Equinor UK news

Leading energy companies Equinor and SSE Renewables are carrying out early scoping work to explore options for developing a fourth phase, Dogger Bank D, of the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

Energy company Equinor has awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for H2H Saltend to Linde Engineering, and an operation and maintenance service contract to BOC.

Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, has passed five years in operation since its commissioning in 2017.

SSE Thermal and Equinor’s Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station in the Humber has become the first power CCS project in the UK to receive planning permission.

bp, Equinor and Ithaca Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore electrification options for their West of Shetland oil and gas interests.

Equinor and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have announced a collaboration agreement that will tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the offshore renewables sector.

Equinor today announces its interest in developing gigawatt scale floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea, with the upcoming Celtic Sea floating wind seabed leasing round in view.

Centrica and Equinor have signed a co-operation agreement to explore developing a low-carbon hydrogen production hub at Easington in East Yorkshire, further strengthening the region’s growing status as the UK’s foremost hydrogen super place.

Seacat Columbia, one of the UK’s first low emissions vessels, has commenced its service of Equinor’s Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms.

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted for examination the application submitted by Equinor on behalf of its partners to develop the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Extensions (SEP and DEP), both of which are situated off the North Norfolk coast and would power the equivalent of an additional 785,000 UK homes.

Equinor approves final investment decision on the Blandford Road battery storage project in the south of the UK.

Equinor has today applied to the Planning Inspectorate for permission to build extensions to both the Sheringham Shoal and the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farms, both of which are situated off the North Norfolk coast.

On August 12, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced that Equinor’s H2H Saltend production facility had been successfully progressed through Phase-2 of the Government’s cluster sequencing process.

The Equinor-operated Rosebank oil and gas field will provide significant investment into the UK.

A pivotal low-carbon development in Aberdeenshire is continuing to build momentum – with a major contract award announced today.

Extensions to existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms are confirmed by UK Energy Minister as one of the ‘Pathfinder’ projects to deliver early benefits on better coordinated offshore transmission systems.

Equinor will work with leading local research institutions through the North-East Energy Catalyst’s Integrated Smart Energy Laboratory (ISEL) to support offshore wind industry research and development.

Equinor and SSE Thermal are stepping up ambitions to contribute to decarbonisation in the UK. The companies are buying power company Triton Power from Energy Capital Partners (ECP), an energy-transition infrastructure investor, and are starting preparations to use hydrogen in the Saltend Power Station.

Energy company Equinor has submitted a co-funded bid worth over £16 million into Government for a second major low carbon hydrogen production facility in the Humber, which could help to further reduce carbon emissions across the region.

Skills development to be stimulated by Equinor around the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project with initial apprentice cohort undertaking Engineering Operative training beginning in September 2022

Equinor and Centrica have 16 June announced an agreement to deliver additional gas supplies to the UK. The supply agreement will provide further energy security for the UK over the coming three winters.

A project in the Humber which could become the UK’s first flexible power station equipped with carbon capture technology has taken a significant step forward.

Diverse initial cohort of 8-10 apprentices from local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in East of England will benefit from Equinor's Apprenticeship Levy transfer and begin upskilling in Autumn 2022.

The project could contribute £1.2bn to the UK-wide economy throughout its lifetime.

Licence awards means Northern Endurance Partnership has the potential to store up to 1 billion tonnes of CO₂ from the East Coast Cluster.

A proposed first-of-its-kind power station in the Humber could generate £1.2bn to the UK economy over its lifetime, according to a new report.

Project would deliver Scotland’s first power station with carbon capture technology.

Local community members are being encouraged to attend a public consultation on the proposals for H2H Saltend.

On behalf of Sheringham Shoal Extension and Dudgeon Extension partnerships, Equinor is hosting a series of Public Information Days on the week commencing 7 March 2022.

The plan is backed by six prospective industrial operators who have signed varying agreements for the development and commercialisation of the project.

Hydrogen storage will be pivotal in creating a large-scale hydrogen economy in the UK allowing cost effective balancing of hydrogen production and supply.

Cadent and Equinor will work together to assess what a hydrogen town conversion could look like in Lincolnshire.

The winners of OGUK’s 2021 Awards were honoured last night as the industry came together to celebrate the best and brightest talent the offshore oil and gas industry has to offer.

Contract brings associated UK jobs up to 170.

The H2H Saltend project will enable fuel switching in 2026-2027 resulting in a CO₂ emissions reduction of 900 thousand tonnes per year.

On behalf of Sheringham Shoal Extension and Dudgeon Extension partnerships, Equinor has published a summary of its phase two consultation, which took place in summer this year.

Dogger Bank Wind Farm has officially broken ground for its net zero carbon Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at the Port of Tyne.

On behalf of Sheringham Shoal Extension and Dudgeon Extension partnerships, Equinor has taken the decision to extend the preapplication period for the Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Extension Projects (SEP and DEP) to allow time to undertake additional analysis and further develop proposals.

Equinor, operator of the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, has pioneered a novel method of data collection for offshore wind, using an autonomous Sailbuoy.

Equinor is, together with leading research centre NORCE Research, testing a new method analysing environmental DNA (eDNA). This method can be used to map effects from floating wind on fish that inhabit the waters and potentially use areas suitable for floating wind to feed and reproduce in their migratory cycles.

Dogger Bank Wind Farm is pleased to announce appointments of two senior positions that will play a crucial role in keeping operations running at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm.

Dogger Bank Wind Farm has today revealed that its new operations and maintenance (O&M) base will be constructed and operated in line with the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework, to ensure transparent and robust reporting of its sustainability credentials.

Equinor, operator of Dudgeon and Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast, has today announced it will combine the operations for both wind farms into one hub in Great Yarmouth.

Partnership marks UK’s first end-to-end low-carbon hydrogen proposal connecting production, storage and demand projects in the North of England.

Equinor, operator of Hywind Scotland, is collaborating with Scottish Government Directorate Marine Scotland to better understand how fishers can safely operate around and within floating offshore wind farms.

With Equinor tripling its ambitions for producing low-carbon hydrogen, the Equinor and Humber partner projects in the region could deliver over half of the UK’s 5GW ambition by 2030.

BP, Eni, Equinor, National Grid, Shell and Total today confirmed they have formed a new partnership, the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), to develop offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage infrastructure in the UK North Sea, with bp as operator.

Eleven leading energy and industrial companies have signed a formal agreement to support a joint plan to develop a decarbonised industrial cluster in the Humber.

A new campaign for the Humber has been launched aimed at winning government support for the region to become the UK’s first ‘net zero’ carbon cluster ahead of its 2040 target.