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Listen on Apple PodcastsOrsted 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
John Reilly, who heads up Irish developer BnM's renewable energy business, tells The reNEWS Podcast about the decommissioning of the country's first commercial-scale wind farm, what will replace it and how the project tells a broader story about the current grid issues facing onshore wind.
New WindEurope chief executive Tinne van der Straeten outlines her priorities in the job, her views on the threat from Chinese suppliers, the reason why the Hamburg Declaration will come good and her concerns over growing anti-renewables right-wing rhetoric.
A reNEWS dispatch from trade group Scottish Renewables' Offshore Wind Conference 2026 in Glasgow. Hear Net Zero and Energy Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin's call to level the playing field, Crown Estate Scotland on a pivotal year for ScotWind leases and Chinese turbine supplier Mingyang's blueprint for European expansion.
Matt Haag is the project director of the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. In this week's reNEWS podcast, Haag reflects on the challenges of a troubled five-year construction campaign.
reNEWS Offshore Wind Editor Paul Stephen on the ORE Catapult's UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spotlight event in Edinburgh and his interview with the innovation organisation's chief Steve Foxley
GB Energy chief executive Dan McGrail tells reNEWS why he believes the publicly-owned energy company's renewables strategy is a recipe for success
Skyborn chief executive Patrick Lammers tells reNEWS editor Stephen Dunne why the offshore wind sector is in trouble, how it can be revived and what his company's strategy is for future projects.