Vessel Sector Deep Dive: WTIVs Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Philip Lewis , Contributor Philip Lewis is Director Research at Intelatus Global Partners.... May 1, 2026 Copyright Sergii Figurnyi/AdobeStock The changing global bottom-fixed offshore wind turbine and foundation installation market The last two or three years have seen a change in the underlying stakeholder support for the energy transition, resulting in the energy trilemma being focused more on energy security and affordability than transition, which means a pivot away from renewables to increased support for oil & gas. At the same time, inflation and interest rates have impacted project economics. Needless to say, these factors have impacted the global offshore wind forecast and the supply and demand balance for wind turbine installation and major component exchange (MCE) and foundation installation.. It is not all bad news.  The UK and North Seas European countries are planning to increase offshore wind capacity (to increase energy security and affordability through scale) and advance grid integration (to manage localized offshore wind farm intermittency and stabilize the grid). Poland is advancing its offshore wind agenda. Mediterranean countries will enter the market. The big three EAPAC players (Japan, South Korea and Taiwan) will continue to advance offshore wind auctions and capacity development and will soon be joined by Australia and the Philippines. In North America (NAM) Atlantic Canada is looking to fill some of the hole left by the withdrawal of the USA from offshore wind, South America (SAM) is moving through the gears to establish offshore wind markets, and India (ISC) may soon turn plans into auctions. This ever-changing market has an impact on the wind turbine and foundation installation market, where investment decisions for the latest generation vessels were generally made in more stable and promising times. As a result, utilization could be challenging, impacting day rates