The director of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm project has said the development will look to take on up to 20 full-time workers to operate and maintain the site once completed.
A Norwegian independent stakeholder and employer group, Energi Norge, has said the Norway to Scotland interconnector could net over £1.2billion in socio-economic surplus for the country.
The Scottish division of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has hit out against a study published today on the risk to seabirds through collision with offshore wind turbines, calling the findings a "very optimistic interpretation of data".
The expanding network of giant windmills in the North Sea -- the largest such collection in the world -- is turning into a windfall for some bankers helping institutional investors acquire a piece of Europe’s renewable-energy market.
A joint industry partnership in floating wind is to take place between a number of oil and renewables firms such as Shell, Statoil, Ørsted and Vattenfall to investigate the technology.
With the first turbine installed at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm yesterday, developer Vattenfall is claiming a number of renewable energy industry firsts.
Vattenfall's Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm project manager, Adam Ezzamel, announced this morning that the first turbine tower is about to be installed at the site.
Installation engineer for the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm development, Alistair Leighton, explains the journey taken by the suction bucket jackets from yard to installation within Aberdeen Bay.
The first two of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm's suction bucket jackets sit patiently in Peterhead Port waiting to be transported to their final destination.
Vattenfall, developer of the Aberdeen bay wind farm, confirmed at a public consultation yesterday that the project will boast the world’s tallest and most powerful turbines upon completion.
Swedish renewable energy firm Vattenfall has confirmed that rather than pull out of the UK as a consequence of approaching Brexit they have actually chosen to expand and invest further in UK energy developments.