VOS to the rescue as company sails into offshore renewables sector with ScottishPower
Breda, 11 September 2026
VOS to the rescue as company sails into offshore renewables sector with ScottishPower
Aberdeen-based Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) Limited is partnering with leading green energy developer, ScottishPower Renewables, as it embarks on its first long-term charter providing emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) services for the offshore wind industry.
The contract award – with a value of more than £7 million – sees VOS support the offshore construction of ScottishPower’s East Anglia TWO and THREE windfarms off the coast of Suffolk, providing on-site ERRV services in the event of an emergency situation.
The selected response vessel, VOS Traveller, will operate out of Lowestoft port, with its 24-strong crew working on a 28-day rotation.
Ross Ovens, ScottishPower Renewables’ Managing Director for Offshore, said: “It’s great to welcome Vroon Offshore Services to our East Anglia supply chain family as we build the infrastructure that will help deliver a clean energy future. Keeping our offshore construction sites safe and protecting the people bringing them to life is an intrinsic part of what we do, and VOS will have a vital role to play in supporting any emergency response.
“Collectively, our two windfarms will produce enough green electricity to power more than two million homes, support thousands of jobs during construction and operation, and help drive economic growth. Working with partners like VOS, we’re injecting more than £3 billion into the UK supply chain right across the country and building a legacy that will have a positive impact for decades to come.”
Stuart Thom, VOS Managing Director said: “This new cooperation with ScottishPower Renewables marks a major milestone for VOS, being our first long-term commitment providing ERRV services to the offshore renewables sector. We look forward to collaborating with ScottishPower Renewables to ensure maximum safety for all personnel, while powering the green-energy transition in the North Sea.”
VOS Traveller’s key operational capabilities and ERRV duties will consist of:
- 24/7 continuous standby
- Safety cover
- Search and rescue (SAR) support – providing a Place of Safety within 20 minutes; utilising her specialised recovery equipment, including two fast rescue craft (FRC), a Dacon scoop and a heavy-duty rescue basket; onboard medical treatment facilities; advanced collision-avoidance surveillance, radio watchkeeping, and field logistics support; and offshore environmental monitoring.
About Vroon Offshore Services
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) is a leading maritime offshore-services supplier, based in Aberdeen (UK). An international operator, VOS has been active in the offshore oil & gas market since 1964, today offering services to both renewable and oil & gas clients. VOS excels in the provision of diverse services and solutions for key offshore-support needs, including field-support, emergency-response-and-rescue, multi-role-vessel, survey and subsea-support services.
About ScottishPower Renewables
ScottishPower is part of Iberdrola, a global energy leader and the number one producer of wind power, with more than 39GW of renewable projects operating across the world and a pipeline of 100GW of renewable projects.
ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) manages the development, construction and operation of Iberdrola’s offshore windfarms throughout the world and onshore renewables in the UK and Ireland. SPR currently has over 40 operational windfarm sites generating more than 3GW of renewable energy – that’s enough green electricity to power around two million homes.
Through ScottishPower, Iberdrola is investing £24 billion in the UK between 2024 and 2028 – that’s £18 million every working day.
This includes bringing the £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm, currently under construction, into operation in 2026 and delivering the £4 billion East Anglia TWO windfarm in 2028. Together these will provide enough homegrown clean energy to power the equivalent of more than 2.3 million homes. It also develops, owns and operates onshore wind, solar PV and battery projects across the UK.
www.scottishpowerrenewables.com
For further information regarding this press release, contact Vroon’s media spokesman Cor Radings (T: +31 6 26316854; E: cor.radings@mtinetwork.nl).