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Blade failures, repair work and commissioning setbacks have pushed back a key contractual deadline for what is planned to be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Dogger Bank A, 130km off the coast of England, has been given an eight-month…

26th October 2026

Setbacks trigger domino delays for Dogger Bank

26th October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Installation of the UK’s first CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure project has begun, with pipelay and subsea installation now being followed by rock protection work along the route.

27th August 2026

Northern Endurance begins the long haul to CO₂ subsea storage

27th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant Equinor has abandoned another offshore wind project, this time in Japan, where it has closed its office.

1st July 2026

Oil giants blown off course with offshore wind

1st July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

In yet another blow to the beleaguered US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration said last week it would pay developer Invenergy $765 million to walk away from four US wind leases,…

24th June 2026

US offshore wind left adrift as Trump buys back leases

24th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Speakers at a floating wind session at the recent WindEurope conference in Madrid highlighted the scale of the challenge ahead and the steps needed to bring the technology to commercial viability.

30th April 2026

Floating wind: Costs, challenges and path to commercial scale

30th April 2026

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

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A £1 million (€1.1 million) funding competition has been launched in the UK to speed up innovation in two critical areas of offshore wind engineering.

28th January 2026

Offshore innovation funding competition launched

28th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The number of bids received in Poland’s first offshore wind auction fell 500MW short of what was on offer, the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has confirmed.

12th January 2026

Bids fall short in Poland’s first offshore wind auction

12th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant Equinor has been announced as the winner of Poland’s first offshore wind auction, with oil multinational Orlen and coal producer PGE winning the other two.

19th December 2025

Oil and coal giants win first Polish offshore wind contracts

19th December 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All of the foundations and transition pieces for the world’s largest wind farm have now been installed in the North Sea.

2nd December 2025

All foundations installed at world’s largest offshore wind farm

2nd December 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE’s announcement that it has pulled out of a 2GW offshore wind project in Australia’s Victoria is the latest of a string of large projects that are no longer going ahead.

16th October 2025

RWE Australia pull-out signals growing offshore headwinds Down Under

16th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Floating windfarm projects are moving ahead in both the UK and France despite frustration from developers about the lack of backing and the red tape needed to get these projects over the…

8th October 2025

Developers determined to hurdle floating wind obstacles

8th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norway’s Ministry of Energy says it is ‘excited’ about its offshore wind future, despite receiving just two applications to bid in its latest floating wind auction.

26th September 2025

Norway ‘excited’ about offshore wind future

26th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Seaway7 says it has installed all 277 monopile foundations at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm – Doggerbank in the UK.

18th September 2025

Final monopile installed at world’s biggest wind farm

18th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norway’s Ministry of Energy says it has received a total of two applications for three floating wind projects in Utsira Nord.

18th September 2025

Norway receives just 2 offshore wind applications

18th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.

28th August 2025

Plans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger

28th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Donald Trump has sent more shockwaves through the US offshore wind industry just as offshore wind vessel operator Cadeler reported better than expected results in the sector.

26th August 2025

US wind faces another setback while Cadeler soars

26th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first US-flagged cable-lay barge to connect offshore wind farms to the US grid will be built by the new partnership of Nexans and Crowley Wind Services.

4th August 2025

First Jones Act-compliant cable layer deal agreed

4th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Electric CTV fleet owner Tidal Transit christened its latest vessel last week to be deployed at part-owner Equinor’s offshore wind farm in Norfolk, east England.

23rd July 2025

Tidal Transit christens CTV for Equinor wind farm

23rd July 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two out of three massive offshore floating wind projects have been awarded by the Crown Estate, with no reason given for failure to award the third.

19th June 2025

Two huge UK floating wind projects awarded

19th June 2025