2945 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • Top News of the Week, 21 – 27 November 2016

    27 November 2016

    Trump to UK Politicians: “Move Scottish Wind Farms Offshore” The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore. Dutch Want In On US Offshore Wind Action The […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 17 – 23, 2014

    23 March 2014

    Jack-Up Barge Presents New Installation Method Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has pioneered a new cost-effective installation method that promises to revolutionise offshore wind turbine construction. Scotland Gives Thumbs Up to Two Offshore Wind Farms Scottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has announced the formal consent of two adjacent offshore wind farm applications in […]

  • Beatrice Team Readying to Install First Wind Turbines

    2 July 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation vessel Pacific Orca arrived at Nigg Energy Park on 28 June, according to the vessel’s AIS data, as the Beatrice wind turbine installation team is set to start erecting the first Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines at the project site off Scotland.

  • First Moray East OTM Touches Down

    10 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the three Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs), ME OSP 3, has been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Siemens Energy shipped out the wind farm’s first OTM, ME OSP 2, for offshore installation on 30 June. This OTM will be installed later this week, a spokesperson for DEME […]

  • Nexans Installs First Beatrice Export Cable

    8 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans’ cable laying vessel Nexans Skagerrak has completed the laying and burial of the first 70-kilometer 220kV export cable which will connect the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm to the Scottish grid.

  • Nexans Launches CLV Aurora

    9 November 2020
    Vessels

    Nexans launched its new cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora on 8 November at Ulstein Verft. The vessel will be deployed on installation of subsea cables, including those connecting offshore wind farms to the grid and interconnector systems. Nexans Aurora will now be positioned quayside at Ulstein Verft’s yard and will then enter the last outfitting […]

  • Crown Estate Welcomes Global Energy and MORL MoU

    5 May 2014

    The Crown Estate has applauded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Global Energy and MORL that could see Nigg Energy Park supply a range of work, facilities and services for an offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth. The announcement follows the Scottish Government’s consent of MORL’s 1,116MW project in March, which could create thousands of jobs […]

  • Siem Offshore Contractors Sets Up UK Base in Scotland

    29 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has opened an office in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland to serve as local project office and act as the focal point for the company’s UK market growth strategy. SOC will use the new office to carry out the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inter-array grid cable system for […]

  • 4.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Site Soon to Buzz with Activity

    29 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is set to soon return to the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Wind Farm located off the east coast of Scotland to commence further geotechnical survey work. Fugro is in charge of carrying out the work and will use the 83-metre long Fugro Scout. The survey is planned to mobilize between 7 and 10 […]

  • Pacific Orca Installs First Turbine at Beatrice OWF

    16 July 2018
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up vessel Pacific Orca has installed the first of the total of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland. 

  • RSE Wants Scottish Offshore Wind Bar Set Higher

    3 April 2020
    Authorities

    The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has called for a more ambitious offshore wind target than that proposed in Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft Offshore Wind Policy Statement.

  • Top News of the Week Sep 15 – 21, 2014

    21 September 2014

    DONG Energy UK to Employ Offshore Wind Experts from Atlas Professionals DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd and Atlas Professionals today signed a framework agreement for the provision of temporary offshore wind specialists for DONG Energy’s UK offshore wind farms. Photo of the Day: Turtle Visiting Walney Offshore Wind Farm Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: […]

  • Stowen Contracted for Ad Hoc Services at Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    5 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has awarded Stowen Clean Energy with a five-year framework agreement for ad hoc services for the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland. Stowen already has agreements with SSE for ad hoc services for the 504 MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. The UK company says that adding the Beatrice project allows it to […]

  • MHI Vestas SOV Touches Water in Turkey – Video

    20 April 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Cemre Shipyard has launched the first of the three service operation vessels (SOVs) currently under construction for MHI Vestas and Esvagt at its yard in Turkey. The vessels are of the Havyard 831 L SOV design and will service the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, the Triton Knoll wind farm […]

  • China’s Jutal Offshore Oil Services Wins Offshore Wind Contract in Europe

    29 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Jutal Offshore Oil Services has been awarded a contract for an offshore wind farm in Europe, according to a recent press release from the company. The China-based company informed its wholly owned subsidiary Jutal Offshore Oil Services (Zhuhai) won several new contracts, including one for the construction and delivery of “50 sets of offshore wind […]

  • Kite Power Reaching For New Heights

    14 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Natural Power has been appointed by Kite Power Solutions (KPS) to support proposals for consenting a test and development site at RAF West Freugh, now operated by QinetiQ, near Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Founded in 2011, KPS was established to develop a deep water wind energy technology that can be deployed anywhere in […]

  • DECC Publishes Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices (UK)

    26 September 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 26 September 2013 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides an analysis of the year on year changes. Quarterly Energy Prices covers prices to domestic and industrial consumers, […]

  • NHV Adds to Beatrice Tally

    10 July 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The NHV Group has secured a contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide helicopter services in support of the construction of the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland.

  • EDP Opens Moray East O&M Base in Scotland

    22 October 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EDP has inaugurated the operations and maintenance center of the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm, which will now be controlled by this new infrastructure located in Fraserburgh Port, Scotland. This new operations and maintenance center will now manage this offshore wind farm, in particular by controlling the vessel ‘Alba’, which regularly spends two-week […]

  • UK Signs MoU with Japan for Investment in Energy Generation Projects

    13 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), secured the UK considerable funds for low-carbon energy generation and transportation projects, including that aimed at offshore wind industry development. Taking into account the UK’s plan to cover 21% of its power needs […]

  • Siem Wraps Up Boulder Removal Works at Beatrice

    18 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors has completed pre-construction boulder removal works on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland. According to a Notice of Operations, issued by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), Siem N-Sea completed the boulder removal works along parts of the array cable routes and at various foundation locations on 12 April. The vessel deployed a […]

  • Fathom Enters Offshore Wind Picture with Beatrice Contract

    6 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Fathom Systems has won a contract to supply a turnkey service of design engineering, procurement and manufacture of specialist electrical distribution equipment to be installed in each of the 84 turbine transition pieces intended for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The scope of supply for the GBP 2.6 billion wind farm project located off the coast […]

  • Heerema’s Balder Takes Over Pile Installation at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    18 November 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ semisubmersible crane vessel Balder has replaced Saipem 3000 at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, taking over the installation of piles for the project’s jacket foundations. Balder arrived at the project site in October to install the first ten jacket foundations and completed the work on 7 November, and moved on […]

  • Changhua Phase 1 Pin Piles Ready for Delivery

    17 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Edgen Murray, in collaboration with South Korea’s SeAH, has completed the manufacturing of 80 pin piles for the Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The project is now entering the final phase with the delivery expected to be completed in May, the Scotland-based company said. Owned by Taiwan Power Company, the 109.2 MW […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Creates Circle of Sustainability

    27 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Following yesterday’s announcement by the UK Government that it will allocate GBP 46 million to projects in seaside towns across England and Scotland, RenewableUK issued a press release to highlight the fact that the Coastal Communities Fund is partially financed by the UK’s offshore wind industry, using revenue from The Crown Estate, which leases the seabed to offshore wind farm developers. RenewableUK’s […]

  • 5,500 MW Wind Project Offshore Sweden Reaches Development Milestone

    14 March 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish wind farm developer OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Baltic Sea Exclusive Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. The name of the wind farm is Aurora and it will be located 20 kilometers south of Gotland and 30 kilometers east of […]