RWE

VESSELS

VESSELS

North Star has secured a £275 million (€322 million) refinancing package to expand its offshore wind fleet just months after buying four service operation vessels (SOVs).

3rd August 2026

North Star wins £275m finance deal to expand offshore wind fleet

3rd August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) have won planning permission for the 3GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind development, marking a major milestone for one of the UK’s largest proposed renewable energy projects.

26th May 2026

Planning nod given for 3GW offshore wind farms

26th May 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

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It took a chance meeting in a barber’s shop before it occurred to George Kinnaird, from the landlocked north English town of Huddersfield, that he could have a career at sea.

24th March 2026

INTERVIEW: 28 days at sea – life on and off the bridge

24th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

There’s good news for offshore vessel builders with Vestas securing a firm order for RWE’s 1,380 MW Vanguard West offshore wind project in the UK.

23rd February 2026

Vestas turbine order sounds welcome note for vessel builders

23rd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE has secured UK Contracts for Difference for 6.9 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, strengthening long-term renewable generation and investment certainty across multiple projects.

15th January 2026

RWE takes lion’s share of UK offshore wind projects

15th 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

Energy giant RWE has said it is disappointed by the UK government’s sudden decision to delay a consent order for the 3GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind farms.

13th January 2026

RWE ‘disappointed’ by UK government Dogger Bank delay

13th January 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch marine civils giant Van Oord has set its brand-new wind turbine installation vessel to work, hailing completion of 45 monopiles at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm.

11th November 2025

Brand-new Boreas installs 45 monopiles on maiden task

11th November 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

A September 15 deadline is looming for applications to bid for three offshore wind projects in Norway.

11th September 2025

Norway deadline looms for three floating wind projects

11th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

German energy firm RWE has contracted two of North Star’s SOVs for up to 12 years with another two newbuilds planned in a few years’ time.

6th August 2025

RWE signs long-term agreements with North Star for 2+2 SOVs

6th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms now has all 100 foundations installed in the North Sea, almost 200km from the UK east coast.

17th July 2025

RWE installs 100th final foundation at Sofia wind farm

17th July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Renewable energy specialist, RWE, and marine eco-engineer, ARC Marine, are celebrating key milestones in their pioneering Reef Enhancement for Scour Protection (RESP) project at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm.

17th July 2025

RWE deploys ARC’s biodiversity boosting reef cubes

17th July 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has reached financial close and is now progressing into its construction phase.

28th February 2025

Construction begins at Inch Cape wind farm

28th February 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

RWE and TotalEnergies have chosen the port of Eemshaven in the northern Dutch province of Groningen as the hub for turbine assembly and construction work for their joint offshore wind project, OranjeWind.

12th December 2024

Eemshaven named as OranjeWind base port

12th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.

11th December 2024

Crown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub

11th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE has chosen Thyborøn Port in Denmark as the offshore construction base for its Thor offshore wind farm, marking a significant milestone in the project’s development.

15th November 2024

RWEs Thor windfarm port

15th November 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE has been given the green light by the Danish Energy Agency to begin building Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm.

8th November 2024

Green light for Denmark’s largest wind farm

8th November 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Vestas has struck a deal with RWE to deliver, commission and maintain wind turbines for the Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany.

14th June 2024

Vestas firms up RWE Nordseecluster deal

14th June 2024