Offshore Renewable Power (ORE) Catapult and Vattenfall have signed a three-year extension on their testing and demonstration collaboration on the 96.8 MW, 11-turbine Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, positioned 2.5 km off the Aberdeen, Scotland coast.
The partnership between the 2 corporations started in 2019 and has been prolonged till the top of 2026.
“Extending our collaboration with Vattenfall provides modern U.Ok. corporations a novel alternative to deploy, take a look at and show their know-how in a real-world surroundings at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm,” says ORE Catapult’s Hugh Riddell.
“The U.Ok. is internationally recognised for technological innovation, however there’s a must quick observe the commercialisation of those applied sciences and increase provide chain alternatives within the years to return. De-risking their improvements on an working offshore wind farm within the north east of Scotland, which is already house to so many modern engineering corporations, will assist to speed up routes to market, improve confidence for potential prospects, and additional assist the expansion of offshore wind as a part of the race to Internet Zero.”
Geodata specialist Fugro accomplished the distant ROV inspection of the location final yr, utilizing its uncrewed floor vessel, Blue Essence and electrical remotely operated car, Blue Volta.
Zelim examined its Swift Rescue Conveyor System for the undertaking. Pegasus Welfare Options, acquired by OEG Offshore in 202, constructed the undertaking’s in-turbine bathrooms. Edinburgh-based Cyberhawk performed an automatic drone blade inspection on the farm.
