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  • Immediate clean energy investment to create 100,000 North Sea jobs by 2050

    30 November 2020
    Human Capital, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    The OGTC and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult have warned that the UK offshore energy sector would miss the opportunity to be a global leader in clean energy if it does not invest in technology innovation to create a net-zero North Sea.

  • Application period closes for Scottish offshore wind round targeting oil & gas decarbonisation, innovation projects

    21 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Crown Estate Scotland has closed the window for applications under its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, dedicated to offshore wind projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production and to small scale innovation projects, including alternative outputs such as hydrogen. A two-week registration window for INTOG opened in […]

  • First inter-array installation campaign completed at Neart na Gaoithe

    11 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has completed the cable layout for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations (OSS) within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The works began on Wednesday, 12 April, and were completed on Sunday, 30 April. […]

  • EMEC pushes for Franco-Scottish floating wind and hydrogen collaboration

    26 July 2021
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has delivered a report with recommendations to facilitate research collaborations between Scottish and French floating wind and hydrogen organisations.

  • Tidal stream energy can serve as ‘effective complement’ to wider UK’s net zero and energy security efforts, report finds

    27 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The report on the potential of tidal stream energy to support sustainable growth in the UK, published by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, has concluded that this form of energy can serve as an effective complement to wider efforts on both net zero and energy security.

  • UK: New scheme emerges for rapid decarbonisation of oil & gas assets with floating wind and hydrogen

    1 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    A plan to accelerate the decarbonisation of oil & gas assets through a 200-turbine floating wind and hydrogen development has been revealed.

  • Wales funds Nova Innovation’s ‘blue energy island’ tidal scheme

    12 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish tidal energy company Nova Innovation has secured an investment of £1.2 million from the Welsh government for its Enlli tidal energy project in North Wales.

  • Scotland, Germany launch green hydrogen partnership

    14 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Germany’s largest state Bavaria and Scottland have decided to strengthen ties in the field of green hydrogen and explore the potential of its transportation.

  • Forth Ports ramps up decarbonisation efforts with 2042 net-zero pledge

    17 May 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    UK’s third largest ports group Forth Ports has outlined its commitment and the actions it is taking to achieve a Net Zero carbon operation by 2042. 

  • Nexans wins turnkey Moray West export cable contract

    20 December 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Nexans has won a turnkey contract with Ocean Winds to design, manufacture, install and protect the 220kV subsea and onshore export cable system for the Moray West offshore wind farm. The Moray West project is an 860 MW offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, located off the northeast coast of Scotland. Nexans’ tailor-made […]

  • Survey starting at Scottish floating offshore wind project

    7 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A geophysical and environmental survey is set to soon commence at the Salamander floating offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. The geophysical survey and benthic drop-down video and grab survey activities are expected to commence on 26 July at the earliest and run until 30 September at the latest, […]

  • Lamprell to manufacture 30 foundations for Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm

    8 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7’s renewables business unit Seaway 7 has chosen Lamprell for the delivery of 30 foundations for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm. Under the contract, yet to be finalised and to be executed on a lump-sum basis, the UAE-based company will manufacture jackets, transition pieces and suction caissons. Lamprell will deliver the jackets to […]

  • NKT cuts losses as revenues rise

    10 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Infrastructure, Technology

    NKT, the power cables business, has delivered improved revenue and earnings in Q3 2020 in all of its business lines. The cable division generated revenue of some €300 million, against €232 million same time last year. Year-to-date revenues stood at €1.05 billion, versus €926 million for the first nine months in 2019. NKT expects 2020 […]

  • ELEMENT gears up for tidal turbine testing in France

    16 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    EU-backed ELEMENT project, dedicated to developing a tidal energy control system that will reduce the cost of tidal energy, is set to deploy a turbine for testing in Brittany, France, this autumn, following the onshore testing. The project, led by Scottish tidal technology company Nova Innovation, aims to develop an innovative control system for tidal […]

  • Aberdeen underwater engineering hub set for £5 million boost

    2 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    British Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a further £5 million for the global underwater hub in Aberdeen, building on last year’s £1.3 million commitment.  This is part of the government boost for Scottish businesses looking to receive more than £57 million to their green energy transition and further investment to create local jobs in key […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean to install turbines at Seagreen offshore wind project

    20 July 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has secured a contract with MHI Vestas for the transportation and installation of turbines at the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Seagreen will comprise 114 MHI Vestas V164-10 MW turbines located some 27 kilometers off the Angus coast. SBO expects to commence the installation of the units in the second […]

  • JECS Offshore to work with Nexans on Seagreen OWF

    12 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Nexans Norway has selected JECS Offshore Services to assist with the export cable pull-in, routing, termination and testing work on the Seagreen offshore wind farm.

  • DEME to Link Neart na Gaoithe OWF Turbines

    2 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    DEME Offshore has been awarded an EPCI contract for the inter-array and interconnector cables at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland. The scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the subsea cables for the 450 MW capacity wind farm, with execution expected in 2021. The 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe […]

  • Subsea 7 lands Seagreen deal

    4 June 2020
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Subsea 7 has won a contract from SSE Renewables for Seagreen wind farm foundations and inter-array cables offshore Scotland. The Seagreen development will be a 1,075MW offshore wind farm, comprising 114 wind turbines off the east coast of Scotland. Subsea 7’s renewables division Seaway 7 will manage the EPCI of foundations and also some 300 […]

  • In focus: Post-COP26, offshore energy sector using every lever to support creation of net-zero future

    19 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    As the dust is settling in the aftermath of COP26, new developments in the offshore energy sector are laying the grounds for the net-zero future.

  • Harland & Wolff taking over BiFab Methil, Arnish sites

    12 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    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 […]

  • Eversendai bags two offshore wind contracts

    1 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Petrofac has awarded the Dubai-based Eversendai Offshore with two substantial contracts for the offshore wind-related projects in the Netherlands and in Scotland, UK. Eversendai Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Eversendai Corporation Berhad, will fabricate and construct a jacket foundation and the accompanying piles for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta substation platform to be […]

  • Nexans secures loan guarantees for UK export cable contract

    26 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Nexans Norway has secured NOK 2 billion (around £155 million) in loan guarantees from Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) that will be used for a UK export cable contract. The transaction covers the export and installation of high-voltage subsea cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland. “Having Eksfin on our […]

  • Petrofac Enters Seagreen Wind Farm Substations Deal

    16 January 2020
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Petrofac has entered into a Preferred Supplier Agreement with SSE Renewables to design, supply and install the HVAC onshore and offshore substations for the Seagreen wind farm project. The wind farm will be located 27 kilometers off the coast of Angus. Petrofac has started early work on the project. Subject to a final investment decision […]

  • Nexans Export Cables for Seagreen OWF

    4 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Nexans has been appointed by SSE as the preferred supplier to design, manufacture and install the onshore and offshore export cables for the Phase 1 development of the Seagreen offshore wind farm project. Currently under construction off the Angus coast, Phase 1 comprises the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo wind farms. With a combined capacity of […]