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  • Seacat Intrepid Heads to Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    19 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Energy Support Vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services has secured a contract with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) to support the construction of the 588MW beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Buchan Committee: No Objections to Early Start of MORL Construction

    14 May 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Members of the Buchan area committee raised no objections to request by Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) on Tuesday. Namely, the offshore wind farm developer asked to proceed with work on New Deer substations earlier than planned, writes The Press and Journal. Last week MORL submitted a report to councillors as part of the applications. […]

  • Highland Council Permits Moray Firth Super-Hub

    31 January 2014
    Authorities

    The Highland Council has granted permission for Port of Ardersier to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind. The council has granted onshore planning consent – giving a thumbs-up to ambitious plans to transform the 160 hectare (400 acres) vacant site into a manufacturing, assembly […]

  • UK: Port of Ardersier Submits Plans for Offshore Wind Development

    6 May 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    A renewables jobs boom could come to the Highlands of Scotland if plans to turn a former oil fabrication yard into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind get the go ahead. The Port of Ardersier has submitted plans to Highland Council, Marine Scotland and Transport Scotland for the consents needed to make the site a […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK, China Form Joint Offshore Wind Industry Advisory Groups

    26 October 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK and China signed the Clean Energy Partnership agreement on Friday, vowing to work together to transition to the low carbon economy. This follows a number of other collaboration agreements announced at last week’s UK-China Fourth Annual Energy Dialogue. Along with the first ever Chinese investment in the UK offshore wind market with China Three Gorges (CTG) agreeing to […]

  • Photo of the Day: Cabling Works at Full Steam on Beatrice OWF

    6 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) posted a photo on its social media pages today, 6 December, showing Nexans Skagerrak, Siem Aimery and Siem Stingray vessels working at the offshore construction site in the Outer Moray Firth off Scotland.

  • Hunterston Is No More

    26 September 2019
    R&D

    SSE Renewables has decommissioned the last remaining test turbine at the Hunterston National Offshore Turbine Test Facility in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Following six years of testing, the 6MW Siemens turbine was brought down to the ground in an operation by lead decommissioning contactors, Keltbray, and under the supervision of SSE Renewables. The operation involved a […]

  • SeaEnergy Close on Making Sale on Renewable Assets (UK)

    27 December 2010

    SEAENERGY, the Aberdeen-based renewables company, is in the advanced stages of negotiation over the sale of its offshore wind interests. The company has agreed an extension to a £3.8 million loan facility from major shareholder LC Capital Master Fund to provide more time for a deal over its SeaEnergy Renewables business to be completed. The […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Starts Producing 108-Metre Wind Turbine Blades in UK

    15 February 2023
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has started the production of the first 108-metre wind turbine blade at its factory in Hull, the UK. The B108 IntegralBlades are one of the key components of Siemens Gamesa’s flagship offshore wind turbine – the SG 14-222 DD. ”Over the past year, we’ve doubled output at the Hull facility, allowing our team […]

  • Bladt Ships Out First Beatrice Jackets

    30 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first four jacket foundations for the Beatrice offshore wind farm left the Bladt Industries’ site in Lindoe, Denmark, last week.

  • Energi Coast: Government’s Support Major Step in the Right Direction

    23 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Energi Coast, North East England’s Renewables Supply Chain Group, has declared the Government’s financial support for five new UK offshore wind projects a major step forward for the industry.  The group, which represents the region’s experienced offshore renewables supply chain, also believes that these new projects are the perfect opportunity for wind farm developers to […]

  • AREG’s Exhibitor Space Running Out Fast for All-Energy 2012 (UK)

    14 November 2011

    Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) today said that exhibitor space and sponsorship opportunities on Aberdeen City and Shire’s pavilion at All-Energy 2012 is already fast running out – more than six months before the UK’s largest renewable energy trade exhibition and conference is set to open. The Aberdeen City and Shire pavilion has grown in […]

  • Crown Estate Scotland Makes Offshore Wind Data Public

    28 August 2017
    Authorities

    Crown Estate Scotland now has spatial data relating to the organisation’s offshore assets freely available on their website for the first time.

  • UK: Next CfD Round Scheduled for Spring 2019, GBP 557 Million Earmarked for Renewables

    11 October 2017

    The next UK Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction is planned for spring 2019, the UK Government informed today, along with the announcement that up to GBP 557 million will be made available for renewable energy projects as part of the Clean Growth Strategy. 

  • Green Shipping Line and DEKC to Design Jones Act Offshore Wind Vessels

    10 June 2021
    Vessels

    The US-based Green Shipping Line (GSL) has signed a Teaming Agreement with the Dutch marine vessel engineer DEKC Maritime to pursue Jones Act-compliant offshore wind vessel solutions in the United States. This announcement follows a string of deals by GSL, including an agreement with Keystone Shipping Company to operate future shuttle vessels in the US […]

  • Fugro Gearing Up for UXO Hunt at Beatrice

    22 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is getting ready to carry out a survey for unexploded ordnance (UXO) across the development zone of the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth off the east coast of Scotland. Fugro will deploy three survey vessels,  Fugro Helmert, Fugro Frontier, and Meridian to carry out the survey, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), the developer of […]

  • RenewableUK: November Record-Breaking Month for Wind

    2 December 2012

    November has been a record breaking month for wind, with previous records being smashed repeatedly. Three times this month wind has broken its own record for generation, most recently hitting over 4.5 gigawatts and accounting for 11.45% of total electricity demand in the UK, according to official figures from National Grid. Meanwhile a report launched […]

  • 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 […]

  • Deepwater Wind Farm Premium Costs Could be Underestimated (USA)

    28 April 2011

    Electricity from a wind farm planned for off of Block Island could come with a higher cost premium than previously estimated, according to National Grid. In a filing with the R.I. Public Utilities Commission, the utility said that depending on the forecasting model used, electricity from the Deepwater Wind farm would cost $409 million or […]

  • Beatrice Cleared for Takeoff

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The GBP 2.6 billion Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project has been given the green light for construction by owners SSE, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and SDIC Power after the project reached financial close. The 588MW, 84 turbine project, situated in the Outer Moray Firth, was consented by the Scottish government in March 2014 and granted an […]

  • China’s Oil Major Taps Into Offshore Wind

    25 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd has entered the offshore wind sector with recent involvement in a project offshore East China’s Jiangsu province. The Chinese company unveiled it entered the project this month, however, details on the size or scope of the development have not been disclosed. Offshore wind aligns with CNOOC’s business due to […]

  • UK: CTruk Boats Signs First Export Order

    14 May 2012

    CTruk Boats, builders of multi-purpose catamarans on the UK’s east coast, has signed its first export order. The 12th vessel on the CTruk Boats’ order book since its establishment in 2009 will be a 20-tonne payload MPC for Dutch company, Sima Charters. The vessel will incorporate CTruk Boats’ flexible pod system (patent applied); a 12-person […]

  • UK: Steel Engineering Selects Tymor Marine as Supply Chain Partner

    7 February 2013

    Leading Scottish engineering company, Steel Engineering has selected Tymor Marine as a supply chain partner to support the delivery of major renewable contracts for Samsung at The Energy Park at Methil in Fife and for ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall at the East Anglia offshore wind zone off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. With offices in […]

  • 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    27 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, Sumimoto Corporation, and Banque des Territoires, shareholders of the company Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), have made a final investment decision (FID) for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm represents an investment of around EUR 2.7 billion. The signing of all the financing […]

  • RenewableUK: Tax Freeze on Carbon Emissions “Missed Opportunity”

    20 March 2014

    The trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, RenewableUK, has expressed disappointment at the Chancellor’s announcement that he will freeze a tax on carbon emissions created by fossil fuels – the Carbon Price Support – at its 2016/17 level for the rest of the decade. The Chancellor claimed that investment in new […]