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  • Siemens Delivers First Moray East Onshore Transformer

    30 October 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has delivered the first of the three onshore transformers to the onshore substation at New Deer, Scotland, for the Moray East offshore wind farm development. Once the transformer has been skidded into position, the installation of associated electrical equipment will begin. Moray East is Siemens’ largest grid connection project in the UK and needs three transformers […]

  • Siemens Nabs Moray East Grid Link Contract

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

    Siemens has secured an order to connect the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm to the Scottish grid.

  • Bold Tern Comes For Moray East Wind Turbines

    5 January 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern is en route to Port of Nigg in Scotland to start the wind turbine installation at the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm. Prior to heading to Nigg, Bold Tern completed the mobilisation for the project at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. Bold Tern will transport 100 […]

  • All Moray East Wind Turbines Installed

    15 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 100th and final wind turbine has been installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site, located some some 22 kilometres off Aberdeenshire in Scotland, according to an update from Ocean Winds. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern installed the wind farm’s first Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbine in January. The work hit the halfway […]

  • APEM Completes Moray East Wildlife Survey

    12 September 2018
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    APEM’s digital aerial surveys have finished gathering data on marine wildlife for the Moray East offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland.

  • BOA Joins DEME on Moray East Offshore Wind Project

    16 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    BOA’s offshore construction vessel (OCV) BOA Sub C has secured a contract with DEME Offshore for work on the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. Under the contract, which began on 15 June, the vessel’s scope of work includes accommodation, walk-to-work with Ampelmann gangway system, grouting and ROV inspection and survey. According to BOA, there are […]

  • Siemens’ Moray East Containers Ready to Sail Out

    18 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    JGC has, on behalf of Siemens, completed the construction of high voltage equipment containers for the Moray East offshore substation platforms. JGC fabricated eight of twelve containers at its site in Thurso and have also supported Siemens with other offshore projects in the UK. From Thurso, the containers will make their way to Fabricom-Smulders in Belgium […]

  • TFKable Puts Moray East Cable to the Test

    1 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFKable) has conducted the first Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of a 220kV onshore high-voltage cable for the UK’s Moray East offshore wind farm at its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland. The cable supplier informed via social media that it had successfully FAT-tested 1,600mm² and 2,000mm² sizes to industry international standards. At the beginning of […]

  • Lamprell to Close Sharjah Yard after Moray East Work Done

    14 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The UAE-based Lamprell plans to close its Sharjah facility after completing the portion of work on the Moray East offshore wind project currently carried out at the location. Lamprell already mothballed the Jebel Ali facility in January 2020. The Sharjah yard will close later this year. The Hamriyah yard, the company’s largest facility, will remain […]

  • Export Cable Laying Soon to Begin at Moray East Offshore Wind Project

    28 July 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The boulder picking operations have begun at the export cable route of the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The boulder picking work started on 24 July using Olympic Triton, while the export cable laying and trenching operations are set to begin circa 28 July. NKT Victoria will be laying the three export cables […]

  • Bold Tern Loads First Moray East Turbine Hardware

    12 January 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern is on her way to install the first wind turbines at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The vessel departed Port of Nigg loaded with the first sets of the MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines on Tuesday, 12 January, AIS data shows. In total, Bold Tern will […]

  • OHT to Transport UAE-Made Moray East Jackets

    23 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has awarded Norway’s OHT with a contract to transport 48 jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to Scotland. OHT will transport the 45 wind turbine jackets and three offshore transformer module (OTM) jackets from Lamprell’s fabrication yard in the UAE to the Port of Nigg in […]

  • First Moray East Export Cable Makes Landfall

    11 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first export power cable for the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind project has made landfall at Inverboyndie, Scotland, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The installation of the offshore export cables is being undertaken by NKT. To minimise environmental impact, the cable was pulled through an underground duct which runs from a point […]

  • NKT Commissions Moray East Grid Connection

    11 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has commissioned the power cable project comprising three 220 kV HVAC power cable systems for the Moray East offshore wind farm. Located 22 kilometres off the north-east coast of Scotland, the 950 MW wind farm will be capable of meeting the average electricity needs of 40 per cent of Scottish households, NKT said. Commissioning […]

  • Ocean Winds and CHAP Group Ink Contract for New O&M Facility

    28 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    CHAP Group and Ocean Winds have inked a contract for a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Buckie, Scotland which is expected to serve the Moray West offshore wind farm. The 882 MW offshore wind farm will come online next year as a sister project to the operational Moray East offshore wind farm, almost […]

  • China Three Gorges Joins Moray East Team

    3 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has completed the sale of a 10% stake in the 950MW Moray East offshore wind project to China Three Gorges (CTG).

  • MHI Vestas Confirms SOV Order for Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

    18 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    MHI Vestas and Esvagt have signed a contract for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) that will be deployed on the Moray East offshore wind farm from 2021. Subsequently, Esvagt placed an order with Havyard, which will design and build the new vessel.

  • Jacket for Second Moray East OTM In Place

    14 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the second of the three Moray East’s Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) was installed on 10 August, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. Siemens Energy shipped out the first OTM, ME OSP2, on 30 June. However, this was not the first OTM to have been installed. As reported a few days […]

  • JDR Scoops Moray East Cable Contract

    25 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems has secured a contract to provide the termination and testing of 100 inter-array cables and two offshore substation interconnector cables at the Moray East offshore wind farm. Under the contract signed with Boskalis, JDR will perform procedures for the stripping of the armor protection, fitment of the permanent hang-offs, routing, cleating, electrical and fiber termination, including […]

  • Moray East Pin Piles Pass Halfway Mark

    10 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Apollo has installed 156 out of 309 pin piles at the Moray East offshore wind project in the UK, marking the halfway milestone. According to DEME, a pile installation template is being used, where three pin piles are stabbed into the seabed through the piling temple and then driven to target depth […]

  • Turbine Installation at Moray East Enters Final Quarter

    9 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    76 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbine installation is being carried out by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern which recently replaced Bold Tern on the project. The first turbines were installed by Bold Tern […]

  • Highlights of the Month – December 2018

    4 January 2019

    Offshore WIND’s ten most read news in December 2018.

  • Moray East Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    7 June 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The wind farm is still under construction, but the engineering methodology used enables power to be exported before all of the wind farm’s 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines have been installed, the developer said. […]

  • Moray East Closes In On Top Spot Offshore Scotland

    8 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    60 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The current installed capacity at Moray East stands at 570 MW, and the wind farm is two turbines away from taking the top spot in Scotland in terms of the installed capacity from […]

  • Oceaneering to Start Clearing Inter-Array Cable Routes at Moray East

    12 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Oceaneering International Services Ltd (OISL) is about to start clearing the inter-array cable routes at the Moray East site. According to a Notice of Operations, boulder clearance at the export cable routes should finish on 12 May. Immediately after that, the same work at the inter-array routes is set to commence. Clearing the inter-array cable […]

  • O&M Personnel Wanted for Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds is launching a recruitment process for the operations and maintenance of the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. Over 20 new posts, including apprenticeships, are open, in addition to the circa 60 positions that will be needed to service the project’s turbines. Jack-up vessel Bold Tern has so far installed 28 of […]