2832 results found for 'hywind scotland'

2832 results found for 'hywind scotland'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Gets Board Level Membership on OWDC in USA

    21 June 2011

      Leading offshore wind developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced its Board level membership of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition in the U.S. The company, which is already actively developing over 7,600MW of offshore wind projects in Europe, recently expressed an interest in developing a major wind farm as part of New Jersey’s offshore wind […]

  • MPS Floating Platform to Feature FibreMax Tendons

    1 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has joined forces with FibreMax to provide integrated floating foundation and tendon solutions to the growing floating offshore wind sector. The tendon solution will be used in the anchoring and moorings of MPS’ tension leg platform (TLP), called PelaFlex, to deliver the highest system stability and zero tilt, the […]

  • Fife College Opens Immersive Hybrid Reality Offshore Wind Lab

    16 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Training & Education

    Scotland’s Fife College has opened an Immersive Hybrid Reality lab which provides ultra-realistic training environments for offshore wind turbine technicians.

  • 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).

  • EDF Renewables Picks Sennen O&M Software for Offshore Wind Portfolio

    18 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    EDF Renewables has selected UK technology company Sennen to deliver a software system that will improve the operational efficiency and safety of its global offshore wind projects. Under a five-year contract, Sennen will deliver new technology which will enable EDF Renewables to manage operations across its offshore wind project portfolio in France and United Kingdom […]

  • RenewableUK: Hull Factory Opening Marks New Era for Britain’s Offshore Wind Industry

    1 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK says today’s official opening of Siemens’ new offshore wind plant in Hull represents a major stride forward for Britain’s rapidly-expanding offshore wind sector. RenewableUK’s Chief Executive, Hugh McNeal, who is attending today’s ceremony, said: “Innovative, large-scale manufacturing for Britain’s offshore wind industry, as Siemens are doing here in Hull, is a key part of […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • UK: Six University of Strathclyde Students Get Iberdrola Scholarships

    29 June 2012
    Training & Education

    A record six postgraduate students at the University of Strathclyde have successfully been accepted into ScottishPower’s parent company scholarship programme, and will receive £1,200 per month over the next year to support their studies into low carbon engineering. The Iberdrola Foundation (Fundación IBERDROLA) supports students in a number of countries across the world whose studies […]

  • Vattenfall Feels Wind Bump

    29 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area saw an increase in net sales and the underlying operating profit during the first nine months of the year, mainly owing to new capacity and higher production due to stronger winds. In the last twelve months, Vattenfall commissioned two wind farms, the 29MW Slufterdam onshore wind farm in the Netherlands and 373MW out […]

  • Vestas V236-15.0 MW™ Blades Reach Final Destination – Photos

    22 December 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The full blade set for the Vestas V236-15.0 MW™ prototype offshore wind turbine has arrived to Østerild National Test Centre in Denmark where they will be installed. The blade set arrived at the port of Hanstholm on Sunday, 18 December, and was then transported to Østerild National Test Centre. The 115.5-metre blades for the prototype […]

  • Kent to Design Berwick Bank Offshore Substations and Foundations

    1 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engineering and design service provider Kent has been awarded a contract for the design of offshore substations and foundations for both wind turbines and the substations at SSE Renewables’ 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Kent will complete two multidiscipline concept designs for the offshore substation platforms, delivering designs for options of […]

  • ESB Invests in Floating Offshore Wind Mooring Tech

    12 April 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced that it will invest in Dublin Offshore Technology (DOT), a company specialising in floating offshore wind mooring technology. DOT has developed a technology solution for floating offshore wind mooring systems which provides significant design improvements for the wind farm, the company said. The optimised mooring system delivers these […]

  • UK’s First Offshore Hydrogen Production Trials Kick Off in South Wales

    3 July 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Research & Development

    After six years of development, sustainability consultancy ERM has launched offshore trials to test its Dolphyn Hydrogen process which combines electrolysis, desalination, and hydrogen production on a floating wind platform, marking the first time hydrogen has been produced from seawater in a marine environment in the UK. The trials conducted in Pembroke Port, South Wales, […]

  • 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, […]

  • UK Secures 7 GW of New Offshore Wind, Awards CfD to World’s Single Biggest OWF

    7 July 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Government has awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to five offshore wind projects at a strike price of GBP 37.35/MWh each. One of the five offshore projects, which have a total generation capacity of 7 GW, is Ørsted’s Hornsea Three, for which the developer says is the world’s single biggest offshore wind farm. The […]

  • GRAHAM Construction to Hand Over 7MW Prototype by End of October

    21 October 2013

    GRAHAM Construction expects to hand over the 196-metre giant – which will be taller than the highest spans of the nearby Forth Road Bridge – to owners Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) before the end of October. The prototype is being erected just yards offshore from the Fife Energy Park at Methil, where SHI has located […]

  • 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 […]

  • First UK HVDC Test Centre Open for Business

    27 April 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has opened a new technology centre in Cumbernauld that will allow the energy industry to simulate real life conditions to test and de-risk the use of high voltage direct current (HVDC) on the electricity network in Great Britain.

  • Wave Power Machine Celebrates First Anniversary Since Grid Connection (UK)

    24 November 2011

    The world’s first wave power machine to be sold to a utility company has celebrated its first anniversary since grid connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) with a series of technical achievements and no lost time incidents. The E.ON machine was installed in October 2010. Since then a dedicated team of four Pelamis […]

  • Jee to Develop Tidal Energy Electrical Array

    30 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    Jee Ltd, a leading independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training firm, has been awarded a contract from Scottish Enterprise to develop subsea electrical array cable solutions for tidal energy installations. The contract is part of a pioneering study for the marine energy industry in Scotland, and will see Jee develop solutions for locating, securing, protecting […]

  • EMEC, FloWave Bring Scotland’s seas in Lab

    14 September 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Two of the world’s leading ocean energy test centres have joined forces for a ground-breaking project to recreate scaled versions of Scotland’s oceans in the laboratory.  EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, and FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at The University of Edinburgh first began working together in 2012 to share their expertise […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • FLOTANT Validates Dynamic Cable Design for Floating Wind

    9 September 2021
    R&D

    The consortium behind the FLOTANT project has completed the validation of a dynamic cable concept for deepwater floating wind projects. As part of the dynamic cable scope, consortium partners Hellenic Cables and ITA have completed the design and engineering of a braided armor for the protection of the dynamic cables cross-section. This consisted of the […]