DONG Energy will have invested £5.4 billion in developing offshore wind farms off the coast of North West England by 2019, according to a new report. The investment is delivering significant benefits to the local economy across the region especially in the Liverpool region, Cumbria, and Northern Ireland, creating jobs and helping local supply chain businesses…

DONG Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe to support offshore wind projects. The facility will consist of a new office and warehouse building on a disused site. Up to 75 jobs will be created during the construction of the facility, while around 45 people will be permanently…

DONG Energy has reached an agreement with The Crown Estate to reconfigure the Hornsea zone as part of the Round 3 offshore wind development zones. Last year, DONG Energy acquired the Hornsea zone and the project rights to Hornsea Project Two and Three, which have the potential of 3 GW of offshore wind capacity. Following its…

At the offshore wind auction held by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in November 2015, RES Americas Developments secured the rights to develop one of the two awarded leases. The lease obtained comprises an area that could potentially accommodate more than 1000 MW of offshore wind in New Jersey…

DONG Energy has made a final investment decision to build the giant Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm (Hornsea) in the UK. With a capacity of 1.2 GW, Hornsea will on completion be the world’s first offshore wind farm to exceed 1,000 MW in capacity and by a large margin become the world’s largest offshore…

The Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbine has increased the competition in the multi-MW offshore turbine market, says Dong Energy. The energy company adds that it welcomes the competition because it will be an important factor in the firm’s goal to reduce the cost of electricity from offshore wind by 35 to 40% for projects sanctioned in…