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Inch Cape Substations Supply Chain Event | 13 September, 2022 | Musselburgh
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm
The Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, currently in late stage 1080MW development, will see up to 72 turbines located 15 km off the Angus Coast and connect to the national transmission system at Cockenzie, East Lothian. The project will make a significant contribution to meeting the UK’s offshore wind target and will be Scotland’s largest single source of renewable power when built, generating the equivalent of the annual power needs of more than 1.7m homes.
The Project aims to start onshore works in early 2023 and offshore works late 2023, with first generation in 2025 and full commissioning in early 2026.
Having secured a Contract for Difference in Allocation Round 4, Inch Cape Offshore Limited is moving from development to delivery, focusing on working towards Financial Close in 2023 and procuring all remaining contracts.
The Project contracts are divided into six main categories:
- Wind Turbines
- Onshore and Offshore Substations – Substations awarded to Siemens-Iemants consortium
- Array cable and Export Cable
- Foundations and Substructures
- Transport and Installation
- Operations and Maintenance – based at Montrose Port Authority.
For the purpose of approaching the market, Inch Cape has adopted a Multi Contracting approach for healthy variety of opportunities for engagement with the option to bundle within the EPCI arrangements later.
The project team continues to develop direct relationships with suppliers of all Tiers to ensure they can maximise the input and ideas from all levels of the supply chain.
As part of this process, they will be hosting a number of in person and online meet the buyer events alongside Tier 1/principal contractors and other relevant stakeholders.
Date and Time
13 September, 2022 | 1030 - 1330 hrs
Location
Musselburgh Racecourse
Linkfield Road
Musselburgh
EH21 7REProgramme
10.30 Arrival tea & coffee
11.00 Welcome & project update: Duncan Humphries, Package Manager - Substations, Inch Cape
11.10 Presentation on substation opportunities: Jason Horsfall & Colette Flynn, Siemens Energy Limited
11.40 Q&A
12.00 Light lunch
12.30 One-to-one meetings (if requested)
13.30 Close
Register here.
Over the next 6 months Inch Cape will host others related to their key packages and they will provide detailed information on what they require from contractors for their various work packages in the advertising for individual events.
Inch Cape looks forward to meeting with as many UK-based suppliers as possible over the coming months and years as the Project moves from development to delivery in 2026.
If you would like more information and to be kept up to date with opportunities please fill in the registration page on the project website here:
Supplier Registration - Offshore Wind Farm | Inch Cape Wind
Contact
If you have any questions, please get in touch with carly.thompson@inchcapewind.co.uk.
SOWEC Collaborative Framework Charter launched
Today (11 May, 2022) at All Energy in Glasgow, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP launched the SOWEC Collaborative Framework Charter. 24 developers have signed up to the Charter including Forth and Tay Steering Group members, Red Rock, EDF Renewables and SSE Renewables, agreeing to work together to support the supply chain growth in Scotland, with an initial focus on floating platforms and fixed foundations.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said:“Wind power is already the cheapest form of power in our electricity mix – it is certainly, for example, cheaper than nuclear power.
“Scotland is developing both our onshore and offshore wind capacity. We have set out our intention of installing a further 8 to 12 gigawatts of onshore wind capacity.
“And the last few months have seen significant progress in developing our offshore wind sector - The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council has co-ordinated a Collaborative Framework Charter, which is being published today.
“It has been signed by 24 companies and under the charter, those developers have agreed to collaborate, to create supply chain work within Scotland.”
SOWEC industry co-chair Brian McFarlane said: “Scotland’s offshore wind industry has made a series of commitments about working to support the Scottish supply chain. SOWEC’s Collaborative Framework is a practical way for developers and Scottish ports to work together, to help build a long-term pipeline of work, creating certainty that ports need to prioritise investment in higher value activities like fabrication. By working together developers can look for joint opportunities and also mitigate some of the risks faced in bringing together the infrastructure we will need to successfully build out the full pipeline of ScotWind projects.”
More information here.
Seagreen opens up great opportunities to the supply chain
Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm has selected Montrose Port as the location for its O&M base for the 114-turbine development, bringing investment and jobs to the local area for the 25-year life of the project.
The Port of Dundee is now the premier Offshore Wind Marshalling Site in Scotland
It’s all coming together in Dundee, loading in towers and blades at the same time with space left for the Installation Vessel to berth.
The Port of Dundee is now the
premier Offshore Wind Marshalling Site in Scotland.
New agreement will boost training for jobs of the future at ZeroFour hub
Crown Estate Scotland and Dundee and Angus College to help seize significant opportunities for Montrose area with STEM training initiative
Crown Estate Scotland and Dundee and Angus College have entered into a partnership to inspire people of all ages to consider STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) opportunities at clean growth enterprise hub, ZeroFour in Montrose.
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