The government of the United Kingdom has increased the maximum strike price for offshore wind projects in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction by 66 per cent for fixed-bottom and by 52 per cent for floating wind projects. The maximum strike price for fixed bottom offshore wind projects ha
Aker Solutions has been awarded a sizeable contract worth between NOK 0.5 billion (about EUR 42 million) and NOK 1.5 billion (approx. EUR 127 million) from Vattenfall for the Norfolk Vanguard East offshore wind farm in the UK. The announcement follows the recent award for the Norfolk Vanguard West p
Aker Solutions has been awarded a limited notice to proceed contract from Vattenfall for the Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract has a balanced risk-reward profile based on principles for long-term collaboration. The scope of work for Aker Solutions includes the engineer
Greece’s Hellenic Cables, the cable segment of Cenergy Holdings, has signed a contract with Seaway7 for the supply of inter-array cables for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, Hellenic Cables will be responsible for the engineering, manufacturing, testing, and su
Monaco-based Eneti has revealed that Seajacks UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company and a provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a contract with an undisclosed client to assist with the installation of wind turbines. With mobilisation commenci
UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has been awarded two contracts by Ørsted to continue delivering structural inspections above water (SIAW) across the company’s offshore wind portfolio. The SIAW contracts, which will run until 2026, will see SMC continue to deliver inspection and maintena
High voltage engineering company, Ventus Energy, has secured a contract to supply highly skilled authorised persons (SAPs) for 24/7 support at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Awarded to the organisation’s North Shields base in the north-east of England, which is in direct sight
Spain-based manufacturer of rolled rings euskalforging has been awarded a contract to supply flanges for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. Within the scope of the project, the company will ring roll a total of 235 flanges as transition piece (TP) top flanges, TP bottom flang
Certex UK has secured a major framework to supply statutory inspection and maintenance services on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the 5-year framework contract, Certex UK’s Great Yarmouth-based Engineering Services division will be responsible for the inspection and maint
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded Stowen Group a major construction services contract for the East Anglia Hub offshore wind farm in the UK. The multi-million-pound contract will see the UK-based company, which was previously a subcontractor on East Anglia 1, directly support the offshore construc
UK-based AMS Trenchless has been awarded the cable landing works contract on Ørsted’s Hornsea Three offshore wind farm. AMS Trenchless will undertake specialist works at the landfall site at Weybourne, North Norfolk, where the offshore cables meet the onshore cables. Using Horizontal Directional Dri
An Ørsted-Phillips 66 partnership and ERM have withdrawn their Gigastack and Dolphyn projects, respectively, from the UK’s first electrolytic allocation round (HAR1). While ERM has made the move as it aims at securing alternative funding for a phased multi-unit larger development, Ørsted and Phillip
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has been awarded a global master services agreement (MSA) by Equinor to provide owner’s engineering, technical, and advisory services to support the development of Equinor’s offshore wind and low to zero carbon solutions. The MSA is valid for a period of five years, w
Ørsted has signed an agreement with funds managed by Schroders Greencoat to divest its remaining 25 per cent minority interest in the London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. The total value of the transaction is GBP 717 million (approximately EUR 829 million). Ørsted originally owned 50 per cent
