This podcast episode is the first of two episodes that are in partnership with RenewableUK, as we approach Global Offshore Wind 2024, the UK's premier offshore wind event!

This year, the theme is ‘Coming of Age’, which gives us a great opportunity to talk about cutting-edge technologies and discovering solutions for critical challenges, especially around floating wind and operations and maintenance.

Stephen Wyatt, Director of Strategy & Emerging Technologies at ORE Catapult, hosted this episode and was joined by:

• Benj Sykes, Head of Environment, Consents & External Affairs at Orsted

• Charlie Jordan, Chief Executive Officer of ScottishPower Renewables

• Jane Cooper, Director of Offshore Wind, RenewableUK

This episode looks back at the industry’s significant milestones, discusses faster consenting and environmental interactions and highlights key areas of improvement.

In this episode, we talk about the inclusivity of the offshore renewable energy sector with some specific topics on the key challenges faced by the industry to promote a more diverse workforce.

ORE Catapult's Innovation Manager, Laura Fairley, hosts the discussion and is joined by Full Circle 21's founder, Isla Robb. They are also joined by ORE Catapult's Techno-Economic Analyst, Jon McFarlane, as he prepares to represent Scotland at the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships on 11th April.

During the opening of FLOWIC (Floating Wind Innovation Centre), our Business Development Manager Tessa Scott sat down with three companies, all of who have worked closely with ORE Catapult, and who have joined us to demonstrate their technologies and services. The three companies are: Pict Offshore, Apollo and Balmoral.

In the podcast episode, you can also listen to the First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf MSP, as he officially opened the facility.

It’s only a few days until we cut the ribbon at FLOWIC, the new Floating Wind Innovation Centre in Aberdeen.

This episode is hosted by Andy MacDonald, Director of Offshore Wind Development and Operations at ORE Catapult, and was joined by Maggie McGinlay, Chief Executive at ETZ, the Energy Transition Zone.

They discuss the new facility, Aberdeen, and the developments and innovation of the UK’s floating offshore wind sector.

This episode of the ReEnergise podcast, our Business Development Manager, Tessa Scott, talks to Graeme Rogerson, Head of Net Zero Technology at the Net Zero Technology Centre, about the great projects they are working on around the Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG leasing round.

INTOG stands for the Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas – and is the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms.

They discuss:

• What sets INTOG apart from other leasing opportunities?

• How can INTOG assist hydrogen as an alternative fuel?

• Are we going to build and maintain any of these INTOG projects in the UK?

We recorded this Spotlight special episode of ReEnergise from our UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight 2023 event in Edinburgh.

Along with over 500 industry leaders, supply chain companies, investors and delegates, we came together to network and take part in an open discussion about the UK’s offshore wind supply chain.

Davood Sabaei, Supply Chain Project Manager at ORE Catapult, hosted the 'on the day' episode and talked to 3 exhibitors, all of who have worked closely with OWGP and ORE Catapult:

- Huw Griffiths, CEO at Anakata Wind Power. Anakata is a brilliant example of cross-sector innovation and brings the perfect fusion of Formula One innovation and wind turbine aerodynamics.

- Chris Almond, who is Business Development and Commercial Manager, at Kraken Robotics. Kraken Robotics is a marine technology company providing complex subsea sensors, batteries, and robotic systems.

- Callum Maxwell, Business Development Manager at Proserv, which is a global controls technology company.

Episode 43 of the ReEnergise podcast is the 3rd in our UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight 2023 event special.

Anil Sayhan, Programme Director of Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP), is joined by Jane Cooper, Director of Offshore Wind at RenewableUK and lead in delivering the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) programme, as well as Ajai Ahluwalia, Head of Supply Chain for RenewableUK.

They talk about the resilience of the offshore wind supply chain and lessons learned from others, while reviewing some of the challenges of the last year and looking ahead to 2024.

In the latest episode of our ReEnergise podcast, we talked to three big industry leaders to get their insights on: getting to know your customers, key collaborations, and learnings to take from other industries.

Listen to Andy MacDonald, Director of Offshore Wind Development and Operations at ORE Catapult, as he speaks to:

• Duncan Ayling, EnBW | bp

• Alex Louden, ØRSTED

• Marlene Orth, OCEAN WINDS

This is a special episode ahead of our UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event on 12th December.

This is a Spotlight Special episode of the ReEnergise podcast, ahead of the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event on the 12th December, in conversation with… Kirsty Adams from BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership.

This episode discusses:

- The Supply Chain Spotlight event and what might dominate the discussions on the day

- What offshore wind developers need specifically from the supply chain

- What the main opportunities are within the sector for supply chain companies

Claire Canning is Programme Manager at Offshore Wind Growth Partnership, a long-term business transformation programme, delivered by ORE Catapult, which supports high growth companies in the UK offshore wind supply chain.

Kirsty Adams is Head of Supply Chain from BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership. Kirsty has been a representative on a variety of industry working groups, including with OWGP, tackling supply chain challenges. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in identifying opportunities within the sector.

In partnership with Nova Innovation, we sat down to talk about the past, present, and future state of tidal energy in the UK.

Listen to the podcast to get a real insight into the progress happening behind the scenes of tidal and how the UK’s tidal sector holds up against the global market.

Nova’s Chief Operating Officer, Seumas MacKenzie, joined ORE Catapult’s Simon Cheeseman, Sector Lead, Wave & Tidal Energy.