Equinor urges north-east firms to be bolder when competing for contracts
North-east firms should “definitely” be bolder when going for offshore wind supply contracts, a project boss said yesterday.
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No floating wind boom for a decade, says industry boffin
Floating wind is unlikely to see a boom for at least a decade, said an offshore wind industry boffin yesterday.
Scotland’s energy success masking failures in other areas, report claims
Scotland is outperforming the rest of the UK in reducing greenhouse gas emissions - but success in areas such as energy and waste is masking a lack of action in other sectors, a report has said.
ONS 2018: Floating wind could power Norwegian oil fields
The Gullfaks and Snorre fields offshore Norway could soon be powered by floating offshore wind.
Major investments show up north-east’s ‘bright future’
Major developments in the fishing, agricultural and renewables sectors are being hailed as examples of what the north-east can do – and why more businesses should invest in the region.
Equinor spreads its wings with Batwind project
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has installed the first batteries for offshore wind in Peterhead.
Former BP North Sea chief joins renewables firm
A former head of engineering at BP has joined marine and engineering consulting firm LOC Renewables as a director.
Equinor considering Western Isles for another Hywind site
Equinor is meeting members of Western Isles council today as it aims to roll out its Hywind technology.
Wood monitoring turbulence from world’s first floating wind farm, Hywind
Wood has installed new technology to measure the effects of turbulence on the world’s first floating wind farm, off the coast of Peterhead.
Saipem targets more UK renewables work for huge crane vessel
Bosses at Saipem said yesterday that the Italian energy construction firm had more offshore renewable power projects in its sights in the UK North Sea.
Exclusive: Scotland’s east coast ‘is where we’d like to grow our business’, Hywind chief says
With the Hywind project off the coast of Peterhead outstripping all expectation during its first testing phase, Statoil’s senior vice president of wind and low carbon solutions, Stephen Bull, is confident about the technology’s growth in Scotland.
Ace Winches’ international drive gathers momentum
North-east firm Ace Winches’ drive to grow its international business has gained further momentum with key appointments in Norway and Egypt.
Statoil’s Hedda Felin not the traditional leader
Hedda Felin tells Allister Thomas why she thinks diversity is a strength in the modern workplace, and the role society has to place in encouraging that
North-east Scotland’s new energy industry
Aberdeenshire has a new energy industry and it’s green. From being the dream of a few individuals probably written off as slightly barmy, offshore wind has become a major part of the energy transition, for the UK as a whole, but also for north-east Scotland. Just take a look off the beach at Balmedie where the piles for the Aberdeen Bay Offshore Wind Farm are being installed as I write. Work is also continuing apace in the Moray Firth where the last 12 months have seen installation of all the offshore piles and a third of the jackets for the 84-turbine, £2.6billion Beatrice Offshore Windfarm. The first electricity could be generated as early as July and the operator, SSE, expects the farm to generate up to 588MW of power – enough for about 450,000 homes – once it is fully operational, which is expected in 2019.
Looming subsidy deadline spells the end for Scottish floating wind farms
A green energy trade body has warned Scottish floating wind farm projects are at risk unless the UK Government makes a “simple, minor change”.
Statoil says Hywind outstripped expectations over winter period
Norwegian energy giant Statoil said today that its Hywind project off Peterhead had outstripped expectations in its first three months of production.
UK and Northern Europe responsible for 25% growth in offshore wind
Data released today by wind energy policy group, Wind Europe, has recorded a 25% increase in offshore wind in 2017, with the UK a significant contributor to the growth.
Statoil eyes further Scottish sites for turbines
The company behind the world’s first floating windfarm, off Peterhead, has revealed it is looking at further sites around the Scottish coastline.
Statoil looks to win Dutch wind farm tender
Norwegian energy giant, Statoil, has tabled a bid for the offshore wind tender Hollandse Kust Zuid area I&II in the Dutch section of the North Sea.
Statoil says it is getting ‘more for less’ after reporting jump in Q3 profits
Norwegian oil major Statoil today reported a jump in third quarter profits and said it expected to increase production by 6% this year.
WATCH: The full story behind the world’s first floating windfarm
Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid today. Watch the video to learn more about this world first.
Sturgeon to unveil world’s first floating wind farm off Peterhead
The world's first floating wind farm is being opened today in waters off the coast of Scotland.
Hywind a powerful performer
A pioneering new North Sea renewables project will soon be supplying power to Scotland.
Crown Estate Scotland reveals offshore assets
Online data released by the organisation shows the Crown Estate’s full list of offshore infrastructure projects and undersea cabling for the first time.
First Hywind turbine arrives off north-east coast
The first turbine for Statoil's Hywind project was pulled into the Buchan Deep off Peterhead yesterday.