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May 26, 2025
Dutch Wind Energy, Maritime Trade Organisations Merging
HHWE
NMT-IRO

Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) and NMT-IRO, an organisation established by the Netherlands Maritime Technology and the Association of Dutch Suppli...

Photo: The Gemini offshore wind farm in the Netherlands; Photo source: Gemini Wind Park
 
May 22, 2025
Sleipnir Lowers Hollandse Kust West Beta Topside Into Place
TenneT
RWE
Heerema Marine Contractors

Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Sleipnir, has installed the topside for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Beta substation platform in the Netherl...

Photo: Source: TenneT; Credit: Flying Focus
 
May 19, 2025
APT Global Supplies Equipment for Van Oord’s Offshore Installation Vessel Boreas
Van Oord
Boreas
APT Global Marine & Offshore Engineering

The UAE-headquartered APT Global Marine & Offshore Engineering has delivered a monopile upend hinge and sea fastening system for Van Oord’s offshore i...

Photo: Source: APT Global
 
May 15, 2025
Sif Officially Opens Monopile Mega-Factory, New Facility Already Rolled Out 30 Empire Wind 1 Foundations
Sif
monopiles
Ecowende

Dutch offshore wind foundation manufacturer, Sif, officially opened its expanded factory at Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, on 14 May. Inaugurated by the Dut...

Photo: Photo: Sif
 
May 6, 2025
Shell and Google Power Deal Extends Life of Netherlands’ First Offshore Wind Farm
NordzeeWind
Shell
Google

Shell and Google have signed a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the electricity generated at the 108 MW NordzeeWind project, extending the...

Photo: Illustration; Egmond an Zee offshore wind farm, owned by Shell through NordzeeWind; Photo source: NordzeeWind
 
April 30, 2025
Dutch Gov’t Adjusts North Sea Offshore Wind Plans to Preserve Fisheries
Dutch Fishermen's Association
Dutch Government

The Dutch government has revised its offshore wind plans, scaling back its targets and eliminating one proposed development zone to allow greater acce...

Photo: Eneco; Illustration
 
April 24, 2025
N-Sea Lands Another Cable Repair Contract for 576 MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm
N-Sea
Gwynt y Môr

The Dutch company, N-Sea Group, has been awarded a contract to repair one of the four export cables that connect the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind...

Photo: Source: N-Sea Group
 
April 23, 2025
Vestas Red Turbine Blades to Be Tested for Bird Safety at Hollandse Kust West VI Wind Farm
Vestas
Ecowende
Hollandse Kust West Site VI

A new trial will be launched at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to test whether red blades improve visibility...

Photo: Source: Ecowende
 
April 22, 2025
Two Injured as OSV Glomar Venture Hits Offshore Wind Turbine in Dutch North Sea
Glomar
Glomar Venture

The offshore supply vessel (OSV) Glomar Venture has hit the base of an offshore wind turbine in the Dutch North Sea, leaving two crewmen injured in th...

Photo: Source: The Royal Dutch Sea Rescue Society (KNRM
 
April 22, 2025
BorWin Epsilon Converter Platform En Route to German North Sea
TenneT
Siemens Energy
BorWin5

The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Pue...

Photo: Source: Dragados Offshore via LinkedIn
 
April 18, 2025
TenneT Establishing New Funding Structure to Separate Dutch, German Ops Into Two Standalone Companies
TenneT

TenneT Holding is setting up a new funding structure to facilitate the separation of its Dutch and German operations by establishing two standalone co...

Photo: TenneT; BorWin Beta platform
 
April 16, 2025
Fugro Realigns Americas Ops Amid Offshore Wind Slowdown and Market Uncertainty
Fugro

Dutch Fugro has realigned its operations in the Americas by reducing its workforce and scaling back operations due to expected lower revenues caused b...

Photo: Source: Fugro