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  • Benthic Survey Wraps Up for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    3 July 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy from the Ossian floating offshore wind farm off the east coast […]

  • Onshore Consent Application for 1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farm Approved

    20 June 2025
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore consent application for the up to 1 GW Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm has been approved by the Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland. The application covers the floating wind farm’s onshore infrastructure, including underground cabling and a substation. The wind farm is the first fully floating project from the ScotWind leasing process to […]

  • TGS Gets Offshore Wind Site Characterisation Job in Norway

    2 July 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    TGS has won a contract for offshore wind site characterisation, including acquisition, imaging, and interpretation services offshore Norway. Ramform Vanguard will start acquisition in early July, with a duration of approximately 25 days. The imaging and interpretation work will begin concurrently with data acquisition, and final data delivery to the client is expected in the […]

  • OEG to Support Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    2 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    OEG has won a multi-million-pound contract to support the construction phase of the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland until the project becomes operational in 2027. Under the contract, OEG will supply an integrated package of specialist topside and marine services, including marine coordination, high voltage, and ancillary port services. These will […]

  • Cenos Floating Wind Farm Wraps Up NorthConnect Deal

    16 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    NorthConnect has been acquired by the developers of the Cenos Offshore Windfarm, a 1.4 GW floating wind project in Scotland led by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. In a recent social media post, Vårgrønn said that the acquisition of NorthConnect marks a key milestone in the development of the floating wind project, as it already holds […]

  • US Warns UK Over Mingyang’s Proposed Wind Turbine Factory, Chinese Analyst Says National Security Concerns ‘Guise for Protectionism’ – Reports

    23 June 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The Trump administration has warned the UK government about security risks as Mingyang Smart Energy plans to build a factory in Scotland to manufacture wind turbines for North Sea offshore wind farms, according to a report by the Financial Times, citing a US official. A Chinese analyst has commented on the news, saying the talks […]

  • Consultation Launched on Scottish Offshore Wind Plan

    2 June 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Scottish government has launched a consultation on its updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, seeking input on how offshore wind projects are developed in the country. The draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy aims to balance the needs of nature, communities, and other users of the sea. It is […]

  • OWC, Empire Engineering Win Work on TWP’s Scottish Offshore Wind Farms

    5 June 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Renewable energy consultancy OWC and Empire Engineering have been selected to provide owner’s engineering services for the 1 GW Ayre and 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farms in Scotland. The companies will support Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, from concept selection through to further design phases. OWC will act […]

  • Project to Demonstrate 15+ MW Turbine on Ocergy’s Floating Platform Kicks Off

    23 June 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Technology

    The Reduced Commercial Risks with Demo of 15+ MW (RECORD15) joint industry project, which aims to install a latest generation turbine with a rated power over 15 MW on Ocergy’s floating platform in 2028, has been launched. The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for this pilot project was recently signed between Ocergy and three offshore […]

  • Dajin Heavy Industry Rolls Out First Inch Cape Monopiles

    16 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Dajin Heavy Industry has produced the first three monopiles for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, the company said on 16 June, a few days after CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) announced it had completed the first monopiles from the batch it is delivering for the 1 GW project in Scotland. Dajin cut the first steel for […]

  • Danske Commodities Books Hywind Scotland Power

    19 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Danish energy trading company Danske Commodities has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the world’s first floating wind farm, Hywind Scotland. As the sole offtaker, Danske Commodities will take over balancing and trading of Hywind Scotland’s total volume of 30MW. Hywind Scotland is owned by Equinor (75%) and Masdar (25%). The wind farm, […]

  • CWHI Completes First XXL Monopiles for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2025
    Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has completed the manufacturing of the first monopiles for the 1,080 MW Inch Cape offshore wind project in Scotland. The monopiles are 11.5 metres in diameter, up to 110 metres in length, and have a maximum weight of 2,300 tonnes. The first cutting and rolling of monopiles was carried out […]

  • World’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm Celebrates Five Years of Operation

    29 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Hywind Scotland, the first floating offshore wind farm in the world, has passed five years in operation since its commissioning in 2017. According to Equinor, Hywind Scotland is the world’s best-performing offshore wind farm, achieving a capacity factor of 54 per cent over its five years of operations. “Importantly, Hywind Scotland has run to high […]

  • Works on Hywind Scotland Foundations in Full Swing

    24 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Navantia started welding together the first blocks for the first Hywind Scotland floating foundation at the assembly area of its Fene yard in Spain.  Each of the five spar-type floating foundations will be made of five blocks, and Navantia currently has around 15 blocks in different fabrication stage, with the first spar scheduled to be ready in March 2017. The […]

  • World’s First Floating Wind Farm Best Performer in UK

    23 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, has reached the highest average capacity factor for any wind farm in the UK for its third consecutive year. With an average capacity factor of 57.1% in the twelve months to March 2020, Hywind Scotland set a new record in the UK. During its first two […]

  • First Hywind Scotland Foundation Put Together (Photos)

    17 January 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Navantia-Windar today assembled the first foundation for the Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, with the construction of the remaining four well underway, the Spanish joint venture company informed.

  • Top News of the Week, 26 June – 1 July 2017

    2 July 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 26 June to 1 July 2017.

  • Work Starting on Kishorn Port’s Upgrade to House Floating Wind Foundation Manufacturing

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

    Construction work is scheduled to start on 16 June on the expansion of Kishorn Port, which will increase the size of the dry dock and reclaim land to create capacity at the Scottish port for the manufacture of concrete floating offshore wind foundations. The upgrade will enable the port to provide full integration, with laydown, […]

  • MMT and Reach Subsea on Hywind Scotland Duty

    12 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MMT and Reach Subsea are set to carry out inspection services at Equinor’s Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. Simon Møkster Shipping’s vessel Stril Explorer is expected to begin the work this month. Hywind Scotland comprises five Siemens 6 MW floating turbines mounted on SPAR-type foundations and located 25 kilometers offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. The […]

  • Equinor, Marine Scotland to Test Safe Fishing Options for Floating Wind Farms

    29 July 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor, in collaboration with Marine Scotland, will undertake a series of tests at its Hywind Scotland floating wind farm to explore how fishers can safely operate around and within floating wind farms. Last month, Marine Scotland performed a trial survey to test some of the fishing equipment in preparation for the survey scheduled to take […]

  • Aibel to Assist with Hywind Scotland Commissioning

    10 February 2017

    Aibel has been awarded further work on Hywind Scotland Pilot Park after Statoil assigned the company to assist with the commissioning of five floating wind turbines for the project.

  • World’s First Floating Wind Farm Back in Action After Maintenance

    9 October 2024
    Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance

    A heavy maintenance campaign has been completed on Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, with all five turbines now connected. From operational data, it was previously determined that a heavy maintenance campaign for the wind farm’s five turbines was required. To complete the campaign, the Siemens Gamesa turbines were towed to Wergeland […]

  • Statoil Floats the Hywind Scotland Five

    28 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    All five Siemens 6MW wind turbines for the Hywind Scotland wind farm have been mounted on their respective floating foundations off Stord, Norway, Statoil reports.

  • Statoil Picks Survitec Safety Gear for Hywind Scotland Team

    31 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Statoil UK has selected Survitec as the preferred safety partner for the Hywind Scotland floating wind farm project off Aberdeenshire.

  • Siem Moxie Starts Hywind Scotland Charter

    31 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors’ accommodation and personnel transfer vessel Siem Moxie has begun work on Statoil’s Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm. 

  • Masdar’s Share in Hywind Scotland Valued at GBP 52.5 Million

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Masdar has invested GBP 52.5 million (approx. EUR 61 million) in Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, according to Scottish Development International (SDI), as Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy investor agreed with Statoil to take a 25% stake in the project.