2915 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • Victoria Completes NKT’s Power Cable Picture

    4 May 2017
    Vessels

    NKT has held a naming ceremony for NKT Victoria, the company’s new cable-laying vessel which was part of the recently completed acquisition of ABB’s high voltage cable business, at its power cable plant in Karlskrona, Sweden.

  • EDS HV Secures EOWDC O&M Contract

    4 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group (EDS) has been awarded a three-year operations and maintenance contract for Vattenfall’s Blackdog Substation at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland. The scope of the contract will see EDS, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, provide substation management services, including inspections and maintenance of […]

  • Geophysical Cable Route Survey Completed for Ossian Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ireland-based XOCEAN has completed the geophysical survey along the 420-kilometre cable route for the proposed 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The survey, conducted using uncrewed survey vessels (USVs), took place over a span of 13 months, in water depths ranging from the shoreline to over 100 metres. The gathered data will […]

  • First Turbine Jacket Foundation In Place at Neart na Gaoithe

    26 October 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm located some 15.5 kilometres off the East coast of Scotland. Following the arrival of the first 10 steel jackets on site, Saipem, through its subcontractor Heerema, lifted the first steel wind turbine jacket into place, lowering it […]

  • Carbon Trust Issues Suction Caissons Guideline

    20 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Carbon Trust has published guidelines on the use of suction caissons on offshore wind farms with an aim to increase their usage. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines features research and understanding to provide clarity and guidance for engineers looking to design suction buckets. According to The Carbon Trust, the […]

  • Engie Wears Many Hats at Moray East

    7 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engie has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd to purchase 23.3% of the electricity generated from the 950MW Moray East wind farm. The PPA is for a 15-year period, starting from commercial operation of the wind farm which is scheduled to commence in 2022. Engie currently holds a 23.3% […]

  • Ocean Winds, DISA Group Unveil Joint Floating Wind Plans for Canary Islands

    23 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Winds (OW) and Canary Islands’ renewable energy company DISA Group have partnered to jointly develop floating wind projects in the Spanish archipelago. “In the Canary Islands, the depth of the waters away from the coast makes it necessary to use floating wind technology, a technology in which Ocean Winds has demonstrated significant prowess in […]

  • EOWDC Community Fund Awards First Grants

    30 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall has allocated the first grants from the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) fund to community groups across Aberdeen committed to a fossil fuel-free future. The Unlock our Future Fund was designed following feedback to focus on projects and activities that support local communities in the shift to a climate smarter world. Community-owned electric vehicles, low carbon heating for […]

  • UK Wave & Tidal Energy Industry Joins to Advance Sector

    20 March 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and Welsh Government have announced they will be funding Aquatera Ltd and its delivery partners MarineSpace and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to run a secretariat function for the new Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy. Building upon the successful model developed by the ORJIP for Offshore […]

  • The Netherlands: NGenTec Presents at EWEA Offshore Wind Energy Exhibition

    29 November 2011

    NGenTec, a Scottish designer of magnet generators for wind turbines, will present during the EWEA Offshore Wind Energy exhibition in Amsterdam a new wind turbine technology which could lower the cost of wind energy significantly. The development new generator technology should produce “maximum energy at a minimum cost”. As part of the trial, six full-scale […]

  • Iberdrola Invests EUR 220 Million into R&D (USA)

    31 July 2011

    IBERDROLA has published its 2009-2010 R&D Report. The document includes the Group’s main initiatives and most significant milestones in R&D, in which it has invested over €220 million over the last two years. The Group considers R&D a strategic pillar of its activity when confronting with guarantees the challenges facing the energy sector, and to […]

  • FoundOcean Gearing Up for Burbo Bank Extension

    20 April 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland-based subsea and offshore cementing specialist FoundOcean is getting ready to start working on 32 wind turbine foundations at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects have been contracted to transport and install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between […]

  • TenneT Issues EUR 500 Million Green Bond

    11 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Transmission systems operator TenneT Holding B.V. has issued a new, EUR 500 million Green Bond, bringing its total long-term debt in green format to EUR 3 billion. TenneT launched and priced the 17-year Green Bond issue with a coupon of 1.25% with the support of three banks, Lloyds Bank, Rabobank and Royal Bank of Scotland. The company […]

  • Vestas Lands Conditional Order for 1.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project

    1 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has signed a conditional order agreement with Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, to supply V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The agreement is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 72 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines, and […]

  • AOWFL and Boskalis Testing Suction Buckets in Aberdeen Bay

    13 October 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has, on behalf Aberdeen Offshore Windfarm Limited (AOWFL), completed the first of two trial installations of suction buckets in Aberdeen Bay at the proposed location of the Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The installation of the smaller suction bucket at the site proved successful, Gunnar Groebler, Vattenfall’s Head […]

  • U.S. Business Network for Offshore Wind Teams Up with AREG

    10 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and the Business Network for Offshore Wind (the Network) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on collaboration in pursuit of mutual commercial, strategic and policy interests in promoting the offshore wind industry in the U.S. and the UK.

  • EolMed Floating Wind Project to Feature MHI Vestas 10 MW Turbines

    5 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Qair, formerly known as Quadran Énergies Marines, has signed a preferred supplier agreement with MHI Vestas for three 10 MW offshore wind turbines for the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France. This will be the second floating wind project in which the company’s V164 turbine’s nominal capacity is brought to 10 MW, following Eoliennes […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 22– 27, 2013

    28 July 2013

    Germany: Seajacks Installs First Turbines at Meerwind Wind Farm Seajacks installation vessels Leviathan and Zaratan departed from the port of Esbjerg during the 16th and 17th July 2013, to begin installing the first batch of 80 Siemens 3.6MW offshore turbines at Meerwind Offshore Wind Park. Sweden: Vattenfall Splits into Two Units Vattenfall splits up its […]

  • Grid, Cable Issues Leave Mark on Vattenfall’s Q3 Results

    27 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall’s wind energy unit reported an underlying operating profit of SEK -0.3 billion (approx. EUR 31 million) for the third quarter, due to lower availability resulting from grid outages and cable issues in some offshore wind farms. 

  • RWE Picks Winners of Offshore Wind Innovation Competition

    26 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Contribution

    ARC Marine, Verlume, and ForWind, the Center for Wind Energy Research at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, have been selected as the winners of RWE’s first international innovation competition on ecology and system integration of offshore wind. The companies participated in the competition searching for innovative solutions which could improve the ecological impact of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Doubles Offshore Order Intake in 2019

    4 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has doubled the order intake in the offshore segment in 2019 compared to 2018, partly due to the company’s strongest ever results reported in the last quarter of the calendar year. The world-leading wind turbine manufacturer saw the order intake in the offshore segment double to 3,343MW, of which 1,279MW was signed in […]

  • SMST Equipment for Edison Chouest Offshore’s SOV Newbuild

    18 September 2023
    Vessels

    Scotland-based Marine Procurement Ltd (MPL) has awarded SMST a contract for the delivery of a 5-tonne motion-compensated crane for Edison Chouest Offshore’s (ECO) service operation vessel (SOV). The motion compensated crane (M-Series) for the newbuild vessel will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2024.  “SMST has an impressive track record and we are convinced that the […]

  • BlueFloat Energy, Greenvolt to Jointly Tackle Offshore Wind Projects in Portugal

    26 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    Spain-headquartered BlueFloat Energy and Greenvolt have joined forces to develop offshore wind projects in Portugal. According to the partners, Portugal holds great potential for offshore wind, which is now recognised by the national policymakers who seek to unlock the potential of this technology to deliver on the country’s decarbonisation targets. Portugal has recently identified draft […]

  • Top News of the Week, 17 – 23 October

    23 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (Interview with Vattenfall) When you are talking with people working in real estate, there is a […]

  • Worley Clinches Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    31 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Worley has signed a contract with Shinfox Far East, a joint venture between Shinfox Energy and Far East Renewable Energy, to provide services for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. Under the contract, the Australia-headquartered company will provide basic and detailed design services along with procurement and fabrication […]

  • Rentel Gets Air Support

    18 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The NHV Group has secured a new contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide helicopter services in support of the Rentel offshore wind farm project in the Belgian North Sea.