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  • Moray West Officially at Full Power

    24 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, switched on full power at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm, built by Ocean Winds some 20 kilometres off the coast of Buckie. Moray West comprises 60 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines, each of which can generate up to 14.7 MW with […]

  • Ventus Energy Lands Contracts for Moray East & West Offshore Wind Farms

    6 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Ventus Energy has secured two contracts with Ocean Winds to support its Scotland-based offshore wind farms, Moray West and Moray East. The first contract, awarded in September 2024 for Moray West, spans an 18-month period and includes operations and maintenance (O&M) for the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) assets. The scope of work includes timely inspections […]

  • GHD Wins FEED Deal for 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm

    4 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    GHD has been selected to provide the electrical front-end engineering design (FEED) for Ocean Winds’ Caledonia offshore wind farm in Scotland. GHD’s involvement includes evaluating two turbine designs and developing the FEED for key electrical components such as inter-array cables, the offshore high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) substation, power-system configuration, export cables, landfall and transition bays, […]

  • First Turbine Up at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Offshore Wind Farm

    16 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first of 66 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines that will make up the Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan has been installed. The major milestone for Ørsted’s 920 MW offshore wind project also marks a milestone for Siemens Gamesa, whose SG 14-236 DD wind turbine model is installed offshore […]

  • First Vestas 15 MW Turbine Up at EnBW’s 960 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first of 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines has been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht project site offshore Germany. Completed on 24 April, the project milestone also marks the first time Vestas’s flagship wind turbine has been installed at an offshore wind farm. “With the installation of the first V236-15.0 MW, we have reached […]

  • OSG Signs Seabed Deal with Crown Estate Scotland for Floating Anchorage Site

    22 April 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    UK-based Offshore Solutions Group (OSG) has signed a two-year Exclusivity Agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for areas in the Moray Firth to develop its FLOW-Park. The Moray FLOW-Park aims to provide temporary safe anchorage (wet storage) for floating offshore wind foundations, optimising risk management and logistics during assembly, wind turbine integration, and deployment, said OSG. […]

  • Ocean Winds Hires Føn Energy Services in Scotland

    11 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance

    Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted Føn Energy Services to provide a fully integrated Balance of Plant (BoP) operations and maintenance (O&M) service programme for the Moray East and Moray West offshore wind farms in Scotland. The contract is valid for three years, with an option to extend […]

  • Last Siemens Gamesa Turbine In Place at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    18 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 60th and final turbine has been installed at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth, located in northern Scotland. The Moray West offshore wind farm is nearing the end of the construction phase and will become fully operational during 2025, in line with the originally projected commercial operations date, […]

  • 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm Could be Delivered in Two Phases as Project Advances

    20 November 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has completed three years of development work and submitted applications for offshore planning consent to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate for the 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm in Scotland. Caledonia, located in the outer Moray Firth, was awarded the site in 2022 as part of the Scottish government’s ScotWind process. The offshore […]

  • Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm Moves Forward with Onshore Application

    14 November 2024
    Authorities, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has completed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Caledonia offshore wind farm and has started the process of submitting applications for its 2 GW Scottish project. The project’s first consent application is for the onshore transmission works (substation and underground cables). This has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council, who have started their […]

  • Final Turbine Installations Underway at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    1 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler heavy lift vessel Wind Orca is nearing completion of turbine installations at the Moray West offshore wind farm site in Scotland, with just six turbines remaining to be installed, according to the latest Notice to Mariners. Moray West, part of Ocean Winds’ 6 GW portfolio of secured offshore wind farms in the UK, features 60 […]

  • Seaway7 Wraps Up Cable Work at 882 MW Moray West Project

    10 October 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway7 has finished the full engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) work for the cables at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway7 has installed 118 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables, linking the wind farm’s 60 turbines to two offshore substations, along with an additional 15 kilometres of 66 kV […]

  • Ocean Winds Opens Moray West O&M Base in Scotland

    10 September 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ocean Winds has opened its new operations & maintenance (O&M) base in Buckie, Scotland, that will service the Moray West offshore wind farm once it becomes fully operational in 2025. The First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, visited the facility on 9 September to mark the opening of the Ocean Winds’ O&M base with associated […]

  • Windar Renovables Starts Work on New Monopile Factory in Spain

    24 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Foundations, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    Windar Renovables has started preparatory work to construct a new monopile factory in Asturias, Spain. Windar Renovables acquired the construction site on the right bank of the Avilés estuary last March. This land, with a surface area of more than 400,000 square metres, includes several manufacturing warehouses with direct access to the Port of Avilés, […]

  • Wood Thilsted Wins Work on 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Project

    19 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Caledonia Offshore Windfarm has selected the engineering consultancy Wood Thilsted to develop the structural concept design for the 2 GW project’s turbine foundations. The Caledonia offshore wind farm is being developed in the Moray Firth by Ocean Winds and is scheduled to be operational by 2030. Wood Thilsted will use the ground and metocean data […]

  • Sif Logs Upcoming Order as UK Closes Sixth CfD Round; Launches New Production Line at ‘World’s Largest Monopile Factory’

    3 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Sif is in exclusive negotiations for a 140-kilotonne monopile foundation project for an offshore wind farm that was awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the UK’s Allocation Round 6 (AR6), the Dutch company informed following the announcement of the AR6 results. “It is expected that a final contract will be reached before the end […]

  • Moray West Wind Turbine Installation Nearing Halfway Mark

    31 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    UPDATE: On 16 August, the Moray West project developer, Ocean Winds, said via social media that more than half of the wind turbines were now installed. The Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland is nearing the halfway point of its wind turbine installation, according to the latest Notice to Mariners issued by the Moray […]

  • Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering Power

    3 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm has delivered first power from the first series of wind turbines and exported to Scotland’s National Electricity Transmission System (NETS), Ocean Winds said. The wind farm is nearing the end of the construction phase and will become fully operational in 2025 in line with the originally projected […]

  • First Siemens Gamesa Blades Ready to Set Sail for Moray West Site Offshore Scotland

    20 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first Siemens Gamesa 108-metre-long wind turbine blades have left its manufacturing factory in Hull for the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. Nine of the 180 blades destined for the 882 MW offshore wind farm were loaded onto the Rotra Mare transporter ship at the Siemens Gamesa blade factory in Hull, and are […]

  • DEME Returns to Scotland, Announces Offshore Wind Industry Firsts

    12 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has won the contract to install foundations at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm offshore Scotland. DEME Offshore’s scope on Moray West includes the installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces. The contract is valued between EUR 50 million and EUR 150 million. This marks the return of DEME to the Moray Firth, […]

  • Moray West Says Show Must Go On

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Moray West offshore wind farm remains viable despite not having been selected in the UK’s third Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round, the project developer confirmed. The project team stated that it recognizes an opportunity for Moray West to be awarded a CfD in the next auction round in 2021 and would be on course to […]

  • Orion Installs Its First XXL Monopile at Moray West Wind Farm Offshore Scotland

    20 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s vessel Orion has installed its first XXL monopile foundation at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The company’s jack-up vessel Apollo is also joining the offshore work, taking care of installing the transition pieces at the construction site. Orion is performing monopile installation in addition to Bokalift 2, which kicked […]

  • Dajin Heavy Industry Hits Halfway Mark on Moray West Monopile Delivery

    20 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Dajin Heavy Industry Corporation has delivered 24 out of the total 48 monopiles that the company is manufacturing for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On 14 July, the 3rd shipment of XXL monopiles, which weigh about 2,000 tonnes and have a diameter of ten metres, set sail from the Dajin […]

  • Boskalis Installs First Moray West Offshore Substation Platform

    19 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis’ DP installation vessel Bokalift 1 has installed the first offshore substation platform (OSP) at the Moray West offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The heavy lift operations in the Port of Nigg and on-site were completed safely and successfully, according to the developer Ocean Winds. As offshore commissioning starts, the previously laid export cable […]

  • Nexans Wraps Up Moray West Export Cable Pull-In Work Offshore Scotland

    11 March 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    France-headquartered Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins for both offshore substation platforms at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm, located in the Moray Firth in the northeast of Scotland. The cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora took advantage of a recent period of favorable weather to carry out the task, according to Ocean Winds’ […]

  • Boskalis Installs First Monopile at Moray West Wind Farm Offshore Scotland

    5 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis’ heavy lift crane vessel, Bokalift 2, has installed the first monopile at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Scottish offshore wind farm will feature 60 Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW wind turbines and two offshore substations, all installed on monopile foundations. Dajin Heavy Industry will supply 48 monopiles while Navantia Seanergies and […]