This report, while predominantly focused on Scotland's tidal stream and wave energy sectors, examines the potential for cross-sector collaboration with offshore wind.
Offshore wind opportunity
Scotland is leading the way in offshore wind, one of the fastest growing renewables industries. Find out more about business opportunities in the sector and how we can help you get involved.
Scotland's unique combination of resources, expertise and capabilities means our offshore wind industry is thriving, creating abundant opportunities for businesses like yours.
Your existing expertise can be applied to offshore wind in fields such as surveying, installation, operations, maintenance, and health and safety.
Scotland's floating wind projects
Scotland has two of the biggest floating wind farms in the world — Hywind Scotland and the Kincardine Offshore Wind Farm. There's a third in construction, the Pentland Offshore Wind Farm, which when completed, will overtake the others as the world's largest.
The opportunity for investment and growth in this sector is huge. In the UK alone, floating offshore wind is forecast to provide 17000 jobs and £33 billion GVA to the economy by 2050.
Run by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Offshore Wind Scotland provides information on the sector.
Discover developments and opportunities, instructions on how to become part of our Forth and Tay offshore supply chain clusters, and who to contact to find out more.
Resources and reports
Browse our key offshore wind resources and reports, which includes business opportunities in Scotland.
Offshore wind infrastructure factsheets
To help Scottish suppliers identify specific opportunities in the offshore wind supply chain, we've also commissioned a series of factsheets that describe in detail the components required to build key pieces of offshore wind infrastructure.
The factsheets will help your company to identify which of their existing products and services could be used directly for – or adapted to fit – offshore wind opportunities.
Reports
This report reviews floating/temporary port concepts to alleviate reliance on conventional port infrastructure.
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