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A dispatch from the RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables Floating Offshore Wind 2026 conference in Aberdeen. Hear Scottish First Minister John Swinney's view on what the UK government must do to unleash offshore wind north of the border. Our offshore wind editor Paul Stephen meanwhile talks to Richard Copeland, the project director of the Pentland floating offshore wind farm, about the cost challenge facing the sector. Rob Gilbert, GB Energy director of supply chain, also addresses the topic on the podcast.

At WindEnergy Hamburg 2026, the German onshore and offshore wind sectors have sounded alarm bells about future growth. Hear from the fair from reNEWS senior editor Sian Crampsie, who outlines the onshore concerns her reporting has revealed. Offshore wind editor Paul Stephen meanwhile brings listeners up to date on the offshore news from the show, including a chat with Orsted chief construction officer Patrick Harnett about the newly-inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3.

Scott Sutherland, the project director of the proposed 1.3GW Codling wind farm in the Irish Sea, joins The reNEWS Podcast for a walk along the County Wicklow coast where he one day hopes to look offshore and see turbines spinning. He joins our editor Stephen Dunne, who hails from the area and walks the stretch every day, for a chat about the project, the challenges on permitting and grid connection agreements, as well as CfDs awarded in 2023. Sutherland also talks about the wider importance of Codling and other so-called Phase 1 wind farms for the country's offshore wind ambitions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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