RWE has announced the upcoming start of the site investigation survey work for its Canopy Offshore Wind Farm (Canopy) project off the coast of Northern California. This is a key milestone in the development of RWE’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm.

In a sign of the continuing growth and maturity of the offshore wind industry in the United States, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) conducted an inspection at the South Fork Wind project, the bureau’s first inspection of an operational offshore wind turbine in US waters.

Consenting for the combined 2 GW Ayre and Bowdun Offshore Wind Farms is underway.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of its final Environmental Assessment (EA), which considers possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind developments off the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia coasts, including site assessment and site characterization activities such as geophysical, geological, and archaeological surveys. The EA concluded that there would be no significant impacts from lease issuance.

Revolution Wind is marking the completed construction of the project’s union-built advanced foundation components, the latest milestone for Rhode Island and Connecticut's first large-scale offshore wind farm and the first multi-state offshore wind farm in the nation.

Zeevonk, a joint venture of Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its Energy Transition Fund, has been awarded a permit to build wind farm IJmuiden Ver Beta in the Netherlands. This 2 GW offshore wind project will include a 50 MWp floating offshore solar farm on site and a new electrolyzer at the Port of Rotterdam which will convert electricity of IJmuiden Ver to green hydrogen.

The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub announced its selection of the 2024 companies that will receive support to further develop their ideas and advance offshore wind’s potential in New York.

COWI, a leading international engineering consulting group, celebrates a significant milestone in the offshore wind development of Empire Wind 1, located in the New York Bight. Contracted by Equinor to design wind turbine foundations, COWI North America, which is headquartered in New York with offices across North America, has achieved approval from the Certified Verification Agent DNV for its work on the Empire Wind 1 project.

SLPE reports that their OSS substructure design for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (west Beta) project has been installed and is standing proudly in the North Sea. This significant achievement underscores SLPE’s crucial role in the success of the project, reflecting their commitment to engineering excellence.

GE Vernova Inc. and Seatrium Limited (Seatrium) have announced that, they have been awarded a third contract by TenneT TSO B.V. (TenneT) for the construction of a 2-gigawatt (GW) High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electric offshore transmission system in the Netherlands. The project is slated to begin in June 2024, with commissioning expected by 2031.

Norway’s Ministry of Energy announces three areas in the North Sea for companies to apply for exploration license’s related to CO2-storage on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Equinor has announced the execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the renewable power generated by the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project.

Moreld, a multi-disciplinary engineering group serving top-tier customers in offshore energy and marine industries, has announced they have entered into an agreement with HitecVision to acquire Ocean Installer, a leading provider of marine construction and offshore energy solutions.

Ocean Winds, the international company dedicated to offshore wind energy and created as a 50-50 joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, confirms DEME’s installation vessel Innovation has successfully installed the îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm’s very first foundation.

Ampelmann, the global offshore access specialist, has signed a major contract with Seaway7 to supply an E5000 gangway to support the construction of a major US coast offshore wind project.

The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has announced new partnerships between its SupplyRI initiative and two offshore wind companies, Vineyard Offshore and Avangrid.