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Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has partnered with two Scottish universities to investigate any potential impact of floating windfarms on marine ecosystems.
[Read more…] about Salamander windfarm deploys environmental monitoring campaignThe first geotechnical seabed surveys for a proposed second phase to Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm have been completed.
[Read more…] about Geotechnical surveys underway for Seagreen 1AA funding package has been agreed to secure an estimated £350 million inward investment project for Scotland from Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables (SEUK).
[Read more…] about Funding to secure £350 million inward investment projectLast week, TWP’s Project Director Ian Taylor and Supply Chain Manager Gavin MacKay met with Scottish Energy Minister Gillian Martin to discuss the current climate for offshore wind development and Thistle Wind Partners’ own Ayre and Bowdun projects.
[Read more…] about TWP meets Scottish Energy Minister Gillian MartinFlotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have signed exclusivity agreements for two floating offshore wind developments with up to a total of 1.9 gigawatt (GW) capacity under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round.
[Read more…] about Agreement for two floating offshore wind farmsSSE Renewables and its partner TotalEnergies have announced all 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines at the 1.1GW Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Scotland are now fully operational and are generating clean, renewable energy to Britain’s power grid.
[Read more…] about Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm now fully operationalEngineering consultancy DORIS has been appointed as Principal Designer on the Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farm projects in Scotland by the BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership.
[Read more…] about DORIS principal designer on Broadshore and Bellrock floating OWFsSeagreen Wind Farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, achieved another landmark this week as the 114th and final wind turbine was installed.
Seagreen is Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm and is located 27km from the Angus coast.
Once fully operational, Seagreen will be capable of generating around 5,000GWh of renewable energy annually – enough clean and sustainable electricity to power more than 1.6m UK homes.
Seaway7 has completed the full engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) cables scope on the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland, a joint venture project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies.
[Read more…] about Completion EPCI cables scope on Scotland’s largest OWFBuchan Offshore Wind, the developer of a major floating offshore wind farm, has recently placed three large advisory contracts.
[Read more…] about Buchan Offshore Wind awards new contracts
