UK-based Venterra Group announced two new business developments within its group of companies over the past few days, as INSPIRE Environmental expanded into Scotland and GeoForce Technical Services launched an advanced geotechnical soil testing capability. INSPIRE Environmental has opened a permanen
Lamprell, a UK manufacturer of offshore wind foundations with facilities in the Middle East, and RTE International, a subsidiary of RTE France specialising in electricity transmission engineering, have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the two companies plan to team up
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the first two Supa Swath vessels to UK operator Mainprize Offshore, marking the initial handover under a multi-vessel programme agreed between the companies in 2024. The delivery represents the first milestone in a contract covering six vess
Ocean Winds has entered into an agreement for lease with the Crown Estate for a 1.5 GW floating offshore wind project, for which the developer secured a site in the Round 5 seabed auction last year. Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5, the UK’s first dedicated floating wind seabed leasing round, was launc
Jack-up vessels Wind Osprey and Wind Pace will start installing wind turbines at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK around 18 March. Both vessels will mobilise at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, with first load-out for Wind Osprey expected on 15 March, while the first load-out for
OEG has taken the delivery of a multi-purpose crew transfer vessel (CTV), named Fulmar, which recently completed sea trials and will soon be deployed on the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. Fulmar will be supporting the offshore construction of the 1.1 GW offshore wind farm under a contract
The 95th and final wind turbine has been installed at the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm, the first phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Voltaire, which carried out the installation on Dogger Bank A, is now on its way to […]
RWE has placed a firm order with Vestas for its 1,380 MW Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind project in the UK, after the developer secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) for the project in Allocation Round 7 (AR7) in January and announced that the global investment firm KKR would become its partne
Seventy wind turbines have been installed at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, according to a Notice to Mariners recently issued by the project team. The first of the project’s 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines was installed in March 2025, and the work reached the halfway mark in
The vessel Seaway Aimery is laying inter‑array cables between wind turbines and the offshore converter platform at the East Anglia Three offshore wind site in the UK. The cable-laying vessel (CLV), which started the installation work in January, is supported by Seaway Moxie and will be joined by two
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has opened an application period for the first Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) offshore wind supply chain support programme that targets businesses in Scotland. Up to ten companies will be selected to participate. The 18-month programme, supported with ind
