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  • 15 ScotWind Areas Attract 74 Offshore Wind Applications

    22 July 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Crown Estate Scotland has received 74 applications from offshore wind developers looking to secure rights to build projects across the 15 areas of seabed available for development through the Scottish Government’s Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy. The Scottish seabed manager confirmed this on 21 July, together with the timeline for next steps, including […]

  • Seabed Surveys Start for 2 GW ScotWind Offshore Wind Projects

    6 April 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has launched seabed surveys for its 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm and the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites, in leasing zones NE2 and E3, from March […]

  • Equinor Sets Up French Floating Wind Company Together with RES and Green Giraffe

    20 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Equinor, RES, and Green Giraffe have established a joint company named Océole, one of whose first missions will be to evaluate and work towards submitting bids in the country’s upcoming floating wind tenders. “Together with RES and Green Giraffe, we are ready to contribute long term to the country’ ambitious offshore wind plans and develop […]

  • Global Energy Group Joins Scottish Floating Wind Project

    1 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Salamander Floating Wind, a joint venture between Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Group (GEG) to collaborate on the Salamander project. Specifically, the MOU will see GEG and the developer collaborating in the design, development and execution planning of the floating wind farm in Scotland. […]

  • Scottish Enterprise, Marubeni Jointly Eyeing Floating Wind and Green Hydrogen Projects

    10 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise, and Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore opportunities in floating offshore wind and green hydrogen. The new partners have identified three key areas of collaboration as part of the agreement, including projects in floating offshore wind and the development and […]

  • EGS Survey to Start Work at Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall’s ScotWind Site

    21 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    NOTE: The article was updated on 28 March with information about the deployment of a floating LiDAR at the Muir Mhòr offshore site. The UK-headquartered company EGS Survey will carry out a survey campaign at the Muir Mhòr floating wind project site in Scotland, being developed by Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall. Starting next month, […]

  • Equinor Announces New Floating Wind Plans in Scotland

    19 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Equinor has submitted a bid for floating wind development offshore Scotland in the ScotWind auction, the company confirmed on 19 July. With around half of the sites being floating offshore wind opportunities, the offshore energy company said it believed the Scottish Government was offering a great opportunity to develop large floating offshore wind projects at […]

  • RWE Launches Scottish Supplier Directory

    15 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    RWE has announced a new Scottish Supplier Directory for businesses interested in providing goods and services to the company’s own pipeline of projects, as well as the wider industry. Scotland-based suppliers are invited to register their details via the portal while, in turn, companies looking to take on new contractors will also be able to […]

  • WES Awards Contract for Floating Wind and Wave Energy Landscaping Study

    26 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) to carry out a study into the techno-economic benefits of shared services and infrastructure for wind and wave energy technologies and projects. AqualisBraemar‘s offshore wind consultancy unit OWC will through a four-month study assess the various levels of sharing of supply chains, physical infrastructure and […]

  • TechnipFMC Targets Floating Wind with Magnora Tie-Up

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offshore Wind. In Januray, Magnora revealed it had entered into a partnership to establish the joint venture, but at the time did not disclose the name of the partner. Magnora Offshore Wind has […]

  • TotalEnergies & Co’s ScotWind Plan Includes Industrial-Scale Hydrogen Production

    12 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium established by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), TotalEnergies, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) is looking into using the electricity that could be produced by its proposed offshore wind project in Scotland to power the production of green hydrogen on an industrial scale on the island of Flotta in Orkney. If successful, the […]

  • World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational

    19 October 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The 50 MW Kincardine floating offshore wind farm is now fully operational, Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd. (KOWL) said. Located 15 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in water depths ranging from 60 metres to 80 metres, Kincardine is the largest operating floating wind farm. The project consists of five Vestas V164-9.5 MW and one […]

  • Offshore Wind Is Coming, Scottish Ports Should Prepare – Report

    2 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Scotland should prioritise a significant expansion of its marshalling/assembly port capacity to tap into the potential created by the development of offshore wind in the years to come, according to a report launched by Crown Estate Scotland. The report, titled Ports for offshore wind: A review of the net-zero opportunity for ports in Scotland comes […]

  • EnBW, BP to Deploy Two Floating LiDARs at Scottish Offshore Wind Farm Site

    1 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW and BP will deploy two floating LiDARs this month at the offshore site of their wind energy project Morven in Scotland, located some 60 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeen. Two metocean instrumentation systems, one underwater noise monitoring system, and one floating LiDAR will be deployed at each of two locations within the project […]

  • Ocean Infinity to Survey Buchan Wind Site

    13 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Floating Energy Allyance (FEA) has selected Ocean Infinity to carry out an initial geophysical and geotechnical site investigation at its Buchan floating offshore wind project in Scotland. This represents an important step in the design and assessment process of the project, with the survey campaign taking place later this year, according to FEA. “We are […]

  • Site Investigations Start for 2 GW Offshore Wind Project in Scotland

    17 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to deploy its Seawatch floating LiDAR, surface metocean equipment buoys and seabed landers at the offshore site in Scotland where ScottishPower Renewables plans to build its 2 GW MachairWind offshore wind farm, with seabed surveys scheduled to start this summer. Using the Forth Warrior vessel, this month, Fugro will install the equipment at two […]

  • Ocean Winds, Aker Offshore Wind to Jointly Compete in ScotWind Auction

    8 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    After partnering to develop offshore wind projects in the US and South Korea, Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind have now formed a new partnership to apply for the development of floating wind farms in Scotland’s upcoming seabed leasing round. The two companies will jointly submit the bid to Crown Estate Scotland by 16 July. […]

  • Quaybridge to Help BP Advance Its Global Offshore Wind Portfolio

    22 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    BP has formed an exclusive consultancy agreement with Quaybridge, under which the two companies will work together to advance BP’s global offshore wind portfolio and accelerate the building of the company’s in-house offshore wind knowledge. Quaybridge has already worked with BP as the company supported BP and EnBW in winning their ‘preferred bidder’ status for […]

  • ESB Probing Monopile Hammer Market for UK Offshore Wind Project

    30 August 2021
    Technology

    Ireland’s energy company ESB is exploring the capabilities of the monopile hammer market for an offshore wind project in the UK whose foundations are planned to be installed using this kind of equipment. ESB has issued a market consultation notice inviting companies to discuss their capabilities to supply, deliver, and operate a monopile hammer which […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Selects Global Wind Projects for Neart na Gaoithe Pre-Assembly Work

    16 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Global Wind Projects has been awarded a contract by Siemens Gamesa for the pre-assembly of 54 wind turbine towers for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, being developed by EDF Renewables and ESB off the coast of Scotland. Global Wind Projects said that this is the company’s first standalone offshore wind […]

  • ScotWind Bidder Pledges EUR 276 Million Early Investment for Every Successful Bid

    17 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind have announced a GBP 235 million (approximately EUR 276 million) early investment package for every successful bid in the ScotWind leasing round to support the supply chain capabilities and the ‘just transition’ from fossil fuel industries. The financial package is included in the joint bids Ocean Winds and Aker […]

  • BP and EnBW Hire Kent for 2.9 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project

    13 April 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    Engineering and design service provider Kent has been awarded a contract by EnBW and BP to carry out pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for the 2.9 GW Morven offshore wind project in Scotland. The pre-FEED studies, which are expected to last six months, will involve engineering design work that supports key decisions, foundation type, corrosion […]

  • Four ScotWind Developers to Fund STEM Initiative for Primary Schools with EUR 1 Million

    27 January 2023
    Training & Education

    Developers behind four projects that were awarded offshore wind leases in Scotland will provide GBP 900,000 (approximately EUR 1 million) in funding to enable the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) to extend its STEM outreach programme to primary schools beyond the Highland Council area. The funding is led by the West of Orkney Windfarm, […]

  • Apollo and Vekta Group Join Forces for Offshore Wind

    1 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Apollo and Vekta Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to together provide services across the offshore wind and oil & gas sectors. The combined service offering brings commercial, project management, yield modelling, power, electrical, mechanical, structural and marine experience. The two focus areas are technical advisory services for offshore wind developers, as well […]

  • O&M Personnel Wanted for Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds is launching a recruitment process for the operations and maintenance of the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. Over 20 new posts, including apprenticeships, are open, in addition to the circa 60 positions that will be needed to service the project’s turbines. Jack-up vessel Bold Tern has so far installed 28 of […]

  • BP and EnBW Granted Electricity Generation Licences for Two UK Offshore Wind Farms

    13 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    BP and EnBW have received electricity generation licences for the Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the UK, for which the two companies jointly secured 60-year leases in the UK Round 4 leasing at the beginning of last year. The joint venture partners submitted applications for the licences to the UK’s regulator Ofgem through project companies […]