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  • Top News of the Week, 16 – 22 October 2017

    22 October 2017

    Most read news on Offshore WIND from 16 to 22 October 2017.

  • NNDC Opens Public Consultation on Egmere Development for Offshore Wind (UK)

    23 January 2013
    Authorities

    Public consultation opened on Monday 21 January on North Norfolk District Council’s (NNDC) proposals to designate 28 hectares of land at Egmere, to the west of Walsingham and south of Wells-next-the-Sea, as suitable for companies supporting offshore wind energy schemes off the north Norfolk coast to locate their operations. The council is seeking to establish […]

  • Iberdrola, ScottishPower Chairman Discusses UK Investments with George Osborne MP

    27 September 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Iberdrola and ScottishPower Chairman and CEO Ignacio Galan met yesterday with the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP. The meeting took place in the Treasury in London, where Ignacio Galan outlined Iberdrola’s investment plans and praised the UK’s long track record of a consistent regulatory framework. With the Electricity Market […]

  • Fendercare Marine to Supply Yokohama Fenders to Eastport UK

    8 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Norfolk based Fendercare Marine, one of the world’s foremost suppliers of marine products and services, has won a significant contract to supply Yokohama fenders to Eastport UK, Norfolk’s premier port. The contract, won against strong international competition, is for the supply of 17 Yokohama pneumatic fenders measuring 2.0m x 3.5m to be used at the […]

  • UK: Gardline to Conduct MCZ Surveys

    13 March 2012

    Cefas, executive agency of Defra acting on behalf of the UK Government, has been tasked with delivering a programme of R&D data collection to support implementation of Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) within the UK Continental Shelf. MCZs are intended to conserve or improve the UK marine environment. A number of contracts (LOTs) have been awarded […]

  • Tidal Transit Wins ‘Small Growing Business’ Award

    11 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Tidal Transit has won the ‘Small Growing Business’ section of the 2014 Mayor’s Business Awards. Tidal Transit is one of North Norfolk’s most vibrant small businesses, having built a fleet of three state of the art personnel transfer vessels [PTVs] which are currently on long-term charter to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. A fourth […]

  • East Anglia Offshore Wind Appoints Royal HaskoningDHV as Lead EIA Consultant (UK)

    24 January 2013

    East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), a 50-50 joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, has appointed Royal HaskoningDHV as the lead Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant on two major offshore wind farms – East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR. The appointment comes shortly after a planning application was submitted for the 1,200MW East Anglia […]

  • Petrofac Hired to Design EA1 OSS Substructure

    14 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola Engineering and Construction UK Limited (IEC) has contracted Petrofac to design the offshore substation jacket foundation for the East Anglia ONE (EA1) offshore wind farm in tandem with IEC as it executes the topsides design. This is Petrofac’s second project on the EA1 project, with its Project Development group having already completed the basic […]

  • Top News of the Week Jan 18 – 24, 2016

    24 January 2016

    Offshore Wind Developers Help Solve a Century-Old Mystery Whilst undertaking detailed seabed scanning for the development of wind farm projects in the East Anglia Zone, off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, wind farm developers ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall uncovered something they weren’t expecting – an ‘uncharted’ wreck of a WWI German submarine, missing […]

  • Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund Achieves Milestone Round

    7 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has allocated grants from the sixth round of its East Coast Community Fund, marking a milestone with the total funds awarded exceeding the million pound mark. The East Coast Community Fund was launched in December 2016 as part of Ørsted’s community engagement program for its Hornsea Project One and Race Bank offshore wind farms. In this sixth […]

  • Industry Backs New UK East Coast Training Centre

    18 May 2018
    Training & Education

    A group of UK-based companies has launched a training centre to provide a skilled workforce for wind farms located offshore the UK east coast, with developers, operators and supply chain companies supporting the training places.

  • Hornsea One and Race Bank Community Fund Starts Giving Back

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Twenty one local organisations in coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk have secured a total of GBP 195,000 in grants in the first round of DONG Energy’s GBP 9.3 million East Coast Community Fund.

  • 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 […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs Race Bank Export Cables

    6 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the export cables for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.

  • Statoil Hires Big Cat Duo for Dudgeon

    8 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Rix Sea Shuttle has won a contract to supply two crew transfer vessels to the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the coast of Norfolk. The contract, with Norwegian oil-major Statoil, will see the vessels the Rix Leopard and Rix Lion carry technicians to and from the Dudgeon situated around 20 miles offshore from Cromer. The value […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall Award East Anglia Contracts Worth GBP 17 Million

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall have today awarded contracts worth over £17m for the fabrication, installation and operation of two weather monitoring stations for the 7200MW East Anglia offshore Wind zone off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The contracts have been awarded to Aberdeen based Wood Group, with Steel Engineering of Renfrewshire being awarded the key […]

  • UK: Wood Group to Install Two Weather Monitoring Stations

    30 October 2012

    Wood Group has been awarded a £17 million management contract to fabricate, install, commission, operate and maintain two weather monitoring stations in one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farm developments off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The project will be delivered by the Wood Group Kenny business unit, including leading renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy. […]

  • Smulders Projects to Build Dudgeon OWF Transition Pieces

    5 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    On July 3, Smulders Projects was awarded the contract for the supply of 67 Transition Pieces for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.  The Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm will be constructed on the coast of Norfolk, South East England. The wind farm comprises 67 monopile foundations on which 6 MW turbines will be placed. This large capacity […]

  • East of England Prepares for Wind Farm Challenge

    28 March 2011

    Thousands of wind turbines being built off the East of England will create massive opportunities for the region’s energy businesses to win major contracts for operational and maintenance work. But nearly 200 delegates at RenewableUK’s first event in the East of England – at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft – were also warned of the complexities and demands […]

  • UK OFTO Tender Round 5 in October, 5 Offshore Wind Farms Included

    3 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem plans to launch Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round Five (TR5) in October 2016 which will enable bidders to compete to own the transmission assets of five offshore wind farm projects. The five offshore wind projects have a combined capacity of 2.3GW. The Tender Round 5 will include the transmission systems […]

  • East of England Business Ready to Fight for Share of Wind Energy Market

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    While the East of England energy industry is poised for a massive portion of the £50bn capital investment over the coming decades, there are signs that the region’s businesses are already spending a small fortune to ensure they are properly prepared to fight for a slice of the cake. “There’s clearly tremendous confidence and professional […]

  • EEEGR CEO to Step Down (UK)

    22 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    John Best, the founder and face of EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group), is to stand down as chief executive after 11 years to take on a new job. He will move to an executive management position as Head of Sustainable Energy,UKwith Norfolk-based Fendercare Marine.  EEEGR chairman Alan Barlow said Mr Best will leave […]

  • Ofgem Shortlists Dudgeon, Rampion and Race Bank OFTO Bidders

    1 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Ofgem today announced shortlists of bidders competing to own and operate transmission links to the Dudgeon, Rampion and Race Bank wind farms, situated off the coasts of Norfolk and Sussex.

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    6 July 2015

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Work has started in Norfolk on the onshore connection for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm with the national grid. The wind farm, located 20 miles off the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk in water depths of 18-25m is a project by Norwegian companies Statoil (35%) and Statkraft (30%), and […]

  • Equinor Presses Ahead with Norfolk Offshore Wind Extensions

    30 April 2021
    Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has launched the second community consultation for the Norfolk offshore wind farm extensions in the UK. The developer has also published the Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) for the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Extension Projects (SEP and DEP). The two projects will double the capacity of the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon […]

  • Triton Knoll Starts Cable Route Surveys in Lincolnshire

    31 October 2016
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Triton Knoll is set to start survey works on the dunes and beach at Mogg’s Eye, Anderby, Lincolnshire, as the 900MW offshore wind project moves into the design phase after consent was granted for its Electrical System in September. Up to three days of survey works are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 3 November, using […]