‘Very poor quality’ decommissioning plans for UK offshore wind
Over 3.5GW of global offshore wind capacity will reach the end of operational life by 2035 if no other action is taken.
Over 3.5GW of global offshore wind capacity will reach the end of operational life by 2035 if no other action is taken.
“We’re hopeful we can get the seabed lease then put our foot down on delivering,” is the message from the triarchy behind the Salamander floating wind scheme off Peterhead.
The UK is poised to join a coalition committed to accelerating the deployment of offshore wind worldwide.
A contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm has been settled.
Work on a new “state-of-the-art” subsea cable manufacturing facility is now underway in the north of England.
Equinor has signalled its interest in developing new floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea ahead of the Crown Estate’s 2023 leasing round.
Green energy developer SSE Renewables is exploring upping the potential overall project capacity of its ScotWind scheme.
A series of public consultation events on a major Scottish offshore wind farm are due to be held this month.
Crown Estate Scotland has confirmed all three applicants in its ScotWind Clearing Round have now secured seabed option agreements.
Ahead of a skills summit in Aberdeen this week, employment experts have assessed why Scotland and the wider UK has woes around attracting enough workers in renewable energy.
US-headquartered Ocergy has been awarded a pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) deal for the foundations for the Salamander floating wind farm off Aberdeenshire.
Rovco has secured a contract for rock bag deployment and installation at the Galloper offshore wind farm in the Outer Thames Estuary.
SSE Renewables will take on construction of the 12-turbine project following its acquisition from developer RES, but said development would rely on supportive government policy.
The Scottish Government has approved plans to build a 225-megawatt (MW) wind farm on uplands near Forres, overturning objections by local planners.
Shell (LON: SHEL) is harnessing talent from its offshore oil and gas division to progress two major Scottish floating wind farms.
Offshore wind workers have taken to the streets after receiving a “paltry pay offer” from one of the world’s largest green energy firms.
For decades oil rigs have been part of the furniture in and around the Cromarty Firth in the north of Scotland.
Half of the turbines are now in place at what will soon become Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, as the construction of Seagreen continues off the Angus coast.
Scotland’s net zero and energy secretary is fearful the offshore wind sector won’t have enough workers to deliver projects.
Shell regional VP for offshore power Hugo Buis said work on the Marram and Campion offshore wind projects is moving “at speed”, with the projects seen as a crucial stepping-stone to wider deployment of floating technology.
A boss at Kishorn Port is asking the offshore wind industry to give clarity around future floating turbine and foundation designs.
Getting ScotWind projects over the finish line is indeed “a race”, a major conference in Aberdeen has heard, but the supply chain mustn’t be left behind.
Energy giant BP (LON: BP) is “absolutely following through” on its pledge to put Aberdeen at the heart of its offshore wind activities.
Fresh research from trade body RenewableUK shines a light on the massive growth in floating offshore wind projects in recent months.
Renewable energy generators have hit out at a new UK Government bill which they said would impose a “windfall tax” on the sector and “skew investment towards fossil fuels”.