The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the North East Combined Authority, is investing GBP 2.1 million (around EUR 2.4 million) in a new offshore wind cable testing rig at its facilities in Blyth in North East England. Funded by the North East Combined Authority, the inves
[CORRECTION NOTE: The article initially implied that the jack-up rig would be deployed on Dogger Bank Wind Farm for GE Vernova. The updated article notes two projects in the UK North Sea in which GE Vernova is currently engaged: Sofia and Dogger Bank Wind Farm.] Valaris has been awarded a contract f
Following the termination of Petrofac’s scope of work on the 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in the Netherlands by the Dutch TSO TenneT, the UK engineering and consultancy provider has filed for administration. In an update on 27 October, Petrofac said the Directors of Petrofac Limited, the
Singapore’s Seatrium has received a notice of arbitration from Maersk Offshore Wind concerning the dispute over the termination of a contract for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), planned to be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in the US. Seatrium Energy International
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has ordered two sets of mission equipment from the Netherlands-based SMST for two of North Star’s newbuild service operation vessels (SOVs), which will serve RWE under a long-term charter agreement. The new contract follows an equipment order SMST received from Vard in 202
Iberdrola has begun exploring the sale of 49 per cent of its East Anglia Two offshore wind farm project in the UK, according to a report by the Spanish media outlet Cinco Días citing unnamed sources. The renewable energy developer has already engaged Bank of America and BBVA as financial advisors to
The UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has selected Equitix as the preferred bidder to acquire and operate the offshore transmission assets for the 448 MW Nearth na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland. Equitix has been selected in a GBP 450 million (approximately EUR 516 million) tender round for an O
China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans to invest up to GBP 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 1.7 billion) in Scotland to create what the company says would be Britain’s first fully integrated offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility, which would provide up to 1,500 new jobs. The three-ph
Global Maritime (GM) has signed a framework agreement with Van Oord, under which the marine and engineering consultancy company will provide a range of services to support Van Oord’s work in the offshore wind sector. The framework covers consultancy and technical support for operations and maintenan
Hellenic Cables has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables’ scope of work includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, testing,
RWE has entered into a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the British Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives and the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, for electricity produced by the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Under the PPA, RWE will supply Co-op with a total
The Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK and Scottish governments and The Highland Council, creating a formal framework for cooperation in developing the Highlands as a major international hub for the offshore wind and renewab
Ørsted has chosen the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Clean Energy Park in South Shields as the marshalling base for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The Denmark-headquartered Cadeler will use the 100,000-square-metre site to marshal secondary steel components for the offshore wind farm before
