John Wood Group has installed scanning lidar devices on two of the five floating turbines at the project

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John Wood Group has installed scanning lidar devices on two of the five floating turbines at the project. The two Galion Lidars allow Hywind Scotland to understand wake and turbulence effects from multiple floating turbines, measure turbulent wake spectra and investigate the effect of wakes on yaw motions
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  • April 30, 2018

    First turbines for the project arrived on the Ecole Centrale de Nantes’ offshore test site, 20 km off the town of Le Croisic

    First turbines for the project arrived on the Ecole Centrale de Nantes’ offshore test site, 20 km off the town of Le Croisic. The hook-up to the mooring lines which had been pre-laid in July 2017 was...

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  • April 30, 2018

    Scottish Ministers have refused to grant planning permission, on the grounds that the project would have an adverse effect on the surrounding landscape and impact visual amenity

  • April 30, 2018

    Vattenfall AB is tendering PPAs for the project

    Vattenfall AB is tendering PPAs for the project. UK businesses are invited to bid for PPAs of minimum 1 MW of capacity of the project's output. The tender is being conducted by Mitie Energy and is ope...

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  • April 30, 2018

    The Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA) has refused an appeal against an earlier rejection of the project by the Highland Council, due its potential impact on the surrounding landscape and wilderness

  • April 30, 2018

    Jan De Nul Group and Hitachi, Ltd

    Jan De Nul Group and Hitachi, Ltd. have signed a contract to manufacture and install the 21 wind turbines for the project. The contract includes a five-year maintenance period. Jan De Nul will be resp...

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