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  • Apollo Secures Fit for Offshore Renewables Status

    14 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-headquartered engineering and technology consultants, Apollo, has been granted Fit for Offshore Renewables (F4OR) status under the F4OR Programme run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. Apollo’s Renewable and Offshore Director Nigel Robinson said: “I am delighted with this award, which reflects well on our established track […]

  • Borehole Surveys at Neart na Gaoithe Completed

    28 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    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 […]

  • Seabed Preps About to Recommence at Neart na Gaoithe

    19 March 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The remaining seabed preparation works at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project are set to recommence at the beginning of April, after the winter pause. The vessel Sartor will carry out the remaining boulder relocation operations in preparation for the installation of inter-array cables in the wind farm area. Boulder relocation is due to […]

  • Haizea, GEG to Start Building UK’s Largest Offshore Wind Tower Factory Next Month

    3 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Global Energy Group (GEG) and Haizea Wind Group have signed an agreement to build an offshore wind tubular rolling facility at the Scottish Port of Nigg, called Nigg Offshore Wind (NOW) and worth more than GBP 110 million (approximately EUR 130 million). Construction works on the new facility, which will be 450 metres long and […]

  • Scots Greenlight Slimmed-Down Turbine Plan for 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland floating offshore wind farm’s offshore consents. The variation includes a reduction in the number of turbines, which will be deployed within a smaller area while maintaining 100 MW capacity. Pentland floating offshore wind farm is being developed by Highland Wind Limited which is majority-owned […]

  • Geotechnical Borehole Surveys Set to Begin at Neart na Gaoithe

    24 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    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 […]

  • SSE Awards Ground Model Contract for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank

    13 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has awarded Cathie and British Geological Survey (BGS) with a contract to develop a ground model for the FEED design of the Berwick Bank and Marr Bank offshore wind projects. Cathie and BGS said they had partnered together to develop a dynamic, regional ground model that will be used to mitigate seabed risk […]

  • SEANEX Connections for Seagreen 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables, together with Vestas, has selected the SEANEX inner cone system from Pfisterer for the connections on more than 100 wind turbines at the Seagreen 1 project, located 27 kilometres off Scotland’s Angus coastline. According to the supplier, the system offers significant benefits during installation and continuous operation of the 66 kV inter-array cabling. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Service Beatrice Offshore Wind Turbines for 10 More Years

    6 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa have signed a new service agreement for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, which will see Siemens Gamesa continuing to service and maintain its wind turbines until 2034. The 588 MW offshore wind farm comprises 84 Siemens Gamesa’s SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines, the last of which was installed in May 2019. The […]

  • Prep Works for Export Cable Installation to Start at Neart na Gaoithe OWF

    8 March 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Preparation works for the export cable installation for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project are expected to commence in mid-March. The area where the activities will take place is the nearshore extent of the wind farm’s export cable corridor. Two jack-up vessels, Capall Mara and C57 Red Squirrel, will carry out a small amount […]

  • Balmoral Unveils Integrated Cable Protection System

    14 July 2020
    R&D

    Aberdeen-based Balmoral has developed an integrated cable protection system (CPS) that the engineering company describes as unique. The patented system is available in three standard sizes and includes a combination of bend restrictors and a bend stiffener, foundation interface device, standard dynamic unit, and a detachable pull head. All of the components are designed, manufactured, […]

  • Scottish Port Secures EUR 29 Million Investment for Floating Wind Upgrade

    5 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will invest GBP 24.26 million (around EUR 28.81 million) in an upgrade at Kishorn Port that will enable the manufacture of floating wind foundations at the Scottish port. “With the quarry on site, Kishorn Port is ideally suited to concrete manufacturing of floating offshore wind sub-structures, with local content, laydown, marshalling, […]

  • Seaway7 Lands Inch Cape Transportation and Installation Job

    17 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, for the transport and installation of pin-pile jacket foundations and transition pieces (TPs) for the 1.1 GW offshore wind project. The deal is worth between USD 150 million and […]

  • UK Firms Launch Offshore Rescue Conveyor Belt

    23 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Scottish start-up Zelim has unveiled a new rescue technology named the Swift Rescue Conveyor for tackling man overboard (MOB) incidents offshore. Developed in collaboration with naval architect Chartwell Marine, the automatic water-to-deck Swift Rescue Conveyor belt will be installed on the Guardian Class, which is a remotely operated rescue vessel designed by Chartwell Marine. UK-based […]

  • Balmoral Launches New Scour Protection System for Jacket Foundations

    23 October 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Innovation, Supply Chain

    Following the launch of its HexDefence scour protection solution for monopile foundations earlier this year, Balmoral has now launched a HexDefence system specifically designed for offshore wind jacket foundations. At the beginning of this year, the Scottish engineering company introduced HexDefence for monopile structures, which integrates seabed protection and flow reduction to minimise operational costs […]

  • Chartwell Marine and Zelim Develop Unmanned Rescue Vessel

    24 September 2021
    R&D, Vessels

    Scottish start-up Zelim, developing a lifesaving system for offshore energy, has partnered with naval architect Chartwell Marine to deliver a remotely operated unmanned rescue vessel.  As the offshore energy sites present a challenging environment for personnel and vessel crews, with a huge risk of man overboard (MOB) incidents and traditional approaches to search and recovery […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Signs O&M Base Lease Deal

    4 February 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Ltd and Eyemouth Harbour Trust (EHT) have signed a 25-year lease for the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 450 MW offshore wind project. Construction of the three storey, 1,040 m2 main O&M building and its two storey, 538 m2 storage warehouse in Eyemouth will start in March. […]

  • Europe Getting First Robot Testing Center for Offshore Wind

    17 January 2020
    R&D

    INESC TEC and EDP have launched a project that will see the establishment of the first real-time maritime robot testing center for offshore wind in Europe. The initiative is part of the Atlantis – The Atlantic Testing Platform for Maritime Robotics: New Frontiers for Inspection and Maintenance of Offshore Energy Infrastructures project, which has the […]

  • PSG Starts Moray East Work

    28 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Invergordon-based PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd has started loading in and loading out the jacket prepiles and the related equipment from the Port of Cromarty Firth as part of the port marshalling contract awarded by DEME Offshore in support of the Moray East offshore wind project. As reported earlier, DEME’s installation vessel Apollo is carrying out […]

  • Rigmar Enters Offshore Wind Big League with EOWDC Contract

    16 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has contracted the Aberdeen-based Rigmar to inspect and maintain subsea structures and cables as well as foundations, turbine transition pieces, subsea cabling, and boat landings at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). This is Rigmar’s first win as a main contractor in offshore wind, having built up experience as a sub-contractor, Vattenfall said. “Having completed […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Teams Busy Offshore and on Land

    11 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Works on bringing the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind turbines to spin off the Scottish coast are moving forward with export cable route boulder clearance now completed. The same operations that were being carried out at the inter-array routes are paused for the winter, while activities on getting the project’s O&M base up are now […]

  • NKT Victoria Wraps Up Moray East Export Cable Work

    13 October 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    All three export cables for the Moray East offshore wind farm have been laid and pulled in, with the cable laying vessel NKT Victoria now demobilised after finishing the project. The vessel Havila Phoenix is currently burying the three subsea power cables below the seabed by using remotely operated trenching vehicles. Cable trenching is expected […]

  • Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Set for Geotechnical Survey

    27 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    A geotechnical survey is set to begin along the proposed export cable route at the Seagreen Phase 1A offshore wind farm. The survey vessel Northern Ocean will conduct the seabed cone penetration tests and vibro core sampling within the export cable area and the Seagreen array site boundary. The survey is expected to start on […]

  • Balmoral Unveils Scour Protection Solution That Replaces Rock Dumping

    2 May 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Industry, Innovation

    Aberdeen-based provider of buoyancy and protection systems to the fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind industries, Balmoral, has launched a new solution for which the company says can drastically reduce scour phenomena around fixed wind turbines that cause seabed erosion and a reduction in foundation strength and stiffness.   The scour protection system, called Balmoral HexDefence™, integrates seabed […]

  • Survey Activities Ramping Up on Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm Site

    16 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Survey activities are ramping up at Ocean Winds’ Caledonia offshore wind farm site with a pair of floating LiDAR devices soon to be deployed in the Scottish waters. The wind farm’s developer, Ocean Winds, said it is laying the groundwork for its comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a key element in the consenting process, following […]

  • Saipem 7000 Leaves Seagreen for Maintenance, Wind Turbine Installation on Stand-By

    13 April 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    21 out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The turbines have been installed on all available 21 jacket foundations, and the installation activity will recommence when further foundations are installed, according to the […]