Offshore Renewables

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has pulled the plug on a giant offshore turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland, citing national security concerns over the Chinese company behind the plans.

27th March 2026

UK pulls plug on Chinese offshore wind turbine factory

27th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Associated British Ports and the UK Government have agreed terms for public funding to support the development of floating offshore wind infrastructure at Port Talbot, marking a major step in plans to…

27th March 2026

Port Talbot wind hub advances

27th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Tersan Shipyard has delivered Acta Hercules, the second in a series of four Walk-to-Work (W2W) DP2 Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) being built for Acta Marine at its Yalova facility in Turkey.

25th March 2026

Tersan flexes offshore wind muscle with ‘Hercules’ delivery to Acta Marine

25th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

TotalEnergies has accepted $1 billion to abandon offshore wind leases in the US and re-focus on oil and gas, a US government announcement has confirmed.

24th March 2026

US pays TotalEnergies $1 billion to dump offshore wind

24th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As Brussels lays out an ambitious vision for ports as Europe’s energy hubs, the wind industry is warning that without dedicated public finance, the infrastructure bottlenecks threatening the offshore wind build-out will…

23rd March 2026

EU Ports Strategy does not go far enough: WindEurope

23rd March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Aberdeen has awarded a three-year maintenance dredging contract to Boskalis Westminster, covering annual campaigns across its North Harbour and recently expanded South Harbour from 2026 to 2028.

20th March 2026

Boskalis wins Aberdeen dredging deal

20th March 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Offshore charging developer Stillstrom, owned by Maersk, has formally set up a UK entity in Aberdeen to ramp up its systems rollout in a signal that a still nascent technology is starting…

19th March 2026

Offshore charging gathers pace with new UK venture

19th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The next and largest UK government’s renewable energy auction will open in July, with reforms including a new category for deep-water wind and a stronger focus on industrial strategy.

18th March 2026

Largest UK offshore wind auction set for July

18th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new partnership aims to advance the scale-up and drive the cost down for floating offshore wind projects through joint technology development and global standards alignment.

17th March 2026

A global push to scale up floating wind

17th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US offshore wind market has reached another milestone with the Vineyard Wind 1 project installing its final turbine and the Revolution Wind project now delivering power to the grid. 

16th March 2026

US offshore wind flies in the face of veto attempts

16th March 2026

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The eye-watering cost of floating offshore wind was laid bare at Oceanology International last week, with scientists admitting it was at least six times more expensive than conventional fixed-bottom turbines.

16th March 2026

Floating wind’s eye-watering costs laid bare at Oceanology

16th March 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Exail has secured contracts to supply subsea positioning technology for two major offshore energy developments in Brazil and Angola, marking a significant deployment of its long baseline (LBL) acoustic positioning systems in…

11th March 2026

Exail wins deepwater positioning contracts

11th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Interocean Marine Services is expanding its services to the offshore renewables market with a new Master Services Agreement with JERA Nex bp across its windfarms.

9th March 2026

Interocean targets global offshore wind growth

9th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian offshore wind support vessel company Edda Wind has kickstarted the sale of its entire offshore wind fleet.

6th March 2026

Edda Wind sells entire offshore wind fleet

6th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Construction has begun on a new generation offshore service vessel after the first steel was cut for the DO Joule on 5 March at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard.

6th March 2026

New CSOV series construction begins

6th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

OEG has added a multi-purpose Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) to its fleet after successful sea trials.

4th March 2026

OEG expands offshore wind vessel fleet with new CTV

4th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Strategic Marine has delivered the first two Supa Swath vessels to Mainprize Offshore, marking the initial handover under a six-vessel contract signed at Seawork in June 2024.

4th March 2026

Strategic Marine delivers Supa Swath duo signed at Seawork

4th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A third daughter craft commissioned by offshore wind operator Purus is edging closer to its sea trials, marking another milestone for a vessel that its makers say ranks among the most environmentally…

2nd March 2026

Diverse Marine prepares to launch greenest craft yet

2nd March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

France has quietly cut its 2035 offshore wind target from 18 GW to 15 GW, according to the final version of its new Multi-Year Energy Plan (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie – PPE3).

27th February 2026

​France cuts offshore wind target by 20% in more ‘prudent’ trajectory

27th February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Royal Boskalis B.V. has secured a sizable contract for subsea cable installation at Germany’s 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore windfarm.

26th February 2026

Baltic offshore wind drives subsea cable award

26th February 2026