2900 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • DECC Assessing Future Offshore Wind Leasing

    3 March 2016
    Authorities

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan to enable future leasing for offshore wind, as well as wave and tidal devices. The authority published the UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 3 (OESEA3) report, and opened the consultation period which closes on 29 […]

  • MHI Vestas Gets Preferred Supplier Status for French Floater

    7 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been selected as the preferred supplier for the Groix & Belle-Île floating offshore wind project in France. MHI Vestas will provide its 9.5MW units, which means that the number of offshore wind turbines at the demonstration project will be reduced from four to three. “Installing the 9.5 MW machine for […]

  • Beatrice Digs Into Scottish Ground

    14 October 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm project reached another milestone with the recent breaking of ground near Portgordon in Moray, Scotland, SSE reports. Enabling works are now underway at the main onshore construction compound near the cable landfall point for the route to Blackhillock. Work on the Operations and Maintenance site based in two historic […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind’s Strong Role at All-Energy 2013

    15 May 2013

    The UK continues to lead the world in the field of offshore wind, with industry projections predicting a total of around 8GW of capacity installed by 2016 and around 18GW installed by 2020, by which point offshore wind will supply between 18 and 20 per cent of the UK’s electricity annually. Not surprisingly All-Energy 2013 […]

  • Seacat Rainbow Heads Straight to Work

    9 March 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seacat Services’ newly launched catamaran, Seacat Rainbow, has gone straight on to a long-term charter with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL). Seacat Rainbow will support operations & maintenance activity for the service team working at the 588 MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland, joining her sister vessel Seacat Weatherly which is currently on charter with […]

  • MAATS Tech Delivers Cable Lay Equipment to NKT Victoria

    25 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    UK engineers MAATS Tech delivered cable-laying equipment to NKT’s newbuild NKT Victoria prior to the vessel’s first project – the Caithness – Moray subsea link in Scotland. 

  • Nexans Kicks Off Seagreen Onshore Cable Work

    21 December 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans has begun onshore work for the installation of underground cable that will connect the Seagreen offshore wind project to the grid in Angus, Scotland. Once finished, the 19 km cable will reach from where the project makes landfall in Carnoustie to a new substation currently under construction in Tealing. Installation is expected to be […]

  • Foundation Fabrication Kicks Off for TotalEnergies’ Culzean Pilot Project

    20 November 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Archer Wind has started the fabrication of the foundation which will be installed as part of the Culzean floating offshore wind pilot project. This single-turbine, 3 MW pilot project, owned and developed by TotalEnergies, will provide power to the Culzean gas platform in the UK North Sea. According to Archer Wind’s recent social media post, […]

  • Flotation Energy, CSBC Unveil Floating Wind Plans in Taiwan

    1 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland-headquartered floating wind project developer Flotation Energy and Taiwan’s CSBC Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the two companies will join forces on developing floating offshore wind energy projects in Taiwan. Flotation Energy, which was recently selected as a preferred bidder to develop its 100 MW Whitecross floating wind farm in the […]

  • Boskalis Secures First Floating Wind Project

    2 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has won the contract to transport and install five floating wind turbines for the Kincardine floating wind farm in Scotland. For Cobra Wind International Ltd, Boskalis will transport and install the MHI Vestas 9.525 MW floating wind turbines at the site fifteen kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen. This will be Boskalis’ first floating […]

  • UK: Highlands and Islands to Take Central Stage at All-Energy

    22 May 2013

    The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is set to take centre stage at the All-Energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen this week (Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd May). Over 70 companies will come together under the banner of HI-Energy to showcase the region’s world-leading renewable energy expertise and supply chain capabilities. The HI-energy zone will […]

  • Top News of the Week, 04 – 10 September 2017

    10 September 2017

    Ireland Reveals Big Offshore Wind Plans Ireland’s state owned electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of renewable energy marine services related to offshore wind farms. World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video) DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the […]

  • Scottish Parliament Committee’s Report Dismisses Donald Trump’s Claims on Wind Farm Impact

    23 November 2012
    Authorities

    Today’s report from the Scottish Government’s Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee said that tourism would not be negatively affected by wind turbines, what dismissed Donald Trump’s claims that offshore wind development would seriously damage Scotland’s financial state by discouraging tourists to visit the country. Even though, Mr. Trump submitted written evidence to the inquiry and […]

  • Triton Knoll and Moray East OFTO Licence Auction Round Opens

    4 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has opened a tender round to grant two offshore transmission licences to connect the Moray East and the Triton Knoll offshore wind farms to the UK grid. The tender process will consist of two stages for each project, an Enhanced Pre-Qualification (EPQ) stage, and an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage, […]

  • Moray East Wind Turbine Installation Hits Quarter Mark

    20 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The Bold Tern jack-up vessel has installed 24 wind turbines at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. The 100-turbine project is now one installation away from reaching a quarter of its wind turbines in place. The 24th Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW unit was installed on 17 April, according to Moray East’s latest Notice of Operations, […]

  • First Floating Foundation for Kincardine 9.6 MW Turbines Arrives in Rotterdam

    15 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    First foundation for the Kincardine project, the world’s largest floating wind farm, has arrived in Rotterdam, from where the floating wind turbines will be installed off Scotland. The foundation was transported from the fabrication yard in Spain to Rotterdam on board Boskalis’ semi-submersible barge Fjord, towed by the oceangoing tug Seraya. Boskalis, which has been […]

  • Maersk Training, Babcock Marine Training Bring Modular Unit to Scotland

    6 July 2020
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training and Babcock Marine Training have signed an agreement to develop a custom-built wind energy training facility in Paisley. The facility, where a wide range of Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accredited courses will be held, will feature a modular training unit from recycled and modified freight containers. According to Maersk Training, this approach offers […]

  • UK: Partrac Continues to Support Offshore Wind Sector

    17 May 2012
    Ports & Logistics

      Partrac continues to support the offshore wind sector through the delivery of oceanographic, environmental, geophysical and hydrographic coastal surveys. Some of Partrac’s greatest offshore wind survey achievements have been in long term metocean monitoring projects. The company has undertaken long term measurement campaigns at the Beatrice and MORL wind farm sites in the Moray […]

  • Transmission Charges a Threat to UK Green Energy Industry – Report

    25 May 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment

    Britain’s energy regulators are putting billions of pounds of green infrastructure investment at risk by overseeing an energy market which favours EU energy imports at the expense of home-grown schemes, new research has shown. Electricity generators in the UK pay transmission charges for the cost of building and maintaining the network, set by the regulator […]

  • Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business

    16 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay.

  • UK: ALE Offloads 7MW Wind Turbine Components

    22 January 2014

    ALE has completed the off-loading of eight components that will be assembled to create a prototype wind turbine for an offshore wind project in Fife. The 7mw prototype turbine is one of the largest in the worlwd with a nacelle height of 110m and a blade tip height of 196m from sea level. The project […]

  • Transocean and Eneti to Form Offshore Wind Foundation Installation Venture

    20 April 2023
    Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Vessels

    Eneti and the offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding indicating their intention to form a joint venture company that will engage in offshore wind foundation installation activities. The move marks Transocean’s entry into the offshore wind market. Transocean has three hundred plus rig-years of experience operating a global fleet of […]

  • Chinese Companies to Supply XXL Monopiles for 1.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

    16 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Inch Cape Offshore Wind Limited (ICOL) has signed capacity reservation agreements with Chinese manufacturers Dajin Offshore Heavy Industry (Dajin Offshore) and CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) for XXL monopile foundations for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. The agreements secure the supply, fabrication, and delivery of monopile foundations for the 1.1 GW wind farm which is […]

  • Global Offshore Wraps Up Kincardine Export Cable Work

    8 November 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Global Offshore, part of the Global Marine Group, has completed the installation of the export power cable at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland.

  • OilMac Lifts Offshore Wind Operations in Port of Dundee

    11 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Oilfield Machinery Ltd (OilMac) has invested in its OM Heavy Lift division with a new crane said to be a vital asset for future offshore wind projects in the Port of Dundee, Scotland.

  • Havyard Delivers Another SOV to Esvagt

    18 December 2020
    Vessels

    Havyard Group’s subsidiary, New Havyard Ship Technology, has handed over the first of the three new wind farm service operations vessels (SOV) ordered by Esvagt. The SOV that was handed over on 18 December is the fourth such vessel to be delivered to Esvagt and the first in a new series of SOVs built by […]