Renewable energy supply chain companies in Scotland need to level up their capabilities if they’re going to compete on a global scale, according to the developer behind the Kincardine Offshore Floating Wind Farm.
The boss of the Kincardine Offshore Floating Wind Farm has said he is “hopeful” that the project will meet its operational timeline, despite delay roadblocks thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic.
A contingent of US state and federal officials are to undertake a secret fact-finding mission in Aberdeenshire this week to learn more about the region's floating offshore wind market.
A new report published today by two of the UK's most prominent energy trade bodies will focus on job creation within the floating offshore wind sector.
The news that hundreds of manufacturing jobs are to be created in Spain to build the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm has been described as "galling" by a Scottish workers union.
The viability of the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm project will "not be affected" by the debt of Spanish manufacturer Navantia, according to the boss of the development.
The prospect of Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) receiving no work from two huge Scottish offshore wind project has been described as an "absolute scandal" by two of the country's biggest unions.
The floating wind sector must "attract private equity" if it is to emulate the success of bottom fixed offshore wind projects, a WindEurope report has said.
The first floating turbine for the Kincardine Floating Offshore Windfarm has been spotted being towed out from Dundee to its position in the North Sea.
The Kincardine Offshore Wind Farm has submitted an application to the Scottish Ministers to increase the megawatt capacity and extend to the turbine height.
Hopes of a jobs boom at a Highland port have been put on hold after the company behind a £250million floating windfarm off Stonehaven announced it is changing its plans for the project.
A delay in the construction of a £250million floating windfarm off Stonehaven has hit a Highland port that had expected to create up to 200 jobs supporting the project.