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New offshore wind team to boost industry body as sector ramps up for 2024

New offshore wind team to boost industry body as sector ramps up for 2024 Four-strong policy department will tackle offshore wind issues Crown Estate Scotland Director of Marine to join Scottish Renewables and lead new team from February 2024   Industry body Scottish Renewables is launching a new team to focus on the offshore wind sector – with Crown Estate Scotland’s current Director of Marine at the helm. The four-strong team – to be led by Colin Palmer, c...

OEG Renewables companies to deliver turnkey marine coordination solution to the >1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan

OEG Renewables companies to deliver turnkey marine coordination solution to the >1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan   OEG Energy Group Limited (“OEG”, the “Group”), a leading offshore solutions business, is pleased to announce that Specialist Marine Consultants (“SMC”) and Fern Communications (“Fern”), both OEG Renewables businesses, have been contracted to deliver a turnkey marine coordination solution to the Hai Long Offs...

Van Oord completes Baltic Eagle foundation installation

Van Oord completes Baltic Eagle foundation installation   Van Oord has successfully completed the installation of all 50 foundations and inter-array cables for Iberdrola’s 476MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. Earlier this year, heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen (pictured) installed the monopiles off the coast of Germany The wind turbine foundations were completed by Van Oord with the installation of the transition pieces. Van Oord performed the installation in two...

Petrofac, Hitachi Energy, to deliver Nederwiek 1

Petrofac, Hitachi Energy, to deliver Nederwiek 1   Petrofac and Hitachi Energy will deliver Nederwiek 1, a Dutch transmission station which forms part of TenneT’s 2GW Programme. The contract award is the second project under a US$14bn, multi-year framework agreement with TenneT to expand offshore wind capacity in the North Sea. The project is to be executed under a standalone contract, with Petrofac’s portion valued at around US$1.4bn. Nederwiek 1 comprises severa...

RWE wins two German onshore auction deals

RWE wins two German onshore auction deals   RWE has been awarded two contracts in the latest German onshore wind auction. The company will build and operate another wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia and one in Schleswig-Holstein, after successful bids to the Federal Network Agency. After commissioning in 2025, the 10 turbines will be able to produce enough green electricity to cover the needs of around 42,000 households. RWE Renewables Europe & Australia chief executive...

Vestas secures 186MW wind turbine order in Finland

Vestas secures 186MW wind turbine order in Finland   Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has secured an 186MW wind turbine contract from the Nordic energy company Ilmatar. The order was placed by the Nordic company after reaching a final investment decision for the wind energy project, which is located in Pahkakoski in the municipality of Ii, 60km north-east of Oulu, Finland. Ilmatar Energy CEO Juha-Pekka Weckström stated: “This is a big investment decision that we are v...

Glamox Inks Sofia Lighting Contract

Glamox Inks Sofia Lighting Contract   Norway-headquartered Glamox has won a contract from Dutch engineering company, Bakker Sliedrecht, to provide specialist marine LED lighting for the foundation platforms for 100 14 MW wind turbines for the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. For the Sofia offshore wind farm, Glamox will provide 800 marine-certified LED luminaires, which will illuminate the platforms on which the giant wind turbines will be installed. The luminaires include i...

Economic Impact of Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector

Economic Impact of Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector   More than 42,000 jobs supported by Scotland’s renewable energy sector, our new report finds. Scotland’s renewable energy industry and its supply chain supported more than 42,000 jobs and generated over £10.1 billion of output in 2021. Using the latest data available, our report finds that for the first time offshore wind is the renewable energy technology supporting the most employment across the Sco...

Climate groups launch legal challenges to stop Rosebank oil field project

Climate groups launch legal challenges to stop Rosebank oil field project   Greenpeace UK and Uplift have begun legal action to challenge the government’s plans of opening a new oil field in the North Sea. The climate campaign groups have issued the legal challenges separately, saying that the plans are not compatible with the UK's legal target to reach net zero and ignore the devastating impact of burning oil from the site on marine environments. If successful, the ch...

Hughes Subsea provides ROV services to Vattenfall’s Kent Offshore Wind Farms

Hughes Subsea provides ROV services to Vattenfall’s Kent Offshore Wind Farms   Hughes Subsea Services, a brand in OEG Renewables Subsea Division, recently supplied ROV services to Vattenfall for subsea inspection work on three of the company’s UK offshore wind farms. The contract covered general visual inspection (GVI) and 3D photogrammetry of Cable Protection Systems (CPS) and cable-ends using the VALOR Observation class ROV on Thanet, Kentish Flats and Kentish Flats E...

AREG photography competition winners show renewable energy through a focused lens

AREG photography competition winners show renewable energy through a focused lens   Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), the original energy transition organisation, has announced the winners of its 2024 ‘Art of Renewable Energy’ photography competition. The 14 winning images, which feature in AREG’s 2024 calendar, show renewable energy integrated within the community and across the Scottish landscape, from hydrogen buses on Union Street to electric bikes outsi...

Major boost for hydrogen as UK unlocks new investment, jobs and progress towards net zero

Major boost for hydrogen as UK unlocks new investment, jobs and progress towards net zero   Eleven new production projects will invest around £400 million up front over the next three years, growing the UK’s green economy. More than 700 jobs to be created, representing the largest number of commercial scale green hydrogen production projects announced at once anywhere in Europe. New certainty for industry as government sets out hydrogen ambitions, including future...

New survey finds confidence is high in offshore wind supply chain despite economic challenges

New survey finds confidence is high in offshore wind supply chain despite economic challenges   The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s second annual Offshore Wind Supply Chain Confidence Survey, released today (Monday), has found that confidence within the offshore wind sector remains high, despite a challenging 12 months. The survey, taken during October and November 2023, revealed that companies within the UK’s offshore wind sector remain confident of growth...

UK dedicates £140m to help countries switch to cleaner energy sources

UK dedicates £140m to help countries switch to cleaner energy sources   £140 million funding to support developing countries deliver net zero while growing their economies, creating thousands more green jobs internationally Funding will support governments across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to set clean growth goals New international partnerships agreed to move towards clean energy and accelerate low-carbon steel, cement and concrete production, after PM called...

Net Zero Technology Centre launches Technology Without Borders initiative at COP28

Net Zero Technology Centre launches Technology Without Borders initiative at COP28   Technology Without Borders initiative launched at COP28 to drive a global technology partnership for rapid transfer, deployment and scale up ambition. Technology co-development, transfer and local adaptation, knowledge sharing, and capacity building between countries in the Global North and South to accelerate the Global Net Zero transition. Call for international funding and partners to join t...

Packed supply chain event as businesses explore MarramWind opportunities

Packed supply chain event as businesses explore MarramWind opportunities   Around 80 representatives from supply chain businesses across the north-east packed a special event in Peterhead this week to hear about the opportunities that could be available in connection with the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm. Organised in conjunction with the DeepWind offshore wind cluster, the event gave businesses the chance to find out more about the exciting green project –...

UK leads global action to protect rainforests, cut methane emissions and advance low carbon technologies

UK leads global action to protect rainforests, cut methane emissions and advance low carbon technologies   Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho announces over £85 million dedicated funding to tackle climate change at COP28 in Dubai  Package includes support for developing countries to cut carbon emissions  UK to sign unique partnerships with Brazil on hydrogen and decarbonising heavy industry  New international pledge on nuclear signed alongside US...

New Edinburgh Office for Floating Offshore Wind Pioneers

New Edinburgh Office for Floating Offshore Wind Pioneers   Gillian Martin MSP, Minister for Energy and the Environment formally opens new Scottish office for BlueFloat Energy & Renantis Partnership Edinburgh office will be the hub from which the Partnership will develop its UK pipeline of floating offshore wind farms Thursday 30 November 2023 A new office for the BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership was opened in Edinburgh this week [Wednesday 29 November] by the S...

Scottish Green Energy Awards celebrates Scotland’s renewable energy industry

Scottish Green Energy Awards celebrates Scotland’s renewable energy industry More than 1,250 guests attend sold out event in Edinburgh 15 award winners recognised for exceptional services to the sector   A cutting-edge technology that is revolutionising the maintenance of wind turbine blades has scooped a top prize at last night's (November 30) Scottish Green Energy Awards. Geo-Structural, whose SQYFlex blade access platform allows turbine technicians to carry out b...

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn sign exclusivity agreements for development of two floating offshore windfarms with up to 1.9 GW capacity

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn sign exclusivity agreements for development of two floating offshore windfarms with up to 1.9 GW capacity   Flotation 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. When comple...
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