ScottishPower Renewables

As 2024 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on a year of incredible achievements across our business. Even Santa and Mrs. Claus couldn’t resist taking to the skies for a flyover across some of our sites, marvelling at the progress we’ve made together this year!🎅🤶 From advancing renewable energy projects to supporting our communities, 2024 has been a busy year and we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has played a part in powering a greener future. Here’s to an even brighter and more sustainable 2025!⭐ Merry Christmas from all of us at ScottishPower Renewables💚

Powering through winter🎇 Through rain, sleet and even snow, Angus and his colleagues do everything they can to keep energy flowing to households throughout the festive period❄

Our East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm will provide a further boost to the UK economy as Taylor Woodrow joins our roster of supply chain partners helping deliver the £4 billon project off the coast of Suffolk. The contract will see the company deliver civil engineering works for EA2’s onshore substation. Beginning in 2025, the award is expected to support around 80 jobs during the duration of the contract and will include highway improvement works as well as landscaping and screening. Manging Director for Offshore Ross Ovens added: “Taylor Woodrow has an outstanding reputation and successful track record of delivering vital infrastructure projects like this. It’s fantastic to welcome them on board and have them join our East Anglia supply chain family to support our onshore substation works.” 💚 Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gH-2ta5d

This weekend we welcomed Santa and Mrs Claus back to our Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre for our seventh annual Winter Wonderland Event!🤶🏼🎅🏼 Tickets are now sold out but why not come along to our Visitor Centre for some festive hot drinks and mince pies and see where the magic takes place🛷✨ #MoreThanAWindfarm Glasgow Science Centre

We're sponsoring the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Offshore Wind Growth Partnership Supply Chain Spotlight event in London tomorrow, where a host of SPR colleagues will be on stand to explain more about how we work with the UK’s diverse offshore wind supply chain 💚   Visit the Supply Chain Showcase Theatre where we’ll hosts sessions throughout the day, accompanied by a range of supply chain partners to discuss our upcoming pipeline and projects, and share case studies of how these relationships have grown and developed.   We’re delighted to be joined by the likes of Stowen, Siemens Gamesa, Wood Thilsted, Tekmar Group, JET Connectivity, North Star, Partrac, Proserv, Trac and RMI – so please do join us for insightful presentations and discussions.   Learn more about #spotlightonsupplychain and sign up here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2mKUbVk #SupplyChain #OffshoreWind #Renewables

East Anglia is the heart of our offshore wind operations, so we’re delighted to confirm the signing of a reservation agreement with Peel Ports Group Great Yarmouth for the use of the site as the pre-assembly port for our East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm. The agreement will see components which make up 64 turbines brought together from across the UK and mainland Europe – including the 192 blades manufactured at Siemens Gamesa’s factory in Hull – and marshalled before offshore installation begins in 2028. Our Managing Director for Offshore Ross Ovens said: “It’s fantastic to be working with Peel Ports Great Yarmouth to bring that to life for people and businesses across East Anglia, while showcasing the world-class facilities we have here on our doorstep to support a global industry. I look forward to seeing our towers of green power take shape when the project gets underway.” Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edwwDEsn

Congratulations to Duncan Smart and the Collaboration for Environment Mitigation and Nature Inclusive Design (CEMNID) project team for winning the Sustainable Development Award last night at the Scottish Green Energy Awards💚

We had a whale of a time at the Scottish Maritime Cluster’s school STEM event in Glasgow last week 🐳 Over 100 S3 pupils from six schools across Glasgow attended, giving us an opportunity to showcase some of the skills involved in an offshore wind career and to explain more about our 2GW MachairWind project off Scotland’s west coast. Pupils were impressed with the construction of offshore turbines and their immense size - brought to life through some VR headsets – and it was a pleasure to answer insightful questions on how turbines are built, how they are installed far out at sea and how much it all costs. Thanks to the Cluster for the fantastic opportunity to highlight the importance of maritime skills within Scotland’s growing offshore sector and to inspire the workforce of the future 💚 Learn more about a career in offshore wind here 👉  https://lnkd.in/eF2DKvnF

Our East Anglia TWO offshore wind project continues at pace, and we are pleased to confirm Nexans as our partner for cable delivery. Nexans will supply and install approximately 100km of 275kV high voltage subsea export cables and 55km of onshore cables which will connect our windfarm to the UK grid 🔌 ScottishPower Renewables CEO Charlie Jordan said: "It’s great to have Nexans on board again as a trusted partner as we continue to secure our supply chain for East Anglia TWO on the back of our renewables auction success. The company’s strong track record and expertise in 275kV AC technology – combined with its ability to deliver on schedule – made it the obvious choice. “East Anglia TWO marks a £4 billion investment for ScottishPower as we continue to build more green generation for the UK and we look forward to working with Nexans to bring it to life.” 💚

Taylor Swift releasing “Shake it Off", Interstellar hitting screens, 'that' Oscars selfie - 2014 was quite a year! It also saw the opening of ScottishPower Renewables and Iberdrola Renewables’s first offshore windfarm – West of Duddon Sands - off Barrow-in-Furness. Developed and operated with our partners Ørsted, the 389MW project has now been running for over a decade, providing enough clean green electricity to power the equivalent of more than 340,000 homes every year 🏡 Ten years on, we’ve gone from investing millions in renewable energy to investing billions, and from building megawatts to gigawatts. But the project still holds a special place for many of our colleagues, as you can see from the video below. Wishing West of Duddon Sands a happy tenth birthday – and here’s to many more years to come 💚 Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/es_V4nM3