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  • OWGP Grants EUR 1.5 Million to Twelve UK Companies

    15 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has awarded twelve UK companies a total of GBP 1.3 million (around EUR 1.5 million) in funding and business improvement support. “These twelve companies represent a growing community of supply chain companies from across the UK being supported by OWGP, bringing the total number of companies awarded support to […]

  • Haliade-X 12 MW Nacelle Touches Down in UK

    13 November 2019
    R&D, Technology

    A nacelle from GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, ahead of a testing programme designed to prepare it for years of operation at sea. This nacelle, comparable in size to six double-decker London buses, will undergo full indoor […]

  • Recruitment for Dogger Bank A & B to Start in Early 2021

    22 September 2020
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm has announced 320 jobs to be created in the UK’s North East so far, with the recruitment set to start in early 2021. In May, Dogger Bank Wind Farm said Equinor, which will operate the 3.6 GW wind farm for its expected life of more than 25 years, will construct an […]

  • South Korea’s SeAH to Build Monopile Factory in UK

    18 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    SeAH has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding with Able UK to use the Able Marine Energy Park development to establish a monopile production facility on the South Bank of the Humber. The South Korean steel tube manufacturer’s facility could potentially create around 400 jobs. Currently, there are no monopile production facilities in the UK. […]

  • Manufacturing-Oriented Strategy to Increase Scottish Offshore Wind Content – Report

    10 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s strategy for increasing the share of local content in wind projects off its coasts, as well as for increasing Scottish content in projects in other markets, should be based on manufacturing, rather than installation, according to a report from the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC). Currently, Scottish content in Scottish projects is at […]

  • Offshore Wind Industry Council Launches Online Educational Modules

    13 April 2022
    Industry, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a series of online modules to support those new to the offshore wind industry by covering topics from project inception to decommissioning. The publicly available online modules explain how offshore wind farms are planned, the consenting processes involved in building and operating them, and the role offshore […]

  • UK East Coast Offshore Wind Sweetens the Pot

    4 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK East coast communities are destined to be honeypots for investment as decades of opportunity lie ahead in the offshore wind industry, according to Member of Parliament for Waveney Peter Aldous.

  • Global Offshore Wind Portfolio Tops 121GW

    26 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The global market for offshore wind has grown by 16% in the last twelve months, with the largest gains coming from the USA, new figures from RenewableUK show. The biggest single growth market over the last year has been the USA, which accounted for nearly half (48%) of growth globally, RenewableUK said. Globally, the portfolio […]

  • UK Adds 2GW of Offshore Wind in 2018

    17 December 2018

    The UK is marking a record this year as it added more than 2GW of offshore wind capacity to the grid, which can produce enough clean electricity to power over 2,300,000 households per year. 

  • Triton Knoll Homeports at Grimsby’s Royal Dock

    4 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Grimsby’s Royal Dock has been confirmed as the home for Triton Knoll’s offshore construction and operations and maintenance facility after the project signed a port lease with ABP in Grimsby. A new construction and longer-term Operations and Maintenance base will be constructed across nearly four acres. Tendering for a contractor to build the facility is […]

  • Danes Consulting Potential Bidders on Upcoming Offshore Wind Tenders

    3 July 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has invited potential bidders and other market players to provide input and feedback on the upcoming tenders that could bring a minimum of 9 GW and potentially up to 14 GW of additional offshore wind capacity to the Danish grid by 2030. On 30 June, the DEA, in collaboration with […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farms End 2017 In Overdrive

    29 March 2018
    Authorities

    Offshore wind farms generated a record 7.8TWh of electricity in the fourth quarter of 2017, spurred on by increased capacity and higher wind speeds compared to the same period a year before, according to a report by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

  • Offshore Wind Could Bring GBP 2.9 Billion to UK Economy by 2030

    28 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    ORE Catapult published a new report on 28 March, highlighting the economic benefits of a strong UK offshore wind industry, which could be worth as much as GBP 2.9 billion to the UK economy by 2030.

  • UK and Taiwan Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    13 March 2019
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    The British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind industry. Under this MoU, further exchange in the areas of policy, strategy, technology, operations and maintenance to promote offshore wind port and marine sector will be […]

  • UK Govt Announces GBP 300 Mln for Renewable Energy Projects

    2 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK renewable electricity projects will compete for £300 million in support this autumn – an increase of £95 million from the indicative budget published in July, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey announced today. The funding for Contracts for Difference, which provide long-term certainty for investors, are a cornerstone of the Government’s […]

  • DORIS Inks Another FEED Contract in South Korea

    26 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DORIS, a provider of engineering, advisory, and project management services for the energy sector, has secured another Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for BadaEnergy’s Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm in South Korea. The scope of the FEED includes the project’s full electrical and communications system to the grid connection, array and export cabling, […]

  • BREAKING: Lithuania Selects Provisional Winner of Country’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    10 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Lithuanian National Energy Regulatory Council is expected to announce Ocean Winds and its strategic partner, Ignitis Renewables, as the provisional winners of Lithuania’s first offshore wind tender, according to Ignitis Group, the parent company of Ignitis Renewables. Ocean Winds and Ignitis Renewables submitted the highest development fee in the tendering procedure, with the bid […]

  • ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 Kicks Off

    27 August 2019
    R&D

    The Carbon Trust has launched Stage 2 of the Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP) for offshore wind. The programme aims to reduce consenting risk, project maturation time, cost and the environmental impact of existing and future offshore wind farms. Over the next four years, ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 will provide a framework to […]

  • Almost 70,000 People Will Be Working in UK Offshore Wind Sector by 2026

    25 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The number of people working in the rapidly expanding offshore wind industry in the UK is projected to increase to 69,848 by 2026, with the private sector expected to invest GBP 60.8 billion (approx. EUR 70.5 billion) in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms over the next five years. There are 26,000 people currently […]

  • Future UK Electricity System Could Handle 150 GW of Offshore Wind, Study Says

    14 October 2021
    R&D

    A new analysis by Energy Systems Catapult has found the future UK electricity system could handle up to 150 GW of offshore wind, as long as essential technical integration and market reforms were delivered. Energy Systems Catapult was commissioned by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) consider the impact of very high levels of offshore […]

  • 13 Offshore Wind Projects Selected in World’s First Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas Leasing Round

    24 March 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 out of a total of 19 applications with a combined capacity of around 5.5 GW in the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to attract investment in innovative […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Blows Past 2020 Cost Reduction Target

    24 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32% since 2012 and is now below the joint UK government and industry target of GBP 100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule, according to a report delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult on behalf of the Offshore Wind Programme […]

  • ONYX InSight: Data Access Restrictions Hamper Offshore Wind Growth

    9 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The long-term success of offshore wind is being put at risk by restrictions on access to wind turbine performance data that prevent operators from reducing operations and maintenance costs by up to 30%, according to ONYX InSight. Better access to turbine data allows operators to not only reduce their operational costs, but to also generate […]

  • Energinet Awards EUR 19.8 Million in Contracts for Studies of Denmark’s New Offshore Wind Areas

    12 July 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has awarded several contracts for surveys and studies for Denmark’s new offshore wind areas. Valued at a total of EUR 19.8 million, the contracts secured by GEO.xyz, WSP Danmark, DNV, and LiveLink Aerospace include cable route surveys, consultancy services for a number of marine environmental studies, and radar analysis. […]

  • Fully Autonomous Offshore Wind O&M Solution on Horizon

    28 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A new GBP 4 million cross-sector project is set to develop the world’s first fully autonomous robotic inspection and repair solution for offshore wind farms. The Innovate UK-funded MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) is a two-year project bringing in expertise from the fields of robotics, non-destructive testing, artificial intelligence, space mission […]

  • Report Recommends UK Content Increase in Offshore Wind

    20 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The UK government should establish a new 60 percent UK content target for British offshore wind projects, according to former UK Energy Minister Michael Fallon.