April 2016

As the pace of development in the global wind energy industry continues to grow, announcements are regularly being made about the biggest, fastest, most efficient, most powerful and most expensive projects in the world.

Last month, we heard from DONG Energy about the development of Hornsea One in the UK North Sea and this month we learn more about the East Anglia Offshore Wind Farm array that will be developed by ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall. East Anglia ONE is the first phase of the development and work is already underway with subsea scans revealing generally good conditions for the project, with a couple of very interesting surprises.

East Anglia is reaping the benefits of the offshore wind industry with around 15 projects already complete, underway or in planning stages around the coast and the local economy receiving many benefits including employment, skills development and growing investment and we know about this well, being located here ourselves.

Everyone from manufacturing companies, logistics providers, ports and builders, through to engineers, recruitment and tech companies have had the chance to get involved with the East Anglia Offshore Wind developments which are set to be underway for the next three decades at least.

We also learn more about the work of Siemens with wind energy after the company announced major projects in Morocco and Turkey. This is one of the world’s most important energy businesses and one with fingers in so many pies that you can never afford to take your eye off their work.