The offshore wind (OSW) industry will need a significant increase in skilled workers to continue to grow. The UK’s Offshore Wind Industry Council recently estimated that the UK would need to triple the number currently [...]

From an early stage, The Crown Estate has signalled its intention to trigger economic development in the Celtic Sea region, loosely defined as off South Wales and South West England. The Crown Estate’s thinking has [...]

After more than a decade, the era of cheap money has finally come to an end. Rising interest rates and inflation have created a more challenging environment for renewable energy finance. Developers, investors and the [...]

  Yesterday’s CfD parameters announcement provides a welcome boost to the UK’s offshore wind deployment ambitions following the failure of AR5 to deliver any new offshore wind. The announcement was welcomed by developers, and with [...]

The failure of offshore wind in AR5 should prompt a much needed evolution of the CfD system. The UK Government is very fond of trumpeting the achievements of the CfD mechanism. In many respects, this [...]

While the English and Australian women’s and men’s cricket teams battle it out in the historic Ashes series, as a stereotypically cricket-ignorant Scot I am more interested in watching Australia compete in the global offshore [...]