RWE has signed a capacity reservation agreement with the German company Steelwind Nordenham, for the production of up to 300 monopile foundations for its future offshore wind projects in Europe. Under the agreement, Steelwind will reserve capacity at its German monopile production facility in Nordenham for 320,000 tonnes of steel,…

Belgium-headquartered Sarens has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) framework agreement with Empire Energy Partners’ Offshore Division to support the development of offshore wind projects in the US. The collaboration, which combines Empire Energy’s engineering, procurement, and construction capabilities with Sarens’ knowledge in large-scale heavy lifting and transport, aims to…

UK-headquartered BMT, in partnership with shipbuilder Strategic Marine, has unveiled a new hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) design, the StratCat35. Source: BMT The StratCat35, which made its debut at WindEnergy Hamburg, is 35 metres in length and offers an expansive deck area, significantly improving storage capacity and enhancing operational versatility…

Denmark’s Cadeler has signed firm contracts with Polenergia and Equinor for the installation of wind turbines at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. Following the vessel reservation agreements made in May 2024 with the Equinor-Polenergia joint venture, Cadeler has finalized firm contracts to install 100…

Skyborn Renewables has become Ørsted’s joint venture partner on the South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind offshore wind farms in the US as Skyborn’s parent company, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), acquired Eversource Energy’s 50 per cent ownership share in the two projects. Eversource initiated a strategic review of its offshore…

Macquarie Asset Management is set to acquire 100 ownership of Ziton, a Denmark-based provider of operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the offshore wind industry. Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, advised by Macquarie Asset Management, has entered into a share purchase agreement with funds advised by Permira Credit and other…

Cadeler has signed a Vessel Reservation Agreement (VRA) for a pipeline of offshore wind projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Illustration; Source: Cadeler The VRA secures the availability of one of Cadeler’s two newbuild M-Class wind turbine installation vessels for two projects in the Asia-Pacific market. The aggregate potential value to…

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has postponed the lease sale for offshore wind areas in federal waters off Oregon. The US federal agency said on 27 September the auction was being delayed due to insufficient bidder interest. BOEM issued the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for two lease…

Saitec Offshore Technologies, in collaboration with RWE and Kansai Electric Power, has been awarded the final prototype certification for the DemoSATH floating wind project by Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV). Credit: Saitec Offshore Technologies The final prototype certification of DemoSATH2MU by BV confirms that a comprehensive set of standards…

China’s Dajin Heavy Industry has started manufacturing monopile foundations for the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm project in the German Baltic Sea. Dajin Heavy Industries Dajin is tasked with manufacturing ten monopile foundations for the project, the company said in a social media post. Located in the Baltic Sea…