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Siemens Energy results highlight mixed performance at Siemens Gamesa
- Category: Company News
Siemens Energy has issued its fourth-quarter and full-year figures for 2025. The group highlighted further progress in the integration of the turbine business and noted that quality and cost-improvement measures are taking effect.
Haskoning to deliver EIA for Gwynt Glas floating offshore wind farm
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Gwynt Glas, selected in June as a preferred bidder in Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5, has appointed Haskoning to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessment and the Habitats Regulations Assessment. As lead EIA consultant, Haskoning will examine potential impacts on natural, heritage, human and built environments throughout the project’s life cycle.
Nexans vessel progresses at Norwegian yard
- Category: Company News
Nexans has marked a key stage in the build of its new cable laying vessel Nexans Electra with the launch of the vessel from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft in Norway. The shipyard phase has seen the structure progress from an empty steel hull to a vessel with all internal systems installed.
David Flood appointed head of Vattenfall’s offshore wind unit
- Category: Company News
Vattenfall has named David Flood as Head of its Business Unit Offshore Wind, effective 2 March 2026. He joins from Statkraft, where he led the company’s offshore wind operations. Flood has 20 years’ experience in the fossil-free energy sector, covering offshore and onshore wind, solar, hydropower and grid services.
Study examines offshore sector coupling to reduce German North Sea grid costs
- Category: Industry News
The report Efficient integration of mixed connection concepts for offshore wind and hydrogen production, written by Frontier Economics for Aqua Ventus, assesses how combining offshore wind connections with hydrogen production and pipeline transport could help lower the cost of integrating future wind capacity in the German North Sea. Germany’s statutory 70 GW offshore wind target for 2045 is analysed, alongside a more conservative 55 GW scenario.
WindEurope highlights options for managing decommissioned wind turbine blades
- Category: Industry News
An increasing number of wind turbines are approaching the end of their operational lifetime. Europe has 290 GW of wind capacity, and around 80 GW will reach the end of their theoretical operating life by 2030, although many turbines will continue to run. Some will be taken out of service, raising the question of how to manage blade materials. WindEurope’s new circularity hub presents current approaches to reuse, repurpose, recycle and recover blades once they are decommissioned.
ZX MS supports Invenergy in Scotland with multi-site wind measurement campaigns
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Clean energy developer Invenergy has contracted ZX Measurement Services (ZX MS) to conduct 12-month wind measurement campaigns across multiple sites in Scotland. The campaigns have been supported through the provision of ground-based ZX 300 wind Lidar rental and the rental of ZX Power, ZX MS’s remote power solution, designed specifically to enable autonomous operation in off-grid locations.
Ørsted and Luxcara sign agreement on Osonic low-noise installation technology
- Category: Product News
Ørsted has established its new technology platform Osonic and signed a preferred supplier agreement with Luxcara for its low-noise monopile installation method. This is the first such agreement for the jetting-based system and marks its initial step towards wider commercial use.
Cornwall Marine Network marks 5,000 new jobs milestone
- Category: Industry News
Cornwall Marine Network has reached a regional milestone with the creation of 5,000 new jobs in the marine sector. The organisation supports marine businesses in Cornwall through innovation services, training, apprenticeships and access to grant funding.
Leading Light Wind project in New Jersey cancelled by developers
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Legal counsel for the Leading Light Wind offshore project has informed the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities that the project will not proceed. The letter, filed on 7 November, cited persistent challenges including supply chain issues, equipment and vendor difficulties, and evolving regulatory requirements.
- Vestas to cut 900 office roles amid efficiency review
- Seatrium reports steady offshore wind progress in third quarter 2025
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Norfund form partnership on Mulilo
- Saipem introduces LiSa Hyper Harness for improved site safety
- Solar Stewardship Initiative and Global Wind Energy Council collaborate on renewable supply chain standards
- FairWind adds new regional sales managers for UK and Ireland
- Crown Estate Scotland joins EMEC and West of Orkney Windfarm in offshore wind research partnership
- Registration opens for 2026 Measnet Power Performance Proficiency Test
- Global floating wind capacity rises 13% in one year
- Nordex receives turbine orders from DenkerWulf in Germany
- Eneco selects Deutsche Windtechnik for Prinses Amalia wind park maintenance
- Van Oord completes first monopile installations at Nordseecluster A
- Enercon transports turbine components by push barge for the first time
- REFRESH project develops blade section using recycled materials
- Ilmatar completes Pahkakoski wind farm in Finland
- MunmuBaram completes marine traffic safety review for offshore wind project
- Brazil invites investment in first offshore wind pilot project
- Wolfspeed and Hopewind collaborate on silicon carbide wind power converter
- Mooreast begins feasibility studies for up to 500 MW of renewables in Timor-Leste
- DNV forecasts delayed decarbonisation but long-term wind and solar resurgence in North America
- RWE completes foundation installation at Thor offshore wind farm
- Iberdrola to help develop VNI West transmission link in Australia
- Palfinger supplies electric cranes for Bałtyk offshore wind farms
- Shell ends plans for Scottish offshore wind farms
- Global wind power growth accelerates in first half of 2025
- SSE approves 52 MW of new onshore wind projects in southern Europe
- Flender launches REVO, a high-torque drive concept for wind turbines
- German wind industry and grid operators call for offshore wind reform
- ORE Catapult to test main bearing for Ming Yang Smart Energy 18.5 MW turbine
- ARB Wind awarded multi-year inspection and maintenance contract at NnG offshore wind farm
