Michael Behr

3 days ago | energyvoice.com | Michael Behr

Cerulean Winds’ expects its 1GW Aspen floating wind farm in the Central North Sea to attract £10.9 billion of investment across its 50-year lifespan. This figure includes £5.9bn during development and construction along with £100m annually during operations. This expenditure is expected to provide £4.1bn in gross value added (GVA) to the UK, with £2.8bn in Scotland. Cerulean Winds previously chose Haventus’ Ardersier Energy Transition Facility to serve as Aspen’s strategic hub.

6 days ago | energyvoice.com | Michael Behr

Louise Stewart has joined Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) as its director of external relations and commercial affairs. Based in London, Stewart will help OEUK and its members shape the future of the North Sea and the UK’s energy future, convening the relationships, commercial investments and policies to safeguard and drive security and innovation across the nation’s diverse offshore energy mix.

6 days ago | energyvoice.com | Michael Behr

The UK government has proposed changes to the way it procures offshore wind as it now needs to claw back capacity after the massive Hornsea 4 project ground to a halt. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirmed changes to the way it will run its contracts for difference (CfD) auctions, starting with the upcoming Allocation Round 7 (AR7), expected this year.

1 week ago | energyvoice.com | Michael Behr

Shuttered offshore and subsea technology company Beam has appointed RSM UK Restructuring Advisory as its administrators. The group’s partner and co-head of restructuring Damian Webb and restructuring partner David Shambrook will lead work to handle the failed Bristol-headquartered company. Employees of the Beam, formerly Rovco, recently rook to social media to confirm their shock at having suddenly been made redundant, with 162 of its 195 employees having lost their jobs.

1 week ago | energyvoice.com | Michael Behr

Consumer-led flexibility has been touted as a key part of the energy transition, with smarter responsiveness bringing more stability to the grid. Speaking to Energy Voice, Flexitricity founder and chief strategy officer Alastair Martin said: “Flexibility is not an end in itself.