UK-based offshore wind engineering consultancy Effiwind has launched an online platform that enables a fully automated foundation design process. The new digital tool, which is accessible via a web browser, can produce fully automated concept foundation designs with a reduced turnaround time, contri
In an industry first, the leading offshore wind developer Ørsted is exploring the use of Jet Suit paramedics to support its operational staff working out at sea on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Ørsted has partnered with Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) and Gravity Industries in t
Kongsberg Digital and the UK-based University of Plymouth have joined forces to create a new system that will support the installation, operation, and maintenance of floating offshore wind farms through simulator technology. The partnership aims to provide offshore wind project teams and crew with f
ScotWind partners ScottishPower and Shell are set to invest a total of GBP 75 million to help the supply chain and businesses support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Scotland. ScottishPower and Shell were awarded the seabed rights to develop three new offshore wind projects with a combin
EDF Renewables has launched a new green hydrogen project in Teesside, UK, which will be powered by offshore wind and solar energy. The Tees Green Hydrogen production centre will be based in the vicinity of the former Redcar steelworks. The project will use green electricity from EDF’s nearby operati
The UK government will increase the frequency of auctions for funding through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to every year rather than every two years. The change kicks in from March 2023 when the next CfD round opens, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Centre in Blyth, North East England, has simultaneously broken ground on a multimillion-pound offshore wind robotics centre and a manufacturing cell that will be used to research next-generation wind turbine blades. UK government’s Getting Building Fund
Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) has been selected by AWC Technology Ltd to oversee the concept and pre-FEED works for the AWC Demonstration Project, one of the eleven projects which secured funding under the UK’s Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme . The AWC Demonstration Proj
Gazelle Wind Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) for the supply of mooring lines for the dynamic mooring system of its 2 MW pilot floating wind project at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). Dublin-based Gazelle has developed a
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has granted GBP 10 million to technology partners – SENSEWind, Glosten, and Subsea Micropiles, and six delivery partners to design and construct a SENSE PelaStar floating wind turbine demonstrator off the coast of Scotland. The
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded GBP 31.6 million (approximately EUR 37.7 million) in grant funding to eleven projects through the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme. With an aim of reducing costs as well as increasing the rate of de
The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Demonstrator has been awarded GBP 9.6 million of UK government funding to develop and demonstrate a suite of UK-manufactured innovative floating wind technologies for the first time. The Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstrator Programme funding provided through
Bureau Veritas (BV) has been selected to undertake the project certification of Erebus, the first offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea and one of the largest floating offshore wind projects in the world. Located 44 kilometers from the Pembrokeshire coastline, Wales, and in water depths of up to 75 m
The Twin Hub floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea has now been awarded a marine licence for a renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The marine licence is the latest consent for the project which was awarded a Section 36 consent in 2020. Hexicon AB completed the acqui
