125 results found for 'Five Estuaries offshore wind farm'

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  • 1.1 GW Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Granted Development Consent

    18 December 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm, owned by a consortium led by RWE. Five Estuaries is a proposed extension to the existing, operational 353 MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK and is part of the […]

  • UK Gov’t Pushes Back Ruling on RWE’s Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm

    12 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has extended the deadline by three months for a decision on the development consent order for RWE’s 1.1 GW Five Estuaries offshore wind farm. The statutory deadline for the decision on the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm was 17 September 2025. However, the UK Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, decided to allow an […]

  • Partrac to Deploy Metocean Equipment at North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Area

    10 February 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A metocean survey campaign is set to commence this month at the North Falls offshore wind farm site in the southern North Sea, approximately 40 kilometres off the East Anglian coast. The campaign will be carried out by Partrac, which will use the vessel CT Vector to deploy the metocean equipment at the project site. Mobilisation will […]

  • 100 MW White Cross Floating Wind Farm Granted Full Consent

    7 August 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 100 MW White Cross floating offshore wind farm, developed by Flotation Energy and Cobra, has been granted full onshore and offshore planning approval. The project submitted an application to the North Devon Council and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2023 to construct and operate a floating wind farm and for works to connect […]

  • UK Gov’t and Sumitomo Sign GBP 7.5 Billion Clean Energy Investment Deal

    10 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    The UK government and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding, under which the company plans to invest GBP 7.5 billion (approximately EUR 8.7 billion) into infrastructure and renewable energy projects across the UK by 2035. The investment will be focused on key offshore wind and hydrogen projects, according to the UK government. […]

  • Kent Wins Substation Design Contract for RWE’s UK Offshore Wind Farm Extension Project

    9 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Kent, a global integrated energy services provider, has signed a new contract with Five Estuaries, being led by RWE, for a concept design study of an HVAC offshore substation platform for the offshore wind farm in the UK. Kent’s scope of work comprises conducting the offshore substation topside concept design and support structure foundation assessment […]

  • RWE’s UK Offshore Wind Farm Extension Project Moves Forward

    24 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted RWE’s application for the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm for examination. The final planning decision for the project is expected in the summer of 2025. The project now moves into the pre-examination phase of the consenting process, with the examination phase expected to commence later in the summer and […]

  • Two UK Offshore Wind Farm Extension Projects Sign ‘Good Neighbour Agreement’

    12 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Wind Farm Update

    The North Falls and Five Estuaries offshore wind projects, both extensions to existing offshore wind farms, have signed what is called a “good neighbour agreement” with regard to their connections to the UK grid. The agreement enables closer liaison, information sharing and joint planning, and is a result of feedback gathered through public consultation, which […]

  • SSE and RWE’s North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Extension Project Moves Forward

    26 August 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Development Consent Order (DCO) application of the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm, a 50/50 joint venture between RWE and SSE Renewables, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The project’s DCO application was submitted in July 2024. North Falls now moves into the pre-examination phase of the consenting process for major […]

  • Macquarie to Take Full Ownership of 194 MW Offshore Wind Farms in UK

    18 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Macquarie Asset Management has unveiled its plans to take full control of the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms in the UK by acquiring the remaining stake currently controlled by BlackRock. Macquarie GIG Renewable Energy Fund 1 acquired a 60.75 per cent stake in Lynn and Inner Dowsing in 2016. Now, the company intends […]

  • SSE, Equinor Expected to Submit Dogger Bank D DCO Application in Summer 2026

    9 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Statutory consultation for the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm will open on 10 June, as the co-owners of the project, SSE Renewables and Equinor, are working towards applying for development consent. According to information on the UK Planning Inspectorate’s website, the application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the project is expected to […]

  • Scottish Port Secures EUR 29 Million Investment for Floating Wind Upgrade

    5 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will invest GBP 24.26 million (around EUR 28.81 million) in an upgrade at Kishorn Port that will enable the manufacture of floating wind foundations at the Scottish port. “With the quarry on site, Kishorn Port is ideally suited to concrete manufacturing of floating offshore wind sub-structures, with local content, laydown, marshalling, […]

  • Fugro to Survey Galloper Offshore Wind Extension

    16 July 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has secured a contract to conduct geophysical and environmental site investigations at the Five Estuaries project, the extension of the operational Galloper offshore wind farm. Fugro Mercator has been appointed to carry out the geophysical survey at the UK project, which will start on 5 August and have a duration of approximately 14 weeks. […]

  • London Array Hires James Fisher

    18 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been appointed by London Array to deliver Balance of Plant (BoP) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services covering the wind farm’s next five years of operation.

  • UK: St. Jude Storm Could Halt London Array

    28 October 2013
    Environment

    The world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array could be affected by what is thought to be the worst storm in five years to hit Britain. The U.K. Met Office said that this storm, named after St. Jude, would approach from the Atlantic on path across the southwest and southern Wales before moving north-eastwards […]

  • Spectrum Offshore Wins Five-Year London Array Contract

    5 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Spectrum Offshore has secured a five-year contract to provide combined crew transfer and survey services for the London Array offshore wind farm.

  • Geotechnical Survey on Neart na Gaoithe to Start

    10 December 2013
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power is undertaking planned survey work on the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm site from Thursday December 12th 2013 (earliest) for approximately 26 days. The work relates to the site of the proposed 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm which is located in the outer Forth Estuary approximately 15 km to […]

  • O&M Centre of Excellence to Be Launched in the Humber Region

    3 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the University of Hull have established a collaboration which will see the launch of an offshore wind Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Centre of Excellence in the Humber region, UK.

  • MarineSpace Nets London Array Consents and Licensing Contract

    17 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK consultancy MarineSpace Ltd has won a contract from London Array Limited for the provision of consent and licensing services at the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary.

  • Red7Marine Carrying Out Repair and Maintenance Work at London Array

    29 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Remedial construction works at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm have been launched and will be performed until August 2014. The work is being done at a number of turbines locations. Red7Marine Offshore Ltd is undertaking diving and construction work within the London Array site. Operations will be conducted from the vessel Red7 Reel, a […]

  • Seabed Cone Penetration Tests to Start at Neart na Gaoithe OWF

    4 December 2013
    R&D

    Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited will be carrying out 110 seabed Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, the KIS-ORCA announced on its website. The tests will commence between the 7th and 10th December 2013, and will be completed approximately within 26 days, weather permitting. The Neart na […]

  • RWE Signs Lease Agreements for Four UK Offshore Wind Extensions

    28 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and its project partners have signed lease agreements with The Crown Estate to develop extensions of the Gwynt y Môr, Galloper, Greater Gabbard and Rampion offshore wind farms in the UK. Each proposal has already progressed through the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment stage (HRA), The Crown Estate said. Developers will now be focused on environmental assessments […]

  • Scottish Fire Safety System Provider Bags Contract with Ørsted for Nine Offshore Wind Farms

    13 June 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    Blaze Manufacturing Solutions, a Scotland-based fire safety system provider to the global energy industry, has signed a contract with Ørsted for nine North Sea offshore wind farms. The contract, signed earlier this year, covers fire protection and detection on Ørsted’s offshore wind farms, including Hornsea 1 and Hornsea 2 in the UK, for the next […]

  • Crown Estate Confirms Capacity Boost at Seven Existing Offshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate is proceeding with its Capacity Increase Programme to maximise the potential of existing offshore wind lease areas and add 4.7 GW of renewable energy. According to The Crown Estate, an additional 4.7 GW of renewable energy could be generated from the delivery of the programme by amending existing seabed rights to increase […]

  • Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Project Set For Export Cable Corridor Survey

    23 March 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG), has scheduled an export cable corridor survey for the proposed 1.5 GW offshore wind project. The offshore geophysical survey will be conducted over a 3.5-month period, beginning on 26 March and ending on 15 July 2022. Marine surveyor GeoXYZ will deploy […]

  • Renewables Industry Welcomes Government’s Vote of Confidence (UK)

    30 November 2011
    Authorities

    RenewableUK, the renewable energy trade association, has welcomed a series of Government announcements giving strong support to the renewables sector. At a business conference in London, the Prime Minister David Cameron declared: “I see offshore wind as a significant energy and industrial opportunity for the UK, and one that I am determined to seize”. He […]