Offshore wind power

“ScotWind has really put Scotland on a pedestal for offshore wind supply chains,” claimed Sharanya Kumaramurthy, market intelligence manager at Energy Industries Council

MarramWind, a joint venture between Shell and ScottishPower, has selected Geoquip Marine to provide engineering data for a 3GW floating wind farm.

The Seagreen 1A substation has been unanimously approved by East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee.

Octopus Energy is to invest $20 billion (£15 billion) into offshore wind by 2030 with a view to generating 12GW of renewable electricity a year.

The UK has a “once in a generation economic opportunity” to unlock £70 billion by becoming a “sustainability superpower”, says new report.

Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) auction has seen over 3GW awarded for offshore wind projects.

Trade association Energy UK has said that the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will fall short of delivering the required expansion of offshore wind to hit the government’s 2030 target.

Energy think-tank Ember has revealed in its Global Electricity Review 2023 that the UK recorded a 23% increase in wind generation capacity last year.

SSE Renewables has announced the installation of the world’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundations at what will become Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm off the coast of Angus. 

Tim Pick, the UK’s first Offshore Wind Champion, has called on the UK government to mobilise investment in supply chains to reduce grid constraints and compete with the UK Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan.