Northumberland County Council has granted outline planning permission for the Berwick Bank offshore wind project’s onshore transmission infrastructure and grid connection. The decision by Northumberland County Council approves the onshore export cables, converter station, and associated grid connect
Production of the last transition piece (TP) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, is underway at Smulders facility in Hoboken, Belgium. The consortium comprising Sif and Smulders was awarded contracts for the manufacture of all monopiles an
The UK Planning Inspectorate has submitted its recommendation report on Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex, to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who now has three months to issue a decision. The inspectorate clo
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables for the 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind project in the UK. The deal is worth between USD 150 million and USD 300 million, as per Subsea7’s def
Van Oord, using its jack-up vessel Aeolus, has installed 34 of the total 100 monopiles at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK, according to a Notice to Mariners issued on 29 October. Aeolus installed the first monopile at the Sofia project site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Se
Denmark’s Ørsted has awarded a contract to Hyosung Heavy Industries for the supply of ultra-high voltage power equipment for the Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, the South Korean company will supply 400 kV ultra-high voltage transformers and reactors, essential components
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded Sif and Smulders a contract to supply 64 monopile foundation and transition pieces (TPs) for the 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK arm, signed the contracts with Sif Netherlands for supplying 64 monopile
Kent, a global integrated energy services provider, has signed a new contract with Five Estuaries, being led by RWE, for a concept design study of an HVAC offshore substation platform for the offshore wind farm in the UK. Kent’s scope of work comprises conducting the offshore substation topside conc
Haizea Wind Group has manufactured the first monopile foundation for Iberdrola’s East Anglia Three offshore wind project at its facility in Bilbao, Spain. Haizea Bilbao will deliver 50 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm under a contract with ScottishPower Renewables, Iberd
SSE has revealed that the completion of Dogger Bank A, the first of the three phases of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, is projected for the second half of 2025, which is later than the previously expected first half of the year. In its interim earnings report released on 3 October, SSE said that [&
RWE has unveiled the first 108-metre turbine blade made at the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull, which will be part of 100 wind turbines to be installed at the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Each of the 100 wind turbines, rated at 14 MW, will be equipped with 108-metre-long blades that [&h
RWE has awarded two contracts to Lamprell Energy Limited for the future supply of transition pieces to its two east coast UK offshore wind projects currently under development, Norfolk Vanguard West and Norfolk Vanguard East. RWE and Lamprell marked the signing of the contract with a small event at
Sif is in exclusive negotiations for a 140-kilotonne monopile foundation project for an offshore wind farm that was awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the UK’s Allocation Round 6 (AR6), the Dutch company informed following the announcement of the AR6 results. “It is expected that a final con
