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.

Fugro and Enviros Mapping Out Wind Areas Offshore Norway

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has awarded contracts to the companies Fugro and Enviros to map the shallowest strata under the seabed with the objective of locating sites that are best suited for the placement of wind turbines.

View > January 11, 2023

National Grid awards Norfolk substation contract

National Grid has awarded construction firm Burns & McDonnell an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contract for the extension of a substation at Necton in Norfolk.

View > January 5, 2023

DEME, LS Cable & System Secure Export Cable Contract for Second Norfolk Project

After recently being selected to provide export cables for the 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm, DEME Offshore and LS Cable & System have now also signed a contract with Vattenfall for the same work on the 1.8 GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm, both in the UK.

View > December 12, 2022

ABP awards design and build contract for Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group, has awarded the design and build contract for its ambitious Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) to McLaughlin & Harvey.

View > December 8, 2022

Fugro Quest Launches, First Stop Norfolk Offshore Wind Project

Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, has added a new geotechnical vessel, equipped with advanced deep-water technology, to its fleet.

View > December 2, 2022

Moray West Orders Marine Optimisation System from Vissim

OrbisEnergy tenant and Norwegian technology company Vissim AS has won a contract to provide a system designed to optimise marine operations on the Moray West wind farm offshore Scotland.

View > November 28, 2022

Fugro Wins Two Survey Contracts in Dutch North Sea

Fugro has been awarded two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch IJmuiden Ver Site V-VI, Nederwiek (zuid) Site I and Hollandse Kust (west) Site VIII offshore wind zones.

View > November 24, 2022

Fugro Nabs New York Bight Offshore Survey Contract

Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Fugro an offshore survey contract to support site appraisal and concept design activities in the New York Bight.

View > November 23, 2022

ABP awards Lowestoft offshore O&M hub design contract

Associated British Ports (ABP) has awarded the design contract for its Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) to McLaughlin & Harvey.

View > November 22, 2022

Sembmarine wins Hornsea maintenance contract

Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Sembmarine SLP has secured a Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) contract from Orsted for the Hornsea 2 Offshore Wind Farm Offshore substation and reactive compensation station.

View > November 7, 2022

Steve Huxter - Building and Tenant Manager

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.