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Dec. 11 (OE) The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has decided to award two project areas for floating offshore wind at Utsira Nord to Equinor- Vårgrønn and Deep Wind Offshore Norway-EDF Renouvelables consortia. The ministry said both applicants met qualification requirements and that each group will receive its own project area. Applications were filed by the... Continue Reading →
Dec. 9 (offshoreWIND.biz) A federal judge has struck down the US President Donald Trump’s indefinite halt of all federal approvals and permitting for new wind energy projects. In a ruling on 8 December, Judge Patti Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favour of 17 US states and the... Continue Reading →
Dec. 4 (OE) The Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm, jointly owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, has started delivering power to the German grid. The 913 MW offshore wind farm delivered its first power to the grid on December 3, 2025. The renewable electricity from Borkum Riffgrund 3 will, through several long-term corporate power... Continue Reading →
Dec. 3 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal court to remand the federal approval of the New England Wind offshore wind project to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which issued it last year and now wants to conduct further review, according to a filing submitted on 2 December... Continue Reading →
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Oil majors operating in Brazil have closed ranks to oppose a proposed merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, and antitrust agency Cade has asked the two firms to provide its probe with new data on Friday, public documents seen by Reuters show. The resulting new firm, to be called Saipem7, would have... Continue Reading →
Dec. 2 (renews.biz) Principle Power has named João Amaral as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Julian Arrilaga Costa, who will stay on in an advisory role until the end of the year. Amaral joins the company from Voltalia, where he was group chief technology officer. He brings more than 20 years of renewable energy... Continue Reading →
Dec. 1 (OE) DNV Inspection has appointed two new specialists to support its expanding offshore wind and low-carbon energy business as global demand rises for assurance and inspection services across renewables, the company said on Thursday. Iván Jaramillo González has joined as project manager to lead offshore wind inspection activities across multiple regions and the... Continue Reading →
Dec. 1 (splash247.com) Seatrium has escalated its dispute with Maersk Offshore Wind’s affiliate Phoenix II, launching arbitration over the abrupt cancellation of a near-complete wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) originally contracted at $475m. The Singapore yard filed its notice of arbitration on 28 November under London Maritime Arbitrators Association terms, seeking a ruling that Phoenix... Continue Reading →
Nov. 21 (offshoreWIND.biz) BayWa r.e. has received concept certification from DNV for its BayFloat floating wind semi-submersible concrete substructure and mooring system design. The design was validated using the 22 MW generic reference turbine “IEA-22-280-RWT”. The certification process was conducted in accordance with DNV-SE-0422:2021-09 “Certification of floating wind turbines” scheme, including DNV-ST-0119:2021-06 “Floating wind turbine... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted has completed the 2025 foundation installation campaign at the Sunrise Wind offshore project site in the US and is now commencing cable installation works on both its projects under construction in the Northeast US, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind. According to the latest Notice to Mariners from the developer, Bokalift 2 and Bokalift 1 have... Continue Reading →
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