News

Check out the OrbisEnergy News section on a regular basis for the most up to date stories and intelligence from our tenants, plus information from regional and national industry sources.

Windcat Hydrogen CSOVs to Feature SMST Mission Equipment

SMST has been awarded a contract by Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for the two newbuilds Elevation Series Commissioning Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Windcat Offshore.

View > May 10, 2023

North Star Orders Two Hybrid CSOVs at Vard

Norway-based shipbuilding company Vard has signed new contracts for the design and construction of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for the UK support vessel operator North Star.

View > May 10, 2023

Seatrium to Build Offshore Platforms for BP and Equinor’s Empire Wind Projects

Seatrium Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms (SMOP), has secured a contract from Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, to supply two offshore substations for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms in the US.

View > May 9, 2023

Vissim snaps up Nesspoint

Acquisition will extend software and technology for optimising marine operations at wind farms

View > May 3, 2023

Fugro Performs World’s First Fully Remote Offshore Wind Farm Inspection

Fugro has completed what is said to be the world’s first fully remote ROV inspection of an offshore wind farm using its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV).

View > May 2, 2023

Fugro to Start Star of the South Geotechnical Site Investigation

Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform a geotechnical site investigation, which is set to kick in this weekend, for Australia’s first offshore wind farm, Star of the South.

View > May 2, 2023

Vattenfall Taps Hellenic Cables for 4.2 GW Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone

Hellenic Cables has signed an agreement with the Swedish energy company Vattenfall to supply inter-array cables for the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone in the UK.

View > April 27, 2023

SSE, Marubeni & CIP Complete Aerial Surveys for Floating Wind Farm Offshore Scotland

Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited (OWFL) has finished 24 months of digital aerial surveys across the 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind project site area, located approximately 80 kilometres southeast of the Aberdeenshire coast.

View > April 24, 2023

Seaway7 Installs Final Foundation at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Seaway7 has installed the final wind turbine foundation on Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, concluding the 18-month installation campaign.

View > April 19, 2023

Offshore Surveys Starting at Shell & Ocean Winds’ Lease Area Off Massachusetts

Furgo, using its vessel Fugro Explorer, will perform a geotechnical survey campaign at the SouthCoast Wind lease area offshore Massachusetts, formerly known as Mayflower Wind, where the joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds plans to install up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity. A geophysical site investigation is also scheduled to start soon.

View > April 14, 2023

The Accidental Project Manager Tuesday July 8, 2025 11.30am - 2.00pm OrbisEnergy, Wilde Street, Lowestoft, NR32 1XH
OrbisEnergy Summer Party Thursday July 10, 2025 12:00 - onwards Boardroom at OrbisEnergy, Wilde street, Lowestoft, NR32 1XH
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Steve Huxter - Building and Tenant Manager

Steve has recently been appointed as Building and Tenant Manager have joined OrbisEnergy as a Property Support Administrator in July 2019.

Ian Pease

Ian Pease, Business Development Manager joined in February 2020. His role is to drive forward OrbisEnergy as an innovation and technology cluster for the region’s clean energy sector by working closely with new and existing tenants.

Ashleigh Farrow - Property Support Administrator

Ashleigh is our newly appointed property support administrator who joined us in July 2024. Ashleigh is keen to learn and get acquainted with all the practices of the company.

Lauren Knowles - Property Support Administrator

Lauren has recently joined the OrbisEnergy team. Lauren is excited and looking forward to the challenges her new post will bring.