The Buchan Offshore Wind consortium, comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has received planning consent from Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore infrastructure that will connect the proposed 1 GW Buchan floating wind farm to the grid. The consortium submitted the onshore planning applicati
The North Falls Offshore Wind Farm joint venture between RWE and SSE Renewables has been granted development consent for its 1 GW project by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DSNEZ). The approval was issued the same day RWE received consent for its Dogger Bank South project, which
EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions has commissioned its FLS200 integrated floating LiDAR buoy at an offshore wind development site of Azerbaijan Green Energy Company (AGEC) in the Caspian Sea. The Spanish floating LiDAR provider said the campaign was the first offshore wind site assessment initiative of
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture owned by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has received full onshore planning consent for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm following approval by Aberdeenshire Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee on 14 May. According to the company, the approval covers around t
DEME’s new jack-up offshore installation vessel Norse Energi is preparing to begin work on offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea and North Sea, with its first assignments lined up for Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany and Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 in the UK. The vessel, officially name
The first of 197 monopiles has been installed at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site, some 120 kilometres off the coast of Norfolk, UK. “A team of more than 200 experts from Ørsted and its contractors, Cadeler and Menck, are working closely together to ensure the safe installation of all 197 monop
Mubadala Investment Company has invested USD 325 million (approximately EUR 300 million) in the UK’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, being built by Ørsted at a site located around 120 kilometres off the Norfolk coast. The Abu Dhabi-based investor is joining a consortium led by Apollo-managed funds, wh
GE Vernova has selected Maraen Port of Nigg in Scotland as a marshalling port for wind turbine components for Dogger Bank B and C. For Dogger Bank A, and initially also Dogger Bank B, GE Vernova used Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool as the marshalling port. Under the new agreement, the port facility i
Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables have shipped the final monopiles for East Anglia Three directly to the offshore project site in the UK. The monopiles for the 95-turbine offshore wind farm are being supplied by Haizea Wind Group and the Navantia-Windar consortium, with Windar also deliverin
Major offshore construction work has started on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, developed by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, as Van Oord has installed the first monopile foundations at the project site in the Polish Baltic Sea. The offshore installation campaign, for which Van Oor
Fugro has started geotechnical survey work for the Berwick Bank offshore wind project under a contract the company was awarded by SSE Renewables. The contract covers geotechnical investigations for Berwick Bank B, the second phase of the wider 4.1 GW offshore wind development in Scotland, planned to
Dutch cable manufacturer TKF has secured a contract from Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the supply of inter-array cables for the first phase of the Zeevonk offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Back in 2023, Vattenfall and TKF signed a multi-year framework agreement
Acta Marine recently took delivery of the second of its four new construction service operation vessels (CSOVs), Acta Hercules, which will be deployed on a Dutch offshore wind farm. The company has also reflagged its first newbuild CSOV, Acta Pegasus, to the French flag. Acta Hercules will enter int
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the offshore consent application for its Bowdun offshore wind farm to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate. Located off the north-east coast of Scotland, 44 kilometres from Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire , the fixed-bottom offshore wind farm is planned
