Manifesto unveiled for Scotland's green industrial revolution with more than 5000 new jobs

The joint ScotWind bids from Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind could generate investment of the equivalent of up to £15 billion if the partnership is awarded up to three sites generating 6GW of wind energy in total.
Through direct work and supply chain opportunities, each proposal is estimated to generate more than 5,000 jobs and 200 apprenticeships in Scotland across all project stages, helping to deliver Scotland’s ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels, as well as mobilising the oil and gas and engineering supply chain by providing major new opportunities. 
There would also be extensive investment in Scotland’s existing ports and harbours, as well as innovative new subsea technology, to deliver the companies’ ambitions for up to 6GW of energy production through floating offshore wind in the Outer Moray Firth.
More than 30 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) are now in place across the supply chain in support of the bids and the early action needed.
There is a commitment to 60 per cent local supply chain content from the UK, of which 40 per cent minimum content will come from Scotland, with early enabling investment of tens of millions of pounds in building supply chain capability within the first four years of winning a site.
The new manifesto on how to deliver Scotland’s green industrial revolution, forms the basis of the Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind bids through the ScotWind leasing programme. 
The combined 6GW bids across several sites would be by far the UK’s biggest wind energy development and power millions of homes with renewable energy.
Floating offshore wind is the latest advent in renewable energy technology. 
Around 80 per cent of the world’s wind resources are in waters deeper than 60 metres and are unsuitable for fixed foundations.

Sian Lloyd-Rees, manging director, Aker Offshore Wind UK said:

“Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind are committed to delivering a green industrial revolution in Scotland with the jobs, manufacturing and supply chain to support generations to come. With Scotland’s long history in hydro, experience in onshore wind, and advances in marine renewables, our next frontier is the development of floating offshore wind, moving out to deeper waters and stronger, more consistent winds. It is time for innovation in the North Sea to lead the world once again - this time to a net zero future. In our new manifesto, we have set out our vision on the conditions to make the green industrial revolution a reality, and have outlined how our expertise, leadership and investment commitment can achieve this in Scotland.”

Dan Finch, managing director, Ocean Winds UK added:

“A decade ago, we had a vision for the Moray Firth – the competitive, large-scale deployment of offshore wind generation at 50m water depths, by commercialising the jacket technology used in the two-turbine Beatrice Demonstrator project. We have successfully delivered that vision in Moray East – cutting the cost of offshore wind generation by more than 50 per cent. Now we have a new goal. We want to take our turbines out into the deep waters of the North Sea, commercialising the WindFloat technology proven in demonstrator projects. We will create the opportunity for Scotland to lead in that next step of the renewables revolution – the fabrication and assembly of steel floating foundations and the manifesto we have published today explains how, with early supply chain investment and intervention, we will turn that opportunity into a new Scottish industry with global potential.”