{"id":142459,"date":"2024-04-03T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/the-port-of-aberdeen-and-wind-power-project\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:28:31","slug":"the-port-of-aberdeen-and-wind-power-project","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-port-of-aberdeen-and-wind-power-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberdeen port advances stages of its floating wind project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Aberdeen Harbour is keen to become a hub for floating offshore wind,<\/strong> with the South Harbour upgrade project moving towards &#8220;priority&#8221; Stage 2. In this way, meeting the strategic investment demand of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improvements to the floating wind project<\/h2>\n\n<p>This strategic upgrade includes a dredging project that will deepen 750 meters of dock to -14.5 meters map reference, <strong>facilitating the installation of most of the turbine designs<\/strong> associated with the ScotWind and INTOG projects.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The expansion of South Harbour<\/strong>, combined with its capacity to handle ultra-heavy cargoes, <strong>will enable the integration and assembly of turbines and foundations<\/strong>, while preparing the port for significant future operations, including the handling and transportation of critical components.<\/p>\n\n<p>In addition, Scotland&#8217;s largest mooring port, it plays a crucial role in the offshore wind industry. <strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/risks-at-sea-wind-energy\/\" data-type=\"articulo\" data-id=\"138202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offshore wind industry<\/a>\n<\/strong>having handled more than 700 vessels related to this renewable energy last year.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aberdeen Port&#8217;s participation and SOWEC<\/h2>\n\n<p>Its strategic location, close to the majority of ScotWind licenses and next to the world&#8217;s first <strong>Floating Offshore Wind Innovation Centre<\/strong>, together with the planned Energy Transition Zone Ltd, underlines Aberdeen&#8217;s importance on the renewable energy map.<\/p>\n\n<p>This progress reflects the Scottish government&#8217;s and industry&#8217;s confidence in the \u20ac420 million project, as well as the region&#8217;s commitment to the future of renewable energy, ensuring the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portofaberdeen.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.portofaberdeen.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Aberdeen Port<\/strong><\/a>  and northeast Scotland remain leaders in the renewable energy supply chain.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t miss any of our posts and follow us on social media!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inspenet.com<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: Port of Aberdeen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expansion of South Harbour, combined with its capacity to handle ultra-heavy loads, will allow for the integration and assembly of turbines and foundations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":142390,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-142459","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/142459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/142459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=142459"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=142459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}