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  • Trump Loses Offshore Wind Fight

    11 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Court of Session has rejected Trump’s objection to a planned GBP 230 million offshore wind farm. The U.S. billionaire claims that the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeenshire would ruin the view from his golf course at Menie. Lord Doherty said that he was “not persuaded that it could be fairly […]

  • UK: AREG Promotes Renewables Innovation at Low-Carbon Investment Conference

    11 October 2012

    Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) is to share its knowledge of innovative ways to invest in renewable technologies at a major Scottish low carbon conference being held today (October 11). The leading private-public partnership is participating at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. AREG, which is a key sponsor […]

  • Donald Trump Responds to Scottish Government’s Approval of EOWDC

    26 March 2013
    Authorities

    Following the decision of the Scottish Government to give consent to the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre’s (EOWDC) development, Donald Trump still stands behind his words to fight the project in courts. Mr. Trump says that this was a purely political decision and he has vowed to file a lawsuit to stop the project from […]

  • UK: Developers Offer MoD Deal to Approve Offshore Wind Farm

    14 August 2012
    Authorities

    Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group have offered a deal to the UK’s Ministry of Defence to withdraw its objection on a proposed offshore wind farm off the Aberdeen coast so the project can start with the development, the P&J Energy reports. The developers yesterday released papers in which, under the terms of the […]

  • 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 […]

  • AREG and Scottish Renewables Launch Industry’s First Share Fair

    29 January 2013

    An innovative renewable energy initiative aimed at accelerating the growth of the industry’s supply chain is to be launched at a major Scottish offshore wind conference being held in Aberdeen today. Scottish Renewables and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) have developed a new Supply Chain Share Fair. It is being introduced as part of Scottish […]

  • Thumbs up for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (UK)

    30 January 2012

    Aberdeenshire Council has given the offshore wind farm proposal near Aberdeenshire the thumbs up. The proposal, as well as the details of all project related concerns will be sent to the body that manages Scotland’s waters, Marine Scotland. Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), a GBP 150 million joint venture behind the cutting […]

  • Trump to Fight EOWDC in November (UK)

    19 September 2013
    Authorities

    A hearing for the case of Donald Trump against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project has been scheduled to take place on November 12, according to BBC Scotland. Earlier this year, Mr. Trump has filed a legal complaint against the development of the project and his lawyers will now make their best to […]

  • Proposed Wind Farm in Aberdeen Bay Receives Strong Support (UK)

    23 January 2012

    Plans for the offshore wind farm in Aberdeen Bay have been given considerable support, reports STV. Earlier this month, upon opposing the proposed wind farm, Donald Trump put on hold the hotel and housing plans for his golf resort. He said that he would not go ahead with the plans if the „ugly industrial park“ […]

  • Final Bids in for EOWDC Research Programme

    28 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Sixteen shortlisted candidates for a EUR 3 million scientific research programme to understand the environmental impacts of offshore wind at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen, Scotland, have submitted their final bids. The shortlisted projects span topics from analysis of distribution and movement of different bird, mammal and fish species, to looking at the […]

  • AREG Comments PwC Report (UK)

    3 November 2011

      Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) comments the PwC report that was published yesterday (Wednesday, November 2) about Aberdeen’s potential to be a global energy centre of excellence and generate more than £600billion in revenues. Chief operating officer of Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), Morag McCorkindale, said: “This is an encouraging endorsement of Aberdeen City […]

  • Aegir Takes On EOWDC Jackets at Port of Tyne

    2 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The deep-water heavy lift vessel Aegir has started lifting suction bucket jacket foundations, built for Vattenfall’s  European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), at the Port of Tyne’s Northumbrian Quay in North Shields.

  • UK: Trump to Fight EOWDC in Courts

    13 February 2013

    The Trump Organisation executive vice president George Sorial has confirmed that Donald Trump will stop the proposed European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) from being built close to his golf resort by filing an appeal to any approval of the project. “It will be many years before we have exhausted the appeals process, which we […]

  • MHI Vestas Secures Conditional Turbine Supply Deal

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement for the supply of turbines to an undisclosed offshore wind project.

  • UK: Donald Trump Stands Alone against Offshore Wind Turbines

    3 October 2012

    Donald Trump yesterday lost the support from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland and Ministry of Defence (MoD) in his battle against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the Daily Record says. Mr. Trump is fighting against the offshore wind turbines, claiming that the project would damage the view from […]

  • UK: Vattenfall Goes Before Holyrood’s Energy Committee

    6 June 2012
    Authorities

    As the Press Association writes, Swedish energy firm Vattenfall went before Holyrood’s Energy Committee yesterday alongside Burcote Wind, Renewable energy Consultants Ltd and Scottish Power, to talk wind power. Vattenfall is one of the companies behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. The companies are planning to install 11 wind turbines off Aberdeen Bay which […]

  • The Man Who Fought Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Becomes US President

    9 November 2016
    Authorities

    Renewable energy as a vital part of the future US energy mix has been put under a question mark after the announcement that Donald Trump won the presidential elections, given that his energy policy is most likely to revolve around fossil fuels. If this will affect the country’s offshore wind industry in any way is […]

  • 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 […]

  • Scottish Government Gives Consent for EOWDC Development

    26 March 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Government today announced consent for the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay. The development consists of 11 wind turbines and their connecting cables, sited between two and 4.5 km off the Aberdeenshire coast, capable of generating up to 100 MW, providing enough energy to meet the needs […]

  • Technip to Close Offshore Wind Business, 190 People to Lose Jobs

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Technip has decided to shut down its offshore wind division based in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, after all undergoing projects are completed. The company is also leaving the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project, writes the Press and Journal. This decision was made according to Technip’s business review, which resulted in the company’s decision to focus […]

  • VIDEO: Significance of Local Supply Chain for EOWDC

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    On 9 September, a supply chain event was held to enable potential bidders for work on the 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as Aberdeen offshore wind farm, to meet main contractors and to discuss available work packages and local opportunities. Tier One contractors, J Murphy & Sons, MHI Vestas and Boskalis, gave […]

  • Pacific Orca in Port of Esbjerg for Final EOWDC Load-Out

    18 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up Pacific Orca has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg to load the last four MHI Vestas turbines for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay.

  • Profit Spikes at Vattenfall’s Wind Division

    30 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s Wind division posted an underlying operating profit of SEK 1.9 billion (EUR 182.5 million) in the first nine months of 2018, a 153% increase compared to SEK 752 million reported for the same period in 2017. The increase was largely attributed to additional capacity, as well as positive price and currency effects. Vattenfall’s latest capacity […]

  • Trump Receives Anti-wind Support (UK)

    27 January 2012

      Donald Trump has received support from two big players in his fight to block the offshore wind farm development in Aberdeen bay. The Scottish Golf Union, Aberdeen City and Shire Hotel Association joined one of the oldest golf clubs in the world saying that the wind farm could have a negative effect on the […]

  • UK: Trump Supports Anti-wind Farm Group

    23 February 2012

    While the Scottish Parliament’s economy, energy and tourism committee is considering to invite Donald Trump to give “wind farm evidence“, the US tycoon is giving his support to the anti-wind farm group. The tycoon’s staff, based at Trump Towers in New York, will be working on a daily basis with Communities Against Turbines Scotland (Cats), […]

  • New Capacity Lifts Vattenfall’s Wind Numbers

    19 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has reported an 18.4 percent increase in wind power generation in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period a year earlier, mainly due to the addition of new capacity. During the last twelve months, Vattenfall has commissioned the 97MW Aberdeen Bay (EOWDC) offshore wind farm in Scotland, the […]