May 6 (offshoreWIND.biz) China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation has completed the installation of a 16 MW floating offshore wind turbine, described as the world’s largest single-unit floating wind turbine platform, off Yangjiang, Guangdong. The Sanxia Linghang (Three Gorges Pilot) platform was installed on 2 May in waters located more than 70 kilometres offshore at depths... Continue Reading →
French Floating Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering Electricity
May 5 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ocean Winds (OW), the international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has started electricity production at its 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm. With first power now delivered to the French grid, the project is already supplying renewable energy to homes... Continue Reading →
Vessel Sector Deep Dive: WTIVs
The changing global bottom-fixed offshore wind turbine and foundation installation market May 1 (OE) The last two or three years have seen a change in the underlying stakeholder support for the energy transition, resulting in the energy trilemma being focused more on energy security and affordability than transition, which means a pivot away from renewables... Continue Reading →
Massachusetts Activates Vineyard Wind Contracts, Locking in 20-Year Pricing
April 30 (offshoreWIND.biz) The State of Massachusetts has activated long-term contracts for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, securing fixed electricity pricing for 20 years and projected customer savings of USD 1.4 billion (around EUR 1.2 billion) over that period, according to the state government. The contracts, announced on 27 April by the Healey-Driscoll... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind & Deepwater Oil and Gas – Two Worlds Collide
April 23 (OE) Over the last few years, the energy trilemma has pivoted away from energy transition to energy security and affordability. As a result, offshore oil & gas exploration and production activity, including deepwater activity, has been relatively healthy. Construction, operational support and decommissioning activity has supported the deployment of large anchor handlers and... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Westwood Insight – How Mainland China is reshaping the offshore wind foundation market
April 14 (westwoodenergy.com) Chinese manufacturers have been quietly but rapidly gaining ground in the global offshore wind turbine foundation market. In 2025, 26% of all turbine foundations installed globally (excluding Mainland China) were supplied by Chinese manufacturers, up from virtually zero in 2020. This shift marks a major reconfiguration in the global supply chain, creating much-needed supply... Continue Reading →
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 →