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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
ScottishPower Renewables has started onshore construction for its 1,400 MW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. The initial focus of the East Anglia Three construction programme will be on the onshore converter station at Bramford in Suffolk – in partnership with Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions – and along the cable route, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Seaway 7 ASA, part of the Subsea 7 Group, has signed a letter of exclusivity, and is finalising a preferred bidder supply chain agreement with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. East Anglia THREE is located approximately 70 kilometres from shore in the Southern North Sea and is […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Cadeler has signed a Vessel Reservation Agreement with ScottishPower Renewables for the transportation and installation of 95 wind turbines for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm. In February 2021, ScottishPower Renewables selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred bidder to supply and install 14+ MW wind turbines on East Anglia Hub, including East Anglia Three, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
NKT has signed a turnkey contract with ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola, for the production and installation of the export power cables for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind project in the UK. Under the contract, NKT will be responsible for the design and manufacturing of the 320 kV DC export […]
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Environment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels
ScottishPower and Hutchison Ports are exploring the opportunity to develop, build and operate a multi-hundred MW green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain’s busiest container port. Plans are being developed to use green hydrogen for onshore purposes, such as road, rail, and industrial use, with the potential to create liquid forms, such […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The UK Government has awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to five offshore wind projects at a strike price of GBP 37.35/MWh each. One of the five offshore projects, which have a total generation capacity of 7 GW, is Ørsted’s Hornsea Three, for which the developer says is the world’s single biggest offshore wind farm. The […]
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Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
All 99 contracts offered through the fourth Allocation Round (AR4) of the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme have now been signed and returned to Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC). A total of 93 individual projects across Britain will now proceed to work with LCCC to meet the contractual milestones specified in the CfD, […]
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Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards has revealed it is developing a new vessel class that will be capable of supporting the growing floating offshore wind industry. Damen has cited forecasts which indicate that by 2050 over 200 GW or around 13,500 units of new floating offshore wind turbines will be in operation, and given the size of […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
The 1.4 GW East Anglia 3 offshore wind project has successfully qualified for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Round 4 auction in the UK and is awaiting the opening of the bidding phase in the second quarter of the year, Iberdrola said. The eligibility window for the auction opened on 13 December 2021 and closed […]
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Environment, Wind Farm Update
Poland’s PGE Baltica, a PGE Group company, has entered the stage of environmental surveys for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm located approximately 80 kilometres from the Polish Baltic coast. The research will be carried out by a consortium of the Gdynia Maritime University and MEWO S.A., which will also prepare an environmental report and […]
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Technology, Wind Farm Update
Marine Power Systems (MPS) and WavEC, one of the co-managers of the Aguçadoura test site offshore Viana do Castelo, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on deploying MPS modular floating platform technology, PelaFlex, at the Portuguese test site. The news comes shortly after MPS signed a collaboration agreement with RWE which will, inter alia, […]
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The European Union’s Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council has agreed on raising targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, and has also endorsed accelerated permitting procedures for renewable energy projects. The Council has, among other things, proposed an an obligation for the Member States to have a cross border pilot project within three years and, […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, has granted development consent to ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind farms. East Anglia One North, located 36 kilometres from its nearest point to the Port of Lowestoft, could consist of up to 67 turbines to […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The decision on the development consent applications for East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind farms is scheduled to be made on 31 March, after the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy set a new deadline in December 2021. The new Development Consent Order (DCO) deadline was set after […]
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Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology
15 Basque companies led by Saitec Offshore Technologies have launched the FLOAT&M project to research and develop new solutions to improve operations & maintenance (O&M) of floating offshore wind farms. The project kicked off in 2021 and was officially launched this week during the WindEurope Bilbao event. The three-year project is financed by the Basque […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
A preliminary meeting of a panel forming the Examining Authority (ExA) for East Anglia Three’s Development Consent Order (DCO) application will be held on 28 June, to discuss the examination procedure. On 29 June, an Issue Specific Hearing will be held, relating to the definition of the project and draft Development Consent Order (DCO) matters. The application was […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
On 28 March, the UK Planning Inspectorate issued a report of recommendation on the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark, who now has three months to issue a decision.
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
ScottishPower Renewables has received planning approval from the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark MP, for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm with an output capacity of up to 1,200MW.
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
The UK Planning Inspectorate has completed the examination of the application for an order granting development consent for the 1.2GW East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm. The findings and conclusions arising from the examination, together with a recommendation from the Examining Authority (ExA) panel, will be sent to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has approved the increase in the maximum generating capacity of the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project from 1,200MW to 1,400MW. The Secretary of State has also approved the requests made by East Anglia Three Limited for the number of gravity base foundations at the […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark, has set a new deadline for deciding on the East Anglia THREE application.
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The UK Planning Inspectorate has set out a timetable for the examination of the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm application and issued procedural decisions made after the Preliminary Meeting, held on 28 June. The application was submitted by ScottishPower Renewables in November 2015 and accepted for examination the following month. A panel forming the Examining Authority […]
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Authorities, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update
ScottishPower Renewables has applied for a non-material change to the East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017 which would allow the project to take advantage of advancing technologies and deliver a reduction in levelised energy costs. The application, submitted by East Anglia Three Limited, seeks to reduce the number of offshore substations from six […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has completed a contract with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm. OWC supported site investigation, preliminary foundation analysis, risk appraisal and turbine layout assessment for the 1.2GW project, and found that the project has a potential for significant savings.
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East Anglia THREE Limited, a subsidiary of East Anglia Offshore Wind and a joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, has announced dates of Public Information Days being held as part of the formal consultation process for the proposed East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm. The development of up to 1,200 megawatts (MW) is the […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
ScottishPower Renewables is planning to combine the East Anglia One North, East Anglia Two and East Anglia Three offshore wind projects into one single delivery program known as the East Anglia Hub. The three projects will produce 3.1GW of renewable energy and will be procured together to leverage their scale with a continuous installation program, […]
