2945 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • UK: Coastal Marine Boatbuilders Goes into Administration

    29 August 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Many political leaders have raised their concern over Eyemouth boat building firm going into administration, reports the BBC. Before going into administration, the Coastal Marine Boatbuilders Limited had received an order to build offshore wind support vessels. Lib Dem MP Michael Moore said: “I have been working closely with CMBL on their work with the […]

  • ESB Seeks Consultancy Services for Offshore Wind Electrical Infrastructure

    15 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has issued a tender for electrical consultancy services for the export transmission systems and cable array systems for future offshore wind projects. The services will be delivered for various projects which are at different stages of development, for future generation auctions in Ireland and UK, and for acquisition opportunities within […]

  • TGS Performing Geophysical Survey for Floating Wind Farm Planned to Power Oil & Gas Platforms

    6 June 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    TGS is conducting a geophysical survey at the site of the Green Volt floating offshore wind project in Scotland, one of the Scottish INTOG round winners and projects planned to provide electricity to oil and gas platforms. The seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard has mobilised from Aberdeen and is scheduled to carry out the survey work at […]

  • Heerema Orders Huisman Monopile Installation Kit for Thialf

    29 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has awarded Huisman a contract to deliver a Motion Compensated Pile Gripper (MCPG) for use in offshore wind farm construction. Designed specifically for Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Thialf, the MCPG will enable Heerema to install monopiles up to 12.5 metres in diameter, with a length of up to 115 metres, and […]

  • Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Aerial Surveys Complete

    16 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Hi Def Aerial Surveying have completed a 24-month aerial survey programme as part of the proposed Berwick Bank and Marr Bank wind farms offshore Scotland. The survey, consisting of 300 hours of flight time, across 5,000 square kilometres, seven times the size of East Lothian, is believed to be the largest of […]

  • RenewableUK: November Record-Breaking Month for Wind

    2 December 2012

    November has been a record breaking month for wind, with previous records being smashed repeatedly. Three times this month wind has broken its own record for generation, most recently hitting over 4.5 gigawatts and accounting for 11.45% of total electricity demand in the UK, according to official figures from National Grid. Meanwhile a report launched […]

  • Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering Power

    3 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm has delivered first power from the first series of wind turbines and exported to Scotland’s National Electricity Transmission System (NETS), Ocean Winds said. The wind farm is nearing the end of the construction phase and will become fully operational in 2025 in line with the originally projected […]

  • Preparation for Met Mast Installation Underway at Moray Firth

    29 September 2014
    R&D

    Drace Infraestructuras UK Ltd is undertaking seabed preparation work for the installation of a meteorological mast for the Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) offshore wind farms. This work is being undertaken in support of the development of The Crown Estate Round 3 Zone 1 offshore wind licensing on the outer Moray Firth off the East […]

  • Mainstream Raises EUR 60 Mln in New Corporate Debt Facility

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mainstream Renewable Power has successfully closed a new €60 million corporate debt facility. The four year facility was arranged through BlueBay Ireland Corporate Credit, a vehicle established by one of Europe’s leading asset managers BlueBay Asset Management, with substantial investment from the National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland, and through Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland from Irish […]

  • Tekmar CPS to Protect Beatrice Inter-Array Cables

    28 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has selected the UK based Tekmar Energy Ltd to supply the cable protection systems (CPS) for the inter-array grid cable system to be installed at the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland. In June 2016, SOC was awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inter-array grid cable system […]

  • FPP Testing Wave PTO System of Its Wind-Wave Machine

    23 November 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Floating Power Plant (FPP) has commenced the testing of the power take-off (PTO) system of its wave energy converter at Aalborg University, FPP told our sister site MarineEnergy.biz.

  • Seagreen Boosts Alpha and Bravo Offshore Wind Projects

    28 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Seagreen Wind Energy Limited will apply to Scottish Ministers to vary the existing Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo consents that would allow the combined maximum capacity of the two wind farms to be increased from 1,050MW to 1,500MW.

  • First Inch Cape Export Cable En Route for Installation in Scottish Waters

    27 August 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The initial section of the first export cable for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm has left the Port of Blyth and is currently en route for installation off the coast of Scotland. The cable-lay vessel, CMOS Installer, has left the port with the 28-kilometre section of the 220 kV, three-phase export cable. Each of […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Announces 2012 Offshore Wind Events

    2 April 2012

     The Crown Estate can announce the dates of third series of UK supply chain events for the offshore wind industry. Five events, being hosted with partners across the country, will bring together key industry players to promote the development of specialist supply chains, maintain confidence in the market and boost the drive to increase offshore […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 13 – 19, 2015

    19 April 2015

    Neart na Gaoithe to Use Two Newly Developed Technologies Mainstream Renewable Power said today that its 448 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland will use two recently launched technologies. Eneco to Pay Multi-Million Bill for Princess Amalia Wind Farm Eneco will pay tens of millions of Euros in repair costs for its […]

  • Beatrice Reaches Full Power

    15 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of 84 offshore wind turbines was commissioned at the 588MW Beatrice, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, on Wednesday, 15 May. This marks the end of offshore construction on the project in the Outer Moray Firth which has been completed on time and under budget after three years of construction, SSE said. The final […]

  • First Beatrice OTM Heads for Installation

    6 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) has left Rosyth and is on its way to the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Wavebob Plans to Raise EUR 10 Million (UK)

    17 January 2012

    Wavebob Ltd is planing to raise 10 Million Euros by the end of March, Bloomberg reports. Waves with the best energy profile are typically found in deep offshore waters, such as the west coast of Europe and the US. Wavebob is optimized to capture the power from waves with this profile. There are already some […]

  • Van Oord to Use Cortland Slings for Norther, DeBu Works

    6 July 2018
    Vessels

    Van Oord has ordered lifting slings from Cortland, a global ropes and slings specialist, for the installation of monopiles and transition pieces at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium and Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany.

  • Red Rock Delivers Nexans Aurora Cranes

    10 June 2020
    Vessels

    Norwegian company Red Rock has delivered a crane package to Ulstein for the cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Red Rock was contracted by Ulstein in 2018 to provide a deck machinery package for Nexans’ vessel, consisting of knuckle boom cranes, fixed boom cranes and work baskets. The 150-metre DP3 cable-laying vessel. designed by Norwegian company Skipsteknisk, […]

  • BP, Equinor, and Ithaca to Explore Electrification Options of West of Shetland Oil & Gas Fields

    7 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Contribution

    BP, Equinor, and Ithaca Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore electrification options for their offshore production facilities in the West of Shetland area. The agreement includes three oil & gas fields off the UK, namely the BP-operated Clair, the Equinor-operated Rosebank, and the Ithaca-operated Cambo. Electrification solutions could include power from […]

  • SENER Joins Scottish Floating Wind Project

    29 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engineering and technology group SENER has announced its involvement in the 50MW Kincardine floating wind project offshore Scotland. Fitted with a 2MW turbine and five other 9.525MW turbines, the project is expected to be operational by 2020, making it the largest floating offshore wind farm in the world. The project is being developed by Kincardine […]

  • JDR Completes Beatrice Inter-Array Cables

    25 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hartlepool-based subsea cable specialist JDR has manufactured the inter-array cables for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (BOWL) said.

  • North Star Makes Grand Entrance into Offshore Wind with Dogger Bank

    17 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables has won the tender for the delivery of three service operation vessels (SOVs) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, which is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Under a contract worth approximately GBP 270 million (around EUR 316 million), the Scottish company is responsible for the […]

  • First Kincardine Floating Giant Heads to Scotland

    9 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has started towing the first Kincardine floating wind turbine from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to the installation site some 15 kilometres southeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. The anchor handler Manta started towing the first of the five MHI Vestas 9.525 MW floating wind turbines from the Port of Rotterdam on Tuesday, 8 December. At the […]

  • UK Earmarks EUR 450 Million for Offshore Wind in Autumn Budget

    28 October 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK government has announced GBP 380 million (around EUR 450 million) of investment in offshore wind in its Autumn Budget and Spending Review. Up to GBP 230 million (around EUR 272.5 million) of this will be available from GBP 1.4 billion (around EUR 1.66 billion) that the government is allocating for the Global Britain […]