The UK government has announced GBP 300 million (approximately EUR 350 million) of funding through the country’s publicly owned clean energy company, Great British Energy, to invest in domestic offshore wind supply chains. The funding, which was brought forward by the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Iberdrola’s ScottishPower Renewables has signed charter agreements with Caister-based NR Marine Services and Great Yarmouth-based OEG to provide vessels to support the construction of the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. The deals are worth more than GBP 16 million (approximate
RWE, in collaboration with Hydrotechnik Offshore, a Germany-based bubble curtain developer, has deployed the underwater noise abatement technology during monopile installation at the Sofia offshore wind farm, marking the first time the technology has been used in the UK. Currently under construction
ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, has awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to the Dutch company HSM Offshore Energy for the offshore substation and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. HSM Of
RWE has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with five UK co-operatives for the electricity generated at the 630 MW London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. RWE signed the CPPA with Lincolnshire Co-op, Scotmid Co-op, East of England Co-op, Southern Co-op, and Central Co-op to
Ørsted has awarded OEG Energy Group with a three-year contract for crane and lift servicing, lifting inspection and maintenance support across six offshore wind farms Ørsted has in Germany. OEG operations and maintenance (O&M) technicians will inspect a total of 337 turbines across the six offshore
The offshore installation vessel Seaway Strashnov will install the remaining two monopiles at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm site next month. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project, the work is planned to commence on 7 April and continue until approximately 30 April. The heavy lift
The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The 1.4 GW project, developed by RWE, will comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines, half of which will be fitted with recyclable blades. The wind turbine was installed by Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vesse
Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak is en route to the site of the Sofia offshore wind farm with the first set of Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD turbine components. The vessel departed the port of Hull on 20 March, according to the available AIS data, and is heading towards th
UK-headquartered Enshore Subsea has secured an export cable installation contract for one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind projects, the 1.1 GW Inch Cape. The Inch Cape offshore wind farm will feature two 85-kilometre, 220 kV, three-phase export cables, each delivered in three sections and requir
Seaway7, using the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, is scheduled to start installing wind turbine foundations at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site at the beginning of April. Seaway Ventus is expected to mobilise at BOW Terminal in the Netherlands on 27 March and commence offshore work withi
Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, has awarded a contract to OES Group to supply 54 external and internal Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) systems to protect the offshore wind project’s monopile and transition piece foundations. The IC
SeAH Wind has selected Mammoet, Glacier Energy, and Hutchinson Engineering as key subcontractors for the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. With commercial production set to commence in the coming months, these subcontractors have been selected to provide support with operational and log
Global Underwater Hub (GUH) and Scottish Enterprise have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on establishing a subsea supply chain ecosystem as a global centre of excellence for floating wind. The partners said on 18 February that the floating wind market was estimated to be wo
