News
This is where we will keep you updated about press releases, sector news, vacancies and project progress.
Blue Gem Wind deploy floating lidar at Valorous and share wave data with local surfers
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and Simply Blue Group has recently deployed a floating LiDAR system to the proposed Valorous project site to continue an offshore metocean campaign in the Celtic Sea. ...
Blue Gem Wind highly commended in STEM Inspiration awards for floating wind education programme
Blue Gem Wind has been highly commended at the 2022 STEM Inspiration Awards for the development and delivery of a floating wind education programme aimed at assisting in the delivery of the New Curriculum for Wales. Mike Scott, Project Managing Director at Blue Gem...
UK Government Ministers visit Blue Gem Wind and Port of Milford Haven for update on Wales’ first floating offshore wind farm
Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary State for Wales, David T.C. Davies MP joined Blue Gem Wind and the Port of Milford Haven to discuss progress on Wales’ and the Celtic Sea’s first floating wind farm and the critical...
Blue Gem Wind celebrates International Woman’s Day 2022
Happy International Woman's Day #IWD2022! We are highlighting some of the fantastic team working to develop Wales' first floating offshore windfarm. So pleased they are part of the Blue Gem Wind family!...
Pembrokeshire school names first platform for Erebus floating wind farm
Ollie Holloway, a 7-year-old pupil from Roch school in Pembrokeshire has named the first floating wind platform from project Erebus. The school took part in Blue Gem Wind’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) focussed education programme. The first of the...
Celtic Sea pioneer submits consent applications for Erebus floating offshore wind farm
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, submits consent applications for its 100MW Erebus floating offshore wind project. With floating wind and the Celtic Sea poised to play a critical role in UK and Welsh Government Net...
Blue Gem Wind partner with Helly Hansen Workwear
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and Simply Blue Energy has partnered with leading outdoor apparel and workwear brand Helly Hansen – a trusted brand for workwear professionals since 1877, developing...
Blue Gem Wind welcomes new Celtic Sea leasing plans and UK Government funding for floating wind ports
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and Simply Blue Group has welcomed the announcement from the Crown Estate on future Celtic Sea floating wind plans. Mike Scott, Project Managing...
Blue Gem Wind continue with UK based Offshore Wind Consultants as Erebus Owner’s Engineer
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between TotalEnergies, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and Simply Blue Group have begun FEED with UK based Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd (OWC) as Owner’s Engineer. David Groves, Commercial Manager, Blue Gem Wind, said, “We...
Contract Engineer
Role Description Contract Engineer BackgroundBlue Gem Wind (BGW) is responsible for developing two floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. The first, a 100MW ‘Test and Demonstration’ project (Erebus) with milestones for consent application in December 2021,...
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