New appointment at NnG Offshore Wind

Dylan Macdonald NnG Offshore Wind

EDF Renewables UK and ESB have appointed Calum Hume as Operations & Maintenance Manager at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm newly opened Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base in Eyemouth, Berwickshire.

First wind turbine jacket foundation installed at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm

Images capture installation of first turbine jacket at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm

Laura Menendez EDF Renewables UK, NnG Offshore Wind

The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been successfully installed at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, 15.5km off the East coast of Scotland. Following the arrival of the first 10 steel jackets on site, Saipem, through its subcontractor Heerema, lifted the first steel wind turbine jacket into place, lowering it on to pre-installed piles on the seabed. …

Seabird study at NnG a first for Scotland

Dylan Macdonald General News, NnG Offshore Wind

Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Farm, Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm (Seagreen), and SSE Renewables through the Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm are joining forces with STRIX, world leaders in innovation and sustainability, to carry out the first seabird interaction study of its kind in Scotland on a commercial sized wind farm at the NnG site. The study has been …

First turbine blades for NnG offshore wind farm arrive in Dundee

Dylan Macdonald EDF Renewables UK, NnG Offshore Wind

The first turbine blades for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm have just arrived at the Port of Dundee. Eighteen turbine blades, each 83.5 metres long, were delivered to the port this week and brought alongside the new DunEco Quay before being discharged and transported to Scotland’s brand new custom built Wind Turbine Marshalling facility, where they will be stored until being shipped to site.

Two Scottish companies selected to build NnG’s O&M base

Dylan Macdonald NnG Offshore Wind

Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Limited has appointed two Scottish businesses to construct its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at Eyemouth Harbour. Muir Construction, based in Inverkeithing, Fife, has been appointed to design and build NnG’s three storey, 1,040 square metre main O&M building and its two storey, 538 square metre storage warehouse. Inland and Coastal, of Lossiemouth, Moray, will design, …

Slow but steady as vital offshore wind farm equipment delivered

Dylan Macdonald NnG Offshore Wind

Construction of the onshore works to support the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm took a purposefully slow step forward this weekend with the delivery of a massive “shunt reactor” to the site of the wind farm’s connection to the National Grid in the Lammermuir Hills. A second shunt reactor is due for delivery next weekend. The 160-tonne shunt …