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  • Ørsted Divests Remaining Stake in London Array for EUR 829 Million

    24 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has signed an agreement with funds managed by Schroders Greencoat to divest its remaining 25 per cent minority interest in the London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. The total value of the transaction is GBP 717 million (approximately EUR 829 million). Ørsted originally owned 50 per cent of the project and divested […]

  • Cadeler Inks Hornsea 3 Foundation Installation Deal

    1 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark-based Cadeler has signed an agreement with its compatriot Ørsted to carry out the installation of turbine foundations at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The project will be Cadeler’s first use of its F-class foundation installation vessel that is being built by COSCO Heavy Industries in China. Offshore installation for the […]

  • Heerema Secures Hornsea 3 Offshore Installation Contract

    15 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Aibel has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to transport and install two HVDC offshore converter platforms for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The work will include transporting and installing two jacket foundations, eight skirt piles, and two topsides. The contract was signed after Ørsted was allocated a Contract for Difference (CfD) by […]

  • BREAKING: Ørsted Receives Development Consent for 2.6 GW Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm

    13 July 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent to Hornsea Project Four, a 2.6 GW offshore wind farm Ørsted plans to build some 69 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast. The UK government, in a press release issued on 12 July, stated that Hornsea Four was the 126th Nationally […]

  • UK CfD Round 4 Offshore Wind Projects Power Forward

    3 August 2022
    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, […]

  • Caribbean Island Starts Offshore Surveys with Plan for Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Production

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Power-to-X, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July, follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

  • Take a 360° Tour of World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm in Operation

    5 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Located some 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast, the UK, the 1.3 GW Hornsea Two comprises 165 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines and is currently the world’s largest fully commissioned offshore wind farm. Developed by Ørsted, the wind farm has been in full operation since August 2022. Take the virtual reality tour to experience […]

  • CIP, COP Propose to Build Multi-Billion-Dollar Wind Project Offshore Bangladesh

    14 July 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) have submitted an investment proposal to the Government of Bangladesh to develop a commercial, utility-scale offshore wind project valued at USD 1.3 billion off the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Once implemented, the project, with an initial capacity of 500 MW, will be the first […]

  • A Win for Coexistence in North Sea | BP and Ørsted Reach Agreement on Offshore Wind-CCS Project Overlap Area

    26 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and BP have reached an agreement on the previously disputed overlap area between the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm and the Endurance carbon storage site, developed by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) that gathers BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies. Quick overview: Ørsted submitted an application for the development consent order (DCO) for the 2.6 GW […]

  • Portugal Zooms In on Three Offshore Wind Areas with 3.5 GW Capacity for Upcoming Auction

    14 July 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    An inter-ministerial working group on offshore wind set up by the Portuguese government as part of the process of organising the country’s first offshore wind tender has narrowed down the initially identified areas to three that would be offered for development later this year. As reported at the beginning of this year, the working group […]

  • GL Garrad Hassan Offshore Experts Chosen for SMart Wind’s ‘Hornsea’ Zone

    5 November 2010

    SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured grid connection for the first two 500MW […]

  • TRIG, Equitix Acquire Stake in Hornsea One

    18 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) and Equitix have partnered to acquire a minority stake in the 1.2 GW Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The acquisition was backed by investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners Ltd (InfraRed) and operations manager Renewable Energy Systems (RES). The transaction is expected to […]

  • Lightning Strike Caused Hornsea One Production Cut – Report

    20 August 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The reduction in the energy supply from the Hornsea One offshore wind farm on 9 August was caused by a lightning strike, an initial report from National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) has revealed. Following the lighting strike, Hornsea One immediately de-loaded from 799MW to 62MW, the report said. The wind farm lost modules 2 […]

  • Ørsted to Sell Half of Hornsea Two This Year, Omicron Causing Slight Delay in Full Commissioning

    2 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted will sell 50 per cent of its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK and expects to close the 1.3 GW project farm-down this year, the company said in its 2021 annual results. Putting the project in full operation will be slightly delayed due to the impact of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 on […]

  • Pupils Name Offshore Wind Farms at Hornsea Round 3 Zone, UK

    13 September 2012

    Smart Wind has declared the winners of the competition to name the next individual  wind farms in the Hornsea Round 3 Zone and offshore transmission assets, reports Beverley Guardian. The winners are pupils from Frederick Gough School in Scunthorpe, Hornsea School and Language College in Hornsea, and South Hunsley School in Melton. The award was […]

  • UPDATED: Irish Government Designates 900 MW Area for Next Offshore Wind Auction, Work on Tender Design Underway

    14 July 2023
    Authorities

    NOTE: The original article “Irish Government Designates 700 MW Area for Next Offshore Wind Auction, Work on Tender Design Underway”, published on the 14th of July, has been updated following information from the Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) that the grid capacity available for auction in ORESS 2.1 has been upgraded from […]

  • Final Turbines Head to World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    31 December 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Sea Installer has left the Port of Hull loaded with the last batch of turbine components to be installed at the 1.32 GW Hornsea Two – soon to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. Sea Installer and Sea Challenger have been transporting the wind farm’s 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 […]

  • Ørsted Divesting Half of Hornsea Two for EUR 3.6 Billion

    28 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances for GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, once the […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes into Operation

    31 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has fully commissioned its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two project in the UK, which has now become the world’s largest wind farm in operation, taking over that title from its sibling project, the 1.2 GW Hornsea One. The 1.3 GW offshore wind farm, located 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast, alongside Hornsea One, comprises 165 […]

  • Ørsted Sets Hornsea One Farm-Down Timeframe

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted plans to complete a 50% farm-down of the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm either in the second half of 2018 or in 2019.

  • Ørsted Completes 50 Pct Divestment of World’s Largest Operational Offshore Wind Farm

    30 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has completed the divestment of 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two project, the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. The developer sold half of the project to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts, acting on behalf of clients, and Crédit Agricole Assurances. Ørsted announced the Hornsea Two offshore farm-down in […]

  • SOV Edda Mistral Booked Until September 2024 as Ørsted Extends Its Hornsea One Contract

    2 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Edda Wind and Ørsted have extended their five-year agreement for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral, which is now set to stay on Hornsea One offshore wind farm until the end of August 2024. The SOV has been operating at Hornsea One in the UK since 2018, having started its charter contract with Ørsted […]

  • Boskalis to Install Part of Hornsea One Foundations

    27 October 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy Wind Power A/S has awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster with a contract for the transport and installation of the foundations for a part of the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm located some 120 kilometers off the Yorkshire coast, UK. The transport and installation of the foundations will be executed by Boskalis’ new […]

  • Greencoat Completes Transaction to Acquire 12.5 Pct of Hornsea One

    26 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Greencoat UK Wind has completed its acquisition of a net 12.5 per cent stake in the Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK, currently the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. Greencoat announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the stake on 16 May 2022 and said the buy-in will be funded […]

  • Ørsted Contracts Havfram for Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Turbine Installation

    21 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has selected Havfram Wind for the installation of wind turbines at its Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK. The Norwegian company will be using one of its newly built jack-ups for the work, which is scheduled to start in autumn 2026. The 2,852 MW Hornsea Three – which, according to Ørsted, is […]

  • First Power Flows from World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

    20 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Hornsea Two, soon to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation, has generated its first power, Ørsted, the owner and developer of the project, said. When fully operational, Hornsea 2’s 165 8 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines will be capable of generating 1.32 GW of clean electricity – taking the title of ‘world’s […]