The ‘End of Life Materials Mapping for Offshore Wind in Scotland’ report, produced by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland, has identified the vast quantity of materials needed to develop the Scottish offshore wind market.
The report also highlights how these materials could be refurbished, remanufactured and recycled from wind turbine decommissioning to reduce waste and generate economic opportunities.
The report considers how the offshore wind sector could develop between now and 2050. It sets out the huge supply chain opportunity created by the volume of projected growth across Scotland as a result of the Scottish Government target to increase capacity to 11GW of offshore wind in Scotland by 2030, the ScotWind leasing round, and the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing process. If all proposed projects in the pipeline were successful, Scotland’s offshore wind capacity would reach almost...