Ignitis Renewables gets new chief executive

24 Jul, 2025

Bureau Veritas Ignitis Group subsidiary Ignitis Renewables has appointed Frank Oomen as its new chief executive officer. Oomen is a senior executive with a strong track record in renewables with over 15 years of leadership experience in var...

US policy shift forces Equinor to book $1bn US offshore wind impairment

24 Jul, 2025

Norwegian energy major Equinor has recorded a $995m impairment on its US offshore wind ventures, regardless of US president Donald Trump allowing the construction of the $5bn Empire Wind project to restart. Equinor said that the write-down ...

Malta receives three bids for its first offshore wind concession

23 Jul, 2025

Three submissions were submitted in Malta’s initial call for the development of the country’s first offshore wind project. Two consortia and a Greek company made submissions in a preliminary qualification questionnaire for Malta’s first off...

Van Oord orders pair of rock installation vessels in China

22 Jul, 2025

Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord has placed an order for two next-generation subsea rock installation (SRI) vessels as it looks to expand capacity and improve environmental performance in support of growing offshore energy infrastructure ...

RTE picks ABL for work on French 600MW offshore wind farm

22 Jul, 2025

Landinfra Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to French transmission system operator RTE for the installation of the grid infrastructure at the A03 Dunkirk offshore ...

Cadeler locks in $245m charter for newest turbine installation unit

20 Jul, 2025

Cadeler Denmark-based offshore wind vessel player Cadeler has taken early delivery of the newbuild jackup vessel and secured the units’ first long-term contract — a €210m ($245m) deal with turbine maker Vestas. The BW Group and Scorpio-back...

Vard books contract for two hybrid CSOVs

20 Jul, 2025

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has secured a contract to design and build two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for an unnamed international customer. The order is valued between €100m ($116m) and €200m ($232m) and includes an opt...

New York cancels offshore wind power line project due to Trump ban

18 Jul, 2025

White House Archives New York’s Public Service Commission has stopped the project that would bring offshore wind power to New York City. Gas and electric utility customers would pay for the costs of the transmission lines to transport wind ...