2874 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • Marubeni and Partners to Invest Billions of Euros in UK Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Projects

    12 October 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s Marubeni has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Department for Business and Trade of the UK Government on comprehensive cooperation in clean energy projects, including offshore wind and green hydrogen businesses in the UK. According to Marubeni, the MoU affirms the partnership between the UK Government and the company, indicating the UK […]

  • SeaEnergy Investigates Opportunities for Scottish Fishing Vessels in Offshore Wind Industry

    12 May 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    SeaEnergy PLC undertakes a study on behalf of Scottish Enterprise and Marine Scotland, into the potential demand for and use of converted fishing vessels to support the offshore wind industry. In support of the Scottish Government’s policy of developing the offshore renewable energy capacity in Scotland while providing a sustainable future for the Scottish fishing […]

  • Nexans Details Beatrice Gig

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    French cable maker Nexans has disclosed its scope of works within the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind project which the company will carry out as part of a partnership with Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd. As previously reported, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd chose the two companies to supply a transmission system to connect its new wind […]

  • Maersk Training to Offer GWO Courses in Aberdeen

    27 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Maersk Training will be expanding its Global Wind Organisation (GWO) training locations and making the courses available at its centre in Aberdeen. GWO training is one of the industry requirements for anyone wishing to work in the growing renewables sector and Maersk Training is now the only provider to offer all five compulsory modules in […]

  • Lamprell Delivers Final TPs for 882 MW Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    27 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Lamprell has completed the final delivery of transition pieces (TPs) for Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. All 62 TPs, including the penultimate and final batch destined for Scotland, have been delivered and handed over to Lamprell’s client Ocean Winds. According to the UAE-based company, the project was completed on schedule and […]

  • UK, Scottish Governments Explore Renewables Potential of Scottish Islands

    7 May 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection, R&D

    An independent consultancy company Xero Energy has prepared a report, commissioned jointly by the UK and Scottish governments, which helps to unlock the huge renewable energy potential of the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland Islands. The new report identifies a series of actions to help deliver necessary electricity grid connections. It is part of ongoing, collaborative […]

  • Boskalis Installs First Monopile at Moray West Wind Farm Offshore Scotland

    5 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis’ heavy lift crane vessel, Bokalift 2, has installed the first monopile at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Scottish offshore wind farm will feature 60 Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW wind turbines and two offshore substations, all installed on monopile foundations. Dajin Heavy Industry will supply 48 monopiles while Navantia Seanergies and […]

  • BlueFloat Energy Launches Floating Wind Project Offshore Taiwan

    24 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Spain-headquartered BlueFloat Energy has entered the Taiwanese offshore wind market, unveiling a 1 GW floating wind project off the coast of Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City. Named after the strong winds blowing in the Hsinchu region every September, the Winds of September project is located 25 kilometres offshore in an area of around 125 square […]

  • Dounreay Trì Champions Local Content

    6 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish design and engineering company Hexicon AB has, through Dounreay Trì Limited, awarded the construction contract for a novel floating wind farm off the northern coast of Scotland to Scottish energy sector service company, Global Energy Group. The works will be carried out at the Group’s Nigg Energy Park facility in the Highlands, and the […]

  • DP Energy, FPP Eye Scotland and Wales for Floating Wind-Wave Projects

    8 November 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DP Energy and Floating Power Plant (FPP) have entered a joint venture, looking to set up pilot demonstration projects featuring FPP’s hybrid wind-wave technology at two sites, one in Scotland and one in Wales.   The two companies will evaluate and develop the two sites, subject to the outcomes of the evaluation. Should everything go as planned, […]

  • Ofgem Approves GBP 1.1 Bln Caithness Moray Subsea Link

    16 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ofgem today approved £1.1 billion funding for a new subsea link in the north of Scotland, called the Caithness Moray project. The regulator’s decision is £105 million less than the funding request from Scottish Hydro Electricity Transmission (SHE Transmission) to ensure consumers pay no more than necessary. The new link will connect 1.2GW of new […]

  • Bold Tern Completes First Moray East Run

    27 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has returned to Port of Nigg after installing the first four Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW wind turbines at the Moray East wind farm off Scotland. The 950 MW Moray East will feature 100 V164-9.5MW units installed at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast. The team […]

  • Moray East Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    7 June 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The wind farm is still under construction, but the engineering methodology used enables power to be exported before all of the wind farm’s 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines have been installed, the developer said. […]

  • GE Grid Solutions Secures Inch Cape Deal

    19 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    GE Grid Solutions has won a contract to design, supply and install the high voltage equipment for the Inch Cape offshore wind project in Scotland.

  • UK Offshore Wind Sector Expected to Employ Almost 100,000 People by 2030

    13 June 2022
    Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    Jobs in the rapidly expanding offshore wind industry in the UK could grow to almost 100,000 by 2030, with the private sector expected to invest GBP 155 billion (approx. EUR 180 billion) in new offshore wind projects over the next eight years, according to a new report published by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). […]

  • Photo of the Day: First UK-Made Tower Section Locked and Loaded

    8 January 2018

    CS Wind UK has loaded its first offshore tower section in Kintyre, Scotland, which is now ready to go to the Campbeltown harbour.

  • RIDG Signs Its First Offshore Wind Seabed Agreement

    13 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), TotalEnergies, and Corio Generation have signed an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for their 2 GW offshore wind project, West of Orkney Windfarm, which was selected in the ScotWind leasing round at the beginning of this year. “This is a significant milestone for RIDG as it represents our first […]

  • GMS to Use Scottish Offshore Wind Advantages

    28 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has opened a new office at the Scottish Enterprise Inovo building in Glasgow, Scotland, as it strives to harness the benefits of the offshore wind industry, Herald Scotland reports. The company is headquartered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Glasgow base is now established to allow GMS to be in the place where […]

  • Scottish Floating Wind Project Forms Green Hydrogen Tie-Up

    4 August 2021
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The 200 MW Salamander floating wind project, developed by Simply Blue Energy in partnership with Subsea 7, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ERM for the potential use of the ERM Dolphyn hydrogen technology. The project is also working closely with Scotland Gas Networks (SGN) to potentially integrate with and connect into future 100 […]

  • UK: Highland Ports Prepare to Attract GBP 100 Million Investments with HIE’s Support

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has signed joint working agreements with four of the region’s leading ports to support the development of the offshore wind sector. The partnership aims to help the Ports attract a potential £100m of investment to the Highlands. The First Minister Alex Salmond, announced the Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in his […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis Complete Surveys at Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Sites

    9 November 2023
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Preparatory survey work on four new floating offshore wind farms has been completed in the North Sea. Geophysical survey work was completed on BlueFloatEnergy and Renantis Partnership’s ScotWind projects, namely the 900 MW Broadshore project, located 50 kilometres north of Fraserburgh, and the 1.2 GW Bellrock project, located 120 kilometres east of Aberdeen. The partnership […]

  • Small Part of Scotland Renewables Investment Creates Jobs

    4 June 2012
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Citigroup senior utilities analyst Peter Atherton claimed that only a small part of the billions of pounds spent on renewable energy in Scotland would benefit the local economy and create jobs, reports the Scotsman. Only 10% of the offshore wind turbine construction cost is spent in the UK, and the rest is going to foreign […]

  • Scottish Renewables Applauds Government for Offshore Wind Support

    15 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Scottish Renewables has responded to news that the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator programme, which aims to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10%, has been awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government. Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Offshore wind holds huge opportunities for Scotland, and the industry […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Produces First 108-Metre Wind Turbine Blades for Moray West

    15 December 2023
    Equipment, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa has manufactured the first 108-metre-long wind turbine blades at its factory in Hull for the 880 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The team from Ocean Winds and Gareth Davies MP, Exchequer Secretary to the UK Treasury were present to see the first blades produced in Hull. In total, 180 blades […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Entering Home Stretch

    5 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    75 per cent of the jacket foundations have been installed at the Seagreen offshore wind farm, according to the latest social media update by one of the project’s developers, SSE Renewables. So far, there are 89 jacket foundations and 74 wind turbines installed at the project’s construction site. The three-legged jacket foundations, each weighing around […]

  • UK: EMEC to Colaborate with Oregon Wave Energy Trust and NNMREC

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    THE European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world-leading marine and tidal energy development facility, today (Wednesday, May 23) announces a major collaboration with Oregon Wave Energy Trust and its partner, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Centre (NNMREC). EMEC will deliver advice and support on the design, set up and operation for the NNMREC Pacific Marine […]