2900 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • UK Supreme Court Gives Final Clearance to MT Højgaard

    6 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Supreme Court has upheld the UK Court of Appeal’s April ruling that Denmark’s MT Højgaard is not liable to cover the costs of fixing weaknesses discovered in grouted connections of the foundations at the Robin Rigg Offshore wind farm off the west coast of Scotland.  E.ON Climate and Renewables, the owner and operator of the 180 MW Robin […]

  • World’s First Floating Wind Turbine Finds New Calling

    8 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of its Hywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The turbine will be renamed to UNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology from 1 February and will be used as an infrastructure for research and technology projects in Metcentre at Karmøy. In its next phase, the floating turbine will […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Be a Lifeline OSV Operators Need

    2 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Offshore wind has the potential to provide offshore service vessel (OSV) operators with an alternative market and an opportunity for specialisation, offering an escape from other sectors hit hard by low prices of oil and gas, according to shipping and offshore markets analyst Clarksons.   If the developments in November are an indication of things to come, the offshore […]

  • UK: Renewable Energy Job Predictions Overestimated

    16 March 2012

    Job predictions for renewable industry could have been overestimated, according to STV. The Scottish Government is confident that offshore wind energy has a potential to create 48,000 jobs by 2020. On the other hand, Richard Marsh, director of Edinburgh-based 4-Consulting, claims in his report that as few as 300 permanent positions could be created in […]

  • Inter-Array Cable Work Set to Start at Neart na Gaoithe OWF

    30 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Pre-lay trenching work along a number of inter-array cable routes within the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm site are due to begin around 7 August, ahead of the installation of cables at a later date. The inter-array cable routes will be trenched by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) which will be deployed and controlled […]

  • UK: Natural Power Published Ecological Monitoring Programme for Marine Life on Wind Farm

    17 May 2013
    Environment

    The UK’s most comprehensive ecological monitoring programme for marine life on a wind farm published – provided by Natural Power, on behalf of E.ON, at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (Reporting on Operational Year 1). International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has published a report on the marine environment at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm, […]

  • Moray East OWF Gets Funding

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited consortium has secured financing for the construction of its 950MW offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • UK Date of the Offshore Wind Industry Supply Chain Events Second Series

    16 December 2010

    The Crown Estate today have announced the dates of a second series of seven UK supply chain events for the offshore wind industry being organised with partner agencies around the UK. This follows on from events organised at the beginning of 2010 but this time is targeting companies further down the supply chain. With over […]

  • Veolia, Siemens Sign Wind Energy Waste Recycling Contract

    9 October 2014
    Environment

    Veolia has signed a three year contract worth just under £6 million with Siemens Plc to provide an integrated range of recycling and treatment services covering multiple waste streams including commercial, industrial and hazardous waste which leads the way in commercial waste management. The contract, that is designed to provide circular solutions for all its […]

  • Red7Marine Completes Beatrice Mission

    5 January 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Red7Marine has recently completed a contract working on the Beatrice offshore wind farm project in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Navantia and Windar Load Out Their First Batch of Moray West Monopiles

    25 August 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The joint venture between Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has loaded out the first XXL monopiles for the Scottish Moray West offshore wind farm. For the joint venture, which the developer Ocean Winds contracted to deliver 14 out of the total of 60 wind turbine monopiles, these are the first monopiles that were manufactured at […]

  • TWP Presses Ahead with 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Project

    17 September 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the offshore scoping report to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate Licensing & Operations team for its 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind project. The development follows the announcement last week regarding the submission of the onshore scoping report to Aberdeenshire Council for the site. Located 44 kilometres east of Stonehaven, […]

  • TotalEnergies Joins Two Floating Offshore Wind Consortia

    11 May 2023

    TotalEnergies has announced that it is joining two consortia led by Ocergy and Esteyco which recently were awarded Phase One of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize by the US Department of Energy (DOE). OCG-Wind Full Cycle is a project by Ocergy that is being developed in Oakland, California. The company, one of whose […]

  • VBMS Confirms Aberdeen Gig

    25 July 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has officially confirmed that it will be in charge of installing inter-array and export cables for the 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), being developed by Sweden’s Vattenfall off Aberdeen, Scotland. Royal Boskalis Westminster, the parent company of VBMS, and Vattenfall signed the Offshore Balance of Plant contract for the construction of EOWDC last week. The contract, […]

  • SgurrEnergy Nets O&M Contract for Levenmouth 7MW Demo Turbine

    15 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Training & Education

    SgurrEnergy has been appointed by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to operate and maintain the recently acquired Levenmouth 7MW demonstration offshore wind turbine, located just 50m off the East Fife coast. The turbine, acquired from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), becomes the world’s most advanced, open access, offshore wind turbine dedicated to research, and offers opportunities […]

  • Siem Offshore to Carry Out Beatrice Pre-Construction Subsea Works

    6 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ahead of the construction start of the Beatrice offshore wind farm in April, Siem Offshore is set to begin with boulder removal and SCAR plough campaign at the project site as of 8 March.

  • EUROS Wraps Up Testing of Its 81.6 Offshore Turbine Blade

    20 June 2014
    R&D, Technology

    EUROS Company has completed a full scale test campaign of its 81.6m offshore wind turbine blade. The final step of the test campaign, the so-called post fatigue static test, was successfully completed according to IEC and GL standards. Last week, IWES performed all Flapwise and Edgewise tests under supervision of the Germanischer Lloyd. All tests were carried […]

  • Saipem 7000 Leaves Seagreen for Maintenance, Wind Turbine Installation on Stand-By

    13 April 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    21 out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The turbines have been installed on all available 21 jacket foundations, and the installation activity will recommence when further foundations are installed, according to the […]

  • TFKable Puts Moray East Cable to the Test

    1 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFKable) has conducted the first Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of a 220kV onshore high-voltage cable for the UK’s Moray East offshore wind farm at its Bydgoszcz plant in Poland. The cable supplier informed via social media that it had successfully FAT-tested 1,600mm² and 2,000mm² sizes to industry international standards. At the beginning of […]

  • Seagreen 2 and 3 Get New Names

    7 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is renaming its Seagreen 2 and 3 offshore wind projects to Berwick Bank wind farm and Marr Bank wind farm, respectively. The move to rename the projects is to distinguish the two standalone offshore wind farms from the neighboring Seagreen 1 project, SSE said. According to the company, the new names are a […]

  • Fugro to Deploy New Autonomous USV at Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    6 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to soon deploy its autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Fugro Vaquita at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland. The USV, which Fugro took delivery of at the beginning of this year, will conduct a non-intrusive uncrewed survey campaign at several wind locations. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project, […]

  • Moray West to Start 2023 with Export Cable Route UXO Work

    30 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    A dive vessel, DSV Curtis Marshall, is scheduled to soon begin investigations and disposal of potential unexploded ordnance (pUXO) at the nearshore part of the export cable corridor of the Moray West offshore wind farm, close to the town of Portsoy. This work will be followed by the commencement of the first construction activities on […]

  • Sleipnir to Install Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Substations

    29 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors will deploy Sleipnir, the world’s largest crane vessel, on the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe wind farm offshore Scotland in the coming weeks. Sleipnir, together with Wagenborg’s barge, Wagenborg 7, and two tugs, Pacific Discovery and Multratug 3, will be in charge of transporting and installing the wind farm’s two offshore substations, […]

  • Subsea 7 Nets Seagreen 1 OWF Deal

    4 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has awarded Subsea 7 with a contract for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the foundations and inter-array cables for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm. In a press release from 3 June, Subsea 7 did not disclose the contract value, but it did classify it as “major”, noting that it defines […]

  • New GBP 2 Million Vessel Launched in Scotland

    23 May 2012

    Last Saturday, a new multi-purpose support vessel Helen Burnie was launched at Macduff Shipyards on the Isle of Mull. The vessel, worth GBP 2 million is specially designed by Inverlussa Marine Services for renewable energy, dive support, survey and civil projects. It has the ability to carry up to 100 tonnes of deck cargo, 75 […]

  • Trump Turns to Scotland Again

    1 May 2014

    US billionaire Donald Trump has confirmed the acquisition of £35 million Turnberry Golf Course located in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, from Dubai-based Leisurecorp group, despite saying he will switch focus to a new project in Ireland. In February 2014, Trump lost a court battle against the Scottish Government’s decision to approve a wind turbine development off […]