Offshore wind summit

Trade unions, offshore wind developers, supply chain companies and government will come together to look at maximising the offshore wind farm sector.

The Scottish Government and UK Government will host the Edinburgh summit to look at how UK companies can benefit more from the build-out of offshore wind farms in UK waters.

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay will co-host the summit with UK Energy Minister Claire Perry.

Mr Mackay said:

“Scotland has all the natural resources required to make it an ideal location for offshore wind but we need to ensure our economy isn’t missing out from key contracts going overseas. We are committed to maximising the sector in Scotland but we cannot do it alone – we need the whole industry to work together.

“This summit will allow us to talk directly with the key developers and suppliers to establish what more we can do to help. The Scottish Government will be examining the consent process to ensure we use the powers at our disposal to keep work on these shores. And I hope to hear more from the developers and suppliers on what they plan to do to help grow our renewables economy.”

Background

The meeting will take place in Edinburgh on 2 May.

Summit invitees include Boskalis, DEME GeoSea, EDF Renewables, E.ON, Equinor, GE Renewable Energy, GMB, Innogy, Jan De Nul, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, Moray East Renewables, Orsted, RWE, Scottish Power, SDIC Red Rock Power Ltd, Seway Heavy Lifting, Siemens Gamesa, SSE, Unite the Union, Van Oord and Vattenfall.