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Construction of the UK’s largest offshore wind project has taken a significant step forward with the successful installation of the first fully commissioned foundation at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.

The UK offshore wind sector has marked a major engineering and supply‑chain milestone with the successful installation of the first turbine at the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, setting a new national record for turbine blade size and underlining the continued momentum of large‑scale offshore renewables in 2026. [zawya.com], [offshorewind.biz]

The UK’s battery energy storage system (BESS) sector is entering a new phase of rapid expansion, with a wave of multi‑hundred‑megawatt and gigawatt‑scale projects announced, financed, or advancing through construction across the country. Developers, utilities, and institutional investors are accelerating deployment as battery storage becomes critical to managing the growing share of offshore wind and solar on the national grid. [energy-storage.news], [renewableuk.com]

Why first‑generation projects matter in the transition to larger scale Offshore Windfarms and Maintenance Schedules