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  • UK: Tidal Transit Announces Contracts Extension for Two Vessels

    12 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Leo Hambro from Tidal Transit has announced an extension of contracts for both of its state-of-the-art transfer vessels working for wind farm development companies in the North Sea.  “One of the vessels, Eden Rose, is under contract to Scira Offshore Energy Limited, the company developing the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, an 88-turbine wind farm […]

  • Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Starts Electricity Production to UK Grid

    3 August 2011
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

      The first turbine has been successfully installed and commissioned at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, and on 2nd August started producing electricity to the UK grid. “This heralds the start of operations and is an important milestone for Scira Offshore Energy, the owner and operator of the wind farm currently being constructed off […]

  • East Anglia ONE Supply Chain Event Draws a Crowd

    7 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables, developer of the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm, held a supply chain event at the Norfolk Showground which saw hundreds of business from across the region and further afield attend to hear about the opportunities on the project.

  • UK: Final Decision on Siemens´ Wind Turbine Factory by December

    16 July 2012

    Final decision by Siemens on its proposed new wind turbine factory in Hull is expected by the end of the year, reports the Hull Daily Mail. Planning consent for the ambitious £210 million redevelopment of Alexandra Dock where the factory will be based was granted in May. Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is scheduled to sign […]

  • Windfarm Update: Burbo Bank Extension, Dudgeon OWF, Hornsea Two & Three, Humber Gateway, KFE

    3 November 2015

    Burbo Bank Extension Works for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind project are already underway, with Offshore Structures (Britain), a joint venture between EEW Special Pipe Construction GmbH and Bladt Industries, completing the first can for one of the wind farm’s transition pieces in late August. OSB will fabricate 144 cans for 16 transition pieces. […]

  • DONG Sets Aside GBP 10 Million for Race Bank and Hornsea One Community Fund

    12 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ​DONG Energy is launching a GBP 10 million fund to help local community projects on the UK East Coast over the next 20 years. The East Coast Community Fund is being set up to ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of the company’s offshore wind farms – the 580MW Race Bank and the […]

  • Skills for Energy Releases Guide for Industry Apprentices

    26 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    More young people are finding their way into work as apprentices and their path will be made easier by a new guide to be launched by Skills for Energy, part of the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR). It will help point the way for young men and women looking for careers in the booming […]

  • UK: Steel Engineering Selects Tymor Marine as Supply Chain Partner

    7 February 2013

    Leading Scottish engineering company, Steel Engineering has selected Tymor Marine as a supply chain partner to support the delivery of major renewable contracts for Samsung at The Energy Park at Methil in Fife and for ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall at the East Anglia offshore wind zone off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. With offices in […]

  • Ørsted Breezes Past 3GW Operational Offshore Wind Mark in UK

    12 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Following the official opening of the Race Bank, Ørsted will own and partly own 10 operational offshore wind farms in the UK with a combined capacity of over 3,000MW.

  • UK: Final Survey at Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    14 October 2013
    Environment

    The final survey needed for offshore wind energy developer Forewind to complete its planned applications for the development of the Dogger Bank Zone begins this week. The survey concludes the most extensive study of an offshore area by a wind energy developer ever undertaken. A total of £60 million has been spent on surveys with […]

  • UK Gives Go-Ahead to Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm

    1 January 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) gave the development consent to the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm on 31 December 2020. Ørsted submitted the development consent order (DCO) application for the 2.4 GW project to the UK Planning Inspectorate on 14 May 2018. The application was accepted for examination […]

  • Equinor Gathers Public Feedback for UK Offshore Wind Extensions

    3 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has published the summary reports from the first phase of community consultations for the extensions of the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms in the UK. As part of the development process, early-stage proposals were presented locally and online for feedback from the community and key stakeholders. Phase one community consultation ran from […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Electricity (Video)

    9 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil reports.

  • DeepOcean Wins Race Bank Cabling Gig

    26 October 2015
    Grid Connection

    DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has won a contract for the provision of cable installation and trenching work for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2016/2017 with DeepOcean’s in-house fleet of dedicated cable installation and trenching vessels. David Summers, DONG Energy’s Race […]

  • Oleg Strashnov to Install Foundations at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    5 May 2011
    Technology

      A new vessel will be visible off the North Norfolk coast over the coming weeks as further work continues on the installation of the foundations for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The ‘Oleg Strashnov’ is a state-of-the-art crane vessel designed for heavy lifting operations, and its key features include a 5000-mt fully revolving […]

  • Denmark: Hempel Launches New Version of Protective Coating for Offshore Wind Turbines

    13 September 2012

    Leading coatings manufacturer Hempel announced today the release of Hempadur Multi-Strength 35460, a new solvent-free version of its best-selling protective coating for offshore wind turbine foundations. As well as helping wind turbine manufacturers reduce solvent emissions, the new coating offers a six-hour drying time, one of the fastest in the industry and is gentler on […]

  • East Anglia’s Energy Sector Creates Jobs

    21 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    At the same time as the Government has announced that over 30 million people are now employed in the UK, Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Limited, one of East Anglia’s leading recruitment consultants, has reported that there has been a marked rise since this time last year in the number of positions for which it is recruiting. […]

  • Great Yarmouth Energy Park Expands

    4 October 2016

    Another two acres will be developed as part of Great Yarmouth Energy Park, after the Great Yarmouth Development Company, a joint venture between Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk County Council, and the owners of the Millora Works site signed acquisition contracts. The 50-acre energy park is being established to provide businesses related to the offshore energy sector with suitable land, close to […]

  • East Anglia One to Drive Investment in East of England

    26 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Government consent for the world’s largest wind farm, East Anglia Array One, has put the East of England at the top of the industry’s agenda – and given the signal major international energy companies had been waiting for to move forward with plans to invest in the region, said James Gray, inward investment director for […]

  • UK Government Promises Support for East of England’s Energy Industry

    14 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A 200-strong delegation from EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) was promised Government support and recognition for the region’s energy industry, at a House of Commons reception held yesterday. Business Secretary Vince Cable said there was a determination that a higher portion of the billions of pounds to be invested by international companies in […]

  • PKF Turns to Energy Market (UK)

    20 October 2011

      More than 15 new staff have been recruited in East Anglia by PKF Accountants & business advisors during the summer, and that tally is expected to double with the number of posts currently being advertised. The expansion in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Ipswich offices is to meet business expansion and to grow the firm’s […]

  • Equinor Begins Public Consultations for UK Offshore Wind Extensions

    9 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has launched the community consultation period for the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind extension projects off the North Norfolk coast in the UK. This first phase will run from 9 July to 20 August, and feedback is sought for the location of the onshore substation, the underground onshore cable route and any lessons […]

  • Danske Commodities Strikes Again

    16 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Danish energy trading company Danske Commodities has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Effective 16 July, Danske Commodities will take over balancing and trading of 281MW, equivalent to 70% of the wind farm’s production. The 402MW Dudgeon is owned by Equinor (35%), Masdar (35%) and […]

  • Oleg Strashnov Installs Two Substations at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    16 May 2011
    Wind Farm Update

      The two large offshore substations, each weighing nearly 1,000 tonnes, arrived off the North Norfolk coast at 22:00 the 3rd. of May to be installed at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The substations will channel the energy generated by the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind farm to the onshore substation at Salle for distribution […]

  • A2SEA to Install World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbines at Ormonde (UK)

    9 June 2011

      With five successful offshore wind projects under its belt, Vattenfall UK turned to Danish offshore wind installation business A2SEA to install the world’s largest offshore turbines, R5, at Ormonde, 10km off the UK coast at Barrow-in-Furness. “We didn’t want to take any chances at Ormonde, so we went for A2SEA with all their experience […]

  • DONG Energy to Set Up UK’s Largest O&M Hub

    22 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    DONG Energy has revealed plans for a GBP multi-million investment in Grimsby to create the UK’s largest offshore wind operations and maintenance hub. Subject to planning approval, the new facility will be developed in the town’s Royal Dock and will initially support Westermost Rough, Race Bank and Hornsea Project One offshore wind farms, with the capacity […]