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Boskalis Orders New Cable-Laying Vessel for Offshore Wind, Interconnector Markets
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (226+ words) Boskalis will invest in a new high-capacity cable-laying vessel (CLV) targeting the offshore wind and interconnector markets, the company said on 18 May. The newbuild CLV will feature two 12, 000-tonne cable carousels, including a concentric carousel, giving the vessel a total cable…...
China Puts 'World's First' Offshore Wind-Powered Underwater Data Centre into Operation
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (357+ words) The project, said to be the world's first of this kind, was officially launched in June 2025 with the signing of a cooperation agreement between the administrative committee of'the Lingang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai Lingang…...
Aberdeenshire Council Greenlights Onshore Plans for 1 GW Scottish Floating Wind Project
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (201+ words) The consortium submitted the onshore planning application in October 2025. The Buchan Offshore Wind consortium said it would now progress the next stages of development and consenting, with the project targeting connection to the grid in the early 2030s. The floating offshore…...
RWE and SSE Secure Consent for 1 GW North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (251+ words) The approval was issued the same day RWE received consent for its Dogger Bank South project, which the company owns in partnership with Masdar. "This is a milestone moment for the development of offshore wind in the UK. These projects…...
UK Grants Development Consent for 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Project
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (284+ words) RWE and Masdar, which acquired a 49 per cent stake in the DBS project in 2024, said on 14 May that they would now conduct detailed final design work and progress procurement decisions with the aim of taking'a final investment decision (FID) in…...
Ocean Winds Receives Full Onshore Planning Consent for 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm
3+ day, 49+ min ago (236+ words) According to the company, the approval covers around three kilometres of underground cable infrastructure required to connect the project to the national electricity transmission grid. Ocean Winds said the cable connection was informed by environmental assessments and consultation with statutory…...
DEME's New Jack-Up to Be Deployed on Windanker and Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Projects
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (296+ words) The vessel, officially named on 12 May at DEME's base in Flushing, the Netherlands, is scheduled to start work on the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea in June 2026, before moving on to the 2. 9 GW Hornsea 3 in…...
First Monopile Installed at Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (278+ words) The first of 197 monopiles has been installed at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site, some 120 kilometres off the coast of Norfolk, UK. "A team of more than 200 experts from "rsted and its contractors, Cadeler and Menck, are working closely together…...
T'rkiye Zooms In on Four Offshore Wind Sites Ahead of First Tender
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (369+ words) Speaking at the opening of the 15th Turkey Wind Energy Congress (T'REK 2026), Bayraktar said the offshore wind sites are located in the waters off Saros Bay, G'k'eada, Bozcaada and Edremit. "One of the most strategic priorities for the coming period will…...
Dongfang Installs 'World's Largest Single-Capacity' Offshore Wind Turbine for Testing
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (32+ words) Dongfang Electric Corporation has completed the installation of a 26 MW offshore wind turbine, which the Chinese company claims is the world's largest in terms of single-unit capacity and rotor diameter....