TenneT

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted and infrastructure investor Nuveen have formally inaugurated the 913MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, marking the completion of one of Germany’s largest offshore wind projects. Around 72km off the German coast, the wind…

28th September 2026

One of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms inaugurated

28th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

'Crayfish' will be deployed from converted trenching support vessel Henry Darcy on TenneT’s 2GW German North Sea programme.

16th September 2026

Jan De Nul expands subsea cable capability with shallow-water trencher

16th September 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Next Geosolutions has secured a contract worth approximately €9 million from TenneT to deliver marine survey activities for the offshore wind area Voordelta – Nederwiek 3 in the Netherlands.

22nd May 2026

NextGeo wins TenneT survey deal

22nd May 2026

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

European Commission has presented “AccelerateEU” at WindEurope, its response to the current energy crisis, stressing that price relief must align with faster deployment of renewables and electrification.

22nd April 2026

EU presents roadmap to speed up renewables

22nd April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Nexans chose WindEurope to launch its third iteration of cable-laying vessel, the Nexans Electra, which can lay subsea cable at a record-breaking 3,000 metres deep.

22nd April 2026

Nexans launches record-breaking cable layer

22nd April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

TenneT, the European electricity transmission system operator (TSO) that manages high-voltage electricity grids in the Netherlands and Germany, has completed the final connection in its 700MW offshore link.

10th November 2025

TenneT delivers final 700MW offshore link

10th November 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other…

27th August 2025

Van Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival

27th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

North Sea transmission system operators (TSOs) have come together to coordinate offshore grids and implement cross-border projects.

18th April 2025

12 offshore TSOs lay foundations for offshore grids

18th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s new CEO has called on Europe to install 10GW of offshore wind each year – but panellists at the WindEurope event in Copenhagen voiced concerns over a range of things that…

10th April 2025

Ørsted CEO calls on Europe to install 10GW/year offshore wind

10th April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Seatrium Limited is commencing work on its third two gigawatt (GW) High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical transmission for The Netherlands.

20th February 2024

Seatrium helps deliver Dutch offshore wind goals

20th February 2024