Crown Estate Scotland

A consortium of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer RIDG has announced their ScotWind bid for an offshore wind project west of the Orkney Islands. The two-gigawatt proposal – named the West of Orkney Windfarm – has the potential to power more th

Offshore wind development firm Ørsted has revealed its intention to invest up to £12 billion directly with Scottish companies on developing and constructing offshore wind farms in the country over the next ten years, with billions more to be spent with Scottish supply chain busines

Crown Estate Scotland will launch a new leasing process for offshore wind farms to help decarbonise Scotland’s oil and gas sector.

A total of 74 applications have been received from developers looking for the rights to build projects across the 15 areas of seabed available for development through the Scottish Government’s Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, Crown Estate Scotland has confirmed today.

Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind have submitted their joint bid to develop Scotland’s next generation of offshore wind farms as the application window for developers officially drew to a close last week.

A deep-water quay is to be developed in Scapa Flow to serve the offshore wind sector thanks to a new agreement between Orkney Islands Council and Crown Estate Scotland.

Crown Estate Scotland has announced the outcome of its review of the option structure for ScotWind Leasing, the leasing round for offshore wind farms in Scottish waters.

A study developed to help establish Scotland as an attractive location for green datacentres and to accelerate inward investment from the datacentre sector has identified twelve sites across the country which are primed for consideration.

A marine energy company has unveiled a ground-breaking project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay.

Crown Estate Scotland is reviewing the option structure for its ScotWind Leasing process after similar auctions in England and Wales resulted in higher than expected prices.

Perth-based property consultancy firm Bidwells has been successful in securing a further term as managing agents for Crown Estate Scotland’s coastal portfolio. Crown Estate Scotland recently put a number of property management contracts out for a retender with a full public procurement exercis

Port of Cromarty Firth has signed a Letter of Intent with offshore wind floating foundations company IDEOL which could create well in excess of five hundred new Scottish construction jobs.

New research launched by Crown Estate Scotland shows how Scotland’s ports and harbours can "tap into the huge potential" created by the development of offshore wind, as the organisation announced £0.5 million for the sustainable development of the sector.

An airfield site in Montrose could host a major renewable-led commercial development after it was acquired by Crown Estate Scotland.

A major new partnership between North Ayrshire Council and Crown Estate Scotland aims to unleash the economic potential of North Ayrshire’s stunning coastline has been launched.