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  • Metocean Measurement Campaign to Start at 1 GW Scottish Floating Wind Farm Site

    31 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Partrac will soon deploy a floating LiDAR Buoy at the site of the Buchan floating wind project offshore Scotland, which is being developed by Floating Energy Allyance (FEA), a consortium comprising BW Ideol, Elicio, and BayWa r.e. The deployment is estimated to be carried out on 15 November, subject to weather conditions, using the vessel […]

  • Forth Ports Unveils Plans for Offshore Wind Hub at Scottish Port

    25 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Forth Ports has revealed plans to invest GBP 40 million (around EUR 46 million) in creating Scotland’s offshore wind hub on a 175-acre site at the Port of Leith. According to Forth Ports, the investment would see the creation of a bespoke, riverside marine berth capable of accommodating the world’s largest offshore wind installation vessels. […]

  • ScotWind Project Awards GBP 3 Million in Contracts, GBP 5 Million More Under Procurement

    29 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall, the joint venture partners behind the Mara Mhòr floating offshore wind project, have awarded over GBP 3 million (approximately EUR 3.6 million) in development contracts with Scottish-based suppliers, the companies announced as they hit the milestone with the latest contract being awarded to Glasgow-based GoBe Consultants. GoBe Consultants, part of […]

  • ScotWind Partners Choose Argeo for Low-Emission Survey

    20 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian offshore service company Argeo has signed a survey contract with Stromar, a consortium made up of Ørsted, Renantis, and BlueFloat Energy for the Stromar floating wind project offshore Scotland. Argeo will conduct a geophysical survey in the project’s development area, located in the Moray Firth off the coast of Scotland. The Stromar offshore wind […]

  • Scots Awarding Half a Million Pounds for Offshore Wind

    3 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    Crown Estate Scotland is awarding GBP 500,000 for the development of the local offshore wind market. The funds comprise GBP 300,000 for Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) projects and GBP 200,000 for environmental research. The awarding of SOWEC funding will be linked to criteria which include aligning with the goals of the Offshore Wind […]

  • Cerulean Winds: Lamprell Would Utilise Local Supply Chain, 3 GW Floating Wind Project Requires No Subsidies

    14 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Should Cerulean Winds’ 200+ turbine floating wind project be selected in the upcoming auction in Scotland, Dubai-based manufacturer Lamprell – which signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project with its preferred Tier 1 supplier NOV – would deliver its part of the project out of the UK and utilise local supply chain, the […]

  • Overcoming Floating Wind Challenges Is Key to Global Energy Transition – Houlder

    27 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Contribution, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Mark Goalen, Director – Offshore Engineering, Houlder. The scaling up of renewable energy capacity will be essential for the success of the global energy transition. Increasing offshore wind capacity is, in turn, key to scaling up renewable energy production but is reliant on developers installing high-capacity farms […]

  • Ørsted, Falck and BlueFloat Support Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Bid

    23 May 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Ørsted UK, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have expressed their support for the bid to give Scottish Green Freeport status to the Cromarty Firth. The three companies, which have secured seabed leases in the recent ScotWind round, have become members of Opportunity Cromarty Firth (OCF), the partnership of private, public, and academic sector bodies committed […]

  • Naval Energies Joins Scottish Offshore Wind Cluster

    7 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Naval Energies has joined the DeepWind offshore wind cluster as part of its strategy to offer floating wind technology in the Scottish market. The French offshore renewable energy technology developer said it aims to join in the development of the floating wind sector in Scotland and offer its semi-submersible floater. “Naval Energies, a strategic player in floating […]

  • Scotland to Launch Offshore Wind Tender Dedicated to Oil & Gas Decarbonisation

    1 September 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland, which is currently reviewing the ScotWind Leasing Round applications, will open a new leasing process early next year, dedicated specifically to offshore wind projects which support the decarbonisation of the oil and gas sector, and to small-scale innovation projects of less than 100 MW. Scotland’s seabed manager announced the new leasing round […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at 1 GW Scottish Project Site

    6 December 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Partrac has deployed a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system at the site of the Buchan floating wind project offshore Scotland. The floating LiDAR device was deployed as part of the campaign to measure wind, metocean, and environmental conditions of the project in the North Sea, around 75 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast. This followed […]

  • ScotWind Floating Wind Consortium to Investigate Effects on Marine Environment

    19 November 2021
    Environment

    The Ørsted, Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Energy consortium currently bidding for offshore wind leases for floating wind projects in Scotland has announced a link up with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to investigate the potential effects of floating wind developments on the marine environment. Areas under discussion for future research projects if the consortium’s […]

  • Metocean, Wind Measurement Campaigns Starting at Two More ScotWind Sites

    9 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    This month, a floating LiDAR and metocean instrumentation will be deployed at the Muir Mhòr floating wind farm site and a metocean system will also be installed at the offshore site of the Caledonia bottom-fixed wind project, both in Scottish waters. At the Muir Mhòr site (initially named Mara Mhòr), developed by Fred. Olsen Seawind […]

  • Scottish Floating Wind Demo Site Has GBP 690 Million Economic Potential

    25 January 2023
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The economic potential of the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) proposed 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site off Orkney, Scotland has been estimated at GBP 690 million to UK economy. The Orkney-based EMEC concluded the concept design for a new floating offshore wind test and demonstration site in 2022 and is aiming […]

  • Magnora-TechnipFMC JV Submits Two Proposals in ScotWind Leasing Round

    19 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind

    Magnora Offshore Wind, a joint venture (JV) between Magnora and TechnipFMC, has submitted two applications in the ScotWind seabed leasing round in Scotland, the company informed on 19 July. The two companies, which established the joint venture earlier this year, did not detail on the projects, but the focus of the partnership is on floating […]

  • PSG Wins Contract for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    29 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    PSG Marine & Logistics has secured a staging contract by Boskalis Subsea for the Kincardine floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Work began at Port of Cromarty Firth, where PSG is undertaking the onshore handling, marshaling and loadout of mooring equipment destined for the project off the coast of Aberdeen. “This new award is to […]

  • Scotland Sets Potential Seabed Leasing Timescales

    29 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has published an update on proposals for new offshore wind leasing in Scotland’s waters which could start in April 2019 at the earliest.

  • Scottish Floater Selects Onshore Base

    21 December 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) project has signed an MOU with Scrabster Harbour Trust to work together on the development of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) requirements, services, and facilities as part of a wider commitment to boost the Scottish supply chain. The MOU also sees the organisations commit to collaboratively investigating the potential […]

  • Subsea 7 to Explore Pairing Floating Offshore Hydrogen with Floating Wind Farm Off Scotland

    1 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Subsea 7, in collaboration with OneSea Energy, has secured GBP 150,000 (around USD 187,000) in funding from the Scottish government to investigate pairing a large-scale floating hydrogen production system with a floating wind farm offshore Scotland. The funding was awarded as part of the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme under which a total of 32 projects have […]

  • Scotland Has 40+ GW of Offshore Wind in the Books; Draft Energy Strategy Votes Against Nuclear as Offshore Wind Proves to Be Cheaper

    13 January 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Scotland has 38 GW of offshore wind in its potential pipeline. When added to projects in operation, under construction and awaiting construction, this climbs to over 40 GW, the equivalent to producing enough electricity annually to power every home in Scotland for 17 years, or every home in the UK for over a year and […]

  • BP and EnBW Hire RPS for Morven Offshore Wind Project

    19 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    BP and EnBW have selected RPS to complete the Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) for the development of the Morven offshore wind farm in Scotland, for which BP and EnBW secured a seabed lease in the ScotWind auction. RPS is already supporting BP and EnBW as an EIA consultant for the […]

  • Magnora Targets ScotWind, Norway with Floating Wind Tie-Up

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norway-based Magnora has entered into a partnership with an undisclosed company to establish a joint floating wind player called Magnora Floating Wind, which already started working on the application for the ScotWind round in Scotland. The newly established company also plans to participate in the first offshore wind application round in Norway this year, and […]

  • Scots Commission Study to Help SMEs in Offshore Wind

    28 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    BVG Associates has begun a new study to help pave the way for Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the offshore wind sector. The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council commissioned the research with the aim of helping SMEs win business in the global offshore wind market. The council’s Supply Chain and Clusters group and […]

  • Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 to Develop Floating Wind Project in Scotland

    29 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 have entered into a joint venture to develop the Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland. The joint venture, in which Subsea 7 has a minority interest, will focus on developing the pre-commercial project of up to 200 MW off the North East Coast of Scotland. As the concept […]

  • TotalEnergies to Bid in Scotland’s Offshore Wind Auction

    16 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    TotalEnergies has teamed up with the consortium between Green Investment Group (GIG) and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) to bid in the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round. GIG and TotalEnergies have been partners in the offshore wind sector for a while now. In February, they secured seabed lease rights in the UK Round 4 leasing […]

  • Ocean Winds Sets Date for Geophysical Survey at Its ScotWind Site

    19 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Geophysical site investigations over Ocean Winds’ proposed Caledonia offshore wind farm site are scheduled to begin next month. UK marine survey specialist Gardline Limited has been contracted to carry out the geophysical survey with its research vessel Ocean Endeavour, deploying fixed and towed sensors. The operations will be conducted on a 24-hour basis, beginning on […]