RenewableUK's new CEO on the political challenges facing wind

Delivery risks dent confidence in UK offshore wind

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.

Cutting costs back on the offshore wind agenda

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.

Chris Stark on AR8, connections reform, grid charging and more

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.

How to make a merchant business case stack up in offshore wind

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

Does Irish offshore wind have a credibility problem?

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.