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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The topside for the second offshore substation (OSS) for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland is due to be installed over the coming days, starting on or around 9 December. The 450 MW wind farm, jointly owned by EDF Renewables and ESB, is being built 15 kilometres off the coast of Fife, […]
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The commissioning work on the second offshore substation (OSS) of the Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe will start on 15 February. The first of Neart na Gaoithe’s two offshore substations, South OSS, was installed in June 2022 by Heerema Marine Contractors, using the world’s largest crane vessel Sleipnir, followed by the installation of the jacket […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has completed the cable layout for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations (OSS) within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The works began on Wednesday, 12 April, and were completed on Sunday, 30 April. […]
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Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland has officially been opened. The NnG O&M base, located in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, includes a 1,040 square metre, three-storey operations and maintenance building, alongside a 538 square metre storage warehouse. The base houses a high-tech control room with […]
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Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has announced that it is planning to conduct a pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and commence cable lay out for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations, within the wind farm’s site in Scotland. The PLGR works, expected to begin […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semisubmersible crane vessel Balder has replaced Saipem 3000 at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, taking over the installation of piles for the project’s jacket foundations. Balder arrived at the project site in October to install the first ten jacket foundations and completed the work on 7 November, and moved on […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
UK ship repair, shipbuilding, and offshore construction company, Harland & Wolff, has terminated a contract with Saipem for the manufacture and delivery of jacket foundations for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe wind farm offshore Scotland. As previously reported, Saipem contracted Harland & Wolff to manufacture and deliver eight wind turbine jacket foundations for the […]
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Mainstream Renewable Power and Maple Power are jointly exploring the upcoming Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Tender in the UK, which will be launched in 2023. The Crown Estate is advancing the Celtic Sea seabed leasing tender for floating wind, which is anticipated to deliver a total of 4 GW of renewable energy by 2035. […]
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The first ten jacket foundations for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, which were brought to Scotland last month, are now installed at the project site located some 15.5 kilometres off the East coast of Scotland. The first batch of jackets for the Scottish offshore wind farm arrived directly to the site from the […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm located some 15.5 kilometres off the East coast of Scotland. Following the arrival of the first 10 steel jackets on site, Saipem, through its subcontractor Heerema, lifted the first steel wind turbine jacket into place, lowering it […]
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Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology
Dutch offshore lifting equipment provider KenzFigee has launched its first up-tower crane solution, named GenHook, for offshore application. GenHook offshore up-tower crane solution, which the company presented at the WindEnergy Conference & Exhibition in Hamburg, has a lifting capacity of up to 30 tonnes and is able to perform generator and gearbox exchanges and repairs. […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The installation of the wind turbine jacket foundations is soon to commence at the 450 MW Neart an Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. Ten three-legged jacket substructures will be installed onto pre-installed piles at the NnG construction site, located some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The jacket foundations will be brought directly to […]
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Offshore export cables for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm have been hooked up onto the project’s two offshore substation (OSS) jacket foundations. The export cable hook up and burial campaign was completed on 2 September with the cables laid by the cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise and buried into the seabed by Normand […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Briggs Marine has been appointed to provide walk-to-work and crew transfer vessel coordination services during the construction and commissioning of the two Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore substations. The contract for walk-to-work support comes a few months after the Fife-based company secured work on crew transfer vessel (CTV) services on the same project. Briggs Marine […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited, the developer of the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe wind farm offshore Scotland, has made an application to the UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority for an electricity generation licence. The licence application will remain open for comments until 8 October. The Edinburgh-based Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited is a special […]
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Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update
Mainstream Renewable Power has begun the selection process to bring on board a majority equity partner to help take its 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project into construction and commercial operation.
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The geotechnical borehole survey campaign at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site has been completed. According to the project’s Notice to Mariners from 26 December, the Ocean Vantage vessel, which has been deployed for the work, has been demobilised. As reported earlier this year, the borehole survey campaign at the Neart na Gaoithe […]
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Nearshore geotechnical surveys along the Neart na Gaoithe export cable corridor route are due to start off the Fife coast in Scotland later this month. The survey work is being carried out by Fugro using a ‘walking’ jack-up barge, Wavewalker 1. The survey is planned to start no earlier than 25 November and last approximately […]
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R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: A floating LiDAR deployed on Mainstream Renewable Power’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. On April 20, FLiDAR NV (a joint venture between DEME and 3E), has set up the device at Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, almost 21km off the Fife coast. The […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Mainstream Renewable Power has urged Scottish ministers to appeal the recent judicial review of Scottish Court of Session which has ruled in favour of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and has put a stop to four offshore wind projects off the Fife coast, including Mainstream’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe. In October 2014, Mainstream was granted consent […]
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Mainstream Renewable Power is undertaking planned survey work on the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm site from Thursday December 12th 2013 (earliest) for approximately 26 days. The work relates to the site of the proposed 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm which is located in the outer Forth Estuary approximately 15 km to […]
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Dutch offshore lifting equipment provider KenzFigee has won a contract to deliver two 3-ton electric hydraulic Ram Luffing offshore cranes to be installed on the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore substation topsides. KenzFigee was awarded the contract by HSM Offshore, in close collaboration with Iv-Offshore & Energy. The heavy duty 1300 type Ram Luffing design […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power has been granted planning consent by East Lothian Council for the onshore cable works to connect its 450MW “Neart na Gaoithe” offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Fife, to the National Grid. East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee agreed on 18th June to grant consent for […]
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A geotechnical borehole survey campaign is set to begin at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind project on 1 September. Geotechnical drilling vessel Ocean Vantage is expected to survey 32 of the planned wind turbine and one of the offshore substation locations. The survey works are expected to last approximately 80 days. Neart na […]
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Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited will be carrying out 110 seabed Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, the KIS-ORCA announced on its website. The tests will commence between the 7th and 10th December 2013, and will be completed approximately within 26 days, weather permitting. The Neart na […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The first of the two shunt reactors for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm has been transported under police escort from Scotland’s Port of Leith to the NnG onshore substation site near Innerwick, East Lothian. The second shunt reactor is due for delivery in the coming days, according to the latest update from […]
