Offshore Wind Scotland
Scotland has an amazing offshore wind resource and the world-class skills and facilities required to operate in a sometimes hostile deep-water environment.
About Offshore Wind Scotland
This web site is a resource that is managed and run by a partnership consisting of Scotland's enterprise and development bodies and the Scottish Offshore Wind Industry Council (SOWEC). The Scottish Government's three Enterprise Agencies are tasked with delivering economic development services in their own geographic areas has shown in the map below.
All three agencies work closely with our international trade and investment body, Scottish Development International, who cover the whole of Scotland and assist overseas companies to enter the offshore wind sector in Scotland as well as helping Scottish companies to access international markets
The partnership has created this website to showcase the offshore wind industry in Scotland. Here you will find an overview of the sector; the latest up-to-date news and information about current project developments along with details on the companies in the Scottish offshore wind supply chain. We have included information on our national offshore wind cluster, the Clean Energy Cluster along with details on who to contact to find out more.
Our partners and stakeholders
We have adopted a 'whole of Scotland' approach for the Offshore Wind Scotland website, working with a number of partners including the national Clean Energy Cluster on supply chain, Skills Development Scotland and ESP on our 'Skills for Offshore Wind' section, the Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (SOWPA) for our ports and harbours section.
Our partners
You can find out more about HIE and our partners on the websites below.
Find out more about Offshore Wind in Scotland
Explore our website to find out more about the offshore wind sector in Scotland. If you'd like to speak with someone about sector and development opportunities, get in touch.
The Offshore Wind Market in Scotland
The Scottish offshore wind market is now one of the largest in the world and currently leads on the development of commercial floating wind with 15GW of in the pipeline
The Scottish Offshore Wind Industry
The industry is represented at senior level by the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council which brings together all the elements that go to make up the offshore wind sector.