Ørsted has appointed Peter Hepburn as head of generation UK from 1 October 2026. He will oversee its 5.7GW UK offshore wind fleet and support the commissioning of Hornsea 3.
An investigation has begun after Cadeler’s Wind Orca collided with the berthed BG Orange at the Port of Tyne, where a gantry crane was damaged and one operator was injured.
Ørsted has completed all 197 concrete working platforms for Hornsea 3. About half have been transported from Świnoujście in Poland to the Port of Tyne for the offshore foundation campaign.
Boskalis vessel Trustee will carry dozens of monopiles from Bilbao to Teesworks for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind project.
Cadeler completed the first fully commissioned monopile foundation installation at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind project using the newbuild vessel Wind Ally.
DEME Group has named its new jack-up installation vessel Norse Energi in the Netherlands, with work lined up at Windanker and Hornsea 3 in 2026.
Mubadala Investment Company has invested $325 million in Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind project, joining an Apollo-led consortium in the UK development.
Ørsted has revised commissioning timelines for Hornsea 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 due to grid operator delays and outages in the UK and Germany.
Cadeler has completed mobilisation of Wind Ally and Wind Orca for Hornsea 3, advancing foundation transport and installation work for the 2.9 GW offshore wind project.
