DeepWind
The DeepWind supply chain cluster is now the largest offshore wind representative body in Scotland with over 390 members drawn from industry, academia and the public sector. Its main purpose is to help its members achieve greater benefit from the current and future development of offshore wind in the UK and internationally. As the name suggests, it specialises in fixed and floating offshore wind in deeper waters, usually considered to be greater than a 40m depth.
Cluster Map and Membership
The DeepWind Cluster covers a geographical area that stretches along the Scottish coastline from Wick in the far north to Montrose in the North East. This geography is based on the offshore wind projects that are currently covered by the DeepWind offshore wind developers who are the core members of the cluster. This includes Ocean Winds, SSE, Vattenfall, Equinor and KOWL (Kincardine Offshore Wind Limited). Due to the introduction of the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, which opened on the 10th of June, DeepWind's ports and harbour members now extend around the North Coast, Northern Isles, Western Isles and West Coast as far south as Campbeltown in Argyll & Bute and across to Hunterston PARC (Port and Resource Centre) in North Ayrshire. This now encompasses 24 port and harbour members and represents coverage of over 80% of the Scottish coastline.
The 18 strong developer group within the cluster is now the largest of any supply chain cluster in the UK and, besides the above five core members, includes Scottish Power Renewables, RWE Renewables, Mainstream Renewable Power, Red Rock Power, Simply Blue Energy, Quaybridge, RIDG, wpd Offshore, Univergy International, ESB, Sumitomo Corporation, Total E&P UK and Shell New Energies subsidiary EOLFI.
Membership of the cluster is not limited to any geographical area and therefore covers the whole of Scotland. The cluster has a hub and spoke appearance to reflect the other major supply chain elements - both companies and infrastructure - that are part of the cluster.
Companies or organisations wishing to join the DeepWind cluster should download the membership form using these links. The form is available in Microsoft Word or as a PDF file.
DeepWind Membership Form (Word document)
DeepWind Membership Form (PDF)
You must be based in Scotland or have a Scottish office to qualify for membership. Overseas companies looking to develop projects in Scotland or Tier 1 contractors are eligible to join in order to benefit from access to the DeepWind supply chain companies.
Cluster Map
Member Organisations
The cluster currently has 391 members representing developers, supply chain companies, academia and local government. The following is a list of current member organisations. DeepWind Steering Group members have SG after their name and includes Ocean Winds who are also the Cluster Champion. Please click on their name to visit the individual members web site for further details on the companies.