2943 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • Irish-Scottish Offshore Grid Study Gets GBP 1 Million of European Funding

    21 June 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to examine how an offshore grid could be established by […]

  • Scotland Increases Offshore Wind Collaboration with Germany

    27 June 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Scotland and Germany should work together to achieve their renewable energy targets, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will tell a conference today. Mr Ewing will give the keynote address at the Windforce 2012 offshore wind conference in Bremen, Germany, and will tell the audience of the opportunities that come from working together. At the conference, Mr […]

  • Scotland plans for offshore wind and marine development

    16 August 2010
    Authorities

    Investments for 266 million euros have been proposed for the construction of 11 offshore wind and 3 marine manufacturing sites Scottish… (enelgreenpower) [mappress] Source: enelgreenpower, August 16, 2010;

  • Siemens’ Moray East Containers Ready to Sail Out

    18 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    JGC has, on behalf of Siemens, completed the construction of high voltage equipment containers for the Moray East offshore substation platforms. JGC fabricated eight of twelve containers at its site in Thurso and have also supported Siemens with other offshore projects in the UK. From Thurso, the containers will make their way to Fabricom-Smulders in Belgium […]

  • Global Wave & Tidal Event Confirms UK’s Leading Position

    16 September 2015

    The UK is to host the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) for the first time. The event, now in its tenth year, will come to Edinburgh from February 23-25, 2016, and will be designed by an international committee of experts and industry organisations. Previous ICOE events have been held in Spain, Nova Scotia, France, […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Receives First Turbine Parts

    8 March 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine components, a number of tower sections, for the 450 Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm have arrived at the Port of Dundee in Scotland. Jointly owned by EDF Renewables and ESB and under construction 15 kilometres off the coast of Fife, NnG will comprise 54 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind […]

  • DORIS Leads Design Work on Two Floating Wind Projects Offshore Scotland

    3 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind

    BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership have appointed DORIS as Principal Designer on its Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farms in Scotland. As Principal Designer, DORIS will use its knowledge of Construction, Design, and Management (CDM) 2015 regulations plan to plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate design risk management activities, support contractor selection and appointments, and […]

  • EGS Wraps Up Muir Mhòr Survey Works Offshore Scotland

    22 August 2023
    Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall have revealed that the preliminary geophysical and environmental surveys have been completed for their Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. With marine survey services provider EGS International mobilising survey work on the EGS Ventus in April 2023, the four-month campaign was completed in early August. Utilising high-spec marine […]

  • Deepest Ever Fixed-Bottom Wind Turbine Foundation Stands Offshore Scotland

    12 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The world’s deepest fixed-bottom wind turbine foundation has been installed at what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm – Seagreen – off the coast of Angus. On Friday, 7 April, the jacket foundation was transported to the project site on a barge operated by the main contractor, Seaway 7, where it was met by […]

  • Gamesa Secures Site for Offshore Technology Base in Scotland

    26 June 2011

    World-leading wind energy company Gamesa will create around 40 high-value jobs by this summer for its planned Offshore Wind Technology Centre in Glasgow. So it confirmed Jorge Calvet, Chairman and CEO of Gamesa to the First Minister following a meeting this week in Edinburgh. The company has confirmed that the Technology Centre will be located […]

  • 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Nearing Completion in Fife, UK

    8 October 2013

     The operation to install the huge two-piece steel structure has been taking place over recent days 50m offshore from Methil’s Energy Park Fife. Once fully assembled and operational, the three blade, 7MW prototype turbine will be the world’s largest and most powerful installed turbine, with the tip of its blades 196m above sea level and […]

  • Van Oord Joins Seaway 7 on Seagreen Offshore Wind Project

    26 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7, the main Seagreen contractor, has contracted Van Oord to install scour protection around the 114 wind turbine foundations at the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbines for this 1.1 GW offshore wind farm located 27 kilometres off the coast of Angus will be installed on three-legged jacket foundations. After the installation […]

  • Qair, Etermar Forge Iberian Floating Offshore Wind Alliance

    17 December 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Etermar Energia and French independent renewable energy company, Qair, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at future offshore wind projects in the Iberian Peninsula. The document was signed during a visit by Etermar Energia to EolMed, Qair’s 30 MW floating offshore wind project currently under construction in Port-La Nouvelle, France. The agreement reflects […]

  • Global Underwater Hub, Scottish Enterprise Team Up to Support Floating Wind Supply Chain

    19 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Industry, Supply Chain

    Global Underwater Hub (GUH) and Scottish Enterprise have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on establishing a subsea supply chain ecosystem as a global centre of excellence for floating wind. The partners said on 18 February that the floating wind market was estimated to be worth GBP 1 trillion (approximately EUR 1.2 trillion) […]

  • Hydrogen Turbine Project Secures UK Government Funding

    19 May 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has been awarded GBP 9.3 million in innovation funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund by the UK government for the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project offshore Aberdeen, Scotland. The funding will be used to develop the world’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine, with the electrolyzer sited directly […]

  • Vattenfall Wants Local Opinion on EOWDC Fund

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is seeking local advice about investing the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre’s (EOWDC) GBP 3 million community investment fund, set up to benefit locals in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and the Blackdog area in Scotland.

  • FoundOcean Secures Monopile Grouting Contract for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    14 June 2012

    Scottish-based FoundOcean Ltd announced it has been awarded the contract for the foundation grouting for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, UK. Gwynt y Môr is being built with an installed capacity of 576 megawatts in Liverpool Bay, around 13 kilometres off the North Wales coast; it is one of Europe’s largest offshore wind […]

  • ERM to Lead EIA for Salamander Floating Project Offshore Scotland

    15 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture (JV) between Simply Blue Group, Ørsted, and Subsea7 has selected ERM Group company MarineSpace to lead the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland. As part of the work, engineering consultants NIRAS has been contracted by Salamander to lead the Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) and Brown […]

  • Inch Cape Enters Virtual Reality

    15 November 2017
    Environment, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has used a 3D model created by SLR to communicate plans for the proposed 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the coast of Angus, Scotland.

  • Iberdrola to Invest in Scottish Renewable Energy

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ignacio Galán, the chairman and chief executive officer of Iberdrola, has outlined a strategy for further multi-billion pound investments in renewables in the UK, with a strong focus on Scotland, in a lecture at the University of Strathclyde.  Mr Galán was delivering the fourth James Blyth lecture at the university, in which he gave a detailed […]

  • ABB Scores USD 800 Mln Caithness-Moray Cabling Deal

    9 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    ABB has won an order worth over $800 million from Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc to provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland. This follows a favorable decision by Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity […]

  • ‘World’s First Floating Wind Innovation Centre’ Opens in Scotland

    19 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has opened the National Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC), which is said to be the world’s first dedicated innovation centre for floating offshore wind, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The GBP 9 million (approximately EUR 10.5 million) FLOWIC, located in Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone and delivered by ORE Catapult in collaboration with […]

  • RSPB Scotland Welcomes Offshore Wind Plan for Scottish Water

    18 March 2011

    The Scottish Government’s Plan for Offshore Wind in Scottish Waters, published today, is key to delivering renewables in the right places, say RSPB Scotland. The plan considers the potential of Scotland’s offshore environment to accommodate wind energy developments from a national perspective, making proposals for the short and medium term development of offshore wind energy. […]

  • UK: Tidal Turbine in Orkney Producing Electricity

    17 May 2012

    An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator was installed last December, in some […]

  • Cerulean Selects Deployment Port for Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farms

    22 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Cerulean Winds, a floating wind company with 3 GW under development in the Central North Sea, has selected Haventus, owner of the under-construction Ardersier Energy Transition Facility, as its chosen deployment port. The Cerulean alliance’s first project will be the Aspen development, a 1 GW floating offshore wind farm located in the central North Sea […]

  • SSE Bundles Two Projects in Scotland into One 4.1 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    17 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables has combined its Berwick Bank and Marr Bank offshore wind projects, proposed to be built off the east coast of Scotland, into one development which could have an installed capacity of 4.1 GW. According to earlier information, when the two projects were addressed separately, the Berwick Bank wind farm has been developed as […]