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  • Six Moray East Foundations In, Ten More Arrive in Nigg

    21 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT’s) vessel Hawk arrived at the Port of Nigg on 21 July, carrying nine jacket foundations for Moray East wind turbines and one for the project’s offshore substation. The jackets will now be offloaded at Global Energy Group’s site in Nigg and will go through final preparations before Seajacks Scylla picks them […]

  • Moray East OWF Gets Funding

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited consortium has secured financing for the construction of its 950MW offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Ocean Winds Breaks Ground on Moray West O&M Base

    31 May 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has started construction of an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Scotland that will initially service the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm. The new 2,000 square metre base will feature cutting-edge technology, including a fully equipped workshop and warehouse, as well as office […]

  • Seajacks Scylla Installs First Moray East Jacket

    7 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first jacket foundation is now in place at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. DEME Offshore, in charge of the installation works, is currently using the Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel to install the jackets. The 950 MW offshore wind project will comprise 100 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines and three offshore substations, […]

  • Orion’s Replacement for Moray East Jacket Installation Arrives in Nigg

    25 June 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel will start installing jacket foundations at the Moray East offshore wind farm in July, according to a document listing vessels involved in the construction on Moray East project’s website, updated on 18 June. The vessel’s AIS data shows that Seajacks Scylla arrived at the Port of Nigg early in the […]

  • First Moray East OWF Jacket Foundations Arrive at Port of Nigg

    4 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy load carrier OHT Osprey has arrived in the Port of Nigg with the first eight jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm. The jackets, manufactured by Lamprell in the United Arab Emirates, are the first of the total of 45 that the company will ship to the UK for the Moray […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Seals Moray East Deal

    2 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has secured a contract for the transport and installation of turbines at the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is in charge of transporting and installing 100 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines at the 950MW wind farm located off the East coast of Scotland. The company will deploy one of […]

  • Moray East Wind Turbine Installation Hits Quarter Mark

    20 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The Bold Tern jack-up vessel has installed 24 wind turbines at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. The 100-turbine project is now one installation away from reaching a quarter of its wind turbines in place. The 24th Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW unit was installed on 17 April, according to Moray East’s latest Notice of Operations, […]

  • Bold Tern Completes First Moray East Run

    27 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has returned to Port of Nigg after installing the first four Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW wind turbines at the Moray East wind farm off Scotland. The 950 MW Moray East will feature 100 V164-9.5MW units installed at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast. The team […]

  • DEME Looking For Replacement Vessel for Moray East Jacket Installation

    5 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    DEME is currently looking for a replacement vessel for the installation of Moray East jacket foundations, following the crane accident onboard the installation vessel Orion. The company is considering both the vessels in its own fleet and externally to carry out the installation of Moray East jackets, first eight of which have now arrived at […]

  • Kinnaird Marine Keeps Guard Over Moray East Piling Ops

    11 June 2019
    Vessels

    Kinnaird Marine Limited is providing guard vessels for the piling campaign at the Moray East offshore wind farm in the UK. GeoSea commenced the piling activities at the project site at the end of May, with operations so far completed on seven locations, according to the Moray East Weekly Notice of Operations. The GV Replenish and KMS […]

  • Moray East Pin-Piles In Position

    28 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore piling works have been completed on the Moray East wind farm in the Moray Firth off the North East coast of Scotland, the developers of the 950MW project said. Work to install the pin-piles in the seabed commenced in May of last year, using DEME Offshore’s jack-up installation vessel Apollo which worked out of […]

  • Lamprell to Kick Off Moray East Work in Q2

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Lamprell is on track to cut the first steel for the jacket foundations destined for the Moray East offshore wind farm in the second quarter of the year, according to the company’s latest financial report. Lamprell won the contract to fabricate 45 wind turbine and three substation jacket foundations at the end of last year, with […]

  • TFKable Installs First Moray East Onshore Cable

    27 June 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TFKable has installed the first sections of the 220kV onshore high-voltage cable system at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. Each of the sections includes three circuits of ducted cable, the company said, adding that the next phase of production is in progress. At the beginning of the year, TFKable and VolkerInfra won […]

  • Second Moray East OTM Platform Installed

    18 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore transformer module (OTM) of the Moray East wind farm is now at its designated location at the site off Scotland, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. OSP2, which was shipped out from Belgium on 30 June, was installed shortly after its jacket foundation and the OSP3 platform were put in place […]

  • OHT Fleet Flocks to Bring Moray East Jackets from UAE to Scotland

    9 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT’s) vessel Albatross arrived at the Port of Nigg on 6 June with the second load of Moray East jacket foundations, after more than 40 days of sailing to transport the six jackets from the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, OHT Hawk is en route to Scotland, carrying the next batch of foundations […]

  • All Moray East Jacket Foundations Installed

    28 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 103rd and final jacket foundation has been installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel installed the first three-legged jacket in July. The wind farm’s three offshore transformer modules (OTMs), together with their three jacket foundations, have been in place since mid-September. DEME’s installation vessel Orion, initially scheduled to be […]

  • MHI Vestas and Boston Energy Team Up on Two UK Offshore Wind Projects

    29 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Boston Energy has secured a contract to support MHI Vestas during wind turbine pre-assembly operations on two offshore wind projects in the UK. Boston Energy will assist MHI Vestas on the 857 MW Triton Knoll and the 950 MW Moray East projects. These are due to commence later this year in Invergordon for Moray East […]

  • Siemens Putting Finishing Touches on Moray East Offshore Topsides

    20 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens AG is preparing to undertake the final commissioning of the offshore substation platforms for the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland.

  • Boskalis Firms Moray East Contract

    6 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has secured a contract for the supply and installation of the inter-array cables for the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland.

  • NKT Secures Moray East Preferred Bidder Status

    13 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has signed a Preferred Bidder Agreement (PBA) with Moray East Offshore Windfarm Ltd for delivery and installation of export cable systems for the prospective 950MW Moray East wind farm off Scotland.

  • Quarter of Moray East Turbine Foundations In

    31 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla has installed 25 out of the 100 wind turbine jacket foundations at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Chartered by DEME Group, Seajacks Scylla installed the 25th jacket foundation at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 29th August, according to the project’s latest Notice […]

  • Windhoist Joins Moray East Team

    4 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ayrshire-based Windhoist Limited has won a contract to provide local technicians to assist with pre-assembly works for Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. 20 locally-based technicians have been recruited for the project which commences this month and is expected to reach completion in September 2021. This marks the third scope of works Windhoist has […]

  • Solstad Wins Moray East Contract

    27 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore ASA has secured a contract with GeoSea for the Moray East offshore wind project in the UK. Solstad Offshore will provide the vessel Normand Service, previously Sea Spider, to support wind farm installation operations at the 950MW project. The vessel will be chartered for a period of 180 days firm, with up to […]

  • 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 […]

  • All Moray East OTMs In Position

    14 September 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has been installed at the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind farm’s first OTM was installed on 10 August, and the second unit followed shortly. Siemens Energy secured the contract to connect the wind farm to the grid in 2018. The company is also in charge […]