Beatrice Offshore Windfarm to Pay £33 Million for Breaching Market Rules
A wind farm in Scotland will pay £33.14 million to UK energy regulator Ofgem for breaching energy market rules.
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm
A day of training for offshore wind and surviving the North Sea
We sent a reporter to get hands-on with sea survival training for the offshore wind sector.
Communities in Highland and Moray benefit from share of Beatrice Partnership Fund
Communities in the north of Scotland have been awarded more than half a million pounds as part of the latest round of the Beatrice Partnership Fund.
Inch Cape wind project posts £16m losses in 2019
A proposed North Sea offshore wind farm project has posted multi-million pound losses despite being years away from construction.
Power to the people: Workers keep turbines spinning at Scotland’s largest wind farm during ‘unprecedented times’
While the Covid-19 pandemic has ground most of society to a crushing halt, Scotland’s essential services, supermarkets and homes still require abundant electricity.
‘Weaknesses’ in renewables market sink Subsea 7 to a loss
Subsea 7 has sank to a loss due to ‘weaknesses’ and reduced activity in the renewables and heavy lift markets.
Scottish Government refutes fresh offshore wind jobs decline figures
The Scottish Government has rejected that new offshore wind jobs figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reflect a decline in sector employment.
Big Scottish wind projects too far from ‘areas of demand’, market analysts claim
Scotland's biggest offshore wind projects could ultimately suffer from being too far from major areas of UK demand, according to a market research analyst.
WATCH: Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm battles ‘the haar’
Scotland's biggest wind farm was opened yesterday by the Duke of Rothesay in Wick, in the north-east of the country.
‘Increase cap’ on offshore wind power, SSE tells UK Government
Energy firm SSE has written to the UK Government asking it to increase its cap on the offshore wind power allowance.
‘Significant pipeline’ of offshore wind work could be headed to Highlands
A director of Moray Offshore Renewables claimed last night that the new £12 million deal with Global Energy Group (Geg) could herald a “significant pipeline” of offshore wind work in the Highlands.
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to create close to 100 jobs
Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm project is set to create close to 100 full-time jobs once complete.
‘We’re aware the clock is ticking’ on Brexit, Scottish Renewables boss says
A Scottish renewables trade body boss has admitted that the vote to leave the European Union came at an inopportune moment for the sector.
Offshore wind sector deal could swell north-east renewable jobs
A new UK Government-pledged deal for the offshore wind industry could swell the number of north-east jobs in the sector.
Highland firms call on politicians to ‘grasp’ renewables opportunity
Major employers in the Highlands have called for local and national government to “grasp the opportunity” to make the Moray Firth a renewables hub.
SSE aiming for further renewables market domination with new business
Scottish energy giant SSE is seeking a bigger slice of the renewables pie with the creation of a new business.
Ofgem open tender for Beatrice windfarm transmission link
Ofgem said it has opened tender for ownership of the transmision link connecting the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm (BOWF) to shore.
Beatrice wind project brings on Granada for crane contract
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm has agreed a deal with Manchester firm Granada Material Handling for 84 installed crane units.
WATCH: Developer Nexans loads Beatrice wind farm cable
Watch as Nexans loads a section of cable for the upcoming Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm onto its Skagerrak ship for the journey across the North Sea.
First Beatrice energy expected in July this year
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project manager, Steve Wilson, has confirmed that energy generation is expected to begin in July 2018.
Helicopter firm NHV secures contract with Beatrice wind farm builder
Belgian helicopter operator NHV Group has tied up its second North Sea contract in just three weeks.
Beatrice wind farm work creates 71 new jobs on Lewis
A Fife-headquartered fabrication company said a contract for wind turbine jackets and piles had enabled it to hire 71 more workers at its site on the Isle of Lewis.
Global Energy welcomes Beatrice contract win as boost to North
A multi-million contract to deliver the Beatrice offshore windfarm has been awarded to Global Energy Group's Nigg fabrication yard on the Cromarty Firth.
Politicians welcome green-light for Beatrice wind farm
News that the consortium of developers led by SSE have committed the final £2.6billion investment decision for the 588MW 84-turbine Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland has been welcomed by politicians.