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.

SSE Renewables Calls for More Use of Non-Price Criteria in Offshore Wind Auctions

SSE Renewables is calling on European governments and regulators and internationally to make greater use of non-price criteria (NPC) in offshore wind energy auctions, whether for seabed or for contracts for difference (CfD).

View > June 19, 2023

NKT Secures EUR 250 Million Cable Order from ScottishPower

Denmark-based NKT has received a firm order from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) to design, manufacture, and install the complete 320 kV HVDC export power cable system for the 1,400 MW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK.

View > June 8, 2023

Stowen Contracted for Ad Hoc Services at Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

SSE Renewables has awarded Stowen Clean Energy with a five-year framework agreement for ad hoc services for the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland.

View > June 6, 2023

TGS, Kongsberg Team Up on Digital Solutions for Offshore Wind Farms

TGS and Kongsberg Gruppen (Kongsberg) have today announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop integrated data and digital solutions for the offshore wind industry.

View > May 26, 2023

Fugro Nabs German Geophysical Survey Deal

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea.

View > May 23, 2023

Japanese Companies to Invest GBP 14.2 Billion in UK’s Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen

Japanese giants Marubeni Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, and Sumitomo Electric Industries have committed to investing a total of GBP 14.2 billion (approximately EUR 16.3 billion) in offshore wind and green hydrogen projects, and the offshore wind supply chain in the UK.

View > May 22, 2023

Iberdrola Orders East Anglia Three Transition Pieces at Windar Renovables

Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Windar Renovables for the construction of 95 transition pieces for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in UK water

View > May 18, 2023

Statutory consultation gets underway for North Falls

An RWE and SSE Renewables joint venture has launched the statutory consultation on its proposals for the North Falls Offshore Wind Farm.

View > May 18, 2023

SSE Says It Remains Committed to Irish Offshore Wind Project Even Though Arklow Bank II Was Not Selected in Auction

Following Ireland’s Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Communications’ announcement of winners in the country’s first offshore wind auction, SSE Renewables, whose project did not secure a contract for renewable energy generation, said that it was still committed to the future delivery of its proposed Arklow Bank Wind Park II offshore wind farm.

View > May 15, 2023

British wind outperforms gas in Q1 2023

Almost a third of the nation's electricity was generated by wind turbines in the first three months of the year

View > May 11, 2023

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