ScottishPower Renewables

Our CEO Charlie Jordan joined colleagues from across SPR for a tour of Siemens Gamesa’s blade factory in Hull this week. The visit cements our longstanding relationship with the company, and the facility will soon produce nearly 200 blades for our East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm following the award of a contract worth more than £1bn earlier this month. The factory now employs around 1,300 people after more than 600 new employees joined over the last year, and it was fantastic for our teams to learn more about the facility and see the production process up close. Thanks to Siemens Gamesa for their hospitality and we look forward to seeing UK-made blades powering millions of UK homes throughout the years to come. Barry Carruthers Ross Galbraith Gillian Noble Ross Ovens

The future is blue (and green!) 🛳 🌊   We are excited to be supporting the Scottish Maritime Cluster STEM Event for Schools in Glasgow later this month. We’ll join a host of organisations to explain more to S3 pupils about the skills, opportunities and challenges involved in offshore wind and the wider marine sector.   Several of our recent graduates, year in industry trainees and teams from across the business, including those working on our 2GW MachairWind project off Scotland’s west coast, will also be on hand to share their career journeys.   Join us at the Glasgow Science Centre on Tuesday 26 November 2024 – register here to secure your place 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMFmnBgx Or contact Blair Moglia at blair.moglia@scottishmaritimecluster.com for more details. 

After a busy summer, the autumn issue of the East Angle newsletter captures the latest updates from our projects and our people across East Anglia HUB. This issue features a closer look at progress on our onshore converter station and our £8m investment in a new EA3 O&M building in Lowestoft. Meanwhile we catch up with Nicholas Williams, Joe Whitley and Jim Rijks to hear more about how offshore wind is powering their career journeys. Read the latest East Angle here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekchwdYA #OffshoreWind #EastAnglia #Renewables

Grace, who you might’ve seen on BBC Children in Need last night, is one of four inspirational young people who make up the The One Show’s 'Challenge Squad', all of whom took part in fundraising challenges for Children in Need. She was supported by the charity, MOVE, during her latest challenge which was to assist Paddy McGuinness in his Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Radio 2. Grace actually came along to our Whitelee Windfarm to complete some of her training on our 130km of trails💚👇🏼

We’ve confirmed a £1bn contract for our East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm, which will see Siemens Gamesa supply 64 offshore wind turbines. The turbines will have a rotor diameter of 236m – almost as tall as the observation deck at the Shard – with blades manufactured at the company’s facility in Hull, supporting 1,300 local jobs. It’s part of our £4bn investment in the 960MW EA2 windfarm which, once complete in 2028, will produce enough clean energy to power the equivalent of almost 1 million homes. Our East Anglia projects are delivering UK jobs, UK supply chain contracts and more UK green energy 💚

🚲 We had the pleasure of presenting our Whitelee Windfarm competition winner, Alan, with his e-bike prize recently - continuing our celebration of 15 years of our visitor centre and us having welcomed more than 1 million visitors there 💚 Check out our video below 📽 👇 Did you know we have 130km of trails you can enjoy by bike, on foot or even on horse at Whitelee? 🚲 🚶♀️ 🐴 Find out more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/epdeNMnA #MoreThanAWindfarm

We’ve officially signed Contracts for Difference with the Low Carbon Contracts Company, covering more than 1,000MW of new clean, green generating capacity across our East Anglia TWO and THREE projects. These will secure enough electricity enough to power the equivalent of more than one million homes, and support the signing of billions of pounds in investment and supply chain awards🏗 Managing Director for Offshore Development and Operations Ross Ovens said: “It’s fantastic to reach this milestone for so much renewable generation, and especially pleasing to see offshore wind leading the charge towards a cleaner and greener future. “We’ve been moving at pace since our success in the auction to confirm the supply chain for our £4 billion East Anglia TWO windfarm, which will produce enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of almost one million homes. We look forward to bringing this project to life and reaping all the benefits that offshore wind can, and will, deliver.” 💚

Today we’ve confirmed the award of a contract worth over £1bn to Siemens Gamesa for our East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm. Siemens Gamesa will supply 64 of its flagship offshore wind turbines to the project - blades for which will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Hull, supporting 1,300 local jobs 👷♀️ It forms a major part of our £4bn investment in the 960MW windfarm which, once complete in 2028, will produce enough clean energy to power the equivalent of almost 1 million homes 🏡 ScottishPower Renewables CEO Charlie Jordan added: “We’re delivering for the UK supply chain – ensuring the order books provide the stability and confidence for industry to innovate and expand, as we’re seeing Siemens Gamesa do at its Hull blade factory. “We’re delivering for the economy – with billions of pounds being invested and supporting jobs and growth. And we’re delivering for consumers by bringing more green energy on to the grid – enough to power the equivalent of one million homes – and helping bring down customer bills. “Doing more of this at pace is what will help Britain become a clean energy superpower – and we’re ready to play our part.” 💚 Learn more about our East Anglia projects here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejTZSzPr

Together with Siemens Gamesa and North Star we’ve asked people across East Anglia to help name the new vessel bound for our East Anglia THREE windfarm 🚢 We’ve had an incredible 180 submissions so far - but with entries closing on 30th November there are only a few weeks left to get your suggestions in! 📅 A reminder that the vessel will carry the ‘Grampian’ first name as homage to North Star’s Aberdeen heritage - but we’re looking for a winning suggestion for the second portion of the ship’s name which acknowledges East Anglia’s rich maritime heritage or its local community. The winner will be invited on board one of North Star’s existing SOVs to experience life offshore firsthand – and will be presented with a scale model of the new ship bearing their chosen name. See full T&Cs and submit your suggestion here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJmfyt7A

Another great Nae Fireworks Night at our Whitelee Windfarm. We were blown away by just how many visitors, dogs and cats we had, trying to escape from the noise of fireworks 🐶   Huge thanks to our East Renfrewshire Whitelee Rangers and Glasgow Science Centre Visitor Centre staff for hosting and to SSPCA and Animal Welfare for joining us 💚   Our Nae Fireworks night has been a popular event for 8 years now and this year was no exception, with over 2,000 visitors joining us. The 130km of trails on our Whitelee Windfarm are the perfect place for dogs to escape the noise and stress of Bonfire night. Our Countryside Rangers hosted guided walks and the Visitor Centre was open late for hot drinks and cakes, so it was a great night for owners too.   Whitelee is more than just a windfarm and this is just one of a number of seasonal events hosted there in addition to the indoor exhibition, educational workshops, bus tours around the windfarm and visitor centre café open daily ✨   #NaeFireworks #MoreThanAWindfarm