Offshore construction has officially started at RWE’s 1.4 gigawatt (GW) Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, to install essential subsea cable infrastructure from the UK’s north east coast to the wind farm site on Dogger Bank, in the central North Sea. Cable contractor Prysmian’s high-tech Leonardo da Vinci vessel will lay the first section of high voltage direct current […]
The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, when complete will occupy an area almost as large as Greater London, on seabed that once formed a land bridge between the UK and Europe. When fully complete it will have an installed capacity of 3.6GW of renewable electricity – more than two and a half times the size of […]
Plans for a massive wind farm project off the Norfolk coast have been dramatically halted in a major blow for the county’s burgeoning energy industry. Swedish company Vattenfall announced that it had halted plans for its Norfolk Boreas project. The company said costs for the scheme had soared by 40pc due to inflation and it […]
The Crown Estate has today announced an increased investment of £2 million in ECOWind – a four-year research programme led by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) that brings together experts from science, policy and industry to understand how offshore wind affects ecosystems, species and habitats. The additional funds will be used to bring forward […]
The Crown Estate and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have released a report which aims to help stakeholders involved in offshore wind developments better assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from subsea power cables on the marine environment. The report will lead to an improved understanding of the potential effects […]
Plans for a wind farm off the Yorkshire coast capable of powering more than a million homes have been approved, two years after a planning application was first made. Energy Secretary Grant Shapps granted consent for phase four of the Hornsea windfarm development, which will involve over 180 turbines around 43 miles off the coast […]
The Crown Estate has announced alterations to the leasing process for Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 – The Celtic Sea. The seabed manager has provided further details on how it will run the tender process for the first commercial-scale floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea, off the coast of Wales and the South West […]
A new report from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult details how the latest advancements in technology can enable faster and more accurate data collection – leading to more informed decision making and the potential to reduce consenting times for offshore wind farms by as much as 40% – reducing costs and improving our knowledge […]