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.

Vattenfall awards export cable job for Norfolk Boreas

View > October 20, 2022

BREAKING: SSE, Equinor Plan 1.3 GW Dogger Bank D Offshore Wind Project

SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogger Bank D, which would bring Dogger Bank Wind Farm’s total capacity to nearly 5 GW if built.

View > October 7, 2022

Fugro Carrying Out Geophysical Surveys at RWE’s New Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Sites

Fugro is performing geophysical surveys at the array sites of RWE’s two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects, DBS East and DBS West.

View > October 6, 2022

4.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Site Soon to Buzz with Activity

SSE Renewables is set to soon return to the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Wind Farm located off the east coast of Scotland to commence further geotechnical survey work.

View > September 30, 2022

Fugro Nabs BalWin Survey Contract

Transmission system operator TenneT has selected Fugro Germany Land GmbH to carry out geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations at the BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 offshore platform locations in the German North Sea.

View > September 20, 2022

Seaway 7 Raising Cash to Finance Newbuild Vessels

Seaway 7, part of the Subsea7 Group, plans to raise USD 650 million through the issuance of new equity and debt, primarily to finance its two newbuild vessels, Seaway Alfa Lift and Seaway Ventus.

View > September 13, 2022

Four more businesses target east coast renewables hub for growth

Four specialist companies that deliver services to the offshore wind industry have set up bases at Lowestoft to be part of its rising profile in the UK’s clean energy landscape.

View > September 9, 2022

SSE’s New Offshore Wind Farm Could Pour Billions into Scottish Economy

The development of the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm in Scotland could deliver as much as GBP 4.1 billion to the country’s economy over the lifetime of the project while cutting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year, according to a new report.

View > September 2, 2022

SSE and Partners Name 2.6 GW Floating Offshore Wind Project in Scotland

SSE Renewables and its ScotWind partners, Marubeni Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have officially named their up to 2.6 GW floating wind project offshore Scotland for which the companies won the rights in the recent ScotWind auction.

View > August 26, 2022

Windfarm’s new first-of-its-kind vessel named in Lowestoft ceremony

A ground-breaking new vessel designed specifically for the offshore wind market has officially been launched in Lowestoft.

View > August 25, 2022

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.