Australia-based offshore wind and renewable energy investor Macquire is reportedly considering the sale of its offshore wind portfolio company Corio Generation. Reuters reported on 1 October[1] that Macquarie had engaged advisors for a potential sale of Corio, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. OffshoreWIND.biz reached out to Corio Generation…

Vattenfall has signed a multi-year framework contract with Van Oord for the charter of the jack-up vessel, MPI Resolution, which has allowed the company to expand its offshore turbine servicing capabilities. According to Vattenfall, the contract guarantees the vessel’s availability for several months each year, mainly during the peak maintenance…

Ørsted is expected to soon launch a tender for a walk-to-work (W2W) vessel for one of the offshore wind projects in Poland the company owns in partnership with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. According to a recently issued early notice, notifying about the qualification system that will be used for the…

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…