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  • 80 Turbines Installed at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    15 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Eighty wind turbines have been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, where 100 units of the Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD model will be installed for a total capacity of 1.4 GW. The vessel deployed for the work, Cadeler’s Wind Peak, installed the first wind turbine […]

  • Two Thirds of Sofia Wind Turbines Installed

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

    Seventy wind turbines have been installed at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, according to a Notice to Mariners recently issued by the project team. The first of the project’s 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines was installed in March 2025, and the work reached the halfway mark in September last […]

  • All Recyclable Blades Installed at RWE’s 1.4 GW UK Offshore Wind Farm

    10 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 150 recyclable blades have been installed at the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, with more than half of the wind turbines now in place at the UK construction site. All 150 recyclable blades are now installed, 50 sets of three blades, one set per turbine, marking the UK’s first large-scale use of this […]

  • Utermöhlen Leaving RWE, Current CTO to Take Offshore Wind Helm

    6 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Industry

    RWE has announced changes to the management board of its offshore wind business, with CEO Sven Utermöhlen set to leave the company on 30 September 2026. Utermöhlen will not renew his contract and will step down at his own request, after which he will continue to advise RWE’s offshore wind division for a period of […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Wind Turbine with CO2-Reduced Steel Tower and Recyclable Blades Installed Offshore Denmark

    9 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Waters off Denmark’s west coast are now home to what RWE says is the world’s first offshore wind turbine featuring a CO2‑reduced steel tower and recyclable rotor blades. The 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction some 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland, will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD […]

  • Half of Wind Turbines Up at RWE’s New UK Offshore Wind Farm

    29 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    More than half of the total 100 wind turbines are now in place at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The project’s SG 14-222 DD wind turbines are being installed by Cadeler’s vessel Wind Peak, which put the first turbine in place in March. Wind Peak, operating from the port of Hull, is carrying components […]

  • Drilling Contractor Secures Jack-Up Contract for UK Offshore Wind Farm

    28 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Transition, Vessels

    [CORRECTION NOTE: The article initially implied that the jack-up rig would be deployed on Dogger Bank Wind Farm for GE Vernova. The updated article notes two projects in the UK North Sea in which GE Vernova is currently engaged: Sofia and Dogger Bank Wind Farm.] Valaris has been awarded a contract for one of its […]

  • Van Oord Wraps Up Inter-Array Cable Installation at UK’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    9 September 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometres of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines to the project’s offshore converter […]

  • UK Port Unveils GBP 150 Million Offshore Wind Expansion Plan

    16 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne, located in the northeast of England, has unveiled its plans to add 400 metres of deep-water quayside to support offshore renewables, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. The Port of Tyne is investing GBP 150 million (approximately EUR 173 million) to transform 230 acres into the Tyne Clean Energy Park, a move […]

  • Half of Siemens Gamesa Recyclable Blades Installed at 1.4 GW Sofia Wind Project

    21 August 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has installed 50 per cent of the recyclable blades at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, with the turbine manufacturer continuing installation throughout the rest of the year. According to RWE, the company and Siemens Gamesa have achieved the first-ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades at a UK offshore wind farm. […]

  • RWE Opens ‘Grimsby Hub’ for Offshore Wind Operations and Maintenance

    11 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE officially opened its ‘Grimsby Hub’ offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in the UK on 9 July. From the new O&M base, located at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Grimsby, RWE’s teams will maintain and operate the Triton Knoll and Sofia offshore wind farms. The Grimsby Hub also houses RWE’s new UK […]

  • Van Oord Installs All Monopiles at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Project

    15 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 100 monopile foundations have been installed at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm site, located 195 kilometres off the northeast coast of the UK. The achievement concludes a 14-month foundation installation campaign carried out by Van Oord as part of a joint engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for both wind turbine […]

  • EEW SPC Ships Final Monopiles for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    18 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The last three monopiles for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK have been loaded at the quay of EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) in Rostock, Germany. According to EEW SPC, a total of 100 monopiles, with weights of 1,143 to 1,521 tonnes and lengths of up to 91.8 metres, were loaded onto […]

  • 11 Turbines, 76 Foundations In Place at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    14 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Eleven wind turbines are now standing tall at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK, where the work started in March and will continue until the end of the year. Foundation installation is also underway at the UK project site, with 76 monopile foundations now in place. The 1.4 GW project, developed by […]

  • Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Applies For Generation Licence

    27 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Swindon-based Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited has made an application to the UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority for an electricity generation licence.

  • CHC Helicopter to Transport Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Crew During Construction

    9 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    RWE has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopter for crew change support at the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. According to CHC Helicopter, this is the first time RWE has contracted a helicopter service during the construction phase of an […]

  • Sofia Gets Electricity Generation Licence

    19 June 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority has granted an electricity generation licence to Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited.

  • RWE to Build Sofia Offshore Wind Farm out of Port of Blyth

    21 December 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed up Port of Blyth as an offshore construction base for its 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. Commissioned in December 2000, Blyth was home to the UK’s first offshore wind turbine pilot project, operated at the time by E.ON Climate and Renewables, whose activities have since become part of RWE. Turning full […]

  • Survey Soon to Start on 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Site

    25 May 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A 3D seismic survey will soon start on the Sofia offshore wind farm array site off the east coast of the UK. The 3D seismic survey will consist of towed survey equipment approximately 100 metres in length within the offshore wind farm array site. The survey operations, conducted by GEOxyz’s MV Geo Ocean 3, are […]

  • Installation of Sofia Offshore Substation Coming Up

    7 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir is expected to sail to the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK in a few days to install the project’s HVDC offshore converter platform. According to a recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Sleipnir will start the work on or around 10 August and […]

  • RWE Mulls Stake Sale in 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE plans to sell a stake in its 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm next year, which is currently under construction in the UK. In a press conference call speech published on 15 May, Michael Müller, CFO of RWE AG, said that the company intends to sell stakes in the Sofia offshore wind project next […]

  • 34 Monopiles In at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    4 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord, using its jack-up vessel Aeolus, has installed 34 of the total 100 monopiles at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK, according to a Notice to Mariners issued on 29 October. Aeolus installed the first monopile at the Sofia project site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, in […]

  • SMC Wins Work on Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    9 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has signed a contract to deliver Offshore Resources and Services for RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm during the project’s offshore construction which is scheduled to commence this year. SMC will deliver a turnkey package comprising a range of services, including above-water offshore balance of plant works which includes statutory […]

  • RWE Greenlights GBP 3 Billion Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    24 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has taken the financial investment decision on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm project in the UK. The 100 per cent RWE-owned project represents a total investment of approximately GBP 3 billion (EUR 3.48 billion). The company is now poised to forge ahead with the construction of Sofia, with onshore enabling works due […]

  • RINA Appointed for Cable Quality Assurance on Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    28 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    RWE Renewables has awarded RINA with a contract for Cable Verification Services & OCP (Offshore Converter Platform) construction site quality assurance services for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The offshore wind farm’s 220-kilometre export cable route will house ±320 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea export cables, running from the […]

  • Offshore Construction Begins on RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    4 September 2023
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started on RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea off the northeast coast of the UK. The offshore works are kicking off with the laying of the first section of high voltage direct current (HVDC) export cable which will be done by Prysmian’s Leonardo […]