Big jobs win for Scotland as plans unveiled for £110m offshore wind tower factory
What will be the UK’s largest offshore wind tower manufacturing facility is to be built in the Highlands.
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SSE, Equinor reach financial close on Dogger Bank C
Joint venture partners Equinor and SSE Renewables have reached financial close on the third phase of the UK’s largest offshore wind farm.
Van Oord installs scour protection at Seagreen offshore wind
Dutch marine contractor Van Oord is to install scour protection around the 114 wind turbine foundations at the Seagreen offshore wind farm, off the coast of Angus.
Shell, Centrica and others strike deal to buy green power from giant Dogger Bank C wind farm
Shell, Centrica and others have struck deals to buy green energy from a planned North Sea wind farm.
Satellite shows Shetland Viking onshore wind farm works from space
Engineering works to install a mammoth onshore wind farm on a Scottish island are visible from space.
Marshalling works underway for Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm
Marshalling operations for what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm have kicked off in North East England.
Eni snaps up further Dogger Bank stakes in £140million deal
Eni is acquiring further stakes in the Dogger Bank wind farm project in a £140million deal.
‘Ground-breaking’ electron beam welding tech to be tested at Port of Nigg
Global Energy Group (GEG) is to trial a “ground-breaking” electron beam welding technology at its Port of Nigg facility in the Highlands.
‘Landmark point’: First foundation in place on Scotland’s giant Seagreen windfarm
A “major milestone” has been reached with the first foundation being installed at Seagreen, the largest offshore windfarm in Scotland.
North Star in discussions with ScotWind developers following Dogger Bank success
Bosses at North Star have credited their Dogger Bank offshore wind contract with opening the door for securing future renewables work.
ScotWind partnership claims bids will contribute £15bn to Scottish economy
SSE Renewables, Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) and Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have announced that up to £15 billion would be added to the Scottish economy by their proposed offshore wind projects in Scotland via the Crown Estate Scotland’s seabed leasing process.
SSE Renewables enters Japanese offshore wind market
Green energy giant SSE Renewables making roads into the Japanese offshore wind market with the signing of a new agreement.
‘There has been no decision to break up the SSE Group’ – SSE responds to media reports
Energy company SSE has hit back at media speculation that plans are in the pipeline to break up the SSE Group.
SSE Renewables to combine two wind farms to create ‘super project’
SSE Renewables is to combine two of its proposed North Sea wind farms in order to create one “super project”.
Window closing for Seagreen wind farm power contract
There are just a couple of weeks left for businesses to register their interest in the innovative offshore corporate purchase power agreement (cPPA) from Seagreen Wind Energy.
SSE Renewables charting new courses with Viking wind farm
“We need more Viking type projects, it's just difficult to find the space”, said Derek Hastings, SSE Renewables' head of onshore projects.
‘Concrete landmark’ reached for Viking onshore wind farm
SSE Renewables' Viking Energy Wind Farm has passed a new milestone with the pouring of concrete on the first wind turbine base.
£50m renovation of Tummel Bridge hydro electric plant to create 65 jobs
North firms Global Energy Group and Global Infrastructure have been named among the key contractors appointed on a £50million project to extend the operational life of one of Scotland’s oldest hydro power plants.
Suspected unexploded ordnance found along route of planned Shetland HVDC link
Suspected unexploded ordnance has been found along the route of the planned subsea cable that will link Shetland to the mainland.
SSE Renewables boss expecting Viking wind farm to deliver near offshore levels of generation
A leading figure behind a major Scottish onshore wind farm says he expects the development to deliver “exceptional” levels of productivity.
Turbine jackets for Scotland’s largest wind farm arrive in Cromarty Firth
SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies are celebrating the arrival of the first jacket superstructures for what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.
SSE aims to double size of wind farm
SSE Renewables is seeking Scottish Government consent for an extension to the onshore Achany wind farm in Sutherland.
SSE Renewables and Vestas team up for Viking apprentices programme
Vestas Wind Systems has teamed up with SSE Renewables in order to blood the next generation of wind turbine technicians.
SSE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa to produce green hydrogen in Scotland and Ireland
Green energy giants SSE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have announced plans to bring green hydrogen to the UK and Ireland.
RenewableUK unveils new directors in latest board election results
RenewableUK has announced the results its latest annual board election, including two new members and one who has been re-elected.