Buchanan offshore wind farm: A step closer to completion?

Another 1.5 GW of offshore wind power receives development consent in the Irish Sea. The Morgan offshore wind farm site, off the coast of Cumbria, has reached another important milestone in its journey towards completion. Having been granted development consent, the project can now move forward to the next planning stage ahead of construction. With up to 96 turbines scheduled for installation, the Morgan site could eventually provide clean energy to as many as 1.5 million homes. https://lnkd.in/d_D-ExT2 #OffshoreWind #UKOffshoreWind #UKrenewables #UKrenewableenergy #OffshoreConstruction #IrishSea

https://lnkd.in/guXdXJkc An application for a 1GW floating offshore wind farm off northeast Scotland has been submitted by a German, Belgian and French consortium. Buchan Offshore Wind comprises the German renewable energy firm BayWa r.e. EMEA, which is part of the BayWa AG group; Elicio, an experienced Belgian offshore wind developer, owner and operator; and BW Ideol, a floating wind technology firm based in La Ciotat, a coastal town in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southern France. #offshore #windfarm #energy #offshoreenergy

The £1bn 1500MW Mona Offshore Wind Farm is now at detail approval stage. Due to begin construction in February 2027, the offshore wind farm will have a capacity of 1500MW with up to 96 turbines at 15.6MW each and heights of 324m. This £1bn project was the highest value planning approval for the North West throughout July, as reported in our Regional Spotlight Report. Want to know the top projects of the month in your region? Click the link below to view Regional Spotlight directly on our website. 

#OFTO Update on Dogger Bank A Offshore Wind Farm: The UK government is proposing to extend the transmission licence exemption for the Dogger Bank A Offshore Wind Farm by 364 days, until 18 December 2026. This extension is necessary due to unforeseen technical challenges, including turbine blade failures, safety stoppages, and asset availability issues, which have delayed construction, commissioning, and compliance testing of the transmission assets. Public consultation is open until 14 October 2025. Share your views! Ofgem SSE Renewables Equinor Vårgrønn Equitix Department for Energy Security and Net Zero #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #CleanEnergy #Sustainability

We’re excited to expand our offshore wind services into Australia, teaming up with Entura to make it happen⚡ AFRY has been involved in more than 90 GW of offshore and onshore wind projects around the world, supporting developers with everything from technical advisory to auction strategies. By combining this global experience with Entura’s local knowledge and regulatory know-how, we’re ready to support project developers as Victoria pushes ahead with its ambitious targets: 2 GW by 2032, 4 GW by 2035 and 9 GW by 2040. Together, we’ll help feasibility license holders prepare for the upcoming offshore wind auction and pave the way for Australia’s first offshore wind farms in the early 2030s. Read more: https://bit.ly/45S9WTf 💡 #offshore #australia #renewableenergy

📢 Skyborn Renewables has awarded all major equipment contracts for its #Gennaker offshore wind farm to Seaway7, EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH, Dajin Heavy Industry Co.,Ltd, Boskalis and TKF (BV Twentsche Kabelfabriek). Read more: https://lnkd.in/duwMvrjm #EPCProjects #OffshoreWing #RenewableEnergy

A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation. Joint venture developers Equinor and SSE Renewables, who each own 50% of the Dogger Bank D development off the northeast coast of England, say 1.5GW more electricity will be generated on top of the 3.6GW already under construction in the North Sea. The lease was signed with the Crown Estate, which owns all the seabed around the UK. An eight-week consultation process has just been concluded, detailing how 113 offshore wind turbines will be installed on fixed bottom foundations along with another two substation platforms. The site will cover 262 square kilometres. Yet the UK electricity grid cannot cope with the amount of electricity already being generated by offshore wind farms, which regularly have to switch off their turbines – and are paid by the tax payer to do so. Exact figures are difficult to come by, but some estimates put the annual figure paid to switch turbines off at £500 million (€580 million). According to the Financial Times, Britain’s wind farms were paid to switch off 13% of the time in 2024, although this is not broken down into on and offshore wind. “The grid operator had to pay £2.7bn during the 2024-25 financial year to make sure electricity supply and demand was constantly balanced, with wind farms a “major driver” of the bill,” it says. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) had not replied to MJ’s request for comment or confirmation at the time of writing. Read the full article on Maritime Journal; https://lnkd.in/eDyPPU2x

Equinor bails on $10bn floating wind project in Australia Norwegian energy giant Equinor has decided to pull out of the Novocastrian floating wind farm offshore New South Wales. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gYtjbHwY 🔽 Find more info in comments below 🔽 #Equinor #Novocastrian #OffshoreWind #FloatingWind #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #AustraliaEnergy #HunterRegion #OffshoreWindAustralia #CleanEnergy #GreenInvestment #SustainableFuture #WindPower ⤵️ Click Follow on our page to keep up to date with energy news ⤵️

Equinor bails on $10bn floating wind project in Australia Norwegian energy giant Equinor has decided to pull out of the Novocastrian floating wind farm offshore New South Wales. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gqzJ6qyK 🔽 Find more info in comments below 🔽 #Equinor #Novocastrian #OffshoreWind #FloatingWind #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #AustraliaEnergy #HunterRegion #OffshoreWindAustralia #CleanEnergy #GreenInvestment #SustainableFuture #WindPower ⤵️ Click Follow on our page to keep up to date with energy news ⤵️

Scotland's massive onshore wind farm is being built: A large new wind farm that will provide sufficient electricity to power some 335,000 houses in Scotland has started construction. #carbonemissions #CWPEnergy #onshorewind #Renewableenergy #SanquharII #Scotland #windenergy