Offshore Wind Auction

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Just 18 months after Denmark’s biggest-ever offshore wind tender collapsed without a single bid, Swedish developer giant Vattenfall has been awarded two projects.

13th August 2026

Danish offshore wind makes comeback after auction model revamp

13th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Netherlands has committed up to €4.758 billion in offshore wind subsidies after a failed auction last year highlighted the growing financial challenges facing developers.

4th August 2026

Netherlands commits €4.8 billion and new bird rules to revive offshore wind

4th August 2026

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Workboat operators and vessel designers are increasingly weighing the commercial realities of vessel decarbonisation against the cost of replacing existing fleets and whether to build new or convert.

9th June 2026

Seawork: The vessel life extension debate intensifies

9th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Isle of Wight-based Diverse Marine, a Seawork platinum sponsor, has delivered its latest Ambitious-class Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV).

29th January 2026

Diverse hands over latest CTV in Ambitious delivery

29th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK government has today published record-breaking results in its seventh auction (AR7), with 8.4GW of offshore wind being awarded in what it says is Europe’s biggest ever offshore wind auction. 

14th January 2026

UK reveals record-breaking offshore wind auction results

14th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Dutch offshore wind auction has closed without attracting a single bid, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), which runs Dutch offshore wind tenders, has confirmed.

31st October 2025

Zero bids in another offshore wind auction

31st October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s wind alliance says the UK’s just-announced budget of more than £1 billion (€1.1 billion) for offshore wind falls well short of targets and undermines the outlook for the continent’s industry.

28th October 2025

WindEurope calls UK’s £1 billion offshore budget ‘disappointing’

28th 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

Dutch offshore wind vessel operator Cadeler has secured a contract with Ocean Winds to install 26 offshore wind turbines at the BC-Wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea.

18th September 2025

Offshore wind business booms in Poland for Cadeler

18th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Germany’s second offshore wind auction for 2025 has failed to attract a single bid.

7th August 2025

No bids received in German offshore wind auction

7th August 2025