Gillian Martin, Energy and Environment Minister for Scotland on the importance of Oil & Gas skills to deliver the energy transition, grid access, pumped hydro, and the community benefit of the 28GW Scottish offshore wind projects. Find out about the partnering strategy to develop hydrogen export to Europe, the politics of international interconnectors and the potential contribution of Artificial Intelligence to the Energy Transition.

The Rising and Guiding Stars of the energy transition on the importance of diversity, passion and curiosity in a managed metamorphosis. This episode touches on the secret of attracting the best graduate talent, Blue Hydrogen and the transiformational potential of floating offshore wind.

Interview with David Clark, the CEO of Vysus Group and Dominic McCann, the CEO of SICCAR. How can a company reliably monitor and report on its carbon footprint? David Clark, CEO of global consultancy Vysus Group and Dom McCann, CEO of blockchain data specialists Siccar on the importance of automating ESG data recording and reporting, and why they came together to create the Energy Transition Databox.

Kirstine Wood and Dan Wright from Flotation Energy join us to discuss the world’s largest grid-connected floating offshore wind farm and how at 1.9 Gigawatts it is harnessing that clean power to decarbonise the Oil and Gas platforms in the North Sea by up to 85%.

Bruce Hall, CEO of turbine monitoring specialist Onyx Insight, on the technologies reducing the cost of ownership of wind power, smart people and the importance of following your direction.

Kieran Ivers – CEO of Green Rebel Group – on the importance of monitoring the environmental impacts offshore, how to stimulate innovation and improvement in the industry and the state of Offshore Wind in Ireland. From being a college drop-out to CEO of Ireland’s leading offshore survey business, Kieran talks of the importance of hard work, communication and enabling people to succeed.

Interview by Moray Melhuish – Founder of Annet Consulting, an Offshore Wind and Subsea Specialist.

Chris Willow – Head of Floating Wind for RWE Renewables discusses how their business is undergoing a large corporate transition that aims to be carbon neutral by 2040. This transformation will see the formation and growth of businesses in Floating Wind, Solar and Hydrogen.

UK Country Manager of Ocean Winds – Adam Morrison provides a deep dive into the formation and mission of Ocean Winds, including an overview of the key Scottish offshore wind projects totalling 17 Gigawatts of capacity and £2 Billion worth of investment, as well as the opportunity for Scotland and the UK supply chain in providing support to these key clean energy projects.

Chief Technology Officer at Flotation Energy – Alan MacAskill, talks to us about being one of the first pioneers in offshore wind with Talisman Energy, when in partnership with SSE, they decided to sanction the construction of the two turbines in the Beatrice field in 2001 and now with Flotation Energy they are continuing that work with the backing of TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) to provide fixed and floating wind to the global market.

Davis Larssen – CEO of global controls technology company Proserv joins us to discuss his company’s pivot into offshore wind and how partnership underpins the way his business approaches innovation. Davis references how offshore wind presents an opportunity for the UK to become a global leader, particularly in floating wind, creating new tech, new jobs and exportable skills, while it can provide a springboard to fresh methodologies around wind farm engineering, construction and operation.