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  • 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.

  • Largest Harbour Crane Arrives at Able Seaton Port

    20 February 2014

    The largest harbour crane in the UK will arrive at Able Seaton Port today, marking a major step forward in Able UK’s expansion of its port facilities on both the Tees and the Humber. The multi-million Leibherr LHM600SHL mobile crane is being delivered from Rostock in Germany. It has been specially adapted to meet Able’s […]

  • Experts Look Ways to Accelerate Offshore Energy Projects

    3 February 2015

    The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded €1.4 million from the European Commission’s competitive Horizon 2020 programme. Led by Robert Gordon University (RGU), a group comprising teams from Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France and Scotland will look at ways of accelerating and streamlining the environmental requirements associated with consents for […]

  • UK: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Appoints Non-Executive Board

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, the Glasgow-based UK innovation centre established to accelerate the growth and commercialisation of offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies, has strengthened its Board with the appointment of four distinguished Non-Executive Directors under the Chairmanship of Colin Hood, former Chief Operating Officer of SSE.   Helen Liddell (Rt Hon Baroness Liddell […]

  • UK: ROVOP Named Promising New Business

    22 June 2012

    Fast-growing energy company ROVOP has won a top industry accolade after being named Promising New Business at last night’s (Thursday, June 21) 2012 Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise awards ceremony. Within just a year of its inception, ROVOP has successfully carved out a niche for itself as an independent company providing specialist, rapid response ROV […]

  • TFKable and VolkerInfra Land Moray East Cable Contract

    29 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The TFKable Group and VolkerInfra have won a contract to provide the onshore high voltage cable for the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. Siemens is in charge of connecting the offshore wind farm to the Scottish grid. TFKable Group’s HV production plant in Bydgoszcz, Poland will manufacture the 220kV cable, with the production […]

  • BiFab Gets a Lifeline as Canadians Take Majority Share

    17 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Canadian company JV Driver, through its subsidiary DF Barnes, has acquired BiFab as part of an agreement brokered by the Scottish Government to support new opportunities at BiFab’s renewables and marine fabrication and construction yards in the UK.

  • Simply Blue Eyes Floating Wind Opportunities Offshore NSW in New Consortium

    22 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    Simply Blue Group, Subsea 7, and Australian developer Spark Renewables have formed a consortium to pursue floating offshore wind development off the coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in the Hunter and Illawarra regions. The recently declared Hunter-Central Coast and Illawarra Renewable Energy Zones offer good opportunities to support the development of floating wind […]

  • Saipem 3000 Installing Jacket Piles at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    16 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Preparations for the installation of inter-array cables at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, located some 15 kilometers off the Fife coast in Scotland, have been completed while several other offshore activities are ongoing, including the pile installation for the jacket foundations being performed by the Saipem 3000 crane vessel. Helix Robotics Solutions, […]

  • Serious Complaint Against UK and Scottish Government

    22 August 2012
    Authorities

     In respect of the Scottish Government’s target based renewable energy programme, a serious complaint has been filed to hold both the UK and the Scottish Government to account via the United Nations. It should be appreciated that both the EU and the UK are now being held to account by the United Nations Economic Commission […]

  • DEME Picks Moray East Tier 1 Foundation Suppliers

    14 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore, previously GeoSea, has selected tier 1 suppliers for the foundations of the Moray East offshore wind project in the UK. According to DEME, Smulders will carry out a major part of the fabrication works on 55 of 100 jackets in Newcastle, including all final assembly, with Lamprell producing the remaining 45. The balance […]

  • Moray East Onshore Cable Work Done

    9 November 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Work to install the onshore cable which will connect the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm to the Scottish grid has ended, Siemens Energy said. The onshore cable, which starts near Banff, Aberdeenshire, takes the power generated offshore from the three 220kV subsea cables, and transmits it to the new onshore substation at New […]

  • MHI Vestas Goes Back to Black

    4 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas recorded EUR 30 million net profit in the third quarter of 2020. The company’s revenue stood at EUR 508 million for the period, an increase of EUR 109 million compared to the same quarter last year. The revenue in the third quarter was driven by the delivery of 42 […]

  • HIE to Showcase Its Renewable Expertise in Aberdeen Tomorrow

    20 May 2014

    Innovation, expertise and experience – all the characteristics commonplace amongst over 60 businesses from the Highlands and Islands set to converge on All Energy in Aberdeen tomorrow, the renewable sector’s key exhibition and conference in Scotland. In conjunction with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), these businesses will exhibit over the two day event in the […]

  • UK: Edinburgh to Receive Wave and Current Test Facility

    22 May 2012
    R&D

    Developers of marine energy devices will soon be able to benefit from a wave and current test facility being built in Scotland. The facility’s circular 25-metre pool will be able to simulate combinations of waves of up to 28 metres high and currents up to twelve knots at up to one-tenth scale – conditions that […]

  • WavePOD Prototype Shipped to Aachen University, Germany

    23 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has announced that its collaborative project to develop a standardised, self-contained offshore electricity generator for the wave industry moved a step closer last week when a tenth-scale WavePOD prototype moved to the world-leading Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Controls (IFAS) at Aachen University, Germany.  The WavePOD wave […]

  • BOWL to Consult on Beatrice OWF

    18 November 2014
    Grid Connection

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) will be holding public consultation events this week in Moray to engage with local residents on the detailed planning application covering the onshore transmission work connected with the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project. The Beatrice Offshore wind farm, situated in the Outer Moray Firth 13.5km from the Caithness Coast, is […]

  • CS Wind Buying Majority Stake in ASM Industries

    29 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    South Korea-headquartered wind turbine tower supplier CS Wind is buying a 60 per cent stake in the Portuguese tower and foundation manufacturer ASM Industries, according to information on Korea Exchange. The acquisition, valued at EUR 46.5 million, is aimed at strengthening CS Wind’s foothold in the European offshore wind market, the stock exchange update reveals. […]

  • UK: Knights Offshore Support Takes Delivery of CTruk’s OWSV

    26 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    New business venture Knights Offshore Support (KOS) has taken delivery of its first CTruk 20T MPC offshore wind support vessel (OWSV), Coastal Knight, which will soon join offshore wind industry service provider CWind’s growing charter fleet. Owner Paul Knight considers CTruk’s multi-role composite cats to be ‘the vessels of the future’ and hopes that the […]

  • Current Port Infrastructure Hampers Floating Wind (Report)

    24 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    The development of floating offshore wind will be held up by the limitations of current port infrastructure, a recent research has revealed.

  • Seatools Delivers Beatrice Piling Instrumentation and Control System

    13 March 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seatools has completed the development, manufacturing, and installation of a piling instrumentation and control system for the Pile Installation Frame (PIF) which will be used by Seaway Heavy Lifting on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland.

  • Seaway 7, JDR to Deliver Inter-Array Cables for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    8 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Moray West Offshore Wind Farm has signed contracts with Seaway 7 and JDR for the supply and installation of the inter-array cables (IACs) for the 882 MW offshore wind project in Scotland. The IACs will connect 60 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines back to the offshore substation before exporting the power back to […]

  • SSE Goes Solo at Seagreen

    25 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish utility SSE plc is taking full ownership of the 1.5GW Seagreen offshore wind projects under development by Seagreen Wind Energy Limited, in which it currently has a 50% share.

  • ScottishPower All In on Wind Power

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment

    ScottishPower has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from coal and gas generation to wind power, after completing the sale of its traditional generation business to Drax for GBP 702 million.

  • CIP Targets More Offshore Wind with New Investment Fund

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has initiated the fundraising process for its new fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure III K/S, which has already received commitment of DKK 8.8 billion (around 1.2bn EUR).

  • UK: Partrac Completes Oceanographic Surveys in Moray Firth Round 3 Zone

    25 September 2012
    R&D

    Partrac Ltd has announced the successful completion of metocean surveys in the Moray Firth Round 3 Zone. Contracted by Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL), Partrac, headquartered in Glasgow, managed the planning, deployment, maintenance and recovery of metocean monitoring equipment to collect and analyse marine data over a two-year period. MORL (a joint venture between between […]