The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the North East Combined Authority, is investing GBP 2.1 million (around EUR 2.4 million) in a new offshore wind cable testing rig at its facilities in Blyth in North East England. Funded by the North East Combined Authority, the inves
Several industry organisations expressed dissatisfaction with the UK government’s offshore wind budget for Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), with WindEurope calling it “disappointing”. WindEurope described the UK government’s GBP 1.08 billion budget as disappointing, saying it
[CORRECTION NOTE: The article initially implied that the jack-up rig would be deployed on Dogger Bank Wind Farm for GE Vernova. The updated article notes two projects in the UK North Sea in which GE Vernova is currently engaged: Sofia and Dogger Bank Wind Farm.] Valaris has been awarded a contract f
The UK government has set a total budget of GBP 1.08 billion (approximately EUR 1.24 billion) for offshore wind and floating wind in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) renewables auction. A total of GBP 900 million has been set for fixed-bottom projects in Pot 3, with delive
The Spanish-German engineering company Siemens Gamesa has decided to shelve plans for an offshore wind turbine nacelle factory at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. Siemens Gamesa told offshoreWIND.biz that the Port of Esbjerg remains a key hub for its offshore wind activities and that the company cont
Following the termination of Petrofac’s scope of work on the 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in the Netherlands by the Dutch TSO TenneT, the UK engineering and consultancy provider has filed for administration. In an update on 27 October, Petrofac said the Directors of Petrofac Limited, the
The first high-voltage transformer has been placed on one of four offshore substations that will be installed at the Baltica 2 offshore wind project site in the Polish Baltic Sea. The substations will collect electricity from the 107 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW-222 turbines, stepping up the voltage, and tr
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has appointed the UK-based renewable energy consultancy OWC, part of ABL Group, to support the geophysical and geotechnical surveys at two offshore wind farm areas in Portugal. ABL Group’s Portugal-based water and environmental consultancy, Hidr
TGS, an energy data and intelligence provider based in Norway and the US, and EOLOS, a floating LiDAR technology provider based in Spain, have partnered to offer wind and metocean measurement campaigns in Brazil. Within the partnership, TGS will manage client contracts, campaign design, deployment a
The offshore substation topside for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been installed, with commissioning work expected to start at the beginning of November. According to a weekly notice of operations issued by ScottishPower Renewables, which is building the 1.4 GW offshore wind farm, the
Petrofac’s planned financial restructuring can no longer proceed as originally intended following the termination of its scope of work by TenneT for an offshore wind project, the company announced on 23 October. Petrofac said that its board has determined that the restructuring, which had reached an
AFRY has secured a new framework agreement with Vattenfall, under which the engineering consultancy company will be delivering technical consultancy services to the renewable energy developer. The agreement entails AFRY providing services across multiple competence areas and regions within Vattenfal
Oga Katagami Akita Offshore Green Energy has signed a contract with Kajima Corporation for the manufacturing, procurement, transportation, and installation of turbine foundations for the company’s offshore wind project in Japan. The contract covers the core construction of the wind turbine foundatio
The first of the two 85-kilometre export cables for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm has been installed by Enshore Subsea using the cable laying vessel (CLV) CMOS Installer. Operating from the Port of Blyth, the vessel laid the 220 kV, three-phase cable manufactured by Ningbo Orient Wires &
