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  • 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 […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis award surveys contract for floating wind sites offshore Scotland

    6 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Acteon Geo-services brands, TerraSond and Benthic, have been awarded a combined geophysical and geotechnical survey by the BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership for its Bellrock and Broadshore offshore wind farms, located northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. The geophysical scope will involve using the Ocean Fortune, a survey vessel designed specifically for year-round North Sea operations, which […]

  • IMCA Gets on Top of Offshore Renewables

    16 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is responding to the growth of involvement by its members in the marine renewable energy sector. IMCA’s Technical Adviser – Marine, Captain Andy Goldsmith said: “IMCA’s Marine Renewable Energy Committee has been busy responding to the needs of our members in this growing sector. The Committee interacts directly with […]

  • PSG wins contract for Scottish floating wind farm

    29 July 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    PSG Marine & Logistics has secured a staging contract by Boskalis Subsea for the Kincardine floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Work began at Port of Cromarty Firth, where PSG is undertaking the onshore handling, marshaling and loadout of mooring equipment destined for the project off the coast of Aberdeen. “This new award is to […]

  • Lloyd’s Register gives nod of approval for Quoceant’s Q-Connect system

    12 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Scottish engineering consultancy Quoceant has secured an approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for its quick connection system for marine renewable energy applications.

  • UK and Norway’s energy transition tale spotlights oil & gas electrification, offshore wind, CCS, and hydrogen as main chapters

    19 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Westwood has looked at the UK and Norway’s net-zero targets and steps being taken to decarbonise the oil and gas industry.

  • AREG Membership List Grows

    10 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has seen its membership numbers rise over the past 12 months with an increase in the number of companies supporting both the offshore wind and wave and tidal sectors. Among the 25 new sign-ups are marine engineering firm EC-OG, weather forecasting business StormGeo AS, fabric maintenance business, Venko Offshore and […]

  • Scots commission study to help SMEs in offshore wind

    28 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    BVG Associates has begun a new study to help pave the way for Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the offshore wind sector. The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council commissioned the research with the aim of helping SMEs win business in the global offshore wind market. The council’s Supply Chain and Clusters group and […]

  • UK: £5 bln grid investments proposed, including England-Scotland subsea links

    31 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    National Grid Electricity System Operator, the UK’s electricity system operator, has published Networks Options Assessment (NOA) for 2022 recommending more than £5 billion (around $6.7 billion) worth of grid infrastructure investments in the North of Scotland.

  • Seagreen export cable installation about to begin

    19 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Nexans is about to begin the installation of the first of three export cables at the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. According to the latest AIS data, cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora arrived at the project site on 18 January. Operations will commence at the Carnoustie landfall site, the export cable will be […]

  • BW Ideol, Ardersier Port ink partnership agreement, dredging included

    21 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    BW Ideol and Ardersier Port Authority have signed a partnership agreement on securing access to the Scottish port for the production of its concrete floaters. Under the agreement, the parties will study the creation of a serial production line for floating wind substructures based on BW Ideol’s technology. Commenting the latest news, Paul de la Guérivière, […]

  • Shared floating wind and wave projects offer 12% combined cost reduction, report finds

    11 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Sharing infrastructure, services and supply chain between wind and wave energy projects can significantly reduce the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for both wind and wave energy projects, a new report has found.

  • Seabed surveys start for 2 GW ScotWind offshore wind projects

    6 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has launched seabed surveys for its 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm and the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites, in leasing zones NE2 and E3, from March […]

  • UK: Port of Ardersier Development Plan Includes Dredging

    31 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Highland Council has today granted planning permission in principle to Port of Ardersier Ltd to establish an off-shore renewables port facility at the former McDermott Fabrication Yard at Whiteness Head to the west of Nairn. The site, which extends to over 3km2 of ground reclaimed from the foreshore in the 1970s for the fabrication […]

  • North Sea oil project’s development solution envisages FPSO redeployment with floating wind electrification on the cards

    4 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Jersey and NEO Energy have chosen a solution for the development of their oil project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Glomar Wave back on the job for Rovco

    11 March 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Subsea technology company Rovco has once again chartered Glomar Offshore’s DP2 vessel Glomar Wave following offshore wind ROV campaigns in summer and autumn last year. The Edinburgh-based company utilised the 2014-built Glomar Wave for work on offshore wind farms in both UK and German waters. The 66.4-metre subsea support and accommodation vessel, equpped with Seaeye […]

  • Renewable energy investments swelling, oil & gas giants’ energy transition speeding up

    2 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Offshore wind could become a $ 1 trillion industry over the next two decades, and renewable energy in general will create an investment opportunity of between $ 8 trillion and $ 16 trillion by 2030, according to some of the reports recently published. Meanwhile, oil & gas giants are making concrete steps in the renewable […]

  • Magnora targets ScotWind, Norway with floating wind tie-up

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    Norway-based Magnora has entered into a partnership with an undisclosed company to establish a joint floating wind player called Magnora Floating Wind, which already started working on the application for the ScotWind round in Scotland. The newly established company also plans to participate in the first offshore wind application round in Norway this year, and […]

  • Ideol sets up partnership for floating wind mooring solutions

    4 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Ideol and Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) have entered a strategic partnership to develop a new synthetic mooring solution for the floating offshore wind market. According to the parties, the goal is to meet the floating offshore wind market’s cost reduction, capacity and lead-time expectations. “Mooring solutions and offshore installation have a significant impact on a […]

  • Seagreen to reach full capacity, feedback sought on Seagreen1a grid links

    14 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Seagreen 1A Ltd. is seeking feedback on the onshore and offshore grid connection proposals related to the remaining 36 turbines to be installed at the Seagreen offshore wind project. The company is undertaking pre-application consultation ahead of potentially submitting applications to East Lothian Council and Marine Scotland for the onshore and offshore elements to allow […]

  • Cerulean reveals 6 GW floating offshore wind bid under INTOG leasing round

    19 July 2022
    Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Green energy infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds has revealed it will bid for four seabed lease sites with a combined capacity of 6 GW of floating wind to decarbonise the UK’s oil and gas sector under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. This scale will remove more emissions quickly, keep […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind sets sights on deep-water projects

    6 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Aker Solutions’ offshore wind spin-off, Aker Offshore Wind, will initially focus on deep-water fixed-bottom and floating wind projects in four different markets: South Korea, the USA, Scotland, and Norway. ScotWind According to a company presentation, Aker Offshore Wind has entered into an agreement with ”a reputable utility company” to submit a joint bid in the […]

  • In focus: Energy transition drives development of zero-emission fuels across all sectors

    23 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Renewable electricity has been a remarkable success over the past 20 years, but the same cannot be said for other energy uses. However, the global energy transition trend stands to change this as witnessed in a week behind us by a number of collaborative initiatives launched to address the challenge of decarbonisation in heating, energy storage, and transportation sectors.

  • Nova Innovation in second WES contract win for subsea electrical connector

    16 July 2020
    Equipment

    Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has received a second contract with Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to deliver its subsea electrical connector. Nova’s MECmate product, a connector linking subsea cables and/or devices, is tailored to meet the demanding requirements of the marine energy environment. The technology was among three others that secured WES funding of £1.4 […]

  • SSE and partners award survey contracts for Ossian floating wind farm

    13 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    SSE Renewables, Marubeni Corporation, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), the consortium behind Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, have awarded the contract for geotechnical investigations to Fugro and Ocean Infinity. The Netherlands-based Fugro will focus on downhole geotechnical sampling and in-situ cone penetration testing, while Ocean Infinity will focus on the seabed scope which […]