Ocean Winds has secured offshore consent from the Scottish government for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm, proposed to be built in the Moray Firth, around 40 kilometres off the coasts of Wick and Banff. The developer submitted consent applications to Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish gove
The developers of the proposed Gwynt Glas floating wind farm have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to the UK Planning Inspectorate (PINS), Natural Resources Wales and the Marine Management Organisation, marking the start of formal engagement on the project’s environm
Haizea Wind Group has started manufacturing monopiles for the Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm in the UK, owned and developed by RWE. RWE secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) for the 1,380 MW Norfolk Vanguard West in Allocation Round 7 (AR7) in January, together with CfDs for the 1,380 MW
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
OEG has returned to the East Anglia Two site for seabed clearance before construction work starts on the UK’s new offshore wind farm. According to a recently issued Notice to Mariners, the company will be carrying out the disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO), boulder clearance, and the removal of o
Siemens Gamesa and Cadeler have completed the installation of wind turbines at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, located approximately 195 kilometres off the UK north-east coast. Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak, operated by Siemens Gamesa, installed the 100th SG-14 2
The Crown Estate will launch a competitive tender process next month to bring the 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind project in the Irish Sea back to market, with plans to appoint a new developer by late 2026. The Morgan site was originally awarded through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 in 2021, but develop
All 54 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, jointly owned by ESB and Red Rock Renewables. The monopiles were installed by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, which has been transporting the foundations from the Port of Leith in Edinb
UK-based CRP Subsea has secured a contract from Seaway7 to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea. Under the contract, CRP Subsea will provide 142 NjordGuard cable protection systems for inter-array cable termination
A pre-installation survey campaign is set to begin at RWE’s 1.4 GW Vanguard West offshore wind site in the UK. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the developer, the survey vessel Breaker is expected to mobilise on or around 15 June to carry out a pre-installation survey within the project’s
Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak has installed 91 turbines at the Sofia offshore wind farm, under construction approximately 195 kilometres off the UK north-east coast. The first of the project’s 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines was installed in March 2025, and the work
