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- Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm: Update on Heavy Lift Operations, April 2026
This is an update to mariners about the timetable…
- Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm: Update on Heavy Lift Operations, April 2026
This is an update on progress with maintenance…
- Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm: Updated Survey Operations, April 2026
Mariners are advised of an update to the survey…
- Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm: Survey Operations, March 2026
Mariners are advised that survey operations are…
- Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm: Update on Heavy Lift Operations, March-April 2026
Mariners are advised of a change to the…
- Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm: Update on Heavy Lift Operations, April 2026
Category Archives: AWJ Updates
WHVDC: Planning and Marine Licence Applications Update
Since submission of planning and marine licence applications in September and October 2011 National Grid and SP Transmission’s proposals for the Western HVDC Link have been widely consulted upon and substantial progress made. Hunterston Converter Station and Substation The application … Continue reading
Western HVDC Link – Contract Award
National Grid and ScottishPower Transmission award £1bn contract for first ever sub sea electricity link between Scotland and England. The sub sea link will be a vital reinforcement – bringing renewable energy from Scotland to the south and helping to … Continue reading
Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Construction Activities
A leaflet describing proposed construction activities for the Gwynt y Môr wind farm has been published today. The leaflet shows the location of the 160 turbines, 2 substations and the export cables for this windfarm. It also outlines the construction … Continue reading
Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm: Scour Protection Completed
Please be advised that the scour protection work outlined in the notice to mariners (GyM-NTM006, circulated on 9th January and illustrated in the map circulated on 10th January) has now been completed. We will keep you informed of future work … Continue reading
Gwynt y Môr: Map of Scour Protection Locations
Further to yesterday’s e-mail, we now enclose a map showing the precise location of the scour protection work that is due to take place on the Gwynt y Môr windfarm shortly. If you have any queries about these operations, please … Continue reading
Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm: Revised notice to mariners
A revised notice to mariners about upcoming work on the Gwynt y Môr wind farm has been issued (here). In summary, the vessel Tideway Rollingstone will be installing scour protection stones at 11 locations within the Gwynt y Môr wind … Continue reading
Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm: Scour protection work due to start
A notice to mariners about upcoming work on the Gwynt y Môr windfarm has been issued (here). The vessel Tideway Rollingstone will be installing scour protection stones at 11 locations (the black dots on the red line shown on the map). … Continue reading
Menai Mussels Still Strong – MSC Certification ongoing
The Menai Strait mussel fishery, the first “enhanced” fishery to be MSC certified in the UK, continues to meet this high standard of sustainability. AWJ worked closely with the Bangor Mussel Producers to help secure the initial certification of this … Continue reading
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SeaGen Project Secures Lease from the Crown Estate
Plans by Marine Current Turbines and its project partner RWE npower renewables to install and operate Wales’s first-ever tidal energy farm have moved a step closer with the granting of an Agreement for Lease by The Crown Estate for the … Continue reading
Rhyl Flats: Survey Operations
From the 30th September 2011 the vessel Halcyon Days is due to be carrying out scientific survey operations within and around the Rhyl Flats Offshore windfarm for the next two weeks. You can download a notice to mariners giving full … Continue reading