National Grid has received planning consent for the new Birkhill Wood substation in East Yorkshire, which will connect 4.22 GW of offshore wind capacity from three planned North Sea wind farms to the UK grid. Birkhill Wood will serve as the grid connection point for RWE and Masdar’s Dogger Bank Sout
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture owned by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has received full onshore planning consent for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm following approval by Aberdeenshire Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee on 14 May. According to the company, the approval covers around t
Highland Council has granted planning consent for the onshore infrastructure of the Ayre floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by French renewable energy company Qair. Qair acquired full ownership of the 1 GW floating wind project from its partners in the Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) joi
Hitachi Energy has been awarded an order from ScottishPower Renewables to provide onshore and offshore grid connection and power quality solutions for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The project will integrate 960 MW of renewable electricity from the East Anglia Two wind farm, loca
Ocean Winds has completed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Caledonia offshore wind farm and has started the process of submitting applications for its 2 GW Scottish project. The project’s first consent application is for the onshore transmission works (substation and underground cab
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
SSE and Equinor have scrapped plans to produce green hydrogen in the fourth phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project in the UK, focusing entirely on power generation from the offshore wind farm. The decision follows the confirmation of an onshore grid connection location in the East Riding of York
Flotation Energy and Cobra have submitted an onshore planning application to North Devon Council for their 100 MW White Cross floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea. The proposed White Cross floating offshore wind farm will feature six to eight floating wind turbines installed some 52 kilomet
The North Falls and Five Estuaries offshore wind projects, both extensions to existing offshore wind farms, have signed what is called a “good neighbour agreement” with regard to their connections to the UK grid. The agreement enables closer liaison, information sharing and joint planning, and is a
