The blade failure event at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm last month was not caused by an installation or manufacturing issue but happened during the commissioning process, according to an analysis conducted by GE Vernova. The blade failure occurred on the morning of 22 August and, according t
The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter platform (OCP) has been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The installation was carried out by Heerema Marine Contractors, using its Sleipnir heavy-lift vessel as a subcontractor to the GE Vernova/Seatrium consortium re
The Development Consent Order (DCO) application of the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm, a 50/50 joint venture between RWE and SSE Renewables, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The project’s DCO application was submitted in July 2024. North Falls now moves into the pre
This article was updated at 15:05 CET on 23 August 2024 with a statement from GE Vernova. One of the already installed wind turbine blades at Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm, currently under construction in the UK, has sustained damage and failed. The blade failure occurred on the morning of 22 Aug
A new report, prepared by global energy consultancy Xodus and published on 14 August, says that the UK, as the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, can help unlock the full potential of New Zealand’s offshore wind industry. With 15,000 kilometres of coastline, New Zealand holds vast offshore
A multibeam echosounder (MBES) geophysical survey of the Dogger Bank D offshore wind site, using several uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), is scheduled to start on 13 August. According to information in the project’s Notice to Mariners, XOCEAN will deploy multiple USVs to survey the wind turbine arra
RWE has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopter for crew change support at the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. According to CHC Helicopter, this is the first time RWE has contracted a helicopter service during th
The UK Planning Inspectorate has completed the examination of RWE’s application for a development consent order (DCO) for Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex. The Examining Authority (ExA) at the Inspectorate now has three months to ma
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir is expected to sail to the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK in a few days to install the project’s HVDC offshore converter platform. According to a recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Sleipnir will start the wor
The UK government will today (25 July) introduce a bill to establish Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean energy company. Ahead of issuing the bill, the government revealed a partnership between the new company and The Crown Estate which is estimated to lead to as much as 20-30 GW in new off
Delivery partners have completed the installation of over 328 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables for Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, marking the completion of all inter-array cable work for this phase. The 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables were manufacture
The Fugro Quest vessel, operated by Fugro, is en route to the northeast coast of England to begin geotechnical survey work on the site of the proposed Dogger Bank South (DBS) West, one of two proposed DBS offshore wind farms. Fugro Quest, launched in 2022, left Falmouth on 23 July 2024 to initiate g
Macquarie Asset Management has unveiled its plans to take full control of the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms in the UK by acquiring the remaining stake currently controlled by BlackRock. Macquarie GIG Renewable Energy Fund 1 acquired a 60.75 per cent stake in Lynn and Inner Dowsing in 20
SSE and Equinor, the co-developers of the 2 GW Dogger Bank D project (DBD), and The Crown Estate have established commercial terms of a proposed variation of the existing Dogger Bank C seabed lease, within which the two partners plan to build the fourth phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm. The fourth pha
