The reNEWS Podcast

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

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.