RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations
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
The UK government has delayed a consent decision on the 480 MW Morecambe offshore wind farm, being developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The statutory deadline for the decision on the Morecambe offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea was 23 October. According to Labour Minister for Ener
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
Robosys Automation has secured a new contract to retrofit a Damen crew transfer vessel (CTV) with its Voyager AI maritime autonomy software. This is the second CTV designed and built by Damen to be fitted with the UK company’s autonomy software. Robosys Automation left the client who ordered the ret
The two developers that the Crown Estate selected this year to build floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea, Equinor and a joint venture between EDF and ESB, have now entered into lease agreements for their floating wind projects with the UK seabed manager. Equinor and the EDF-ESB joint vent
The permit decision for the Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture of TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Gulf Energy Development, has been postponed by the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. A decision on the Development Consent Order (DCO) application was
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, is scheduled to place the offshore substation (OSS) topside on top of the jacket foundation that the vessel recently installed at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. In August, Sleipn
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
RWE is marking ten years since the official inauguration of the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK. Located 8 kilometres off the East Yorkshire coast, the 219 MW offshore wind farm became fully operational in 2015. It was inaugurated on 30 September 2015 by Andrea Leadsom MP, who was the Mi
More than half of the total 100 wind turbines are now in place at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The project’s SG 14-222 DD wind turbines are being installed by Cadeler’s vessel Wind Peak, which put the first turbine in place in March. Wind Peak, operating from the port of Hull, is c
