2915 results found for 'Hywind Scotland'

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  • Geo Surveys to Start at Moray West OWF Site

    30 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Survey vessels Northern Franklin and Normand Flower are set to start geophysical and geotechnical site investigation works at the Moray West offshore wind farm site at the beginning of September. Northern Franklin is scheduled to commence geophysical surveys on 4 September. The vessel will be carrying out the work within the wind farm site and […]

  • Mainprize Offshore Expands CTV Fleet with EUR 25 Million from Siemens Financial Services

    20 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    UK-based crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator, Mainprize Offshore, is expanding its fleet with EUR 25 million provided by Germany-headquartered Siemens Financial Services (SFS) as the lender. Mainprize currently operates nine CTVs on offshore wind farms in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland, Germany and Denmark. The move to expand the fleet comes […]

  • Chartwell Marine, Vard Collaborate on 55-metre Offshore Wind Vessel

    3 October 2023
    Vessels

    UK-based Chartwell Marine has partnered with Vard to introduce the Midi Service Operations Vessel (Midi SOV), a 55-metre offshore wind craft that is coming to both the US and European markets in 2024, according to the companies. The vessel is said to be designed Jones Act-compliant, Americanized, and ready for production in the US shipyards. […]

  • UKEF Helps BiFab Meet Beatrice OWF Terms of Contract

    21 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK Export Finance (UKEF) yesterday informed that it had helped BurntIsland Fabrications Ltd (BiFab) access finance to meet the terms of the contract for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, awarded to the UK steel structures fabricator by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) in June 2016.

  • CIP’s New Fund Hits EUR 3.5 Billion Hard Cap

    10 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) new fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure III (CI III), has held a final close at the EUR 3.5 billion hard cap exceeding the EUR 3 billion target fund size.

  • Shell Pulls Out of Major Irish Offshore Wind Projects with Simply Blue

    26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Shell has decided to withdraw from the Western Star and Emerald offshore wind projects in Ireland that the company was developing with Simply Blue Group. Last year, Shell entered an agreement with Simply Blue Group for a 51 per cent share in its Emerald and Wester Star offshore wind projects, which will deliver a combined […]

  • Onshore Scoping Report Filed for 1 GW Buchan Floating Wind Project

    9 July 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has initiated the scoping process for its onshore grid infrastructure by submitting the Onshore Scoping Report to Aberdeenshire Council. The Onshore Scoping Report contains details of the planned onshore elements and its approach to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), with stakeholders now invited […]

  • APEM Completes Moray East Wildlife Survey

    12 September 2018
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    APEM’s digital aerial surveys have finished gathering data on marine wildlife for the Moray East offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland.

  • Offshore Construction Starts at French Dieppe Le Tréport Wind Farm Site

    28 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s installation vessel Apollo is now at the site of the French offshore wind farm Dieppe Le Tréport, ready to start installing pin piles for the project’s 62 jacket foundations. According to an update DEME posted on social media on 28 June, Apollo arrived at the offshore wind farm site this week and the DEME […]

  • Moray East Turbine Installation Gathers Steam

    6 May 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    32 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbine installation is being carried out by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern. The first turbines were installed some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast during the second half of […]

  • Floating Wind JIP Picks Study Groups

    1 June 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has kicked off a series of studies to address future challenges for the emergent floating offshore wind sector.

  • Exclusive: MHI Denies Ditching SeaAngel

    19 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Following recent media writings about Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) canceling further development and giving up on the name of its 7MW “SeaAngel” turbine, Offshore WIND spoke with Tadashi Asahina, MHI’s Deputy General Manager in charge of the offshore wind business development. He firmly denied that any of his colleagues from either Japan or the UK […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Reaches Construction Milestone, First Nacelles Arrive in Scotland

    13 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first eight of the 54 wind turbine nacelles for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm have arrived at the Port of Dundee marshalling yard in Scotland. At the same time, the pre-assembly of the first wind turbine towers has also commenced on land for the Scottish project. Each of the […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Generation Increases by 46.7 Pct in Q2

    27 September 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 27 September 2012 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, and now includes a section on renewables. Quarterly Energy Prices […]

  • UK: Councillor Webster Attends Aberdeenshire Offshore Wind Conference

    4 February 2013
    Authorities

    The Provost of Aberdeenshire, Councillor Jill Webster, has attended a major conference on offshore wind technology to help raise the profile of what this area has to offer. The Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition is the largest event of its type ever seen in Scotland. The event, which features around […]

  • ABS, FibreMax Enter Collaboration on Floating Wind Mooring Tech

    28 June 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Technology

    The US-based classification organisation American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Dutch synthetic mooring solutions provider FibreMax have signed an agreement to collaborate on stiffness-driven mooring tendons for the floating offshore wind market. Under the agreement, ABS will provide qualification for FibreMax’s fibre and small rope testing. The classification organisation will evaluate test methods for accuracy in […]

  • New Jack-Up Arrives at Moray East, 40 Wind Turbines Now In

    24 May 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    40 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The 40th turbine was installed at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 20 May, the project’s latest Notice of Operations shows. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern installed […]

  • Bold Tern Stands Ready for Crane Upgrade in Singapore

    2 September 2021
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has arrived in Singapore, where it will be upgraded with a new 1600-tonne crane to enable the installation of next-generation wind turbines and foundations weighing up to 1,500 tonnes. The vessel will be fitted with Huisman’s 1600t LEC 65500 leg encircling crane and will also undergo additional improvements […]

  • Mainstream Disputes Neart na Gaoithe CfD Termination

    12 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power is currently in arbitration with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) over the terms of its CfD contract for the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth, Scotland. The project has supposedly lost the CfD due to an ongoing judicial review requested by the Royal Society for […]

  • Briggs Marine to Stay Busy Offshore Scotland with Neart na Gaoithe CTV Contract

    27 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Briggs Marine has secured a contract to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services to the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland as it progresses from the construction phase into the operations and maintenance (O&M) phase. Under the three-year contract, Briggs Marine will continue to provide its CTV vessel, Forth Engineer, to facilitate […]

  • Scottish Floating Wind Farm Clears First Step for Onshore Infrastructure

    26 January 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Highland Council has granted Planning Permission in Principle for the onshore infrastructure of the 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) in Scotland. The developer, Highland Wind Limited, majority owned by a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) with Hexicon AB as a minority shareholder, submitted the onshore planning application to the […]

  • Global Port Services Wins Pre-Assembly Contract for Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

    8 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Global Port Services, owned by Global Energy Group alongside the Port of Nigg, has secured multiple contracts to support Seagreen Wind Energy Limited (SWEL) with site-enabling works for the pre-assembly construction of wind turbine components at its Port of Nigg facility. The news comes as the final turbine foundations for the Seagreen offshore wind project […]

  • New Bird Monitoring Innovation Challenge Takes Off

    25 May 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd has partnered with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to launch an innovation challenge to help wind farm developers better monitor and understand the behaviour of important species.

  • Murphy Hired for EOWDC Onshore Works

    19 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    J. Murphy & Sons has been appointed to carry out the onshore work for the European Offshore Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (AOWF). This includes the pre-construction design, onshore cabling, construction of a substation, and connecting the wind farm to the national grid so that it can begin operations from […]

  • PHOTO: France Celebrates Floatgen, Deployment Preps Underway

    13 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The Floatgen wind turbine is currently being prepared for deployment off Croisic at the École Centrale de Nantes SEM-REV demonstration site in France. This is both the first offshore and floating wind turbine to be installed off the French coast.

  • Linxon Adds Kirby to Seagreen Substation Team

    14 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Linxon has awarded Kirby Group Engineering a subcontract for the onshore substation mechanical and electrical installation and building services works as part of the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Substation package. The works include the installation of the onshore primary and secondary HV power equipment including the super-grid transformers, switchgear, dynamic reactive compensation, shunt reactors, harmonic […]