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  • TÜV SÜD PMSS to Participate in Ornithological Study

    5 February 2014
    Environment, R&D

    TÜV SÜD PMSS will play a key role in reducing uncertainty for ornithological impact assessment in wind farm development. TÜV SÜD PMSS’s Kit Hawkins has been invited by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) to be a member of the Steering Group for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded study, which is […]

  • First Turbine Jacket Foundation In Place at Neart na Gaoithe

    26 October 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm located some 15.5 kilometres off the East coast of Scotland. Following the arrival of the first 10 steel jackets on site, Saipem, through its subcontractor Heerema, lifted the first steel wind turbine jacket into place, lowering it […]

  • Seaway Moxie to Support O&M Ops at Beatrice OWF

    18 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seaway Moxie is set to be deployed on the Beatrice offshore wind farm at the end of January for walk-to-work operations during an operations & maintenance (O&M) campaign at the wind farm, located some 13 kilometres off the coast of Caithness in Scotland. According to the wind farm’s latest Notice to Mariners, work will commence […]

  • Europe’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Sits Atop Floating Foundation

    11 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas has installed the first V164-9.5 MW turbine on a floating platform for the Kincardine offshore wind project. The first V164-9.5 MW turbine was installed on a Principle Power WindFloat platform at the installation harbour in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The turbine is the first of five such units to be installed at the Kincardine […]

  • EDS HV Secures EOWDC O&M Contract

    4 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group (EDS) has been awarded a three-year operations and maintenance contract for Vattenfall’s Blackdog Substation at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland. The scope of the contract will see EDS, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, provide substation management services, including inspections and maintenance of […]

  • Geo Surveys to Start at Moray West OWF Site

    30 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Survey vessels Northern Franklin and Normand Flower are set to start geophysical and geotechnical site investigation works at the Moray West offshore wind farm site at the beginning of September. Northern Franklin is scheduled to commence geophysical surveys on 4 September. The vessel will be carrying out the work within the wind farm site and […]

  • Sleipnir Installs First Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Substation

    2 June 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors, using the world’s largest crane vessel Sleipnir, has completed the installation of the three-legged offshore substation (OSS) jacket foundations and the South OSS topside on the 450 MW Neart an Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. The commissioning of the substation is due to begin on 6 June and will continue throughout […]

  • Subsea 7 Q3 Results Get Beatrice Boost

    9 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 reported a revenue of USD 1,063.3 million (approx. EUR 916 million) for the third quarter of 2017, a 15% increase compared to Q3 2016, largely due to increased activity in the renewables sector with the Beatrice project being in the spotlight. 

  • Engie Wears Many Hats at Moray East

    7 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engie has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd to purchase 23.3% of the electricity generated from the 950MW Moray East wind farm. The PPA is for a 15-year period, starting from commercial operation of the wind farm which is scheduled to commence in 2022. Engie currently holds a 23.3% […]

  • RWE Scottish Offshore Wind Farm to Sport AI Technology

    30 March 2023
    Business development, Technology

    UK-based Cognitive Business has been appointed to provide a complete package of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and forecasting technology to RWE’s 174 MW Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in Scotland. Under the contract, Cognitive Business will provide a suite of AI, pattern recognition, and production forecasting technology that could enable RWE to predict with certainty the […]

  • EOWDC to Bring Aberdeenshire EUR 5.5 Million Each Year for Two Decades

    16 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm and “famous” for being the offshore wind project the current U.S. President Donald Trump fought against, is estimated to bring the Aberdeenshire area more than GBP 100 million (around EUR 110 million) over its operational lifetime. Namely, according to a new socio-economic […]

  • UK: Councillor Webster Attends Aberdeenshire Offshore Wind Conference

    4 February 2013
    Authorities

    The Provost of Aberdeenshire, Councillor Jill Webster, has attended a major conference on offshore wind technology to help raise the profile of what this area has to offer. The Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition is the largest event of its type ever seen in Scotland. The event, which features around […]

  • Saipem 7000 Lists in Norwegian Waters

    14 April 2022
    Vessels

    Heavy-lift vessel Saipem 7000, which was yesterday reported to have left the Seagreen offshore wind farm site with a return date later this month, tilted offshore Stavanger in Norway this morning (14 April) following what was described by the local authorities as a “lifting accident”. The South-West Police Department shared this morning via Twitter that […]

  • RenewableUK Appoints Deputy Chief Executive

    27 June 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, announced the appointment of Maf Smith to the newly-created position of Deputy Chief Executive. Mr Smith is an experienced senior manager with a strong track record in leading organisations in the renewable energy sector. After spending five years at Scottish Renewables, where […]

  • Natural Power Helps Kite Power Solutions Win Test Site Planning Consent

    5 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, has secured what is believed to be the world’s first planning consent for a kite power technology test and development site. The application was made on behalf of Kite Power Solutions (KPS) for the test and development site to be located within the MoD West Freugh Range, operated by QinetiQ […]

  • Cable Works at Moray East in Full Swing

    5 November 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Inter-array cable testing and termination will start at the Moray East offshore wind farm around 11 November, with the first of the two campaigns for this work scheduled to commence then. The testing and termination works will be carried out from the wind turbines and offshore substation platforms at the project site some 22 kilometres […]

  • New Bird Monitoring Innovation Challenge Takes Off

    25 May 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd has partnered with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to launch an innovation challenge to help wind farm developers better monitor and understand the behaviour of important species.

  • Siemens Gamesa Doubles Offshore Order Intake in 2019

    4 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has doubled the order intake in the offshore segment in 2019 compared to 2018, partly due to the company’s strongest ever results reported in the last quarter of the calendar year. The world-leading wind turbine manufacturer saw the order intake in the offshore segment double to 3,343MW, of which 1,279MW was signed in […]

  • Boskalis Buys Into Horizon Group

    22 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a 62.5% majority stake in the UAE-based Horizon Group, a provider of marine geophysical and geotechnical services. According to Horizon, the remaining 37.5% will stay unchanged and held by the company’s management. “Through this transaction, we are adding an important strategic position to our existing marine survey and subsea geotechnical […]

  • Buckie Setting Stage for Offshore Wind

    28 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The first phase of an industrial development in Buckie, Scotland, to exploit the growing offshore wind energy market has been completed, the Moray Council said.

  • Global Energy Group Acquires Nigg Yard (UK)

    20 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      The purchase, completed in recent days, marks a major step forward for the group’s ambitious plans to develop the 238-acre site, on the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands, as a modern, multi-user facility serving a range of energy sectors, including oil and gas and renewables. Global, which has head offices in Inverness and […]

  • CIP’s New Fund Hits EUR 3.5 Billion Hard Cap

    10 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) new fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure III (CI III), has held a final close at the EUR 3.5 billion hard cap exceeding the EUR 3 billion target fund size.

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Running for Two Tidal Energy Awards

    25 November 2014

    Royal HaskoningDHV has been nominated in International Tidal Energy Awards for its involvement with the Mojo Maritime High-Flow Installation Vessel HF 4 and Sound of Islay projects. The HF 4 project is one of three nominees in the Best Example of Industry Collaboration category. British marine renewable energy specialists Mojo Maritime asked Royal HaskoningDHV to […]

  • India: Gujarat to Develop Tidal Energy Project

    20 April 2012

    Government of State of Gujarat announced its plans to develop tidal energy project to determine its potential for meeting state’s rising energy demands, reports Power Engineering. With state’s huge potential and longest coast, Gujarat is set to become a renewable energy hub. According to sources in the state energy and petrochemicals department, the state is […]

  • WFS Technologies Partners with Omni Instruments (UK)

    23 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, announces a new industry partnership with UK supplier of instrumentation and data loggers, Omni Instruments, based in Dundee, Scotland. Omni Instruments Ltd. Established 1996, specialises in providing measurement and data acquisition systems in the UK, Europe and […]

  • Scotland: TROPOS Organises Second Ordinary Meeting

    22 June 2012

    TROPOS Second Ordinary Meeting took place in Edinburgh (Scotland) at the school of engineering at the King’s Building campus. More than thirty scientists and engineers from eight European countries and Taiwan met from June 11th – 13th for the second time no more than 4 months after TROPOS started. This exciting and innovative European project […]