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  • OWPL consortium developing green hydrogen facility in Scotland

    12 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL) consortium partners with Repsol Sinopec and Uniper to develop Flotta Hydrogen Hub, a large-scale green hydrogen facility in Orkney.

  • Marine Scotland consulting on using offshore wind to decarbosnise oil & gas sector

    27 August 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Marine Scotland has launched consultation on the potential opportunities for offshore wind innovation and projects to assist in decarbonising the oil and gas sector, which could be included in the future leasing process. Namely, the Scottish Government has started working on a new Sectoral Marine Plan round for Offshore Wind for Innovation and Targeted Oil and […]

  • BP entering Japanese offshore wind market

    23 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    BP has entered into an agreement with Marubeni to form a strategic partnership for offshore wind and potentially other decarbonisation projects, including hydrogen, in Japan. The new partnership will see BP acquiring a stake in Marubeni’s proposed offshore wind project in the country. Under the agreement, BP will join with Marubeni on a proposed offshore […]

  • Green Volt on track to power UK oil & gas platforms by mid-2020s

    9 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    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 […]

  • SSE consulting public on 2.3 GW Scottish offshore wind farm

    13 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has invited residents, businesses, community groups and consultees in Scotland’s East Lothian to have their say regarding the plans for the massive Berwick Bank offshore wind farm and provide initial feedback during the first round of public consultation. The developer is organising an online showcase this month for the public to find out […]

  • px Group to take on onshore part of Cerulean Winds’ floating wind-to-hydrogen project

    19 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Cerulean Winds has signed an agreement with px Group to support onshore green hydrogen plants and associated industrial infrastructure at sites in Scotland and England as part of its 200-turbine floating wind-to-hydrogen project in the North Sea. The UK operator of large-scale industrial facilities would be responsible for lease and ownership arrangements for the sites and […]

  • Fugro to start surveys at Inch Cape offshore wind farm

    10 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Fugro is set to begin nearshore surveys at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, located 15-22 kilometres off the Angus coastline in Scotland. The information gathered will be used to inform detailed design work and ultimately the construction process, according to Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between the Edinburgh-based Red Rock Power Limited […]

  • Ofgem greenlights Shetland subsea link

    23 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Ofgem has approved a proposal by SSEN to build a 600MW subsea link from Shetland to mainland Scotland. The link would allow new wind farms on Shetland to export electricity to and also ensure supply on the islands. Ofgem’s approval is also subject to approval of 457MW Viking Energy Wind Farm. Ofgem regulates network companies […]

  • As calls for more UK-produced energy lock horns with outcries to ban new oil & gas, all roads lead to renewables

    7 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Renewables are seen as the UK’s road to net-zero, but many feel this should be a gradual shift in investment rather than casting new oil & gas aside right away.

  • Seaway 7 tapped for $500+ million offshore wind contract in Scotland

    7 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Seagreen 1 Limited has selected Seaway 7, the Renewables & Heavy Lifting business unit of Subsea 7, as a preferred supplier for the Seagreen 1A wind project offshore Scotland, with the final contract expected to be valued between $500 million and $750 million. Seagreen 1A lies adjacent to the existing Seagreen project that Seaway 7 […]

  • Rovco on Beatrice OWF subsea duty

    19 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea technology firm Rovco has recently secured a contract to carry out work at Scotland’s Beatrice offshore wind farm. The Edinburgh-based company will deliver inspection and survey work across nominated subsea jacket locations on the wind farm, including export and inter-array cables. The goal of the subsea campaign is to assist in informing the current […]

  • Scots issue offshore wind seabird reports

    31 July 2020
    Environment

    The Scottish government will over the summer release five reports aimed at further informing the relation between seabird population and offshore wind projects. The goal is to inform new guidance on seabird population analysis and map how sensitive certain populations can be to potential offshore wind locations. Two of the reports have already been released, […]

  • Next phase of Seagreen OWF onshore cabling work set to start

    5 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    The next phase of the onshore cable works for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is set to start at Carnoustie Golf Links in the coming days, according to Angus Council. In August, the Seagreen team begun preparatory works for the onshore cabling project with early compound set up works at Carnoustie. The following […]

  • NZTC gets £2.12M support to demonstrate feasibility of repurposing existing assets to produce green hydrogen

    13 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The Scottish Government has awarded £2.12 million (around $2.35 million) to Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) from Just Transition Fund (JTF) to support the delivery of the centre’s Hydrogen Offshore Production Project (HOP2). The HOP2 project, which will be delivered over four years, will demonstrate if offshore hydrogen production and storage is feasible at a […]

  • WES awards contract for floating wind and wave energy landscaping study

    26 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has hired Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) to carry out a study into the techno-economic benefits of shared services and infrastructure for wind and wave energy technologies and projects.

  • Van Oord joins Seaway 7 on Seagreen offshore wind project

    26 November 2021
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Seaway 7, the main Seagreen contractor, has contracted Van Oord to install scour protection around the 114 wind turbine foundations at the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbines for this 1.1 GW offshore wind farm located 27 kilometres off the coast of Angus will be installed on three-legged jacket foundations. After the installation […]

  • Principle Power joins DeepWind cluster

    31 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Principle Power has joined the DeepWind cluster to promote the development of deepwater offshore wind in the UK. Principle Power said that DeepWind is an excellent vehicle to further deepen its relationship with local and international stakeholders and suppliers in order to drive the UK floating wind industry forward, particularly in the context of the […]

  • Scotland reaps benefits from renewables, new report shows

    29 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Industry body Scottish Renewables has released a new report analysing contribution of renewable energy to the economy of rural Scotland. The report reviews five economic studies carried out over the past three years. It shows the “remarkable an undeniable” positive effects of the sustainable development of wind, hydropower as well as marine energy from Dumfries […]

  • Montrose Port to become 1st Scottish port to provide shore power

    13 December 2022
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Montrose Port Authority has partnered with Norwegian company Plug Shore Power Ltd in a 50/50 joint venture to become the first Scottish port to offer shore power to offshore energy vessels.

  • Fugro continues with surveys at Inch Cape offshore wind farm

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

    Fugro is about to commence a vessel-mounted bathymetry survey at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, located off the Angus coastline in Scotland. The activities are planned to begin on or after 2 July and are expected to take up to 10 days to complete, weather permitting. The 50-meter DP2 research/survey vessel Mainport Geo, built […]

  • Ofgem to Review New Proposal for Shetland Subsea Link

    27 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission) has resubmitted its needs case to the energy regulator Ofgem for the proposed Shetland interconnector. For Shetland, the cable would connect planned wind farm projects on Shetland with mainland Scotland allowing them to export electricity to the rest of Great Britain. SSEN says that it should also […]

  • Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 to develop floating wind project in Scotland

    29 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 have entered into a joint venture to develop the Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland. The joint venture, in which Subsea 7 has a minority interest, will focus on developing the pre-commercial project of up to 200 MW off the North East Coast of Scotland. As the concept […]

  • Scotland opens offshore wind leasing round to decarbonise North Sea oil and gas

    10 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Scotland’s new offshore wind leasing round aiming to decarbonise the North Sea oil and gas sector has kicked off today.

  • Vattenfall working on green hydrogen demo project at Scottish offshore wind farm

    5 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Vattenfall is working on a hydrogen demonstrator project named Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1), which involves installing hydrogen production equipment on one of the wind turbines at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) in Scotland. The company has already submitted a couple of applications for pipeline route surveys with Marine Scotland, as […]

  • Petrofac taps Linxon for Seagreen 1 work

    24 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Linxon, a joint venture between ABB and SNC-Lavalin, has won a contract to support Petrofac in delivering the substations for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Linxon is supporting Petrofac, the EPCI contractor for the wind farm’s substations, to deliver the turnkey onshore substation, and supply, install and commission the HVAC equipment for the […]