Aventus Energy has been awarded a major contract by Inch Cape Offshore to deliver foundation completion activities for the 1GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the Angus coast.
Aventus Energy said the year-long, multi-million-pound contract, its largest individual award to date, will be delivered at the Port of Leith in collaboration with Global Port Services, Global Crane Services and port owner Forth Ports.
The company stated that the scope includes receiving and inspecting monopiles, transition pieces and jacket foundations, carrying out surveys and executing activities to ensure offshore readiness, as well as project management, planning, documentation, survey, quality and technical verification.
Aventus added that more than 70 personnel have been deployed on the project, drawing on staff from its Highland headquarters and recruiting locally within the project catchment area.
Ross Thomson, managing director of Aventus Energy, said: “We’re delighted to be delivering this key renewable energy infrastructure project for Inch Cape at the Port of Leith. Working with group companies Global Port Services and Global Crane Services – and Forth Ports – our multi-disciplinary team is providing the client with a full-service package that will see us carry out surveys upon receipt of the assets, and execution of vital scopes required to ensure their offshore readiness before load out.
“The securing of this major renewable infrastructure project is a key achievement for Aventus Energy and another great opportunity to showcase the capabilities we have within the company but also across the Global group. The award of such a vital contract supporting Scotland’s energy transition is a real endorsement of our ability to deliver safe, high-quality projects not just at our base in the Cromarty Firth Freeport but, beyond, throughout the UK and Europe.
“We’re pleased to again be working alongside long term partner, Forth Ports – who own the Port of Leith,”
Callum Hogan, asset manager for Forth Projects, part of Forth Ports, added: “It is great to collaborate with Aventus and Global at the Leith Renewables Hub for the Inch Cape project. We are playing a pivotal role in the deployment of foundations in Leith now and, later this year in our port in Dundee, the turbines. Forth Ports has privately invested across our people, infrastructure and equipment for this important project.”