The drive to increase renewable energy generation has seen us become a manufacturer of choice for companies developing offshore renewables devices. 

We have led the field in this sector, building a number of wave and tidal generation devices and also assembling and erecting some of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines.

We played a key role in the fabrication and assembly of Atlantis Resources Corporation’s prototype AK1000™, the largest and most powerful tidal power turbine built to date.

In 2010 we also completed work on the PowerBuoy prototype wave energy converter, built for Ocean Power Technologies.  The device was fabricated in four sections at our Nigg facility.

Other successful renewables projects include fabrication of the first Oyster wave energy device for Aquamarine Power and a tidal prototype for OpenHydro.  We also assembled, erected and loaded out two of the world’s largest wind turbines for the Beatrice offshore wind demonstrator project off the east coast of Scotland.

Our facilities include large-scale fabrication and assembly capacity at Nigg yard, on the Cromarty Firth, which has been identified as one of the key sites in the Scottish Government’s National Renewable Infrastructure Plan (NRIP).  Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, described Nigg as the “best deep-water site in Europe.”

Our experience, strategically located facilities and capacity see us ideally placed to serve this important emerging market as it develops further.  Our commercial and project management teams are highly experienced in working in partnership with developers to identify the best solutions, deliver on budget to tight schedules, while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.