3076 results found for 'ScotWind'

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  • 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 […]

  • Vattenfall, Fred. Olsen Seawind Inaugurate Muir Mhòr Strategic Hub in Scotland

    29 March 2024
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance

    The ScotWind-joint venture partners behind the Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm project, Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Seawind, have opened a new strategic hub dedicated to managing the floating offshore wind project. The new office, situated on Glasgow’s Bath Street, will serve as the base for all of Muir Mhòr’s development, consenting, early engineering, and management. […]

  • Highland Council Greenlights West of Orkney Windfarm Onshore Plans

    5 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Highland Council has approved the onshore plans of the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm project, being developed by TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) in Scotland. The onshore application for planning permission in principle was approved on 4 June and outlines the underground cables and electrical infrastructure required to connect […]

  • Ossian Submits Array Consent Application to Scottish Gov’t

    15 July 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Scottish Government has received a consent application for the offshore array of the 3.6 GW Ossian floating wind project, being co-developed by SSE Renewables, Marubeni Corporation, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The scope of this application covers the generating assets and transmission platforms within the offshore array, with the offshore export cables and onshore […]

  • Technology Centres Launch INTOG Network to Drive Innovation in Floating Offshore Wind

    28 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) have launched the INTOG Innovation Network, focusing on maximising the impact of commercial, pilot scale, innovative, floating wind projects through the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing process. The INTOG leasing round, managed by Crown Estate Scotland, is designed both […]

  • Ramboll Completes Studies for Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall’s Scottish Project

    11 March 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Ramboll has concluded several engineering and advisory studies for Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall, shareholders of the Muir Mhòr (initially named Mara Mhòr) floating offshore wind project, located off the east coast of Scotland. Ramboll has been involved in the floating offshore wind farm since March 2023, performing feasibility studies related to the mooring and […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis Press Ahead with 1.1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Project

    13 February 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership have submitted a scoping request and Habitats Regulations Assessment screening report to the Marine Directorate for the Broadshore Hub Wind Farm Development Areas in Scotland. The scoping request seeks the Scottish Minister’s opinion on the scope and details of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The Broadshore Hub Wind […]

  • ORE Catapult Picks Seven Scottish Companies for Supply Chain Growth Programme

    19 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Seven companies from the north of Scotland and Orkney have been selected by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult for the first Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in the region. The chosen firms come from a wide range of sectors including engineering, marine renewables, offshore operations and maintenance, and subsea monitoring. The seven selected […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ørsted, Simply Blue, Subsea7 Submit Application for 100 MW Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    14 May 2024
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, through their joint venture partnership in Scotland, have submitted an offshore consent application for the proposed 100 MW Salamander floating offshore wind farm, one of the 13 projects selected in Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. The floating wind farm, one of the five INTOG […]

  • UK ESO Unveils GBP 58 Billion Grid Investment Plan to Reach 86 GW of Offshore Wind by 2035

    20 March 2024
    Grid Connection, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Great Britain’s electricity system operator (ESO) has proposed a GBP 58 billion (approximately EUR 68 billion) investment in the electricity grid. The proposal outlines a vision for incorporating an additional 21 GW of offshore wind into the grid by 2035, which would bring the country’s total offshore wind capacity to a potential 86 GW. The […]

  • BayWa r.e. Has Plans for Over 9 GW of Floating Offshore Wind in Italy

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    BayWa r.e. AG has a development portfolio of over 9 GW in floating wind power projects in Italy, underlining its ambition to become an established player in the offshore wind industry, said the company. Integrated into a global offshore wind team, a dedicated offshore project development team has been set up in Rome which is […]

  • Scottish Ports Forge Offshore Wind Alliance

    15 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    Ports from across Scotland have launched the Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (SOWPA) which aims to optimise the opportunities from offshore wind. The alliance comprises 13 ports, including Kishorn Port, the Port of Nigg, Ardersier Port, Port of Cromarty Firth, Port of Inverness, and Scrabster Harbour, among several Highland ports. SOWPA is formed by sites […]

  • Japanese Start Building UK’s First HVDC Cable Factory

    15 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric has kicked off the construction of its subsea cable factory in Scotland, set to supply critical elements for the reinforcement of the UK electricity transmission grid and for connecting renewable energy production facilities to the grid. Sumitomo Electric held the groundbreaking ceremony together with its subsidiary Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables on 14 […]

  • Iberdrola Preparing Two East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects for UK’s Sixth CfD Round

    23 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s company in the UK, is getting the East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind projects ready for the upcoming auction round for Contracts for Difference (CfD). This is according to project updates Iberdrola published as part of its financial results for 2023. Iberdrola says “good progress is being made […]

  • Europe’s First Commercial-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Farm Secures All Planning Approvals

    22 April 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have obtained the offshore planning approval for the Green Volt floating wind farm offshore Scotland. With onshore consent announced earlier this month, Green Volt has now received all its planning approvals and remains on track to be the first commercial-scale floating offshore wind […]

  • ‘World’s First Floating Wind Innovation Centre’ Opens in Scotland

    19 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has opened the National Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC), which is said to be the world’s first dedicated innovation centre for floating offshore wind, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The GBP 9 million (approximately EUR 10.5 million) FLOWIC, located in Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone and delivered by ORE Catapult in collaboration with […]

  • Hyundai Heavy Sets Sights on Scottish Floating Offshore Wind

    18 April 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain, Transition

    Major South Korean shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two Scottish enterprise agencies which is expected to unlock expertise in the design and manufacture of floating offshore wind substructures. Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) signed the MoU with Hyundai Heavy in Edinburgh, described as a […]

  • All Moray West Transition Pieces Installed Offshore Scotland

    28 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All transition pieces (TPs) have been installed at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland, according to a Notice to Mariners issued on 27 May by Moray Offshore Windfarm (West). In addition, Cadeler’s Wind Orca has installed ten wind turbines so far at the offshore site in the Moray Firth. The final […]

  • 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 […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis and Ørsted Move Forward with 1 GW Scottish Floater

    29 January 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Stromar Offshore Wind Farm Limited, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has submitted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping and habitats regulations appraisal (HRA) screening reports for the 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The reports for the project, which is located approximately 50 kilometres from the Port of Wick, […]

  • ORE Catapult and Vattenfall Extend Test Facility Agreement in Scotland

    2 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Vattenfall have signed a three-year extension on their testing and demonstration collaboration at the 96.8 MW Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland. The partnership at the 96.8MW offshore wind test and demonstration facility first began in 2019. Since then, technologies that […]

  • Offshore Wind Projects Worth GBP 500 Million Move Forward in Scotland

    25 January 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has revealed that three offshore offshore wind projects have been invited to move to Stage 2 of the Strategic Investment Model (SIM) process. The announcement was made at the Scottish Renewables and Offshore Wind Conference in Glasgow. In addition, INTOG offshore wind projects connected to the offshore oil and gas sector will […]

  • Lamprell Delivers Final TPs for 882 MW Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    27 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Lamprell has completed the final delivery of transition pieces (TPs) for Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. All 62 TPs, including the penultimate and final batch destined for Scotland, have been delivered and handed over to Lamprell’s client Ocean Winds. According to the UAE-based company, the project was completed on schedule and […]

  • Prysmian Completes Neart na Gaoithe Cabling Job Offshore Scotland

    5 April 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian has concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid. The offshore wind project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live during 2024. Prysmian designed, supplied, and […]

  • 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 […]