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SPR working with Seaway 7 on preferred bidder agreement for East Anglia THREE

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.

Suffolk windfarm apprentices ‘inspired’ by worldwide career opportunities

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.

European first as revolutionary crane tech does heavy lifting at ScottishPower’s Whitelee Windfarm

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’s Kate Turner reappointed to RenewableUK Board of Directors

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 team up with National Energy Skills Accelerator for ScotWind collaboration

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.

ScottishPower and Shell sign option to lease agreements for ScotWind projects

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.

ScottishPower and Shell confirm multi-million offshore wind supply chain funds

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 onshore apprentices have got the wind in their sails for a clean energy future

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 recognised for industry-leading commitment to environmental protection

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

National Apprenticeship Week 2022: Green Careers with ScottishPower Renewables

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.

Green Flag Award flying high on UK’s largest onshore windfarm

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.

Scottish School Pupil's COP26 call for more green jobs & investment in renewable energy

Green jobs and more investment to create clean energy are what’s needed to deliver Net Zero for Scotland by 2045

East Anglia Hub design contract clinched by UK’s Wood Thilsted for its next generation turbine record and cost focus

A proven international record working with next generation offshore turbines pushed structural and geotechnical engineering specialists Wood Thilsted to first choice for the detailed design contract for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Hub.

ScottishPower Renewables selects Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as preferred bidder for East Anglia Hub turbines

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) as the preferred bidder to supply and install some of the world’s most powerful and productive offshore wind turbines for its £6.5 billion East Anglia Hub programme.

Successful ScottishPower project showcases power of batteries in energy system

Energy has been exported from a commercial 1MW battery energy storage system connected to Carland Cross windfarm in Cornwall for the first time thanks to a successful joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Centrica.

ScottishPower Renewables blows wind of change for Wick’s Riverside Park

A more picturesque perspective can now be enjoyed by visitors to Riverside Park in Wick after ScottishPower Renewables completed a programme of enhancement works in the popular park.

Whitelee Windfarm’s ‘Nae Fireworks Nights’ cancelled due to COVID

Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing guidance, Whitelee Windfarm’s ‘Nae Fireworks Nights’ will not be taking place this year.

ScottishPower Renewables pledges support for customers, colleagues and communities

ScottishPower Renewables has today (Thursday 28 May) signed up to the C-19 Business Pledge, highlighting its commitment and efforts to help communities, colleagues and customers through the COVID-19 crisis and into the recovery phase.

ScottishPower acquires 165mw major new Onshore Wind Project - investing in the green recovery

As part of ScottishPower's commitment to investing in the UK's green economic recovery and to contributing to meeting Net Zero targets, the company has signed two separate agreements to develop wind farms in central Scotland that could see investment of over £150 million.

Whitelee Windfarm’s ‘Nae Fireworks Nights’ cancelled due to COVID (Copy)

Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing guidance, Whitelee Windfarm’s ‘Nae Fireworks Nights’ will not be taking place this year.

£50M boost for ScottishPower Renewables’ communities

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.

Run the Blades Marks 10th Anniversary with Record-Breaking Weekend at ScottishPower Renewables' Whitelee WindFarm

Run the Blades, one of Scotland’s most iconic trail running events, celebrated its 10th anniversary in style at the weekend with a record-breaking turnout with over 1700 participants and a buzzing festival atmosphere at the UK’s largest onshore windfarm.

International Women's Day 2025

This International Women’s Day, we have spoken with some of our female graduates to find out about what IWD and this year’s theme #AccelerateAction means to them.

ScottishPower Renewables delivers £35,000 donation to Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Martlesham Wilds

Green energy company ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has today announced a £35,000 donation towards one of Suffolk’s newest nature reserves.

International Women in Engineering Day 2026

This International Women in Engineering Day, we have spoke to our female engineers, to find out about their experience in engineering and why they think more females should consider a job in Engineering #INWED2026 #EngineeringIntelligence.

Our plans to repower iconic Whitelee - the UK’s largest onshore windfarm

Our plans to repower and double capacity of the UK’s flagship onshore windfarm, Whitelee, in a £1.5bn project that will boost the country’s energy security while creating hundreds of jobs and £500m in supply chain opportunities.

Over £100m awarded in UK-wide onshore windfarm contracts boost

ScottishPower has awarded contracts totalling a record £102.9million to companies spanning the country in the latest round of support for Britain’s supply chain.

Local jobs boost as RES wins ScottishPower Renewables safety contract for East Anglia TWO

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has chosen RES to deliver the Safety from the System services for its East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm. The contract will support 25 specialist and skilled jobs around Lowestoft and Ipswich.

WSP to assess environmental impact of MarramWind

WSP, one of the UK’s leading engineering and environmental professional services consultancies, is to assess the environmental impact of the proposed MarramWind offshore floating windfarm secured as part of the ScotWind leasing process in Scotland on behalf of ScottishPower Renewables.

ScottishPower Renewables and Masdar mark major engineering milestone at East Anglia THREE windfarm

ScottishPower Renewables and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar have completed a major construction milestone at the £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm, with all 95 foundations now installed off the Suffolk coast.

EIA Scoping Report submitted to planning authorities

MarramWind has submitted the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report for the proposed MarramWind project to Marine Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council – the respective planning authorities for the offshore and onshore elements of the proposed project.

Applications open for second round of MachairWind £10K islands fund

Island communities across Islay, Jura, Colonsay, Ross of Mull and Iona can now apply for a share of a £10,000 pot funded by ScottishPower Renewables’ proposed MachairWind offshore windfarm.

VOS sails into offshore renewables sector with ScottishPower

Aberdeen-based Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) Limited is partnering with leading green energy developer, ScottishPower Renewables, as it embarks on its first long-term charter providing emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) services for the offshore wind industry.

Geoquip Marine gets to work on MarramWind geotechnical surveys

Packed supply chain event as businesses explore MarramWind opportunities

MarramWind public consultation blows in to the north-east

Local people across Aberdeenshire will have the opportunity to get involved and have their say on the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm when the first phase of statutory consultation gets underway later this month.

ScotWind developers collaborate on regional compensation measures

MarramWind is pleased to have collaborated with 11 other projects in the East and Northeast ScotWind regions to produce a report examining potential regional ornithological compensation measures that could be deployed at scale and contribute to the increased resilience of seabird populations in Scotland.

Clerkhill kids become offshore wind engineers for the day

Primary five pupils from Clerkhill Primary School in Peterhead got the chance to be offshore wind engineers for the day recently thanks to a special STEM education organised by the MarramWind floating offshore windfarm project team.

MarramWind team thanks Aberdeenshire residents for time and effort in first community consultation round

 The team behind the proposed MarramWind project have thanked people across Aberdeenshire for participating in the first round of statutory consultation for the renewable energy project, which could be one of the first large-scale floating offshore windfarms in the world.

MarramWind floating offshore windfarm helps solve WW1 maritime mystery

North Sea surveys for what could be one of the first floating offshore windfarms in the world may have helped solve a 107-year-old maritime mystery, with the discovery of the uncharted wreck of a World War One Russian merchant vessel.

MarramWind team returns to the north-east for public consultation round two

Local people across Aberdeenshire will have another opportunity to get involved and have their say on the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm when the second phase of statutory consultation gets underway next week.

MarramWind consultation comes to a close

Almost 300 people across Aberdeenshire took part and had their say on the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm during the recent consultation, which has now closed.

Peterhead pupils get a glimpse of a clean energy future thanks to MarramWind

Almost 150 primary pupils from schools in Peterhead got the chance to become windfarm designers and engineers for the day when they took part in special energy workshops at Aberdeen Science Centre

Peterhead hosts first public event for MarramWind floating offshore windfarm

Politicians, community organisations, landowners, fisheries representatives, council officials and members of the local community have attended the first public event for the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm.

£60million awarded to communities by ScottishPower Renewables

Communities across the UK and Ireland have benefitted from over £60 million of funding thanks to ScottishPower Renewables windfarms.

Enhanced Accessibility at Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre

ScottishPower Renewables are now offering an enhanced experience at its Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre with the addition of the WelcoMe app in partnership with disability inclusion company WelcoMe. The app aims to make public places accessible to everyone by providing adjustments to services and to train staff to confidently assist customers with additional needs.

National Inclusion Blog

We recently caught up with Kamile Zvykaite, who has just completed a year in industry position in the SPR Control team, as a Finance Assistant. This was part of her third-year placement at university, where she studied Economics.

MachairWind joins 'energy corner' at Islay Show

ScottishPower Renewables’ offshore windfarm team joined island residents and visitors in celebrating the Islay, Jura & Colonsay Agricultural Show.

Gillian Noble appointed to DESNZ Onshore Wind Taskforce

ScottishPower Renewables Development MD, Gillian Noble, has been appointed to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Onshore Wind Taskforce.

Whitelee Community Day a Great Success

More than four thousand visitors flocked to our Whitelee Community Day for an action-packed event at the UK’s largest onshore windfarm.

Run the Blades is back!

Run the Blades is back and it’s bigger and better than ever before. Held exclusively within ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee windfarm, just a 20 minute drive from the centre of Glasgow, it has grown to become one of the largest trail running events in the UK.

International Biodiversity Day

This International Biodiversity Day, our Ecologists Glenn Norris and John Allsopp took a few minutes out of their typical monitoring work to look for some unusual species that can be spotted on some of our windfarms:

MachairWind team return to Islay, Jura and Colonsay

ScottishPower Renewables’ offshore windfarm team heads back to Islay, Jura and Colonsay for public drop-in events

World Earth Day 2024, Planet vs Plastics

Since 2022, 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.

International Women's Day Q&A

This International Women’s Day, we have spoken with our MachairWind project team and their experience working in a predominately female-led project and wider project support.

Witches welcome at Whitelee

ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee windfarm is welcoming back wicked witches, ghoulish ghosts and everything in between to celebrate Halloween.

Island kids blown away by offshore windfarm STEM event

Children and young people cross Islay, Jura and Colonsay got to learn all about offshore wind during the October school holidays at special STEM* education events organised by ScottishPower Renewables’ MachairWind project team and Fugro, the company carrying out metocean, wind resource and geophysical surveys for the proposed windfarm.

Flying Insect study at Whitelee Windfarm

ScottishPower Renewables is participating in a cutting-edge project that’s studying the genetic diversity of one million flying insects from across the UK and could lead to the discovery of undescribed species.

Charlie Jordan, CEO ScottishPower Renewables

In just seven years’ time, Scotland has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 75% and more than doubling its renewable energy production.

WEW: Speeding up offshore wind projects

WEW: Speeding up offshore wind projects