Offshore Wind in Scotland
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Offshore wind is an essential part of RenewableUK and partner the UK’s energy mix and industrial companies are working to deliver strategy. Offshore wind already Offshore Wind Week 2016, which generates 5 per cent of the UK’s will run from 31 October to 4 electricity and by 2020 this will double November and celebrate the growth to over 10 per cent. Building out the of this industry and the benefits it current pipeline of offshore wind is delivering for Britain. Bringing projects could supply over a third of together companies from across the UK’s power needs. The industry the UK, Offshore Wind Week aims is investing over £18bn in projects to help deepen policymakers over the next five years and offshore understanding of, and support for, wind will be one of the lowest cost the offshore wind industry. sources of new power in the 2020s. Offshore Wind Week Partners October 2016 Offshore Wind in Scotland Image courtesy of ORE Catapult Scotland is home to a future potential of over 6.5GW of offshore wind capacity across 14 offshore wind farms, with the opportunity to power over 4.3 million homes. Projects in Scotland are set to demonstrate the deployment investment from the Chinese developer, SDIC, at Beatrice of innovative solutions, from the deployment of Siemens’ Offshore Wind Farm and Inch Cape. Offshore Transmission Module at Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to the exciting floating offshore wind developments at Scotland is home to a wealth of offshore expertise from Hywind Scotland Pilot Park. companies such as Babcock Engineering and BiFab who have diversified from complementary sectors into offshore As well as demonstrating future innovations to reduce cost wind, as well as companies such as Atkins Global who are across industry, Scotland has also seen significant involved in the design and engineering of wind farms both in the UK and abroad. Our vision is of renewable energy playing a leading role in powering the UK. Wind farms Owner/Operator Capacity (MW) Operational Robin Rigg E.ON 174 RenewableUK is the UK’s leading renewable Acting as a central point of information and a energy trade association, specialising in onshore united, representative voice for our membership, Beatrice Demonstrator SSE Renewables, Talisman 10 wind, offshore wind and wave & tidal energy. we conduct research; find solutions; organise Levenmouth Turbine ORE Catapult 7 Formed in 1978, we have an established, large events, facilitate business development, lobby corporate membership ranging from small and promote wind and marine renewables to Consented Aberdeen Bay (EOWDC) Vattenfall 100 independent companies, to large international government, industry, the media and the public. Beatrice SSE Renewables, SDIC, 588 corporations and manufacturers. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Neart Na Goithe Mainstream Renewables 450 Firth of Forth 1 SSE Renewables, Fluor 1050 Moray Firth Eastern Development Area 1 EDPR 504 RenewableUK Members engaged in offshore wind in Scotland include: Moray Firth Eastern Development Area 2 EDPR 496 2020 Renewables, 3sun Group, ABB, Aggreko, Atkins, Ayrshire College, Babcock International, Banks Renewables, BayWa re UK, BVG Associates, Inch Cape SDIC 750 Canyon Offshore, CHC Helicopter, CJR Wind, CMS Cameron McKenna, DNV GL, Dulas, Dundee Renewables, Eden Scott Limited, EDPR UK, Energy Skills Partnership, Energy Technology Centre, ENGIE, Falck Safety Services, Fife College, FoundOcean, Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA, Glasgow Planned Firth of Forth 2 SSE Renewables, Fluor 1800 Caledonian University, Global Energy Services, GreenPower, heightec, Hydratight, I & H Brown, Intertek, James Hutton Institute, LDA Design Consulting, Firth of Forth 3 SSE Renewables, Fluor 800 Limpet Technology, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, MacRoberts Solicitors, Maritime Craft Services, Mines Rescue Services, Natural Power, ORE Catapult, Prevailing, Renewable Parts Limited, Red Rock Power, Risktec Solutions, Innogy Renewables UK, Scottish Development International, Scottish Renewables, Moray Firth Western Development Area EDPR ScottishPower Renewables, Seatower AS, Semco Maritime, Senvion UK, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, Siemens Energy, Skyform (Scotland), SSE Hywind Scotland Pilot Park Statoil 30 Generation, StormGeo, Taylor Hopkinson Associates, Teledyne Reson UK, Temporis Wind, TNEI Services Limited, University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, University of Strathclyde, Wind Prospect, CSWind UK, Xero Energy, Xi Engineering Consultants Dounreay Tri Demonstration Project Hexicon 10 Inverlussa Marine Services Briggs Marine Project Spotlight 3 Isle of Mull 6 Burntisland Offshore Wind Hywind Scotland Pilot Park In April 2016, Inverlussa Marine Briggs Marine has been involved with The Hywind Scotland Pilot Park Services were awarded a two and a the installation of renewable energy will consist of five 6MW floating half year contract to provide offshore devices since 1995. The company in Scotland turbines operating in water depths support during the construction has won multiple contracts for the of between 95–120 metres. The phase of the Race Bank Offshore installation and repair of cables Project Spotlight pilot project aims to build on the Wind Farm. The work will be carried as well as maintenance packages success of a demonstration project out on a specially designed ship, contracts for projects. Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm in Norway, and aims to demonstrate which was commissioned as part Briggs has won multiple contracts Limited (BOWL) the feasibility of multiple floating of a £3.5m investment to allow in the UK, Germany and Denmark at This 588MW, 84 turbine, wind farm will turbines. The Hywind Scotland Inverlussa to expand into the over 15 windfarms. be situated in the Outer Moray Firth. This map demonstrates Pilot Park will power around 20,000 renewables sector, and employ a The wind farm is being developed the spread of UK companies households, with production total of 50 employees. with a number of tier 1 supply chain involved in offshore wind expected in late 2017. Statoil’s 7 Offshore Renewable Energy companies and is expected to deliver in Yorkshire and the ‘Batwind’ battery storage solution, (ORE) Catapult c. £680m into the UK and Scottish Humber representing the being developed in co-operation with Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) Glasgow & Levenmouth economy via employment and supply employment and wider Scottish universities and suppliers, 4 Banchory chain opportunities during the economic benefit from will also be piloted at the Hywind Established in 2013 by UK construction phase and c. £400m- companies doing business Scotland Park. 2016 has been a busy year for ESS, Government, the Offshore £525m during the wind farm’s 25 year in offshore wind. with the award and completion of Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is operational life. Dounreay Tri Demonstration Project a number of projects for offshore a technology innovation and research The project will also be the first to wind. The company has recently centre with the aim of reducing the N.B. The case studies 1 CSWind UK utilise Siemens’ Offshore Transmission Campbeltown completed a £5m seabed clearance cost of offshore renewable energy, Module which will replace the traditional included are intended to project on behalf of DONG Energy supporting the growth of the industry substations installed on offshore wind provide a representation of Beatrice In April 2016, Wind Towers (Scotland) for Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm. and creating UK benefit. farms. the types of projects and was acquired by CSWind. During In addition, ESS has won subsea ORE Catapult operates £1/4 companies active across the 2016, CSWind will make a £27 trenching contracts for Kriegers Flak billion of world leading test and Beatrice Demo offshore wind supply chain. million investment in the facility. The Wind Farm in Denmark and Wikinger demonstration facilities, with a total Key UK Supply Chain Activity investment will increase production Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea. of 130 employees. volume and capacity at the existing ESS has also been awarded a £3m In 2015/16, ORE Catapult RJ McLeod Moray Firth Western Development Area 1&2 onshore wind tower factory and allow contract for the design and build of supported 151 SMEs, won 23 RJ McLeod, one of Scotland’s largest Moray Firth Western Development Area for the fabrication of larger diameter a 1500 ton cable carousel which will competitive R&D projects and privately owned civil engineering and towers for the offshore wind sector. be designed in Banchory and partially supported 50 companies develop building contractors, has already manufactured in County Durham. products through testing and started to carry out BOWL’s onshore Hywind Scotland Pilot Park validation services. civil engineering work Babcock International In addition, ORE Catapult has 2 Rosyth 5 BiFab worked with 18 countries globally Siemens Burntisland to develop opportunities for the UK Siemens will be supplying, installing Aberdeen Bay Babcock, from its facility in Rosyth, will supply chain including Europe, Asia, and commissioning Beatrice’s 84 construct two Offshore Transformer Fife-based BiFab secured a £100 Australia, the USA and Canada. wind turbines with the majority of the Modules (OTM) for the Beatrice million contract to support the build- turbine blades being built at their new 4 Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) out of Beatrice Offshore Windfarm manufacturing facility in Hull. project in the Outer Moray Firth, Limited (BOWL) situated in the Outer sustaining at least 80 skilled jobs. Moray Firth.