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HOM and Briggs Marine Sign Collaboration Agreement

Horizon Ocean Management (HOM) - a subsidiary joint venture between Mitsui and Hokutaku (the leading turbine maintenance company in Japan) – have signed a collaboration agreement with Briggs Marine (UK) to establish the most progressive offshore wind operations and maintenance consultancy and service provision offering within the burgeoning Japanese market today.

The agreement will see both companies work together to provide pre-bidding development advisory services, development loss prevention services, installation support and world-class operational strategic advisory and service provision across the offshore wind asset spectrum. HOM has already established a unique position within the supply chain of the offshore wind industry in Japan and with Briggs Marine’s position as the pre-eminent cable service company in Europe, the collaboration delivers a powerful world-class proposition to offshore wind development, loss prevention and insurance, installation and operational players.

Nobuyuki Takagi, Managing Director of HOM, commented: “The European offshore wind supply chain has a wealth of marine and subsea experience via its long history in sectors such as Oil & Gas, in order to realise our national offshore wind deployment vision, HOM believe that learning from and working with the leading companies in these more advanced markets will develop and improve Japanese competence earlier, ultimately helping to establish middle to long-term local capability.

We identified Briggs Marine early as one of the best full lifecycle offshore cable experts around and are delighted to be collaborating with them here in Japan. With a wealth of experience in offshore wind and one of the first companies to secure multi-year O&M frameworks from major offshore wind developers, we believe that our arrangement with Briggs Marine will help establish real offshore wind competence in Japan much earlier.”

Collieson Briggs, Managing Director of Briggs Marine, commented: “We are delighted to be collaborating with HOM, helping expand our geographical offshore wind footprint beyond Europe. We continually monitor growing overseas opportunities and identified Japan as the most appropriate market to establish a presence within the rapidly evolving Asian renewable sector. It was clear from early discussions that Briggs and HOM shared a number of common aspirations and ideologies, the decision to establish a collaboration agreement was an easy one to make.

We are confident that HOM will be a strong player in the Japanese offshore wind market when the O&M service market reaches critical mass in the coming years and we are delighted to be adding to their suite of asset servicing capabilities.

For more information - https://www.briggsmarine.com/media/news-insights/hom-briggs-marine-collaboration/

SOWEC Supply Chain events | 17 Nov - Inverness | 23 Nov - Dundee

Spaces are filling fast - register now to secure your place

SOWEC has asked the Scottish clusters, Forth and Tay Offshore and DeepWind, to organise two developer/supply chain days and we have managed to secure dates and venues for both.

Details below:

Thursday 17 November

Macdonald Drumossie Hotel, Old Perth Road, Inverness IV2 5BE - 0900 - 1630hrs

Organiser - DeepWind

Wednesday 23 November

Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc, Baldovie Road, Dundee DD4 8UQ - 0900 - 1630hrs

Organiser - Forth and Tay Offshore

 

The purpose of these networking events is connect the supply chain with developers and support the development of new business connections.

Developers will deliver short presentations with updates on their projects, timescales and procurement strategies and ESP and SDS will also give updates on their progress with the offshore wind skills strategy. The presentations will take place during the morning session of the event with breaks, followed by lunch. In the afternoon, there will be an opportunity for attendees to meet with the developers for short, informal 1-2-1 sessions (c 10 mins).

Inverness, 17 Nov

Dundee, 23 Nov

Stromer – Orsted, Falck and BlueFloat Energy

Seagreen 1a – SSE Renewables

Buchan – Floating Energy Allyance

Berwick Bank – SSE Renewables

Moray West, Caledonia, 18 – Ocean Winds

Morven – bp and EnBW

West of Orkney – Offshore Wind Power

Ossian – CIP, SSE Renewables and Marubeni

Site 14 and 16 Northland Power

Bellrock – Falck and BlueFloat Energy

Site 15 – Magnora Offshore Wind

Campion/MarramWind – SPR and Shell

MachairWind - SPR

Muir Mhor - Vattenfall and Fred Olsen Seawind

Site 19 – Mainstream RP, Ocean Winds

Cluaran Deas Ear – Thistle Wind Partners

Site 20 - ESB

NnG – EDF & ESB

 

Pentland – COP

 

For both events, we are targeting 200 plus attendees.

For the Dundee event, we are also incorporating a short trip to the Port of Dundee via shuttle bus where Siemens, EDF and Forth Ports will facilitate a tour of the port. The bus tours will leave at 1pm , 2pm and 3pm and there is an option on the registration page to select one if you are interested in attending.

To register for the Inverness event on the 17 November:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sowec-supply-chain-event-tickets-426129353367

To Register for the Dundee event on the 23 November:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sowec-supply-chain-event-tickets-452964718667

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda is attached to download below in the link. A copy is here for information.

 

FINAL AGENDA

 

09.00am - Registration and refreshments

09.45am - Welcome from Forth and Tay Offshore Cluster (F&TO)

09.50am - Introduction from Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC)

09.55am – EdF Renewables, ESB – Neart na Gaoithe (NnG)

10.10am - bp and EnBW – Morven project

10.25am – SSE, CIP, Marubeni – Ossian project

10.40am – Scottish Power and Shell – CampionWind and MarrumWind projects

10.55am – SSE – Berwick Bank and Seagreen 1a

11.10am – Coffee break

11.25am – Vattenfall and Fred Olsen – Muir Mhor

11.40am – Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners – Pentland

11.55am –Thistle Wind Partners – CDE and CET

12.10pm – Skills for Offshore Wind – ESP

12.20pm - Forth Ports

12.30pm - Close of Conference Session/Networking Lunch

1.00pm - Meet the Developer 1-2-1 sessions

1.00pm - Port of Dundee tours at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm

4.15pm – Event End

 

*may be subject to small changes

 

Port of Dundee Renewables Hub Selected as Pre-Assembly Base for Construction of Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

Inch Cape Offshore Limited has selected the Port of Dundee as the pre-assembly and marshalling site for the construction of the 1.1GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, which will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind project when commissioned later this decade. The agreement will see turbine blades, towers and nacelles, which house the turbine generators, being delivered to and pre-assembled at the port’s Renewables Hub before being shipped out for installation 12km off the Angus coast.

Dundee has been chosen after a competitive selection process due to its proximity to the project site, coupled with its unrivalled storage and assembly capacity and purpose-built quayside facilities.

The offshore wind project will be Scotland’s largest single source of renewable power when built and will feature the tallest turbines ever deployed in Scottish waters, with consent for tip heights of up to 291 metres.

Inch Cape Offshore Limited has reserved the entire Renewables Hub at the port, equivalent to 28 football pitches, from March 2025 to March 2026, with around 50 staff expected to be on site over that time.

Adam Ezzamel, Project Director, said, “Inch Cape will be the largest offshore wind project built in Scotland, and we are delighted to be working with the Port of Dundee on the construction phase of this exciting development.

“The port is ideally-sited for our construction operation and offers us the area we require for the number – and sheer scale – of the turbines we will be deploying.

“Offshore construction is a specialist area and the Port of Dundee offers us a management team with the experience and capability to deal with the logistical challenges that have to be managed during our construction phase.

“After successfully securing a Contract for Difference earlier this summer, this latest contract award is another important step towards us delivering the project – and generating low cost, renewable power for consumers across Great Britain.”

David Webster, Director of Energy at Forth Ports (owner of the Port of Dundee), said, “This is a very significant project for The Port of Dundee as we establish Forth Ports as the partner of choice for the renewable energy sector in Scotland.

“We have built Scotland’s only custom-built renewables hub at the port which, when coupled with Dundee’s proximity to the project site in the North Sea and the natural deep waters of the Tay, makes the port ideally suited to the requirements of this major contract for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm.”

Councillor John Alexander, Leader of Dundee City Council said, “The Port of Dundee is an incredibly important asset, not only for the city but for the renewables sector more generally. It's strategically very well placed to support and deliver key pieces of the infrastructure that the UK will require in the future.

“Today's announcement is a clear vote of confidence in the quality of the infrastructure here and I'm delighted that Inch Cape has selected Dundee as a critical part of the delivery of the largest offshore windfarm in Scotland.

“The scale of this project is unrivalled, with a level of ambition which is set to redefine offshore wind. Inch Cape's success is our success, and everyone benefits from the delivery of this 72-turbine project so I'm very much looking forward to seeing the Port continuing to be a hub for this type of activity.”

About Inch Cape Offshore Limited

The Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm will see up to 72 turbines located 15 km off the Angus coast and connect to the national electricity transmission network at Cockenzie, East Lothian. The project is a 50:50 joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and Irish energy utility ESB, and secured a Contract for Difference in CfD Allocation Round 4 in July 2022.

On completion, the project will be Scotland’s largest single source of renewable energy, generating the equivalent of the annual power needs of more than 1.7m homes.

www.inchcapewind.com

About Forth Ports

Forth Ports Limited owns and operates eight commercial ports in the UK – Tilbury on the Thames, Dundee on the Firth of Tay and six on the Firth of Forth – Leith, Grangemouth, Rosyth, Methil, Burntisland and Kirkcaldy. Within and around the Firths of Forth and Tay, Forth Ports manages and operates an area of 280 square miles of navigable waters, including two specialised marine terminals for oil and gas export and provides other marine services, such as towage and conservancy.

Forth Ports is investing in major port infrastructure to support the UK’s drive to increase the country’s offshore renewable energy generating capacity and British supply chain content. This includes a £40m package of works at the Port of Dundee and an investment of over £50m in the 175-acre Leith Renewables Energy Hub.

www.forthports.co.uk

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