The Celtic Sea Cluster, formed last year Welsh Government and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership to help drive market creation for floating wind, has now launched its new Regional Strategy, outlining how Wales and South…
Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor on Monday said it was interested in developing a 'gigawatt scale' floating offshore wind project off the coast of Britain in the Celtic Sea in connection with an upcoming seabed leasing round. The project…
Japan’s electricity utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is set to acquire the Scottish floating wind specialist Flotation Energy. This is TEPCO's first investment in overseas wind power.Floation Energy founders Allan MacAskill and Lord Nicol Stephen developed Kincardine…
The Celtic Sea is well positioned to maximize its position as an early hub for floating offshore wind. Still, it’s’ going to be a huge industrial challenge not unlike the oil industry faced when developing the Brents in the 1980s, today’s Floating Offshore Wind conference in Aberdeen heard…
The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has updated developers on the design of the tender process for seabed leasing for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea program is intended to provide 4GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035…
Energy services provider Expro said Friday it had successfully completed the plug and abandonment (P&A) of Ireland’s first indigenous gas wells.Expro delivered integrated subsea and well test services over an eight-month period to intervene…
Floating wind developer Hexicon has appointed China's Mingyang as the preferred wind turbine generator (WTG) supplier for its TwinHub project in the Celtic Sea. Hexicon has also awarded the firm the WTG front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the project…
A new industry partnership is set to support the UK’s floating wind industry by identifying offshore storage areas for wind turbines awaiting installation in the Celtic Sea. The TS-Flow JIP, led by Offshore Solutions Group and delivered in partnership with HR Wallingford…
The UK government on Tuesday gave green light for six fixed offshore wind projects, with the potential to generate renewable electricity for more than 7 million households.The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy gave…
Hexicon AB’s TwinHub floating wind project in the Celtic Sea was successful in the latest UK Government's Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round (AR4). Hexicon has been awarded a CfD for its 32MW floating wind project at a strike price of £87…
The Irish-based oil and gas company Providence Resources, focused on developing the Barryroe field in the Celtic Sea, off Ireland, has appointed Alan Curran as Interim Chief Executive effective.Following Curran's appointment, James Menton reverts to his role as non-executive Chairman of the Board…
The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland said Monday said Tuesday it had identified, and released a map of five broad ‘Areas of Search’ for the development of 4GW of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea by 2035.'These areas…
Wales’ largest electricity producer RWE has entered a partnership with steel maker Tata Steel to explore the production of steel components that could be used in gigawatt-scale floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea.'The co-operation…
U.K. port bosses are scratching their heads as to how to meet demand as offshore wind, including new floating projects, ramps up around the country’s coastline.The U.K. government is pushing this source of energy and has a 40-gigawatt (GW) by…
Oslo-listed company Magnora has through its subsidiary Magnora Offshore Wind agreed Heads of Terms (HoT) for cooperation with the Welsh renewable energy developer Hiraeth Energy for the development of two floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea with a total capacity of around 700 MW…
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