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  • New Anglia Welcomes Offshore Wind Investment in Great Yarmout, UK

    19 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has welcomed the opening of a new offshore wind support facility in Great Yarmouth. Norfolk-based Fendercare Marine is investing more than £1m in the new base at Cobholm to provide a range of support services to the rapidly-growing offshore wind industry. New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership director Mark Goodall is […]

  • RWE in Talks over Galloper Wind Farm

    25 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Plans are still underway to build the 68-turbine offshore East Anglian windfarm, Galloper – estimated to be worth £20million and 850 jobs to the local economy. RWE Innogy said it hoped to make an announcement in the spring on the future of the 340MW windfarm, despite announcing two months ago it would not continue with […]

  • UK: East of England Urged to Grab Its Energy Opportunities

    5 March 2012

    More than 320 delegates attended the biggest ever conference staged by EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) but it was the scale of the challenges and the potential of the multibillion pounds opportunities for the region which engaged them most. They were urged to make sure the East of England took its chance to […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 29, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015

    5 January 2015

    Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea… Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Installed The last of the in total 48 wind turbines was successfully installed over Christmas around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland. Lely […]

  • Thanet Wind Farm – a milestone of renewable energy (UK)

    22 September 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    On Thursday Vattenfall inaugurates Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This is a milestone in the development of renewable energy for a sustainable society. For Vattenfall, it is a springboard to the future – both to the British market and to large-scale offshore wind power. Only some two years after the […]

  • WWF Welcomes East Anglia One Announcement

    18 June 2014

    Commenting on yesterday’s announcement of consent for East Anglia One offshore wind farm, the first round three site in English and Welsh waters and the largest site consented in the UK, Ben Stafford, Head of Public Affairs at WWF-UK said yesterday: “Today’s decision is a strong vote of confidence for the UK’s offshore wind sector. […]

  • UK Proposes to Ease OFTO Rules on Four OWFs

    24 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The UK Government has proposed to exempt Beatrice, Hornsea One, Rampion, and East Anglia One offshore wind farms from the requirement to hold a licence to transmit electricity, due to COVID-19-related delays in transferring their transmission assets. The four offshore wind farms, involved in the fifth and sixth tender rounds of the Offshore Transmission Owner […]

  • Ordtek Launches Mine Map for UK EEZ

    14 March 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Suffolk-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialist Ordtek has introduced an online map designed to aid the developers of offshore energy projects to determine the location of unexploded mines and bombs around the UK coastline. The Mine Map shares data about areas mined by the British and Germans during the wars, plus UXO from military armament training and […]

  • EEEGR: Energy Industry Key to East Anglian Powerhouse

    21 October 2015

    The East of England’s unique all-energy coast is key to the East Anglian powerhouse alongside new technology and science, the Great Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis told energy leaders at the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) annual general meeting. “The opportunities are here – in decommissioning in the Southern North Sea offshore wind and nuclear. There is […]

  • East Anglia One Team Tables Cable Talks

    5 January 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D

    ScottishPower Renewables is holding public information days in Suffolk, UK, about the upcoming installation of cables which will connect the East Anglia One offshore wind farm to the national grid.

  • Offshore Wind Developers Help Solve a Century-Old Mystery

    21 January 2016
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    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 in action since 1915. At first it was […]

  • Beatrice Takes GMH to 750 Delivered Davit Cranes

    5 April 2017

    Granada Material Handling (GMH) recently delivered its 750th wind farm davit crane as part of its contract to supply 84 cranes to the Beatrice offshore wind farm project.

  • Norcom to Create ‘Google Maps’ for East Anglian Seabed

    9 April 2014

    Norwich based Norcom Technology has won £20,000 grant under the East Anglian grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE). Norcom will develop a desktop and web based application which maps the seabed around the east coast of England. Their eChart Service will be created using data derived from material supplied by the […]

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Foundation Builders Should Join Projects at an Earlier Stage (Navantia)

    21 July 2017

    Discussing jacket foundations standardisation as a way of optimising production and cutting down the costs, Jorge López Novo, Navantia’s Commercial Manager, said that the foundation builders should be involved in offshore wind projects at an earlier stage, together with developers and designers. Since some concerns were raised over local content after Iberdrola awarded Navantia with […]

  • UK Attracts Majority of Offshore Wind Investments in 2016

    27 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK offshore wind projects attracted around three quarters of all investments in Europe’s offshore wind capacity in the first six months of 2016, data released by WindEurope shows. UK-based projects which reached Final Investment Decision (FID) in the first half of 2016 carry a price tag of EUR 10.37 billion (GBP 8.7 billion) and have […]

  • TenneT Proposes Additional German Offshore Wind Auction, Dutch Link-Up

    12 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has called for the optimisation of the German offshore wind grid through an additional capacity auction and through linking future wind farms in the western German North Sea to the Dutch grid.

  • Offshore Wind Leaves Good Mark on James Fisher Results

    1 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    James Fisher and Sons has reported a revenue that climbed 9% in 2017 compared to the previous year, exceeding GBP 500 million for the first time. With an underlying operating profit of GBP 55.8 million, the company marked a 10% increase from GBP 50.8 million posted for 2016. Three out of four James Fisher’s business divisions saw a boost in their profits, with the Marine Support division – which serves the offshore renewables sector – leading with an increase of 17%.

  • Iberdrola and Navantia-Windar Sign Saint-Brieuc Contract

    18 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Navantia-Windar consortium has received a firm order from the compatriot energy company Iberdrola for the turbine jacket foundations to be installed on the Saint-Brieuc wind farm offshore France. The contract, valued at EUR 350 million, will see Navantia-Windar manufacture and assemble 62 jacket foundations and the accompanying pin piles which will support the wind […]

  • Macquarie, RIDG to Place Joint Bid at ScotWind Leasing

    11 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Macquarie, through its Green Investment Group (GIG), and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) have joined forces to bid for the development of an offshore wind project at the upcoming ScotWind leasing round. “By partnering right at the genesis of development, we’re making our earliest commitment in UK offshore wind so far”, said Ed Northam, Head […]

  • Norcom Technology Gets Funds to Map East Anglian Seabed

    27 November 2014
    R&D

    East Anglian grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE), has awarded funding to Norwich based Norcom Technology. The SCORE programme offers East Anglian SMEs an exciting opportunity to access funds to drive forward innovative products and processes that benefit the region’s offshore renewable sector’s supply chain. The £20,000 grant is to enable […]

  • Marine Ecological Surveys to Examine Seabed of Three UK Regions

    22 August 2014
    R&D

    Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd (MESL) has been appointed to undertake regional seabed monitoring, consisting of over 2,500 samples, on behalf of eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests in the southern North Sea through a contract being coordinated by the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA).  MESL were identified as the preferred consultancy to collect, […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Opens for Business

    22 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft officially opened the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in Great Yarmouth, UK, on Wednesday, 22 November.

  • ROMEO Targets Offshore Wind O&M Cost Reduction

    16 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    An Iberdrola-led industry based consortium has launched the ROMEO project aimed at reducing offshore wind O&M costs.

  • Iberdrola Takes Full Ownership of French Offshore Wind Farm

    9 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has concluded an agreement to take 100% ownership of Ailes Marines, the developer of the 496MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. Iberdrola, which previously owned 70% of the consortium’s capital, has acquired the remaining 30% from Avel Vor (RES and Caisse des Dépôts), after receiving the green light from the […]

  • Highlights of the Month: June 2015

    1 July 2015

    Turbine Blade Breaks at Nordsee Ost Just over a month after it was inaugurated, German 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm encountered a problem. Siemens Nets Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Deal ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. USA: Icebreaker OW Project to Use Mono […]

  • SMC Joins Saint-Brieuc Roster

    29 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    French offshore wind developer Ailes Marines has awarded Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) with a contract to provide vessel inspection services to support the construction of the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. SMC will be providing up to three local Accredited Vessel Inspectors (AVIs) to the project. SMC’s French inspectors will be supported by the company’s back-office […]