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  • Renewable Energy as Great Opportunity for Scotland

    14 December 2011
    Authorities

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will urge industry experts to take advantage of the massive opportunity renewable energy presents to Scotland.The Minister will deliver the opening speech and take questions at a conference on the economics of renewables. And he will tell delegates that not only do the sums on renewable energy add up, but that […]

  • UK: BOWL Submits Application to Develop Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish Government for consent to develop the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth. BOWL is a joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%), SSE’s renewable energy development division, and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) (formerly SeaEnergy Renewables). The application is […]

  • Opponents Challenge Block Island Power Purchase Agreement

    20 August 2015

    Opponents of the US first offshore wind farm are trying to overturn the power purchase agreement between the developer Deepwater Wind and utility National Grid. Benjamin Riggs, Laurence Ehrhardt and the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association filed a case in federal court naming the costs as the main issue. According to the agreement, National Grid would […]

  • Energy Minister Hails Record Year for Renewable Energy in Scotland

    20 December 2011
    Authorities

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has hailed 2011 as a ‘momentous’ and ‘ground breaking’ year for renewable energy in Scotland.The year to October 2011 saw a record breaking £750 million of investment in renewable energy in Scotland, and there is a pipeline of proposed projects with 17 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity worth an estimated capital […]

  • 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    27 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, Sumimoto Corporation, and Banque des Territoires, shareholders of the company Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), have made a final investment decision (FID) for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm represents an investment of around EUR 2.7 billion. The signing of all the financing […]

  • Ecosse Subsea Services Secures Funding for Renewables Push

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Aberdeenshire-based Ecosse Subsea Services (ESS) has agreed a multi-million-pound revolving credit facility with full service bank Handelsbanken. The new relationship is expected to support the Banchory-based subsea engineering specialist as it tenders for larger renewables and power generation contracts. With its roots in the oil and gas industry, ESS has led the way in adapting traditional […]

  • AWS Ocean Energy Still Needs Public Funding (UK)

    30 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      MORE public money will be required if Inverness firm AWS Ocean Energy is to develop a successful wave power device, despite the company last week announcing a multi-million pound investment from French generator Alstom. Chief executive Simon Grey told The Inverness Courier that although Alstom’s backing, which comes in return for a 40 per […]

  • Scotland Invites Manufacturers to Homeport at Floating Wind Port Cluster

    2 June 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has partnered with Scottish Development International (SDI) and the Department for International Trade (DIT) to launch a global initiative to attract overseas manufacturing companies of scale to the Scottish Floating Wind Port Cluster. The main target of this international initiative under the DIT’s High Potential Opportunities (HPO) programme is […]

  • Natural Power Recruits Offshore Head from Within

    27 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Nancy McLean has been appointed to the role of Head of Offshore to lead Natural Power’s offshore business and explore new opportunities both within the UK and internationally.

  • Ofgem Shortlists Four Bidders for GBP 2 Billion Offshore Wind Transmission Assets

    28 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ofgem has shortlisted four potential bidders for its next Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) bidding round for three offshore transmission links worth an estimated GBP 2 billion (about EUR 2.3 billion). In the “most valuable” OFTO tender round ever run by Ofgem, a new bidder has joined three others in a competition to own and operate […]

  • Seaway7 Completes EPCI Cables Scope on Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    11 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway7 has completed the full engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) cables scope on the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland, a joint venture project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies. The inter-array cable team completed the termination and testing last weekend and the trenching was completed yesterday, said Seaway7. This follows less than six weeks after […]

  • Offshore Wind Demonstrates Unprecedented Cost Cuts

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    After the UK government awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfDs), RenewableUK and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult commented on the news, highlighting the major decline in the cost of offshore wind.

  • UK Secures 7 GW of New Offshore Wind, Awards CfD to World’s Single Biggest OWF

    7 July 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Government has awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to five offshore wind projects at a strike price of GBP 37.35/MWh each. One of the five offshore projects, which have a total generation capacity of 7 GW, is Ørsted’s Hornsea Three, for which the developer says is the world’s single biggest offshore wind farm. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • Eiffage Details EPCIC Contract for Belgian Energy Island

    5 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    France-headquartered Eiffage has unveiled details about its engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract, which the company won last month to build four electrical substations for the world’s first artificial energy island, Princess Elisabeth Island. The contract was won through its Belgian arm Eiffage Métal subsidiary Smulders, in a consortium with HSM Offshore Energy […]

  • UK Event Provides Potential Personnel for Subsea Sector

    15 March 2012

    Business leaders have hailed a high-profile recruitment event for military personnel in Scotland as a resounding success for helping to attract skilled people into the subsea industry. Subsea UK’s flagship event, which was held in Moray in conjunction with Kinloss Skills Partnership, provided the region’s high concentration of ex-military personnel with the opportunity to learn […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at Stromar Wind Project Site Offshore Scotland

    15 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) buoy has been launched at the Stromar floating wind farm site offshore Scotland. The E38 EOLOS LiDAR was deployed at the Stromar site off the coast of Caithness, approximately 50 kilometres from the Port of Wick on 8 September. Equipped with fully independent and remote sensing devices, the […]

  • Beatrice Reaches Full Power

    15 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of 84 offshore wind turbines was commissioned at the 588MW Beatrice, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, on Wednesday, 15 May. This marks the end of offshore construction on the project in the Outer Moray Firth which has been completed on time and under budget after three years of construction, SSE said. The final […]

  • Buckie Shipyard Enters Agreement to Build Teknicraft WFSVs (UK)

    24 November 2011
    Technology

    Scottish boatbuilder, Buckie Shipyard on the Moray Firth have entered an agreement with Veecraft Marine of Capetown SA to be the UK builder of the Teknicraft design of Wind Farm Service Vessels. The design is a foil assisted catamaran using the proven hull form by Nic de Waal of the New Zealand firm Teknicraft Design, […]

  • AREG’s Response to Samsung Plans for Fife Wind Farm (UK)

    1 February 2012

    First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday announced that Samsung is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 jobs in Scotland. The announcement came at the Scottish Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen. Morag McCorkindale, chief […]

  • Boskalis Reports Record 2023 with 150 Pct Net Profit Increase; Half of Offshore Energy Revenue Came from Offshore Wind

    12 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Boskalis’s offshore energy division saw 50 per cent of its revenue coming from offshore wind in 2023, according to annual results the Dutch dredging and offshore construction specialist released on 7 March. Company-wide, Boskalis reported a 20 per cent increase in revenue and a 150 per cent higher net profit than in 2022. For its […]

  • 30+ Religious Leaders Across Prince George’s County Support Offshore Wind (USA)

    14 February 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    As the Maryland Senate’s Finance Committee prepares to take up offshore wind energy legislation on Tuesday, over thirty religious leaders from across Prince George’s County delivered letters to their legislators on two key committees yesterday, making a moral case for shifting the state to cleaner energy. The letters were delivered in Annapolis today to Senator […]

  • Green Volt on Track to Power UK Oil & Gas Platforms by Mid-2020s

    9 February 2023
    Business development, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn have submitted a Marine Licence application for the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm. This consent application could allow the project to start generating power in the mid-2020s, making it the most advanced oil and gas decarbonisation project in the UK, the developers said. Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn are applying for […]

  • CfD Auction Design Changes Come with GBP 1.5 Billion Price Tag

    16 May 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The 2017 Contracts for Difference (CfD) will cost UK consumers significantly more relative to the additional capacity secured due to the changes in the auction design which allowed small fuelled-technology projects to raise the strike price of larger projects, National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

  • Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Breaks 24-Hour Output Record

    10 October 2022
    Technology

    Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine prototype has produced 359 megawatt-hours (MWh) within a 24-hour time period which the turbine maker said was the most power one turbine has ever produced over this duration. According to Siemens Gamesa, this is enough energy to drive 1.8 million kilometres in a mid-sized electric car. The […]

  • Top News of the Week May 23 – 29, 2016

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

    Borssele Tender Attracts 38 Bids, Cost Reduction Main Priority The tender for the 700MW Borssele I&II offshore wind farm zones has attracted 38 bids and the first impression is that the wind developers have put a lot of effort in driving down the costs, the Dutch media cited Henk Kamp, the country’s Minister of Economic […]