OW Ocean Winds UK

🆕 New energy chapter in the UK: Yesterday marked the official launch of the new National Energy System Operator! OW Ocean Winds is pleased to be featured in their launch video! 📽 Our colleagues, Sarah Graham and Jamie Dempster, effectively highlighted NESO’s role in strengthening the UK’s energy infrastructure and advancing the transition to a cleaner energy system, showcasing OW's role in this energy transition. 🌬 With a 6 GW portfolio of offshore wind projects in the UK, OW’s involvement underscores our commitment to supporting national industry advancements, the positive impact of offshore wind, and fostering collaborative efforts that benefit the broader sector. We look to the new NESO to take bold actions that accelerate the fundamental network upgrades required for the rapid deployment of clean electricity generation. The coordinated system planning and connections management that the NESO will now oversee needs to provide developers with greater commercial certainty in order to attract the investment in offshore wind development that is needed to deliver the UK’s clean power mission. ⚡ Thank you, NESO, for this opportunity—we look forward to seeing the impact of your work! #ProudtobeOW #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind

OW Ocean Winds is back in the spotlight! 🌟   We’re proud to announce our nomination for the Outstanding Contribution to Energy Security Award at the #OEUKAwards2024 hosted by Offshore Energies UK.   This recognition comes from the impact of our Moray East, Moray West, CALEDONIA Offshore Wind Farm and #Arven projects, which have: ➡️Slashed the cost of offshore power production from £140/MWhr down to £57.50/MWhr – a power reduction of over 60%. ➡️Supported local communities in the Cromarty Firth, Fraserburgh, and Buckie. ➡️Created a pipeline of projects allowing supply chain investment boosting supply capacity for Scotland and the UK. ➡️ £1 billion in UK investments, with £800 million in Scotland’s economy across the lifetime of the projects. ➡️Pioneered delivery timelines and built the first commercial scale XXL monopiles with 14.7MW turbines using an innovative route to market with CPPAs.   This comes on the heels of our four nominations last week at the RenewableUK awards, showing that OW continues to lead the charge in offshore wind and energy security! ⚡️   Check out all the other exciting nominations here👉 https://lnkd.in/emHC2gXr   #ProudtobeOW #EnergyTransition #OffshoreWind

🤝 OW Ocean Winds committed to STEM!   At OW Ocean Winds, we are excited to expand our #STEM education programme in partnership with The Education Academy Scotland (TEAS), offering students across #Scotland access to our much-anticipated STEM Leader 7 (SL7) programme.   📣 Thanks to OW’s funding, SL7 is now free for all learners in participating schools! SSERCOFFICIAL leads the development and roll out of SL7 across all learners in Scotland and has been working with OW since 2023 to provide the SCQF Level 7 Award.  Through our partnership with TEAS, we’re extending this opportunity to students whose schools don't currently offer SL7, proudly supporting students from challenged backgrounds, helping to break down barriers and empower the next generation to realize their full potential. 💡   Mark Baxter, Project Director of our CALEDONIA Offshore Wind Farm project, shares: "We’re thrilled to expand the STEM Leader 7 programme, which has been a huge success across Scotland. By working with TEAS, we’re ensuring students from diverse backgrounds can access the opportunities STEM provides, supporting their journey in the energy transition and future careers in our growing sector."   We wish the TEAS team and all students the best on their SL7 journey! 🚀 Learn more about this insightful partnership 👉 https://lnkd.in/etf-ZjFg DYW (Developing the Young Workforce) Moray #ProudtobeOW #renewableenergy #offshorewind #education

Exciting times for our UK projects! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce multiple nominations for at the Global Offshore Wind Awards 2024, hosted by RenewableUK! Project of the Year 🏆 👷 Moray West is nearing its final construction phase, with the O&M base in Buckie recently celebrating its grand opening! A massive thank you to our local supply chains—your hard work has been key to our success. Be sure to check out our Supply Chain Impact Report to find out more👉 https://lnkd.in/eeyurNXg 🌊 #Arven, our project with Mainstream Renewable Power, is already making waves, despite being in early development. From surveys to permitting, we're making solid strides in stakeholder engagement and laying the groundwork for future milestones. Environment & Sustainability Award 🏆 🌬️ OW Ocean Winds is also up for this award for using the innovative Low Order Deflagration method to safely clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) from the seabed in our Moray West project, reducing underwater noise and protecting marine life. Being a finalist is more than just recognition—it's a testament to our commitment to excellence, innovation, and the incredible people behind our projects who drive the offshore wind industry forward every day. We’re also proud to have our very own Lynsey Shovlin, Senior Supply Chain Associate, nominated for the Aspiring Leader Award! 🌟 See you in #London on October 15th! Good luck to all the incredible finalists 🍀 Find out more about the awards here👉 https://lnkd.in/eTFPJ9Tz #RUKAwards24 #ProudtobeOW #Offshorewind #RenewableEnergy

📢 Calling all innovators 📢 | OW Ocean Winds is partnering up with Innovate UK to launch 4 offshore wind farm efficiency challenges! At OW Ocean Winds, we're excited to partner with UK Research and Innovation - a national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK –through the Innovate UK project. This collaboration will support projects like the CALEDONIA Offshore Wind Farm and our global portfolio. By leveraging the department's methodology, we aim to push boundaries and bring fresh ideas to the rapidly evolving offshore wind sector. Aligned with our vision for a sustainable energy future, we are targeting three core areas where innovation can make a difference: 👉 Energy Assessment & Metocean: Improving wind resource measurements through advanced atmospheric data collection. 👉 Fixed Foundations: Revolutionizing subsea surveys with 3D ultra-high-resolution techniques to reduce risks and costs early in development. 👉 Environmental Impact: Innovating in underwater environmental monitoring and promoting marine biodiversity around floating wind farms. Initiatives like this bridge local relationships with global leaders, as proven by Moray Firth in Scotland—where over a decade of thriving partnerships showcases the power of these connections! As John Ransford, the Knowledge Transfer Manager at Innovate UK put it, “Developing offshore wind farms to deliver clean energy is crucial to the future of our environment and energy requirements as a society and we are looking forward to working with Ocean Winds to help them deliver on their objectives.” 🌱🌍 Join us in creating solutions that enhance efficiency, minimize environmental impact, and unlock the full potential of offshore wind farms! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dT4jEkVx #ProudtobeOW #Innovation #OffshoreWind #EnergyTransition

🏎️ Ready, set, go! | We are proud to support the Turriff Academy as they launch their F1 in Schools competition with funding from the Moray East project!   Students are racing their own miniature F1 cars, learning key skills in design, engineering, sponsorship, and marketing. Turriff Academy is one of only two UK schools equipped to host this global challenge – the other being City, University of London!   The top teams will race at the Scottish Championships this November, with the chance to compete at the UK and world finals. 🏆   We’re thrilled to support future innovators and promote STEM education in our local communities.💡   #ProudtobeOW #F1inSchools #STEM 

First Minister John Swinney opened OW Ocean Winds' new operations base in Buckie. The facility will service the Moray West offshore wind farm, supporting more than 60 jobs. This opening highlights the long-lasting, positive impact of offshore wind for our economy and communities.

📣 Great milestone achieved! Today marked the inauguration of our Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for our Moray West project in Buckie, Moray, with The Rt Hon. John Swinney MSP, First Minister of The Scottish Government, in attendance. Our Moray West project is advancing effectively through its construction phase and will inject over £800 million into the local economy, creating more than 1,500 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) years of jobs during this period. This new facility will be key to the operation of our project as we remain focused on achieving our final goal: full power!⚡ Spanning 2,000 m², this new O&M base includes offices, warehousing, and training facilities, while supporting the installation of 60 monopile foundations and wind turbines, the largest in UK waters. 🌬 But that’s not all! The redeveloped quayside is fully equipped with pontoons, cranes, and fuel storage, and will soon handle up to 100 weekly vessel movements when operations reach full capacity. Most importantly, this project has generated over 60 local jobs, showcasing our ongoing commitment to the community and the region. 👷♀️ 👷♂️ Our OW team members Craig Windram, CEO, Adam Morrison, UK Country Manager, and Jamie Dempster, Senior O&M Manager for Moray West, joined in celebrating this milestone. Read more about it! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dvxxhHrR

🌟 Our 2024 OW Ocean Winds UK interns are making waves across our many different business areas and offices in Scotland! This week, they took on the challenge of presenting on their mentors and senior management team. We were thrilled to receive special appearance from one of our OW Ocean Winds NORTH AMERICA interns, who recently completed her US internship, and joined us to also share her insightful experiences. 🌍   The presentations gave our interns a chance to dive deep into their experiences so far, reflecting on their work, career milestones, highlights, and the challenges they’ve conquered in just the few months of their internship. We’re proud to see their growth and excited for what’s to come! 🚀   ➡ Ciara Grandison, Eilidh Bennett, Bruce Newlands, Isabelle John, Ruyi Wang, Maria Ryan and Clare McColgan 👏   #ProudtobeOW #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind

🎉Today the UK has reached a fantastic milestone in the growth of our exciting sector, reaching 30GW of combined offshore and onshore wind – that’s enough to power over 25% of the UK’s electricity needs. ⚡ OW Ocean Winds are proud to contribute to this milestone with our Moray East wind farm which has been generating 950MW of clean power since 2022. Following closely behind, our 882MW Moray West project has already begun generating power, with full capacity expected by early 2025. Once fully online Ocean Winds will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind generator. 🔎 Learn more about our projects! 👇 #MorayEastProject: https://lnkd.in/deypB-da #MorayWestProject: https://lnkd.in/dspspW3R RenewableUK #ProudtobeOW #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy