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  • Scottish Gov’t Mulls Increasing Offshore Wind Target to 40 GW by 2040

    19 June 2025
    Authorities, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The Scottish government is seeking views on proposals which would see the country’s offshore wind ambition increased to up to 40 GW of new capacity by 2040. The consultation will run until 13 August. The estimate that 40 GW equates to enough renewable energy to power 45 million homes assumes offshore wind capacity in 20240 […]

  • Onshore Consent Application for 1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farm Approved

    20 June 2025
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore consent application for the up to 1 GW Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm has been approved by the Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland. The application covers the floating wind farm’s onshore infrastructure, including underground cabling and a substation. The wind farm is the first fully floating project from the ScotWind leasing process to […]

  • Consultation Launched on Scottish Offshore Wind Plan

    2 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Scottish government has launched a consultation on its updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, seeking input on how offshore wind projects are developed in the country. The draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy aims to balance the needs of nature, communities, and other users of the sea. It is […]

  • 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 […]

  • West of Orkney Windfarm First ScotWind Project to Gain Full Consent

    30 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The West of Orkney Windfarm, a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewables Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish government. The decision makes the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm the first ScotWind project to secure both offshore and onshore planning permissions. The wind farm will be built […]

  • Scottish Gov’t Grants Go-Ahead for 100 MW Salamander Floating Wind Farm

    24 July 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Salamander floating offshore wind farm has secured the offshore consent award from the Scottish government, granting approval to build and operate the project. The 100 MW floating wind farm, developed jointly by Simply Blue Group, Ørsted, and Subsea7, has been awarded Section 36 consent and associated Marine Licences. Combined with the recent award of […]

  • Offshore Consent Applications Submitted for 1 GW Buchan Floating Wind Farm

    20 August 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has submitted offshore consent applications to Scottish Ministers for its proposed 1 GW floating offshore wind farm. The submission includes applications for consent under the Electricity Act 1989 and marine licence applications under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. Accompanying these is an extensive […]

  • Aikido, Odfjell Secure METCentre Slots to Test Floating Wind Projects Offshore Norway

    20 May 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    California-based Aikido Technologies and Norway’s Odfjell Oceanwind have secured slots at the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) to test their new floating offshore wind projects. Odfjell Oceanwind secured a slot with a 24 MW capacity grid connection at METCentre, with the ambition of installing one full-scale floating offshore wind turbine in 2028. The project, named […]

  • Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth Cleared for Quay Expansion

    12 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth has received marine and dredge licences from Scottish ministers for its GBP 111 million (approximately EUR 129 million) phase 5 expansion project. The approval allows construction of a new 400-metre quay extension and associated dredging and land reclamation works to begin. Phase 5 is part of the port’s long-term strategy […]

  • Worley Gets FEED Contract for Green Volt Onshore Substation

    17 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    Worley has been awarded a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the onshore substation of the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. As part of the contract, Worley will lead on developing an all-encompassing design plan for the substation, covering electrical, construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning engineering scopes. A team […]

  • CWHI Sends Off First Inch Cape Monopiles

    3 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has sent off the first 8 XXL monopiles for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. Manufactured at CWHI’s Qinzhou yard, the monopiles were shipped on 31 August aboard the COSCO vessel XIAN TAI KOU. The shipment is en route to Forth Ports […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • CWHI Soon to Ship Inch Cape Transition Pieces to Scotland

    10 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has fully assembled and coated 18 of 30 transition pieces (TPs) for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, with the first batch scheduled to depart in November. The transition piece barrels were fabricated at CWHI’s Zhongshan Yard before being transferred to Longxue Yard for final assembly, […]

  • Final Batch of Dajin-Built Monopiles for 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Set Sail

    3 November 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Dajin Heavy Industry has shipped the third and final batch of monopiles for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The final batch of eight monopiles has set sail from Dajin Heavy Industry’s Dajin Penglai facility. With this shipment, all 22 monopiles for the project have now been dispatched. The roll-on/roll-off operations […]

  • Inch Cape Substation En Route to Project Site Offshore Scotland

    31 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The substation platform and jacket foundation for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm have departed from the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle, and are en route to their site off the Angus coast in Scotland. The Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) and its jacket foundation sailed at sunset yesterday (30 July) down the River […]

  • First Dajin-Built Monopiles for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Sail Away

    9 September 2025
    Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Dajin Heavy Industry has sent away the first batch of six monopiles that will be installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The first six monopiles have set sail from Dajin Heavy Industry’s Penglai facility, according to the latest social media post by the Chinese company. Dajin cut the first […]

  • 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, […]

  • Scotland Greenlights SSE’s 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    31 July 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish government has granted a consent order for SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank in the UK, which, if fully developed, would become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The Section 36 consent determination by Scottish ministers approves the project’s main offshore wind array in the outer Firth of Forth off the East Lothian coast. The […]

  • OWC Wins Green Volt Cable Engineering Contract

    29 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract to provide cable engineering support to the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. OWC’s scope of work includes cable engineering for both offshore and onshore cables. The subsea scope focuses primarily on the export cable, but OWC […]

  • Odfjell Oceanwind Acquires Ørsted’s Majority Stake in Scottish Floating Wind Project

    26 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Odfjell Oceanwind (OOW) has acquired Ørsted`s 80 per cent share in the Salamander floating wind project in Scotland. The 100 MW demonstration floating wind farm, which recently received consent from the Scottish government, will now be owned by Odfjell Oceanwind, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7. Salamander has adopted Odfjell Oceanwind’s Deepsea Star semi-submersible steel foundation […]

  • Mingyang Plans to Build ‘Britain’s First Fully Integrated Offshore Wind Manufacturing Facility’

    13 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans to invest up to GBP 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 1.7 billion) in Scotland to create what the company says would be Britain’s first fully integrated offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility, which would provide up to 1,500 new jobs. The three-phased project would create an offshore wind hub to […]

  • China’s Mingyang Unveils Plans for Massive 50 MW Floating Wind Turbine

    21 October 2025
    Floating Wind, Technology

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has unveiled plans to develop a massive 50 MW floating offshore wind turbine featuring a twin-head design similar to the company’s Ocean-X platform. The capacity of the world’s largest floating wind turbine would be nearly double that of the largest design currently available, according to Bloomberg. The wind turbine would use […]

  • CWHI Completes First XXL Monopiles for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2025
    Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has completed the manufacturing of the first monopiles for the 1,080 MW Inch Cape offshore wind project in Scotland. The monopiles are 11.5 metres in diameter, up to 110 metres in length, and have a maximum weight of 2,300 tonnes. The first cutting and rolling of monopiles was carried out […]

  • Inch Cape Foundation Installation About to Start as First Monopiles Arrive in Scottish Port

    16 October 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight XXL monopile foundations for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, produced by China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI), have arrived in the Port of Leith ahead of the installation work, which will start before the end of the year. CWHI sent off the monopiles on 31 August aboard the […]

  • Scotland’s 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational

    25 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm has become fully operational, with Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney visiting Eyemouth on 24 July to mark the launch of the country’s newest offshore wind project. Located 15.5 kilometres off the coast of Fife, NnG is co-owned by EDF power solutions UK and Ireland and […]