2832 results found for 'hywind scotland'

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  • Buoy for Ocergy’s Data Collection Platform Rolled Out, Destined for French A06 Floating Wind Area

    18 November 2022
    Technology

    Croatian shipyard Brodosplit has completed the fabrication of the buoy ordered by Ocergy, which will equip it with a LiDAR and systems to collect metocean and biodiversity data, both aerial and marine, before deploying the platform in the French AO6 offshore area, for which the floating wind tendering procedure is underway. Ocergy’s French subsidiary Ocergie […]

  • UK Makes First Step to Support Large Scale Offshore Wind Portside Hubs

    6 October 2020
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    As the UK government today (6 October) announced raising the country’s offshore wind targets and allocated funding for offshore wind ports and infrastructure, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a request for information (RFI) related to the development of large scale manufacturing portside hubs. BEIS has invited coastal landowners and/or potential […]

  • UK: Natural Power to Conduct Ecological Survey for First Flight Wind

    7 August 2013
    Environment

    Leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been appointed by First Flight Wind Ltd, the developers of Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm, to provide bird and marine mammal advisory and survey works over the Wind Resource Zone off the Co. Down coast of Northern Ireland. First Flight Wind, a consortium comprising of B9 Energy, […]

  • UK Offshore Wind and CCS Colocation Projects Kick Off

    28 November 2023
    Business development, Power-to-X, Research & Development, Storage

    The Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum (the Forum), set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has commissioned two research projects. The projects are designed to inform the best approach to test and demonstrate the colocation of offshore wind and CCS activities in […]

  • Gardline Hears the Kites Calling

    4 October 2016
    R&D, Technology

    Norfolk-based marine service company Gardline Marine Sciences has been supporting Kite Power Solutions (KPS) in characterising the low level wind environment at the KPS test site at West Freugh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kite Power Solutions is developing an Airborne Wind Energy system that uses kites to harness the energy from the wind. The KPS technology […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe to Use Two Newly Developed Technologies

    13 April 2015
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power said today that its 448 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland will use two recently launched technologies. The technologies include the new Offshore Transmission Module (OTM), by Siemens Energy Management Division and High Wind’s Boom Lock system to be deployed by GeoSea for wind turbine component installation at sea. […]

  • Microsoft and SSE Renewables Go Hi-Tech Offshore Netherlands

    6 April 2022
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Wind farm developer SSE Renewables has teamed up with Microsoft and Avanade on a project which the company says could change the way offshore wind farms are developed in the Netherlands. SSE Renewables is participating in the Hollandse Kust (west) tenders which include a focus on how innovation can assist the rollout of offshore wind […]

  • Floating Wind Specialist Submits Offshore Application in Poland

    14 April 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Irish floating wind developer Simply Blue Group has applied to the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure for the offshore location license 60.E.4, currently the deepest water site in Poland’s Maritime Spatial Plan. In a social media post, Simply Blue Group said that the company recognise ”the enormous potential and demand” for floating offshore wind in the […]

  • RenewableUK Signs MoU with Korean Wind Energy Association

    30 April 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has signed an unprecedented Memorandum of Understanding with the Korean Wind Energy Association. At a signing ceremony in London, the two associations committed to an agreement to work together to increase trade by “pursuing mutually beneficial business opportunities”. RenewableUK and the […]

  • Spanish Partners Win First XXL Monopile Production Contract

    25 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Ocean Winds has awarded the partnership between Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables with a contract to manufacture and deliver 14 monopiles for the Moray West wind farm in Scotland. This contract will be the first order executed in the new XXL monopile factory that Navantia and Windar are building in the Fene […]

  • Aberdeen Harbour Inks 24-Year Deal with Vattenfall

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed leases totalling 24 years with Aberdeen Harbour Board, as the company will use the location to support the construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance (O&M), and eventual decommissioning phases of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. Vattenfall said it is set to establish its construction […]

  • SgurrEnergy to Deploy Asia’s First Lidar Device for Offshore Wind Monitoring (China)

    18 April 2011
    R&D, Technology

    International renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has been commissioned by Hong Kong Electric Company, to deploy Asia’s first Lidar device for capturing wind speed and directional data in an offshore environment. This large scale project represents Asia’s first Offshore Risk Quantification Analysis deployment (ORQA). ORQA is the latest technology data monitoring equipment designed specifically to capture […]

  • UK: Mabey Bridge’s Renewables Business Grows

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The new-in-post senior management team appointed by wind turbine tower manufacturer Mabey Bridge to oversee an expansion in the company’s renewables interests has hit the ground running – securing orders for more than 30 towers in just two months. Among the key contracts, won since the formation of Mabey Bridge’s new business line – Mabey […]

  • RenewableUK Hails New Report on Economic Benefits of Offshore Wind Energy

    9 July 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed the publication of a new report on the economic benefits of offshore wind energy by the Institute for Public Policy Research. The study urges Government to ensure that the UK reaps the enormous economic benefits offered by the offshore wind sector by introducing further policies to encourage long-term growth. In particular, it […]

  • COOEC-Fluor to Build Seagreen 1 Hardware

    18 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 has selected COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries to manufacture and deliver jackets and suction caissons for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project. COOEC-Fluor’s scope of work for Seagreen 1 includes the fabrication and load-out of the suction caisson jackets. The manufacturing work will be carried out at COOEC-Fluor’s fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China. COOEC-Fluor is […]

  • Lord Callanan on Streamlining UK Offshore Wind Permitting: There Is No One Silver Bullet to Solve the Problem

    5 October 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry

    The UK is keen on speeding up the buildout of offshore wind farms in its territorial waters, a goal that was more firmly set in the new Growth Plan that contains a list of offshore wind projects to be accelerated. However, to do so, the country needs to take on the difficult task of tackling […]

  • Vattenfall Scraps Hydrogen Turbine Pilot Project

    14 March 2024
    Business development, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has decided to cancel the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project offshore Aberdeen, Scotland, almost two years after the firm began developing it. However, the project helped enable the creation of a regulatory and consenting regime for offshore hydrogen transportation and storage in the UK, according to the Swedish company. The HT1 project was designed […]

  • Gael Force Wins Award for SeaLimpet Mooring Device (UK)

    4 October 2011

      Specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, Gael Force Group, is celebrating after winning the best subsea industry service supply title at the Energy North awards in Inverness. The company won the award for the development of its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity-based mooring device, designed for the subsea and renewables sectors. It recently announced […]

  • USA: AWS Truepower Joins Forces with New York State Colleges

    29 April 2012

    AWS Truepower, LLC, an international leader in renewable energy consulting and information services announced a new partnership with New York State Colleges to form the Center for Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CeCeT), an organization that will benefit manufacturers of clean energy technology by providing access to testing equipment and expertise.  “Collaboration between the business […]

  • Wirral “Ready, Now” for Business

    18 June 2014
    Authorities

    Wirral Council has launched a new campaign aimed at securing major, global investment into the borough from two growing sectors. The campaign, “Wirral – Ready, Now”, is targeting key businesses within the supply chains of the automotive and offshore wind and renewable energy sectors. The automotive industry in the UK is booming, and is the […]

  • Ofgem to Set Transmission Charges for Power Generators Using High Voltage Grid (UK)

    21 December 2011
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem is asking for industry views on proposals to change the formula to set transmission charges for power generators using the high voltage grid. Overall transmission charges make up four per cent of an average household power bill. Given the large amount of new low carbon generation that needs to connect to the electricity networks, […]

  • Scots Greenlight Slimmed-Down Turbine Plan for 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland floating offshore wind farm’s offshore consents. The variation includes a reduction in the number of turbines, which will be deployed within a smaller area while maintaining 100 MW capacity. Pentland floating offshore wind farm is being developed by Highland Wind Limited which is majority-owned […]

  • Rix Does Swell Job for Beatrice

    13 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore crew transfer specialist Rix Sea Shuttle has doubled the passenger capacity of one of its vessels to fulfil a contract at Scotland’s largest wind farm.

  • The Netherlands: Airborne Composites Announces Partnership Agreement with Nautricity

    3 July 2012
    Technology

    Airborne Composites was granted the contract to design & build 7 composite blades of almost 4m in length for a tidal turbine that is to be used for validation purposes. The plan is to commission the CoRMaT validation tidal turbine in Q3/2012 at the EMEC test centre in Scotland. In addition, discussions  have been concluded […]

  • UK: Gurit Provides Rotor Blades for ANDRITZ HYDRO HS1000

    29 May 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Gurit, a leading global supplier of composite materials and technical solutions to the wind energy, transportation, tooling, marine markets and other selected application areas congratulates ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest who has successfully achieved supply of power to the grid from their HS1000 device. The HS1000 device installed in the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland, utilises […]

  • Global Offshore Deploys New Gear on Kriegers Flak

    10 June 2020
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Global Offshore has completed the first phase of work at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm site utilising the new multi-function pre-lay plough. Mobilised on the Havila Jupiter, the PLP240 began boulder clearance on the site in the Danish Baltic Sea in April, following testing on a directly comparable set of seabed conditions close by. […]