NOWI launches GUS system training in the USA
We’re delighted to have a new GUS training partner in the form of the National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI). Based in New Bedford, USA, the site is conveniently located for the cluster of offshore wind projects off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This includes Ørsted’s South Fork, Revolution and Sunrise windfarms which all […]
Award winning turbine access system achieves major milestone, with 25,000th operational lift
Scottish innovator Pict Offshore is celebrating a major milestone with the completion of the 25,000th safe operational personnel transfer using its Get Up Safe (GUS) offshore wind turbine access system. Awarded the Best Innovation Award at the 2019 Scottish Green Energy Awards, the GUS system safely transfers technicians between vessels and offshore wind turbines, eliminating […]
Pict Support for Lowestoft’s Waveney F.C. Under – 11 Team
Pict Offshore is very proud to sponsor strips for the Waveney under-11 football team. Waveney FC is based in Lowestoft in Suffolk, one of the hubs for offshore wind in the UK’s North Sea, being home to flagship windfarms like SSE’s Greater Gabbard and Scottish Power’s East Anglia projects. Its connection to offshore wind can […]
Pict Strengthens Board of Directors with Two New Appointments
We’re delighted to announce that Charles Thompson and Richard Preston have joined Pict Offshore as Non-Executive Company Directors, to strengthen our board as we enter an important period of growth. Between them, Charlie and Richard bring decades of executive leadership experience across marketing, communications, finance and operations within high-growth engineering businesses in the renewable energy […]
Pict Demonstrates New GUSx2 at Innovation Spotlight Event
The annual Supply Chain Spotlight event took place in our backyard of Ingliston, Edinburgh last Thursday. Given the important role that the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Offshore Wind Growth Partnership have played in Pict’s journey and the development of this product, we were delighted to launch our new GUSx2 at their showcase event. In […]
PICT Offshore – The Legend Behind the Name
Fun fact! Pict Offshore is so named not just because our GUS equipment pics people up, but also because of where we’re based…Inverkeithing in Fife if you didn’t know. 1,500 years ago, Fife was the Pictish kingdom of Fib, one of 7 kingdoms that extended up the north and east of Scotland. The Picts left […]
Pict visit Schiedam to commission GUS on Thor Offshore Substation
Last week, a team of Picts had the pleasure of travelling to Schiedam, Netherlands, for the commissioning of a GUS 150 system on RWE’s THOR windfarm offshore substation. This provided a fantastic opportunity to connect with our counterparts at Iv, HSM Offshore Energy BV and RWE and to deliver a user training induction on the […]
SR – Pict Offshore highlighted in Scottish Renewables 2024/25 Supply Chain impact statement
Scottish Renewables Supply Chain impact statement for 2024/25 has just been released and Pict is proud to stand alongside 38 other fantastic Scottish companies featured in this year’s publication. The impact statement showcases some fantastic, innovative solutions (including our own Get Up Safe system). Aligned to commercial execution, these are helping drive the transition to […]
SPIE technicians receive GUS system user training at Pict House
Pict House has been busy this week with two cohorts of GUS system trainees from SPIE Global Services Energy, ahead of shipping out for construction works at Ørsted’s Revolution windfarm on the Northeast coast of the USA. Morale is high but they’ll certainly need their winter clothes because it’s COLD out there right now!
Pict Offshore case study in Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) innovation report
Pict Offshore’s Get Up Safe (GUS) system is revolutionising offshore wind turbine access, enhancing safety and efficiency. Featured in the SOWEC Innovation Guide, in collaboration with Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, GUS replaces traditional ladders with an advanced lifting solution, improving access year-round. Developed in collaboration with Ørsted and supported by Scottish Enterprise and Offshore Wind […]