ScottishPower Renewables has successfully trialled an innovative new turbine blade access platform at its Whitelee Windfarm, the largest onshore windfarm in the UK.

Thanks to the BBC, I had the amazing opportunity to go ‘back to school’ today as part of the ‘BBC 100 Share Your Story’ career tour to talk to high school pupils about working in the creative industries and the opportunities that can offer.

It was great to see the industry come together in person for Scottish Renewables’ and RenewableUK’s Floating Offshore Wind Conference.

On behalf of ScottishPower we send our deepest condolences to the King and the Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

Charlie confirms ScottishPower Renewables' leadership lineup

Construction began on the East Anglia THREE onshore converter station in July 2022.

Work will begin installing temporary Construction Consolidation Sites (CCSs) in July. A CCS will be used for office space, welfare, parking and the storage of equipment and materials.

Charlie Jordan has been appointed ScottishPower Renewables’ (SPR) CEO, with responsibility for all the business’s offshore, onshore, solar and battery projects across the UK and Ireland.

Two floating bins which skim water for plastics and rubbish are being used to cut waste pollution in the sea and harbour at Lowestoft thanks to ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm.

Recent events have elevated the need to rapidly accelerate our transition to renewable energy and a net zero economy. As with my involvement in the RenewableUK Board to date, my focus will be to further the constructive, strategic engagement with UK Government and devolved administrations to ensure the right policy and regulatory frameworks are in place to deploy renewables (onshore and offshore) at pace to create a secure, clean, green energy system that delivers skills development and lasting career opportunities for the future.

ScottishPower, part of the Iberdrola Group, has today (17 January) been awarded the seabed rights to develop three new offshore windfarms off the coast of Scotland – including two new floating windfarms being developed in conjunction with Shell – as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing

ScottishPower becomes a leading UK solar developer

ScottishPower Renewables has appointed its first-ever Head of Offshore Development for Scotland following its unrivalled success in Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing earlier this year.

Local people on Islay, Colonsay, and Jura will get the opportunity to find out more about a new offshore windfarm being developed by ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) at a series of drop-in events being hosted on the islands next week.

The underwater discovery of a distinctive wrought iron anchor found at the bottom of the southern North Sea during survey works for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm has been hailed as an “incredibly rare” find.

ScottishPower Renewables has teamed up with Jet Engineering to explore the potential deployment of a 5G mobile network at sea for the construction of its East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm

Green electricity boost for UK as work starts on East Anglia THREE windfarm

ScottishPower Renewables Delivers a Green Sweep in CfD Auction

Gorman BESS will support system services in Ireland for six years

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is marking UN Day of the Seafarer 2022

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has confirmed it’s working with Seaway 7 on a transportation and installation preferred bidder agreement for its East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm, subject to securing a final investment decision.

The newest apprentices on ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm believe their training in a fast-growing global industry will take them far while tackling the climate emergency.

The UK’s largest onshore windfarm – ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee Windfarm – has become the first site anywhere in Europe to use revolutionary crane technology developed by LiftWerx, with the successful replacement of gearboxes on two wind turbines.

ScottishPower Renewables’ Policy and Regulation Director, Kate Turner, has been reappointed to RenewableUK’s Board of Directors following the Board election last month.

ScottishPower and Shell are exploring a new collaboration with the National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA) to maximise economic and employment opportunities linked to the development of floating offshore windfarms in Scottish waters.

Following their success in the ScotWind Leasing round at the start of the year, ScottishPower and Shell have signed option to lease agreements with Crown Estate Scotland – reserving the seabed rights for their MarramWind and CampionWind floating offshore windfarms.

Successful ScotWind partners, ScottishPower and Shell, are set to invest a total of £75 million to help the supply chain and businesses support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Scotland.

ScottishPower Renewables’ first-ever onshore wind apprentices helped the company mark National Apprentice Week by highlighting the benefits and potential of working to deliver a clean green energy future.

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has received a prestigious global award for its efforts to protect the environment and give back to the planet while constructing its flagship East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm

Local young people Jovita Beeston and Jack Hurren, are already pursuing green careers with ScottishPower Renewables on its East Anglia ONE windfarm and talk about their opportunity to carve careers for life in one of the fastest-paced exciting industries and what they are doing to help address climate change.

28 June 2022, Glasgow: Primary 7 pupils from Saint Sophia’s Primary School in Galston, East Ayrshire celebrated the end of the school year in style, as they raised the Green Flag Award at ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee Windfarm – the largest onshore windfarm in the UK and the first in the world to receive the prestigious accolade.

Local people and places across the UK have now benefited from ScottishPower Renewables community funding to the tune of more than £50 million thanks to the power of wind.

People and communities across Caithness are set to benefit from a new £3.75 million community fund created by ScottishPower Renewables’ Halsary windfarm

Following the completion of site access points at three Consolidated Construction Sites (CCSs) in July, Paper Mill Lane has been chosen as the location for the installation of the full CCS. The remaining work includes the provision of office cabins, welfare, parking and storage facilities for equipment and materials.

The team who run the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm will be working hard at its Lowestoft base throughout Christmas so homes have the power they need.

Wind Week is a great opportunity to celebrate everything we do as a renewables business and showcase how working to deliver a cleaner, greener and better future, quicker benefits us all.

ScottishPower Renewables teams up with Cadeler for the East Anglia Hub

A ScottishPower spokesperson said: “Offshore wind is exactly what’s needed to get more clean, green home-grown electricity on to the grid, so we can reduce our dependency on gas and reach net zero.

The Construction of East Anglia ONE commenced in 2017 and some final works are still being undertaken on site until the end of Summer 2022.

ScottishPower Renewables has awarded the marine services contract for the East Anglia ONE windfarm off the Suffolk coast to Marex Risk and Marine Consultancy (Marex).