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  • Vattenfall Preps First EOWDC Funding

    6 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is currently working on setting up the GBP 150,000-per-year scheme as part of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) community fund, with the first call for funding proposals expected this autumn.

  • VBMS to Wire East Anglia ONE Array with JDR 66kV Cables

    12 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has awarded JDR the supply of 66kV inter-array cables for the East Anglia ONE (EA1) offshore wind farm, developed by ScottishPower Renewables.

  • EOWDC Community Fund Awards First Grants

    30 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall has allocated the first grants from the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) fund to community groups across Aberdeen committed to a fossil fuel-free future. The Unlock our Future Fund was designed following feedback to focus on projects and activities that support local communities in the shift to a climate smarter world. Community-owned electric vehicles, low carbon heating for […]

  • MHI Vestas Marks V164 Turbine Milestone

    28 May 2018
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessel Bold Tern installed the eleventh MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbine on Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea on 26 May, which was the 100th MHI Vestas V164 turbine model to be installed worldwide. 

  • Babcock Deploys FORECAST LiDAR off Aberdeen

    23 December 2016
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based engineering support services company Babcock has deployed its floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology to provide offshore wind data to the proposed Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Babcock’s floating LiDAR system, FORECAST, has been installed as part of a 12 month contract to collect […]

  • JDR Inks EOWDC Cable Deal

    13 December 2016

    VBMS, part of Boskalis, has awarded JDR with a contract for the supply of 66kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). JDR will supply more than 20 kilometres of inter-array and export cables, including the first deployment of its 66kV technology, as well as associated accessories. “This contract demonstrates JDR’s […]

  • ABB 66 kV WindSTAR Transformers Make Debut on UK Demo Farms

    23 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has delivered five new WindSTAR transformers to MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, to be deployed at the world’s first 66 kV offshore wind farm in the UK – the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator.

  • Top News of the Week, 18 – 24 July, 2016

    24 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Rough Sea Ahead for German Offshore Wind, Industry Says The new German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) means troubled waters for the German offshore wind industry, according to a press release jointly issued by AGOW (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offshore-Windenergie), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, BWE (Bundesverband WindEnergie) and WAB. Brave Tern Ready for First Transatlantic Voyage Brave […]

  • Vattenfall Places Order for First-Ever In-Turbine Toilet

    26 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has placed an order with Pegasus Welfare Solutions (PWS) for the offshore wind industry’s first in-turbine toilet. Each of the eleven turbines at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) will be fitted with the toilet cubicle, which represents PWS’ first entire wind farm order. The unit’s design was finalized at the end of […]

  • Vattenfall’s Pontoon All Set for EOWDC

    2 May 2018
    Vessels

    Vattenfall has completed the construction of a 30-meter-long floating crew transfer pontoon which will be used for its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland.

  • Vattenfall Commits to EOWDC Community Fund

    7 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall, the developer of the 92.5MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay, is creating an annual cash fund scheme to support the communities in Aberdeen and the Aberdeenshire.

  • First Local Suppliers Bag EOWDC Contracts

    13 September 2016

    Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), has awarded the first local contracts for the project to three companies: Donside Safety, TVP Studios and Archer Marketing. On 9 September, a supply chain event was held to enable potential bidders for work on the 92.4MW project, also known as the […]

  • Top News of the Week, 10 – 16 October 2016

    16 October 2016

    Vattenfall Bids for Borssele III & IV Vattenfall, a Swedish wind energy developer which could build the cheapest nearshore project off the coast of Denmark, has disclosed that it is taking part in the Borssele III and IV tender. Photo of the Day: Extra Muscle Needed for Nordsee One Monopiles Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG […]

  • Last EOWDC Turbine Installed, Inter-Array Cabling Nearing Completion

    28 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The eleventh and final MHI Vestas turbine was erected on 26 May at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), where the inter-array cable installation works are also coming to an end, thus moving the project to the final commissioning phase before it generates its first power later this summer. 

  • EOWDC 2 – Trump 0

    5 June 2015
    Authorities

    Donald Trump has lost its latest legal challenge over an 11-turbine wind farm offshore Aberdeen. This was the second challenge to the approval of Vattenfall’s up to 100MW offshore wind project by Scottish ministers. Trump argued the wind turbines are ugly and would ruin the view from his Aberdeen golf resort. However, Scotland’s most senior judge, […]

  • Scotland Backs Offshore Wind Innovation with GBP 2 Million

    20 June 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Scottish government has awarded some GBP 2 million in funding to Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and, Energy Skills Partnership to support innovation across the offshore wind sector.

  • AREG Comments PwC Report (UK)

    3 November 2011

      Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) comments the PwC report that was published yesterday (Wednesday, November 2) about Aberdeen’s potential to be a global energy centre of excellence and generate more than £600billion in revenues. Chief operating officer of Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), Morag McCorkindale, said: “This is an encouraging endorsement of Aberdeen City […]

  • Vattenfall, Technip and AREG Submit Application to Marine Scotland to Build EOWDC (UK)

    5 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

      Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), the joint venture (JV) partners behind a cutting edge Wind Deployment Centre in Scottish waters – the 11-wind turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen Bay – have submitted their consent application to Marine Scotland. The application seeks permission for work to commence on […]

  • Trump to UK Politicians: “Move Scottish Wind Farms Offshore”

    22 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore.  “He thinks Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world,” Andy Wigmore, who was at the meeting, said in […]

  • Carbon Trust Issues Suction Caissons Guideline

    20 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Carbon Trust has published guidelines on the use of suction caissons on offshore wind farms with an aim to increase their usage. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines features research and understanding to provide clarity and guidance for engineers looking to design suction buckets. According to The Carbon Trust, the […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up EOWDC Site Investigation off Aberdeen

    4 April 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen, Scotland. Fugro started the geotechnical site investigation to assess the seabed at 11 turbine locations in early March. The data acquired will be used to inform the final design and micro-siting of the turbine foundations. […]

  • Vattenfall Kicks Off EOWDC Environmental Research Programme

    25 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has invited applications for funding under a EUR 3 million scientific research programme at the company’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland, to understand the impacts of offshore wind on the environment. A scientific panel has been assembled to advise on the allocation of the funding to study the environment around […]

  • EOWDC Foundations Start Falling Into Place

    26 March 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The floating crane Asian Hercules III has installed the first of eleven suction bucket jacket foundations on Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • Trump’s Eyesore Prepping for Construction Phase

    8 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore works have started off Aberdeen Bay in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the project company, Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited (AOWFL), informed. The geotechnical site investigation will take place at each of the EOWDC’s 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the data acquired being used […]

  • EDS Completes Aberdeen Bay Work

    12 October 2018
    Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed its scope of work at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen offshore wind farm.

  • Offshore Wind Trumps Trump

    16 December 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    This morning, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump in his latest legal battle against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Donald Trump challenged the approval for the offshore wind project, given by Scottish ministers, arguing that the offshore wind farm would ruin the view from his Aberdeen golf resort. After losing a couple of times in the Scottish courts, the Trump […]