
GWEC Urges Faster Offshore Wind Expansion
GWEC says global offshore wind capacity reached 92.5 GW in 2025 and is set for rapid growth, calling for faster permitting and stronger infrastructure investment.

GWEC says global offshore wind capacity reached 92.5 GW in 2025 and is set for rapid growth, calling for faster permitting and stronger infrastructure investment.

Ocean Winds has installed the first turbine at the 500 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, with first power expected in the coming weeks.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Malcom have agreed to jointly develop an eco-friendly Korean-type SOV and pursue AiP certification to support the growing offshore wind sector.

BW Offshore has completed the interim performance test for FPSO BW Opal, supporting commissioning progress at Santos’ Barossa LNG project offshore northern Australia.

The 7,500-tonnes jacket for the €4.0 billion Neptun Deep gas project has departed Saipem’s Arbatax yard in Sardinia for installation offshore Romania.

JAPEX confirmed natural gas in part of a reservoir offshore Hokkaido, but the volume does not meet the criteria for immediate commercialization.

Equinor has received Havtil consent to use COSL Promoter for permanent plugging and abandonment work on well 34/7-K-4 HT2 at the Tordis field in the North Sea.

France has opened a major offshore wind tender for eleven projects across Normandy, Brittany, the South Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, combining seven floating and four fixed-bottom sites with more than 10 GW of planned capacity.

DEME’s jack-up vessel Norse Wind has installed the first 15 MW turbine at RWE’s Nordseecluster A project in the German North Sea, where 44 Vestas turbines are planned by the end of 2026.
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