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We've done a particularly good job of pivoting our off shore engineering expertise from north see oil to offshore wind. I see that as a massive success in reusi
by samwillis 3y ago
We've done a particularly good job of pivoting our off shore engineering expertise from north see oil to offshore wind. I see that as a massive success in reusing expertise in an old industry in a new one.
When it comes to onshore, as a relatively densely populated island it can be politicly difficult to build large wind farms anywhere but in Scotland. Add to that the reasonable argument that offshore wind is more consistent and our offshore engineering expertise, it's quick to reach the conclusion we should be (almost) all in on offshore wind.
- konschubert 3y agoOffshore is still more than twice as expensive as onshore. But yes, if you can’t build them onshore or if you don’t want, offshore is a great option.
- 7952 3y agoWhat I heard is that it wasn't actually a good fit for oil companies as they tend to focus on building one-off installations. Renewables is more similar to serial production where you have to do the same thing many times. Which is a good fit for dredging companies or cable layers. My guess is that we just had a lot of coast and shallow waters.