The deadlines on application decisions for the Hornsea Three, Norfolk Vanguard and Thanet Extension offshore wind farms have been extended by Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom. Energy and Clean Growth Minister Kwasi Kwarteng published a Written Ministerial Statement on Thursday 23 January, revealing that the decision deadline for Hornsea Three has…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to quadruple the UK’s offshore wind capacity from 8.5GW today to 40GW by 2030 on Thursday 14 November, if the Conservative Party wins on 12 December. The announcement was made in notes issued alongside a speech Johnson made at the London Electric Vehicle Company in…
Published on Saturday 31 August the Crown Estate Scotland consultation on its final 2020-23 Corporate Plan aims to demonstrate how it will work “to attract offshore wind investment” and reflects stakeholder and tenant feedback. Additionally, a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has been undertaken to assess the likely environmental effects of…
Representatives from over 100 offshore wind supply chain companies will gather in Inverness today (Wednesday 21 August) to discuss current and future opportunities in offshore wind. At the event organised by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), DeepWind member companies will outline how the new Offshore Wind Growth Partnership will help…
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced on Monday 12 August that it has entered an agreement with Iberdrola’s ScottishPower Renewables to acquire a 40% stake in the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The wind farm is located 43km off the Suffolk coast. The acquisition means that Macquarie and…
RenewableUK has announced that over 2GW of new offshore wind became operational in the UK during 2018. In a press release on Monday 17 December, it was reported that the total added capacity of 2,121MW was almost twice as much as the previous record of 1,154MW in 2012, with Walney…
The UK remains the largest offshore wind market in the world, according to RenewableUK’s latest global market rankings. Published on Tuesday 19 June, the results show the UK to have an offshore wind pipeline portfolio of 35.2GW, followed by Germany (23.4GW), Taiwan (8.3GW), China (7.7GW) and the US (7.5GW). Overall,…
Race Bank offshore windfarm off the North Norfolk coast officially opened on Wednesday 13 June. The 573MW project consists of 91 Siemens Gamesa 6MW turbines. The project is 50% owned by Ørsted and part-owned by three investment firms. The windfarm also features a new offshore maintenance method, which uses a…
UK marine contractor Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has urged MPs to consider the impact of Brexit on the offshore renewables industry ahead of the latest debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill next week, Renews reported on Thursday 7 June. The Bill returns to the House of Commons after the Lords…
Roadmaps detailing potential future priorities and opportunities for innovation in the UK’s offshore wind sector has been released by the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH). Published Thursday 31 May, the roadmaps outline four key technical innovation areas of focus in order to expand the sector: turbines, electrical infrastructure, sub-structures and…