As of 9 February, the high-speed offshore service craft of up to 500 GT will be able to carry up to 60 workers to and from wind farms offshore the UK while still meeting safety standards under new rules proposed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Vessels which transported workers to offshore
The UK government has launched consultation on changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to boost supply chains. The proposed reforms include tougher examination of developers’ plans on supply chain commitments as well as expanding supply chain plans to cover new technologies such as floa
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded GBP 31.6 million (approximately EUR 37.7 million) in grant funding to eleven projects through the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme. With an aim of reducing costs as well as increasing the rate of de
The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Demonstrator has been awarded GBP 9.6 million of UK government funding to develop and demonstrate a suite of UK-manufactured innovative floating wind technologies for the first time. The Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstrator Programme funding provided through
The Twin Hub floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea has now been awarded a marine licence for a renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The marine licence is the latest consent for the project which was awarded a Section 36 consent in 2020. Hexicon AB completed the acqui
Flotation Energy Plc and CNOOC Petroleum Europe Ltd have submitted an Offshore Scoping Report for a floating wind farm offshore Scotland with a capacity of up to 480 MW and scheduled to be operational by 2026. The Green Volt offshore wind farm would feature up to 30 wind turbines with a rated capaci
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, has submitted consent applications for its 100 MW Erebus floating wind project offshore Wales, the UK. According to Blue Gem Wind, these are the first-ever consent applications to be submitted for floating offshore wind in
The government of Northern Ireland is currently working with the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to explore whether the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, currently operating in Great Britain, could be extended to include Northern Ireland, which is eyeing to be
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK Department for International Trade (DIT), under which the two parties will cooperate on bringing MingYang’s investment plans for the UK’s offshore wind sector to realisation. The agreem
The biggest ever round of the UK government’s renewable energy support scheme opened on Monday, 13 December, with GBP 200 million a year allocated for fixed-bottom and GBP 24 million for floating offshore wind projects. Renewable energy projects across Great Britain can now bid for funding in the fo
UK energy market regulator Ofgem is inviting bids to bring forward investment in new electricity interconnectors under its ‘cap and floor’ revenue regime.
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded planning consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm. The wind farm, which could produce enough electricity to power almost 2 million UK homes, will also bring significant community and skills investment
The Crown Estate has developed proposals for floating wind seabed leasing in the Celtic Sea which could unlock up to 4 GW of new floating wind capacity in England and Wales, providing further detail on its plans for a leasing process that could see rights awarded by the end of 2023. The projects sel
The Marine Management Organisation has given consent for the Associated British Ports’ GBP 25 million development of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) for offshore wind at the Port of Lowestoft, UK. Following East Suffolk Council’s approval for the land-side elements, ABP has the necessar
