The Highland Council has given its backing to offshore plans from the West of Orkney Windfarm, part of a multi-billion pound 2GW offshore wind power plant.
Prime minister Keir Starmer has announced that the UK and Ireland will closely collaborate on developing subsea energy infrastructure to help boost offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.
The UK government has announced that it will invest £55.7 million into a Scottish port to make it a major hub for the development of floating offshore wind turbines.
The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate a prebuilt electricity transmission link connecting one of the world's largest offshore wind farms to the UK grid.
The UK government is consulting on reforms to its renewables auction scheme, contracts for difference (CfD), that it says would “pave the way” for more renewables projects to come online by 2030.
A new research paper by ScottishPower Renewables and Stillstrom, a cleantech business venture owned by Maersk, has found that battery-powered boats could be a feasible option for servicing offshore wind farms.
