Crown Estate launches forum to tackle CCUS, offshore wind space conundrum
A new group has been launched in order to unlock co-location opportunities for offshore wind and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS).
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ORE Catapult and UKEF join forces to boost renewable exports
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has formed a new partnership with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in order to promote renewables companies abroad.
Report sheds light on financial implications of future powered by wind
Thirty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that offshore wind could power every home in the UK.
There’s more to electrolysis than electrolysers: Tulloch lifts lid on OGTC hydrogen intentions
The global hydrogen technology manufacturing pie is going to be huge, according to Martyn Tulloch, OGTC head of energy system integration.
ORE Catapult powers up with senior industry appointments
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced the appointment of two senior industrialists as non-executive directors.
OWGP frees up £4.2m to support UK offshore wind supply chain
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP), a business transformation programme, has launched its largest tranche of grant funding for UK supply chain companies in a package totalling £4.2 million.
Subsea sector to harness billion-dollar floating wind bonanza
Floating offshore wind (FOW) is rapidly becoming a commercial reality with “massive” global potential for the North Sea subsea sector to exploit.
Sixteen north-east firms chosen to take part in offshore wind business improvement programme
More than a dozen north-east businesses have been selected to take part in an initiative designed to help firms capitalise on Scotland’s offshore wind expansion.
Recycling of turbine blades ‘golden opportunity’ for supply chain, says report
At-scale recycling of wind turbine blades could present the UK supply chain with “huge economic opportunities”, according to a new report.
Study to set out opportunities for Scottish supply chain in floating offshore wind
The potential for Scottish businesses to produce commercial scale concrete foundations for floating wind projects is to be explored by a new partnership.
Subsea UK webinar series to highlight multi-billion pound floating wind potential
The potential for subsea companies to benefit from the forecasted floating offshore wind boom will be explored in a three-part webinar series starting next week.
ORE Catapult study reveals floating offshore wind could be ‘subsidy-free’ by end of the decade
Floating offshore wind could become “subsidy-free” in the UK by the early 2030s, according to a new study.
Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm to be kitted out with turbine toilets in ‘world first’
Vattenfall has announced plans to kit out every turbine at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm with the “world’s first” in-tower toilet.
Exclusive: Initiative launched to help north-east firms benefit from offshore wind boom
A new programme aimed at helping domestic supply chain firms benefit from Scotland’s burgeoning offshore wind sector could deliver significant employment opportunities for the north-east.
Contract wins ‘signal’ growth for Aberdeen video production company
Digital media production company Signal is to produce films for Aberdeenshire Council and ORE Catapult to support the promotion of local and national economic development.
Fifth of North Sea jobs could go by 2050 without ‘urgent investment’ in net zero solutions, says OGTC report
The number of jobs in the North Sea energy sector could fall by 20% in the coming years without “urgent investment” in offshore net zero solutions.
Offshore wind starts squaring up to massive future decom challenge
Very few offshore wind turbines have so far been decommissioned anywhere -- and little significant activity is expected on that front until the end of the current decade.
In-turbine toilet to make a splash in offshore wind sector
Offshore wind technicians who are tired of getting caught short on the high seas could soon be spared the discomfort and embarrassment thanks to a newly-developed, in-turbine toilet.
Offshore renewables robotics groups join forces to bridge gap between research and industry
Two of the UK’s leading research organisations in the development of robotics for use in offshore renewables have teamed up to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Floating offshore wind sector faces ‘huge’ mobilisation challenges
The floating offshore wind sector will have to overcome “huge” mobilisation challenges in order to get up and running, according to an industry expert.
Shell and Total join UK floating offshore wind syndicate
North Sea oil giants Shell and Total have joined a UK floating offshore wind consortium created to drive forward the technology.
Aberdeen firms part of deal to develop renewable energy technologies in China
North-east firms are among a group of UK energy companies who yesterday agreed a deal to develop and provide renewable energy technologies, services and research in China.
Southern sector success setting a new standard
The success of the southern North Sea’s offshore wind sector not only makes it an interesting hotbed of renewable energy activity in the UK, it also points toward the future developments of the sector and how it is helping some forgotten coastal communities engineer a brighter future for themselves.
Five key trends for offshore wind in 2020
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult's energy analyst Tom Quinn has identified five key trends that he predicts will take off in 2020 in the world of offshore renewable energy.
UK offshore wind manufacturing firms cost £40m more than foreign alternative – report
Offshore wind jackets manufactured by UK firms costs around £40 million more than their foreign counterparts, according to a new fabrication report.