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| Kincardine: How the floating wind farm is paving the way for 560MW Green Volt | 09 Sep 2026 | 00:26:13 | |
After a rough ride into the North Sea, reNEWS Editor Stephen Dunne talks to Flotation Energy about how it is applying learnings from the 50MW Kincardine floating wind farm off Aberdeen to its planned 560MW Green Volt scheme. Hear how large-scale repair work has been undertaken on the operational site and the new clarity the developer has got on the larger project's grid connection as well as RenewableUK's views on the potential for large-scale deployment of floating offshore wind. | |||
| UK offshore wind must 'stay the course' | 26 Aug 2026 | 00:34:46 | |
Co-chair of the Offshore Wind Industry Council Adam Morrison speaks to reNEWS Editor Stephen Dunne about his belief that the UK sector has the strategic fundamentals to thrive despite challenges on the horizon. Morrison outlines his hopes for AR8, how delivery risks must be dealt with and why he believes offshore wind costs must be back in play. | |||
| Inch Cape: Building the wind farm many said couldn't be built | 05 Aug 2026 | 00:37:37 | |
During a visit to the Port of Leith, ESB head of offshore wind Paul Lennon talks about the status of the construction campaign for the 1.1GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm. He tells reNEWS Editor Stephen Dunne about the 18 jackets currently marshalled at the Scottish port, what the company has taken from building the troubled 450MW NNG project and how Inch Cape has got to the point of being on track for first power later this year. | |||
| Delivery risks dent confidence in UK offshore wind | 01 Jul 2026 | 00:38:03 | |
Orsted country chair Benj Sykes gives reNEWS editor Stephen Dunne his views on the post-FID challenges facing developers in the UK. During an in-depth interview, Sykes also outlines how the sector needs to sharpen up its story-telling ability and talks about the Danish company's plans beyond the under-construction Hornsea 3. | |||
| Cutting costs back on the offshore wind agenda | 16 Jun 2026 | 00:26:44 | |
Today's episode is sponsored by leading offshore wind recruitment agency LSP Renewables. In this dispatch from Global Offshore Wind 2026 in Manchester, reNEWS Editor Stephen Dunne talks to industry figures about a fresh push by government and others to get the sector to reduce costs. The episode features contributions from ScottishPower Renewables chief executive Charlie Jordan, Nadara global head of offshore Richard Britton and Tone Langengen, a senior policy advisor at the Tony Blair Institute. | |||
| Chris Stark on AR8, connections reform, grid charging and more | 14 Jun 2026 | 00:38:32 | |
Head of the UK's Mission for Clean Power Chris Stark tells reNEWS editor Stephen Dunne about his ambitions for the upcoming renewables auction AR8, his views on Gate 2 grid connection challenges facing developers and how the thorny issue of TNUoS network charging will be addressed. | |||
| How to make a merchant business case stack up in offshore wind | 03 Jun 2026 | 00:35:21 | |
Vattenfall head of wind Catrin Jung tells reNEWS Editor Stephen Dunne how the company has made corporate PPA-based revenue models work on several offshore wind farms and her mixed views on the drive towards Contracts for Difference across Europe | |||
| Does Irish offshore wind have a credibility problem? | 26 May 2026 | 00:38:08 | |
The first live reNEWS Podcast recorded at Wind Energy Ireland Offshore 2026 in Dublin. Editor Stephen Dunne interviews Statkraft wind and solar SVP Kevin O'Donovan about the current state of offshore wind in Ireland. | |||
| 'Too much noise around energy from alpha males with big egos but little knowledge' | 14 May 2026 | 00:22:18 | |
Vattenfall UK country manager Claus Wattendrup speaks to The reNEWS Podcast on the sidelines of All-Energy 2026 about the political climate for renewables and the company's plans in onshore and offshore wind. | |||
| Is UK offshore wind back on track? | 13 May 2026 | 00:28:05 | |
A dispatch from All-Energy 2026 in Glasgow featuring interviews with RWE's Adam Ezzamel, Ocean Winds' Mark Baxter, Scottish Renewables boss Claire Mack and Ewan Walker, the project director of the Ayre floating wind farm. | |||
| RenewableUK's new CEO on the political challenges facing wind | 22 Apr 2026 | 00:25:30 | |
Tara Singh is two months into her new role as chief executive of the UK's main renewables industry trade group RenewableUK. On the sidelines of WindEurope 2026 in Madrid, she sat down with reNEWS editor Stephen Dunne for a wide-ranging interview setting out her priorities in the job. | |||
| Visiting Dutch foundations fabricator Sif with CEO Fred van Beers | 24 Mar 2026 | 00:45:38 | |
Take a trip inside Sif's newly-expanded monopile manufacturing plant in Rotterdam with chief executive Fred van Beers who later sits down with reNEWS editor Stephen Dunne to discuss a looming slowdown in offshore wind and the rising threat from Chinese suppliers | |||
| Ireland's grid problem and the implications for onshore wind | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:35:15 | |
John Reilly, who heads up Irish developer BnM's renewable energy business, tells The reNEWS Podcast about the decommissioning of the country's first commercial-scale wind farm, what will replace it and how the project tells a broader story about the current grid issues facing onshore wind. | |||
| New WindEurope CEO: 'We must back European wind supply chain in battle with Chinese suppliers' | 12 Feb 2026 | 00:33:13 | |
New WindEurope chief executive Tinne van der Straeten outlines her priorities in the job, her views on the threat from Chinese suppliers, the reason why the Hamburg Declaration will come good and her concerns over growing anti-renewables right-wing rhetoric. | |||
| A pivotal year for Scottish offshore wind | 30 Jan 2026 | 00:27:16 | |
A reNEWS dispatch from trade group Scottish Renewables' Offshore Wind Conference 2026 in Glasgow. Hear Net Zero and Energy Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin's call to level the playing field, Crown Estate Scotland on a pivotal year for ScotWind leases and Chinese turbine supplier Mingyang's blueprint for European expansion. | |||
| NNG: Rising out of adversity | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:26:05 | |
Matt Haag is the project director of the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. In this week's reNEWS podcast, Haag reflects on the challenges of a troubled five-year construction campaign. | |||
| ORE Catapult chief Steve Foxley at the UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:16:39 | |
reNEWS Offshore Wind Editor Paul Stephen on the ORE Catapult's UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event in Edinburgh and his interview with the innovation organisation's chief Steve Foxley | |||
| The GB Energy blueprint | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:31:04 | |
GB Energy chief executive Dan McGrail tells reNEWS why he believes the publicly-owned energy company's renewables strategy is a recipe for success | |||
| A reality check for offshore wind | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:32:38 | |
Skyborn chief executive Patrick Lammers tells reNEWS editor Stephen Dunne why the offshore wind sector is in trouble, how it can be revived and what his company's strategy is for future projects. | |||