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Alpha Wind conducts first offshore tests of DragonSky blade pitch control system
- Category: Product News
Alpha Wind has completed its first offshore mission on the Saint-Nazaire wind farm to test its DragonSky blade pitch control system. The trials aimed to evaluate the system’s performance under real operating conditions.
Enercon launches Wind+ Storage for hybrid energy projects
- Category: Product News
Enercon has introduced its Wind+ Storage concept, combining wind farms with battery energy storage systems for the German market. The solution integrates storage and a hybrid controller into new or existing wind farms, aiming to support grid stability and open additional revenue streams.
Vestas secures 217 MW in Argentina
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Vestas has received two orders in Argentina totalling 217 MW. The first project, using V162-6.4 MW turbines, has a capacity of 186 MW and will be delivered and commissioned in 2026.
Burgum: no future for US offshore wind under Trump
- Category: Industry News
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said this week that offshore wind has no future under the Trump administration, citing cost and reliability concerns. Speaking at the Gastech conference in Milan, Burgum confirmed that the Department of the Interior is reviewing five offshore wind projects already under construction: Revolution Wind (Rhode Island), Vineyard Wind 1 (Massachusetts), Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind (New York), and Empire Wind (New York).
Global wind market outlook shows steady growth amid challenges
- Category: Industry News
Wood Mackenzie’s Global Wind Power Market Outlook (Q3 2025) projects that global wind capacity will continue to expand strongly over the next decade. The sector is expected to add its second terawatt of capacity by 2030, just seven years after reaching its first terawatt in 2023.
BAM launches research project to optimise offshore monopile foundations
- Category: Product News
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and several industry and research partners have started the three-year OptiMP project. The initiative aims to extend the lifetime of offshore wind monopile foundations while reducing the material and energy required for their production.
US Wind defends offshore project in federal court amid mounting opposition
- Category: Projects and Contracts
US Wind, Inc. is actively defending its multi-phase offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland and Delaware against a federal lawsuit filed by plaintiffs, including the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland. The company, which was awarded Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credits (ORECs) by the state of Maryland in 2017 and 2021, is developing the MarWin and Momentum Wind projects.
Octopus partners with Mingyang in the UK
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Octopus Energy has signed an agreement with Mingyang Smart Energy to cooperate on projects in the UK. The partnership aims to reduce the cost of wind power in the country. As part of the agreement, Octopus will look at applying software for data protection and cyber security alongside Mingyang’s offshore and onshore turbine technology.
Stema Systems expands rental fleet with Sonardyne positioning technology
- Category: Product News
Stema Systems has added Sonardyne’s Mini-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) tracking system and several Wideband Sub Mini 6+ (WSM 6+) transponders to its rental pool. The Netherlands-based survey equipment specialist plans to grow its fleet of Sonardyne technologies to support offshore projects.
Huisman to supply 2,600mt Leg Encircling Crane to Hanwha Ocean
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Huisman has received a contract from Hanwha Ocean for the design and construction of a 2,600mt Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). Hanwha Ocean, formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, has now awarded Huisman its third order of this type, following two identical cranes for wind turbine installation vessels being built for Cadeler.
- Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm starts construction of O&M base at Montrose Port
- Usens joins MEASNET as 30th member in Site Assessment competence area
- Iberdrola to increase stake in Neoenergia to 84%
- Buss Energy and Nordex partner on Liftra self-hoisting crane services
- BMW and E.ON launch Vehicle-to-Grid solution in Germany
- Ocean Winds installs first foundation at Dieppe – Le Tréport offshore wind farm
- Trianel starts construction of first wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Study highlights benefits of coordinated lifetime extension for German offshore wind farms
- Nordex wins order for 47.6 MW wind farm in Austria
- FairWind appoints Regional Head of Service for SESA region
- Aspen floating wind project submits offshore consent applications
- OX2 hands over 27 MW wind farm in Italy
- Bio-UV develops containerised ballast water treatment for floating wind
- SeaMe project tests new monitoring technologies at Kaskasi offshore wind farm
- Van Oord completes array cable installation at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
- Onyx Insight acquires UK blade monitoring company Eleven I
- European Energy sells 33 MW wind portfolio in Germany
- deugro delivers 58 kilometres of HVAC subsea cables for Cyclades IV interconnector
- Rhode Island and Connecticut challenge federal halt of Revolution Wind project
- Bernhard Schulte Offshore takes delivery of second CSOV
- Vaisala introduces WindCube 2.1 XP lidar
- RWE forms partnership with Apollo for Amprion stake funding
- Vestas receives 86 MW order from WestfalenWIND in Germany
- Nordex receives a new order for 71 MW in Portugal
- NKT to supply power cable link for Bornholm Energy Island in Denmark
- Gjenkraft secures funding for commercial wind blade recycling plant
- Construction begins on IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore platform jacket
- Wind development slows as US clean power growth stalls
- Federal filing challenges approval of Avangrid’s New England Wind project
- Vestas takes over Goleniów blade factory in Poland from LM Wind Power
