’

April 23 (offshoreWIND.biz) The European Commission has identified offshore wind repowering as one of the key measures to strengthen energy security and reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports, as part of its newly unveiled AccelerateEU strategy. Announcing the strategy on 22 April, the Commission highlighted the rapid repowering of large renewable assets, including offshore wind farms,... Continue Reading →

April 23, 2026 0

UK’s Biggest Offshore Wind Blades Installed at East Anglia THREE

April 21 (OE) ScottishPower, part of Iberdrola, and Masdar have installed the first turbine at the $5.4 billion (£4 billion) East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, marking a U.K. record with blades measuring 115 meters. The blades are the largest manufactured and installed for a project in U.K. waters, exceeding the previous record of 108... Continue Reading →

April 21, 2026 0

Court Orders GE Vernova to Stay on Vineyard Wind’s Offshore Wind Farm

April 20 (Reuters) A Massachusetts judge on Friday blocked GE Vernova from abandoning work on the largest offshore wind farm in New England after developer Vineyard Wind refused to pay over $300 million the turbine supplier says it is owed for the $4.5 billion project. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Peter Krupp in Boston issued... Continue Reading →

April 20, 2026 0

First Turbine Up at New York’s Second Offshore Wind Farm

April 17 (offshoreWIND.biz) 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 toward delivering first power to New York later... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2026 0

Vineyard Wind sues GE Vernova to block it from abandoning work on wind farm

April 10 (Reuters) - Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a wind turbine-supplying unit of GE Vernova from terminating agreements and abandoning work on a $4.5 billion offshore wind farm in Massachusetts on the eve of completion. Vineyard Wind, a ‌joint venture between Spain's Iberdrola and Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, filed a lawsuit this week in... Continue Reading →

April 11, 2026 0

Orsted CEO eyes boost to European offshore wind from energy crunch

April 9 (Reuters) - The Middle East war is giving ‌fresh momentum to Europe's push for energy independence and bolstering the case for offshore wind farm developments, the CEO of Denmark's Orsted said on Thursday. Europe, a major importer of fossil fuels, has seen energy prices soar in recent weeks as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and Teheran's blockage of shipments through... Continue Reading →

April 9, 2026 0

Democrats question legality of Trump, TotalEnergies offshore wind deal

April 7 (Reuters) - House Democrats questioned the legality of the Trump administration's deal to return nearly $1 billion to TotalEnergies to ‌stop the development of two U.S. offshore wind farms, according to letters sent to administration officials and the French energy company. U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman and ⁠Jamie Raskin, both Democrats, sent a letter on... Continue Reading →

April 8, 2026 0

France Sets Forth 10GW Offshore Wind Tender in Larger Renewables Push

April 6 (Reuters) France announced tenders for seven offshore wind projects totalling 10 gigawatts on Thursday as well as smaller solar and onshore wind tenders, adding the country will favour homegrown technologies in its bid to achieve energy sovereignty. The tenders are two years late due to political gridlock over financing renewables as France struggles... Continue Reading →

April 6, 2026 0

Renewable energy producers downsize operations in Brazil due to operational restrictions

March 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's renewable energy sector is facing severe headwinds, with major power generators scaling back operations and cutting jobs due to generation restrictions that the national grid ‌operator imposed on wind and solar plants in 2023, companies told Reuters. Atlas Renewable Energy, owned by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) under BlackRock, Newave Energia,... Continue Reading →

March 31, 2026 0

Maersk Viridis En Route to US to Install Empire Wind 1 Turbines

March 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) Maersk’s first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Maersk Viridis, has sailed out of Singapore and is on its way to the US, where it will install turbines on Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, under construction in the US federal waters off New York. According to Maersk Offshore Wind, the WTIV sailed... Continue Reading →

March 31, 2026 0

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