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  • Google Signs Its Largest Offshore Wind PPAs to Date

    1 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Google has signed corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) with Shell and Eneco for 478 MW of energy capacity at two offshore wind farms the partners jointly own in the Netherlands: Hollandse Kust Noord and Hollandse Kust West VI. Together with the existing power purchase agreements Google previously signed in the Netherlands, the two offshore wind […]

  • Baker Consultants Expands into Scotland

    16 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment

    At the start of its sixth year in business, Baker Consultants has formalised its presence in Scotland with the appointment of Jane Forrest, to set-up and run a team near Aviemore, Inverness-shire. Jane joined the team at the beginning of April from a career supervising teams of site ecologists and managing large renewable energy projects. […]

  • Ocean Winds and Ignitis to Jointly Bid for Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    14 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Lithuania’s state-controlled energy holding company Ignitis Group has selected Ocean Winds as a strategic partner for the development of offshore wind farm projects. Ocean Winds, an offshore wind joint venture between Engie and EDPR, and Ignitis Group aim to jointly participate in the first auction for offshore wind in Lithuania which is expected in 2023. […]

  • ORE Catapult Picks Seven Scottish Companies for Supply Chain Growth Programme

    19 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Seven companies from the north of Scotland and Orkney have been selected by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult for the first Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in the region. The chosen firms come from a wide range of sectors including engineering, marine renewables, offshore operations and maintenance, and subsea monitoring. The seven selected […]

  • Japan’s Sumitomo Partners with Compatriot for Floating Offshore Wind

    31 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s Sumimoto Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation have signed an agreement to investigate the possibility of collaboration in the detailed design, manufacture, and delivery of structural components for floating offshore wind turbines. According to the companies, they aim to cut costs, improve efficiency, and mass-produce structures for floating wind farms, while also setting up a […]

  • MOL Makes Grand Entrance Into CTV Business with Japanese Charter Deal

    15 June 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Japan-based Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) has concluded a time charter contract with Shimizu Corporation for two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind project in Japan. This marks the MOL Group’s entry into the CTV business. MOL Group company MOL Coastal Shipping will operate the CTVs, which will support the […]

  • Four ScotWind Developers to Fund STEM Initiative for Primary Schools with EUR 1 Million

    27 January 2023
    Training & Education

    Developers behind four projects that were awarded offshore wind leases in Scotland will provide GBP 900,000 (approximately EUR 1 million) in funding to enable the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) to extend its STEM outreach programme to primary schools beyond the Highland Council area. The funding is led by the West of Orkney Windfarm, […]

  • Redevelopment of Scottish Port Begins as Owner Secures GBP 400 Million for Offshore Wind Upgrade

    21 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Haventus, the owner of the Ardersier Port in the Moray Firth, Scotland, has taken a final investment decision and kicked off construction work on redeveloping the port to serve both fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects. The revamped port is expected to open in the second half of 2025. This month, Haventus was granted a […]

  • UK: Finance Secretary Announces Business Incentives for Four New Areas

    11 April 2012

    Finance Secretary John Swinney outlined the range of new business incentives that are available to encourage private investment in Scotland’s four new Enterprise Areas, during a visit to the Port of Dundee this morning. Incentives and actions to stimulate investment include: business rate discounts worth up to £275,000 per business or enhanced capital allowances; new […]

  • Diverse Marine Secures Financing for Eight Crew Transfer Vessels

    28 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The UK shipbuilder Diverse Marine has introduced the Diverse Marine Client Finance Programme, its own finance and lease programme, through which it secured financing for an initial, but rolling, eight crew transfer vessels (CTVs). Funding for offshore wind CTVs has been challenging, said the company, and the Diverse Marine Client Finance Programme, designed initially for […]

  • SeaZone Continues to Support Renewable Energy Sector (UK)

    26 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    SeaZone, the market leader for marine geographic information, software and services, will be presenting their latest developments for the renewable energy sector at RenewableUK 2010 in Glasgow on 2 to 4 November 2010. SeaZone will be sharing Stand 325 with its new parent company HR Wallingford. Both companies have longstanding involvement with offshore renewable energy […]

  • US Company Bags French Offshore Wind Farm Gig

    30 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    US-based Zupt has been awarded its first major offshore wind farm development project from a Tier 1 energy contractor off the northwest coast of France. Under the contract, the company will provide instrumentation and survey support during the installation of 64 wind turbine monopiles at the project’s site. Zupt’s role will revolve around integrating a […]

  • Seatools Delivers Beatrice Piling Instrumentation and Control System

    13 March 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seatools has completed the development, manufacturing, and installation of a piling instrumentation and control system for the Pile Installation Frame (PIF) which will be used by Seaway Heavy Lifting on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland.

  • Rovco Inks Framework Agreement for Beatrice OWF

    19 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Rovco has signed a framework agreement for subsea inspection and survey works on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland. The company is carrying out inspection and survey work at nominated jacket foundation locations and export and inter-array cables, which will assist in informing the current condition and any potential maintenance planning at the site. […]

  • Aberdeen to Host Renewable Energy Event (UK)

    21 February 2012

    Aberdeen City and Shire will underline its commitment to the renewables industry in May with its largest ever showcase of renewable energy businesses at the prestigious All-Energy trade exhibition and conference in Aberdeen. The region’s pavilion at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) will feature more than 55 local businesses on a high-profile stand comprising […]

  • Gridin’s Group and Levator Reveal Beatrice Role

    16 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Lithuania’s Gridin’s Group and Finnish Levator Oy have been working on primary steel structures for 30 transition pieces (TPs) to be installed at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Scottish North Sea. The two companies were hired to manufacture the steel components by Denmark’s Bladt Industries last autumn. The three companies had previously collaborated on a similar […]

  • Vessel Traffic Surveys Underway at Scottish Floating Wind Project Site

    11 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    NASH Maritime, a UK-based shipping and navigation consultancy, is currently undertaking vessel traffic surveys offshore Scotland to inform the navigation risk assessment the company is preparing for the 1 GW Buchan floating offshore wind project. The project site, for which the Floating Energy Allyance consortium secured the rights at the beginning of last year through the ScotWind […]

  • WFW Advises CIP on OffshoreMW Acquisition

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on the acquisition of 100% of OffshoreMW, which holds a 675km² offshore wind energy lease off the coast of Massachusetts.  Outside the US, CIP already owns stakes in two offshore wind farms – the 588MW Beatrice in the UK and the 402MW Veja Mate in Germany, with […]

  • Global Port Services Completes Beatrice Scope

    9 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Global Port Services has completed pre-assembly activities for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm at the Port of Nigg in Scotland. Siemens Gamesa awarded Global Port Services with a contract for onshore crane and logistics operations which covered the provision of heavy lift crawler cranes under contract lift, SPMTs and associated lifting personnel for all loading/offloading, […]

  • OWC, WavEC Form Floating Offshore Wind Pact in Portugal

    20 July 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    The Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has entered into a partnership with Portugal-based WavEC to jointly offer services to the Portuguese offshore wind market. The partners said that this collaboration pools OWC’s global capabilities and track record in more than 50 floating wind projects with WavEC’s market presence, offshore site testing resources and expertise in environmental […]

  • SeaEnergy PLC: Results for the six months ended 30 June 2010

    1 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    SeaEnergy PLC today announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2010. Operational highlights: Offshore activity on SeaEnergy’s Round 3 Zone 1 site at Moray Firth has commenced, with geophysical, met-ocean and bird surveys all underway. A consent application along with an Environmental Impact Assessment is due for submission in 2012. Arrangements with […]

  • Siemens Freezing New UK Investments and Turbine Exports

    30 June 2016

    Uncertainty triggered by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has made Siemens, one of the biggest offshore wind players, rethink its strategy and put all new wind energy investments in the country on ice, according to The Guardian. The wind turbine maker is also halting long-term export plans at its UK-based blade factory in Hull, Bloomberg reports. The […]

  • EOLOS, Partrac Deploy Resource Measurement Tech at Welsh Floating Wind Site

    11 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EOLOS has deployed its FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy in the waters where Wales’ first floating offshore wind farm, the 96 MW Erebus, will be built. The Spanish floating LiDAR supplier secured a contract for the Erebus project this summer with Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between Ireland-based blue economy developer Simply Blue Energy and […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Picks O&M Base Construction Team

    11 June 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Limited has appointed two Scottish-based businesses to construct its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at Eyemouth Harbour in Scotland. Muir Construction, based in Inverkeithing, Fife, has been appointed to design and build NnG’s three storey, 1,040 square metre main O&M building and its two storey, 538 square metre storage […]

  • AREG Comments PwC Report (UK)

    3 November 2011

      Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) comments the PwC report that was published yesterday (Wednesday, November 2) about Aberdeen’s potential to be a global energy centre of excellence and generate more than £600billion in revenues. Chief operating officer of Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), Morag McCorkindale, said: “This is an encouraging endorsement of Aberdeen City […]

  • New Jersey BPU Backs Offshore Wind Executive Order

    1 March 2018
    Authorities

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved an order that implements Governor Phil Murphy’s executive order which calls for the full implementation of the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act (OWEDA) and to begin moving the state toward a solicitation of 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity.