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  • 3sun Accredited for GWO Basic Maintenance Training

    5 April 2017
    Training & Education

    DNV GL has confirmed 3sun Academy’s certification for the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Maintenance Training (BMT), making the 3sun Group’s training division one of only two UK centres accredited to deliver new mandatory safety and technical training for wind turbine technicians, the company said on 4 April.

  • Concrete-Plastic Floating Offshore Wind Platform Moves Step Closer to Reality

    4 April 2022
    R&D

    Innosea has announced that its engineering and consulting scope of work on the FLOTANT project has been completed. The project, funded by the European Horizon 2020 Research programme, aims to develop optimised mooring, anchoring, and subsea interconnection arrangement for floating offshore wind turbines. Innosea has completed engineering deliveries within three areas including hydrodynamic assessment and […]

  • Rovco Stays on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    16 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Rovco has commenced year three of its survey campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth in Scotland. Rovco’s UK-based team will deliver survey work on all inter-array cable and subsea jacket locations across the 588 MW wind farm, with activities commencing this month. The project will use the […]

  • Inch Cape Picks NKT and Boskalis for Export Cable Work

    19 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of NKT and Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles has signed a Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) for the delivery and installation of an export cable system for the 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind project in the UK.

  • MAATS Tech Introduces Novel Cable Lay Solution for Deepwater Works

    26 April 2018
    Technology, Vessels

    UK marine engineering company MAATS Tech has announced that it received a patent for its latest product, the Vessel Enabler, a modular chute that enables high-tension horizontal cable lay in deep waters and thus eliminates the need for a vertical lay tower or vertical lay system.

  • Scottish Renewables CEO Comments Civitas Wind Power Report

    11 January 2012

      Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables responds to Civitas wind power report.  “There are so many fundamental mistakes and flawed assumptions in this jaundiced report it’s hard not to see this as blatant prejudice masquerading as economics. Ruth Lea’s frequent asides show that she doesn’t believe in climate change or the need to […]

  • United Kingdom Infrastructure Report Q3 2012

    6 August 2012

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “United Kingdom Infrastructure Report Q3 2012” report to their offering. News that UK construction output fell by the sharpest pace in three years in Q112 highlights the detrimental effect the government’s austerity measures are having on the industry. On a local scale, small and medium sized […]

  • Port of Oostende Holds ‘Blue Energy’ Conference

    21 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Oostende organised the BEPPo (Blue Energy Production in Ports) closing conference “Ports as hubs for marine renewable energy projects” at the Greenbridge Incubator centre. BEPPo is a transnational collaborative project between public and private organisations from Belgium, Denmark, Scotland and Norway, 50% co-funded by European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) within the Interreg […]

  • The Crown Estate Appoints Legal Advisors to Energy and Infrastructure Portfolio (UK)

    16 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate today announced that it has appointed Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson to sit on the legal panel for its energy and infrastructure portfolio. The two firms recently emerged from a competitive tender process which aimed to consolidated legal advice across an extremely diverse portfolio. Norton Rose Fulbright will be responsible for […]

  • Insurers to Play Important Role in Sustaining Growth of Renewables Sector in UK, Ireland

    18 April 2013

    Green energy is set for big growth across the United Kingdom and Ireland, prompting Lloyd’s to hold its All Island Renewable Energy Conference today at the iconic Titanic Belfast complex in Northern Ireland. Speakers representing stakeholders from across the sector will explore the important finance, investment and risk management issues confronting the renewable energy business. […]

  • Seagreen Requests Scoping Opinion for Seagreen Phase 1

    5 July 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd has requested a scoping opinion from Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team, on behalf of Scottish Ministers, for the proposed 1.05GW Seagreen Phase 1 wind farm project.

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • AREVA Director Appointed to Board of RenewableUK

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Julian Brown, AREVA Wind’s Country Director for the UK, has been elected to the board of RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association. He will be one of the 12 board members of the body which represents the UK wind and marine (tidal and wave) industry. “It is an honour to be elected to […]

  • Blade Researchers Cutting Into LCOE

    8 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Ten European partners have teamed up to develop novel offshore wind turbine blade technologies in an effort to lower the levelised cost of energy (LCOE).

  • Bauer Renewables to Do Relief Drilling for Beatrice Piles

    2 March 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has awarded Bauer Renewables with a subcontract to design, build, test and operate specialized equipment – the BAUER Dive Drill C40 – to execute relief drilling services for the foundation piles at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland. SHL will install 84 jackets for the […]

  • Two PPAs Signed in the UK

    9 November 2010

    Statkraft has entered into long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with two independently owned wind farms in Scotland and Wales. The agreements mark the launch of Statkraft’s Renewable Power Purchase business in the United Kingdom and was announced at the RenewableUK 2010 Conference in Glasgow. Both wind farm projects secured bank debt finance and the agreements […]

  • Beatrice Starts Giving Back

    1 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (BOWL) has completed the first round of awards to support transformational projects across the north of Scotland from the GBP 6 million Beatrice Community Fund.

  • ORE Catapult Launches New Programmes to Bolster Floating Wind Tech Development

    12 October 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE), part of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has launched two new strategic programmes with the aim to accelerate the development and qualification of critical floating wind technologies. One programme will focus on dynamic inter-array cable systems and the other on mooring and anchoring systems. The programmes, […]

  • Gamesa Presents Progress on Its G11X-5.0 MW Offshore Wind Turbine in Liverpool (UK)

    30 June 2011
    Technology

      Gamesa is participating at the 2011 Offshore Wind Trade Fair in Liverpool (England), showcasing the progress made on its offshore strategy, specifically with respect to the technological design and development of the G11X-5.0 MW platform which will be equipped with a 128m rotor diameter and a modular and redundant design that will enable partial […]

  • Beatrice Completes Refinancing

    15 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the owner of the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, has achieved a financial close on a refinancing of its senior debt facilities. The refinancing comprises primarily commercial bank debt and also includes an institutional tranche. Several of the project’s original lenders have remained in the refinancing and the project has […]

  • RenewableUK Highlights Wind Energy Jobs in January

    1 February 2012
    Jobs & Recruitment

    RenewableUK, the renewable energy trade association, is highlighting a raft of job announcements in the wind industry in January, bucking the national trend. On 31st January, Samsung announced a £100 million project in Scotland to develop its new 7 megawatt offshore turbine at Fife Energy Park, which will employ up to 500 people. It’s the […]

  • Offshore Energy Girl Power Promoted at Westminster

    15 June 2015

    The Great Yarmouth-based Women in Energy Networking Group’s (WEN) – set up to support, nurture and develop females in an industry where 96.3% of offshore workers are men – joined the Powerful Women’s networking event at Westminster. In its first year it has organised events, worked with colleges and schools to show female students opportunities […]

  • Trident Energy Secures Funding for PowerPod Sea Trials (UK)

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Trident Energy, the independent developer of generator solutions for the offshore renewable energy industry, today announces the close of a funding round with new investors and existing shareholders. The new investment comes from the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) and members of the London Business Angels network. Trident Energy’s low cost, highly controllable linear generator […]

  • Carnegie Wave Energy Limited Appoints New Director (Australia)

    27 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces the appointment of Mr John Leggate, CBE, FREng to its Board of Directors as a non-executive director. Scottish-born and London-based, Mr Leggate is a highly experienced oil and gas and venture capital industry executive. He worked for over twenty seven years for BP, most recently as the Group Chief Information […]

  • Vestas 15 MW Prototype Now at Full Throttle

    3 April 2023
    Business development, Technology

    Last week, three months after it was installed at the National Test Center for large wind turbines in Østerild, Denmark, Vestas’s V236-15.0 MW prototype wind turbine reached its nominal power rating of 15 MW. The company’s new flagship wind turbine produced its first electricity shortly after being installed in December 2022 and has started operating at […]

  • Saipem Sheds More Light on Formosa 2 Contract

    28 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Italian offshore energy contractor Saipem will manufacture and deliver 32 wind turbine jacket foundations for the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As reported earlier, Jan De Nul, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and subsea cables, selected Saipem and Sembcorp to deliver the pile jacket foundations for the wind farm. At […]