The decision of the UK Secretary of State to grant the application for development consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm has been quashed following an order issued by the High Court on 18 February. Based on the ruling in the Norfolk Vanguard Judicial Review, the Secretary of S
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Gemini Consortium have reached an agreement for the extension of the operations and maintenance service agreement for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea until 2036. The original 15-year long-term service program (LTP) to service wind turbi
The Great Yarmouth-headquartered Stowen has secured a framework agreement to complete grout connection works at the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. Under the agreement with SSE, Stowen will complete non-destructive testing at the 500 MW wind farm. According to the company, the complexities of th
DEME Offshore has secured a contract for the transport and installation of substations for the Hollandse Kust Noord and Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. Under the contract awarded by the joint venture ENGIE Solutions-Iemants, DEME will also supply and install scour p
Blue Gem Wind has received planning consent from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority to install a temporary met mast to study the floating offshore wind potential in the Celtic Sea. The 120-meter met mast and onshore monitoring equipment is provided by local supplier Solar Wheel. Due to
The first nacelle for a GE Haliade 6 MW wind turbine for the French Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm has arrived at the project’s pre-assembly site in the Port of Saint-Nazaire. The nacelles are being produced in GE Renewable Energy’s factory in Montoir-de-Bretagne, from where the next units will be
Kværner has selected German engineering company Dominion for the design, supply, and supervision services for the slipform systems that will erect the concrete wind towers for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project. Dominion said its cylindrical and conical sets of slipform systems can be used mult
The 731.5 MW Borssele 3 & 4 wind farm off the Netherlands will be officially handed over to the Operations team on Thursday, 18 February, as all construction phase-related activities have been completed and the wind farm is now generating electricity in full capacity. The first of the project’s 77 M
The second inter-array cable installation campaign will begin this month at the Moray East offshore wind farm, where the seventh wind turbine was installed on 10 February and the decommissioning of the met mast is currently underway. The first inter-array cable installation campaign, which started o
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP), established as part of the Offshore Wind Sector Deal and funded by members of the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC), has awarded twelve UK companies a total of GBP 1.3 million (around € 1.5 million) in funding and business improvement support. “These
Royal HaskoningDHV has been awarded a contract for environmental consultancy services for NortH2, a large offshore wind-to-hydrogen project being developed by a consortium comprising Shell, Gasunie, Equinor, and RWE, and supported by Groningen Seaports and Province of Groningen. “We are thrilled to
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency are holding a five-week public hearing concerning the environmental assessments for Hesselø offshore wind project. The public, companies, authorities and other interested parties are invited to submit ideas on the strategi
Crown Estate Scotland has delayed the deadline for applications for ScotWind offshore wind leasing and is carrying out a review of the option structure for the process. The review of the option structure follows the announcement of the results of The Crown Estate’s offshore wind leasing auction for
Around 20 per cent of foundations has been installed at the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two, which is soon to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted said. The export cable installation works are on schedule and turbine installation is set to commence in the second half of this year, the project’s
