Lord Nicol Stephen set out the challenges facing the UK's ability to deliver floating offshore wind capacity, warning the process facing developers was "at times infuriatingly hard and we need to speed up".
Developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn have submitted the offshore consent application for their 1.35GW Cenos floating offshore wind farm.
After rapidly progressing through the approval process last year, the Green Volt floating wind farm aims to start delivering the project in 2025.
Vargronn and Flotation Energy have awarded two sets of front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for their Green Volt floating offshore wind farm.
This week, Scottish Renewables and RenewableUK hosted the Floating Offshore Wind conference in Aberdeen.
The MP for Aberdeen South accepted the donation from Flotation Energy boss Allan MacAskill after lobbying on the firm's behalf.
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has appointed two new directors, Allan MacAskill and Andrew Wilson, to its board. The appointments represent more than 60 years of combined energy sector experience for AREG, whose mission is to champion the Northeast's renewable energy sector.
The energy transition to net zero will be the "biggest engineering project this country has ever seen", the boss of the UK's offshore energy trade body said.
The newly-approved Green Volt wind farm could cut carbon and millions of pounds per year in fuel costs from one of the UK’s largest oilfields, according to new analysis.
With over 2,600 wind turbines in UK waters and 13.7 of gigawatts of power – a number only surpassed globally by China – the UK offshore wind story is, so far, a success in terms of energy produced. However, the UK has missed a trick in maximising the associated jobs: France and Denmark are leading Europe’s production of offshore wind turbine blades; Spain leads in manufacturing turbine towers; and foundations and electrical substations are increasingly produced in Asia. Floating wind technology now offers the UK a new chance to drive job creation in offshore wind.
To achieve a just transition workers in traditional energy sectors such as oil and gas must see a pathway to greener employment.
The approval of the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm has raised concerns about the lack of a Scottish state energy company, with the Japanese and Italian governments set to benefit through stakes in its developers.
Flotation's 50-strong Granite City team has joined a cluster of energy and renewables businesses in the city centre office complex.
Aberdeen has a "great opportunity" with Green Volt, says Flotation GM Barry MacLeod.
Green Volt, one of the world’s largest floating windfarms, has been approved off the Aberdeenshire coast, in what will be a jobs boost for the region.
Rovco has completed survey work for the planned Cenos floating offshore wind farm in the Central North Sea.
The developers of two floating wind farms secured as part of the INTOG leasing round have signed exclusivity agreements, paving the way for development later this decade.
A planning application – key to the development of a floating wind farm earmarked for off Peterhead - has been submitted to the local authority.
Electrification of oil and gas platforms not only supports lower carbon emissions offshore, but it also has huge potential to deliver energy security through power back to the UK grid, writes Flotation Energy's Barry MacLeod.
Flotation talks up Cenos and Green Volt; its next towering North Sea floating wind projects, and how it intends to ensure UK ports are involved.
Aberdeen firms will carry out repairs offshore at the Kincardine wind project in future, says director, rather than head to Rotterdam.
Crown Estate Scotland has announced the winners of its “world-first” innovation and targeted oil and gas leasing round, with 15 candidates being successful.
As the winners of the innovation and targeted oil and gas process are expected to be announced, we look at what is up for grabs.
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.
Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn have filed a scoping report for the Cenos floating wind project, their second INTOG venture aimed at powering offshore oil and gas assets.