Welcome to the final episode of the second series of Gigawaters, a four part series exploring the impact of ScotWind. Brought to you by Sustainable Growth Voice and Energy Voice Out Loud, in paid partnership with Orsted.
'Ambitious' schedule expected to see an FID made later this year.
Aberdeen’s floating wind crown has been passed to Norway today as the world’s largest project, Hywind Tampen, officially opens.
Oil and gas firms own just 7% of global floating offshore wind projects in the pipeline, according to analysis.
Octopus Energy plans add to its existing generating portfolio, committing around $20bn (£15bn) in global offshore wind projects by 2030.
"What we’re looking at here is probably more of an effort to get an earlier level of coordination within the industry."
To promote sustainability, Flare proudly continues its trailblazing journey marked by a series of unprecedented accomplishments.
Read the documents, delivered today to council planners, members and communities, in full here.
In the second episode of Season 2 of the Gigawaters podcast, Sustainable Growth Voice editor Felicia Jackson and her guests look at how innovation and new technologies (such as floating wind) can play their part in economic transformation.
The Scottish Government has awarded Subsea 7 and OneSea Energy £150,000 as part of the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme.
The Trollvind floating wind project is no longer commercial due to rising costs, said Equinor.
The North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG) is among the UK’s largest infrastructure investment projects, will help to decarbonise oil and gas operations, and is expected to create 10,000 jobs.
Norwegian operator Var Energi (OSLO: VAR) is to explore a belt and braces approach to electrifying one of its major assets.
Chinese oil group Cnooc has successfully built its first floating wind turbine, which will be used to power oil and gas operations.
The Scottish Government has set a target of becoming a net zero carbon nation by 2045 and is aiming to more than double its current renewable electricity generation by 2030. Its big bet to achieve this is wind power, given its low cost and the large potential for viable installations in North Sea waters.
It is now over a year since the ScotWind leasing process created the opportunity for an additional 27.6GW of offshore wind in Scottish waters. Of the 20 projects that came through the application process, 14 are set to use floating wind turbines, positioning Scotland as a world leader in this technology. Whilst the scale of the result was eye catching, the accompanying Scottish supply chain commitments of over £28bn was perhaps the most significant result.
In the first episode of Season 2 of the Gigawaters podcast, Sustainable Growth Voice editor Felicia Jackson and her guests discuss the challenges and opportunities in deploying Scotland’s 28GW offshore wind pipeline.
The Government needs to transform up to 11 ports around the UK to enable the roll-out of floating offshore wind at scale, according to a new report.
Floating offshore wind represents a huge opportunity for Scotland’s economy and labour force, with many tens of gigawatts of development expected over the coming decades. The initial leasing rounds for offshore wind provide promising foundations to build off. But we will only succeed in realising Scotland’s full potential as a world-leader in floating offshore wind if Scotland urgently invests in a local supply chain.
Having a bold vision between people with the chutzpah and drive to turn that into reality is a very scarce commodity in the British Isles.
The European Commission has approved French plans to offer more than €2 billion in support for a new floating wind farm off Brittany.
Work is still ongoing to iron out issues at the world’s largest floating wind farm, well over a year since it became fully operational.
A planned floating wind test site at Orkney from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will be worth nearly £700m to the UK economy, says new research.
Orcadian Energy will look to the INTOG offshore leasing round to help progress its flagship Pilot development, chief executive Steve Brown said, as the firm looks to make headway in 2023.
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm – Hywind Scotland - has passed five years in operation since its commissioning in 2017.