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  • SHL Piles 9 WTG and 2 OTM Locations at Beatrice

    15 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On 11 May, Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) installed the 11th set of jacket foundation piles at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Outer Moray Firth.

  • Nexans Readying for Cable Pull-In to Beatrice OTM 1

    21 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans is scheduled to carry out the pull-in of the export cable 1.2 to the first Offshore Transformer Module (OTM)  at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. The works are scheduled to start on 24 February and to be completed by 2 March. 

  • Bladt Lifts First Beatrice External Platform

    3 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Bladt Industries has completed the first lifting operation of the external platform onto the upper jacket 3D structure for the first out of 30 jacket foundations for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project.

  • UK: BOWL Submits Application for Planning Permission

    31 October 2012

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%) and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) has submitted an application to The Moray Council for planning permission in principle to develop the onshore transmission works associated with connecting the offshore wind farm to the electricity grid. The onshore transmission works associated […]

  • Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 November 2018

    18 November 2018

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 12 to 18 November 2018.

  • National Grid UK Raises Wires for Beatrice Jackets

    28 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    National Grid UK has started raising the height of a power line across the River Tyne Engineers to allow ships carrying offshore wind turbine parts to pass safely underneath.

  • Windhoist Hits Offshore Wind Jackpot

    12 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ayrshire-based Windhoist Limited has secured a contract from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to carry out onshore turbine pre-assembly work for the Hornsea One offshore wind project in Hull.

  • Top News of the Week Jun 13 – 19, 2016

    19 June 2016

    Shell Joins Dutch OW Consortium Aiming for EUR 70/MWh by 2030 A consortium of 16 Dutch companies and research institutes will launch an innovation program for offshore wind – GROW – with an aim to bring the cost of offshore wind further down to seven eurocents per kWh by 2030. GE Enters Into Talks to […]

  • SMC Inspection Technicians Back SHL’s Beatrice Works

    20 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has provided inspection services at the Beatrice offshore wind farm for Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), the EPCI contractor in charge of foundations. 

  • Moray East Becomes Scotland’s Largest OWF

    13 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    According to the latest update from the Moray East project, there are now 64 wind turbines installed at the site off the Aberdeenshire coast, which puts Moray East ahead of Scotland’s Beatrice offshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. With each Vestas turbine having an output of 9.5 MW, Moray East is now on […]

  • SHL Installs Half of Beatrice Foundation Piles

    21 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the wind turbine foundation piles have been installed at the Beatrice offshore wind site, the developer informed via social media. The piling is being carried out by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with their heavy lift vessel Stanislav Yudin.

  • Top News of the Week, 11 – 17 December 2017

    17 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Oleg Strashnov to Stay on Beatrice Until New Year Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov – which left the Beatrice site after installing the 24th jacket foundation in late September and returned to the job in November – has put the 25th jacket in place and thus officially resumed the works after more than […]

  • BiFab Yards Facing Closure, New Contracts Only Way Out

    13 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Some 260 workers at the BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Arnish, Scotland, will be made redundant and the yards will be completely closed by the end of June if no new contracts are secured, Unite Scotland reports. 

  • BiFab Gets a Lifeline as Canadians Take Majority Share

    17 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Canadian company JV Driver, through its subsidiary DF Barnes, has acquired BiFab as part of an agreement brokered by the Scottish Government to support new opportunities at BiFab’s renewables and marine fabrication and construction yards in the UK.

  • SSE Picks Buckie Harbour as Contingency Base for Beatrice OWF

    30 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish and Southern Energy  (SSE) have chosen Buckie harbour as a contingency base for Beatrice offshore wind farm’s operation and maintenance (O&M) work and for the marine control co-ordination base. SSE announced last week that Wick will be the main O&M location for the £2.6 billion Beatrice offshore wind farm project, but in the event of poor weather, emergencies or […]

  • SHL Chooses RED Engineering Monitoring Tech for Beatrice

    12 October 2017
    Technology

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has chosen RED Engineering’s new monitoring technology for the installation of jacket foundations for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Harland & Wolff Taking Over BiFab Methil, Arnish Sites

    12 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata, is acquiring the assets of Scotland’s Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) at Methil in Fife and Arnish in Western Isles. BiFab officially went into administration in December 2020 after a deal for jacket foundation work for the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm at the Methil site fell […]

  • SSE Tones Down Its Commitment to Offshore Wind Projects

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    SSE has disclosed its intention to narrow significantly the focus of its near term development plans for its offshore wind projects. Following the conclusion of a strategic review of its offshore wind development portfolio, the company decided to focus its efforts and resources on progressing the Beatrice project. Beatrice In view of the fact it […]

  • Oleg Strashnov to Install Merkur OSS Jacket

    11 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov is currently at the Merkur offshore wind farm site as the vessel is deployed on installing the jacket foundation for the Merkur offshore substation. According to vessel’s AIS data, Oleg Strahnov has arrived at the site on 8 October. 

  • Subsea 7 Competing For French Offshore Wind Contracts

    9 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 is bidding on a tender to provide and install foundations for the Dieppe et Le Tréport and Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farms in France.

  • CIP Hikes Beatrice Stake

    22 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland-based SSE has sold a further 10% stake in the Beatrice offshore wind farm to its joint venture partner Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). SSE now holds a 40% stake in the project, with CIP controlling a 35% stake, and Repsol the remaining 25%. SSE says that the sale marks another key step in the project’s preparation […]

  • 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, […]

  • Scottish Renewables, WWF Welcome Nigg Energy Park Deal

    15 June 2016

    Scottish Renewables and WWF Scotland have responded to news that Global Energy Group and Siemens have signed a contract securing the use of Nigg Energy Park for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project. Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “The contract signed today will help breathe new life into this Highland port. “Scotland’s […]

  • Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Components at Sif’s Maasvlakte Site

    30 June 2017

    Sif Group has published a photo of its new site at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam accommodating, among others, piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm foundations and monopiles for the Rentel offshore wind farm.

  • Nexans Starts Installing Beatrice Export Cable

    28 September 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans has commenced the first installation campaign of two export cables for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The project’s notice to mariners states that the works have been set to start around 28 September.

  • Top News of the Week, 27 March – 2 April 2017

    2 April 2017

    Photo of the Day: Galloper Nacelles Start Clicking in Esbjerg The first complete nacelle built by Siemens for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm underwent its ‘first-click’ test in Esbjerg on Tuesday, 28 March. Beatrice Offshore Construction Kicks Off Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) will begin installing piles for jacket foundations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm […]