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Scottish Renewables lauches its annual Supply Chain Impact Statement

Claire Mack, Chief Executive at Scottish Renewables said:

"Scottish Renewables' Supply Chain Impact report highlights the positive impact renewables projects can have and these case studies show that the strength of Scottish suppliers is being recognised not only by the Scottish market but globally."

Read the press release here - Scottish Renewables - press release

Download the report here - Scottish Renewables - Supply Chain Impact Statement

Inch Cape chooses Montrose for O&M base

Great news to start off the week - Montrose Port has been selected by developers Red Rock Power and ESB as the future operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm.

Inch Cape Wind Farm has applied to the UK Government for a long-term energy contract in its latest ‘Contracts for Difference’ allocation round, with results expected this summer and if successful, will trigger the 18-month multi-million pound investment programme in Montrose Port with long term skilled O&M jobs to follow.

Read more here - https://www.energyvoice.com/renewables-energy-transition/385365/montrose-port-picked-for-inch-cape-wind-om-base/.

ScotWind leasing results

Great news for Scotland’s offshore wind sector as Crown Estates Scotland announce the list of developers who are being offered lease option agreements reserving the rights to specific areas of the seabed in the ScotWind round.

Congratulations from the Forth and Tay Offshore Cluster to all the successful applicants. We look forward to working with you to create a sustainable, supply chain that will bring significant opportunity and long term economic growth to many local communities.

Read more here - https://www.insider.co.uk/news/crown-estates-scotland-confirms-scotwind-25965867

Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) Skills Survey

The Offshore Wind Industry Council invites you to contribute data on those of your workforce working to support the offshore wind industry. It is a key part of our Offshore Wind Sector Deal work with the Government The findings of this work will be published in a new Offshore Wind Skills Intelligence Report in Q1 next year.

Last year responses were received from 85 companies, forming the basis of the Offshore Wind Skills Intelligence Report published in February 2021. This study presented a snapshot of the offshore wind industry in 2020, detailing the characteristics of the workforce made up of over 26,000 employees. It was the first study of its kind based directly on data provided by companies across the supply chain and captures job numbers and roles, regional locations, and number of apprentices and new graduates. It also collected data, where available, on gender and ethnicity to enable us to demonstrate that we are a diverse and inclusive sector. The report is available to download here.

This research is vital for the industry to be able to understand and address any shortages in both the short and long term, to ensure the development and delivery of future projects; especially issues which cannot be addressed at project level, but which need an industry wide response. OWIC has committed to report annually on the progress which the industry has made on our Offshore Wind Sector Deal commitments on job creation. Labour market information is vital to inform the investment decisions of academic and training bodies too, enabling them to support the supply of people into the industry.

The link to complete the survey is: https://www.owic.org.uk/skills-survey-submit. We will keep a rolling list of returns on the OWIC website so that you can check if your company as already submitted. We ask to receive responses by 31^st December 2021.

Thank you.