Second phases of the UK offshore wind farms receiving payments under the Contract for Difference scheme. The second phases of the East Anglia 1 and Hornsea 1 offshore wind farms have met operational milestones and have now started to receive payments under their Contracts for Difference (CfD). About 285MW at [...]

RWE has just achieved commercial operation on its Nawrocko onshore wind farm near Stettin. With about 7 MW, the site can supply the equivalent of up to 15,000 households with green power. The construction of the three Nordex wind turbines (type N117)  started about one year ago and was finally [...]

Bureau is delighted to have been involved in the successful completion of the manufacturing of 84 pin piles for the Changhua Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Taiwan. Involved at various levels of the project including Project Management, Technical Support, and Inspection Services. The project entails the manufacturing and [...]

The sun powered almost 30% of UK electricity on Monday, amid reduced pollution levels. The UK surpassed its all-time peak solar generation record on Monday, as pollution levels wane in the COVID-19 lockdown. A peak of 9.68GW was recorded by Sheffield Solar live PV generation tracker at around 12:30 on [...]

Bureau UK are continuing to provide our clients with onsite inspections in accordance with the restrictions of COVID-19, however where this is no longer possible, we are also providing clients with remote inspections, audits and documentation reviews. In these challenging times we currently face, we are able to offer the [...]

Work on export cables connecting the East and West platforms to shore will start in the summer Installation of the first of two substation platforms (OSPs) connecting the 857MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm to the UK grid has been completed. Installation of OSP West took place in the early [...]

Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy are manufacturing free-of-charge PPE for health workers free-of-charge. Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy, which specialise in bespoke equipment and subsea protection systems for the global offshore energy sectors, have joined forces to manufacture personal protection equipment (PPE) for NHS workers in the North East of [...]

Boskalis starts route clearance work with new multi-mode plough Boskalis has kicked off route clearance and trenching activity at Orsted’s Hornsea 2 project off the Yorkshire coast. A spokesperson for the developer said the Dutch marine contractor began trenching and clearing the 1.4GW project's array cable areas and export cable [...]

The team at Bureau is pleased to be doing their part to support the current COVID-19 crisis with providing resources for key projects. We were approached to provide Inspection services and project support for the inspection, product authentication and shipping verification of various Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Diagnostic Swab Kits [...]

Solar and wind accounted for 90% of new additions in 12-month period, according to IRENA. The renewable energy sector added 176GW of generating capacity globally in 2019, slightly lower than the 179GW added in 2018, according to a new report. However, new renewable power accounted for 72% of all power [...]

German-Spanish company introduces raft of measures to protect staff during pandemic Siemens Gamesa has restarted full production at its Hull blade manufacturing plant in the UK after introducing a series of measures to protect staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. The turbine manufacturer has introduced thermal imaging, enhanced protective equipment and [...]

Deal agreed to acquire the early-stage NaiKun project off the coast of British Columbia Canadian company Northland Power is to buy an early-stage offshore wind farm development from NaiKun Wind Energy Group in the Hecate Strait off British Columbia, Canada. The deal, which is expected to close in mid-2020 subject [...]