ScottishPower appoints first head of Scottish offshore wind
ScottishPower Renewables has appointed its first ever head of offshore development for Scotland, as it looks to make good on success in the ScotWind leasing round.
ScottishPower Renewables has appointed its first ever head of offshore development for Scotland, as it looks to make good on success in the ScotWind leasing round.
Shell (LON: SHEL) is harnessing talent from its offshore oil and gas division to progress two major Scottish floating wind farms.
Shell regional VP for offshore power Hugo Buis said work on the Marram and Campion offshore wind projects is moving “at speed”, with the projects seen as a crucial stepping-stone to wider deployment of floating technology.
Getting ScotWind projects over the finish line is indeed “a race”, a major conference in Aberdeen has heard, but the supply chain mustn’t be left behind.
Shell has revealed the proportion of local content it is aiming to use to build two major wind farms off the coast of Scotland.
Scottish Power and Shell will provide £75 million in supply chain funding to support development of three floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind projects.
ScotWind has proved a big boon to Big Oil, with fossil fuels giants BP, Shell and TotalEnergies all winning acreage.