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  • Scotland OKs Four Offshore Wind Farms

    10 October 2014
    Authorities

    Four offshore wind farms that could provide enough energy to power over 1.4 million Scottish homes have received development consent, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today. Once completed, the developments in the Forth and Tay region – Neart Na Gaoithe, Inch Cape Offshore Limited, Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo – could be capable of generating […]

  • Scottish Ministers, Developers Fight for Firths of Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Farms

    9 August 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Ministers have lodged an appeal against the Scottish Court of Session’s decision in favour of the petition filed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to review the consent by the Scottish Ministers for four offshore wind farms in the Firths of Forth and Tay, Mainstream Renewable Power, the developer […]

  • RSPB vs Offshore Wind: Scottish Court Rules In Favour of RSPB

    20 July 2016
    Authorities

    Scottish Court of Session has ruled in favour of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in a legal challenge against four offshore wind projects in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay, which received consents from the Scottish ministers in 2014.  After a judicial review of the Scottish Ministers’ approval, the court ordered that […]

  • Seaway 7 Awarded USD 300+ Million Cable Contract

    14 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Seaway 7, the Renewables & Heavy Lifting business unit of Subsea 7, has been awarded a contract worth between USD 300 million and USD 500 million for an undisclosed offshore wind farm project. Under the contract, Seaway 7 will be responsible for the transportation and installation of inner-array and export power cables, and respective cable […]

  • Fugro GEOS Plays Vital Role in Two Offshore Wind Projects (UK)

    11 January 2011

    Collection of meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data plays a vital role at different phases of offshore wind farm projects ranging from early feasibility studies to engineering design and construction phases, as demonstrated by two recent contracts won by Fugro GEOS, for UK Round 2 and 3 projects. Seagreen Wind Energy has recently awarded Fugro GEOS […]

  • SSE Renewables and ODE Team Up Offshore UK and Ireland

    11 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Engineering technical consultancy ODE, part of the DORIS Group, has been awarded a framework agreement by SSE Renewables for Offshore Structural Design across multiple sites in the UK and Ireland. With a contract duration up to three years, ODE will appoint a number of new secondees to work alongside its personnel from SSE Renewables’ UK […]

  • Equinor Picks Vissim’s Digital Marine Optimisation Solution for Dogger Bank

    16 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Equinor has selected Vissim for the provision of digital support of the marine operations at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Under a long-term framework agreement, the Norway-based company will provide digital marine optimisation solutions to the operator’s offshore wind projects, including an immediate call-off for Dogger Bank A, B and […]

  • Nexans in Export Cable Talks for Major UK Offshore Wind Project

    10 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Nexans revealed on 10 September that the company had entered into exclusive negotiations for the supply and installation of both onshore and offshore export cables for an offshore wind project in the UK. The cable manufacturer has not disclosed any specifics about the project and its client, noting that further details will be provided upon […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Scottish Govt’s Offshore Wind Consents

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RenewableUK has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it has given the go-ahead to 4 Scottish offshore wind farms. Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo have a combined capacity of 2,284 megawatts (MW) – enough to power 1.4 million homes. RenewableUK’s Chief Executive, Maria McCaffery, said: “This announcement more than doubles […]

  • Saipem Gives Likely Cause of Crane Incident Onboard Saipem 7000

    15 April 2022
    Vessels

    Semi-submersible crane vessel, Saipem 7000, has returned to ”a stable position and safe condition” soon after developing a list during a crane incident off the coast of Amoyfjorden, Norway, Saipem said. As reported, Saipem 7000 and a couple of cargo barges were involved in a lifting incident on Thursday, 14 April, causing the local authorities […]

  • Vestas Adds Global Wind Service to Arcadis Ost 1 Team

    31 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vestas has selected Global Wind Service (GWS) to provide wind turbine pre-assembly services for the 27-turbine Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The pre-assembly works will start soon at Rønne Havn on the Danish Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea. In June last year, Parkwind ordered 27 Vestas V174-9.5 units which will be […]

  • Breaking: UK Offshore Wind Strike Prices Slide Down to GBP 39.65/MWh

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind projects selected in the third Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 3 will be delivered at a strike price as low as GBP 39.65/MWh, a near 30% reduction compared to the second CfD auction held in 2017. For the first time renewables are expected to come online below market prices and without additional […]

  • Port of Tyne Getting Ready for Offshore Wind

    27 November 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne, one of the two deep-sea ports in North East England, is investing in the third phase of clearance and remediation of Tyne Dock Enterprise Park to prepare the site for offshore wind manufacturers. The Port of Tyne, within 100 nautical miles of the Dogger Bank, Hornsea, Seagreen and Sofia wind farms […]

  • Red Rock Delivers Nexans Aurora Cranes

    10 June 2020
    Vessels

    Norwegian company Red Rock has delivered a crane package to Ulstein for the cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Red Rock was contracted by Ulstein in 2018 to provide a deck machinery package for Nexans’ vessel, consisting of knuckle boom cranes, fixed boom cranes and work baskets. The 150-metre DP3 cable-laying vessel. designed by Norwegian company Skipsteknisk, […]

  • SSE Renewables Looking For Offshore Survey Squad

    22 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has issued a contract notice seeking providers of geotechnical and geophysical services offshore the UK and Ireland. The offshore wind developer intends to sign a number of framework agreements that cover a range of geotechnical and geophysical services. The overall value of the framework agreements is EUR 78 million. The framework agreements will […]

  • SSE Bullish On UK Offshore Wind

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The large volume of viable offshore wind projects in the UK means total installed offshore wind capacity could reach more than 30GW by 2030, firmly placing it as the leading source of low carbon power in the country, Paul Cooley, Director of Generation Development at SSE plc, said.

  • Scotland’s Offshore Wind Sees 300% Employment Increase

    1 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The UK Government statistics for 2016 have shown that the number of people employed in Scotland’s offshore wind sector increased by 300% and equaled 2,000 employees.

  • Scottish Renewables on OWF Consents: Focus Now Moves to Accessing CfDs

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Renewables has commented on the awarding of consent to the Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo offshore wind farms.   Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “These consents represent a massive leap forward for Scotland’s emerging offshore wind industry, and take us a step closer to realising […]

  • RCG Appoints New Director

    6 May 2015

    The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has named Gareth Lewis as a Director and member of the global management committee, based from the company’s London headquarters. Lewis is a qualified marine biologist, underwater technologist, commercial diver and yachtmaster with 24 years’ experience of renewable energy projects, including 14 years at senior management level and 13 years in the offshore renewable […]

  • GIEK’s Offshore Wind Portfolio Quadruples in H1 2020

    21 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind portfolio of the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) has quadrupled since the end of last year, the agency reported on 21 July. GIEK’s offshore wind portfolio since the end of 2019 until now amounts to NOK 4.2 billion (approximately EUR 399 million), while the state-owned agency is actively seeking new business […]

  • GE Kit for Acta Marine’s Next-Generation CSOVs

    5 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    GE Power Conversion has partnered with Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye to deliver the power and propulsion, dynamic positioning (DP), and vessel control systems for two construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) for Dutch maritime support provider, Acta Marine. GE Power Conversion’s scope of supply features the power-dense SeaPulse LV3 family of converters which are deployed in […]

  • RenewableUK: Offshore Wind Now the Cheapest Electricity Source in UK

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The results of the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round have shown that offshore wind has now become the cheapest source of electricity in the UK, RenewableUK said. RenewableUK estimates that the 5.5GW of offshore wind projects selected in the CfD Allocation Round 3 will support over 7,000 jobs on the six projects and […]

  • RSPB Challenges Scottish Offshore Wind

    13 January 2015
    Environment

    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has launched a legal challenge against approval of four wind farms off Scottish coast. Namely, the Scottish part of the wildlife charity is seeking a judicial review against Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo, claiming they could have serious implications for the wildlife in […]

  • Dogger Bank Owners Close Largest Ever Offshore Wind Project Financing

    26 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and SSE have reached financial close on the first two phases of the Dogger Bank wind farm project, representing in aggregate the largest offshore wind project financing to date globally. The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project is divided into three 1.2 GW phases, Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B, and Dogger Bank C. The […]

  • TotalEnergies Signs Offshore Wind CPPA with Air Liquide

    26 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    TotalEnergies, through its Belgian subsidiary Lampiris, has signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with Air Liquide for the supply of electricity produced by an offshore wind farm in Belgium. Under the agreement, TotalEnergies will supply the French industrial gases company with 50 GWh of offshore wind-generated electricity per year over a period of 15 […]

  • Vestas Raring to Grow in UK

    27 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D, Technology

    Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas plans to further expand its UK offshore wind production footprint, contingent on securing sufficient project volume in the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 4. Following its recent re-entry into offshore wind, Vestas is now investigating the potential of expanding its UK footprint through additional manufacturing and supplier sites across […]