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Ørsted Discontinues 2.4GW Hornsea 4 Offshore Wind Farm in UK

May 07, 2025

Ørsted has decided to discontinue the Hornsea 4 project in the U.K. in its current form, citing adverse developments like increase in supply chain costs, higher interest rates, and an increase in the risk to construct and operate the project on the planned timeline.Ørsted has taken the decision to stop further spend on the 2,400 MW Hornsea 4 project at this time and terminate the project’s supply chain contracts…

Ørsted Completes $610M Farm-Down of UK Offshore Wind Farm

May 01, 2025

Ørsted has completed a 24.5% stake divestment in West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm to funds managed by Schroders Greencoat for approximately $610 million.Located approximately 14 km off the U.K. west coast, West of Duddon Sands has been operating since 2014 and has a capacity of 389 MW…

SeAH Wind Appoints Subcontractors for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 06, 2025

SeAH Wind has appointed Mammoet, Glacier Energy, and Hutchinson Engineering as key subcontractors for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project in the U.K.With commercial production set to start in the coming months, these subcontractors have been…

Ørsted Awards Multi-Million Dollar Contracts for Hornsea 3 OW Farm

Dec 12, 2024

Ørsted has hired JDR Cable Systems, Severfield and Smulders to produce integral components and deliver services for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, under contracts collectively worth up to $127 million.Severfield will work with its strategic key contractor Hutchinson Engineering in Widnes…

Ørsted to Shed Part of its UK Wind Farm Stake - Bloomberg News

Nov 25, 2024

Bloomberg News reported Monday that Denmark's Ørsted had begun selling a stake in the largest wind farm planned for the United Kingdom coast. The report was based on people familiar with this matter. Reports added that the Danish utility is looking to sell around 50% of the Hornsea 3 Project…

Seaway7 Secures Inter-Array Cabling Job at Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 30, 2024

Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has secured a substantial contract from Ørsted for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.Seaway7's scope of work…

UK Government Backs 5.3GW of Offshore Wind Projects in Latest CfD Auction

Sep 03, 2024

In the sixth UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round, offshore wind developers have secured support for around 5.3 GW in new capacity for both floating and bottom-fixed offshore wind.As part of the allocation round 6, nine bottom-fixed offshore wind projects…

Ørsted Greenlights Funding for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Storage System

Jun 12, 2024

Ørsted has taken final investment decision (FID) on a 600 MWh battery energy storage system, supplied by Tesla, which will be co-located with 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm to help balance the grid and reduce volatility for consumers.The…

Balmoral Comtec Gets Hornsea 3 Cable Protection Job

May 02, 2024

UK-based offshore energy supply chain company Balmoral Comtec has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from for Ørsted for the supply of cable protection systems (CPS) for its Hornsea 3 offshore wind project.The scope of work includes design…

Jan De Nul Reels In Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Export Cable Job

Jan 25, 2024

Belgium-based offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul has signed the export cable contract with Ørsted for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the U.K.Jan De Nul will be responsible for the seabed preparation, transport, installation…

Orsted to Proceed with Mega Hornsea 3 Project

Dec 20, 2023

Orsted said on Wednesday it had made a final investment decision on the Hornsea 3 project off Britain's coast, indicating it will proceed with what will become the world's largest offshore wind farm.The project, which will have capacity to power more than 3…

Orsted JV to sell Hornsea 2 Transmission Assets Worth $1.47B

Jul 21, 2023

A joint venture half-owned by Denmark's Orsted has agreed to sell the transmission assets of the Hornsea 2 wind farm offshore Britain to Diamond Transmission Partners Hornsea Two (DTP), the Danish energy group said on Friday. Orsted, which owns…

Massive UK Offshore Wind Farm Project Gets Development Consent

Jul 12, 2023

The British government granted development consent for the Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm project on Wednesday. The project, being developed by Danish wind developer Orsted will be located off the Yorkshire coast in England. The wind farm will have a capacity of up to 2…

Prysmian to Supply Inter-Array Cables for Ørsted's Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 03, 2023

Prysmian Group said Monday it had been awarded a new contract by Denmark-based offshore wind farm giant Ørsted to supply inter-array subsea cables for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, located 160 km off the Yorkshire coast, UK. Once constructed…

Windfarm Site Overlap Spat Resolved

Jun 20, 2023

BP and Orsted resolved a dispute over an overlapping zone in the UK North Sea between the BP-led Endurance carbon capture project and the Danish firm's planned Hornsea 4 windfarm, the companies said in a letter published by UK authorities.Britain…

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