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  • Geotechnical Investigations Coming Up at 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Site

    13 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Geoquip Marine Operations and GEO Denmark are set to start a geotechnical investigation campaign at the Bowdun offshore wind farm site in Scotland, developed by Thistle Wind Partners. Two vessels, Geoquip Seehorn and Geo Connector, will be used to perform the surveys, with the work expected to commence on 19 April. The campaign will be […]

  • Onshore Planning Application Submitted for 1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project

    12 December 2025
    Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has applied for planning permission in principle for the onshore infrastructure of the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind project with Aberdeenshire Council. The application covers the elements from the landfall point near Benholm, underground cable corridor, onshore substation, and proposed connection to the planned Hurlie substation at Fetteresso Forest, where the […]

  • Thistle Wind Partners Files Offshore Consent Application for 1 GW Bowdun Project

    7 May 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the offshore consent application for its Bowdun offshore wind farm to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate. Located off the north-east coast of Scotland, 44 kilometres from Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire , the fixed-bottom offshore wind farm is planned to have up to 67 wind turbines and an installed capacity of up […]

  • Vessel Traffic Survey to Soon Start at Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm Site

    28 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A vessel traffic survey is scheduled to start in the coming days at the Bowdun offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The survey is due to commence on 1 December and is expected to be completed by 15 December, depending on weather conditions, according to a Notice to Mariners issued recently by the developer Thistle […]

  • Qair Files for Offshore Consent for Ayre Floating Wind Farm

    12 December 2025
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ayre Offshore Wind Farm Limited, the project company behind the 1 GW Ayre floating wind farm proposed to be built in Scotland, has applied for offshore consent with Marine Scotland. According to documentation available on Marine Scotland’s website, the developer submitted the offshore application on 27 November. As announced at the beginning of last month, […]

  • Qair Takes Full Control of Ayre Floating Wind while Bowdun Shifts to DEME and Aspiravi

    4 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    French Qair has acquired full ownership of the 1 GW Ayre floating wind project and exited the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a joint venture of Qair, Belgium’s DEME Concessions, and Aspiravi International, developed the two offshore wind projects. Under a revised arrangement, DEME Concessions and Aspiravi will […]

  • Australian Gov’t Awards Final Feasibility Licences to Three Offshore Wind Projects in Bunbury Zone

    23 January 2026
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has offered final feasibility licences to three offshore wind projects in the Bunbury zone off the coast of Western Australia, the federal government said on 23 January. Also on 23 January, the government invited applications for research and demonstration (R&D) licences that allow trials […]

  • Bowdun Offers GBP 1 Billion Supply Chain Opportunity to Scottish Oil & Gas Firms

    25 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Bowdun, a 1 GW offshore wind farm being developed by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), has launched an initiative to unlock a GBP 1 billion (approximately EUR 1.1 billion) offshore wind opportunity for Scottish oil and gas supply chain companies to diversify into renewables. Bowdun will work with its partner DEME Offshore to pre-qualify firms as […]

  • Onshore Plans for TWP’s Ayre Floating Wind Farm Submitted

    26 August 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted an onshore planning application to the Highland Council for the 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. Highland Council’s consultation on the application opens on 29 August, and representations can be made up until 28 September. The project milestone follows the completion of a comprehensive optioneering exercise […]

  • UK Port Unveils GBP 150 Million Offshore Wind Expansion Plan

    16 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne, located in the northeast of England, has unveiled its plans to add 400 metres of deep-water quayside to support offshore renewables, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. The Port of Tyne is investing GBP 150 million (approximately EUR 173 million) to transform 230 acres into the Tyne Clean Energy Park, a move […]

  • TWP Presses Ahead with 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Project

    17 September 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the offshore scoping report to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate Licensing & Operations team for its 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind project. The development follows the announcement last week regarding the submission of the onshore scoping report to Aberdeenshire Council for the site. Located 44 kilometres east of Stonehaven, […]

  • Onshore Scoping Report Submitted for 1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted an onshore scoping report to Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore infrastructure associated with its 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. The report provides information on the proposed onshore infrastructure and further outlines the approach to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), including baseline data sources. Located 44 kilometres […]

  • OWC, Empire Engineering Win Work on TWP’s Scottish Offshore Wind Farms

    5 June 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Renewable energy consultancy OWC and Empire Engineering have been selected to provide owner’s engineering services for the 1 GW Ayre and 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farms in Scotland. The companies will support Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, from concept selection through to further design phases. OWC will act […]

  • TWP Awards Pre-FEED Contract for 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

    26 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium involving DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has awarded Ramboll the contract for pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) of the foundations for its 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. The scope of work includes the substructure design for the wind turbines consisting of a base-case jacket design concept for water […]

  • TWP Picks COWI for Pre-FEED Work on Scottish Offshore Wind Farms

    5 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    COWI has been awarded a contract by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a partnership between DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, to conduct pre-front-end engineering design (FEED) studies for the Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms in Scotland. Under the contract, COWI will carry out a Pre-FEED study for TWP’s Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms, which are […]

  • ABPmer to Perform Marine Physical Process Assessments for Two Scottish Offshore Wind Projects

    11 June 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    UK marine consultancy ABPmer has been commissioned to provide marine physical process assessments to support the consenting of the Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms in Scotland, owned by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium comprising DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi. Ayre is a 1 GW floating wind project planned to be built off the coast […]

  • Preliminary Licences Granted for 3 Offshore Wind Projects in Western Australia

    27 August 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Australian government has issued preliminary feasibility licences for three offshore wind projects in the Bunbury zone off the coast of Western Australia. Declared in September 2024, the Bunbury offshore wind zone covers an area of 3,995 square kilometres and has the potential to generate up to 11.4 GW of renewable energy. In June, Federal […]

  • Seabed Surveys Start for 2 GW ScotWind Offshore Wind Projects

    6 April 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has launched seabed surveys for its 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm and the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites, in leasing zones NE2 and E3, from March […]

  • TWP Submits Offshore Scoping Report for 1 GW Floating Wind Project in Scotland

    10 July 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium comprising DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has submitted the offshore scoping report for the Ayre floating offshore wind project to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate. The report was submitted to the Marine Directorate – Licensing & Operations Team to request a scoping opinion under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations. It provides […]

  • Equinor Pulls Out of 2 GW Australian Floating Wind Farm; Project Rejects Feasibility Licence

    22 August 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers behind the Novocastrian floating wind farm have decided not to accept the feasibility licence offered by the Australian government for their up to 2 GW project in the Hunter offshore wind zone. The floating offshore wind farm was being developed by Norway’s energy company Equinor and Oceanex. The plans for the project were […]

  • Thistle Wind Partners Rename 2 GW ScotWind Offshore Wind Projects

    20 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners, a consortium founded by DEME Concession, Qair, and Aspiravi, has announced the final names for its two ScotWind offshore wind projects. TWP won the seabed leasing rights for two offshore wind projects in the ScotWind auction last year, in which 25 GW of capacity was awarded. The consortium plans to build the […]

  • Qair, Etermar Forge Iberian Floating Offshore Wind Alliance

    17 December 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Etermar Energia and French independent renewable energy company, Qair, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at future offshore wind projects in the Iberian Peninsula. The document was signed during a visit by Etermar Energia to EolMed, Qair’s 30 MW floating offshore wind project currently under construction in Port-La Nouvelle, France. The agreement reflects […]

  • Strategic Marine to Build CTV for Polish Offshore Wind Market

    26 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Lotos Petrobaltic, an ORLEN Group company, signed a contract with Singapore-based Strategic Marine for the construction of a crew transfer vessel that will serve the Polish offshore wind market. The CTV is scheduled to be completed this summer, with delivery to Europe in early September 2024. The vessel will join the existing fleet managed by […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean Takes Root in Taiwan

    1 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has appointed Matt Bowden as the new Area Manager in Taiwan with the aim to strengthen its local business presence. Bowden is based in Taipei and will act as the key representative for SBO in Taiwan, providing strategic leadership in business development, sales & marketing and operations both locally and in other […]

  • MHI Vestas Adds Boltun and Walsin Lihwa to Taiwanese Supply Chain

    13 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has reached agreements with Taiwan’s Boltun Corporation and Walsin Lihwa Corporation for the delivery of fasteners and cables, respectively. These agreements will see Boltun and Walsin Lihwa Corporation supply MHI Vestas for CIP-developed wind projects – Changfang Phase 2 and Xidao – to be delivered off the coast of Taiwan beginning […]

  • Green Port Growth Names Head of Research & Development

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Green Port Growth (GPG), the programme created to establish East Yorkshire as a world-class centre for renewable energy, has appointed Dr Alan Lowdon as its Research & Development Director. Dr Lowdon will provide support and identify new opportunities for key businesses working in the offshore wind and wider renewables sectors to capitalise on the proposed […]