The UK floating wind industry will seek strategic support from the government at FOW 2024 to keep hopes alive that a domestic supply chain can emerge amid project delays.
Speakers will call for fresh backing for ports and other investments at the Aberdeen event this week while companies await procurement and construction activity, which is being held up by costs challenges, route to market questions and grid uncertainty.
The UK floating wind industry is “naive” to believe supply chain capacity and capability can be fully scaled up by the end of the decade, the conference will hear.
For the full story, see the reNEWS Live@FOW 2024 show daily from the event.
Other important stories in the edition include Principle Power’s foundation revamp for new floating turbines, Muir Mhor project director David Hinshelwood on what the wind industry expects of government, why demonstrators are critical for the future of floating and RenewableUK chief executive Dan McGrail writes about how the sector can be the engine of economic growth in the UK.
There’s also an essential guide to what’s on at the conference.